1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Video Visitation and Inmate Calling in Prisons Act of 2017 . 2. FCC regulation of video visitation service and inmate calling service (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Ancillary service charge The term ancillary service charge means any charge that a consumer may be assessed for the use of inmate calling services that is not included in the per-minute charges assessed for the individual call. (2) Call The term call — (A) means a voice or video call using a covered service; and (B) includes any other session of use that is similar to a telephone call. (3) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission. (4) Consumer The term consumer means the party paying a provider of inmate calling services. (5) Correctional facility The term correctional facility means a jail or prison. (6) Covered service The term covered service means an inmate calling service or a video visitation service. (7) Inmate The term inmate means an individual detained in a correctional facility, regardless of the duration of the detention. (8) Inmate calling service The term inmate calling service means a service that allows inmates to make calls to individuals outside the correctional facility where the inmate is detained, regardless of the technology used to deliver the service. (9) Site Commission The term site commission means any form of monetary payment, in-kind payment, gift, exchange of services or goods, fee, technology allowance, or product that a provider of inmate calling services or affiliate of such a provider may pay, give, donate, or otherwise provide to— (A) an entity that operates a correctional institution; (B) an entity with which the provider of inmate calling services enters into an agreement to provide such services; (C) an agency that oversees a correctional facility; (D) the city, county, or State in which a correctional facility is located