CONGRESSIONAL BILL NO. 18-145, C.D.1
P.C. NO. 18-254
PUBLIC LAW NO. 18-52
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(am) ‘universal access obligation’ means an
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obligation of a licensee to provide communications
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services under a universal access policy in an eligible
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geographic area under Section 361(1).
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(an) ‘universal access plan’ has the meaning given
in section 367;
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(ao) ‘Universal Access Special Revolving Fund’
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means the Universal Access Special Revolving Fund
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established under section 365;
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(ap) ’user’ means any person using a
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communications service, regardless of whether such a
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person is contracted to acquire the service.
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(aq) ‘wholesale services’ means services required
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by a licensee in order to provide communications
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services where such services are supplied or provided by
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means of or by means that rely upon a bottleneck
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facility.”
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Section 7.
Title 21 of the Code of the Federated States of
19 Micronesia, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding a new
20 section 303 under chapter 3, to read as follows:
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“Section 303.
General objectives
(1) The objectives of this Act are:
(a) Providing transparent, technologically and
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competitively neutral regulation, which focuses on
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promoting the long-term interests of users;
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