Sec.  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  Sec.  Sec. 54.409(d) and 54.410(b)(3) for
   as long as the consumer receives Lifeline service from that eligible
   telecommunications carrier or until audited by the Administrator. If an
   eligible telecommunications carrier provides Lifeline discounted wholesale
   services to a reseller, it must obtain a certification from that reseller
   that it is complying with all Commission requirements governing the
   Lifeline/Link Up programs.

   (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  Sec.  Sec. 54.405(c), 54.405(d), 54.409(d),
   54.410, and 54.416.

   [ 69 FR 34601 , June 22, 2004]

   Effective Date Note:   At  69 FR 34601 , June 22, 2004,  Sec. 54.417 was added.
   This section contains information collection and recordkeeping requirements
   and will not become effective until approval has been given by the Office of
   Management and Budget.

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