A new covered funding award is defined by when the application came in
To require the Federal Communications Commission to establish a vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost universal service program funding, section 2, Sec. 2.
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A new covered funding award is defined by when the application came in
The document says “means”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“the term `new covered funding award' means an award of covered funding that is made based on an application submitted to the Commission on or after the date on which rules are promulgated under paragraph (2)”
The second definition, and the one that sets when the new duties begin to bite. An award counts as a new covered funding award only if the application behind it reached the Commission on or after the day the rules ordered by paragraph (2) are promulgated. Applications filed before that day fall outside the term.
What the document actually says
“the term `new covered funding award' means an award of covered funding that is made based on an application submitted to the Commission on or after the date on which rules are promulgated under paragraph (2)”
That sentence, in plain words
A new covered funding award is money given out on a form sent in later. The form has to arrive on or after the day the new rules are set.
What this is about
The new rules do not reach back in time. Awards from older forms stay as they were. Only forms sent in after the rules are out must meet the new test.
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Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025, Public Law 119-89, sec. 2, 140 Stat. 818 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ89/html/PLAW-119publ89.htm
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“A new covered funding award is defined by when the application came in,” Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/rural-broadband-protection-act-2025/proposal/sec02-definition-new-award/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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