[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 874 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 874

  To prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service 
                     through the Lifeline program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2013

  Mr. Vitter (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Coats) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service 
                     through the Lifeline program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ending Mobile Phone Welfare Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. 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)).
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