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A penalty of at least $9,000 per violation for pre-authorization defaults

To require the Federal Communications Commission to establish a vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost universal service program funding, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

A penalty of at least $9,000 per violation for pre-authorization defaults

The document says “shallWho acts: Federal Communications CommissionHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“In adopting rules for any new covered funding award, the Commission shall set a penalty for pre-authorization defaults of at least $9,000 per violation”

To require the Federal Communications Commission to establish a vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost universal service program funding, Sec. 2

A floor under the penalty, written into the statute rather than left to the rules. When the Commission adopts rules for any new covered funding award, the penalty it sets for a pre-authorization default is to be at least $9,000 for each violation. The section states the floor and leaves the rest of the penalty to the Commission.

What the document actually says

“In adopting rules for any new covered funding award, the Commission shall set a penalty for pre-authorization defaults of at least $9,000 per violation”

To require the Federal Communications Commission to establish a vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost universal service program funding, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

The FCC must charge at least $9,000 each time someone drops out before they are cleared.

What this is about

People bid for this money. Some win and then drop out early. This sets the least the fine can be. The FCC may charge more than that.

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