Bill SponsorBILLSPONSOR
Bill Sponsor
Politicians
Bills
Senate Bill 421
115th Congress(2017-2018)
PSC Oversight Act of 2017
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Feb 16, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced in Senate 
Feb 16, 2017
Not Scanned for Linkage
About Linkage
Multiple bills can contain the same text. This could be an identical bill in the opposite chamber or a smaller bill with a section embedded in a larger bill.
Bill Sponsor regularly scans bill texts to find sections that are contained in other bill texts. When a matching section is found, the bills containing that section can be viewed by clicking "View Bills" within the bill text section.
Bill Sponsor is currently only finding exact word-for-word section matches. In a future release, partial matches will be included.
Introduced in Senate(Feb 16, 2017)
Feb 16, 2017
Not Scanned for Linkage
About Linkage
Multiple bills can contain the same text. This could be an identical bill in the opposite chamber or a smaller bill with a section embedded in a larger bill.
Bill Sponsor regularly scans bill texts to find sections that are contained in other bill texts. When a matching section is found, the bills containing that section can be viewed by clicking "View Bills" within the bill text section.
Bill Sponsor is currently only finding exact word-for-word section matches. In a future release, partial matches will be included.
Jump To
S. 421 (Introduced-in-Senate)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 421


To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to protect low-income Lifeline subscribers by mandating a continuing role for States in designating eligible telecommunications carriers for participation in the Universal Service program, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 16, 2017

Mrs. Fischer (for herself and Mr. Udall) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to protect low-income Lifeline subscribers by mandating a continuing role for States in designating eligible telecommunications carriers for participation in the Universal Service program, and for other purposes.

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 “Preserving State Commission Oversight Act of 2017” or the “PSC Oversight Act of 2017”.

SEC. 2. Lifeline broadband providers.

(a) No force or effect.—On and after the date of enactment of this Act, paragraph (j) of section 54.201 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, shall have no force or effect.

(b) Removal from rules.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall amend section 54.201 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, by striking paragraph (j).

SEC. 3. State duty to designate eligible telecommunications carriers.

Section 214(e) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 214(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(7) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act or in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–104; 110 Stat. 56) may be construed as modifying or effectively limiting the jurisdiction of any State commission to designate an eligible telecommunications carrier under this subsection.”.