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Connect America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost Universal Service Support

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identifier: "/us/fr/2013-12092"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "Connect America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost Universal Service Support"
title_number: 0
title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2013-12092"
section_name: "Connect America Fund; A National Broadband Plan for Our Future; Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers; High-Cost Universal Service Support"
positive_law: false
currency: "2013-05-21"
last_updated: "2013-05-21"
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generator: "[email protected]"
agency: "Federal Communications Commission"
document_number: "2013-12092"
document_type: "rule"
publication_date: "2013-05-21"
agencies:
  - "Federal Communications Commission"
cfr_references:
  - "47 CFR Part 54"
fr_citation: "78 FR 29655"
fr_volume: 78
docket_ids:
  - "WC Docket No. 10-90"
  - "DA 13-309"
effective_date: "2013-05-21"
fr_action: "Final rule; technical amendment."
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#  Annual reporting requirements for high-cost support.

**AGENCY:**

Federal Communications Commission.

**ACTION:**

Final rule; technical amendment.

**SUMMARY:**

The Federal Communications Commission published in the *Federal Register* of May 24, 2012, a document reconsidering and clarifying certain aspects of the *USF/ICC Transformation Order* in response to various petitions for reconsideration and/or clarification. In that document, a filing deadline was inadvertently omitted.

**DATES:**

Effective May 21, 2013.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Alexander Minard, Wireline Competition Bureau, (202) 418-7400 or TTY: (202) 418-0484.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

This is a summary of the FCC's Erratum, DA 13-309, released on March 1, 2013. The Federal Communications Commission published a document in the *Federal Register* of May 24, 2012, in which the filing deadline for § 54.313(a)(9) was inadvertently omitted. This technical  amendment revises the Appendix to reflect the correct filing deadline of July 1, 2013.

**List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 54**

Communications common carriers, reporting and record keeping requirements, telecommunications, telephone.

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

**47 CFR Part 54**

**PART 54—UNIVERSAL SERVICE**

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

**Authority:**

47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 254, 303(r), 403, and 1302 unless otherwise noted.

**47 CFR Part 54**

**Subpart D—Universal Service Support for High Cost Areas**

2. In § 54.313, revise paragraph (a)(9) introductory text to read as follows:

§ 54.313

(a) * * *

(9) *Beginning July 1, 2013.* To the extent the recipient serves Tribal lands, documents or information demonstrating that the ETC had discussions with Tribal governments that, at a minimum, included:

Federal Comunications Commission.

Marlene H. Dortch,

Secretary.