Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 1.djvu/1015

 PUBLIC LAW 100-394—AUG. 16, 1988

102 STAT. 977

"(C) The Commission shall periodically assess the appropriateness of continuing in effect the exemptions provided by such regulations for telephones used with public mobile services and telephones used with private radio services. The Commission shall revoke or otherwise limit any such exemption if the Commission determines that— "(i) such revocation or limitation is in the public interest; "(ii) continuation of the exemption without such revocation or limitation would have an adverse effect on hearing-impaired individuals; "(iii) compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1)(B) is technologically feasible for the telephones to which the exemption applies; and "(iv) compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1)(B) would not increase costs to such an extent that the telephones to which the exemption applies could not be successfully marketed. "(3) The Commission may, upon the application of any interested Science and person, initiate a proceeding to waive the requirements of para- technology, graph dXB) of this subsection with respect to new telephones, or telephones associated with a new technology or service. The Commission shall not grant such a waiver unless the Commission determines, on the basis of evidence in the record of such proceeding, that such telephones, or such technology or service, are in the public interest, and that (A) compliance with the requirements of paragraph (I)(B) is technologically infeasible, or (B) compliance with such requirements would increase the costs of the telephones, or of the technology or service, to such an extent that such telephones, technology, or service could not be successfully marketed. In any proceeding under this paragraph to grant a waiver from the requirements of paragraph (1)(B), the Commission shall consider the effect on hearing-impaired individuals of granting the waiver. The Commission shall periodically review and determine the continuing need for any waiver granted pursuant to this paragraph. "(4) For purposes of this subsection— "(A) the term 'essential telephones' means only coin-operated telephones, telephones provided for emergency use, and other telephones frequently needed for use by persons using such hearing aids; "(B) the term 'public mobile services' means air-to-ground radiotelephone services, cellular radio telecommunications services, offshore radio, rural radio service, public land mobile telephone service, and other common carrier radio communication services covered by part 22 of title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations; "(C) the term 'private radio services' means private land mobile radio services and other communications services characterized by the Commission in its rules as private radio services; and "(D) the term 'secure telephones' means telephones that are approved by the United States Government for the transmission of classified or sensitive voice communications.".

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