HR 1171
107th Congress
House
Science, Technology, Communications
Administrative procedure
Commerce
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Telecommunication industry
Telecommunication rates
Telephone
Telephone rates
Universal Service Support Act
Introduced: March 22, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 2, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Mar 22, 2001
Introduced in House
Mar 22, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Plain-English summary
Universal Service Support Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to terminate current caps and limitations on universal service support mechanisms. Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from enforcing or reimposing such caps or limitations for rural telephone companies or exchanges they acquire based on fund size or other considerations unrelated to the sufficiency of support to achieve desired purposes.
Requires the FCC to calculate: (1) high-cost (in excess of 115 percent of the nationwide average) loop (connection) support portions; and (2) the nationwide average unseparated loop cost.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Committees of jurisdiction
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