# Federal Register 2026-18780 — effective 2026-09-14 — Promoting Fair and Open Competitive Bidding in the E-Rate Program; Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism — Federal Communications Commission

For Federal Register 2026-18780, effective date is 2026-09-14; agency is Federal Communications Commission; published is 2026-09-14; cfr parts amended is 47 CFR 54; dates, as printed is The amendatory instructions 4 and 5, published at 91 FR 29051, on May 19, 2026 are effective September 14, 2026, recorded from its source on 2026-09-14; source re-checked 2026-09-16.

- **FR document number:** 2026-18780 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rule:** Promoting Fair and Open Competitive Bidding in the E-Rate Program; Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Agency:** Federal Communications Commission _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2026-09-14 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **DATES, as printed:** The amendatory instructions 4 and 5, published at 91 FR 29051, on May 19, 2026 are effective September 14, 2026. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR parts amended:** 47 CFR 54 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Published:** 2026-09-14 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

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## Source

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