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BILLING CODE 6705-01-P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [CC Docket No. 02-6; DA 17-243] Wireline Competition Bureau Announces E-Rate Inflation-Based CAP for Funding Year 2017 AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announces the E-rate program funding cap for funding year 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Bachtell, Wireline Competition Bureau,

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(202)418-0484. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 54.507(a) of the Commission's rules, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announces that the E-rate program funding cap for funding year 2017 is $3,990,207,000. The new cap represents a 1.3 percent inflation-adjusted increase in the $3,939,000,000 billion cap from funding year 2016. This represents a $51,207,000 increase for the E-rate program funding cap as a whole, including a $38,077,000 increase for the category one services funding level and a $13,130,000 increase for the category two services funding level. The Commission began indexing the funding cap to inflation in 2010 to ensure that E-rate program funding keeps pace with the changing broadband and telecommunications needs of schools and libraries. A Public Notice was released on March 13, 2017. Federal Communications Commission. Ryan B. Palmer, Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau. [FR Doc. 2017-06850 Filed 4-5-17; 8:45 am]