Goto Section: 54.625 | 54.702 | Table of Contents
FCC 54.701
Revised as of December 4, 2012
Goto Year:2011 |
2013
§ 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 § 54.703. The Administrator's Board of
Directors shall establish three Committees of the Board of Directors,
as set forth in § 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 § 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 § 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
§ 54.705(c).
(2) As directed by the Committees of the Board set forth in § 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 § 54.704. The Chief Executive Officer shall serve on the
Committees of the Board established in § 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]
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Goto Section: 54.625 | 54.702
Goto Year: 2011 |
2013
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