FCC's Spending Plan for the Funds from the CARES Act and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

A spending plan from the Federal Communications Commission in accordance with section 15011(b)(1)(B) of the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Pub. L. No 116-136, as amended by Title VIII of Division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. No. 116-260. The requirement in section 15011 of the CARES Act states that each agency shall submit to the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee a plan describing how the agency will use its covered funds. Pursuant to the CARES Act, the FCC received $200 million in funding during fiscal year (FY) 2020 to provide support to health care providers for telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic (COVID-19 Telehealth Program). In Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, the FCC has now received additional funds for its COVID-19 Telehealth Program during FY 2021. Furthermore, the FCC received funding for three other programs in Division N during FY 2021. Please see the table below for a breakdown of the funding that the FCC has received in FY 2020 and FY 2021 from both the CARES Act and Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. The FCC will expend the funds it has received for each of the Division N related programs throughout FY 2021. In addition, the FCC expects some of its spending on these programs to carry over into FY 2022 as well. The FCC has separate sections for each of the four programs listed below to describe each program’s purpose and spending plan.