# Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 1996-07-02 · Effective 1996-07-01 · 61 FR 34376
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-16761
- **Category:** universal-service
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 34376
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 36
- **Publication date:** 1996-07-02
- **Effective date:** 1996-07-01
- **FCC docket:** CC Docket 96-45
## Abstract

This Report and Order extends the duration of the indexed interim cap (``interim cap'') on the rate of growth of the Universal Service Fund (``USF''), amending the Commission's rules regarding jurisdictional separations. This action will moderate the growth of the USF while the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service and the Commission consider changes to the universal service rules. The interim cap is extended in order to facilitate the transition to any new universal service rules that are adopted consistent with the mandates of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/07/02/96-16761/federal-state-joint-board-on-universal-service)
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