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Universal Service Support Act

Introduced: April 27, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Apr 27, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Apr 27, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3023-3024)
Apr 27, 2000
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Universal Service Support Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from enforcing its regulations limiting the annual amount of the total nationwide loop (connection) costs to be paid from the Universal Service Fund. Prohibits the FCC from: (1) enforcing individual caps imposed on carriers in connection with requests for study area waivers; or (2) imposing any new cap that would limit the per-loop support calculated under FCC regulations.

Requires the FCC to calculate: (1) high-cost (in excess of 115 percent of the nationwide average) loop support portions; and (2) the nationwide average of such support.

What's happening now April 27, 2000

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Bill text 1 version

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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Apr 27, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2476: Universal Service Support Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2476/
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