§  54.302   Monthly per-line limit on universal service support.

   (a) Beginning July 1, 2012 and until June 30, 2013, each study area's
   universal service monthly support (not including Connect America Fund
   support provided pursuant to § 54.304) on a per-line basis shall not
   exceed $250 per-line plus two-thirds of the difference between its
   uncapped per-line monthly support and $250. Beginning July 1, 2013 and
   until June 30, 2014, each study area's universal service monthly
   support on a per-line basis shall not exceed $250 per-line plus one
   third of the difference between its uncapped per-line monthly support
   and $250. Beginning July 1, 2014, each study area's universal service
   monthly per-line support shall not exceed $250. Beginning July 1, 2019,
   until June 30, 2021, each study area's universal service monthly
   per-line support shall not exceed $225. Beginning July 1, 2021, each
   study area's universal service monthly per-line support shall not
   exceed $200.

   (b) For purposes of this section, universal service support is defined
   as the sum of the amounts calculated pursuant to § § 54.1304, 54.1310,
   54.305, and 54.901 through 54.904. Line counts for purposes of this
   section shall be as of the most recent line counts reported pursuant to
   § 54.903(a)(1).

   (c) The Administrator, in order to limit support for carriers pursuant
   to paragraph (a) of this section, shall reduce safety net additive
   support, high-cost loop support, safety valve support, and Connect
   America Fund Broadband Loop Support in proportion to the relative
   amounts of each support the study area would receive absent such
   limitation.

   [ 76 FR 73870 , Nov. 29, 2011, as amended at  79 FR 39188 , July 9, 2014;
    82 FR 14339 , Mar. 20, 2017;  84 FR 4730 , Feb. 19, 2019]