Sec. 36.731  Submission of information to the National Exchange Carrier 
          Association.

    (a) In order to allow calculation of the lifeline expense adjustment 
each local telephone company wishing to receive the additional 
interstate expense allocation provided for in this subpart shall provide 
the National Exchange Carrier Association established pursuant to Part 
69 of the Commission's rules with the information listed below for each 
of its study areas. The information for the succeeding calendar year is 
to be filed with the Association on June 30th of each year after 
certification of the plan by the Commission pursuant to Sec. 36.721(b). 
The information filed on June 30th of each year will be used in the 
jurisidictional allocations underlying the cost support data for the 
access tariffs to be filed the following October.
    (1) An estimate of the number of eligible households which will 
receive the lifeline assistance described in Sec. 36.711(a)(1) pursuant 
to a lifeline assistance program which has received Commission 
certification.
    (2) An estimate of the average discount on service commencement 
charges to be provided to each subscriber, not to exceed 50 percent of 
the charges for commencement of the same service applicable to non-
lifeline customers or $30.00, whichever is less;
    (3) An estimate of the number of eligible subscribers which will 
receive the lifeline assistance described in Sec. 36.711(a)(2).

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    (4) An estimate of the average deferred interest cost for each 
subscriber, Provided That:
    (i) The deferred amount on which the cost of interest shall be 
calculated is not to exceed $200.00; and
    (ii) Interest shall be applied only to amounts actually outstanding, 
at the rate for 10-year Treasury Bills on January 1 of each year, with 
the interest rate adjusted only with each filing.
    (b) In the event that this additional interstate expense allocation 
is to be in effect for a given study area for less than a full calendar 
year, the carrier is to submit the information described in 
Sec. 36.731(a) (1) through (4) adjusted to reflect the number of 
subscribers and the relevant costs for the portion of the year during 
which this expense adjustment will be in effect as part of its 
Sec. 36.721(a)(4) submission to the Commission. These data shall be 
filed with NECA at the same time they are filed with the Commission.

    Calculation of Lifeline Connection Assistance Expense Adjustment