§ 54.417   Recordkeeping requirements.

   (a) Eligible telecommunications carriers must maintain records to
   document compliance with all Commission and state requirements
   governing the Lifeline and Tribal Link Up program 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 § 54.410(d) and (f) for as long as the
   subscriber receives Lifeline service from that eligible
   telecommunications carrier.

   (b) 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 and Tribal Link Up
   program.

   (c) 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 and Tribal Link Up
   program 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 must fulfill the obligations of an eligible
   telecommunications carrier in § § 54.405 and 54.410.

   [ 77 FR 12974 , Mar. 2, 2012, as amended at  77 FR 38534 , June 28, 2012]

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