106 STAT. 4186 PUBLIC LAW 102-556—OCT. 28, 1992

mon carrier, local exchange carrier, or any other person from
the obligation to comply with Federal, State, and local election
statutes and regulations.

"(2) CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS.—Nothing in this section
shall relieve any provider of pay-per-call services, common car-
rier, local exchange carrier, or any other person from the obliga-
tion to comply with any Federal, State, or local statute or
regulation relating to consumer protection or unfair trade.

"(3) GAMBLING LAWS.—Nothing in this section shall pre-
clude any State from enforcing its statutes and regulations
with regard to lotteries, wagering, betting, and other gambling
activities.

"(4) STATE AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this section shall pre-
clude any State from enacting and enforcing additional and
complementary oversight and regulatory systems or procedures,
or both, so long as such systems and procedures govern ultra-
state services and do not significantly impede the enforcement
of this section or other Federal statutes.

"(5) ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING REGULATIONS.—Nothing in
this section shall be construed to prohibit the Commission
from enforcing regulations prescribed prior to the date of enact-
ment of this section in fulfilling the requirements of this section
to the extent that such regulations are consistent with the
provisions of this section.

"(h) EFFECT ON DIAL-A-PORN PROHIBITIONS.—Nothing in this
section shall affect the provisions of section 223 of this Act.

"(i) DEFINITION OF PAY-PER-CALL SERVICES.—For purposes of
this section—

"(1) The term 'pay-per-call services' means any service—
"(A) in which any person provides or purports to
provide—

M(i) audio information or audio entertainment pro-
duced or packaged by such person;

"(ii) access to simultaneous voice conversation serv-
ices; or

"(iii) any service, including the provision of a prod-
I uct, the charges for which are assessed on the oasis
i of the completion of the call;

"(B) for which the caller pays a per-call or per-time-
interval charge that is greater than, or in addition to,
the charge for transmission of the call; and

"(C) which is accessed through use of a 900 telephone
number or other prefix or area code designated by the
Commission hi accordance with subsection (bX5).
"(2) Such term does not include directory services provided
by a common carrier or its affiliate or by a local exchange
carrier or its affiliate, or any service the charge for which
is tariffed, or any service for which users are assessed charges
only after entering into a presubscription or comparable
arrangement with the provider of such service.".

SEC. 102. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

47 use 227 note. Section 3(c) of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
is amended by striking "section 228" and inserting "section 227".