47 USC § 645 - Cost

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identifier: "/us/usc/t47/s645"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "47 USC § 645 - Cost"
title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
section_number: "645"
section_name: "Cost"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "BROADBAND DATA"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VIII, § 805, as added Pub. L. 116–130, § 2, Mar. 23, 2020, 134 Stat. 238.)"
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# § 645. Cost

**(a)** **USF** section 254 of this title

The Commission may not use funds from the universal service programs of the Commission established under , and the regulations issued under that section, to pay for any costs associated with this subchapter.

**(b)** **Other funds** section 159 of this title

The Commission may recover costs associated with this subchapter under  to the extent provided for in an appropriation Act, as required under subsection (a) of that section.

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**Source Credit**: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VIII, § 805, as added Pub. L. 116–130, § 2, Mar. 23, 2020, 134 Stat. 238.)