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<item congress="113" measure-type="s" measure-number="1766" measure-id="id113s1766" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2013-11-21" update-date="2013-12-06">
<title>USF Equitable Distribution Act of 2013</title>
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<action-date>2013-11-21</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>USF Equitable Distribution Act of 2013&nbsp;- Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require at least 75% of all amounts collected by interstate telecommunications providers from consumers in a rural state for the purpose of making certain contributions to universal service funds established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to be allocated to consumers in that rural state.</p> <p>Defines "rural state" as a state in which the total population density is not more than 200 people per square mile, as determined by the latest available decennial census. </p> <p>Prohibits this Act from being construed to require an increase in amounts collected by interstate telecommunications providers from consumers for the purpose of making such contributions. </p>]]></summary-text>
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