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FCC 54.409
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 54.409 Consumer qualification for Lifeline.
(a) To constitute a qualifying low-income consumer:
(1) A consumer's household income as defined in § 54.400(f) must be at or
below 135% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines for a household of that size;
or
(2) The consumer, one or more of the consumer's dependents, or the
consumer's household must receive benefits from one of the following federal
assistance programs: Medicaid; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;
Supplemental Security Income; Federal Public Housing Assistance (Section 8);
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program; National School Lunch Program's
free lunch program; or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; or
(3) The consumer meets additional eligibility criteria established by a
state for its residents, provided that such-state specific criteria are
based solely on income or other factors directly related to income.
(b) A consumer who lives on Tribal lands is eligible for Lifeline service as
a “qualifying low-income consumer” as defined by § 54.400(a) and as an
“eligible resident of Tribal lands” as defined by § 54.400(e) if that
consumer meets the qualifications for Lifeline specified in paragraph (a) of
this section or if the consumer, one or more of the consumer's dependents,
or the consumer's household participates in one of the following
Tribal-specific federal assistance programs: Bureau of Indian Affairs
general assistance; Tribally administered Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families; Head Start (only those households meeting its income qualifying
standard); or the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations.
(c) In addition to meeting the qualifications provided in paragraph (a) or
(b) of this section, in order to constitute a qualifying low-income
consumer, a consumer must not already be receiving a Lifeline service, and
there must not be anyone else in the subscriber's household subscribed to a
Lifeline service.
[ 77 FR 12970 , Mar. 2, 2012, as amended at 77 FR 38534 , June 28, 2012]
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Goto Section: 54.407 | 54.410
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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