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z?d104:SN00652:@@@D at thomas.loc.gov Page 7 of 16 public utility company, associate company, or affiliate in the registered holding company • system as they relate to the activities of the ETC; and (2) order an audit of a public utility company that is an associate of an ETC. (Sec. 104) Amends the Act to specify that a purpose of the Act is to make available service to all the people of the United States without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. Subtitle B: Special Provisions Concerning Bell Operating Companies - Requires a BOC to obtain FCC authorization prior to offering "interLATA" (i.e., long-distance; "LATA" means "local access and transport area") service within its region unless those services are previously authorized or incidental to the provision of another service, in which case interLATA service may be offered after the date of this Act's enactment. Permits a BOC to offer out-of-region services immediately after such date. Sets forth requirements for a BOC's provision of interLATA services originating in an in-region State, including: (1) the presence of a facilities-based competitor or competitors (but the presence of a competitor offering exchange access, telephone exchange service offered exclusively through the resale of the BOC's telephone exchange service, and cellular service does not meet such requirement); or (2) the failure of a facilities-based competitor to request access or interconnection. Establishes specific interconnection requirements, including a competitive checklist that a BOC must satisfy as part of its entry test (e.g., interconnection in accordance with specified • requirements, nondiscriminatory access to 911 services, and reciprocal compensation arrangements). Sets forth administrative provisions regarding applications for BOC entry. Authorizes the Attorney General to provide to the FCC an evaluation of an application using any standard the Attorney General deems appropriate. Sets forth provisions regarding FCC determinations, limits on FCC actions, publication of determinations, and enforcement of conditions required for approval. Directs the FCC to establish procedures for the review of complaints concerning failures by BOCs to meet such conditions. Prohibits joint marketing of local services obtained from the BOC and long distance service within a State by carriers with more than five percent of the nation's presubscribed access line for three years after the date of enactment, or until a BOC is authorized to offer interLATA services within that State, whichever is earlier. Requires any BOC authorized to offer interLATA services to provide intraLATA toll dialing parity coincident with its exercise of that interLATA authority. Bars States from ordering a BOC to implement toll dialing parity prior to its entry into interLATA service. Provides that any single-LATA State or any State that has issued an order by December 19, 1995, requiring a BOC to implement intraLATA toll dialing parity is grandfathered under this Act, with the prohibition against "non-grandfathered" States expiring three years after this Act's enactment date. • Sets forth "incidental" interLATA activities that the BOCs are permitted to provide upon the date of enactment. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d104:SNO0652:@@@D 12/11/96