§  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 § § 54.409(d) and 54.410(b)(3) for as long as the consumer
   receives Lifeline service from that eligible telecommunications
   carrier. 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
   § § 54.405(c), 54.405(d), 54.409(d), 54.410, and 54.416.

   [ 69 FR 34601 , June 22, 2004, as amended at  72 FR 54218 , Sept. 24, 2007;
    75 FR 15352 , Mar. 29, 2010]