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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Local Exchange Infrastructure
Modernization Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that--
(1) a ubiquitous high quality public switched network will
promote--
(A) universal service at reasonable rates;
(B) the universal availability of advanced public
switched network capabilities and information services;
(C) the public health, safety, national defense,
education and security and emergency preparedness;
(D) the economic development and quality of life by
bringing access to advanced public switched network
capabilities to the American people regardless of their
location;
(E) new services and motivate new service providers
by providing uniform accessibility and
interoperability;
(F) the international competitiveness of American
industry; and
(G) a seamless, nationwide, coordinated and state-
of-the-art public switched network that will enhance
the quality of life for all Americans;
(2) the increasing technological complexity and need for
ubiquitous infrastructure capability and interoperability of
the public switched network requires--
(A) sharing of the public switched network
infrastructure and functionality between and among
local exchange carriers;
(B) joint coordinated network planning, design and
cooperative implementation among all local exchange
carriers; and
(C) development of standards for interconnection
between the local exchange carrier public switched
network and others by appropriate standards-setting
bodies;
(3) the access services provided by the local exchange
carrier public switched network to competitive carriers,
information service providers and others, tie these diverse
elements into an interoperable national telecommunications
network;
(4) a ubiquitous, advanced local exchange carrier public
switched network enhances the function and availability of
services provided by all carriers and all other persons
accessing the local exchange carrier public switched network;
and
(5) it is in the public interest to promote development of
the public switched network by local exchange carriers because
they--
(A) have universal service obligations for
geographically specific serving areas for which they
must construct a ubiquitous infrastructure;
(B) provide public switched network services that
are subject to regulation with respect to rates, terms
and conditions;
(C) must provide network access to their own
competitors on nondiscriminatory rates, terms and
conditions; and
(D) are suppliers of last resort to customers in
their serving areas.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934.

(a) Amendment to Section 1.--Section 1 of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 151) is amended by designating the existing text as
subsection (a), and adding at the end thereof the following new
subsection:
''(b) The Commission shall exercise its authority so as to--
''(1) preserve and enhance universal service at reasonable
rates;
''(2) achieve universal availability of advanced network
capabilities and information services;
''(3) assure a seamless nationwide distribution network
through joint networking planning, coordination and service
arrangements between and among local exchange carriers;
''(4) maintain high standards for quality of advanced
network services; and
''(5) assure adequate communication for the public health,
safety, defense, education, national security and emergency
preparedness.''.
(b) Amendment to Section 2.--Section 2(b) of the Communications Act
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 152) is amended by deleting ''227'' and inserting in
lieu thereof ''229''.
(c) Amendment to Section 3.--Section 3 of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 153) is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following new definitions:
''(hh) The term 'local exchange carrier' means a carrier which--
''(1) is required to provide upon request, under tariff or
subject to other government oversight (by the Commission or a
State commission), interstate and intrastate access services
and telephone exchange service;
''(2) is, or was, a participant in one or more interstate
pools established by the Commission, or would have been
required to participate in one or more such pools had the
carrier been engaged in interstate and intrastate access and
telephone exchange service while such participation was
mandatory;
''(3) is subject to the requirements imposed by the
Commission or a State commission related to the provision of
equal access; and
''(4) conforms with the provisions of the North American
Numbering Plan applicable to the assignment of numbering
resources for telephone exchange service, as defined by the
Plan's Administrator.
''(ii) The term 'Modification of Final Judgment' means the decree
entered August 24, 1982, in United States v. Western Electric, Civil
Action No. 82-0192 (United States District Court, District of
Columbia).''.
(d) Amendment to Title II.--Title II of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new sections:

''SEC. 228. NETWORK PLANNING AND STANDARDS.

''The Commission shall, within 180 days following the date of the
enactment of this section, prescribe regulations that require--
''(1) joint coordinated network planning, design and
cooperative implementation among all local exchange carriers in
the provision of public switched network infrastructure and
services; and
''(2) development of standards for interconnection between
the local exchange carrier public switched network and others
by appropriate standard-setting bodies.

''SEC. 229. INFRASTRUCTURE SHARING ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN OR AMONG LOCAL
EXCHANGE CARRIERS.

''(a) Within 180 days following the date of the enactment of this
section, the Commission shall prescribe regulations that require a
local exchange carrier to share public switched network infrastructure
and functionality with requesting local exchange carriers lacking
economies of scale or scope, as defined in subsection (b).
''(b) For the purposes of this section, the term 'local exchange
carrier lacking economies of scale or scope' means any local exchange
carrier which serves a geographic area for which it lacks economies of
scale or scope for the particular required network functionality.
''(c) The regulations governing such sharing between or among local
exchange carriers shall--
''(1) promote economically efficient decision-making by
local exchange carriers;
''(2) not require any local exchange carrier to make any
decision that is uneconomic or adverse to the public interest;
''(3) permit, but not require, joint ownership and
operation of public switched network infrastructure and
services by or among local exchange carriers;
''(4) limit their applicability to local exchange carriers;
''(5) ensure that a local exchange carrier, when sharing
any infrastructure or providing any functionality to other
local exchange carriers pursuant to this section, shall not be
deemed a common carrier for hire when acting in this capacity,
and such arrangements shall not be deemed common carrier
services by the Commission or by any State commission;
''(6) ensure that fair and reasonable terms and conditions
for and in connection with the business arrangement described
in this section are determined by local exchange carriers in
accordance with general guidelines contained in the regulations
prescribed pursuant to this section;
''(7) establish conditions that promote cooperation between
local exchange carriers; and
''(8) ensure that all regulatory rights and obligations for
and in connection with the business arrangements described in
this section shall be determined exclusively in accordance with
the regulations prescribed pursuant to this section.
''(d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to enact into law any
economic support currently provided to telephone exchange service or
enact into law any prohibition with regard to new economic support
mechanisms for telephone exchange service or any service other than
telephone exchange service.

''SEC. 230. SIGNALLING.

''Notwithstanding any other law or any restriction or obligation
imposed before the date of enactment of this section pursuant to
Modification of Final Judgment, no local exchange carrier shall be
prohibited from transporting or processing signalling and information
for another local exchange carrier in adjoining or reasonably proximate
serving areas upon request of that local exchange carrier to the same
extent that the providing local exchange carrier is permitted to engage
in such activities for itself.

''SEC. 231. INTRASTATE COMMUNICATION.

''Except as provided in section 2, nothing in this Act shall be
construed to alter, limit, or supersede the authority of any State with
respect to the regulation of intrastate communication service.''.

SEC. 4. ANTITRUST IMMUNITY FOR LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS.

(a) Nothing contained in any Federal or State antitrust law shall
render unlawful any action taken by a local exchange carrier pursuant
to sections 228, 229, and 230 of the Communications Act of 1934, or any
individual or concerted action taken, including but not limited to,
lobbying before Congress or the Federal Communications Commission or
communicating by any means with other local exchange carriers, by any
local exchange carrier, or its directors, officers, agents, employees,
affiliates, subsidiaries, joint ventures, counsel or other persons
purporting to act on behalf of such carrier.
(b) For purposes of this Act, the following terms are defined to
mean:
(1) The term ''Federal Antitrust Laws'' means the Acts
known as the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), the Clayton Act
(15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.), the Robinson-Patman Act (15 U.S.C. 13
et seq.), the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et
seq.), all subsequent amendments of such Acts, and any and all
other laws which have been or are hereafter enacted to regulate
or prevent contracts, combinations, or conspiracies in
restraint of trade or monopolistic practices.
(2) The term ''State Antitrust Laws'' means all laws
enacted by States or territories within the United States or
their political subdivisions which are patterned after the
Federal laws known as the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.),
the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.), the Robinson-Patman Act
(15 U.S.C. 13 et seq.), the Federal Trade Commission Act (15
U.S.C. 41 et seq.), or any subsequent amendments to such Acts,
or any other State laws which are not patterned after such
Federal Acts or amendments but which are designed to regulate
or prevent contracts, combinations, or conspiracies in
restraint of trade or monopolistic practices.
Output:
Local Exchange Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1993 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to exercise its authority to: (1) preserve and enhance universal telephone service at reasonable rates; (2) achieve universal availability of advanced network capabilities and information services; (3) assure a seamless nationwide distribution network through joint network planning, coordination, and service arrangements between and among local exchange carriers (LECs); (4) maintain high standards of quality for advanced network services; and (5) assure adequate communication for the public health, safety, defense, education, national security, and emergency preparedness.
Defines "local exchange carrier" for purposes of such Act.
Requires the FCC to prescribe regulations that require: (1) joint coordinated network planning, design, and cooperative implementation among all LECs in the provision of public switched network infrastructure and services; (2) development of standards for interconnection between the LEC public switched network and others by appropriate standard-setting bodies; and (3) a LEC to share public switched network infrastructure and functionality with requesting LECs which serve a geographic area for which they lack economies of scale or scope for the particular required network functionality.