FCC Form 472
E443301
FCC Form 472, also known as the Billed Entity Applicant Reimbursement (BEAR) Form, is a document schools and libraries use to request reimbursement for eligible telecommunications and internet access discounts under the federal E-Rate program.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FCC Form 472 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4426017 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FCC Form 472 Context triple: [E-Rate program, applicationForm, FCC Form 472]
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A.
FCC Form 471
FCC Form 471 is the formal application schools and libraries submit to request funding commitments for eligible services and equipment under the federal E-Rate program.
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B.
FCC Form 470
FCC Form 470 is a competitive bidding form that schools and libraries file with the FCC to solicit service provider proposals for discounted telecommunications and internet services under the E-Rate program.
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C.
FCC Form 486
FCC Form 486 is an official FCC filing used by schools and libraries in the E-Rate program to confirm the start of discounted services and certify compliance with program rules.
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D.
FCC
FCC is the common abbreviation for FC Cincinnati, a professional soccer club based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that competes in Major League Soccer.
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E.
FDD
FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) is a communication method that separates uplink and downlink signals onto different frequency bands to enable simultaneous two-way wireless transmission.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FCC Form 472 Target entity description: FCC Form 472, also known as the Billed Entity Applicant Reimbursement (BEAR) Form, is a document schools and libraries use to request reimbursement for eligible telecommunications and internet access discounts under the federal E-Rate program.
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A.
FCC Form 471
FCC Form 471 is the formal application schools and libraries submit to request funding commitments for eligible services and equipment under the federal E-Rate program.
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B.
FCC Form 470
FCC Form 470 is a competitive bidding form that schools and libraries file with the FCC to solicit service provider proposals for discounted telecommunications and internet services under the E-Rate program.
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C.
FCC Form 486
FCC Form 486 is an official FCC filing used by schools and libraries in the E-Rate program to confirm the start of discounted services and certify compliance with program rules.
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D.
FCC
FCC is the common abbreviation for FC Cincinnati, a professional soccer club based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that competes in Major League Soccer.
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E.
FDD
FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) is a communication method that separates uplink and downlink signals onto different frequency bands to enable simultaneous two-way wireless transmission.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
E-Rate program form
ⓘ
administrative document ⓘ federal reimbursement form ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Universal Service Administrative Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administeredUnderAuthorityOf | Federal Communications Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
BEAR Form
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Billed Entity Applicant Reimbursement Form NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| applicableSector |
K-12 education
ⓘ
eligible private schools and library consortia ⓘ public libraries ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
eligible internal connections and related services as permitted by E-Rate rules
ⓘ
eligible internet access services ⓘ eligible telecommunications services ⓘ |
| contains |
billed entity information
ⓘ
certifications and signatures ⓘ funding request identifiers ⓘ invoice line item details ⓘ service provider information ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| discountType | reimbursement of already-paid eligible charges ⓘ |
| fundingSource | Universal Service Fund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy |
FCC E-Rate rules
ⓘ
Universal Service Fund program requirements ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| paymentMethod | electronic funds transfer ⓘ |
| purpose |
obtain payment of approved E-Rate discounts directly from USAC
ⓘ
request reimbursement for E-Rate discounts ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
FCC Form 471
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
FCC Form 474 NERFINISHED ⓘ FCC Form 486 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires |
approved E-Rate funding commitment
ⓘ
banking information for electronic payment ⓘ certification of compliance with Children’s Internet Protection Act when applicable ⓘ certifications by the billed entity ⓘ compliance with document retention rules ⓘ service provider acknowledgment of discounts on customer bills or invoices ⓘ |
| result | direct reimbursement to the applicant rather than to the service provider ⓘ |
| sector |
education
ⓘ
libraries ⓘ |
| submissionFormat | electronic form ⓘ |
| submissionSystem | E-Rate Productivity Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| submittedBy |
E-Rate applicant
ⓘ
billed entity ⓘ |
| submittedTo | USAC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfUse | after services have been delivered and billed ⓘ |
| usedBy |
libraries
ⓘ
schools ⓘ |
| usedFor | post-commitment E-Rate invoicing ⓘ |
| usedInProgram | E-Rate program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: FCC Form 472 Description of subject: FCC Form 472, also known as the Billed Entity Applicant Reimbursement (BEAR) Form, is a document schools and libraries use to request reimbursement for eligible telecommunications and internet access discounts under the federal E-Rate program.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.