Universal Home Telephone Service Act of 1983

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Universal Home Telephone Service Act of 1983 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require that the End User Common Line charge for residential telephone subscribers shall be four dollars less than the amount charged for nonresidential telephone subscribers. Prohibits assessing any such charge to residential subscribers before January 1, 1985. Sets forth a formula for eventually recovering the Basic Factor Portion of the Carrier Common Revenue Requirement through End User Common Line charges each year from residential subscribers. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Board which shall establish a Universal Service Fund. Authorizes the Exchange Carriers' Association to administer the Fund. Requires the Fund to be funded by a universal service charge on all interexchange and intraexchange telecommunications service and facilities other than regulated telephone service. Requires the Board, with FCC approval, to establish rules to determine the annual total lifeline subsidy and the amount to be contributed annually to the Fund by carriers providing telephone toll service and bypass service. Imposes a fine for inte…