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USF Working Group ‘Getting Closer and Closer’ to Discussion Draft

Lawmakers have been working for years to modernize the program

Jake Neenan

Jake Neenan

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USF Working Group ‘Getting Closer and Closer’ to Discussion Draft
From left: Marcus Maher, Senior Legal Adviser to FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty; Carmen Scurato, senior policy counsel to Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M.; and Joey Wender, executive director of SHLB

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2026 – Lawmakers are making progress on draft legislation to update an $8 billion-per-year telecom subsidy, a Congressional aide said Friday.

A bipartisan working group with members from both chambers of Congress has been working for years to update the Universal Service Fund, which is supported by fees on a shrinking pool of voice revenue.

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