3.0.0 1545 2023-01-11T13:30:42Z 2023-01-11T13:30:42Z Senate S 2015-06-10 114 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-06-10T21:39:31Z 2015-06-10 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2015-06-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Science, Technology, Communications Congressional oversight Poverty and welfare assistance Telecommunication rates and fees Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2015-06-10 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-10T20:59:32Z Requires the Federal Communications Commission to submit a quarterly report to Congress regarding the Lifeline program, which provides discounts on telephone service to qualifying low-income consumers. Requires the reports to include: (1) aggregate expenditures on the program; (2) a list of each payment made to a participating telecommunications carrier for the provision of service through the program, including, in the case of a participating carrier that is reimbursed for the provision of service to both wireless and wireline subscribers, the amount of the payment that corresponds to each type of service; and (3) the average cost per subscriber, across all the participating carriers, to provide the service that the program subsidizes, broken down by wireless and wireline subscribers and averaged per subscriber.

]]> A bill to require a quarterly report by the Federal Communications Commission on the Lifeline program funded by the Universal Service Fund. Display Title A bill to require a quarterly report by the Federal Communications Commission on the Lifeline program funded by the Universal Service Fund. Official Title as Introduced A bill to require a quarterly report by the Federal Communications Commission on the Lifeline program funded by the Universal Service Fund. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1545is/xml/BILLS-114s1545is.xml 2015-06-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.