,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dafg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #c1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,gohmert 7for himself1 ,mr4        
,farenthold1 ,mr4 ,duncan of ,tennessee1
 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 and ,mr4
 ,culberson7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,communications   
,act of #aicd to require multi-line     
telephone systems to have a default     
configuration that permits users to     
directly initiate a call to #i-a-a      
without dialing any additional digit1   
code1 prefix1 or post-fix1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,kari's ,law ,act of
 #bjae4  #b4 ,default configuration of  
multi-line telephone systems for direct 
dialing of #i-a-a  7a7 ,in general      
,title ,,vii of the ,communications ,act
 of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #fja et seq47  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  #gba4 ,default configuration

 of multi-line telephone systems for    
direct dialing of #i-a-a  7a7 ,in       
general ,a person engaged in the        
business of manufacturing1 importing1   
selling1 leasing1 or installing         
multi-line telephone systems may not    
manufacture or import for use in the    
,united ,states1 sell or lease or offer 
to sell or lease in the ,united ,states1
 or install in the ,united ,states a    
multi-line telephone system1 unless the 
default configuration of such system is 
such that a user may directly initiate a
 call to #i-a-a from any station        
equipped with dialing facilities1       
without dialing any additional digit1   
code1 prefix1 or post-fix1 including any
 trunk-access code such as the digit #i1
 regardless of whether the user is      
required to dial such a digit1 code1    
prefix1 or post-fix for other calls4    
7b7 ,on-,site notification ,a person    
engaged in the business of installing   
multi-line telephone systems1 in        
installing such a system1 shall         

configure the system to provide a       
notification to a central location at   
the facility where the system is        
installed when a person at the facility 
initiates a call to #i-a-a using the    
system1 if the system is able to be     
configured to provide the notification  
without an improvement to the hardware  
of the system4  7c7 ,enforcement ,this  
section shall be enforced under title   
,v1 except that section #eja applies    
only to the extent that such section    
provides for the punishment of a fine4  
7d7 ,multi-,line telephone system       
defined ,the term multi-line telephone  
system has the meaning given such term  
in section #fejb of the ,middle ,class  
,tax ,relief and ,job ,creation ,act of 
#bjab 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #adga74  4  7b7    
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to a multi-line telephone system that is
 manufactured1 imported1 offered for    
first sale or lease1 first sold or      
leased1 or installed after the date that

 is #b years after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act4