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 124 STAT. 2876 PUBLIC LAW 111–275—OCT. 13, 2010 period of relocation is for a period of three years or less, the service provider under the contract shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, allow the servicemember to keep the telephone number the servicemember has under the contract if the servicemember re-subscribes to the service during the 90-day period beginning on the last day of such period of relocation. ‘‘(d) FAMILY PLANS.—In the case of a contract for cellular tele- phone service entered into by any individual in which a servicemember is a designated beneficiary of the contract, the indi- vidual who entered into the contract may terminate the contract— ‘‘(1) with respect to the servicemember if the servicemember is eligible to terminate contracts pursuant to subsection (a); and ‘‘(2) with respect to all of the designated beneficiaries of such contract if all such beneficiaries accompany the servicemember during the servicemember’s period of relocation. ‘‘(e) OTHER OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES.—For any contract terminated under this section, the service provider under the con- tract may not impose an early termination charge, but any tax or any other obligation or liability of the servicemember that, in accordance with the terms of the contract, is due and unpaid or unperformed at the time of termination of the contract shall be paid or performed by the servicemember. If the servicemember re-subscribes to the service provided under a covered contract during the 90-day period beginning on the last day of the servicemember’s period of relocation, the service provider may not impose a charge for reinstating service, other than the usual and customary charges for the installation or acquisition of customer equipment imposed on any other subscriber. ‘‘(f) RETURN OF ADVANCE PAYMENTS.—Not later than 60 days after the effective date of the termination of a contract under this section, the service provider under the contract shall refund to the servicemember any fee or other amount to the extent paid for a period extending until after such date, except for the remainder of the monthly or similar billing period in which the termination occurs. ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: ‘‘(1) The term ‘cellular telephone service’ means commercial mobile service, as that term is defined in section 332(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d)). ‘‘(2) The term ‘telephone exchange service’ has the meaning given that term under section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).’’. (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading for title III of such Act is amended by inserting ‘‘, TELEPHONE SERVICE CON- TRACTS’’ after ‘‘LEASES’’. (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended— (1) by striking the item relating to title III and inserting the following new item: ‘‘TITLE III—RENT, INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS, MORTGAGES, LIENS, ASSIGNMENT, LEASES, TELEPHONE SERVICE CONTRACTS’’; AND (2) by striking the item relating to section 305A and inserting the following new item: ‘‘Sec. 305A. Termination of telephone service contracts.’’. 50 USC app. 531. Deadline.