Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 1.djvu/104

 110 STAT. 80 PUBLIC LAW 104-104—FEB. 8, 1996 (1) the designation and heading of each title of the Act shall be in the form and typeface of the designation and heading of this title of this Act; and (2) the designation and heading of each part of each title of the Act shall be in the form and typeface of the designation and heading of part I of title II of the Act, as amended by subsection (a). SEC. 102. ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 214 (47 U.S.C. 214) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (e) PROVISION OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE.— "(1) ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS. — A common carrier designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier under paragraph (2) or (3) shall be eligible to receive universal service support in accordance with section 254 and shall, throughout the service area for which the designation is received— "(A) offer the services that are supported by Federal universal service support mechanisms under section 254(c), either using its own facilities or a combination of its own facilities and resale of another carrier'services (including the services offered by another eligible telecommunications carrier); and "(B) advertise the availability of such services and the charges therefor using media of general distribution. "(2) DESIGNATION OF ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CAR- RIERS.—A State commission shall upon its own motion or upon request designate a common carrier that meets the requirements of paragraph (1) as an eligible telecommunications carrier for a service area designated by the State commission. Upon request and consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity, the State commission may, in the case of an area served by a rural telephone company, and shall, in the case of all other areas, designate more than one common carrier as an eligible telecommunications carrier for a service area designated by the State commission, so long as each additional requesting carrier meets the requirements of paragraph (1). Before designating an additional eligible telecommunications carrier for an area served by a rural telephone company, the State commission shall find that the designation is in the public interest. " (3) DESIGNATION OF ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CAR- RIERS FOR UNSERVED AREAS. —If no common carrier will provide the services that are supported by Federal universal service support mechanisms under section 254(c) to an unserved community or any portion thereof that requests such service, the Commission, with respect to interstate services, or a State commission, with respect to intrastate services, shall determine which common carrier or carriers are best able to provide such service to the requesting unserved community or portion thereof and shall order such carrier or carriers to provide such service for that unserved community or portion thereof. Any carrier or carriers ordered to provide such service under this paragraph shall meet the requirements of paragraph (1) and shall be designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier for that community or portion thereof.

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