[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 13948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05116]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 54

[WC Docket Nos. 18-143, 10-90, 14-58; FCC 19-95; FRS 75184]


The Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and the Connect USVI Fund, Connect 
America Fund, ETC Annual Reports and Certifications; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects an error in the regulatory text of a 
Federal Register document that took major steps to promote the 
deployment of advanced, hardened networks in the Territories by 
allocating nearly a billion dollars in Federal universal service 
support in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The summary was 
published in the Federal Register on November 7, 2019, and this 
document corrects the final regulations in that document.

DATES: Effective March 11, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jesse Jachman, Wireline Competition 
Bureau, (202) 418-7400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This summary contains a correction to the 
regulatory text of a Federal Register document, 84 FR 59937, November 
7, 2019. The full text of the Federal Communications Commission's 
(Commission or FCC) Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration in WC 
Docket Nos. 18-143, 10-90, 14-58; FCC 19-95, released on September 30, 
2019, is available for public inspection during regular business hours 
in the FCC Reference Center, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. See 
also the Commission's notification of intent to correct published at 85 
FR 78814, December 7, 2020, and the announcement of effective date 
published at 87 FR 9453, February 22, 2022.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 54

    Communications common carriers, Health facilities, Infants and 
children, internet, Libraries, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Schools, Telecommunications, Telephone.

    Accordingly, 47 CFR part 54 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendment:

PART 54--UNIVERSAL SERVICE

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1. The authority citation for part 54 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 
229, 254, 303(r), 403, 1004, 1302, and 1601-1609, unless otherwise 
noted.


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2. In Sec.  54.316, revise paragraph (b)(7) to read as follows:


Sec.  54.316  Broadband deployment reporting and certification 
requirements for high-cost recipients.

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    (7) Recipients of Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund Stage 2 fixed and 
Connect USVI Fund fixed Stage 2 fixed support shall provide: On an 
annual basis by the last business day of the second calendar month 
following each service milestone in Sec.  54.1506, a certification that 
by the end of the prior support year, it was offering broadband meeting 
the requisite public interest obligations specified in Sec.  54.1507 to 
the required percentage of its supported locations in Puerto Rico and 
the U.S. Virgin Islands as set forth in Sec.  54.1506. The annual 
certification shall quantify the carrier's progress toward or, as 
applicable, completion of deployment in accordance with the resilience 
and redundancy commitments in its application and in accordance with 
the detailed network plan it submitted to the Wireline Competition 
Bureau.
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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-05116 Filed 3-10-22; 8:45 am]
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