§  54.417   Recordkeeping requirements.

   (a) Eligible telecommunications carriers must maintain records to
   document compliance with all Commission and state requirements
   governing the Lifeline and Tribal Link Up program for the three full
   preceding calendar years and provide that documentation to the
   Commission or Administrator upon request. Eligible telecommunications
   carriers must maintain the documentation required in § § 54.404 (b)(11),
   54.410(b), 54.410 (c), 54.410(d), and 54.410(f) for as long as the
   subscriber receives Lifeline service from that eligible
   telecommunications carrier, but for no less than the three full
   preceding calendar years.

   (b) Prior to the effective date of the rules, 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 and Tribal Link Up program. Beginning on the
   effective date of the rules, the eligible telecommunications carrier
   must retain the reseller certification for the three full preceding
   calendar years and provide that documentation to the Commission or
   Administrator upon request.

   (c) Non-eligible telecommunications carrier resellers that purchased
   Lifeline discounted wholesale services to offer discounted services to
   low-income consumers prior to the effective date of the rules, must
   maintain records to document compliance with all Commission
   requirements governing the Lifeline and Tribal Link Up program for the
   three full preceding calendar years and provide that documentation to
   the Commission or Administrator upon request.

   [ 80 FR 40935 , July 14, 2015]