PUBLIC LAW 102-556—OCT. 28, 1992 106 STAT. 4183

subsection (bX5) to a provider of a pay-per-call service shall
make readily available on request to Federal and State agencies
and other interested persons—

"(A) a list of the telephone numbers for each of the
pay-per-call services it carries;

(B) a short description of each such service;
"(C) a statement of the total cost or the cost per minute
and any other fees for each such service;

"(D) a statement of the pay-per-call service's name,
business address, and business telephone; and

"(E) such other information as the Commission consid-
ers necessary for the enforcement of this section and other
applicable Federal statutes and regulations.
"(2) COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES.—A common carrier that by
contract or tariff assigns a telephone number with a prefix
or area code designated by the Commission in accordance with
subsection (bX5) to a provider of pay-per-call services shall
terminate, in accordance with procedures specified in such regu-
lations, the offering of a pay-per-call service of a provider if
the carrier knows or reasonably should know that such service
is not provided in compliance with title II or III of the Telephone
Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act or the regulations pre-
scribed by the Federal Trade Commission pursuant to such
titles.

"(3) SUBSCRIBER DISCONNECTION PROHIBITED.—A common
carrier shall not disconnect or interrupt a subscriber's local
exchange telephone service or long distance telephone service
because of nonpayment of charges for any pay-per-call service.
"(4) BLOCKING AND PRESUBSCRIPTION.—A common carrier
that provides local exchange service shall—

"(A) offer telephone subscribers (where technically fea-
sible) the option of blocking access from their telephone
number to all, or to certain specific, prefixes or area codes
used by pay-per-call services, which option—

"(i) shall be offered at no charge (I) to all subscrib-
ers for a period of 60 days after the issuance of the
regulations under subsection (b), and (II) to any sub-
scriber who subscribes to a new telephone number
until 60 days after the time the new telephone number
is effective; and

"(ii) shall otherwise be offered at a reasonable
fee; and

"(B) offer telephone subscribers (where the Commission
determines it is technically and economically feasible), in
combination with the blocking option described under
subparagraph (A), the option of presubscribing to or block-
ing only specific pay-per-call services for a reasonable one-
time charge.

The regulations prescribed under subparagraph (AXi) of this
paragraph may permit the costs of such blocking to be recovered
by contract or tariff, but such costs may not be recovered
from local or long-distance ratepayers. Nothing hi this sub-
section precludes a common carrier from filing its rates and
regulations regarding blocking and presubscription in its inter-
state tariffs.

"(5) VERIFICATION OF CHARITABLE STATUS.—A common car-
rier that assigns by contract or tariff a telephone number

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