(3) The term "Commission" means the Federal Trade Commission. (4) The term "providing carrier" means a local exchange or interexchange common carrier providing telephone services (other than local exchange services) to a vendor for a telephone-billed purchase that is the subject of a billing error complaint. (5) The term "vendor" means any person who, through the use of the telephone, offers goods or services for a telephonebilled purchase. (6) The term "customer" means any person who acquires or attempts to acquire goods or services in a telephone-billed purchase. TITLE IV-MISCELLANEOUS SEC. 401. PROPOSAL FOR DEMONSTRATING THE POTENTIAL OF INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES. (a) DEMONSTRATION PROPOSAL.-Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Conservation and Renewable Energy, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, shall submit to Congress a proposal for demonstrating the ability of new and innovative communications equipment and services to further the national goals of conserving energy and protecting public health and safety. (b) FACTORS TO BE ADDRESSED.-The demonstration proposal required by subsection (a) shall address (1) the feasibility of using communications technologies to read meters from remote locations; (2) the feasibility of managing the consumption of electrical power and natural gas by residences and businesses, thereby reducing the demand for new and additional sources of energy, and controlling the cost of providing improved utility services; and (3) the public safety implications of monitoring utility services outages during earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, tornadoes, volcanoes, and other natural disasters. (c) PROJECT TO DEMONSTRATE ENERGY CONSERVATION POTENTIAL.-Upon submission of the demonstration proposal to the Congress, the Secretary of Energy shall consider requesting from the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information the authority to use radio frequencies, pursuant to section 305 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 305), to carry out demonstration projects consistent with the proposal that are designed to demonstrate the energy conservation potential of communications technologies and which are administered by the Secretary of Energy. SEC. 402. [47 U.S.C. 227] TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. [Section 402 contained amendments to section 227(b)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934.] SEC. 403. INTERCEPTION OF CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS. * * * * * [Section 403(a) contained amendments to section 302 of the Communications Act of 1934.] (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.-The Commission shall report to Congress no later than June 1, 1993, on available security features for both analog and digital radio signals. This report shall include a study of security technologies currently available as well as those in development. The study shall assess the capabilities of such technologies, level of security afforded, and cost, with wide-spread deployment of such technologies. (c) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.-This section shall not affect section 2512(2) of title 18, United States Code. 55-236 99-15 |