3.0.0 284 2020-02-12T18:54:44Z 2020-02-12T18:54:44Z Senate S S 2005-02-03 109 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-02-03T21:42:43Z 2005-02-03 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S986) IntroReferral 2005-02-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S985-986) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. N B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2005-02-03 True A000121 Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] GEORGE ALLEN R VA F. 2005-02-03 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2005-02-03 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2005-02-03 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2005-02-03 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2005-02-03 True D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2005-02-03 True H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2005-02-03 True B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2005-02-03 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2005-02-03 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2005-02-03 True B000382 Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] ROBERT BENNETT R UT F. 2005-02-03 True T000162 Sen. Thomas, Craig [R-WY] CRAIG THOMAS R WY 2005-02-03 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2005-02-03 True K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2005-02-03 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2005-02-03 True C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2005-02-03 True L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2005-02-03 True D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2005-02-03 True Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedure Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Federal Communications Commission Government Operations and Politics Housing and Community Development Independent regulatory commissions Law Telephone Telephone rates Science, Technology, Communications 00 2005-02-03 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-04T20:44:08Z Rural Universal Service Equity Act of 2005 - Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the need to reform the high cost support mechanism (with respect to universal telephone service) for rural, insular, and high cost areas.

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in calculating Federal universal service support for eligible telecommunications carriers that serve such areas, to revise its support mechanism for high cost areas to provide support to each wire center in which the incumbent local exchange carrier's average cost per line exceeds the national average by such amount as the FCC determines appropriate for the purpose of ensuring the equitable distribution of universal service support throughout the United States. Requires: (1) the FCC to ensure that no State receives less Federal support than it would have received, up to ten percent of the total support distributed, under the FCC's previous support mechanism; and (2) the total amount of support for all States to be equal to the total support calculated under the support mechanism in existence before enactment of this Act.

States that nothing in this Act shall affect the support provided to rural telephone companies.

]]> Rural Universal Services Equity Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Rural Universal Services Equity Act of 2005 Display Title Rural Universal Services Equity Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to distribute universal service support equitability throughout rural America, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-02-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s284is/xml/BILLS-109s284is.xml 2005-02-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S986) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.