; and (C) were incurred during the period that begins on January 31, 2020, and ends on December 31, 2020; or (2) Replace lost, delayed, or decreased revenues, stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the coronavirus disease (COVID–19). . XIV Rural Digital Opportunity 191401. Acceleration of Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction With respect to the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction (in this section referred to as the auction ) provided for in the Report and Order in the matter of Rural Digital Opportunity Fund and Connect America Fund adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (in this section referred to as the Commission ) on January 30, 2020 (FCC 20–5), the Commission shall modify the framework for the auction adopted in such Report and Order as follows: (1) The Commission shall begin accepting long-form applications before the auction, not later than the earlier of the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Commission begins accepting short-form applications or July 31, 2020, from such applicants as are willing to commit to the schedule described in paragraph (3)(B) for deployment of networks capable of providing symmetrical Gigabit performance service. (2) If the long-form applications accepted pursuant to paragraph (1) indicate that, for any census block or census block group identified in the Preliminary List of Eligible Areas released by the Commission on March 17, 2020, there is only 1 qualified applicant willing to commit to provide symmetrical Gigabit performance service pursuant to the schedule described in paragraph (3)(B), the Commission shall, not later than the earlier of September 30, 2020, or 30 days before the start of the auction— (A) award to such applicant Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I support for such census block or census block group, at 100 percent of the reserve price (in this paragraph referred to as the award ); (B) remove such census block or census block group from the auction