[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR54.417]

[Page 134-135]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 54_UNIVERSAL SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart E_Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers
 
Sec. 54.417  Recordkeeping requirements.

    (a) Eligible telecommunications carriers must maintain records to 
document compliance with all Commission and state requirements governing 
the Lifeline/Link Up programs for the three full preceding calendar 
years and provide that documentation to the Commission or Administrator 
upon request.
    Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, eligible telecommunications 
carriers must maintain the documentation required in Sec. Sec. 
54.409(d) and 54.410(b)(3) for as long as the consumer receives Lifeline 
service from that eligible telecommunications carrier or until audited 
by the Administrator. If an eligible telecommunications carrier provides 
Lifeline discounted wholesale services to a reseller, it must obtain a 
certification from that reseller that it is complying with all 
Commission requirements governing the Lifeline/Link Up programs.
    (b) Non-eligible-telecommunications-carrier resellers that purchase 
Lifeline discounted wholesale services to offer discounted services to 
low-income consumers must maintain records to document compliance with 
all Commission requirements governing the Lifeline/Link Up programs for 
the three full preceding calendar years and provide that documentation 
to the Commission or Administrator upon request. To the extent such a 
reseller provides discounted services to low-income consumers, it 
constitutes the eligible telecommunications carrier referenced in

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Sec. Sec. 54.405(c), 54.405(d), 54.409(d), 54.410, and 54.416.

[69 FR 34601, June 22, 2004]

    Effective Date Note: At 69 FR 34601, June 22, 2004, Sec. 54.417 was 
added. This section contains information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements and will not become effective until approval has been given 
by the Office of Management and Budget.