---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 54.302"
title: "47"
number: "54.302"
heading: "Monthly per-line limit on universal service support."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/54.302"
---

# §54.302. Monthly per-line limit on universal service support.

- (a) Beginning July 1, 2012 and until June 30, 2013, each study area's universal service monthly support (not including Connect America Fund support provided pursuant to [§ 54.304](/cfr/47/54.304.md)) on a per-line basis shall not exceed $250 per-line plus two-thirds of the difference between its uncapped per-line monthly support and $250. Beginning July 1, 2013 and until June 30, 2014, each study area's universal service monthly support on a per-line basis shall not exceed $250 per-line plus one third of the difference between its uncapped per-line monthly support and $250. Beginning July 1, 2014, each study area's universal service monthly per-line support shall not exceed $250. Beginning July 1, 2019, until June 30, 2021, each study area's universal service monthly per-line support shall not exceed $225. Beginning July 1, 2021, each study area's universal service monthly per-line support shall not exceed $200.
- (b) For purposes of this section, universal service support is defined as the sum of the amounts calculated pursuant to §§ [54.1304](/cfr/47/54.1304.md), [54.1310](/cfr/47/54.1310.md), [54.305](/cfr/47/54.305.md), and [54.901 through 54.904](/cfr/47/54.901..54.904.md). Line counts for purposes of this section shall be as of the most recent line counts reported pursuant to [§ 54.903(a)(1)](/cfr/47/54.903.md?p=a-1).
- (c) The Administrator, in order to limit support for carriers pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, shall reduce safety net additive support, high-cost loop support, safety valve support, and Connect America Fund Broadband Loop Support in proportion to the relative amounts of each support the study area would receive absent such limitation.

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 73870, Nov. 29, 2011, as amended at 79 FR 39188, July 9, 2014; 82 FR 14339, Mar. 20, 2017; 84 FR 4730, Feb. 19, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 229, 254, 303(r), 403, 1004, 1302, 1601-1609, and 1752, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 32948, June 17, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 73870, Nov. 29, 2011, as amended at 79 FR 39188, July 9, 2014; 82 FR 14339, Mar. 20, 2017; 84 FR 4730, Feb. 19, 2019]