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Review of International Authorizations To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks; Amendment of the Schedule of Application Fees

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December 8, 2023

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In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts an Order announcing a requirement that all international section 214 authorization holders respond to a one-time collection to update the Commission's records regarding the foreign ownership of international section 214 authorization holders. The Commission, through its Telecommunications and Analysis Division, Office of International Affairs, further adopts a Supplemental Order exempting qualifying international section 214 authorization holders from having to provide certain items of information as part of the information collection. The Commission also announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the information collection associated with the Commission's Order, FCC 23-28. Consistent with the Order, this document provides notice of the filing deadline of the information collection.

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 235 (Friday, December 8, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 85514-85517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26981]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 1 and 63

[IB Docket No. 23-119, MD Docket No. 23-134; FCC 23-28; DA 23-745; FR
ID 171508]

Review of International Authorizations To Assess Evolving
National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy
Risks; Amendment of the Schedule of Application Fees

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final action; mandatory information collection.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) adopts an Order announcing a requirement that all
international section 214 authorization holders respond to a one-time
collection to update the Commission's records regarding the foreign
ownership of international section 214 authorization holders. The
Commission, through its Telecommunications and Analysis Division,
Office of International Affairs, further adopts a Supplemental Order
exempting qualifying international section 214 authorization holders
from having to provide certain items of information as part of the
information collection. The Commission also announces that the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the information collection
associated with the Commission's Order, FCC 23-28. Consistent with the
Order, this document provides notice of the filing deadline of the
information collection.

DATES: Filing deadline: January 22, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gabrielle Kim, Office of International
Affairs, Telecommunications and Analysis Division, at (202) 418-0730 or
via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b4c6a6979626e67676e254062664b6d6868256c647d">[email&#160;protected]</a>. For additional information
concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act information collection
requirements contained in this document, send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88d8dac9c8eeebeba6efe7fe">[email&#160;protected]</a>
or contact Cathy Williams, Office of Managing Director, at (202) 418-
2918 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a7e4c6d3cfde89f0cecbcbcec6cad4e7c1c4c489c0c8d1">[email&#160;protected]</a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order,
FCC 23-28, adopted on April 20, 2023, and released on April 25, 2023,
and the Supplemental Order, DA 23-745, adopted and released on August
22, 2023. The full text of these documents is available on the
Commission's website at <a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-23-28A1.pdf">https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-23-28A1.pdf</a> and <a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-23-745A1.pdf">https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-23-745A1.pdf</a>.
This document also announces that, on June 6, 2023, OMB approved, for a
period until December 31, 2023, the information collection requirements
associated with the Commission's Order, FCC 23-28. The OMB Control
Number is 3060-1308. On August 31, 2023, OMB approved the Commission's
request for a non-substantive change to the currently approved
collection. On November 1, 2023, OMB approved the Commission's request
for an emergency extension of this information collection, for a period
until June 30, 2024. On December 4, 2023, OMB approved the Commission's
request for a non-substantive change to the currently approved
collection. The Commission publishes this document as an announcement
of the effective date of the information collection required by the
Order. The Commission also publishes this document as an announcement
of the filing deadline for the information collection requirements in
the Order. If you have any comments on the burden estimates, or how the
Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens caused
thereby, please contact Cathy Williams, Federal Communications
Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. Please include the
OMB Control Number, 3060-1308, in your correspondence. The Commission
will also accept your comments via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c9999b8889afaaaae7aea6bf">[email&#160;protected]</a>. To request
materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille,
large print, electronic files, audio format), send an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fcbabfbfc9ccc8bc9a9f9fd29b938a">[email&#160;protected]</a> or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at
(202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB
approval on June 6, 2023, for the information collection requirements
associated with the Commission's Order, FCC 23-28. Under 5 CFR part
1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless it displays a current, valid OMB Control Number.
No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply
with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number.
The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Pub. L. 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1308.
OMB Approval Date: June 6, 2023.
OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2024.
Title: Reporting On Foreign Ownership of International Section 214
Authorization Holders.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,500 respondents; 1,500
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 6 hours.
Frequency of Response: One time reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
sections 4(i), 214, 218, 219, and 403 of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 214, 218, 219, and 403.
Total Annual Burden: 4,500 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $1,350,000.
Needs and Uses: The Commission established a new one-time
information collection in the Review of International Section 214
Authorizations to Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement,
Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks, IB Docket No. 23-119; Amendment
of the Schedule of Application Fees Set Forth in Sections 1.1102
through 1.1109 of the Commission's Rules, MD Docket No. 23-134, Order
and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 23-28. Each international
section 214 authorization holder is required to identify its 10% or
greater direct or indirect foreign interest holders (reportable foreign
ownership) as of thirty (30) days prior to the filing deadline.
Additionally, the filer will be required to certify as to the accuracy
of the information provided. Subsequently, in Review of International
Section 214 Authorizations to Assess Evolving National Security, Law
Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks, IB Docket No. 23-
119; Amendment of the Schedule of Application Fees Set Forth in
Sections 1.1102 through 1.1109 of the Commission's Rules, MD Docket No.
23-134, Order, DA 23-745, the Telecommunications and Analysis Division,
Office of International Affairs, as directed by the Commission,
exempted qualifying authorization holders from answering questions in
the information collection regarding the identities, specific equity
and voting interests, and description of controlling interests of their
reportable foreign

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interest holders, instead requiring them to identify, on an aggregated
basis, all of the citizenship(s) or place(s) of organization of their
reportable foreign interest holders. The Order and the Supplemental
Order are summarized below.

I. Order: Reporting on Foreign Ownership of International Section 214
Authorization Holders

1. The Commission adopts an Order requiring all international
section 214 authorization holders to respond to a one-time collection
to update the Commission's records regarding the foreign ownership of
international section 214 authorization holders.\1\ The Commission has
incomplete and outdated information about international section 214
authorization holders. For example, the Commission's records in the
International Communications Filing System (ICFS) reflect there are
approximately 7,000 international section 214 authorization holders,
though the Commission estimates the more accurate number is closer to
approximately 1,500 active authorization holders. Additionally, the
Commission does not have visibility on authorized carriers' current
foreign ownership. Thus, the collection of this information is a
necessary first step for the Commission to make an informed decision
concerning the proposed rules and procedures set forth in the Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). Among other things, the information derived
from this one-time collection will allow the Commission to determine
the number of active authorization holders and whether they have
reportable foreign ownership. In addition, the information will enable
the Commission to identify those authorization holders that are no
longer in business or are in business but discontinued service under
their international section 214 authority. Overall, the information
will assist the Commission in developing a timely and effective process
for prioritizing the review of international section 214 authorizations
that are most likely to raise national security, law enforcement,
foreign policy, and/or trade policy concerns, as proposed in the NPRM.
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\1\ The Commission takes this action pursuant to sections 4(i),
214, 218, 219, and 403 of the Act, 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 214, 218, 219,
403.
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2. Under the Commission's current rules, international section 214
authorization holders are not required to periodically report their
ownership, including the extent of any foreign ownership interests, the
identity of their foreign interest holders, and the countries
associated with such foreign ownership. Following the grant of an
international section 214 authorization, an authorized U.S.-
international carrier can provide service globally to any route for
which it is classified as non-dominant pursuant to the terms of its
international section 214 authorization.\2\ After the grant, the
Commission ordinarily does not receive updated information unless an
authorization holder files an application for a modification,
assignment, or transfer of control of the authorization.\3\
Additionally, international section 214 authorization holders only need
to notify the Commission of a planned discontinuance of service when
the authorization holder seeks to discontinue service for which it has
customers. If an international section 214 authorization holder does
not have any customers when it discontinues offering service, it may
file with the Commission a notification to surrender its authorization,
but is not required to do so. In those circumstances, the authorization
holder may retain the authorization indefinitely. Following the grant
of international section 214 authority, an authorization holder may
retain the authorization even if it was never used or the authorization
holder is not currently offering service or simply is no longer in
business.
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\2\ Under the Commission's rules, a carrier is classified as
non-dominant on a U.S.-international route if it is not affiliated
with a foreign carrier with market power on the foreign end of the
route or it provides an international switched service on that route
solely through the resale of an unaffiliated U.S. facilities-based
carrier's international switched services. 47 CFR 63.10(a); id.
63.10(a)(1) (``A U.S. carrier that has no affiliation with, and that
itself is not, a foreign carrier in a particular country to which it
provides service (i.e., a destination country) shall presumptively
be considered non-dominant for the provision of international
communications services on that route.''); id. 63.10(a)(2) (``Except
as provided in paragraph (a)(4) of this section, a U.S. carrier that
is, or that has or acquires an affiliation with a foreign carrier
that is a monopoly provider of communications services in a relevant
market in a destination country shall presumptively be classified as
dominant for the provision of international communications services
on that route . . . .''); id. 63.10(a)(4) (``A carrier that is
authorized under this part to provide to a particular destination an
international switched service, and that provides such service
solely through the resale of an unaffiliated U.S. facilities-based
carrier's international switched services (either directly or
indirectly through the resale of another U.S. resale carrier's
international switched services), shall presumptively be classified
as non-dominant for the provision of the authorized service . . .
.'').
\3\ The Commission refers to ``application'' in this context to
include an application to modify an international section 214
authorization; an application for substantial assignment or transfer
of control of an international section 214 authorization; and a
notification of pro forma assignment or transfer of control of an
international section 214 authorization. See 47 CFR 63.18,
63.24(e)(1), 63.24(f)(2).
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3. One-Time Information Collection. In furtherance of the
Commission's goals in this proceeding and to inform the Commission's
consideration of the regulatory approaches on which the Commission
seeks comment in the NPRM, the Commission adopts the information
collection requirements herein, which are based on the requirements set
forth in Sec. 63.18(h) of the Commission's rules.\4\ Section 63.18(h)
requires international section 214 applicants to provide the name,
address, citizenship and principal businesses of any person or entity
that directly or indirectly owns at least 10% of the equity of the
applicant, and the percentage of equity owned by each of those entities
(to the nearest 1%).\5\ Specifically, the Commission directs each
authorization holder to identify its 10% or greater direct or indirect
foreign interest holders that hold such equity and/or voting interests
(reportable foreign ownership) \6\ as of thirty (30) days prior to the
filing deadline. Additionally, the Commission requires each
authorization holder to certify as to the accuracy of the information
provided. Such certification requires each authorization holder to
conduct appropriate due diligence, thereby increasing the reliability
of its information. In the NPRM, the Commission proposes to cancel the
authorizations of carriers that fail to respond to this Order and
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forfeitures or other measures where a carrier fails to respond in a
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\4\ Id. 63.18(h). In the Executive Branch Process Reform Order,
the Commission amended Sec. 63.18(h) to require that applicants
must identify the voting interests, in addition to the equity
interests, of individuals or entities with 10% or greater direct or
indirect ownership in the applicant. Executive Branch Process Reform
Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 10965, para. 95; id. at 10985, Appx. B, para.
11; Order Erratum, 35 FCC Rcd at 13173, para. 11. The amended rule
is not yet effective.
\5\ 47 CFR 63.18(h); see 2016 Executive Branch Process Reform
NPRM, 31 FCC Rcd at 7475, para. 49 (``These rules originated when
equity and voting ownership were usually the same. Today, applicants
often have multiple classes of ownership and equity interests that
differ from the voting interests. It is important for the Commission
to know for potential control purposes who has voting interests in
the applicant. The Commission has recognized this in other rules,
where it requires an applicant to provide both equity and voting
interests in an applicant.''); Executive Branch Process Reform
Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 10985, Appx. B, para. 11; Order Erratum, 35 FCC
Rcd at 13173, para. 11 (amending Sec. 63.18(h) to read, ``[t]he
name, address, citizenship, and principal businesses of any
individual or entity that directly or indirectly owns ten percent or
more of the equity interests and/or voting interests, or a
controlling interest, of the applicant, and the percentage of equity
and/or voting interest owned by each of those entities (to the
nearest one percent) . . . .'').
\6\ 47 CFR 63.18(h); Executive Branch Process Reform Order, 35
FCC Rcd at 10985, Appx. B, para. 11; Order Erratum, 35 FCC Rcd at
13173, para. 11.
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4. The Commission anticipates that its information collection will
not be unduly burdensome as international section 214 authorization
holders, including small entities, would have information about their
ownership available for purposes of compliance with the Commission's
rules, e.g., to ascertain whether their ownership requires approval
for, or notification of, a substantive or non-substantive assignment or
transfer. Most businesses likely maintain records of their 10% or
greater direct or indirect equity and/or voting interest holders in the
ordinary course of business. An authorization holder that is a
privately held entity likely knows its investors. An authorization
holder that is a publicly held company is also required to identify its
interest holders in requisite filings with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC).
5. Pursuant to this Order, the Commission requires an international
section 214 authorization holder to submit information based on the
categories below.
(1) Reportable Foreign Ownership--Foreign Adversary--China
(including Hong Kong), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Maduro Regime.
Where there are interest holders that are entities and individuals that
are a government organization or citizen of a ``foreign adversary''
country, an authorization holder must identify its 10% or greater
direct or indirect foreign interest holders, including any 10% or
greater direct or indirect foreign interest holders outside the
foregoing ``foreign adversary'' countries. A ``foreign adversary''
country is defined in the Department of Commerce's rule, 15 CFR 7.4.\7\
The authorization holder must:
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\7\ 15 CFR 7.4 (stating ``[t]he Secretary has determined that
the following foreign governments or foreign non-government persons
have engaged in a long-term pattern or serious instances of conduct
significantly adverse to the national security of the United States
or security and safety of United States persons and, therefore,
constitute foreign adversaries solely for the purposes of the
Executive Order, this rule, and any subsequent rule'' promulgated
pursuant to the Executive Order); see 15 CFR 7.2 (``Foreign
adversary means any foreign government or foreign non-government
person determined by the Secretary to have engaged in a long-term
pattern or serious instances of conduct significantly adverse to the
national security of the United States or security and safety of
United States persons.''); see Executive Order 13873 of May 15,
2019, Securing the Information and Communications Technology and
Services Supply Chain, 84 FR 22689 (May 15, 2019).
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<bullet> identify each interest holder and the foreign country or
countries, including countries that are not foreign adversary
countries;
<bullet> disclose whether any interest holder has dual or more
citizenships and identify all countries where citizenship is held; \8\
and
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\8\ This requirement applies to United States citizens who hold
dual citizenship or multiple citizenships and foreign persons who
are citizens of two or more countries.
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<bullet> certify to the truth and accuracy of all information.
(2) Reportable Foreign Ownership--No Foreign Adversary. Where there
are no interest holders that are entities or individuals that are a
government organization or citizen of any foreign country that is a
``foreign adversary'' country defined in the Department of Commerce's
rule, 15 CFR 7.4, an authorization holder must identify its 10% or
greater direct or indirect foreign interest holders. The authorization
holder must:
<bullet> identify each interest holder and the foreign country or
countries;
<bullet> disclose whether any interest holder has dual or more
citizenships and identify all the countries where citizenship is held;
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\9\ This requirement applies to United States citizens who hold
dual citizenship or multiple citizenships and foreign persons who
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<bullet> certify to the truth and accuracy of all information.
(3) No Reportable Foreign Ownership. An authorization holder that
has no reportable foreign ownership must certify to the truth and
accuracy of this information.
6. Information Collection Process and Deadline. The Commission
directs the Office of International Affairs to conduct this information
collection, including the creation of the forms, submit the information
collection for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review \10\ and,
following OMB review, publish notice of the effective date of the
information collection requirement and the filing deadline in the
Federal Register. In so doing, the Office of International Affairs
should take into account information recently provided to the
Commission on the record that has not materially changed.\11\ The
filing deadline shall be no fewer than thirty (30) days following the
effective date of this Order. The Office of International Affairs also
will issue a Public Notice announcing the deadline and will provide
instructions for filing this information with the Commission.
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\10\ To the extent required, the Office of International Affairs
would also modify the applicable System of Records Notice under the
Privacy Act. See Federal Communications Commission, Privacy Act of
1974; System of Records, IB-1, International Bureau Filing System,
86 FR 43237 (Aug. 6, 2021).
\11\ See, e.g., Letter from Angie Kronenberg, President,
INCOMPAS, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, IB Docket No. 23-
119, at 1-2 (filed Apr. 14, 2023).
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7. FCC Registration Number (FRN). All authorization holders must
have an FCC Registration Number (FRN) in order to file their response
in ICFS.\12\ An FRN is the 10-digit number assigned to all entities
(individual and corporate) that transact business with the Commission,
and it must be provided any time an authorization holder submits a
filing or application in ICFS. The Commission notes that many
international section 214 authorizations were granted to entities prior
to the Commission requiring an FRN in 2001.\13\ Such entities will need
to obtain an FRN prior to filing their response to the information
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\12\ 47 CFR 1.8002(a) (``The FRN must be obtained by anyone
doing business with the Commission, see 31 U.S.C. 7701(c)(2) . . .
.''). An authorization holder may obtain an FRN through the
Commission's CORES web page. FCC, Commission Registration System
(CORES), <a href="https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do">https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do</a> (last visited Apr.
18, 2023).
\13\ Federal Communications Commission, Adoption of a Mandatory
FCC Registration Number, 66 FR 47890 (Sept. 14, 2001) (amending the
Commission's rules to require persons and entities doing business
with the Commission to obtain a unique identifying number, called
the FCC Registration Number (FRN), through the Commission
Registration System (CORES), and to provide the number when doing
business with the Commission, effective December 3, 2001).
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8. Surrender of Authorizations. Authorization holders that
surrender their international section 214 authorizations before the
filing deadline do not need to respond to the one-time information
collection. Accordingly, the Commission strongly encourages
international section 214 authorization holders that no longer need or
use their authorizations to do so before the filing deadline.
International section 214 authorization holders may file a surrender
letter in ICFS.

II. Supplemental Order: Exemption From Information Collection

9. Pursuant to the Commission's directive to take into account
recently-provided information that has not changed, the Office of
International Affair adopts an exemption (Exemption) for Authorization
Holders whose applications were granted within three years prior to the
deadline of the One-Time Information Collection. The Exemption will
reduce the burden for qualifying Authorization Holders while still
allowing the Commission to collect necessary information from the One-
Time Information Collection. Under this Exemption, qualifying
Authorization Holders are exempt from answering questions in the One-
Time Information Collection regarding the identities,

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specific equity and voting interests, and description of controlling
interests, of their Reportable Foreign Interest Holders. Instead,
Authorization Holders that qualify for the Exemption will be required
to identify, on an aggregated basis, all of the citizenship(s) or
place(s) of organization of their Reportable Foreign Interest Holders.
Specifically, to qualify for the Exemption:
(1) The Authorization Holder must have filed an application for an
initial International Section 214 Authorization, modification, or
substantial (not a pro forma filing) assignment or transfer of control
of the authorization that was reviewed by the Executive Branch agencies
and was granted by the Commission on or after [date 3 years before date
of filing deadline, 2020]; and
(2) There are no Reportable Foreign Interest Holders of the
Authorization Holder other than those disclosed in the application
(including any amendment), and there are no changes to the Reportable
Foreign Interest Holders disclosed in the application (including any
amendment) as of [date 30 days prior to filing deadline, 2023].\14\
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\14\ To qualify for the Exemption, there must be no changes to
the Reportable Foreign Interest Holders disclosed in the application
(including any amendment), including but not limited to: no change
in the reported citizenship(s), including dual or multiple
citizenships, and/or place(s) of organization of any Reportable
Foreign Interest Holder; no removal of any Reportable Foreign
Interest Holder from an Authorization Holder's chain of ownership;
and no change in a Reportable Foreign Interest Holder's ownership
interests to less than 10% equity and/or voting interests or less
than a controlling interest. See Evolving Risks Order and NPRM at
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10. To qualify for the Exemption, Authorization Holders will also
need to supply the File Number of the application that fulfills all of
these requirements.

III. Procedural Issues

11. Regulatory Flexibility Act. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of
1980, as amended (RFA), requires that an agency prepare a regulatory
flexibility analysis for notice and comment rulemakings, unless the
agency certifies that ``the rule will not, if promulgated, have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.'' Because the Order does not adopt a rule and therefore does
not require notice and comment, no Final Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis is required.
12. Final Paperwork Reduction Act Analysis. This document contains
new information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-13. On June 6, 2023, OMB
approved, for a period until December 31, 2023, the information
collection requirements in this document. On November 1, 2023, OMB
approved an emergency extension of this information collection, for a
period until June 30, 2024. In addition, pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4), the Commission considers how it might further reduce the
information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer
than 25 employees. In the Order, the Commission has assessed the
effects of requiring international section 214 authorization holders to
identify reportable foreign ownership and to certify as to the accuracy
of the information provided and find that they would have information
about their ownership available in the ordinary course of business, for
instance, for purposes of compliance with the Commission's rules.
Further, although the Commission does not have an estimated number of
authorization holders that will need to obtain an FRN number or to file
a surrender letter, the burdens are also low. For instance, obtaining
an FRN for this purpose entails only a minimal burden. Therefore, the
Commission anticipates that the new collection will not be unduly
burdensome.
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IV. Ordering Clauses

14. Accordingly, it is ordered that, pursuant to sections 4(i),
214, 218, 219, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
47 U.S.C. 4(i), 214, 218, 219, and 403, this Order is hereby adopted.
15. It is further ordered that this Order shall be effective after
the Office of Management and Budget completes review of any information
collection requirements that the Office of International Affairs
determines are required under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
16. It is further ordered that the Office of International Affairs
shall conduct the information collection required by the Order,
including the creation of any information collection forms or other
instrument, and shall publish notice of the effective date of the
information collection required by the Order and the filing deadline in
the Federal Register. The filing deadline shall be no fewer than 30
days following the effective date of the Order. The Office of
International Affairs shall announce the effective date and the filing
deadline for the requirements in this Order by subsequent Public
Notice.
17. It is further ordered, pursuant to sections 4(i), 214, 218,
219, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.
4(i), 214, 218, 219, and 403, and Sec. Sec. 0.19, 0.204, and 0.351 of
the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.19, 0.204, 0.351, that the Exemption
from responding to certain portions of the One-Time Information
Collection, as described herein, is adopted.

Federal Communications Commission
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-26981 Filed 12-7-23; 8:45 am]
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