FCC Reports to Congress on Future of the Universal Service Fund

The Federal Communications Commission completed its Report on the Future of the Universal Service Fund as required by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which instructs the FCC to submit to Congress “a report on options of the Commission for improving its effectiveness in achieving the universal service goals for broadband in light of this Act...and other legislation that addresses those goals.” The Infrastructure Act includes the largest ever federal investment in broadband, totaling approximately $65 billion. This Report provides recommendations for further actions by the FCC and Congress to build upon that investment and improve the ability of the agency to achieve its goals of universal deployment, affordability, adoption, availability, and equitable access to broadband through the Universal Service Fund and other agency programs, to ensure that all of us have the broadband needed to succeed and thrive today.