47 CFR Part 54
PART 54—UNIVERSAL SERVICE
- PART 54—UNIVERSAL SERVICE
- Chapter I—Federal Communications Commission › Subchapter B—Common Carrier Services
- Subpart A—General Information
- § 54.1 Basis and purpose.
- § 54.5 Terms and definitions.
- § 54.7 Intended use of federal universal service support.
- § 54.8 Prohibition on participation: suspension and debarment.
- § 54.9 Prohibition on use of funds.
- § 54.10 Prohibition on use of certain Federal subsidies.
- § 54.11 Requirement to remove and replace.
- Subpart B—Services Designated for Support
- § 54.101 Supported services for rural, insular, and high cost areas.
- Subpart C—Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support
- § 54.201 Definition of eligible telecommunications carriers, generally.
- § 54.202 Additional requirements for Commission designation of eligible telecommunications carriers.
- § 54.203 Designation of eligible telecommunications carriers for unserved areas.
- § 54.205 Relinquishment of universal service.
- § 54.207 Service areas.
- Subpart D—Universal Service Support for High Cost Areas
- § 54.302 Monthly per-line limit on universal service support.
- § 54.303 Eligible Capital Investment and Operating Expenses.
- § 54.304 Administration of Connect America Fund Intercarrier Compensation Replacement.
- § 54.305 Sale or transfer of exchanges.
- § 54.306 Alaska Plan for Rate-of-Return Carriers Serving Alaska.
- § 54.307 Support to a competitive eligible telecommunications carrier.
- § 54.308 Broadband public interest obligations for recipients of high-cost support.
- § 54.309 Connect America Fund Phase II Public Interest Obligations.
- § 54.310 Connect America Fund for Price Cap Territories—Phase II.
- § 54.311 Connect America Fund Alternative-Connect America Cost Model Support.
- § 54.312 [Reserved]
- § 54.313 Annual reporting requirements and quarterly performance reporting for high-cost recipients.
- § 54.314 Certification of support for eligible telecommunications carriers.
- § 54.315 Application process for Connect America Fund phase II support distributed through competitive bidding.
- § 54.316 Broadband deployment reporting and certification requirements for high-cost recipients.
- § 54.317 Alaska Plan for competitive eligible telecommunications carriers serving remote Alaska.
- § 54.318 Alaska Connect Fund for competitive eligible telecommunications carriers receiving mobile support.
- § 54.319 Elimination of high-cost support in areas with 100 percent coverage by an unsubsidized competitor.
- § 54.320 Compliance and recordkeeping for the high-cost program.
- § 54.321 Reporting and certification requirements for Alaska Plan participants.
- § 54.322 Public interest obligations and performance requirements, reporting requirements, and non-compliance mechanisms for mobile legacy high-cost support recipients.
- Subpart E—Universal Service Support for Low-Income Consumers
- § 54.400 Terms and definitions.
- § 54.401 Lifeline defined.
- § 54.403 Lifeline support amount.
- § 54.404 The National Lifeline Accountability Database.
- § 54.405 Carrier obligation to offer Lifeline.
- § 54.406 Activities of representatives of eligible telecommunications carriers.
- § 54.407 Reimbursement for offering Lifeline.
- § 54.408 Minimum service standards.
- § 54.409 Consumer qualification for Lifeline.
- § 54.410 Subscriber eligibility determination and certification.
- § 54.411 [Reserved]
- § 54.412 Off reservation Tribal lands designation process.
- § 54.413 Link Up for Tribal lands.
- § 54.414 Reimbursement for Tribal Link Up.
- § 54.416 Annual certifications by eligible telecommunications carriers.
- § 54.417 Recordkeeping requirements.
- § 54.419 Validity of electronic signatures.
- § 54.420 Low income program audits.
- § 54.422 Annual reporting for eligible telecommunications carriers that receive low-income support.
- § 54.423 Budget.
- § 54.424 Emergency communications support for survivors.
- Subpart F—Universal Service Support for Schools and Libraries
- § 54.500 Terms and definitions.
- § 54.501 Eligible recipients.
- § 54.502 Eligible services.
- § 54.503 Competitive bidding requirements.
- § 54.504 Requests for services.
- § 54.505 Discounts.
- § 54.506 [Reserved]
- § 54.507 Cap.
- §§ 54.508-54.509 [Reserved]
- § 54.511 Ordering services.
- § 54.513 Resale and transfer of services.
- § 54.514 Payment for discounted services.
- § 54.515 Distributing support.
- § 54.516 Auditing and inspections.
- §§ 54.517-54.518 [Reserved]
- § 54.519 State telecommunications networks.
- § 54.520 Children's Internet Protection Act certifications required from recipients of discounts under the federal universal service support mechanism for schools and libraries.
- § 54.522 [Reserved]
- § 54.523 Payment for the non-discount portion of supported services.
- Subpart G—Universal Service for Rural Health Care Program
- § 54.600 Terms and definitions.
- § 54.601 Health care provider eligibility.
- § 54.602 Health care support mechanism.
- Telecommunications Program
- § 54.603 Consortia, telecommunications services, and existing contracts.
- § 54.604 Determining the urban rate.
- § 54.605 Determining the rural rate.
- § 54.606 Calculating support.
- Healthcare Connect Fund Program
- § 54.607 Eligible recipients.
- § 54.608 Eligible service providers.
- § 54.609 Designation of Consortium Leader.
- § 54.610 Letters of agency (LOA).
- § 54.611 Health care provider contribution.
- § 54.612 Eligible services.
- § 54.613 Eligible equipment.
- § 54.614 Eligible participant-constructed and owned network facilities for consortium applicants.
- § 54.615 Off-site data centers and off-site administrative offices.
- § 54.616 Upfront payments.
- § 54.617 Ineligible expenses.
- § 54.618 Data collection and reporting.
- General Provisions
- § 54.619 Cap.
- § 54.620 Annual filing requirements and commitments.
- § 54.621 Filing window for requests and prioritization of support.
- § 54.622 Competitive bidding requirements and exemptions.
- § 54.623 Funding requests.
- § 54.624 Site and service substitutions.
- § 54.625 Service Provider Identification Number (SPIN) changes.
- § 54.626 Service delivery deadline and extension requests.
- § 54.627 Invoicing process and certifications.
- § 54.628 Duplicate support.
- § 54.629 Prohibition on resale.
- § 54.630 Election to offset support against annual universal service fund contribution.
- § 54.631 Audits and recordkeeping.
- § 54.632 Signature requirements for certifications.
- § 54.633 Validity of electronic signatures and records.
- Subpart H—Administration
- § 54.701 Administrator of universal service support mechanisms.
- § 54.702 Administrator's functions and responsibilities.
- § 54.703 The Administrator's Board of Directors.
- § 54.704 The Administrator's Chief Executive Officer.
- § 54.705 Committees of the Administrator's Board of Directors.
- § 54.706 Contributions.
- § 54.707 Audit controls.
- § 54.708 De minimis exemption.
- § 54.709 Computations of required contributions to universal service support mechanisms.
- § 54.711 Contributor reporting requirements.
- § 54.712 Contributor recovery of universal service costs from end users.
- § 54.713 Contributors' failure to report or to contribute.
- § 54.715 Administrative expenses of the Administrator.
- § 54.717 Audits of the Administrator.
- Subpart I—Review of Decisions Issued by the Administrator
- § 54.719 Parties permitted to seek review of Administrator decision.
- § 54.720 Filing deadlines.
- § 54.721 General filing requirements.
- § 54.722 Review by the Wireline Competition Bureau or the Commission.
- § 54.723 Standard of review.
- § 54.724 Time periods for Commission approval of Administrator decisions.
- § 54.725 Universal service disbursements during pendency of a request for review and Administrator decision.
- Subpart J—Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
- § 54.801 [Reserved]
- § 54.802 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund geographic areas, deployment obligations, and support disbursements.
- § 54.803 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund provider eligibility.
- § 54.804 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund application process.
- § 54.805 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund public interest obligations.
- § 54.806 Rural Digital Opportunity Fund reporting obligations, compliance, and recordkeeping.
- Subpart K—Connect America Fund Broadband Loop Support for Rate-of-Return Carriers
- § 54.901 Calculation of Connect America Fund Broadband Loop Support.
- § 54.902 Calculation of CAF BLS Support for transferred exchanges.
- § 54.903 Obligations of rate-of-return carriers and the Administrator.
- Subpart L—Mobility Fund and 5G Fund
- § 54.1001 Mobility Fund—Phase I.
- § 54.1002 Geographic areas eligible for support.
- § 54.1003 Provider eligibility.
- § 54.1004 Service to Tribal Lands.
- § 54.1005 Application process.
- § 54.1006 Public interest obligations.
- § 54.1007 Letter of credit.
- § 54.1008 Mobility Fund Phase I disbursements.
- § 54.1009 Annual reports.
- § 54.1010 Record retention for Mobility Fund Phase I.
- § 54.1011 5G Fund.
- § 54.1012 Geographic areas eligible for support.
- § 54.1013 Applicant eligibility.
- § 54.1014 Application process.
- § 54.1015 Public interest obligations and performance requirements for 5G Fund support recipients.
- § 54.1016 Letter of credit.
- § 54.1017 5G Fund support disbursements.
- § 54.1018 Annual reports.
- § 54.1019 Interim service and final service milestone reports.
- § 54.1020 Non-compliance measures for 5G Fund support recipients.
- § 54.1021 Record retention for the 5G Fund.
- § 54.1022 Cybersecurity and supply chain risk requirements.
- Subpart M—High Cost Loop Support for Rate-of-Return Carriers
- § 54.1301 General.
- § 54.1302 Calculation of incumbent local exchange carrier portion of nationwide loop cost expense adjustment for rate-of-return carriers.
- § 54.1303 Calculation of the rural growth factor.
- § 54.1304 Calculation of safety net additive.
- § 54.1305 Submission of information to the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA).
- § 54.1306 [Reserved]
- § 54.1307 Submission of Information by the National Exchange Carrier Association.
- § 54.1308 Study Area Total Unseparated Loop Cost.
- § 54.1309 National and study area average unseparated loop costs.
- § 54.1310 Expense adjustment.
- Subpart O—Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and Connect USVI Fund
- § 54.1501 Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and Connect USVI Fund—Stage 2 for service to fixed locations.
- § 54.1502 [Reserved]
- § 54.1503 Geographic area and locations to be served by Stage 2 fixed support recipients.
- § 54.1504 Term of Stage 2 fixed support, phase-down of legacy fixed support, and reporting obligations for phase-down support recipient.
- § 54.1505 [Reserved]
- § 54.1506 Stage 2 fixed support deployment milestones.
- § 54.1507 Stage 2 public interest obligations for service to fixed locations.
- § 54.1508 Letter of credit for stage 2 fixed support recipients.
- § 54.1509-54.1510 [Reserved]
- § 54.1511 Appropriate uses of Stage 2 mobile support.
- § 54.1512 Geographic area eligible for Stage 2 mobile support.
- § 54.1513 Provision of Stage 2 mobile support.
- § 54.1514 Stage 2 mobile additional annual reporting.
- § 54.1515 Disaster preparation and response measures.
- § 54.1516 Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and the Connect USVI Fund—Transitional support for mobile service.
- § 54.1517 [Reserved]
- § 54.1518 Appropriate uses of transitional mobile support.
- § 54.1519 Geographic area eligible for transitional mobile support.
- § 54.1520 Provision of transitional mobile support.
- § 54.1521 Transitional mobile support additional annual reporting.
- § 54.1522 Security reporting.
- § 54.1523 Spending plans for recipients of legacy frozen phase-down support.
- § 54.1524 Disaster preparation and response measures; Disaster Information Reporting System.
- Subpart P—Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
- § 54.1600 Definitions.
- § 54.1601 Participating providers.
- § 54.1602 Emergency Broadband Benefit.
- § 54.1603 Emergency Broadband Benefit Program support amount.
- § 54.1604 Participating provider obligation to offer Emergency Broadband Benefit Program.
- § 54.1605 Household qualification for Emergency Broadband Benefit Program.
- § 54.1606 Household eligibility determinations.
- § 54.1607 Enrollment representative registration.
- § 54.1608 Reimbursement for providing Emergency Broadband Benefit Program discount.
- § 54.1609 De-enrollment from the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program.
- § 54.1610 Expiration of Emergency Broadband Benefit Program.
- § 54.1611 Recordkeeping requirements.
- § 54.1612 Validity of electronic signatures.
- Subpart Q—Emergency Connectivity Fund
- § 54.1700 Terms and definitions.
- § 54.1701 Eligible recipients.
- § 54.1702 Emergency Connectivity Fund eligible equipment and services.
- § 54.1703 Emergency Connectivity Fund competitive bidding requirements.
- § 54.1704 Emergency Connectivity Fund gift restrictions.
- § 54.1705 Emergency Connectivity Fund eligible uses.
- § 54.1706 Emergency Connectivity Fund service locations.
- § 54.1707 Emergency Connectivity Fund reasonable support amounts.
- § 54.1708 Emergency Connectivity Fund cap and requests.
- § 54.1709 Availability period of the Emergency Connectivity Fund.
- § 54.1710 Emergency Connectivity Fund requests for funding.
- § 54.1711 Emergency Connectivity Fund requests for reimbursement.
- § 54.1712 Duplicate support.
- § 54.1713 Treatment, resale, and transfer of equipment.
- § 54.1714 Audits, inspections, and investigations.
- § 54.1715 Records retention.
- § 54.1716 Children's Internet Protection Act certifications.
- § 54.1717 Administrator of the Emergency Connectivity Fund.
- § 54.1718 Appeal and waiver requests.
- Subpart R—Affordable Connectivity Program
- § 54.1800 Definitions.
- § 54.1801 Participating providers.
- § 54.1802 Affordable connectivity benefit.
- § 54.1803 Affordable Connectivity Program support amounts.
- § 54.1804 Participating provider obligation to offer the Affordable Connectivity Program.
- § 54.1805 Household qualifications for Affordable Connectivity Program.
- § 54.1806 Household eligibility determinations and annual recertification.
- § 54.1807 Enrollment representative registration and compensation.
- § 54.1808 Reimbursement for providing monthly affordable connectivity benefit.
- § 54.1809 De-enrollment from the Affordable Connectivity Program.
- § 54.1810 Consumer protection requirements.
- § 54.1811 Recordkeeping requirements.
- § 54.1812 Validity of electronic signatures.
- § 54.1813 Affordable Connectivity Program Transparency Data Collection.
- § 54.1814 High-cost area benefit.
- Subpart S—Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program
- § 54.1900 Applicability of Uniform Administrative Requirements for grants and cooperative agreements to non-Federal entities.
- § 54.1901 Neutrality requirement.
- § 54.1902 Prohibited activities and costs.
- § 54.1903 Ineligible entities.
- § 54.1904 Recordkeeping and audits.
- § 54.1905 xxx
- Subpart T—Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program
- § 54.2000 Terms and definitions.
- § 54.2001 Cap, budgets, and duration.
- § 54.2002 Eligible recipients.
- § 54.2003 Eligible services and equipment.
- § 54.2004 Application for Pilot Program selection and reporting of information.
- § 54.2005 Competitive bidding requirements.
- § 54.2006 Requests for funding.
- § 54.2007 Discounts.
- § 54.2008 Requests for reimbursement.
- § 54.2009 Audits, inspections, and investigations.
- § 54.2010 Records retention and production.
- § 54.2011 Administrator of the Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program.
- § 54.2012 Appeal and waiver requests.
- § 54.2013 Children's internet Protection Act certifications.
- Subpart U—Alaska Connect Fund for Fixed Services
- § 54.2100 Alaska Connect Fund Transition—ACF Transition.
- § 54.2101 Alaska Connect Fund Fixed—Fixed ACF.
- § 54.2102 Phase down support for Alaska Connect Fund Transition.
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