Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"


DA 20-555
Released:  May 26, 2020

COMMENT DEADLINE SET FOR NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON ESTABLISHING A 5G FUND FOR RURAL AMERICA
GN Docket No. 20-32

Comment Date:  June 25, 2020
Reply Comment Date:  July 27, 2020

By this Public Notice, the Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force, in coordination with the Wireline Competition Bureau and the Office of Economics and Analytics, announces the deadlines for submitting comments on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which proposes to establish a 5G Fund for Rural America (5G Fund NPRM). Establishing a 5G Fund for Rural America, GN Docket No. 20-32, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order, FCC 20-52 (rel. Apr. 24, 2020) (5G Fund NPRM).

The Commission released the 5G Fund NPRM on April 24, 2020.  The Commission set the comment and reply comment deadlines for the 5G Fund NPRM at 30 and 60 days, respectively, after publication of a summary of the 5G Fund NPRM in the Federal Register.  On May 26, 2020, a summary of the 5G Fund NPRM was published in the Federal Register. 85 Fed. Reg. 31616 (May 26, 2020).
  Accordingly, interested parties may file comments on or before June 25, 2020, and reply comments on or before July 27, 2020.  All filings related to the 5G Fund NPRM should reference GN Docket No. 20-32 and be filed in this docket.
Commenters should follow the filing instructions in the 5G Fund NPRM and the Federal Register notice. 5G Fund NPRM at 69-71, paras. 210-14.
  The 5G Fund NPRM is available on the Commission’s website at:  https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-proposes-5g-fund-rural-america-0. 
Press inquiries should be addressed to Anne Veigle, anne.veigle@fcc.gov, (202) 418-0500.  General inquiries related to this proceeding or the Commission’s rural broadband auctions can be sent to ruralbroadband@fcc.gov. 
Additional information about the 5G Fund for Rural America is available at:  https://www.fcc.gov/5g-fund.
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