# The Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and the Connect USVI Fund, Connect America Fund, ETC Annual Reports and Certifications
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final action. · Published 2018-06-13 · Effective 2018-06-13 · 83 FR 27515
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-12488
- **Category:** broadband
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 27515
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 54
- **Publication date:** 2018-06-13
- **Effective date:** 2018-06-13
- **FCC docket:** WC Docket Nos. 18-143, 10-90, 14-58
## Abstract

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) establishes the Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund and the Connect USVI Fund to rebuild, improve and expand voice and broadband networks in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Through the Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund, the Commission will make available up to $750 million of funding to carriers in Puerto Rico, including an immediate infusion of $51.2 million for restoration efforts in 2018. Through the Connect USVI Fund, the Commission will make available up to $204 million of funding to carriers in the U.S. Virgin Islands, including an immediate infusion of $13 million for restoration efforts in 2018. As a result of these Funds, as well as the Commission's decision not to offset more than $65 million in advance payments it made to carriers last year, it will make available up to $256 million in additional high-cost support for rebuilding, improving, and expanding broadband-capable networks in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/13/2018-12488/the-uniendo-a-puerto-rico-fund-and-the-connect-usvi-fund-connect-america-fund-etc-annual-reports-and)
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