Wicker 'Working With' Markey to Include Services Fee Transparency Text in STELA Renewal
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., told reporters Tuesday he's interested in including language from the Truth-in-Billing, Remedies and User Empowerment over Fees (True Fees) Act (HR-1220/S-510) in a Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act reauthorization bill. Commerce examined…
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STELA during a hearing last week, focusing on whether there's appetite to renew the statute for a term shorter than the traditional five years. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., during the hearing floated the idea of including HR-1220/S-510 language in a recertification measure (see 1910230053). “We're looking at” that language, Wicker said now. “Sen. Markey is on to something and I'm working with him and may even be meeting with him” Tuesday afternoon. The bill would require all telecom, cable and broadband providers include all charges in advertised prices (see 1902140045).