Fund Administration
About Fund Administration:
- Fund Administration Overview
- Purpose of the Universal Service Fund
- How the Universal Service Fund Works
- Universal Service Fund Program Integrity
- Understanding Audits
- Training Events
Fund Administration Tools:
Collections: Debt Collection Improvement Act (DCIA) Payments
Balances owed to the Universal Service Fund constitute a debt owed to the United States as defined by 31 U.S.C § 3701 (the Debt Collection Act of 1982 and the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996).
If any contributor, service provider, or applicant balance owed to the USF becomes over 90 days delinquent (1 day past the Due Date is considered delinquent), USAC will transfer the balance to the FCC for further collections activity.
At that time, the amount is due for payment to the FCC directly, rather than to USAC. USAC cannot accept, and cannot transfer to the FCC, payments made for balances owed due to DCIA Transfers.
Information on how to pay the FCC is stated in the demand letter sent to companies for balances that USAC has transferred to the FCC.
