(2) inserting after subsection (h) the following 
new subsections: 
‘‘(i) REGULATION OF INMATE TELEPHONE SERV-
ICE.— 
‘‘(1) RATES.—In order to ensure that charges 
for inmate telephone service are just, reasonable, 
and nondiscriminatory, the Commission shall con-
sider, either in a rulemaking proceeding that is 
pending as of the date of enactment of the Family 
Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2005 or in 
a new rulemaking proceeding, the following types of 
regulation of inmate telephone service, all of which 
are within the Commission’s jurisdiction and author-
ity: 
‘‘(A) prescribing a maximum uniform per- 
minute compensation rate; 
‘‘(B) prescribing a maximum uniform serv-
ice connection or other per-call compensation 
rate; 
‘‘(C) prescribing variable maximum com-
pensation rates depending on such factors as 
carrier costs, the size of the correctional facility 
served, and other relevant factors identified by 
the Commission;
‘‘(D) requiring providers of inmate tele-
phone service to offer both collect calling and 
debit account services; 
‘‘(E) prohibiting the payment of commis-
sions by providers of inmate telephone service 
to administrators of correctional institutions, 
departments of correction, and similar entities; 
and 
‘‘(F) requiring administrators of correc-
tional institutions, departments of correction, 
and similar entities to allow more than one pro-
vider of inmate telephone service to provide 
interstate inmate telephone service at a correc-
tional institution in order that prisoners have a 
choice of such providers. 
‘‘(2) SCOPE.—The regulations adopted by the 
Commission shall be technologically neutral and 
shall 
not 
jeopardize 
legitimate 
security 
and 
penelogical interests. To the extent the Commission 
regulations reduce or eliminate the revenue derived 
by administrators of correctional institutions, de-
partments of correction, and similar entities from 
the receipt of commissions, such effects of Commis-
sion regulations shall not be considered as jeopard-
izing or otherwise affecting legitimate security or 
penelogical interests. 
‘‘(3) DEADLINES AND PERIODIC REVIEW.—The 
Commission shall prescribe regulations to implement 
the provisions of this subsection within one year 
after the date of enactment of the Family Telephone 
Connection Protection Act of 2005. The Commission 
shall review, on a triennial basis, the regulations 
promulgated under this subsection, including wheth-
er any Commission-established compensation rates 
should be modified. 
‘‘(4) STATE PREEMPTION.—To the extent that 
any State requirements are inconsistent with the 
Commission’s regulations affecting or pertaining to 
interstate inmate telephone service, including restric-
tions on the payment of commissions based upon 
interstate inmate telephone service revenues or earn-
ings, the Commission’s regulations on such matters 
shall preempt such State requirements. 
‘‘(j) INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICE FULLY SUBJECT 
TO SECTIONS 251 AND 252.— 
‘‘(1) Inmate telephone service is fully subject to 
the requirements of sections 251 and 252 of this 
Act.
‘‘(2) No provider of inmate telephone service 
may block or otherwise refuse to carry a call placed 
by an incarcerated person on the grounds that the 
provider has no contractual or other arrangement 
with the local exchange carrier serving the intended 
recipient of the call or other common carrier in-
volved in any portion of the transmission of the 
call.’’. 
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