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.

        [Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 241 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 241

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 1, 2005

Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Stevens, and Mr.
Inouye) 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. 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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