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Will USAC pay you? Free Form 498 check

As of September 8, 2026, USAC pays BEAR reimbursements to the bank account tied to your SAM.gov registration, and holds payment where your FCC Form 498 has no UEI on it.

Type a BEN. We check USAC’s own Form 498 records and tell you whether USAC shows a UEI on your form and what status it has the form in: the Form 498 half of getting paid. Type an FRN instead for its funding status. Nothing to install.

A BEN shows the Form 498 check and FY2025–2026 FRNs. Data: USAC Open Data, as USAC publishes it; FRN results may be up to six hours old, the Form 498 check up to an hour. Got the “Action Required: Your Payment is on Hold” notice? Read what it means and how to clear it.