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PUBLIC LAW 104-104—FEB. 8, 1996 110 STAT. 61 (b) COMMON TERMINOLOGY.— Except as otherwise provided in 47 USC 153 note. this Act, the terms used in this Act have the meanings provided in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153), as amended by this section. (c) STYLISTIC CONSISTENCY.— Section 3 (47 U.S.C. 153) is amended— (1) in subsections (e) and (n), by redesignating clauses (1), (2), and (3), as clauses (A), (B), and (C), respectively; (2) in subsection (w), by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively; (3) in subsections (y) and (z), by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; (4) by redesignating subsections (a) through (ff) as paragraphs (1) through (32); (5) by indenting such paragraphs 2 em spaces; (6) by inserting after the designation of each such paragraph— (A) a heading, in a form consistent with the form of the heading of this subsection, consisting of the term defined by such paragraph, or the first term so defined if such paragraph defines more than one term; and (B) the words "The term"; (7) by changing the first letter of each defined term in such paragraphs from a capital to a lower case letter (except for "United States", "State", "State commission", and "Great Lakes Agreement"); and (8) by reordering such paragraphs and the additional paragraphs added by subsection (a) in alphabetical order based on the headings of such paragraphs and renumbering such paragraphs as so reordered. (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— The Act is amended— (1) in section 225(a)(1), by striking "section 3(h)" and insert- 47 USC 225. ing "section 3"; (2) in section 332(d), by striking "section 3(n)" each place 47 USC 332. it appears and inserting "section 3"; and (3) in sections 621(d)(3), 636(d), and 637(a)(2), by striking 47 USC 541, 556, "section 3(v)" and inserting "section 3". 557. TITLE I—TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES Subtitle A—Telecommunications Services SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF PART II OF TITLE 11. (a) AMENDMENT.— Title II is amended by inserting after section 229 (47 U.S.C. 229) the following new part: "PART II—DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETITIVE MARKETS "SEC. 251. INTERCONNECTION. 47 USC 251. "(a) GENERAL DUTY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS.— Each telecommunications carrier has the duty— "(1) to interconnect directly or indirectly with the facilities and equipment of other telecommunications carriers; and