,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #dba  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #af1      
#bjag,mrs4 ,fischer 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,udall7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,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  #c4 ,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