§ 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.
   Eligible  telecommunications  carriers must maintain the documentation
   required  in  § § 54.404  (b)(11), 54.410(b), 54.410 (c), 54.410(d), and
   54.410(f) for as long as the subscriber receives Lifeline service from that
   eligible telecommunications carrier, but for no less than the three full
   preceding calendar years.

   (b)  Prior  to  the  effective  date  of  the  rules,  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. Beginning on the effective date of the rules, the eligible
   telecommunications carrier must retain the reseller certification for the
   three full preceding calendar years and provide that documentation to the
   Commission or Administrator upon request.

   (c)  Non-eligible  telecommunications carrier resellers that purchased
   Lifeline discounted wholesale services to offer discounted services to
   low-income consumers prior to the effective date of the rules, 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.

   [ 80 FR 40935 , July 14, 2015]

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