A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act.

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make federal provisions prohibiting the obligation or expenditure of funds either in excess of appropriated amounts or in violation of sequestration orders under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1986 inapplicable to: (1) any amount collected or received as federal universal service contributions, or (2) the expenditure or obligation of amounts attributable to such contributions.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 297 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 297

To amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that 
  funds received as universal service contributions and the universal 
 service support programs established pursuant to that section are not 
subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly 
                    known as the Antideficiency Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 7, 2011

 Mr. Rockefeller (for himself and Ms. Snowe) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that 
  funds received as universal service contributions and the universal 
 service support programs established pursuant to that section are not 
subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly 
                    known as the Antideficiency Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDING.

    Congress finds that in order to ensure the efficient and effective 
implementation of the Universal Service Fund on a long-term basis, the 
Universal Service Fund needs to be exempt from the Antideficiency Act.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934.

    Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(m) Application of Antideficiency Act.--Section 1341 and 
subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code, do not 
apply--
            ``(1) to any amount collected or received as Federal 
        universal service contributions required by this section, 
        including any interest earned on such contributions; nor
            ``(2) to the expenditure or obligation of amounts 
        attributable to such contributions for universal service 
        support programs established pursuant to this section.''.
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