Universal Service Reform Act of 2010 introduced

On July 22, 2010, Congressmen Rick Boucher and Lee Terry introduced the Universal Service Reform Act of 2010.

The FCC created the Universal Service Fund (USF) in 1997 to provide all schools, health care providers, libraries, and other anchor institutions with high-speed Internet connections.

According to Reps. Boucher and Terry, the "Universal Service Fund is broken."

In a statement released today by the two co-sponsoring Congressmen, they explained their bill:

Our legislation is a comprehensive and forward-looking measure, which will control the spiraling growth of the Universal Service Fund while ensuring that sufficient universal service support is available on a technology-neutral basis to the carriers which rely on it to provide service. The measure will expand who pays into the Fund, control the growth of the Fund and modernize the Fund by allowing its use for the deployment of high-speed broadband service.

The Communications Workers of America and Speed Matters have long supported reform for the USF.

Universal Service Reform Act of 2010

Boucher, Terry Introduce Universal Service Reform Act of 2010