47 USC § 616 - Internet protocol-based relay services
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identifier: "/us/usc/t47/s616"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "47 USC § 616 - Internet protocol-based relay services"
title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
section_number: "616"
section_name: "Internet protocol-based relay services"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VII, § 715, as added Pub. L. 111–260, title I, § 103(b), Oct. 8, 2010, 124 Stat. 2755.)"
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# § 616. Internet protocol-based relay services
October 8, 2010October 8, 2010
Within one year after , each interconnected VoIP service provider and each provider of non-interconnected VoIP service shall participate in and contribute to the Telecommunications Relay Services Fund established in section 64.604(c)(5)(iii) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on , in a manner prescribed by the Commission by regulation to provide for obligations of such providers that are consistent with and comparable to the obligations of other contributors to such Fund.
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**Source Credit**: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VII, § 715, as added Pub. L. 111–260, title I, § 103(b), Oct. 8, 2010, 124 Stat. 2755.)