Open Commission Meeting Thursday, September 21, 2023
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The Commission will consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on facilitating and expediting application processing for satellite and earth station operators in order to advance opportunities for innovation in the new space age. 2.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Updating the 5G Fund for Rural America (GN Docket No. 20-32). Summary: The Commission will consider a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the implementation of the 5G Fund for Rural America in light of new, precise, and verified mobile coverage data gathered through the Broadband Data Collection. 3.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Numbering Policies for Modern Communications (WC Docket No. 13-97); Telephone Number Requirements for IP- Enabled Service Providers (WC Docket No. 07-243); Implementation of TRACED Act Section 6(a)-- Knowledge of Customers by Entities with Access to Numbering Resources (WC Docket No. 20-67); and Process Reform for Executive Branch Review of Certain FCC Applications and Petitions Involving Foreign Ownership (IB Docket No. 16-155). Summary: The Commission will consider a Report and Order to strengthen the Commission's direct access rules in order to stem the tide of illegal robocalls, protect the nation's numbering resources from abuse by foreign bad actors, and advance other important public policy objectives tied to the use of numbering resources. The accompanying Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would seek comment on the duties of existing direct access authorization holders. 4.................. Media................. Title: Updating Obsolete TV Broadcasting Rules (MB Docket No. 22-227). Summary: The Commission will consider a Report and Order which would amend part 73 of the Commission's Rules to update Television and Class A Television Broadcast Station Rules as well as certain rules applicable to all broadcast stations. This would ensure the FCC's rules better reflect the current broadcast TV operating environment including changes related to major developments like the transition from analog to digital-only operations and the post-incentive auction transition to a smaller television band with fewer channels. 5.................. Engineering & Title: Space Launch Technology. Operations (ET Docket No. 13-115). Summary: The Commission will consider a Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would adopt spectrum allocations and a licensing framework for commercial space launches, ensuring reliable and predictable communications services for the private companies that have an increasingly vital role in U.S. space activities. 6.................. Enforcement........... Title: Enforcement Bureau Action. Summary: The Commission will consider an enforcement action. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 184 (Monday, September 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65676-65677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20707]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[FR ID 173749]
Open Commission Meeting Thursday, September 21, 2023
September 14, 2023.
The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on
the subjects listed below on Thursday, September 21, 2023, which is
scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of
the Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC.
While attendance at the Open Meeting is available to the public,
the FCC headquarters building is not open access and all guests must
check in with and be screened by FCC security at the main entrance on L
Street. Attendees at the Open Meeting will not be required to have an
appointment but must otherwise comply with protocols outlined at:
<a href="http://www.fcc.gov/visit">www.fcc.gov/visit</a>. Open Meetings are streamed live at: <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/live">www.fcc.gov/live</a>
and on the FCC's YouTube channel.
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Item No. Bureau Subject
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1.................. Space................. Title: Expediting Initial
Processing of Satellite
and Earth Station
Applications (IB Docket
No. 22-411); Space
Innovation (IB Docket No.
22-271).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Report and
Order and Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking on
facilitating and
expediting application
processing for satellite
and earth station
operators in order to
advance opportunities for
innovation in the new
space age.
2.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Updating the 5G Fund
for Rural America (GN
Docket No. 20-32).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Further
Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking on the
implementation of the 5G
Fund for Rural America in
light of new, precise, and
verified mobile coverage
data gathered through the
Broadband Data Collection.
3.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Numbering Policies
for Modern Communications
(WC Docket No. 13-97);
Telephone Number
Requirements for IP-
Enabled Service Providers
(WC Docket No. 07-243);
Implementation of TRACED
Act Section 6(a)--
Knowledge of Customers by
Entities with Access to
Numbering Resources (WC
Docket No. 20-67); and
Process Reform for
Executive Branch Review of
Certain FCC Applications
and Petitions Involving
Foreign Ownership (IB
Docket No. 16-155).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Report and
Order to strengthen the
Commission's direct access
rules in order to stem the
tide of illegal robocalls,
protect the nation's
numbering resources from
abuse by foreign bad
actors, and advance other
important public policy
objectives tied to the use
of numbering resources.
The accompanying Second
Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking would seek
comment on the duties of
existing direct access
authorization holders.
4.................. Media................. Title: Updating Obsolete TV
Broadcasting Rules (MB
Docket No. 22-227).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Report and
Order which would amend
part 73 of the
Commission's Rules to
update Television and
Class A Television
Broadcast Station Rules as
well as certain rules
applicable to all
broadcast stations. This
would ensure the FCC's
rules better reflect the
current broadcast TV
operating environment
including changes related
to major developments like
the transition from analog
to digital-only operations
and the post-incentive
auction transition to a
smaller television band
with fewer channels.
5.................. Engineering & Title: Space Launch
Technology. Operations (ET Docket No.
13-115).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Second
Report and Order and
Second Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking that
would adopt spectrum
allocations and a
licensing framework for
commercial space launches,
ensuring reliable and
predictable communications
services for the private
companies that have an
increasingly vital role in
U.S. space activities.
6.................. Enforcement........... Title: Enforcement Bureau
Action.
Summary: The Commission
will consider an
enforcement action.
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The meeting will be webcast at: <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/live">www.fcc.gov/live</a>. Open captioning
will be provided as well as a text only version on the FCC website.
Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are
available upon request. In your request, include a description of the
accommodation you will need and a way we can contact you if we need
more information. Last minute requests will be accepted but may be
impossible to fill. Send an email to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#98fefbfbada8acd8fefbfbb6fff7ee"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bddbdede888d89fddbdede93dad2cb">[email protected]</span></a> or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530.
Press Access--Members of the news media are welcome to attend the
meeting and will be provided reserved seating on a first-come, first-
served basis. Following the meeting, the Chairwoman may hold a news
conference in which she will take questions from credentialed members
of the press in attendance. Also, senior policy and legal staff will be
made available to the press in attendance for questions related to the
items on the meeting agenda. Commissioners may also choose to hold
press conferences. Press may also direct questions to the Office of
Media Relations (OMR): <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ce83abaaa7af9caba2afbaa7a1a0bd8ea8adade0a9a1b8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9e4cccdc0c8fbccc5c8ddc0c6c7dae9cfcaca87cec6df">[email protected]</span></a>. Questions about
credentialing should be directed to OMR.
Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from
the Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-0500. Audio/Video coverage of
the meeting will be broadcast live with open captioning over the
internet from the FCC Live web page at <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/live">www.fcc.gov/live</a>.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-20707 Filed 9-22-23; 8:45 am]
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