Sec.  54.712   Carrier recovery of universal service costs from end-users.

   (a) Federal universal service contribution costs may be recovered through
   interstate telecommunications-related charges to end users. If a
   telecommunications carrier chooses to recover its federal universal service
   contribution costs through a line item on a customer's bill, as of April 1,
   2003, the amount of the federal universal service line-item charge may not
   exceed the interstate telecommunications portion of that customer's bill
   times the relevant contribution factor.

   (b) [Reserved]

   [ 67 FR 79533 , Dec. 30, 2002, as amended at  68 FR 15672 , Apr. 1, 2003]