# Implementation of Cable Act Reform Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 1999-07-02 · Effective 1999-08-31 · 64 FR 35948
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-16955
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 35948
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 76
- **Publication date:** 1999-07-02
- **Effective date:** 1999-08-31
- **FCC docket:** CS Docket No. 96-85
## Abstract

In the Report and Order, the Commission implemented provisions of the 1996 Telecommunications Act that reform several parts of Title VI of the Communications Act of 1934, including sections on effective competition to a cable system, small cable operator rules, uniform rate requirements, technical standards, and the sunset of the Commission's role in regulating rates on the cable service programming tier.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/07/02/99-16955/implementation-of-cable-act-reform-provisions-of-the-telecommunications-act-of-1996)
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