I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 96) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 96 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. ENSURING THE INTEGRITY OF VOICE COMMUNICATIONS. Part II of title II of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 262. ENSURING THE INTEGRITY OF VOICE COMMUNICATIONS. ``(a) Registration and Compliance by Intermediate Providers.--An intermediate provider that offers or holds itself out as offering the capability to transmit covered voice communications from one destination to another and that charges any rate to any other entity (including an affiliated entity) for the transmission shall-- ``(1) register with the Commission; and ``(2) comply with the service quality standards for such transmission to be established by the Commission under subsection (c)(1)(B).…
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