A BILL 
To provide for certain reports on enrollment in the Lifeline 
program, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Phone and 
Internet 
Access 
Through 
Lifeline 
and 
Affordable 
Connectivity Program Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORTS ON ENROLLMENT IN CERTAIN PROGRAMS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT ON ENROLLMENT IN LIFELINE 
AND AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAMS THROUGH 
QUALIFYING PROGRAMS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
for 2 calendar years after the calendar year during which 
the first report is submitted under this subsection, the Com-
mission shall submit to Congress a report on— 
(1) enrollment in the Lifeline program by indi-
viduals participating in each of the Lifeline quali-
fying programs, broken out by each of the Lifeline 
qualifying programs, to the extent the Commission 
holds or has access to the necessary data relating to 
such enrollment; and 
(2) enrollment in the Affordable Connectivity 
Program by individuals participating in each of the 
Affordable Connectivity Program qualifying pro-
grams, broken out by each of the Affordable 
Connectivity Program qualifying programs, to the ex-
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tent the Commission holds or has access to the nec-
essary data relating to such enrollment. 
(b) GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON EFFORTS TO PRO-
MOTE
ENROLLMENT
IN
LIFELINE
AND
AFFORDABLE 
CONNECTIVITY PROGRAMS.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit a report to Congress iden-
tifying outreach and publicity efforts to promote participa-
tion and enrollment in the Lifeline program and, sepa-
rately, the Affordable Connectivity Program. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
AFFORDABLE
CONNECTIVITY
PROGRAM 
QUALIFYING
PROGRAM.—The 
term 
‘‘Affordable 
Connectivity Program qualifying program’’ means 
the programs set forth in paragraphs (1), (3), (4), 
and (6) of section 54.1800(j) of title 47, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, or any successor regulation. 
(2) 
COMMISSION.—The 
term 
‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(3) LIFELINE QUALIFYING PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘Lifeline qualifying program’’ means the programs 
set forth in subsections (a)(2) and (b) of section 
54.409 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any successor regulation. 
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Union Calendar No. 396 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4275 
[Report No. 117–552] 
A BILL 
To provide for certain reports on enrollment in the 
Lifeline program, and for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 14, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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