To promote competition and reduce consumer switching costs in the provision of online communications services.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To promote competition and reduce consumer switching costs in the provision of online communications services., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers. The main policy domain is Finance, Technology, Social Welfare.
Who Benefits and How
financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act of 2023 or the ACCESS Act of 2023.
- Section idb1959aa378ee4a9eb7365bf690ffb5e6: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. The term communications provider means a consumer-facing communications and...
- Section idc5e41652e890469683aa33479da2967d: 3. Portability A large communications platform provider shall, for each large communications platform it operates, maintain a set of transparent,...
- Section id2782306f2e664df39a267476f23ed0ef: 4. Interoperability A large communications platform provider shall, for each large communications platform it operates, maintain a set of transparent,...
- Section id310707ee865f483ca10e534f8ac2b254: 5. Delegatability A large communications platform provider shall maintain a set of transparent third-party-accessible interfaces by which a user may delegate a...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To promote competition and reduce consumer switching costs in the provision of online communications services., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.
Key Policy Areas
Finance, Technology, Social Welfare
Primary Purpose
This bill, To promote competition and reduce consumer switching costs in the provision of online communications services., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Warner (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Graham, Mr. Hawley, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a communications provider that provides, manages, or controls a large communications platform. The term user data means information that is— collected directly by a communications provider
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