# Rural eConnectivity Program
> **Rural Utilities Service** · Final rule; confirmation and response to comments. · Published 2022-10-19 · 87 FR 63419
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-22677
- **Category:** rural-development
- **Sub-agency:** Rural Utilities Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 63419
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 1740
- **Publication date:** 2022-10-19
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. RUS-20-Telecom-0023
## Abstract

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or Agency), an agency in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Mission area, published a final rule with comment in the Federal Register on February 26, 2021, to establish the Rural eConnectivity Program (ReConnect Program). The final rule described the eligibility requirements, the application process, the criteria that RUS uses to assess applicants' creditworthiness and outlined the application process. Through this action, RUS is confirming the final rule as it was published and providing responses to the public comments that addressed the broadband speed used to determine eligibility.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/19/2022-22677/rural-econnectivity-program)
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