Title 7

SECTION 1738.107

1738.107 Additional reporting requirements for Awardees.

§ 1738.107 Additional reporting requirements for Awardees.

(a) Entities receiving assistance from the USDA to provide retail broadband service must submit annual reports for 3 years after project completion. The reports must include the following information:

(1) The purpose of the financing, including new equipment and capacity enhancements that support high-speed broadband access for educational institutions, health care providers, and public safety service providers (including the estimated number of end users who are currently using or forecasted to use the new or upgraded infrastructure); and

(2) The progress towards fulfilling the objectives for which the assistance was granted, including:

(i) The number of service points that will receive new broadband service, existing network service improvements, and facility upgrades resulting from the Federal assistance;

(ii) The speed of broadband services;

(iii) The average price of the most subscribed tier of broadband service in each proposed service area; and

(iv) The number of new subscribers generated from the project.

(b) Awardees must provide complete, reliable, and precise geolocation information that indicates the location of new broadband service that is being provided or upgraded within the service territory supported by the assistance no later than 30 days after the earlier of the date of:

(1) Completion of the project milestone established in the applicable assistance contract; or

(2) Project completion.

(c) Any other reporting requirements established by the Administrator by notice in the Federal Register before an application is submitted.

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