Goto Section: 54.625 | 54.702 | Table of Contents
FCC 54.701
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 54.701 Administrator of universal service support mechanisms.
(a) The Universal Service Administrative Company is appointed the permanent
Administrator of the federal universal service support mechanisms, subject
to a review after one year by the Federal Communications Commission to
determine that the Administrator is administering the universal service
support mechanisms in an efficient, effective, and competitively neutral
manner.
(b) The Administrator shall establish a nineteen (19) member Board of
Directors, as set forth in Sec. 54.703. The Administrator's Board of Directors
shall establish three Committees of the Board of Directors, as set forth in
Sec. 54.705: (1) the Schools and Libraries Committee, which shall oversee the
schools and libraries support mechanism; (2) the Rural Health Care
Committee, which shall oversee the rural health care support mechanism; and
(3) the High Cost and Low Income Committee, which shall oversee the high
cost and low income support mechanism. The Board of Directors shall not
modify substantially the power or authority of the Committees of the Board
without prior approval from the Federal Communications Commission.
(c)(1) The Administrator shall establish three divisions:
(i) The Schools and Libraries Division, which shall perform duties and
functions in connection with the schools and libraries support mechanism
under the direction of the Schools and Libraries Committee of the Board, as
set forth in Sec. 54.705(a);
(ii) The Rural Health Care Division, which shall perform duties and
functions in connection with the rural health care support mechanism under
the direction of the Rural Health Care Committee of the Board, as set forth
in Sec. 54.705(b); and
(iii) The High Cost and Low Income Division, which shall perform duties and
functions in connection with the high cost and low income support mechanism,
the interstate access universal service support mechanism for price cap
carriers described in subpart J of this part, and the interstate common line
support mechanism for rate-of-return carriers described in subpart K of this
part, under the direction of the High Cost and Low Income Committee of the
Board, as set forth in Sec. 54.705(c).
(2) As directed by the Committees of the Board set forth in Sec. 54.705, these
divisions shall perform the duties and functions unique to their respective
support mechanisms.
(d) The Administrator shall be managed by a Chief Executive Officer, as set
forth in Sec. 54.704. The Chief Executive Officer shall serve on the Committees
of the Board established in Sec. 54.705.
[ 63 FR 70572 , Dec. 21, 1998, as amended at 65 FR 38689 , June 21, 2000; 65 FR 57739 , Sept. 26, 2000; 66 FR 59727 , Nov. 30, 2001; 68 FR 36943 , June 20,
2003]
Goto Section: 54.625 | 54.702
Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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