,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ba1 
#bjac,ms4 ,ayotte introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for the        
equitable distribution of ,universal    
,service funds to rural ,states4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,usf ,equitable ,distribution ,act 
of #bjac4  #b4 ,distribution of         
,universal ,service funds ,section #bed 
of the ,communications ,act of #aicd    
7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bed7 is amended by      
adding at the end the following3  7m7   
,distribution of ,universal ,service    
funds  7#a7 ,in general ,not less than  
#ge percent of all amounts collected by 
providers of interstate                 
telecommunications from consumers in a  
rural ,state for the purpose of making  
contributions under subsection 7d7 shall
 be allocated to the provision of       

universal service to consumers in that  
rural ,state4  7#b7 ,rural ,state ,in   
this subsection1 the term rural ,state  
means a ,state in which the total       
population density is not more than #bjj
 people per square mile1 as determined  
by the latest available decennial census
 conducted under section #ada7;a7 of    
title #ac1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#c7 
,amounts collected ,nothing in this     
subsection shall be construed as        
requiring an increase in amounts        
collected by providers of interstate    
telecommunications from consumers for   
the purpose of making contributions     
under subsection 7d74  4