§  54.400   Terms and definitions.

   Link to an amendment published at  77 FR 12966 , March 2, 2012.

   As used in this subpart, the following terms shall be defined as
   follows:

   (a) Qualifying low-income consumer. A "qualifying low-income consumer"
   is a consumer who meets the qualifications for Lifeline, as specified
   in § 54.409.

   (b) Toll blocking. "Toll blocking" is a service provided by carriers
   that lets consumers elect not to allow the completion of outgoing toll
   calls from their telecommunications channel.

   (c) Toll control. "Toll control" is a service provided by carriers that
   allows consumers to specify a certain amount of toll usage that may be
   incurred on their telecommunications channel per month or per billing
   cycle.

   (d) Toll limitation. "Toll limitation" denotes either toll blocking or
   toll control for eligible telecommunications carriers that are
   incapable of providing both services. For eligible telecommunications
   carriers that are capable of providing both services, "toll limitation"
   denotes both toll blocking and toll control.

   (e) Eligible resident of Tribal lands. An "eligible resident of Tribal
   lands" is a "qualifying low-income consumer," as defined in paragraph
   (a) of this section, living on or near a reservation. A "reservation"
   is defined as any federally recognized Indian tribe's reservation,
   pueblo, or colony, including former reservations in Oklahoma, Alaska
   Native regions established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
   Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688), and Indian allotments. "Near
   reservation" is defined as those areas or communities adjacent or
   contiguous to reservations which are designated by the Department of
   Interior's Commission of Indian Affairs upon recommendation of the
   local Bureau of Indian Affairs Superintendent, which recommendation
   shall be based upon consultation with the tribal governing body of
   those reservations, as locales appropriate for the extension of
   financial assistance and/or social services, on the basis of such
   general criteria as: Number of Indian people native to the reservation
   residing in the area; a written designation by the tribal governing
   body that members of their tribe and family members who are Indian
   residing in the area, are socially, culturally and economically
   affiliated with their tribe and reservation; geographical proximity of
   the area to the reservation, and administrative feasibility of
   providing an adequate level of services to the area.

   Note to paragraph (e): The Commission stayed implementation of
   paragraph (e) as applied to qualifying low-income consumers living
   "near reservations" on August 31, 2000 (15 FCC Rcd 17112).

   (f) Income. "Income" is all income actually received by all members of
   the household. This includes salary before deductions for taxes, public
   assistance benefits, social security payments, pensions, unemployment
   compensation, veteran's benefits, inheritances, alimony, child support
   payments, worker's compensation benefits, gifts, lottery winnings, and
   the like. The only exceptions are student financial aid, military
   housing and cost-of-living allowances, irregular income from occasional
   small jobs such as baby-sitting or lawn mowing, and the like.

   [ 62 FR 32952 , June 17, 1997, as amended at  63 FR 2128 , Jan. 13, 1998;
    65 FR 47905 , Aug. 4, 2000;  65 FR 58663 , Oct. 2, 2000;  68 FR 41941 , July
   16, 2003;  69 FR 34600 , June 22, 2004]