CRS Weighs In on Lifeline, Telemarketing Regulation
The Congressional Research Service circulated documents on the FCC’s Lifeline overhaul and telemarketing regulation. The Lifeline document is a mere two pages and dated April 5. “The announced expansion of the program has once again brought the program under additional…
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scrutiny,” the CRS brief said. “The policy debate over the design and expansion of the Lifeline program has continued with the release of the 2016 Lifeline Order.” Issues include “the impact that minimum broadband and voice standards may have on the ability of providers to offer services within the $9.25 per month subsidy and such standards' potential for the need for subscriber co-pays” and “whether a firm budget cap should be established consistent with the other USF programs,” CRS said. The separate telemarketing report, dated April 1, is 12 pages. “This report will outline the laws underpinning the National Do Not Call List; describe the regulations implementing the list; answer some of the most frequently asked questions related to the list; and discuss the possible penalties for violating the rules,” the report says in its summary. “The report will also briefly discuss some of the ways the various states have implemented their own do not call lists.”