[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 65 (Thursday, April 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 16831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06850]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 02-6; DA 17-243]


Wireline Competition Bureau Announces E-Rate Inflation-Based CAP 
for Funding Year 2017

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) 
announces the E-rate program funding cap for funding year 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Bachtell, Wireline Competition 
Bureau, (202) 418-7400 or TTY: (202) 418-0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 54.507(a) of the 
Commission's rules, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announces 
that the E-rate program funding cap for funding year 2017 is 
$3,990,207,000. The new cap represents a 1.3 percent inflation-adjusted 
increase in the $3,939,000,000 billion cap from funding year 2016. This 
represents a $51,207,000 increase for the E-rate program funding cap as 
a whole, including a $38,077,000 increase for the category one services 
funding level and a $13,130,000 increase for the category two services 
funding level. The Commission began indexing the funding cap to 
inflation in 2010 to ensure that E-rate program funding keeps pace with 
the changing broadband and telecommunications needs of schools and 
libraries. A Public Notice was released on March 13, 2017.

Federal Communications Commission.
Ryan B. Palmer,
Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2017-06850 Filed 4-5-17; 8:45 am]
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