,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gifc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ag1 #bjbf,mr4
 ,obernolte introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to direct the ,federal         
,communications ,commission to          
promulgate regulations to improve the   
,lifeline program of the ,commission1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,no ,lifeline for the ,dead ,act4  #b4  
,lifeline program improvement  7a7 ,in  
general ,not later than #abj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,federal ,communications ,commission
 shall promulgate regulations with      
respect to the ,lifeline program to     
provide for the following3 7#a7 ,the    
eligibility of a consumer for assistance
 under such program shall be determined 
using the ,national ,lifeline           
,eligibility ,verifier and the ,national
 ,lifeline ,accountability ,database1   

without any option for opting out of    
such ,verifier or such ,database on the 
basis of a ,state or other system       
related to eligibility determinations4  
7#b7 ,not later than #ahj days after the
 date of the enactment of this ,act1 any
 consumer whose eligibility for         
assistance under such program was       
determined without use of the ,national 
,lifeline ,eligibility ,verifier and the
 ,national ,lifeline ,accountability    
,database-- 7,a7 shall have the         
eligibility of such consumer for        
assistance under such program reexamined
 and determined using such ,verifier and
 such ,database2 and  7,b7 shall be no  
longer eligible for assistance under    
such program if determined ineligible   
pursuant to a reexamination under       
subparagraph 7,a74  7#c7 ,only a        
consumer who is a citizen of the ,united
 ,states or a qualified alien shall be  
eligible for assistance under such      
program4  7#d7 ,only a consumer who     
provides1 as part of the application    

process for assistance under such       
program1 the ,social ,security number   
7or a ,tribal identifier7 of such       
consumer shall be eligible for          
assistance under such program4  7b7     
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,lifeline program ,the term ,lifeline   
program means the ,lifeline program of  
the ,federal ,communications            
,commission1 set forth in subpart ,e of 
part #ed of title #dg1 ,code of ,federal
 ,regulations 7or any successor         
regulation74  7#b7 ,national ,lifeline  
,accountability ,database ,the term     
,national ,lifeline ,accountability     
,database has the meaning given such    
term in section #ed4djj of subpart ,e of
 part #ed of title #dg1 ,code of        
,federal ,regulations 7or any successor 
regulation74  7#c7 ,national ,lifeline  
,eligibility ,verifier ,the term        
,national ,lifeline ,eligibility        
,verifier has the meaning given such    
term in section #ed4djj of subpart ,e of
 part #ed of title #dg1 ,code of        

,federal ,regulations 7or any successor 
regulation74  7#d7 ,qualified alien ,the
 term qualified alien has the meaning   
given such term in section #dca of the  
,personal ,responsibility and ,work     
,opportunity ,reconciliation ,act of    
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