,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aaci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #af1       
#bjag,mr4 ,cramer introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,communications
 ,act of #aicd to protect low-income    
,lifeline subscribers by mandating a    
continuing role for ,states in          
designating eligible telecommunications 
carriers for participation in the       
,universal ,service program1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,preserving    
,state ,commission ,oversight ,act of   
#bjag or the ,,psc ,oversight ,act of   
#bjag4  #b4 ,lifeline broadband         
providers  7a7 ,no force or effect ,on  
and after the date of enactment of this 
,act1 paragraph 7j7 of section #ed4bja  
of title #dg1 ,code of ,federal         
,regulations1 shall have no force or    
effect4  7b7 ,removal from rules ,not   
later than #a year after the date of    

enactment of this ,act1 the ,federal    
,communications ,commission shall amend 
section #ed4bja of title #dg1 ,code of  
,federal ,regulations1 by striking      
paragraph 7j74  7c7 ,state duty ,to     
designate eligible telecommunications   
carriers ,section #bad7;e7 of the       
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bad7;e77 is amended by adding
 at the end the following3  7#g7 ,rule  
of construction ,nothing in this ,act or
 in the ,telecommunications ,act of     
#aiif 7,public ,law #ajd-ajd2 #aaj      
,stat4 #ef7 may be construed as         
modifying or effectively limiting the   
jurisdiction of any ,state commission to
 designate an eligible                  
telecommunications carrier under this   
subsection4  4