Number: RL33979
Title: Universal Service Fund: Background and Options for Reform
Authors: Angele A. Gilroy, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: The current policy debate has focused on four major concerns: the scope of the program; who should contribute and what methodology should be used to fund the program; eligibility criteria for benefits; and concerns over possible program fraud, waste, and abuse. A separate and more narrowly focused issue, the impact of the Antideficiency Act (ADA) on the USF, has also become an issue of concern. Legislative measures to address the reform, restructuring and expansion into broadband of the USF (S. 101, S. 711, S. 3491, H.R. 42, H.R. 2054, H.R. 5806, H.R. 6320, H.R. 6356, H.R. 7000) as well as those that address ADA compliance (H.R. 278, H.R.
Pages: 27
Date: November 25, 2008