§  54.417   Recordkeeping requirements.

   (a) Eligible telecommunications carriers must maintain records to
   document compliance with all Commission and state requirements
   governing the Lifeline/Link Up programs for the three full preceding
   calendar years and provide that documentation to the Commission or
   Administrator upon request.

   Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, eligible telecommunications
   carriers must maintain the documentation required in § § 54.409(d) and
   54.410(b)(3) for as long as the consumer receives Lifeline service from
   that eligible telecommunications carrier

   (b) Non-eligible-telecommunications-carrier resellers that purchase
   Lifeline discounted wholesale services to offer discounted services to
   low-income consumers must maintain records to document compliance with
   all Commission requirements governing the Lifeline/Link Up programs for
   the three full preceding calendar years and provide that documentation
   to the Commission or Administrator upon request. To the extent such a
   reseller provides discounted services to low-income consumers, it
   constitutes the eligible telecommunications carrier referenced in
   § § 54.405(c), 54.405(d), 54.409(d), 54.410, and 54.416.

   [ 69 FR 34601 , June 22, 2004, as amended at  72 FR 54218 , Sept. 24, 2007]