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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  04-  1848 
 June  28,  2004 


 CARRYOVER  OF  UNUSED  FUNDS  FOR  FUNDING  YEAR  2004 
 Schools  and  Libraries  Universal  Service  Support  Mechanism 
 Docket  No.  02-  6 
 In  the  Third  Report  and  Order,  the  Commission  determined  that  unused  funds  from  prior  funding  years  would  be  made  available  annually  in  the  second  quarter  of  each  calendar  year  for  use  in  the  next  full 
 funding  year  of  the  schools  and  libraries  mechanism.  1  The  Order  further  set  forth  that  based  on  estimates  provided  by  the  Universal  Service  Administrative  Company  (Administrator),  the  Wireline  Competition 
 Bureau  would  annually  announce  a  specific  amount  of  unused  funds  from  prior  years  to  be  carried  forward  in  accordance  with  the  public  interest  to  increase  funds  for  the  next  full  funding  year  in  excess  of 
 the  annual  cap. 
 The  Administrator  filed  its  Federal  Universal  Service  Support  Mechanisms  Fund  Size  Projections  for  the  Third  Quarter  2004  on  April  30,  2004  2  and  submitted  a  corrected  filing  on  May  13,  2004.  3  That 
 filing  included  an  estimate  of  $150  million  in  unused  funds  from  Funding  Year  2001  available  to  carry  forward  to  increase  disbursements  to  schools  and  libraries  in  Funding  Year  2004.  4 


 Based  on  the  Administrator’s  estimate,  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  announces  that  $150  million  will  be  carried  forward  from  Funding  Year  2001  to  increase  funds  for  Funding  Year  2004  in 
 excess  of  the  annual  cap.  In  accordance  with  the  Third  Report  and  Order,  this  amount  of  unused  funds  to  be  carried  forward  will  be  deemed  approved  by  the  Commission  if  it  takes  no  action  within  14  days  of  the 
 release  of  this  public  notice. 
 For  further  information,  contact  Jennifer  Schneider,  Attorney,  Telecommunications  Access  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  at  (202)  418-  7400. 


 1  Schools  and  Libraries  Universal  Service  Support  Mechanism,  CC  Docket  No.  02-  6,  Third  Report  and  Order  and 
 Second  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  18  FCC  Rcd  26912  (2003)  (Third  Report  and  Order). 
 2  See  Federal  Universal  Service  Support  Mechanisms  Fund  Size  Projections  for  the  Third  Quarter  2004,  available  at 
 http://  www.  universalservice.  org/  overview/  filings  (filed  April  30,  2004). 
 3  See  Federal  Universal  Service  Support  Mechanisms  Fund  Size  Projections  for  the  Third  Quarter  2004,  Corrected, 
 available  at  http://  www.  universalservice.  org/  overview/  filings  (filed  May  13,  2004). 
 4  Id.  at  32. 
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