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Friday, June 27, 2025

Supreme Court Upholds $8.6 Billion FCC Telecom Subsidy Fund

 


The US Supreme Court upheld the $8.6 billion Universal Service Fund, the annual slate of subsidies that helps cover the cost of telecom services for low-income people, rural residents, schools and libraries.

Voting 6-3, the justices rejected contentions that Congress unconstitutionally handed off its taxing powers when it set up the program in 1976. The fund uses a charge imposed on monthly phone bills – in an amount determined by the Federal Communications Commission – to subsidize service for more than 8 million people.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/supreme-court-upholds-fcc-s-8-6-billion-telecom-subsidy-fund

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