# Connect America Fund
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2019-12-09 · Effective 2020-01-08 · 84 FR 67220
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-26448
- **Category:** universal-service
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 67220
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 54
- **Publication date:** 2019-12-09
- **Effective date:** 2020-01-08
- **FCC docket:** WC Docket No. 10-90
## Abstract

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) reviews performance measures established by the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of Engineering and Technology (collectively the Bureaus) for recipients of Connect America Fund (CAF) high-cost universal service support to ensure that those standards strike the right balance between ensuring effective use of universal service funds while granting the flexibility providers need given the practicalities of network deployment in varied circumstances.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/12/09/2019-26448/connect-america-fund)
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