‘‘(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REGISTRY.—The Com-
mission shall make the registry established under subsection 
(c)(1)(A) publicly available on the website of the Commis-
sion. 
‘‘(e) SCOPE OF APPLICATION.—The requirements of 
this section shall apply regardless of the format by which 
any communication or service is provided, the protocol or 
format by which the transmission of such communication 
or service is achieved, or the regulatory classification of 
such communication or service. 
‘‘(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to affect the regulatory classification 
of any communication or service. 
‘‘(g) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to preempt or expand the authority 
of a State public utility commission or other relevant State 
agency to collect data, or investigate and enforce State law 
and regulations, regarding the completion of intrastate 
voice communications, regardless of the format by which 
any communication or service is provided, the protocol or 
format by which the transmission of such communication 
or service is achieved, or the regulatory classification of 
such communication or service. 
‘‘(h) EXCEPTION.—The requirement under subsection 
(a)(2) to comply with the service quality standards estab-
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lished under subsection (c)(1)(B) shall not apply to a cov-
ered provider that— 
‘‘(1) on or before the date that is 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this section, has certified as a 
Safe Harbor provider under section 64.2107(a) of title 
47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor reg-
ulation; and 
‘‘(2) continues to meet the requirements under 
such section 64.2107(a). 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
PROVIDER.—The term ‘covered 
provider’ has the meaning given the term in section 
64.2101 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any successor thereto. 
‘‘(2) COVERED
VOICE
COMMUNICATION.—The 
term ‘covered voice communication’ means a voice 
communication (including any related signaling in-
formation) that is generated— 
‘‘(A) from the placement of a call from a 
connection using a North American Numbering 
Plan resource or a call placed to a connection 
using such a numbering resource; and 
‘‘(B) through any service provided by a cov-
ered provider. 
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‘‘(3) INTERMEDIATE PROVIDER.—The term ‘in-
termediate provider’ means any entity that— 
‘‘(A) enters into a business arrangement 
with a covered provider or other intermediate 
provider for the specific purpose of carrying, 
routing, or transmitting voice traffic that is gen-
erated from the placement of a call placed— 
‘‘(i) from an end user connection using 
a North American Numbering Plan re-
source; or 
‘‘(ii) to an end user connection using 
such a numbering resource; and 
‘‘(B) does not itself, either directly or in 
conjunction with an affiliate, serve as a covered 
provider in the context of originating or termi-
nating a given call.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 629 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2566 
[Report No. 114–805] 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to en-
sure the integrity of voice communications and to 
prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination 
among areas of the United States in the delivery 
of such communications. 
NOVEMBER 14, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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