[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 56 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 56

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 7, 2015

  Mr. Vitter 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 
2015''.

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) and 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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