,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #beec  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #aa1 
#bjaf,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself1 ,mrs4
 ,fischer1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1  
and ,mr4 ,cruz7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,commerce1        
,science1 and ,transportation  ,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 #bjaf4  #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 ,definition ,in this        
section1 the term multi-line telephone  
system has the meaning given the term in
 section #fejb of the ,middle ,class    
,tax ,relief and ,job ,creation ,act of 
#bjab 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #adga74  7b7       
,direct initiation of calls to #i-a-a ,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 system unless the default     
configuration of the system allows a    
user to directly initiate a call to     
#i-a-a from any station equipped with   
dialing facilities--  7#a7 without      
requiring the user to dial any          
additional digit1 code1 prefix1 or      
post-fix1 including any trunk-access    
code 7such as the digit #i72 and  7#b7  

regardless of whether the user is       
required to dial such a digit1 code1    
prefix1 or post-fix for other calls4    
7c7 ,on-,site notification  7#a7 ,in    
general ,a person engaged in the        
business of installing multi-line       
telephone systems1 in installing a      
system described in paragraph 7#b71     
shall configure the system to provide a 
notification to a central location--    
7,a7 at the facility where the system is
 installed2 and  7,b7 when a person at  
the facility initiates a call to #i-a-a 
using the system4  7#b7 ,configuration  
,a system described in this paragraph is
 a multi-line telephone system that is  
able to be configured to provide the    
notification described in paragraph 7#a7
 without an improvement to the hardware 
of the system4  7d7 ,enforcement ,this  
section shall be enforced under title   
,v1 except that section #eja applies    
only to the extent that the section     
provides for the imposition of a fine4  
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