---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 54.1602"
title: "47"
number: "54.1602"
heading: "Emergency Broadband Benefit."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/54.1602"
---

# §54.1602. Emergency Broadband Benefit.

- (a) The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program shall provide reimbursement to a participating provider for providing a discount on the price of broadband internet access service (and associated equipment), a connected device, or both, to an eligible household during the emergency period.
- (b) Participating providers may allow consumers whose households qualify for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program pursuant to [47 CFR 54.1605](/cfr/47/54.1605.md), to apply the Emergency Broadband Benefit to any residential service plan that includes broadband internet access service or a bundle of broadband internet access service along with fixed or mobile voice telephony service, text messaging service, or both.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 86 FR 19560, Apr. 13, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 229, 254, 303(r), 403, 1004, 1302, 1601-1609, and 1752, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 32948, June 17, 1997, unless otherwise noted.