Rule2024-02384

VRS and IP CTS-Commencement of Pending User Registration; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services; Correction

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Published
February 8, 2024
Effective
February 8, 2024

Issuing agencies

Federal Communications Commission

Abstract

The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) corrects the effective date for rules published in a document in the Federal Register on December 21, 2023. The document incorrectly announced an effective date for certain amendments to the Commission's regulations.

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 8549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02384]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[CG Docket Nos. 03-123, 10-51, 13-24 and WC Docket No. 12-375; FCC 22-
51; FCC 22-76; FR ID 201005]


VRS and IP CTS--Commencement of Pending User Registration; Rates 
for Interstate Inmate Calling Services; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Technical amendments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) corrects 
the effective date for rules published in a document in the Federal 
Register on December 21, 2023. The document incorrectly announced an 
effective date for certain amendments to the Commission's regulations.

DATES: The amendments to Sec.  64.6060(a)(5) through (7) in amendatory 
instruction 2 are effective February 8, 2024. The amendments to Sec.  
64.6060(a)(5) through (7) in amendatory instruction 3 are delayed 
indefinitely. The Commission will publish a document in the Federal 
Register announcing the effective date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Scott, Disability Rights 
Office, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202) 418-1264, or 
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f3be9a909b92969fdda0909c8787b3959090dd949c85"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6924000a01080c05473a0a061d1d290f0a0a470e061f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document corrects the effective date 
for amendments to Sec.  64.6060(a)(5) through (7), published at 87 FR 
75496, December 9, 2022, which triggered the codification of those 
amendments on December 21, 2023. The document corrects Sec.  
64.6060(a)(5) through (7) (amendatory instruction 2) to revert the rule 
to the prior text. The document publishes amendments to Sec.  
64.6060(a)(5) through (7) (amendatory instruction 3) that are delayed 
pending Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the 
information requirements contained in the Commission's Report and 
Order, FCC 22-76, published at 87 FR 75496, December 9, 2022. The 
Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing 
the effective date for the delayed amendments.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64

    Individuals with disabilities, Telecommunications, Telephone.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.

    Accordingly, 47 CFR part 64 is amended as follows:

PART 64--MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS

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1. The authority citation for part 64 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 201, 202, 217, 218, 220, 
222, 225, 226, 227, 227b, 228, 251(a), 251(e), 254(k), 255, 262, 
276, 301, 303, 316, 345, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 620, 716, 1401-
1473, unless otherwise noted; Div. P, sec. 503, Pub. L. 115-141, 132 
Stat. 348, 1091; sec. 5, Pub. L. 117-223, 136 Stat 2280, 2285-88 (47 
U.S.C. 345 note).

Subpart FF--Inmate Calling Services

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2. Amend Sec.  64.6060 by revising paragraphs (a)(5) through (7) to 
read as follows:


Sec.  64.6060  Annual reporting and certification requirement.

    (a) * * *
    (5) The number of TTY-based Inmate Calling Services calls provided 
per facility during the reporting period;
    (6) The number of dropped calls the reporting Provider experienced 
with TTY-based calls; and
    (7) The number of complaints that the reporting Provider received 
related to e.g., dropped calls, poor call quality and the number of 
incidences of each by TTY and TRS users.
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3. Delayed indefinitely, further amend Sec.  64.6060 by revising 
paragraphs (a)(5) through (7) to read as follows:


Sec.  64.6060  Annual reporting and certification requirement.

    (a) * * *
    (5) For each facility served, the kinds of TRS that may be accessed 
from the facility;
    (6) For each facility served, the number of calls completed during 
the reporting period in each of the following categories:
    (i) TTY-to-TTY calls;
    (ii) Point-to-point video calls placed or received by ASL users as 
those terms are defined in Sec.  64.601(a); and
    (iii) TRS calls, broken down by each form of TRS that can be 
accessed from the facility; and
    (7) For each facility served, the number of complaints that the 
reporting Provider received in each of the categories set forth in 
paragraph (a)(6) of this section.
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[FR Doc. 2024-02384 Filed 2-7-24; 8:45 am]
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