‘‘(III) post-conviction and await-
ing transfer to another facility; and 
‘‘(ii) includes— 
‘‘(I) city, county, or regional fa-
cilities that have contracted with a 
private company to manage day-to- 
day operations; 
‘‘(II) privately-owned and oper-
ated facilities primarily engaged in 
housing city, county, or regional in-
carcerated persons; and 
‘‘(III) facilities used to detain in-
dividuals pursuant to a contract with 
U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement. 
‘‘(K) LIVE
AGENT
FEE.—The term ‘live 
agent fee’ means a fee associated with the op-
tional use of a live operator to complete a con-
finement facility communications service trans-
action. 
‘‘(L) PAPER BILL OR STATEMENT FEE.— 
The term ‘paper bill or statement fee’ means a 
fee associated with providing a consumer an op-
tional paper billing statement. 
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‘‘(M) PER-COMMUNICATION
OR
PER-CON-
NECTION CHARGE.—The term ‘per-communica-
tion or per-connection charge’ means a one-time 
fee charged to a consumer at the initiation of 
a communication. 
‘‘(N) PREPAID CALLING.—The term ‘pre-
paid calling’ means a calling arrangement that 
allows a consumer to pay in advance for a spec-
ified amount of confinement facility commu-
nications services. 
‘‘(O) PRISON.—The term ‘prison’— 
‘‘(i) means a facility operated by a 
State or Federal agency that is used pri-
marily to confine individuals convicted of 
felonies and sentenced to terms in excess 
of one year; and 
‘‘(ii) includes— 
‘‘(I) public and private facilities 
that provide outsource housing to 
State or Federal agencies such as 
State Departments of Correction and 
the Federal Bureau of Prisons; and 
‘‘(II) facilities that would other-
wise be jails but in which the majority 
of incarcerated persons are post-con-
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viction or are committed to confine-
ment for sentences of longer than one 
year. 
‘‘(P) PROVIDER OF CONFINEMENT FACIL-
ITY
COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES.—The term 
‘provider of confinement facility communica-
tions services’ means any communications serv-
ice provider that provides confinement facility 
communications services, regardless of the tech-
nology used. 
‘‘(Q) SITE
COMMISSION.—The term ‘site 
commission’ means any monetary payment, in- 
kind payment, gift, exchange of services or 
goods, fee, technology allowance, or product 
that a provider of confinement facility commu-
nications services or an affiliate of a provider of 
confinement facility communications services 
may pay, give, donate, or otherwise provide 
to— 
‘‘(i) an entity that operates a confine-
ment facility; 
‘‘(ii) an entity with which the provider 
of confinement facility communications 
services enters into an agreement to pro-
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vide confinement facility communications 
services; 
‘‘(iii) a governmental agency that 
oversees a confinement facility; 
‘‘(iv) the State or political subdivision 
of a State where a confinement facility is 
located; or 
‘‘(v) an agent or other representative 
of an entity described in any of clauses (i) 
through (iv). 
‘‘(R) THIRD-PARTY
FINANCIAL
TRANS-
ACTION FEE.—The term ‘third-party financial 
transaction fee’ means the exact fee, with no 
markup, that a provider of confinement facility 
communications services is charged by a third 
party to transfer money or process a financial 
transaction to facilitate the ability of a con-
sumer to make an account payment via a third 
party. 
‘‘(S) VOICE
SERVICE.—The term ‘voice 
service’— 
‘‘(i) means any service that is inter-
connected with the public switched tele-
phone network and that furnishes voice 
communications to an end user using re-
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sources from the North American Num-
bering Plan or any successor to the North 
American Numbering Plan adopted by the 
Commission under section 251(e)(1); and 
‘‘(ii) includes— 
‘‘(I) transmissions from a tele-
phone facsimile machine, computer, or 
other device to a telephone facsimile 
machine; and 
‘‘(II) 
without 
limitation, 
any 
service that enables real-time, two-way 
voice communications, including any 
service that requires internet protocol- 
compatible customer premises equip-
ment (commonly known as ‘CPE’) 
and permits out-bound calling, wheth-
er or not the service is one-way or 
two-way voice over internet protocol.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 276(d) of 
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 276(d)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘inmate telephone service in correc-
tional institutions’’ and inserting ‘‘confinement facility 
communications services (as defined in subsection 
(e)(7))’’. 
(c) EXISTING CONTRACTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a contract 
that was entered into and under which a provider of 
confinement facility communications services was 
providing such services at a confinement facility on 
or before the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(A) paragraphs (1) through (5) of sub-
section (e) of section 276 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934, as added by subsection (a) 
of this section, shall apply to the provision of 
confinement facility communications services by 
such provider at such facility beginning on the 
earlier of— 
(i) the date that is 60 days after such 
date of enactment; or 
(ii) the date of the termination of the 
contract; and 
(B) the terms of such contract may not be 
extended after such date of enactment, whether 
by exercise of an option or otherwise. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
terms ‘‘confinement facility’’, ‘‘confinement facility 
communications service’’, and ‘‘provider of confine-
ment facility communications services’’ have the 
meanings given such terms in paragraph (7) of sub-
section (e) of section 276 of the Communications 
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