,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cedf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bh1 #bjag,mr4 
,austin ,scott of ,georgia 7for himself1
 ,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4 ,flores1 ,mr4 ,jody  
,b4 ,hice of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,allen1 ,mr4
 ,norman1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,rice of    
,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1    
,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,cook1 ,mr4        
,chabot1 ,mr4 ,wenstrup1 ,mr4 ,brat1    
,mr4 ,byrne1 ,mr4 ,ferguson1 ,mr4 ,dunn1
 ,ms4 ,jenkins of ,kansas1 and ,mr4     
,crawford7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to prohibit universal service  
support of commercial mobile service and
 commercial mobile data service through 
the ,lifeline program4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,end    
,taxpayer ,funded ,cell ,phones ,act of 
#bjag4  #b4 ,prohibition on ,lifeline   
support for mobile service  7a7 ,in     
general ,beginning on ,january #a1      
#bjah1 a provider of commercial mobile  

service or commercial mobile data       
service may not receive universal       
service support under sections #bad7;e7 
and #bed of the ,communications ,act of 
#aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bad7;e72 #bed7 for
 the provision of such service through  
the ,lifeline program of the ,federal   
,communications ,commission4  7b7       
,contributions ,for calendar year #bjah1
 the amount that telecommunications     
carriers that provide interstate        
telecommunications services and other   
providers of interstate                 
telecommunications are required to      
contribute under section #bed7;d7 of the
 ,communications ,act of #aicd to       
,federal universal service support      
mechanisms shall be determined--  7#a7  
without regard to subsection 7a72 and   
7#b7 as if the same amount of support   
for the provision of commercial mobile  
service and commercial mobile data      
service through the ,lifeline program   
that is provided in calendar year #bjag 
is provided in calendar year #bjah4  7c7

 ,excess collections ,the amount        
collected pursuant to subsection 7b77#b7
 shall be deposited in the general fund 
of the ,treasury of the ,united ,states1
 for the sole purpose of deficit        
reduction4 ,no portion of such amount   
may be treated as a credit toward future
 contributions required under section   
#bed7;d7 of the ,communications ,act of 
#aicd4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this       
section3 7#a7 ,commercial mobile data   
service ,the term commercial mobile data
 service has the meaning given such term
 in section #fjja of the ,middle ,class 
,tax ,relief and ,job ,creation ,act of 
#bjab 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #adja74  7#b7      
,commercial mobile service ,the term    
commercial mobile service has the       
meaning given such term in section #ccb 
of the ,communications ,act of #aicd    
7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #ccb74