I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3481 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 18, 2011 Mr. Griffin of Arkansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2011.

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Prohibition on Lifeline support for commercial mobile service

(a)

In general

A provider of commercial mobile service may not receive universal service support under sections 214(e) and 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 214(e); 254) for the provision of such service through the Lifeline program of the Federal Communications Commission. (b)

Commercial mobile service defined

In this section, the term commercial mobile service has the meaning given such term in section 332(d)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d)(1)).