Urging Need for FCC Action on Universal Service Fund, Expert Says Congress Too Slow
FCC should not ‘wait for Congress to sort through these complex issues.’

FCC should not ‘wait for Congress to sort through these complex issues.’
WASHINGTON, October 12, 2022 – A Broadband Breakfast event panelist doubled down last week on her call for the Federal Communications Commission to unilaterally expand contributions to the Universal Service Fund, despite the commission deciding this summer that any such change should come at the direction of Congress.
The agency had requested input on rules it could consider repealing.
Trump administration officials have also indicated that additional, sector-specific tariffs targeting electronics are on the way.
The bill establishes programs to attract high-impact industrial projects
State plans on three grants with awards between $1 million and $2 million each.