Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2011

Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2011 [sic] - Prohibits a provider of commercial mobile communications service from receiving universal service support under specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 for the provision of such service through the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline program (a program that provides discounts on monthly telephone service to qualifying low-income consumers).

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 176 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 176

  To prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service 
                     through the Lifeline program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2013

   Mr. Griffin of Arkansas introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service 
                     through the Lifeline program.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON LIFELINE SUPPORT FOR COMMERCIAL MOBILE SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--A provider of commercial mobile service may not 
receive universal service support under sections 214(e) and 254 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 214(e); 254) for the provision of 
such service through the Lifeline program of the Federal Communications 
Commission.
    (b) Commercial Mobile Service Defined.--In this section, the term 
``commercial mobile service'' has the meaning given such term in 
section 332(d)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
332(d)(1)).
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