Section 54.712 - Contributor recovery of universal service costs from end users(a) Federal universal service contribution costs may be recovered through interstate telecommunications-related charges to end users. If a contributor chooses to recover its federal universal service contribution costs through a line item on a customer's bill the amount of the federal universal service line-item charge may not exceed the interstate telecommunications portion of that customer's bill times the relevant contribution factor. 67 FR 79533 , Dec. 30, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 15672 , Apr. 1, 2003; 71 FR 38797 , July 10, 2006