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In the Spring and Fall of each year, the Federal Communications Commission publishes in the Federal Register a list in the Unified Agenda of those major items and other significant regulatory proceedings under development or review that pertain to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda also provides the Code of Federal Regulations citations and legal authorities that govern these proceedings. The complete Unified Agenda will be published on the internet in a searchable format at www.reginfo.gov.
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Vol. 89
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No. 159
August 16, 2024
Part XXII
Federal Communications Commission
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Ch. I
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions--
Spring 2024
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
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SUMMARY: In the Spring and Fall of each year, the Federal
Communications Commission publishes in the Federal Register a list in
the Unified Agenda of those major items and other significant
regulatory proceedings under development or review that pertain to the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602). The Unified Agenda also
provides the Code of Federal Regulations citations and legal
authorities that govern these proceedings. The complete Unified Agenda
will be published on the internet in a searchable format at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Brown, Program Specialist,
Office of Communications Business Opportunities, Federal Communications
Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418-1663.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Unified Agenda of Major and Other Significant Proceedings
The Commission encourages public participation in its rulemaking
process. To help keep the public informed of significant rulemaking
proceedings, the Commission has prepared a list of important
proceedings now in progress. The General Services Administration
publishes the Unified Agenda in the Federal Register in the spring and
fall of each year.
The following terms may clarify the status of the proceedings
included in this report:
Docket Number--assigned to a proceeding if the Commission has
issued either a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking or a Notice of Inquiry
concerning the matter under consideration. The Commission has used
docket numbers since January 1, 1978. Docket numbers consist of the
last two digits of the calendar year in which the docket was
established plus a sequential number that begins at 1 with the first
docket initiated during a calendar year (e.g., Docket No. 15-1 or
Docket No. 17-1). The abbreviation for the responsible bureau usually
precedes the docket number, as in ``MB Docket No. 15-137,'' which
indicates that the responsible bureau is the Media Bureau. A docket
number consisting of only five digits (e.g., Docket No. 29622)
indicates that the docket was established before January 1, 1978.
Notice of Inquiry (NOI)--the Commission will issue an NOI when it
is seeking information on a broad subject or trying to generate ideas
on a given topic. Interested parties may submit comments during the
specified comment period.
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)--the Commission will issue an
NPRM when it is proposing new rules or changes to existing rules and
regulations. Before any changes are made, the Commission requests
interested parties to submit written comments on the proposed rules or
revisions.
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM)--the Commission will
issue an FNPRM when it is seeking additional information from the
public and requests the public to submit comments in the proceeding.
Memorandum Opinion and Order (MO&O)--the Commission will issue an
MO&O in response to a petition for rulemaking, to conclude an inquiry,
modify a decision, amend a Report and Order, or state that the Report
and Order will not be changed.
Rulemaking (RM) Number--assigned to a proceeding after the
appropriate bureau or office has reviewed a petition for rulemaking,
but before the Commission has acted on the petition.
Report and Order (R&O)--the Commission may issue an R&O that will
either adopt new rules, change existing rules, or state that no rule or
regulation changes will be made.
Sanford S. Williams,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Chairwoman Rosenworcel.
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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262....................... Rules and Regulations 3060-AI14
Implementing the
Telephone Consumer
Protection Act (TCPA) of
1991 (CG Docket No. 02-
278).
263....................... Rules and Regulations 3060-AI15
Implementing Section 225
of the Communications Act
(Telecommunications Relay
Service) (CG Docket No.
03-123).
264....................... Structure and Practices of 3060-AJ42
the Video Relay Service
(VRS) Program (CG Docket
No. 10-51).
265....................... Implementation of the 3060-AJ84
Middle-Class Tax Relief
and Job Creation Act of
2012/Establishment of a
Public Safety Answering
Point Do-Not-Call
Registry (CG Docket No.
12-129).
266....................... Implementation of Sections 3060-AK00
716 and 717 of the
Communications Act of
1934, as Enacted by the
Twenty-First Century
Communications and Video
Accessibility Act of 2010
(CG Docket No. 10-213).
267....................... Misuse of Internet 3060-AK01
Protocol (IP) Captioned
Telephone Service;
Telecommunications Relay
Services and Speech-to-
Speech Services; CG
Docket No. 13-24.
268....................... Advanced Methods to Target 3060-AK62
and Eliminate Unlawful
Robocalls (CG Docket No.
17-59).
269....................... Empowering Broadband 3060-AL33
Consumers Through
Transparency (CG Docket
No 22-2).
270....................... Targeting and Eliminating 3060-AL49
Unlawful Text Messages,
CG Docket 21-403, Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking.
271....................... Misuse of Internet 3060-AL58
Protocol (IP) Relay
Service; CG Docket No. 12-
38.
272....................... Compensation for Internet 3060-AL59
Protocol Captioned
Telephone Service, (CG
Docket No. 22-408).
273....................... Access to Video 3060-AL66
Conferencing, (CG Docket
No. 23-161).
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Economics--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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274....................... Development of Nationwide 3060-AJ15
Broadband Data to
Evaluate Reasonable and
Timely Deployment of
Advanced Services to All
Americans.
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275....................... Expanding the Economic and 3060-AJ82
Innovation Opportunities
of Spectrum Through
Incentive Auctions (GN
Docket No. 12-268).
276....................... Broadband Data Collection. 3060-AL42
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Office of Engineering and Technology--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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277....................... Unlicensed Operation in 3060-AI52
the TV Broadcast Bands
(ET Docket No. 04-186).
278....................... Use of the 5.850-5.925 GHz 3060-AK96
Band; (ET Docket No. 19-
138), FCC 19-129.
279....................... Unlicensed White Space 3060-AL22
Device Operations in the
Television Bands, ET
Docket No. 20-36.
280....................... Protecting Against 3060-AL23
National Security Threats
to the Communications
Supply Chain Through the
Equipment Authorization
and Competitive Bidding
Programs; ET Docket No.
21-232, EA Docket No. 21-
233.
281....................... Wireless Microphones in 3060-AL27
the TV Bands (ET Docket
No. 21-115), 600 MHz
Guard Band, 600 MHz
Duplex Gap, and the 941.5-
944 MHz, 944-952 MHz,
952.850-956.250 MHz,
956.45-959.85 MHz, 1435-
1525 MHz.
282....................... FCC Seeks to Enable State- 3060-AL36
of-the-Art Radar Sensors
in 60 GHz Band (ET Docket
No. 21-264).
283....................... FCC Proposes to Update 3060-AL39
Equipment Authorization
Rules to Incorporate New
and Revised Industry
Standards, (ET Docket No.
21-363).
284....................... Allocation of Spectrum for 3060-AL44
Non-Federal Space Launch
Operations (ET Docket No.
13-115).
285....................... FCC Implements and 3060-AL77
Proposes Final Acts of
the WRC-19 and WRC-15, ET
Docket No. 21-120 & 21-
121, and RM-11785.
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Media Bureau--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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286....................... Revision of EEO Rules and 3060-AH95
Policies (MB Docket No.
98-204).
287....................... Establishment of Rules for 3060-AI38
Digital Low-Power
Television, Television
Translator, and
Television Booster
Stations (MB Docket No.
03-185).
288....................... Authorizing Permissive Use 3060-AK56
of the ``Next
Generation'' Broadcast
Television Standard (GN
Docket No. 16-142).
289....................... 2018 Quadrennial 3060-AK77
Regulatory Review of the
Commission's Broadcast
Ownership Rules (MB
Docket 18-349).
290....................... Equal Employment 3060-AK86
Opportunity Enforcement
(MB Docket 19-177).
291....................... Duplication of Programming 3060-AL19
on Commonly Owned Radio
Stations (MB Docket No.
19-310).
292....................... Sponsorship Identification 3060-AL20
Requirements for Foreign
Government-Provided
Programming (MB Docket
No. 20-299).
293....................... FM Broadcast Booster 3060-AL21
Stations (MB Docket 20-
401).
294....................... Amendment of Part 73 Rules 3060-AL50
to Update Television and
Class A Television
Broadcast Station Rules,
and Rules Applicable to
All Broadcast Stations
(MB Docket No. 22-227).
295....................... Implementation of the Low 3060-AL63
Power Protection Act, MB
Docket No. 23-126.
296....................... Video Description, MB 3060-AL64
Docket No. 11-43.
297....................... 2022 Quadrennial Review of 3060-AL65
Media Ownership Rules, MB
Docket No. 22-459.
298....................... Modifying Rules for FM 3060-AL70
Terrestrial Digital Audio
Broadcasting Systems, MB
Docket No. 22-405.
299....................... Customer Rebates for 3060-AL71
Undelivered Video
Programming During
Blackouts, MB Docket No
24-20.
300....................... Priority Application 3060-AL72
Review for Broadcast
Stations That Provide
Local Journalism or Other
Locally Originated
Programming, MB Docket No
24-14.
301....................... Cable Operator and DBS 3060-AL73
Provider Billing
Practices, MB Docket No
23-405.
302....................... Reporting Requirements for 3060-AL74
Commercial Television
Broadcast Station
Blackouts, MB Docket No
23-427.
303....................... All-In Pricing for Cable 3060-AL75
and Satellite Television
Service, MB Docket No 23-
203.
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Office of Managing Director--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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304....................... Assessment and Collection 3060-AK64
of Regulatory Fees.
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Office of International Affairs--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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305....................... Process Reform for 3060-AL12
Executive Branch Review
of Certain FCC
Applications and
Petitions Involving
Foreign Ownership, IB
Docket No. 16-155.
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306....................... Review of International 3060-AL76
Section 214
Authorizations to Assess
Evolving National
Security, Law
Enforcement, Foreign
Policy, and Trade Policy
Risks, IB Docket No 23-
119, MD Docket No 23-134.
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Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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307....................... Wireless E911 Location 3060-AJ52
Accuracy Requirements: PS
Docket No. 07-114.
308....................... Improving Outage Reporting 3060-AK39
for Submarine Cables and
Enhancing Submarine Cable
Outage Data; GN Docket
No. 15-206.
309....................... Amendments to Part 4 of 3060-AK40
the Commission's Rules
Concerning Disruptions to
Communications: (PS
Docket No. 15-80, 18-336,
23-5).
310....................... New Part 4 of the 3060-AK41
Commission's Rules
Concerning Disruptions to
Communications; ET Docket
No. 04-35.
311....................... Wireless Emergency Alerts 3060-AK54
(WEA): PS Docket No. 15-
91, 15-94, 22-329.
312....................... 911 Fee Diversion 3060-AL31
Rulemaking: PS Docket
Nos. 20-291, 09-14.
313....................... Resilient Networks, 3060-AL43
Amendments to Part 4 of
the Commission's Rules
Concerning Disruptions to
Communications; PS Docket
No 21-346.
314....................... Location-Based Routing for 3060-AL52
Wireless 911 Calls (P.S.
Docket 18-64).
315....................... Next Generation 9-1-1, PS 3060-AL67
Docket No. 21-479, FCC 23-
47.
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Space Bureau--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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316....................... Update to Parts 2 and 25 3060-AK59
Concerning
NonGeostationary, Fixed-
Satellite Service
Systems, and Related
Matters: IB Docket No. I6-
408.
317....................... Amendment of Parts 2 and 3060-AK84
25 of the FCC Rules to
Facilitate the Use of
Earth Stations in Motion
Communicating With
Geostationary Orbit Space
Stations in FSS Bands: IB
Docket No. 17-95.
318....................... Facilitating the 3060-AK89
Communications of Earth
Stations in Motion With
Non-Geostationary Orbit
Space Stations: IB Docket
No. 18-315.
319....................... Space Innovation; 3060-AK90
Mitigation of Orbital
Debris in the New Space
Age: IB Docket Nos. 18-
313, 22-271.
320....................... Parts 2 and 25 to Enable 3060-AL28
GSO FSS in the 17.3-17.8
GHz Band, Modernize Rules
for 17/24 GHz BSS Space
Stations, and Establish
Off-Axis Uplink Power
Limits for Extended Ka-
Band FSS (IB Doc. No. 20-
330).
321....................... Revising Spectrum Sharing 3060-AL41
Rules for Non-
Geostationary Orbit,
Fixed-Satellite Service
Systems: IB Docket No. 21-
456.
322....................... Expediting Initial 3060-AL51
Processing of Satellite
and Earth Station
Applications; Space
Innovation, IB Docket
Nos. 22-411 and 22-271.
323....................... Amendment of Parts 2 and 3060-AL79
25 of the Commission's
Rules to Enable NGSO
Fixed-Satellite Service
(Space-to-Earth)
Operations in the 17.3-
17.8 GHz Band.
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Wireless Telecommunications Bureau--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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324....................... Amendment of Parts 1, 2, 3060-AJ87
22, 24, 27, 90, and 95 of
the Commission's Rules to
Improve Wireless Coverage
Through the Use of Signal
Boosters (WT Docket No.
10-4).
325....................... Promoting Technological 3060-AK06
Solutions to Combat
Wireless Contraband
Device Use in
Correctional Facilities;
GN Docket No. 13-111.
326....................... Promoting Investment in 3060-AK12
the 3550-3700 MHz Band;
GN Docket No. 17-258.
327....................... Updating Part 1 3060-AK28
Competitive Bidding Rules
(WT Docket No. 14-170).
328....................... Use of Spectrum Bands 3060-AK44
Above 24 GHz for Mobile
Services--Spectrum
Frontiers: WT Docket 10-
112.
329....................... Expanding Flexible Use of 3060-AK76
the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz Band:
GN Docket No. 18-122.
330....................... Amendment of the 3060-AK92
Commission's Rules to
Promote Aviation Safety:
WT Docket No. 19-140.
331....................... Implementation of State 3060-AL29
and Local Governments'
Obligation to Approve
Certain Wireless Facility
Modification Requests
Under Section 6409(a) of
the Spectrum Act of 2012
(WT Docket No.19-250).
332....................... Expanding Flexible Use of 3060-AL40
the 12.2-12.7 GHz Band,
et al., WT Docket No. 20-
443, et al.
333....................... Facilitating Shared Use in 3060-AL57
the 3100-3550 MHz Band.
334....................... Shared Use of the 42-42.5 3060-AL68
GHz Band (WT Docket No.
23-158, GN Docket No. 14-
177).
335....................... Single Network Future: 3060-AL69
Supplemental Coverage
from Space, GN Docket No.
23-65.
336....................... Modifying Emissions Limits 3060-AL80
for the 24.25-24.45 GHz
and 24.75-25.25 GHz Bands
(ET Docket No. 21-186).
337....................... Alaska Connect Fund Notice 3060-AL81
of Proposed Rulemaking.
338....................... Indian Peak Properties LLC 3060-AL82
Petitions for Declaratory
Ruling Seeking Preemption
Under The Rule Governing
Over-the-Air Reception
Devices.
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Wireline Competition Bureau--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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339....................... Telecommunications 3060-AG43
Carriers' Use of Customer
Proprietary Network
Information and Other
Customer Information (CC
Docket No. 96-115), Data
Breach Reporting
Requirements (WC Docket
No. 22-21).
340....................... Local Telephone Networks 3060-AH44
That LECs Must Make
Available to Competitors.
341....................... Jurisdictional Separations 3060-AJ06
342....................... Rates for Inmate Calling 3060-AK08
Services; WC Docket No.
12-375; Incarcerated
People's Communications
Services; Implementation
of the Martha Wright-Reed
Act, WC Docket No. 23-62.
343....................... Comprehensive Review of 3060-AK20
the Part 32 Uniform
System of Accounts (WC
Docket No. 14-130).
344....................... Restoring Internet 3060-AK21
Freedom, WC Docket No. 17-
108; Protecting and
Promoting the Open
Internet, GN Docket No.
14-28; Safeguarding and
Securing the Open
Internet, WC Docket No.
23-320.
345....................... Technology Transitions; GN 3060-AK32
Docket No 13-5, WC Docket
No. 05-25; Accelerating
Wireline Broadband
Deployment by Removing
Barriers to
Infrastructure
Investment; WC Docket No.
17-84.
346....................... Numbering Policies for 3060-AK36
Modern Communications, WC
Docket No. 13-97.
347....................... Implementation of the 3060-AK57
Universal Service
Portions of the 1996
Telecommunications Act.
348....................... Toll Free Assignment 3060-AK91
Modernization and Toll-
Free Service Access
Codes: WC Docket No. 17-
192, CC Docket No. 95-155.
349....................... Establishing the Digital 3060-AK93
Opportunity Data
Collection; WC Docket
Nos. 19-195 and 11-10.
350....................... Call Authentication Trust 3060-AL00
Anchor.
351....................... Implementation of the 3060-AL01
National Suicide
Improvement Act of 2018,
988 Suicide Prevention
Hotline (WC Docket 18-
336, PS Docket No. 23.5,
PS Docket No. 15-80).
352....................... Modernizing Unbundling and 3060-AL02
Resale Requirements in an
Era of Next-Generation
Networks and Services.
353....................... Establishing a 5G Fund for 3060-AL15
Rural America; GN Docket
No. 20-32.
354....................... Protecting Consumers From 3060-AL34
SIM Swap and Port-Out
Fraud, WC Docket No. 21-
341.
355....................... Supporting Survivors of 3060-AL48
Domestic and Sexual
Violence (WC Docket No.
22-238,11-42, 21-450).
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
Long-Term Actions
262. Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 (CG Docket No. 02-278) [3060-AI14]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 227
Abstract: In this docket, the Commission considers rules and
policies to implement the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
(TCPA). The TCPA places requirements on robocalls (calls using an
automatic telephone dialing system, an autodialer, a prerecorded or, an
artificial voice), telemarketing calls, and unsolicited fax
advertisements.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 10/08/02 67 FR 62667
FNPRM............................... 04/03/03 68 FR 16250
Order............................... 07/25/03 68 FR 44144
Order Effective..................... 08/25/03
Order on Reconsideration............ 08/25/03 68 FR 50978
Order............................... 10/14/03 68 FR 59130
FNPRM............................... 03/31/04 69 FR 16873
Order............................... 10/08/04 69 FR 60311
Order............................... 10/28/04 69 FR 62816
Order on Reconsideration............ 04/13/05 70 FR 19330
Order............................... 06/30/05 70 FR 37705
NPRM................................ 12/19/05 70 FR 75102
Public Notice....................... 04/26/06 71 FR 24634
Order............................... 05/03/06 71 FR 25967
NPRM................................ 12/14/07 72 FR 71099
Declaratory Ruling.................. 02/01/08 73 FR 6041
R&O................................. 07/14/08 73 FR 40183
Order on Reconsideration............ 10/30/08 73 FR 64556
NPRM................................ 03/22/10 75 FR 13471
R&O................................. 06/11/12 77 FR 34233
Public Notice....................... 06/30/10 75 FR 34244
Public Notice (Reconsideration 10/03/12 77 FR 60343
Petitions Filed).
Announcement of Effective Date...... 10/16/12 77 FR 63240
Opposition End Date................. 10/18/12
Rule Corrections.................... 11/08/12 77 FR 66935
Declaratory Ruling (release date)... 11/29/12
Declaratory Ruling (release date)... 05/09/13
Declaratory Ruling and Order........ 10/09/15 80 FR 61129
NPRM................................ 05/20/16 81 FR 31889
Declaratory Ruling.................. 07/05/16
R&O................................. 11/16/16 81 FR 80594
Public Notice....................... 06/28/18 83 FR 26284
Public Notice....................... 10/03/18
Declaratory Ruling.................. 12/06/19
Declaratory Ruling.................. 12/09/19
Order............................... 03/17/20
Declaratory Ruling.................. 03/20/20
Declaratory Ruling.................. 06/25/20
Declaratory Ruling and Order........ 06/25/20
Order on Reconsideration............ 08/28/20
Declaratory Ruling.................. 09/04/20
Declaratory Ruling.................. 09/21/20
NPRM................................ 10/09/20 85 FR 64091
Public Notice....................... 12/17/20
Declaratory Ruling.................. 12/18/20
Declaratory Ruling.................. 01/15/21
Order on Recon...................... 02/12/21 86 FR 9299
R&O................................. 02/25/21 86 FR 11443
Public Notice (Reconsideration 04/12/21 86 FR 18934
Petitions Filed).
Declaratory Ruling and Order........ 12/14/22 87 FR 76425
Order on Reconsideration and 01/20/23 88 FR 3668
Declaratory Ruling.
NPRM................................ 06/29/23 88 FR 42034
NPRM................................ 06/16/23 88 FR 20800
Report and Order.................... 12/18/23 88 FR 5098
FNPRM............................... 12/18/23 88 FR 5177
Report and Order.................... 03/05/24 89 FR 15756
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Kristi Thornton, Deputy Division Chief, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-2467, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0c677e657f7865227864637e627863624c6a6f6f226b637a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f09b8299838499de84989f829e849f9eb0969393de979f86">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AI14
263. Rules and Regulations Implementing Section 225 of the
Communications Act (Telecommunications Relay Service) (CG Docket No.
03-123) [3060-AI15]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 225
Abstract: This proceeding continues the Commission's inquiry into
improving the quality of telecommunications relay service (TRS) and
furthering the goal of functional equivalency, consistent with
Congress'
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mandate that TRS regulations encourage the use of existing technology
and not discourage or impair the development of new technology. In this
docket, the Commission explores ways to improve emergency preparedness
for TRS facilities and services, new TRS technologies, public access to
information and outreach, and issues related to payments from the
Interstate TRS Fund.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 08/25/03 68 FR 50993
R&O, Order on Reconsideration....... 09/01/04 69 FR 53346
FNPRM............................... 09/01/04 69 FR 53382
Public Notice....................... 02/17/05 70 FR 8034
Declaratory Ruling/Interpretation... 02/25/05 70 FR 9239
Public Notice....................... 03/07/05 70 FR 10930
Order............................... 03/23/05 70 FR 14568
Public Notice/Announcement of Date.. 04/06/05 70 FR 17334
Order............................... 07/01/05 70 FR 38134
Order on Reconsideration............ 08/31/05 70 FR 51643
R&O................................. 08/31/05 70 FR 51649
Order............................... 09/14/05 70 FR 54294
Order............................... 09/14/05 70 FR 54298
Public Notice....................... 10/12/05 70 FR 59346
R&O/Order on Reconsideration........ 12/23/05 70 FR 76208
Order............................... 12/28/05 70 FR 76712
Order............................... 12/29/05 70 FR 77052
NPRM................................ 02/01/06 71 FR 5221
Declaratory Ruling/Clarification.... 05/31/06 71 FR 30818
FNPRM............................... 05/31/06 71 FR 30848
FNPRM............................... 06/01/06 71 FR 31131
Declaratory Ruling/Dismissal of 06/21/06 71 FR 35553
Petition.
Clarification....................... 06/28/06 71 FR 36690
Declaratory Ruling on 07/06/06 71 FR 38268
Reconsideration.
Order on Reconsideration............ 08/16/06 71 FR 47141
MO&O................................ 08/16/06 71 FR 47145
Clarification....................... 08/23/06 71 FR 49380
FNPRM............................... 09/13/06 71 FR 54009
Final Rule; Clarification........... 02/14/07 72 FR 6960
Order............................... 03/14/07 72 FR 11789
R&O................................. 08/06/07 72 FR 43546
Public Notice....................... 08/16/07 72 FR 46060
Order............................... 11/01/07 72 FR 61813
Public Notice....................... 01/04/08 73 FR 863
R&O/Declaratory Ruling.............. 01/17/08 73 FR 3197
Order............................... 02/19/08 73 FR 9031
Order............................... 04/21/08 73 FR 21347
R&O................................. 04/21/08 73 FR 21252
Order............................... 04/23/08 73 FR 21843
Public Notice....................... 04/30/08 73 FR 23361
Order............................... 05/15/08 73 FR 28057
Declaratory Ruling.................. 07/08/08 73 FR 38928
FNPRM............................... 07/18/08 73 FR 41307
R&O................................. 07/18/08 73 FR 41286
Public Notice....................... 08/01/08 73 FR 45006
Public Notice....................... 08/05/08 73 FR 45354
Public Notice....................... 10/10/08 73 FR 60172
Order............................... 10/23/08 73 FR 63078
2nd R&O and Order on Reconsideration 12/30/08 73 FR 79683
Order............................... 05/06/09 74 FR 20892
Public Notice....................... 05/07/09 74 FR 21364
NPRM................................ 05/21/09 74 FR 23815
Public Notice....................... 05/21/09 74 FR 23859
Public Notice....................... 06/12/09 74 FR 28046
Order............................... 07/29/09 74 FR 37624
Public Notice....................... 08/07/09 74 FR 39699
Order............................... 09/18/09 74 FR 47894
Order............................... 10/26/09 74 FR 54913
Public Notice....................... 05/12/10 75 FR 26701
Order Denying Stay Motion (Release 07/09/10 .......................
Date).
Order............................... 08/13/10 75 FR 49491
Order............................... 09/03/10 75 FR 54040
NPRM................................ 11/02/10 75 FR 67333
NPRM................................ 05/02/11 76 FR 24442
Order............................... 07/25/11 76 FR 44326
Final Rule (Order).................. 09/27/11 76 FR 59551
Final Rule; Announcement of 11/22/11 76 FR 72124
Effective Date.
Proposed Rule (Public Notice)....... 02/28/12 77 FR 11997
Proposed Rule (FNPRM)............... 02/01/12 77 FR 4948
First R&O........................... 07/25/12 77 FR 43538
Public Notice....................... 10/29/12 77 FR 65526
Order on Reconsideration............ 12/26/12 77 FR 75894
Order............................... 02/05/13 78 FR 8030
Order (Interim Rule)................ 02/05/13 78 FR 8032
NPRM................................ 02/05/13 78 FR 8090
Announcement of Effective Date...... 03/07/13 78 FR 14701
NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/13/13 .......................
FNPRM............................... 07/05/13 78 FR 40407
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 09/18/13 .......................
R&O................................. 07/05/13 78 FR 40582
R&O................................. 08/15/13 78 FR 49693
FNPRM............................... 08/15/13 78 FR 49717
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 09/30/13 .......................
R&O................................. 08/30/13 78 FR 53684
FNPRM............................... 09/03/13 78 FR 54201
NPRM................................ 10/23/13 78FR 63152
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 11/18/13 .......................
Petiton for Reconsideration; Request 12/16/13 78 FR 76096
for Comment.
Petition for Reconsideration; 12/16/13 78 FR 76097
Request for Comment.
Request for Clarification; Request 12/30/13 78 FR 79362
for Comment; Correction.
Petition for Reconsideration Comment 01/10/14 .......................
Period End.
NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/21/14 .......................
Announcement of Effective Date...... 07/11/14 79 FR 40003
Announcement of Effective Date...... 08/28/14 79 FR 51446
Correction--Announcement of 08/28/14 79 FR 51450
Effective Date.
Technical Amendments................ 09/09/14 79 FR 53303
Public Notice....................... 09/15/14 79 FR 54979
R&O and Order....................... 10/21/14 79 FR 62875
FNPRM............................... 10/21/14 79 FR 62935
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 12/22/14 .......................
Final Action (Announcement of 10/30/14 79 FR 64515
Effective Date).
Final Rule Effective................ 10/30/14 .......................
FNPRM............................... 11/08/15 80 FR 72029
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 01/01/16 .......................
Public Notice....................... 01/20/16 81 FR 3085
Public Notice Comment Period End.... 02/16/16 .......................
R&O................................. 03/21/16 81 FR 14984
FNPRM............................... 08/24/16 81 FR 57851
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 09/14/16 .......................
NOI and FNPRM....................... 04/12/17 82 FR 17613
NOI and FNPRM Comment Period End.... 05/30/17 .......................
R&O................................. 04/13/17 82 FR 17754
R&O................................. 04/27/17 82 FR 19322
FNPRM............................... 04/27/17 82 FR 19347
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 07/11/17 .......................
R&O................................. 06/23/17 82 FR 28566
Public Notice....................... 07/21/17 82 FR 33856
Public Notice--Correction........... 07/25/17 82 FR 34471
Public Notice Comment Period End.... 07/31/17 .......................
Public Notice--Correction Comment 08/17/17 .......................
Period End.
R&O................................. 08/22/17 82 FR 39673
Announcement of Effective Date...... 10/17/17 82 FR 48203
Public Notice; Petition for 10/25/17 82 FR 49303
Reconsideration.
Oppositions Due Date................ 11/20/17 .......................
R&O and Declaratory Ruling.......... 06/27/18 83 FR 30082
FNPRM............................... 07/18/18 83 FR 33899
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 11/15/18 .......................
Public Notice....................... 08/23/18 83 FR 42630
Public Notice Opposition Period End. 09/17/18 .......................
Announcement of Effective Date...... 02/04/19 84 FR 1409
R&O................................. 03/08/19 84 FR 8457
FNPRM............................... 03/14/19 84 FR 9276
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FNPRM Comment Period End............ 04/29/19 .......................
R&O................................. 06/06/19 84 FR 26364
FNPRM............................... 06/06/19 84 FR 26379
Petition for Recon Request for 06/18/19 84 FR 28264
Comment.
Petition for Recon Comment Period 07/15/19 .......................
End.
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 08/05/19 .......................
R&O................................. 01/06/20 85 FR 462
R&O................................. 01/09/20 85 FR 1125
NPRM................................ 01/09/20 85 FR 1134
NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/13/20 .......................
Announcement of Effective Date...... 02/19/20 85 FR 9392
Final Rule; removal of compliance 05/06/20 85 FR 26857
notices.
Report & Order...................... 05/08/20 85 FR 27309
Final Rule; correction.............. 08/26/20 85 FR 52489
R&O and Order on Recon.............. 10/14/20 85 FR 64971
Final Rule; announcement of 10/23/20 85 FR 67447
effective and compliance dates.
FNPRM............................... 02/01/21 86 FR 7681
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 04/02/21 .......................
Public Notice; Petition for 02/22/21 86 FR 10458
Reconsideration.
Oppositions Due Date................ 03/19/21 .......................
R&O................................. 02/23/21 86 FR 10844
NPRM................................ 03/19/21 86 FR 14859
NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/03/21 .......................
NPRM................................ 06/04/21 86 FR 29969
NPRM Correction..................... 06/15/21 86 FR 31668
Order on Recon...................... 07/07/21 86 FR 35632
Public Notice....................... 07/15/21 86 FR 37328
NPRM Correction Comment Period End.. 07/30/21 .......................
Public Notice Comment Period End.... 08/09/21 .......................
Order on Recon; Correction.......... 10/05/21 86 FR 54871
NPRM................................ 10/05/21 86 FR 64440
NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/18/22 .......................
Report & Order...................... 07/18/22 87 FR 42656
Report & Order...................... 09/21/22 87 FR 57645
Report & Order...................... 11/25/22 87 FR 72409
NPRM................................ 12/08/22 87 FR 75199
NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/06/23 .......................
Public Notice....................... 01/31/23 88 FR 6220
Public Notice Opposition Period End. 02/27/23 .......................
NPRM................................ 02/02/23 88 FR 7049
NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/03/23 .......................
Order on Reconsideration............ 02/22/23 .......................
Final Rule; Announcement of 03/08/23 88 FR 14251
Effective Date.
Report and Order.................... 08/01/23 88 FR 50053
NPRM................................ 08/07/23 88 FR 52088
NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/06/23 .......................
NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 10/06/23 .......................
Report and Order.................... 10/19/23 88 FR 71994
Final Rule; Announcement of 12/21/23 88 FR 88257
Effective Date.
Correction; Technical Amendments.... 02/08/24 89 FR 8549
NPRM................................ 03/14/24 89 FR 18589
NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/15/24
NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 04/29/24
Report and Order.................... 03/21/24 89 FR 20125
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Michael Scott, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights
Office, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington,
DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1264, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#93fefaf0fbf2f6ffbde0f0fce7e7d3f5f0f0bdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96fbfff5fef7f3fab8e5f5f9e2e2d6f0f5f5b8f1f9e0">[email protected]</span></a>.
Eliot Greenwald, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-2235, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#593c3530362d773e2b3c3c372e38353d193f3a3a773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ed8881848299c38a9f8888839a8c8189ad8b8e8ec38a829b">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AI15
264. Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service (VRS) Program
(CG Docket No. 10-51) [3060-AJ42]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 225; 47
U.S.C. 303(r)
Abstract: The Commission takes a fresh look at its VRS rules to
ensure that it is available to and used by the full spectrum of
eligible users, encourages innovation, and is provided efficiently to
be less susceptible to the waste, fraud, and abuse that have plagued
the program and threatened its long-term viability. The Commission also
considers the most effective and efficient way to make VRS available
and to determine what is the most fair, efficient, and transparent
cost-recovery methodology. In addition, the Commission looks at various
ways to measure the quality of VRS so as to ensure a better consumer
experience.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Declaratory Ruling.................. 05/07/10 75 FR 25255
Declaratory Ruling.................. 07/13/10 75 FR 39945
Order............................... 07/13/10 75 FR 39859
Notice of Inquiry................... 07/19/10 75 FR 41863
NPRM................................ 08/23/10 75 FR 51735
Interim Final Rule.................. 02/15/11 76 FR 8659
Public Notice....................... 03/02/11 76 R 11462
R&O................................. 05/02/11 76 FR 24393
FNPRM............................... 05/02/11 76 FR 24437
NPRM................................ 05/02/11 76 FR 24442
R&O (Correction).................... 05/27/11 76 FR 30841
Order............................... 07/25/11 76 FR 44326
2nd R&O............................. 08/05/11 76 FR 47469
Order (Interim Final Rule).......... 08/05/11 76 FR 47476
Final Rule; Announcement of 09/26/11 76 FR 59269
Effective Date.
Final Rule; Petition for 09/27/11 76 FR 59557
Reconsideration; Public Notice.
Oppositions Due Date................ 10/07/11
Final Rule; Clarification (MO&O).... 10/31/11 76 FR 67070
FNPRM............................... 10/31/11 76 FR 67118
Interim Final Rule; Announcement of 11/03/11 76 FR 68116
Effective Date.
Final Rule; Announcement of 11/04/11 76 FR 68328
Effective Date.
Final Rule; Announcement of 11/07/11 76 FR 68642
Effective Date.
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 12/30/11
FNPRM............................... 02/01/12 77 FR 4948
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 03/19/12
Final Rule; Correction.............. 03/27/12 77 FR 18106
Correcting Amendments............... 06/07/12 77 FR 33662
Order (Release Date)................ 07/25/12
Correcting Amendments............... 10/04/12 77 FR 60630
Public Notice....................... 10/29/12 77 FR 65526
Comment Period End.................. 11/29/12
FNPRM............................... 07/05/13 78 FR 40407
R&O................................. 07/05/13 78 FR 40582
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 09/18/13
Public Notice....................... 09/11/13 78 FR 55696
Public Notice....................... 09/15/14 79 FR 54979
Comment Period End.................. 10/10/14
Final Action (Announcement of 10/30/14 79 FR 64515
Effective Date).
Final Rule Effective................ 10/30/14
FNPRM............................... 11/18/15 80 FR 72029
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 02/01/16
R&O................................. 03/21/16 81 FR 14984
FNPRM............................... 08/24/16 81 FR 57851
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 09/14/16
NOI and FNPRM....................... 04/12/17 82 FR 17613
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NOI and FNPRM Comment Period End.... 05/30/17
R&O................................. 04/13/17 82 FR 17754
R&O................................. 04/27/17 82 FR 19322
FNPRM............................... 04/27/17 82 FR 19347
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 07/01/17
Order............................... 06/23/17 82 FR 28566
Public Notice....................... 07/21/17 82 FR 33856
Public Notice Comment Period End.... 07/31/17
Public Notice Correction............ 07/25/17 82 FR 34471
Public Notice Correction Comment 08/17/17
Period End.
R&O and Order....................... 08/22/17 82 FR 39673
Announcement of Effective Date...... 10/17/17 82 FR 48203
Public Notice; Petition for 10/25/17 82 FR 49303
Reconsideration.
Oppositions Due Date................ 11/20/17
R&O................................. 06/06/19 84 FR 26364
FNPRM............................... 06/06/19 84 FR 26379
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 08/05/19
Report & Order...................... 05/08/20 85 FR 27309
R&O and Order on Recon.............. 10/14/20 85 FR 64971
Final rule; announcement of 10/23/20 85 FR 67447
effective and compliance dates.
FNPRM............................... 02/01/21 86 FR 7681
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 04/02/21
Public Notice; Petition for 02/22/21 86 FR 10458
Reconsideration.
Oppositions Due Date................ 03/19/21
NPRM................................ 03/19/21 86 FR 14859
NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/03/21
NPRM................................ 06/04/21 86 FR 29969
NPRM Correction..................... 06/15/21 86 FR 31668
NPRM Correction Comment Period End.. 07/30/21
Order on Recon...................... 07/07/21 86 FR 35632
Order on Recon; Correction.......... 10/05/21 86 FR 54871
Report & Order...................... 09/21/22 87 FR 57645
Report & Order...................... 11/25/22 87 FR 72409
NPRM................................ 12/08/22 87 FR 75199
NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/06/23
Public Notice....................... 01/31/23 88 FR 6220
Public Notice Opposition Period End. 02/27/23
Final Rule; Announcement of 03/08/23 88 FR 14251
Effective Date.
Public Notice....................... 04/25/23 88 FR 24986
Public Notice Comment Period End.... 05/09/23
Public Notice Reply Comment Period 05/19/23
End.
Report and Order.................... 10/19/23 88 FR 71994
Final Rule Effective................ 12/21/23 88 FR 88257
Correction; Technical Amendments.... 02/08/24 89 FR 8549
NPRM................................ 03/14/24 89 FR 18589
NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/15/24
NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 04/29/24
Report and Order.................... 03/21/24 89 FR 20125
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Eliot Greenwald, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights
Office, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington,
DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2235, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#71141d181e055f160314141f06101d15311712125f161e07"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="33565f5a5c471d544156565d44525f57735550501d545c45">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AJ42
265. Implementation of the Middle-Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act
of 2012/Establishment of a Public Safety Answering Point Do-Not-Call
Registry (CG Docket No. 12-129) [3060-AJ84]
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 112-96, sec. 6507
Abstract: The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
required the Commission to create a Do-Not-Call Registry for public
safety answering point (PSAP) telephone numbers and to prohibit the use
of automated dialing equipment to place calls to PSAP numbers on the
Registry. In this docket, the Commission adopted rules and policies
implementing these statutory requirements.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 06/21/12 77 FR 37362
R&O................................. 10/29/12 77 FR 71131
Correction Amendments............... 02/13/13 78 FR 10099
Announcement of Effective Date...... 03/26/13 78 FR 18246
FNPRM............................... 11/01/21 86 FR 60189
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 12/01/21
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Richard D. Smith, Special Counsel, Consumer Policy
Division, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 717 338-2797, Fax: 717 338-2574, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1f6d767c777e6d7b316c72766b775f797c7c31787069"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f1d060c070e1d0b411c02061b072f090c0c41080019">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AJ84
266. Implementation of Sections 716 and 717 of the Communications Act
of 1934, as Enacted by the Twenty-First Century Communications and
Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CG Docket No. 10-213) [3060-AK00]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 255; 47
U.S.C. 617 to 619
Abstract: These proceedings implement sections 716, 717, and 718 of
the Communications Act, which were added by the Twenty-First Century
Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA), related to
the accessibility of advanced communications services and equipment
(section 716), recordkeeping and enforcement requirements for entities
subject to sections 255, 716, and 718 (section 717), and accessibility
of internet browsers built into mobile phones (section 718).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 03/14/11 76 FR 13800
NPRM Comment Period Extended........ 04/12/11 76 FR 20297
NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/13/11
FNPRM............................... 12/30/11 76 FR 82240
R&O................................. 12/30/11 76 FR 82354
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 03/14/12
Announcement of Effective Date...... 04/25/12 77 FR 24632
2nd R&O............................. 05/22/13 78 FR 30226
R&O on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, 04/13/15 80 FR 19738
and Order.
Public Notice....................... 05/19/22 87 FR 30442
Public Notice Comment Period End.... 07/18/22
Report and Order.................... 08/01/23 88 FR 50053
NPRM................................ 08/07/23 88 FR 52088
NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/06/23
NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 10/06/23
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Ike Ofobike, Attorney Advisor, Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L
Street NE, Washington, DC 20554,
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Phone: 202 418-1028, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1970727c37767f767b70727c597f7a7a377e766f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="71181a145f1e171e13181a14311712125f161e07">[email protected]</span></a>.
Darryl Cooper, Attorney, Disability Rights Office, CGB, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-7131, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f7939685858e9bd9949898879285b7919494d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="73171201010a1f5d101c1c031601331510105d141c05">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AK00
267. Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service;
Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services; CG
Docket No. 13-24 [3060-AK01]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 225
Abstract: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) initiated
this proceeding in its effort to ensure that internet-Protocol
Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) is provided effectively and in the
most efficient manner. In doing so, the FCC adopted rules to address
certain practices related to the provision and marketing of IP CTS, as
well as compensation of TRS providers. IP CTS is a form of relay
service designed to allow people with hearing loss to speak directly to
another party on a telephone call and to simultaneously listen to the
other party and read captions of what that party is saying over an IP-
enabled device. To ensure that IP CTS is provided efficiently to
persons who need to use this service, the Commission adopted rules
establishing several requirements and issued an FNPRM to address
additional issues.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 02/05/13 78 FR 8090
Order (Interim Rule)................ 02/05/13 78 FR 8032
Order............................... 02/05/13 78 FR 8030
Announcement of Effective Date...... 03/07/13 78 FR 14701
NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/12/13
R&O................................. 08/30/13 78 FR 53684
FNPRM............................... 09/03/13 78 FR 54201
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 11/18/13
Petition for Reconsideration Request 12/16/13 78 FR 76097
for Comment.
Petition for Reconsideration Comment 01/10/14
Period End.
Announcement of Effective Date...... 07/11/14 79 FR 40003
Announcement of Effective Date...... 08/28/14 79 FR 51446
Correction--Announcement of 08/28/14 79 FR 51450
Effective Date.
Technical Amendments................ 09/09/14 79 FR 53303
R&O and Declaratory Ruling.......... 06/27/18 83 FR 30082
FNPRM............................... 07/18/18 83 FR 33899
Public Notice....................... 08/23/18 83 FR 42630
Public Notice Opposition Period End. 09/17/18
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 11/15/18
Announcement of Effective Date...... 02/04/19 84 FR 1409
R&O................................. 03/08/19 84 FR 8457
FNPRM............................... 03/14/19 84 FR 9276
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 04/29/19
Petition for Recon Request for 06/18/19 84 FR 28264
Comment.
Petition for Recon Comment Period 07/15/19
End.
R&O................................. 01/06/20 85 FR 462
Announcement of Effective Date...... 02/19/20 85 FR 9392
Final Rule; Removal of Compliance 05/06/20 85 FR 26857
Notes.
Final Rule; correction.............. 08/26/20 85 FR 52489
R&O and Order on Recon.............. 10/14/20 85 FR 64971
FNPRM............................... 02/01/21 86 FR 7681
Public Notice; Petition for 02/22/21 86 FR 10458
Reconsideration.
NPRM................................ 03/19/21 86 FR 14859
Oppositions Due Date................ 03/19/21
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 04/02/21
NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/03/21
Public Notice....................... 07/15/21 86 FR 37328
Public Notice Comment Period End.... 08/09/21
Report & Order...................... 09/21/22 87 FR 57645
NPRM................................ 12/08/22 87 FR 75199
NPRM Comment Period End............. 02/06/23
Public Notice....................... 01/31/23 88 FR 6220
Public Notice Opposition Period End. 02/27/23
NPRM................................ 02/02/23 88 FR 7049
NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/03/23
Order on Reconsideration............ 02/22/23 88 FR 10853
Final Rule; Announcement of 03/08/23 88 FR 14251
Effective Date.
Final Rule; Announcement of 12/21/23 88 FR 88257
Effective Date.
Correction; Technical Amendments.... 02/08/24 89 FR 8549
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Michael Scott, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights
Office, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington,
DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1264, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#670a0e040f06020b4914040813132701040449000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b363238333a3e37752838342f2f1b3d3838753c342d">[email protected]</span></a>.
Eliot Greenwald, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-2235, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#12777e7b7d663c756077777c65737e76527471713c757d64"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="30555c595f441e574255555e47515c54705653531e575f46">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AK01
268. Advanced Methods To Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls (CG
Docket No. 17-59) [3060-AK62]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 201 and 202; 47 U.S.C. 227; 47 U.S.C.
251(e)
Abstract: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 restricts
the use of robocalls autodialed or prerecorded calls in certain
instances. In CG Docket No. 17-59, the Commission considers rules and
policies aimed at eliminating unlawful robocalling. Among the issues it
examines in this docket are whether to allow carriers to block calls
that purport to be from unallocated or unassigned phone numbers through
the use of spoofing, whether to allow carriers to block calls based on
their own analyses of which calls are likely to be unlawful and whether
to establish a database of reassigned phone numbers to help prevent
robocalls to consumers, who did not consent to such calls.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM/NOI............................ 05/17/17 82 FR 22625
2nd NOI............................. 07/13/17
NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/31/17
FNPRM............................... 01/08/18 83 FR 770
R&O................................. 01/12/18 83 FR 1566
2nd FNPRM........................... 04/23/18 83 FR 17631
2nd FNPRM Comment Period End........ 06/07/18
2nd FNPRM Reply Comment Period End.. 07/09/18
2nd R&O............................. 03/26/19 84 FR 11226
3rd FNPRM........................... 06/24/19 84 FR 29478
Declaratory Ruling.................. 06/24/19 84 FR 29387
Public Notice Seeking Input on 12/30/19
Report.
Public Notice Seeking Comment on 01/24/20
Reassigned Numbers.
Public Notice Seeking Comment on RND 02/26/20
Cost/Fee Structure.
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Public Notice Establishing 04/16/20
Guidelines for RND.
Report.............................. 06/25/20
3rd NPRM Comment Date............... 06/26/20
Announcement of Compliance Dates.... 06/26/20 85 FR 38334
3rd R&O, Order of Reconsideration, 07/31/20 85 FR 46063
4th FNPRM.
4th R&O (release date).............. 12/30/20
Public Notice....................... 02/08/21 86 FR 8558
Public Notice....................... 04/13/21
Public Notice....................... 06/15/21
Public Notice....................... 10/01/21 86 FR 61077
5th FNPRM........................... 10/26/21 86 FR 59084
Public Notice....................... 12/29/21
Order on Reconsideration, 6th FNPRM, 12/30/21 86 FR 74399
Waiver Order.
Public Notice....................... 02/08/22 87 FR 7044
Seventh Further Notice of Proposed 05/19/22 87 FR 42670
Rulemaking.
Sixth Report and Order.............. 05/19/22 87 FR 42916
Public Notice....................... 08/24/22 87 FR 51920
Public Notice....................... 11/18/22 87 FR 69206
Seventh Report and Order (Proposed 05/19/23 88 FR 43489
Rule).
Eighth Further Notice, and Third 05/19/23 88 FR 43446
Notice of Inquiry (Final Rule).
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jerusha Burnett, Attorney Advisor, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-0526, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3b9b6a1a6a0bbb2fdb1a6a1bdb6a7a793b5b0b0fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e389869196908b82cd8196918d869797a3858080cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AK62
269. Empowering Broadband Consumers Through Transparency (CG Docket No.
22-2) [3060-AL33]
Legal Authority: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Pub. L.
117-58, 135 Stat. 429, 60504(a) (2021)
Abstract: In this docket, the Commission adopted rules requiring
broadband internet access service providers (ISPs) to display, at the
point of sale, labels to disclose to consumers certain information
about prices, introductory rates or promotions, data allowances,
broadband speeds, and management practices, among other things.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 02/07/22 87 FR 6827
NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/09/22
NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 03/24/22
Report & Order and FNPRM............ 12/16/22 87 FR 77048
FNPRM Comment Period Extended....... 01/04/23
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 03/16/23
Petition for Reconsideration........ 01/31/23 88 FR 6219
Petition for Reconsideration Comment 02/27/23
Period End.
Order............................... 08/07/23 88 FR 52043
Order of Reconsideration............ 09/18/23 88 FR 63853
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Zac Champ, Deputy Division Chief, Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L
Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1495, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ce6fdffb2fff4fdf1ecdcfaffffb2fbf3ea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a504b490449424b475a6a4c4949044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>.
Erica McMahon, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission,
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington,
DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0346, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f3a2d363c3e71323c323e3730311f393c3c71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4421362d27256a292729252c2b2a042227276a232b32">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL33
270. Targeting and Eliminating Unlawful Text Messages, CG Docket 21-
403, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [3060-AL49]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 227(e), 251(e), 303
Abstract: In this docket, the Commission considers rules and
policies concerning the ability for mobile wireless service providers
to block illegal text messages.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 09/27/22 87 FR 61271
Report & Order...................... 03/17/23 88 FR 21497
FNPRM............................... 03/17/23 88 FR 20800
NPRM................................ 01/26/24 89 FR 5177
Final Rule; Announcement of 01/26/24 89 FR 5098
Effective Date.
Final Rule; Announcement of 03/01/24 89 FR 15061
Effective Date.
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Mika Savir, Attorney, Federal Communications
Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0384,
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3855515359164b594e514a785e5b5b165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4c9cdcfc58ad7c5d2cdd6e4c2c7c78ac3cbd2">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL49
271. Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Relay Service; CG Docket No. 12-
38 [3060-AL58]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152 and 154; 47 U.S.C.
225; 47 U.S.C. 616
Abstract: Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires
the Federal Communications Commission to ensure the availability of
telecommunications relay services. IP Relay is a form of TRS that
permits an individual with a hearing or a speech disability to
communicate in text using an Internet Protocol-enabled device via the
internet. In CG Docket No. 12-38, the Commission considers rules and
policy for the provision of IP Relay, including the process for
registering users for IP CTS and the methodology for determining TRS
Fund support. The Commission takes these steps to ensure the provision
of IP Relay in a functionally equivalent manner to persons who are
deaf, hard of hearing, deaf blind or have speech disabilities. In doing
so, the Commission balances several different factors including
regulating the recovery of costs caused by the service, encouraging the
use of existing technology and not discouraging or impairing the
development of improved technology, and ensuring IP Relay is available,
to the extent possible and in the most efficient manner.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Public Notice....................... 02/08/12 77 FR 11997
Public Notice Comment Period End.... 03/20/12
Final Rule.......................... 07/25/12 77 FR 43538
Final Rule Effective................ 07/25/12
NPRM................................ 03/19/21 86 FR 14859
NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/03/21
Final Rule.......................... 11/25/22 87 FR 72409
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Final Rule Effective................ 12/27/22
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Michael Scott, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights
Office, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington,
DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1264, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbb6b2b8b3babeb7f5a8b8b4afaf9bbdb8b8f5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="036e6a606b62666f2d70606c7777436560602d646c75">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL58
272. Compensation for Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service,
(CG Docket No. 22-408) [3060-AL59]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 152; 47 U.S.C. 225
Abstract: Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires
the Federal Communications Commission to ensure the availability of
telecommunications relay. Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone
Services (IP CTS) is a form of relay service designed to allow people
with hearing loss to speak directly to another party on a telephone
call and to simultaneously listen to the other party and read captions
of what that party is saying over an IP-enabled device. In CG Docket
No. 22-408, the Commission considers rules and policy for the adoption
of a compensation methodology and compensation levels for
Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Fund support of providers of IP
CTS.The Commission takes these steps to ensure the provision of IP CTS
in a functionally equivalent manner to persons who are deaf, hard of
hearing, deaf, blind or have speech disabilities. In doing so, the
Commission balances several different factors including regulating the
recovery of costs caused by the service, encouraging the use of
existing technology and not discouraging or impairing the development
of improved technology, and ensuring IP CTS is available, to the extent
possible and in the most efficient manner.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 02/02/23 88 FR 7049
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Michael Scott, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights
Office, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington,
DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1264, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#670a0e040f06020b4914040813132701040449000811"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e03070d060f0b02401d0d011a1a2e080d0d40090118">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL59
273. Access to Video Conferencing, (CG Docket No. 23-161) [3060-AL66]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 152; 47 U.S.C. 225 ; 47 U.S.C.
617
Abstract: Section 716 of the Twenty-First Century Communications
and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) (47 U.S.C. 617) requires the
Federal Communications Commission to ensure the accessibility and
usability of advanced communications services (ACS), including
interoperable video conferencing services (IVCS), for individual with
disabilities, unless such requirements are not achievable. IVCS is
defined by the CVAA as a service that provides real-time video
communications, including audio, to enable users to share information
of the user's choosing.'' In CG Docket No. 23-161, the Commission
considers rules and policies for the adoption of usability and
accessibility requirements for IVCS and the integration of IVCS with
telecommunications relay services (TRS). The Commission takes these
steps to ensure that IVCS are accessible to and usable by persons with
disabilities and that users of TRS are able to participate in video
conferencing services in a functionally equivalent manner to persons
without hearing and speech disabilities. In doing so, the Commission
balances several different factors including regulating IVCS,
encouraging the use of advanced technology, not discouraging or
impairing the development of improved technology, and ensuring IVCS are
accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Report and Order.................... 08/01/23 88 FR 50053
NPRM................................ 08/07/23 88 FR 52088
NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/06/23
NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 10/06/23
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Ike Ofobike, Attorney Advisor, Consumer &
Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L
Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1028, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#462f2d2368292029242f2d230620252568212930"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a63616f24656c656863616f4a6c6969246d657c">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL66
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)
Economics
Long-Term Actions
274. Development of Nationwide Broadband Data To Evaluate Reasonable
and Timely Deployment of Advanced Services to All Americans [3060-AJ15]
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 251; 47 U.S.C. 252; 47 U.S.C. 257; 47
U.S.C. 271; 47 U.S.C. 1302; 47 U.S.C. 160(b); 47 U.S.C. 161(a)(2)
Abstract: The 09/09/2022 Order ended the collection of broadband
deployment data through Form 477. Broadband and voice subscribership
data will continue to be submitted through Form 477. Beginning with
data as of December 31, 2022, and beyond, Form 477 subscribership data
is submitted in the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) filing system. The
Form 477 filing system remains open for filers to submit and make
corrections to filings through June 30, 2022.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 05/16/07 72 FR 27519
Order............................... 07/02/08 73 FR 37861
Order............................... 10/15/08 73 FR 60997
NPRM................................ 02/08/11 76 FR 10827
Order............................... 06/27/13 78 FR 49126
NPRM................................ 08/24/17 82 FR 40118
NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/25/17
NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 10/10/17
R&O and FNPRM....................... 08/22/19 84 FR 43764
Order............................... 12/16/22 87 FR 76949
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Suzanne Mendez, Associate Division Chief, OEA,
Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554, Phone: 202 418-0941, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5023252a313e3e357e3d353e34352a103633337e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89fafcf3e8e7e7eca7e4ece7edecf3c9efeaeaa7eee6ff">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AJ15
275. Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum
Through Incentive Auctions (GN Docket No. 12-268) [3060-AJ82]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(G); 47 U.S.C. 1452
[[Page 66922]]
Abstract: In February 2012, the Middle-Class Tax Relief and Job
Creation Act was enacted (Pub. L. 112-96, 126 Stat. 156 (2012)). Title
VI of that statute, commonly known as the Spectrum Act, provides the
Commission with the authority to conduct incentive auctions to meet the
growing demand for wireless broadband. Pursuant to the Spectrum Act,
the Commission may conduct incentive auctions that will offer new
initial spectrum licenses subject to flexible-use service rules on
spectrum made available by licensees that voluntarily relinquish some
or all of their spectrum usage rights in exchange for a portion, based
on the value of the relinquished rights as determined by an auction, of
the proceeds of bidding for the new licenses. In addition to granting
the Commission general authority to conduct incentive auctions, the
Spectrum Act requires the Commission to conduct an incentive auction of
broadcast TV spectrum and sets forth special requirements for such an
auction.
The Spectrum Act requires that the BIA consist of a reverse auction
``to determine the amount of compensation that each broadcast
television licensee would accept in return for voluntarily
relinquishing some or all of its spectrum usage rights'' and a forward
auction of licenses in the reallocated spectrum for flexible-use
services, including mobile broadband. Broadcast television licensees
who elected to voluntarily participate in the auction had three bidding
options: go off-the-air, share spectrum with another broadcast
television licensee, or move channels to the upper or lower VHS band in
exchange for receiving part of the proceeds from auctioning that
spectrum to wireless providers. The Spectrum Act also authorized the
Commission to reorganize the 600 MHz band following the BIA including,
as necessary, reassigning full power and Class A television stations to
new channels in order to clear the spectrum sold in the BIA. That post-
auction reorganization (known as the repack) is currently underway and
all of the stations who were assigned new channels are scheduled to
have vacated their pre-auction channels by July 3, 2020, pursuant to a
10-phase transition schedule adopted by the Commission.
In May 2014, the Commission adopted a Report and Order that laid
out the general framework for the BIA. The auction started on March 29,
2016, with the submission of initial commitments by eligible broadcast
licensees. The BIA ended on April 13, 2017, with the release of the
Auction Closing and Channel Reassignment Public Notice that also marked
the start of the 39-month transition period during which 987 of the
full power and Class A television stations remaining on-the-air will
transition their stations to their post-auction channel assignments in
the reorganized television band. Pursuant to the Spectrum Act, the
Commission will reimburse 957 of those full power and Class A stations
for the reasonable costs associated with relocating to their post-
auction channel assignments and will reimburse multichannel video
programming distributors for their costs associated with continuing to
carry the signals of those stations.
In March 2018, the Consolidated Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 115-
141, at Div. E, Title V, 511, 132 Stat. 348 (2018), codified at 47
U.S.C. 1452(j)-(n)) (the Reimbursement Expansion Act or REA), extended
the deadline for reimbursement of eligible entities from April 2020 to
no later than July 3, 2023, and also expanded the universe of entities
eligible for reimbursement to include low-power television stations and
TV translator stations displaced by the BIA for their reasonably
incurred costs to relocate to a new channel, and FM broadcast stations
for their reasonably incurred costs for facilities necessary to
reasonably minimize disruption of service as a result of the post-
auction reorganization of the television band. On March 15, 2019, the
Commission adopted a Report and Order setting rules for the
reimbursement of eligible costs to those newly eligible entities.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 11/21/12 77 FR 69933
R&O................................. 08/15/14 79 FR 48441
Final Rule.......................... 10/11/17 82 FR 47155
NPRM................................ 08/27/18 83 FR 43613
R&O................................. 03/26/19 84 FR 11233
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jean L. Kiddoo, Chair, Broadband Data Task Force,
OEA, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554, Phone: 202 418-7757, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#204a45414e0e4b4944444f4f604643430e474f56"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="157f70747b3b7e7c71717a7a557376763b727a63">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AJ82
276. Broadband Data Collection [3060-AL42]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 to 154; 47 U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C.
201; 47 U.S.C. 254; 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 309; 47
U.S.C. 319; 47 U.S.C. 332; 47 U.S.C. 641 to 646
Abstract: The Commission has long recognized that precise, granular
data on the availability of fixed and mobile broadband are vital to
bringing digital opportunity to all Americans, no matter where they
live, work, or travel.
On March 23, 2020, the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and
Technological Availability Act (Broadband DATA Act) was signed into law
requiring the Commission to create a new set of broadband availability
maps. Among other things, the Broadband DATA Act requires the
Commission to collect standardized, granular data on the availability
and quality of both fixed and mobile broadband internet access
services, to create a common dataset of all locations where fixed
broadband internet access service can be installed (the Broadband
Serviceable Location Fabric or Fabric), and to create publicly
available coverage maps. The Act further requires the Commission to
establish processes for members of the public and other entities to (1)
provide verified data for use in the coverage maps; (2) challenge the
coverage maps, the broadband availability data submitted by broadband
internet access service providers (providers), and the Fabric; and (3)
submit specific crowdsource information about the development and
availability of broadband service.
In July 2020, implementing the Broadband DATA Act and building off
of an August 2019 Report and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
the Commission adopted a Second Report and Order and Third Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that adopted rules for the collection and
verification of improved, more precise data on both fixed broadband
availability. In January 2021, the Commission released a Third Report
and Order that established new requirements for the BDC and took
additional steps to implement the Broadband DATA Act. The rules to
specify which fixed and mobile providers are required to report
broadband availability data and expanded the reporting and
certification requirements for filing data in the BDC. It also adopted
standards for collecting verified broadband data from state, local, and
Tribal governmental entities and certain third parties, and for
identifying locations that would be included in the Fabric.
Importantly, in the Third Report and Order, the Commission also
established processes for verifying the accuracy of provider-submitted
data and the Fabric, including challenge processes which invite input
from the public and other stakeholders in order to improve the accuracy
of the maps.
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Implementing the Broadband DATA Act and these new rules, the
Commission created a new data platform and system to collect and map
availability data collected from over 2,500 providers and for consumers
and other stakeholders to submit challenges to that data; established
the Fabric dataset of locations upon which to overlay provider
availability data; and established a dedicated help center to provide
technical assistance to providers, consumers, and other stakeholders.
In July 2021, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB), Office
of Economics and Analytics (OEA), and Office of Engineering and
Technology (OET) released a Public Notice seeking comment on the
technical requirements for the mobile challenge, verification, and
crowdsourcing processes required under the Broadband DATA Act for the
new Broadband Data Collection (BDC). In March 2022, the Broadband Data
Task Force (Task Force), WTB, OEA, and OET released a detailed order,
technical appendix, rules, and technical data specifications setting
forth technical requirements and specifications for the mobile
challenge, verification, and crowdsource processes required by the Act.
To help facilitate the mobile challenge process, in April 2022, the
Task Force and OET issued a Public Notice announcing the technical
requirements and procedures for approving third-party mobile speed test
procedures for use in collecting and submitting mobile network
performance data as part of the BDC. To assist entities that choose to
file mobile challenges in bulk, in September 2022 the Task Force and
WTB established a process for entities to use their own software and
hardware to collect on-the-ground mobile speed test data for use in the
BDC mobile challenge process.
Also in April 2022, the Task Force, WCB, WTB, OEA, and OET released
a Public Notice providing details on the procedures for state, local,
and Tribal governmental entities to submit verified availability data
through the BDC system.
To clarify the Commission's rules for filing data in the BDC, in
July 2022, WCB, WTB, OEA, and the Taskforce issued a Declaratory Ruling
on certain aspects of a rule regarding the engineering certification in
BDC filings and issued a limited waiver of the requirement that
providers have an engineer certification their biannual BDC filings for
the first three filing cycles of the BDC.
On June 15, 2022, the FCC Enforcement Bureau issued an Enforcement
Advisory reminding all facilities-based providers of their duty to
timely file complete and accurate data in the BDC by September 1, 2022.
In February 2022, the Commission announced that the initial filing
window of the BDC would open on June 30, 2022, and that availability
data as of June 30 were due no later than September 1, 2022. In
September 2022, the Commission announced that as of September 12, 2022,
state, local, and Tribal governments, service providers, and other
entities may begin to file bulk challenges to location data in the
Fabric.
In November 2022, the Commission released a pre-production draft of
its new National Broadband Map displaying version 1 of the Fabric
overlayed with provider reported availability data as of June 30, 2022.
The new map was the most comprehensive, granular, and standardized data
the Commission had ever published on broadband availability.
With the launch of the pre-production draft map, the Commission
began accepting challenges to provider reported availability data, as
well as individual consumer challenges to the location data in the
Fabric. To date, the mapping team has reviewed and processed more than
4 million availability challenges. Most of those challenges have
already been resolved and the majority have led to updates in the data
on the map showing where broadband is available.
The Commission adopted an Order in December 2022, to sunset the
Form 477 broadband deployment data collection and eliminate a largely
duplicative requirement on providers. As a result, providers will no
longer be required to submit Form 477 broadband deployment data, but
must still submit broadband and voice subscription data using the FCC
Form 477. To further streamline the FCC's data collection efforts the
BDC system allows filers to submit both their BDC data and 477
subscription data as a combined filing using a single interface.
The Commission has long recognized that precise, granular data on
the availability of fixed and mobile broadband are vital to bringing
digital opportunity to all Americans, no matter where they live, work,
or travel.
On March 23, 2020, the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and
Technological Availability Act (Broadband DATA Act) was signed into law
requiring the Commission to create a new set of broadband availability
maps. Among other things, the Broadband DATA Act requires the
Commission to collect standardized, granular data on the availability
and quality of both fixed and mobile broadband internet access
services, to create a common dataset of all locations where fixed
broadband internet access service can be installed (the Broadband
Serviceable Location Fabric or Fabric), and to create publicly
available coverage maps. The Act further requires the Commission to
establish processes for members of the public and other entities to (1)
provide verified data for use in the coverage maps; (2) challenge the
coverage maps, the broadband availability data submitted by broadband
internet access service providers (providers), and the Fabric; and (3)
submit specific crowdsource information about the development and
availability of broadband service.
In July 2020, implementing the Broadband DATA Act and building off
of an August 2019 Report and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
the Commission adopted a Second Report and Order and Third Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that adopted rules for the collection and
verification of improved, more precise data on both fixed and mobile
broadband availability. In January 2021, the Commission released a
Third Report and Order that established new requirements for the BDC
and took additional steps to implement the Broadband DATA Act. The
Commission adopted rules to specify which fixed and mobile providers
are required to report broadband availability data and expanded the
reporting and certification requirements for filing data in the BDC. It
also adopted standards for collecting verified broadband data from
state, local, and Tribal governmental entities and certain third
parties, and for identifying locations that would be included in the
Fabric. Importantly, in the Third Report and Order, the Commission also
established processes for verifying the accuracy of provider-submitted
data and the Fabric, including challenge processes which invite input
from the public and other stakeholders in order to improve the accuracy
of the maps.
Implementing the Broadband DATA Act and these new rules, the
Commission created a new data platform and system to collect and map
availability data collected from over 2,500 providers and for consumers
and other stakeholders to submit challenges to that data; established
the Fabric dataset of locations upon which to overlay provider
availability data; and established a dedicated help center to provide
technical assistance to
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providers, consumers and other stakeholders.
In July 2021, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB), Office
of Economics and Analytics (OEA), and Office of Engineering and
Technology (OET) released a Public Notice seeking comment on the
technical requirements for the mobile challenge, verification, and
crowdsourcing processes required under the Broadband DATA Act for the
new Broadband Data Collection (BDC). In March 2022, the Broadband Data
Task Force (Task Force), WTB, OEA, and OET released a detailed order,
technical appendix, rules, and technical data specifications setting
forth technical requirements and specifications for the mobile
challenge, verification, and crowdsource processes required by the Act.
To help facilitate the mobile challenge process, in April 2022, the
Task Force and OET issued a Public Notice announcing the technical
requirements and procedures for approving third-party mobile speed test
procedures for use in collecting and submitting mobile network
performance data as part of the BDC. To assist entities that choose to
file mobile challenges in bulk, in September 2022 the Task Force and
WTB established a process for entities to use their own software and
hardware to collect on-the-ground mobile speed test data for use in the
BDC mobile challenge process.
Also in April 2022, the Task Force, WCB, WTB, OEA, and OET released
a Public Notice providing details on the procedures for state, local,
and Tribal governmental entities to submit verified availability data
through the BDC system.
To clarify the Commission's rules for filing data in the BDC, in
July 2022, WCB, WTB, OEA, and the Taskforce issued a Declaratory Ruling
on certain aspects of a rule regarding the engineering certification in
BDC filings and issued a limited waiver of the requirement that
providers have an engineer certification their biannual BDC filings for
the first three filing cycles of the BDC.
On June 15, 2022, the FCC Enforcement Bureau issued an Enforcement
Advisory reminding all facilities-based providers of their duty to
timely file complete and accurate data in the BDC by September 1, 2022.
In February 2022, the Commission announced that the initial filing
window of the BDC would open on June 30, 2022, and that availability
data as of June 30 were due no later than September 1, 2022. In
September 2022, the Commission announced that as of September 12, 2022,
state, local, and Tribal governments, service providers, and other
entities may begin to file bulk challenges to location data in the
Fabric.
In November 2022, the Commission released a pre-production draft of
its new National Broadband Map displaying version 1 of the Fabric
overlayed with provider reported availability data as of June 30, 2022.
The new map was the most comprehensive, granular, and standardized data
the Commission had ever published on broadband availability.
With the launch of the pre-production draft map, the Commission
began accepting challenges to provider reported availability data, as
well as individual consumer challenges to the location data in the
Fabric. To date, the mapping team has reviewed and processed more than
4 million availability challenges. Most of those challenges have
already been resolved and the majority have led to updates in the data
on the map showing where broadband is available.
The Commission adopted an Order in December 2022, to sunset the
Form 477 broadband deployment data collection and eliminate a largely
duplicative requirement on providers. As a result, providers will no
longer be required to submit Form 477 broadband deployment data, but
must still submit broadband and voice subscription data using the FCC
Form 477. To further streamline the FCC's data collection efforts the
BDC system allows filers to submit both their BDC data and 477
subscription data as a combined filing using a single interface.
The second version of the Fabric was made available to providers
and other stakeholders in December 2022. This updated Fabric contained
a net increase of more than one million new serviceable locations, as
compared to the initial version. It also reflected the outcome of over
1 million location challenges. The second filing window of the BDC
opened on January 3, 2023, and required all fixed and mobile providers
to submit broadband availability data as of December 31, 2022, no later
than March 1, 2023. On May 30, 2023, the National Broadband Map was
updated to reflect availability data as of December 31, 2022, and
version 2 of the Fabric.
On July 3, 2023, the Commission announced the opening of the third
filing window for broadband availability data as of June 30, 2023. The
BDC will continue to collect updated availability data from providers
every 6 months. Updates to the National Broadband Map will be iterative
and ongoing. The challenge processes will also continue on an ongoing
basis in order to allow the public to provide input and help improve
the accuracy of the National Broadband Map.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 08/03/17 82 FR 40118
NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/25/17 .......................
Report & Order...................... 08/01/19 84 FR 43705
Second Further Notice of Proposed 08/01/19 84 FR 43764
Rulemaking.
Second Further NPRM Comment Period 10/07/19 .......................
End.
2nd R&O............................. 07/16/20 85 FR 50886
3rd FNPRM........................... 07/16/20 85 FR 50911
3rd R&O............................. 01/13/21 86 FR 18124
Public Notice....................... 07/16/21 86 FR 40398
Public Notice Comment Period End.... 09/27/21 .......................
Order............................... 03/09/22 87 FR 21476
Order............................... 12/16/22 87 FR 76949
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jean L. Kiddoo, Chair, Broadband Data Task Force,
OEA, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554, Phone: 202 418-7757, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#335956525d1d585a57575c5c735550501d545c45"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="543e31353a7a3f3d30303b3b143237377a333b22">[email protected]</span></a>.
Eduard Bartholme, Senior Outreach Director, Broadband Data Task
Force, OEA, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1463, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ea8f8e9f8b988ec4888b989e828586878faa8c8989c48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="117475647063753f73706365797e7d7c74517772723f767e67">[email protected]</span></a>.
Kimia Nikseresht, Legal Advisor, Broadband Data Task Force, OEA,
Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554, Phone: 202 418-1636, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e48f8d898d85ca8a8d8f97819681978c90a4828787ca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a717377737b34747371697f687f69726e5a7c7979347d756c">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL42
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)
Office of Engineering and Technology
Long-Term Actions
277. Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands (ET Docket No. 04-
186) [3060-AI52]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 302; 47 U.S.C. 303(e)
and 303(f); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 307
Abstract: The Commission adopted rules to allow unlicensed radio
transmitters to operate in the broadcast
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television spectrum at locations where that spectrum is not being used
by licensed services. (This unused TV spectrum is often termed ``white
spaces.'') This action will make a significant amount of spectrum
available for new and innovative products and services, including
broadband data and other services for businesses and consumers. The
actions taken are a conservative first step that includes many
safeguards to prevent harmful interference to incumbent communications
services. Moreover, the Commission will closely oversee the development
and introduction of these devices to the market and will take whatever
actions may be necessary to avoid and, if necessary, correct any
interference that may occur. The Second Memorandum Opinion and Order
finalizes rules to make the unused spectrum in the TV bands available
for unlicensed broadband wireless devices. This particular spectrum has
excellent propagation characteristics that allow signals to reach
farther and penetrate walls and other structures. Access to this
spectrum could enable more powerful public internet connections--super
Wi-Fi hot spots--with extended range, fewer dead spots, and improved
individual speeds as a result of reduced congestion on existing
networks. This type of ``opportunistic use'' of spectrum has great
potential for enabling access to other spectrum bands and improving
spectrum efficiency. The Commission's actions here are expected to spur
investment and innovation in applications and devices that will be used
not only in the TV band, but eventually in other frequency bands as
well. This Order addressed five petitions for reconsideration of the
Commission's decisions in the Second Memorandum Opinion and Order
(``Second MO&O'') in these proceeding and modified rules in certain
respects. In particular, the Commission: (1) increased the maximum
height above average terrain (HAAT) for sites where fixed devices may
operate; (2) modified the adjacent channel emission limits to specify
fixed rather than relative levels; and (3) slightly increased the
maximum permissible power spectral density (PSD) for each category of
TV bands device. These changes will result in decreased operating costs
for fixed TVBDs and allow them to provide greater coverage, thus
increasing the availability of wireless broadband services in rural and
underserved areas without increasing the risk of interference to
incumbent services. The Commission also revised and amended several of
its rules to better effectuate the Commission's earlier decisions in
this docket and to remove ambiguities.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 06/18/04 69 FR 34103
First R&O........................... 11/17/06 71 FR 66876
FNPRM............................... 11/17/06 71 FR 66897
R&O and MO&O........................ 02/17/09 74 FR 7314
Petitions for Reconsideration....... 04/13/09 74 FR 16870
Second MO&O......................... 12/06/10 75 FR 75814
Petitions for Reconsideration....... 02/09/11 76 FR 7208
2 Order on Reconsideration, FNPRM, 05/17/12 77 FR 29236
and Order.
FNPRM--Proposed Rule................ 06/01/22 87 FR 33109
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Hugh Van Tuyl, Electronics Engineer, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-7506, Fax: 202 418-1944, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b2dac7d5da9cc4d3dcc6c7cbdef2d4d1d19cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ee869b8986c0988f809a9b9782ae888d8dc0898198">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AI52
278. Use of the 5.850-5.925 GHz Band; (ET Docket No. 19-138), FCC 19-
129 [3060-AK96]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 1; 47 U.S.C. 4(i); 47 U.S.C. 301; 47
U.S.C. 302; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 316; 47 U.S.C. 332; 47 CFR 1.411
Abstract: In this proceeding, we repurpose 45 megahertz of the
5.850-5.925 GHz band (the 5.9 GHz band) to allow for the expansion of
unlicensed mid-band spectrum operations, while continuing to dedicate
30 megahertz of spectrum for vital intelligent transportation system
(ITS) operations. In addition, to promote the most efficient and
effective use of this ITS spectrum, we are requiring the ITS service to
use cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) based technology at the end
of a transition period. By splitting the 5.9 GHz band between
unlicensed and ITS uses, today's decision puts the 5.9 GHz band in the
best position to serve the needs of the American public.
In the Further Notice, the Commission addresses issues remaining to
finalize the restructuring of the 5.9 GHz band. Specifically, the
Commission addresses: The transition of ITS operations in the 5.895-
5.925 GHz band from Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) based
technology to Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) based technology;
the codification of C-V2X technical parameters in the Commission's
rules; other transition considerations; and the transmitter power and
emissions limits, and other issues, related to full-power outdoor
unlicensed operations across the entire 5.850-5.895 GHz portion of the
5.9 GHz band. The Commission modified the Further Notice released on
November 20, 2020, with an Erratum released on December 11, 2020. The
Commission released a Second Erratum on February 9, 2021. The
corrections from these errata are included in this document.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 02/06/20 85 FR 6841
NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/09/20 .......................
FNPRM............................... 05/03/21 86 FR 23323
R&O & Order of Proposed Modification 05/03/21 86 FR 23281
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Howard Griboff, Attorney Advisor, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-0657, Fax: 202 418-2824, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ce4e3fbedfee8a2ebfee5eee3eaeacceaefefa2ebe3fa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5d35322a3c2f39733a2f343f323b3b1d3b3e3e733a322b">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AK96
279. Unlicensed White Space Device Operations in the Television Bands,
ET Docket No. 20-36 [3060-AL22]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C.154(i); 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 302a; 47
U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 1.407 and 1.411
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission revises its rules to
provide additional opportunities for unlicensed white space devices
operating in the broadcast television bands (TV bands) to deliver
wireless broadband services in rural areas and applications associated
with the Internet of Things (IoT). This region of the spectrum has
excellent propagation characteristics that make it particularly
attractive for delivering communications services over long distances,
coping with variations in terrain, as well as providing coverage into
and within buildings. We offer several proposals to spur continued
growth of the white space device ecosystem, especially for providing
affordable broadband service to rural and underserved communities that
can help close the digital divide.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 04/03/20 85 FR 18901
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NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/03/20 .......................
Report & Order...................... 01/12/21 86 FR 2278
R&O--Final Rule..................... 01/12/21 86 FR 2278
FNPRM--Proposed Rule................ 02/25/21 86 FR 11490
2nd Order on Recon, FNPRM, and Order 06/01/22 87 FR 33109
Order of Reconsideration, R&O, MO&O-- 05/22/23 88 FR 32682
Final Rule.
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Hugh Van Tuyl, Electronics Engineer, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-7506, Fax: 202 418-1944, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87eff2e0efa9f1e6e9f3f2feebc7e1e4e4a9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="066e73616e2870676872737f6a4660656528616970">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL22
280. Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications
Supply Chain Through the Equipment Authorization and Competitive
Bidding Programs; ET Docket No. 21-232, EA Docket No. 21-233 [3060-
AL23]
Legal Authority: secs. 4(i), 301, 302, 303, 309(j), 312, and 316 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. secs. 154(i),
301, 302a, 303, 309(j), 312, 316, and sec. 1.411
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission proposes prohibiting
the authorization of any communications equipment on the list of
equipment and services (Covered List) that the Commission maintains
pursuant to the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019.
Such equipment has been found to pose an unacceptable risk to the
national security of the United States or the security and safety of
United States persons. We also seek comment on whether and under what
circumstances we should revoke any existing authorizations of such
covered communications equipment. We invite comment on whether we
should require additional certifications relating to national security
from applicants who wish to participate in Commission auctions. In the
Notice of Inquiry, we seek comment on other actions the Commission
should consider taking to create incentives in its equipment
authorization processes for improved trust through the adoption of
cybersecurity best practices in consumer devices.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM and NOI........................ 08/19/21 86 FR 46644
NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/20/21 .......................
Report & Order and FNPRM............ 11/25/22 .......................
FNPRM--Proposed Rule................ 03/08/23 88 FR 14312
Report & Order--Final Rule.......... 02/06/23 88 FR 7592
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jamie Coleman, Attorney Advisor, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-2705, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#254f444c48400b464a494048444b654346460b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bf1faf2f6feb5f8f4f7fef6faf5dbfdf8f8b5fcf4ed">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL23
281. Wireless Microphones in the TV Bands (ET Docket No. 21-115), 600
MHz Guard Band, 600 MHz Duplex Gap, and the 941.5-944 MHz, 944-952 MHz,
952.850-956.250 MHz, 956.45-959.85 MHz, 1435-1525 MHz [3060-AL27]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. secs. 154(i), 201, 302a, 303, and secs.
1.407 and 1.411
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission seeks to enhance the
spectral efficiency of wireless microphones by permitting a recently
developed type of wireless microphone system, termed herein as a
Wireless Multi-Channel Audio System (WMAS), to operate in certain
frequency bands. This emerging technology would enable more wireless
microphones to operate in the spectrum available for wireless
microphone operations, and thus advances an important Commission goal
of promoting efficient spectrum use. The Commission proposes to revise
the applicable technical rules for operation of low-power auxiliary
station (LPAS) devices to permit WMAS to operate in the broadcast
television (TV) bands and other LPAS frequency bands on a licensed
basis. The Commission also proposes to update the existing LPAS and
wireless microphone rules to reflect the end of the post-Incentive
auction transition period and update references to international
wireless microphone standards.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 07/01/21 86 FR 35046
NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/02/21
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Hugh Van Tuyl, Electronics Engineer, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-7506, Fax: 202 418-1944, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#432b36242b6d35222d37363a2f032520206d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbd3cedcd395cddad5cfcec2d7fbddd8d895dcd4cd">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL27
282. FCC Seeks To Enable State-of-the-Art Radar Sensors in 60 GHz Band
(ET Docket No. 21-264) [3060-AL36]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 201, 302a, 303, and secs. 1.407
and 1.411
Abstract: In this preceding, the Commission proposes to revise the
Commission's rules to provide expanded operational flexibility to
unlicensed field disturbance sensor (FDS) devices (e.g., radars) that
operate in the 57-64 GHz band (60 GHz band). The Commission's proposal
recognizes the increasing practicality of using mobile radar devices in
the 60 GHz band to perform innovative and life-saving functions,
including gesture control, detection of unattended children in
vehicles, and monitoring of vulnerable medical patients, and it is
designed to stimulate the development of new products and services in a
wide variety of areas to include, for example, personal safety,
autonomous vehicles, home automation, environmental control, and
healthcare monitoring, while also ensuring coexistence among unlicensed
FDS devices and current and future unlicensed communications devices in
the 60 GHz band.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 08/19/21 86 FR 46661
NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/18/21
Report and Order--Final Rule........ 07/24/23 88 FR 47384
2nd Report and Order--Final Rule.... 08/23/23 88 FR 47384
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Anh Wride, Electronics Engineer, Federal
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554,
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Phone: 202 418-0577, Fax: 202 418-1944, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1f7e717731686d767b7a5f797c7c31787069"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="45242b2d6b32372c2120052326266b222a33">[email protected]</span></a>.
Thomas Struble, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2470, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#16627e797b77653865626463747a735670757538717960"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ffbe7e0e2eefca1fcfbfdfaede3eacfe9ececa1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL36
283. FCC Proposes To Update Equipment Authorization Rules To
Incorporate New and Revised Industry Standards, (ET Docket No. 21-363)
[3060-AL39]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 301, 302a, 303, and secs. 1.407
and 1.411
Abstract: We propose targeted updates to our rules to incorporate
four new and updated standards that are integral to the testing of
equipment and accreditation of laboratories that test RF devices.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 03/17/22 87 FR 15180
NPRM Comment Period End............. 04/16/22
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Brian Butler, Engineer, Federal Communications
Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2702,
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9dbcbd0d8d797dbcccdd5dccbf9dfdada97ded6cf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="caa8b8a3aba4e4a8bfbea6afb88aaca9a9e4ada5bc">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL39
284. Allocation of Spectrum for Non-Federal Space Launch Operations (ET
Docket No. 13-115) [3060-AL44]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i), 155(c), 301, 303(c),
303(f), and 303(r)
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) takes steps towards establishing a spectrum allocation and
licensing framework that will provide regulatory certainty and improved
efficiency and that will promote innovation and investment in the
United States commercial space launch industry. In the Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission seeks comment on the definition
of space launch operations, the potential allocation of spectrum for
the commercial space launch industry, including the 420-430 MHz, 2025-
2110 MHz, and 5650-5925 MHz bands. In addition, the Commission seeks
comment on establishing service rules, including licensing and
technical rules and coordination procedures, for the use of spectrum
for commercial space launch operations. Finally, the Commission seeks
to refresh the record on potential ways to facilitate Federal use of
commercial satellite services in what are currently non-Federal
satellite bands and enable more robust federal use of the 399.9-400.05
MHz band.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM and NOI........................ 07/01/13 78 FR 39200
FNPRM--Proposed Rule................ 06/10/21 86 FR 30860
Report & Order--Final Rule.......... 06/28/21 86 FR 33902
Order on Recon., R&O, MO&O, and 06/21/23 88 FR 32682
Final Rule.
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Nicholas Oros, Supervisory Attorney Advisor,
Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554, Phone: 202 418-0636, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#533d3a303b3c3f32207d3c213c20133530307d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e08e8983888f8c8193ce8f928f93a0868383ce878f96">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL44
285. <bullet> FCC Implements and Proposes Final Acts of the WRC-19 and
WRC-15, ET Docket No. 21-120 & 21-121, and RM-11785 [3060-AL77]
Legal Authority: Part 2--47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 302a and 303; 47
U.S.C. 336
Abstract: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) makes non-substantive, editorial revisions to the
Commission's Table of Frequency Allocations (Allocation Table),
primarily to reflect decisions from the Final Acts of the World
Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC19 Final Acts). The purpose of
this administrative action is to revise the Allocation Table by
updating the International Table of Frequency Allocations
(International Table) portion of the Allocation Table to reflect the
International Telecommunication Union's (ITU's) Table of Frequency
Allocations in its Radio Regulations (Edition of 2020) (Radio
Regulations), and by making updates and corrections in the United
States Table of Frequency Allocations (U.S. Table) portion of the
Allocation Table. The Commission also proposes implementation of
certain allocation decisions from the Final Acts of the World
Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC15 Final Acts) concerning
portions of the radio spectrum between 5330.5 kHz and 29.5 GHz, other
spectrum allocation changes, and related updates to the Commission's
service rules.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 09/29/23 88 FR 67160
NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/28/23 88 FR 73810
Final Action........................ 09/28/23 88 FR 67514
Final Action Effective.............. 10/30/23
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Patrick Forster, Electronics Engineer, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-7061, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d1a1b7bea3a2a5b4a391b7b2b2ffb6bea7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e79781889594938295a7818484c9808891">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL77
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)
Media Bureau
Long-Term Actions
286. Revision of EEO Rules and Policies (MB Docket No. 98-204) [3060-
AH95]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 257; 47
U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307 to 309; 47 U.S.C. 334; 47
U.S.C. 403; 47 U.S.C. 554
Abstract: FCC authority to govern Equal Employment Opportunity
(EEO) responsibilities of cable television operators was codified in
the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984. This authority was
extended to television broadcast licensees and other multi-channel
video programming distributors (MVPDs) in the Cable and Television
Consumer Protection Act of 1992. In the Second Report and Order, the
FCC adopted new EEO rules and policies. This action was in response to
a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit that found prior EEO rules unconstitutional. In 2004, the Third
Report and Order adopted revised forms for broadcast station and MVPD
Annual Employment Reports. The Fourth Report and Order reinstated the
collection of workforce composition data for television and radio
broadcasters. The Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking sought
to refresh the record on the collection of workforce composition data
for MVPDs.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 01/14/02 67 FR 1704
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Second R&O and Third NPRM........... 01/07/03 68 FR 670
Correction.......................... 01/13/03 68 FR 1657
Fourth NPRM......................... 06/23/04 69 FR 34986
Third R&O........................... 06/23/04 69 FR 34950
FNPRM............................... 08/31/21 86 FR 48610
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 09/30/21
Fourth Report and Order, Order of 02/22/24
Recon., and 2nd FNPRM.
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Radhika Karmarkar, Chief, Industry Analysis
Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street
NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1523, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#720013161a1b19135c1913001f1300191300321411115c151d04"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="beccdfdad6d7d5df90d5dfccd3dfccd5dfccfed8dddd90d9d1c8">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AH95
287. Establishment of Rules for Digital Low-Power Television,
Television Translator, and Television Booster Stations (MB Docket No.
03-185) [3060-AI38]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 336
Abstract: This proceeding initiated the digital television
conversion for low-power television (LPTV) and television translator
stations. The rules and policies adopted as a result of this proceeding
provide the framework for these stations' conversion from analog to
digital broadcasting. The revised rules reflect an effort to simplify,
streamline, and modernize existing rules and procedures that will
enable stations to comply with licensing requirements more easily
through familiar and low-cost measures.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 09/26/03 68 FR 55566
NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/25/03
R&O................................. 11/29/04 69 FR 69325
FNPRM and MO&O...................... 10/18/10 75 FR 63766
2nd R&O............................. 07/07/11 76 FR 44821
3rd NPRM............................ 11/28/14 79 FR 70824
NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/29/14
NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 01/12/15
3rd R&O............................. 02/01/16 81 FR 5041
4th NPRM............................ 02/01/16 81 FR 5086
Comment Period End.................. 02/22/16
NPRM................................ 12/23/19 84 FR 70489
5th NPRM............................ 06/17/22 87 FR 36440
Report and Order.................... 05/12/23 88 FR 30654
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Shaun Maher, Attorney, Video Division, Federal
Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 45 L. Street NE, Washington,
DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2324, Fax: 202 418-2827, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#55263d34203b7b38343d3027153336367b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="691a01081c07470408010c1b290f0a0a470e061f">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AI38
288. Authorizing Permissive Use of the ``Next Generation'' Broadcast
Television Standard (GN Docket No. 16-142) [3060-AK56]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 157; 47
U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307 to 309; 47 U.S.C. 316; 47
U.S.C. 319; 47 U.S.C. 325(b); 47 U.S.C. 336; 47 U.S.C. 399(b); 47
U.S.C. 403; 47 U.S.C. 534; 47 U.S.C. 535
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission seeks to authorize
television broadcasters to use the ``Next Generation'' ATSC 3.0
broadcast television transmission standard on a voluntary, market-
driven basis, while they continue to deliver current-generation digital
television broadcast service to their viewers. In the Report and Order,
the Commission adopted rules to afford broadcasters flexibility to
deploy ATSC 3.0-based transmissions, while minimizing the impact on,
and costs to, consumers and other industry stakeholders.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 03/10/17 82 FR 13285
NPRM Comment Period End............. 05/09/17
FNPRM............................... 12/20/17 82 FR 60350
R&O................................. 02/02/18 83 FR 4998
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 02/20/18
FNPRM Reply Comment Period End...... 03/20/18
NPRM................................ 05/13/20 85 FR 28586
2nd R&O Order on Recon.............. 07/17/20 85 FR 43478
Report & Order...................... 04/22/21 86 FR 21217
FNPRM............................... 12/13/21 86 FR 70793
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 02/11/22
3rd FNPRM........................... 07/07/22 87 FR 40464
3rd R&O............................. 07/17/23 88 FR 45347
4th FNPRM........................... 07/17/23 88 FR 45378
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Ty Bream, Attorney Advisor, Industry Analysis Div.,
Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554, Phone: 202 418-0644, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e0a07501c0c1b1f133e181d1d50191108"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81f5f8afe3f3e4e0ecc1e7e2e2afe6eef7">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AK56
289. 2018 Quadrennial Regulatory Review of the Commission's Broadcast
Ownership Rules (MB Docket 18-349) [3060-AK77]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152(a); 47 U.S.C. 154(i);
47 U.S.C. 257; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 309 and 310; 47
U.S.C. 403; sec. 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act
Abstract: Section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
requires the Commission to review its broadcast ownership rules every 4
years and to determine whether any such rules are necessary in the
public interest as the result of competition. The rules subject to
review in the 2018 quadrennial review are the Local Radio Ownership
Rule, the Local Television Ownership Rule, and the Dual Network Rule.
Based on a careful review of the record, the Commission found that the
existing rules, with some minor modifications, remain necessary in the
public interest.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 02/28/19 84 FR 6741
Report and Order.................... 02/15/24 89 FR 12196
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Radhika Karmarkar, Chief, Industry Analysis
Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street
NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1523, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c5e4d484445474d02474d5e414d5e474d5e6c4a4f4f024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6113000509080a004f0a00130c00130a0013210702024f060e17">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AK77
290. Equal Employment Opportunity Enforcement (MB Docket 19-177) [3060-
AK86]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j);
47 U.S.C. 334; 47 U.S.C. 554
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission seeks comment on ways
in which it can make improvements to equal employment opportunity (EEO)
compliance and enforcement.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 07/22/19 84 FR 35063
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Radhika Karmarkar, Chief, IAD, Media Bureau,
Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554, Phone: 202 418-1523, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e69487828e8f8d87c88d87948b87948d8794a6808585c8818990"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90e2f1f4f8f9fbf1befbf1e2fdf1e2fbf1e2d0f6f3f3bef7ffe6">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AK86
291. Duplication of Programming on Commonly Owned Radio Stations (MB
Docket No. 19-310) [3060-AL19]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j) and
303(r); 47 U.S.C. 303(r)
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission eliminated the radio
duplication rule. The rule bars same-service (AM or FM) commercial
radio stations from duplicating more than 25% of their total hours of
programming in an average broadcast week if the stations have 50% or
more contours overlap and are commonly owned or subject to a time
brokerage agreement. Petitions for reconsideration are pending.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 12/23/19 84 FR 70485
Report & Order...................... 10/22/20 85 FR 67303
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Radhika Karmarkar, Chief, Industry Analysis
Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street
NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1523, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#681a090c000103094603091a05091a03091a280e0b0b460f071e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d3a1b2b7bbbab8b2fdb8b2a1beb2a1b8b2a193b5b0b0fdb4bca5">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL19
292. Sponsorship Identification Requirements for Foreign Government-
Provided Programming (MB Docket No. 20-299) [3060-AL20]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 154; 47 U.S.C. 155; 47 U.S.C.
301 and 303; 47 U.S.C. 307 and 309 ; 47 U.S.C. 310; 47 U.S.C. 334; 47
U.S.C. 336 and 339
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission modifies its rules to
require specific disclosure requirements for broadcast programming that
is paid for, or provided by a foreign government or its representative.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 11/24/20 85 FR 74955
R&O................................. 06/17/21 86 FR 32221
Second NPRM......................... 11/17/22 87 FR 68960
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Radhika Karmarkar, Chief, IAD, Media Bureau,
Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554, Phone: 202 418-1523, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dba9babfb3b2b0baf5b0baa9b6baa9b0baa99bbdb8b8f5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ae8fbfef2f3f1fbb4f1fbe8f7fbe8f1fbe8dafcf9f9b4fdf5ec">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL20
293. FM Broadcast Booster Stations (MB Docket No. 20-401) [3060-AL21]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154 and 157; 47 U.S.C.
301 to 303; 47 U.S.C. 307 to 309; 47 U.S.C. 316 and 319; 47 U.S.C. 324
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission seeks comment on a
proposal to amend its rules to enable FM broadcasters to use FM booster
stations to air geo-targeted content (e.g., news, weather, and
advertisements) independent of the signals of its primary station
within different portions of the primary station's protected service
contour for a limited period of time during the broadcast hour.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 01/11/21 86 FR 1909
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Al Shuldiner, Division Chief, Audio Div., Media
Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington,
DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2700, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#73121f111601075d001b061f171a1d1601331510105d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e2f222c2b3c3a603d263b222a27202b3c0e282d2d60292138">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL21
294. Amendment of Part 73 Rules To Update Television and Class A
Television Broadcast Station Rules, and Rules Applicable to All
Broadcast Stations (MB Docket No. 22-227) [3060-AL50]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 154; 47 U.S.C. 301 and 303; 47
U.S.C. 307 to 308; 47 U.S.C. 309 to 310; 47 U.S.C. 316 and 319; 47
U.S.C. 336
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission seeks to adopt
revisions to rules in part 0, part 27, subparts E, H, I, J, and L of
part 73, and certain parts of parts 74 and 90 in light of the fact that
all television services have ceased analog operations. The Commission
proposes to amend section headings and language in rules to remove
references to DTV, digital, and analog television service, as these
distinctions are no longer necessary. The Commission also propose to
delete outdated rules that are no longer valid given changes in
Commission-adopted policy. The Commission also proposes other non-
substantive, technical revisions. The Commission also proposes to
update rules to reference the current designation for form numbers
(e.g., FCC Form 2100) and by requiring electronic filing in the
Commission's Licensing and Management System. The Commission also
propose to make corrections or updates, inter alia, to section
headings, spelling, contact information, and rule cross-references, or
to language inadvertently omitted from a rule.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 02/09/23 88 FR 8636
Report and Order.................... 02/01/24 89 FR 7224
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Emily Harrison, Attorney Advisor, Media Bureau,
Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554, Phone: 202 418-1665, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f89d95919481d690998a8a918b9796b89e9b9bd69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3868e8a8f9acd8b8291918a908c8da3858080cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>.
Joyce Bernstein, Attorney Advisor, Media Bureau, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-1647, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9bf1f4e2f8feb5f9fee9f5e8effef2f5dbfdf8f8b5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e58f8a9c8680cb8780978b9691808c8ba5838686cb828a93">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL50
295. Implementation of the Low Power Protection Act, MB Docket No. 23-
126 [3060-AL63]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and
154(j); 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307 and 309; 47 U.S.C. 311 and 336(f)
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission seeks to implement the
Low Power Protection Act (LPPA) consistent with Congressional
direction. The LPPA provides certain low power television stations with
an opportunity to apply for primary spectrum use status as Class A
television stations. In the Report and Order, the Commission
established the Class A eligibility requirements and the process for
submitting applications.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 04/14/23 88 FR 2980
Report and Order.................... 01/10/24 89 FR 1466
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Kim Matthews, Attorney, Policy Division, Federal
Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554, Phone: 202 418-2154, Fax: 202 418-2053, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ed868480c3808c999985889a9ead8b8e8ec38a829b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c6adafabe8aba7b2b2aea3b1b586a0a5a5e8a1a9b0">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL63
296. Video Description, MB Docket No. 11-43 [3060-AL64]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 613
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission seeks to expand audio
description requirements to additional market areas. The proposed
expansion would help ensure that a greater number of individuals who
are blind or visually impaired can be connected, informed, and
entertained by television programming.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 03/29/23 88 FR 18505
Report and Order.................... 10/27/23 88 FR 73758
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Diana Sokolow, Attorney, Policy Division, Federal
Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554, Phone: 202 418-2120, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2a4e434b444b045945414546455d6a4c4949044d455c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="47232e2629266934282c282b28300721242469202831">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL64
297. 2022 Quadrennial Review of Media Ownership Rules, MB Docket No.
22-459 [3060-AL65]
Legal Authority: 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Abstract: Section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
requires the Commission to review its media ownership rules every four
years to determine whether they remain necessary in the public interest
as the result of competition. This proceeding will examine the media
ownership rules in light of the media landscape of 2022 and beyond.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Public Notice....................... 01/17/23 88 FR 2595
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Ty Bream, Attorney Advisor, Industry Analysis Div.,
Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554, Phone: 202 418-0644, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d2924733f2f383c301d3b3e3e733a322b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9de9e4b3ffeff8fcf0ddfbfefeb3faf2eb">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL65
298. <bullet> Modifying Rules for FM Terrestrial Digital Audio
Broadcasting Systems, MB Docket No. 22-405 [3060-AL70]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47
U.S.C. 301 and 302(a)
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission proposes changes to
the digital audio broadcasting technical rules that would permit
additional FM stations to increase FM hybrid digital effective radiated
power beyond the existing levels without the need for individual
Commission authorization. In addition, the Commission propose to allow
a digital FM station to operate with asymmetric power on the digital
sidebands. These rule changes are intended to improve digital FM signal
quality and minimize the effect of the digital FM station signal on
adjacent channel FM transmissions.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 08/22/23 88 FR 57033
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Al Shuldiner, Division Chief, Audio Div., Media
Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington,
DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2700, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2849444a4d5a5c065b405d444c41464d5a684e4b4b064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83e2efe1e6f1f7adf0ebf6efe7eaede6f1c3e5e0e0ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL70
299. <bullet> Customer Rebates for Undelivered Video Programming During
Blackouts, MB Docket No. 24-20 [3060-AL71]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47
U.S.C. 303 and 335(a)
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission seeks comment on
whether to require cable operators and direct broadcast satellite (DBS)
providers to give their subscribers rebates when those subscribers are
deprived of video programming they expect to receive during programming
blackouts that result from failed retransmission consent negotiations
or failed non-broadcast carriage negotiations. In the event that such a
requirement is adopted, the Commission seeks comment below on how to
apply the rule, and whether to specify the method that cable operators
and DBS providers use to offer the rebates and if so, how they should
issue rebates. The Commission also seeks comment on its our authority
to adopt a rebate rule. The Commission also invites comment on any
other proposals to ensure that subscribers are made whole when they
lose access to programming that they expected to receive in exchange
for paying a monthly subscription fee when they signed up for service.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 02/07/24 89 FR 8385
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Brendan Murray, Deputy Division Chief, Policy
Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street
NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1573, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7d5c5d2d9d3d6d999dac2c5c5d6cef7d1d4d499d0d8c1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4b6a6b1bab0b5bafab9a1a6a6b5ad94b2b7b7fab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL71
300. <bullet> Priority Application Review for Broadcast Stations That
Provide Local Journalism or Other Locally Originated Programming, MB
Docket No. 24-14 [3060-AL72]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 ; 47 U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i)
and 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 303
Abstract: This proceeding addresses certain billing practices of
cable and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service providers that
penalize subscribers for terminating video service or switching video
service providers. Comment is sought on proposals to protect consumers
and promote competition in the video programming marketplace. The
proposed customer service protection rules include prohibiting cable
operators and DBS service providers from imposing early termination
fees and billing cycle fees on subscribers.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 01/05/24 89 FR 740
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Katie Costello, Policy Division, Media Bureau,
Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2233, Fax: 202 418-1069, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cca7adb8a5a9e2afa3bfb8a9a0a0a38caaafafe2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3853594c515d165b574b4c5d545457785e5b5b165f574e">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL72
301. <bullet> Cable Operator and DBS Provider Billing Practices, MB
Docket No. 23-405 [3060-AL73]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) ; 47 U.S.C. 303(v)
and 335(a); 47 U.S.C. 552(b)
Abstract: This proceeding addresses certain billing practices of
cable and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service providers that
penalize subscribers for terminating video service or switching video
service providers. Comment is sought on proposals to protect consumers
and promote competition in the video programming marketplace. The
proposed customer service protection rules include prohibiting cable
operators and DBS service providers from imposing early termination
fees and billing cycle fees on subscribers.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 01/05/24 89 FR 740
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Katie Costello, Policy Division, Media Bureau,
Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-2233, Fax: 202 418-1069, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0cbc1d4c9c58ec3cfd3d4c5cccccfe0c6c3c38ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="771c16031e125914180403121b1b183711141459101801">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL73
302. <bullet> Reporting Requirements for Commercial Television
Broadcast Station Blackouts, MB Docket No. 23-427 [3060-AL74]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 301 and
303; 47 U.S.C. 307; . . .
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission proposes a reporting
framework for TV station blackouts occurring on video service platforms
offered by cable operators, satellite TV providers, and other
multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs). The proposed
reporting framework would require MVPDs to publicly report to the
Commission the beginning and end of any qualifying blackout of a
commercial broadcast television station, or stations, and disclose
either publicly or confidentially the number of subscribers affected by
the blackout.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 01/26/24 89 FR 42277
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Brooke Olaussen, Policy Division, Media Bureau,
Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554, Phone: 202 418-1060, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b69796464606e2564676a7e78786e654b6d6868256c647d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eb89998484808ec584878a9e98988e85ab8d8888c58c849d">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL74
303. <bullet> All-In Pricing for Cable and Satellite Television
Service, MB Docket No. 23-203 [3060-AL75]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 303 and
316; 47 U.S.C. 335(a); . . .
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission proposes to require
cable operators and direct broadcast satellite providers to specify the
all-in price for video programming as a prominent single line item on
subscribers' bills and in promotional materials that state a price.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 06/30/23 88 FR 42277
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Brendan Murray, Deputy Division Chief, Policy
Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street
NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1573, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ec8e9e8982888d82c281999e9e8d95ac8a8f8fc28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9af8e8fff4fefbf4b4f7efe8e8fbe3dafcf9f9b4fdf5ec">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL75
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)
Office of Managing Director
Long-Term Actions
304. Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees [3060-AK64]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 159
Abstract: Section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended
(47 U.S.C. 159), requires the Federal Communications Commission to
recover the cost of its activities by assessing and collecting annual
regulatory fees from beneficiaries of the activities.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 06/06/17 82 FR 26019
R&O................................. 09/22/17 82 FR 44322
NPRM................................ 06/14/18 83 FR 27846
NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/21/18 .......................
R&O................................. 09/18/18 83 FR 47079
NPRM................................ 06/05/19 84 FR 26234
NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/07/19 .......................
R&O................................. 09/26/19 84 FR 50890
NPRM................................ 05/08/20 85 FR 32256
R&O................................. 06/22/20 85 FR 37364
NPRM................................ 05/13/21 86 FR 26262
R&O................................. 05/17/21 86 FR 26677
NPRM................................ 09/21/21 86 FR 52429
R&O................................. 09/22/21 86 FR 52742
NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/21/21 .......................
NPRM................................ 06/28/22 87 FR 38588
Report & Order...................... 09/14/22 87 FR 56494
NPRM................................ 06/01/23 88 FR 36154
NPRM Comment Period End............. 06/29/23 .......................
Report and Order.................... 09/15/23 88 FR 63694
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Roland Helvajian, Office of the Managing Director,
Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC
20554, Phone: 202 418-0444, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3a1bcbfb2bdb7fdbbb6bfa5b2b9bab2bd93b5b0b0fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eb9984878a858fc5838e879d8a81828a85ab8d8888c58c849d">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AK64
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)
Office of International Affairs
Long-Term Actions
305. Process Reform for Executive Brance Review of Certain FCC
Applications and Petitions Involving Foreign Ownership, IB Docket No.
16-155 [3060-AL12]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(l); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 214;
47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 310; 47 U.S.C. 413; 47 U.S.C.
34-39; E.O. 10530; 3 U.S.C. 301
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission considers rules and
procedures that streamline and improve the timeliness and transparency
of the process by which the Commission refers certain applications and
petitions for declaratory ruling to the Executive Branch agencies for
assessment of any national security, law enforcement, foreign policy or
trade policy issues related to foreign investment in the applicants and
petitioners. The Commission, in this proceeding, also adopted Standard
Questions that certain applicants with reportable foreign ownership
will be required to answer as part of the Executive Branch review
process of their applications.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 06/24/16 81 FR 46870
NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/02/16 .......................
Public Notice....................... 04/27/20 85 FR 29914
Public Notice Comment Period End.... 09/02/20 .......................
Report & Order...................... 10/01/20 85 FR 76360
Public Notice....................... 12/30/20 85 FR 12312
Public Notice Comment Period End.... 04/19/21 .......................
Secord Report and Order Adopted..... 09/30/21 86 FR 68428
Second R&O Released................. 10/01/21 86 FR 68428
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Arthur T. Lechtman, Attorney Advisor, Federal
Communications Commission, International Bureau, 45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1465, Fax: 202 418-0175, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3d5c4f4955484f1351585e5549505c537d5b5e5e135a524b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fd9c8f8995888fd391989e9589909c93bd9b9e9ed39a928b">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL12
306. <bullet> Review of International Section 214 Authorizations To
Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and
Trade Policy Risks, IB Docket No. 23-119, MD Docket No. 23-134 [3060-
AL76]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 201 and
214; 47 U.S.C. 218 and 219; 47 U.S.C. 403 and 413
Abstract: By this Notice, the Commission proposes rules that would
require carriers to renew, every 10 years, their international section
214 authority. In the alternative, the Commission seeks comment on
adopting rules that would require all international section 214
authorization holders to periodically update information enabling the
Commission to review the public interest and national security
implications of those authorizations based on that updated information.
Through these proposals, the Commission seeks to ensure that the
Commission is exercising appropriate oversight of international section
214 authorization holders to safeguard U.S. telecommunications
networks.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 06/01/23 88 FR 50486
NPRM Comment Period End............. 10/02/23 .......................
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Gabrielle Kim, Attorney Advisor, Office of
International Affairs, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street
NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0730, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8afa9aabaa1ada4a4ade6a3a1a588aeababe6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="52353330203b373e3e377c393b3f123431317c353d24">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL76
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
Long-Term Actions
307. Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements: PS Docket No. 07-114
[3060-AJ52]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 332
Abstract: This rulemaking is related to the proceedings in which
the FCC previously acted to improve the quality of all emergency
services. Wireless carriers must provide specific automatic location
information in connection with 911 emergency calls to Public Safety
Answering Points (PSAPs). Wireless licensees must satisfy enhanced 911
location accuracy standards at either a county-based or a PSAP-based
geographic level.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 06/20/07 72 FR 33948
R&O................................. 02/14/08 73 FR 8617
Public Notice....................... 09/25/08 73 FR 55473
FNPRM; NOI.......................... 11/02/10 75 FR 67321
Public Notice....................... 11/18/09 74 FR 59539
2nd R&O............................. 11/18/10 75 FR 70604
Second NPRM......................... 08/04/11 76 FR 47114
Second NPRM Comment Period End...... 11/02/11 .......................
Final Rule.......................... 04/28/11 76 FR 23713
NPRM, 3rd R&O, and 2nd FNPRM........ 09/28/11 76 FR 59916
3rd FNPRM........................... 03/28/14 79 FR 17820
Order Extending Comment Period...... 06/10/14 79 FR 33163
3rd FNPRM Comment Period End........ 07/14/14 .......................
Public Notice (Release Date)........ 11/20/14 .......................
Public Notice Comment Period End.... 12/17/14 .......................
4th R&O............................. 03/04/15 80 FR 11806
Final Rule.......................... 08/03/15 80 FR 45897
Order Granting Waiver............... 07/10/17 .......................
NPRM................................ 09/26/18 83 FR 54180
4th NPRM............................ 03/18/19 84 FR 13211
5th R&O............................. 01/16/20 85 FR 2660
5th NPRM............................ 01/16/20 85 FR 2683
5th NPRM Comment Period End......... 03/16/20 .......................
6th R&O and Order on Recon.......... 08/28/20 85 FR 53234
Order of Reconsideration............ 01/01/21 86 FR 8714
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Brenda Boykin, Deputy Chief, Policy & Licensing
Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-2062, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#345646515a50551a565b4d5f5d5a745257571a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c5a7b7a0aba1a4eba7aabcaeacab85a3a6a6eba2aab3">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AJ52
308. Improving Outage Reporting for Submarine Cables and Enhancing
Submarine Cable Outage Data; GN Docket No. 15-206 [3060-AK39]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 34 to 39;
47 U.S.C. 301
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Abstract: This proceeding takes steps toward assuring the
reliability and resiliency of submarine cables, a critical piece of the
Nation's communications infrastructure, by proposing to require
submarine cable licensees to report to the Commission when outages
occur and communications are disrupted. The Commission's intent is to
enhance national security and emergency preparedness by these actions.
In December 2019, the Commission adopted an Order on Reconsideration
that modifies the requirement for submarine cable licensees to report
outages to the Commission.
The compliance date for the new mandatory submarine cable outage
reporting rules was October 28, 2021.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM (Release Date)................. 09/18/15 .......................
R&O................................. 06/24/16 81 FR 52354
Petitions for Recon................. 09/08/16 .......................
Petitions for Recon--Public Comment. 10/17/16 81 FR 75368
Order on Recon...................... 12/20/19 84 FR 15733
PRA Approval for new collection..... 03/25/21 .......................
Public Notice re effective date..... 04/28/21 .......................
Compliance Date for New Rules....... 10/28/21 .......................
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Scott Cinnamon, Attorney-Advisor, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-2319, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#186b7b776c6c367b71767679757776587e7b7b367f776e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="26554549525208454f4848474b49486640454508414950">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AK39
309. Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning
Disruptions to Communications: (PS Docket No. 15-80, 18-336, 23-5)
[3060-AK40]
Legal Authority: sec. 1, 4(i), 4(j), 4(o), 251(e)(3), 254, 301,
303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 307, 309(a), 309(j); 316, 332, 403, 615a-1, and
615c of Pub. L. 73-416, 4 Stat. 1064, as amended; and sec. 706 of Pub.
L. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56; 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i)-(j) & (o), 251(e)(3),
254, 301, 303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 307; 309(a), 309(j), 316, 332, 403,
615a-1, 615c, and 1302, unless otherwise noted
Abstract: The 2004 Report and Order (R&O) extended the Commission's
communication disruptions reporting rules to non-wireline carriers and
streamlined reporting through a new electronic template (see docket ET
Docket 04-35). In 2015, this proceeding, PS Docket 15-80, was opened to
amend the original communications disruption reporting rules from 2004
in order to reflect technology transitions observed throughout the
telecommunications sector. The Commission seeks to further study the
possibility to share the reporting database information and access with
State and other Federal entities. In May 2016, the Commission released
a Report and Order, FNPRM, and Order on Reconsideration (see also
Dockets 11-82 and 04-35). The R&O adopted rules to update the part 4
requirements to reflect technology transitions. The FNPRM sought
comment on sharing information in the reporting database. Comments and
replies were received by the Commission in August and September 2016.
In March 2020, the Commission adopted a Second Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking in PS Docket No. 15-80 that proposed a framework to
provide state and federal agencies with access to outage information to
improve their situational awareness while preserving the
confidentiality of this data, including proposals to: provide direct,
read-only access to NORS and DIRS filings to qualified agencies of the
50 states, the District of Columbia, Tribal nations, territories, and
federal government; allow these agencies to share NORS and DIRS
information with other public safety officials that reasonably require
NORS and DIRS information to prepare for and respond to disasters;
allow participating agencies to publicly disclose NORS or DIRS filing
information that is aggregated and anonymized across at least four
service providers; condition a participating agency's direct access to
NORS and DIRS filings on their agreement to treat the filings as
confidential and not disclose them absent a finding by the Commission
that allows them to do so; and establish an application process that
would grant agencies access to NORS and DIRS after those agencies
certify to certain requirements related to maintaining confidentiality
of the data and the security of the databases. In March 2021, the
Commission adopted the proposed information sharing framework with some
modifications in a Second Report and Order. In April 2021, in a Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission proposed to codify a rule
adopted in 2016 that exempts satellite and terrestrial wireless
providers from reporting outages that potentially affect special
offices and facilities, as defined in Commission rules. This proceeding
addresses the Commission's efforts to improve the utility of its
efforts to track network outages and disruptions and does not promote
the administration's specified priorities.
In May 2021, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
filed a Petition for Reconsideration (PFR) requesting that the
Commission reconsider its decision in the Second Report and Order to
maintain the presumption of confidentiality applied to NORS and DIRS
filings. The Commission sought comment on the PFR's requests.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM, 2nd R&O, Order on Recon....... 06/16/15 80 FR 34321
NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/31/15 .......................
R&O................................. 07/12/16 81 FR 45055
FNPRM, 1 Part 4 R&O, Order on Recon. 08/11/16 81 FR 45059
Order Denying Reply Comment Deadline 09/08/16 .......................
Extension Request.
FNPRM Comment Period End............ 09/12/16 .......................
Announcement of Effective Date for 06/22/17 82 FR 28410
Rule Changes in R&O.
Announcement of Effective Date for 06/22/17 82 FR 28410
Rule Changes in R&O.
Second Further NPRM................. 02/28/20 85 FR 17818
Second Further NPRM Comment Period 06/01/20 .......................
End.
2nd R&O............................. 04/29/21 86 FR 22796
3rd NPRM............................ 06/30/21 86 FR 34679
CPUC PFR Comment Period End......... 08/23/21 86 FR 40801
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Logan Bennett, Attorney Advisor, Public Safety and
Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L
Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7790, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82eeede5e3ecace0e7ecece7f6f6c2e4e1e1ace5edf4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c1adaea6a0afefa3a4afafa4b5b581a7a2a2efa6aeb7">[email protected]</span></a>.
Saswat Misra, Attorney-Advisor, Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau, Federal Communications
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Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-0944,
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cbb8aab8bcaabfe5a6a2b8b9aa8bada8a8e5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f1c0e1c180e1b4102061c1d0e2f090c0c41080019">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AK40
310. New Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to
Communications; ET Docket No. 04-35 [3060-AK41]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154 and 155; 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C.
251; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 316
Abstract: The proceeding creates a new part 4 in title 47 and
amends part 63.100. The proceeding updates the Commission's
communication disruptions reporting rules for wireline providers
formerly in 47 CFR 63.100 and extends these rules to other non-wireline
providers. Through this proceeding, the Commission streamlines the
reporting process through an electronic template. The Report and Order
received several petitions for reconsideration, of which two were
eventually withdrawn. In 2015, seven were addressed in an Order on
Reconsideration and in 2016 another petition was addressed in an Order
on Reconsideration. One petition (CPUC Petition) remains pending
regarding NORS database sharing with States, which is addressed in a
separate proceeding, PS Docket 15-80. To the extent the communication
disruption rules cover VoIP, the Commission studies and addresses these
questions in a separate docket, PS Docket 11-82.
In May 2016, the Commission released a Report and Order, FNPRM, and
Order on Reconsideration (see Dockets 11-82 and 15-80). The Order on
Reconsideration addressed outage reporting for events at airports, and
the FNPRM sought comment on database sharing. The Commission received
comments and replies in August and September 2016.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 03/26/04 69 FR 15761
R&O................................. 11/26/04 69 FR 68859
Denial for Petition for Partial Stay 12/02/04 .......................
Seek Comment on Petition for Recon.. 02/02/10 .......................
Reply Period End.................... 03/19/10 .......................
Seek Comment on Broadband and 07/02/10 .......................
Interconnected VOIP Service
Providers.
Reply Period End.................... 08/16/12 .......................
2nd R&O, and Order on Recon, NPRM... 06/16/15 80 FR 34321
R&O................................. 07/12/16 81 FR 45055
FNPRM, 1 Part 4 R&O, Order on Recon. 08/11/16 81 FR 45095, 81 FR
45055
Order Denying Extension of Time to 09/08/16 .......................
File Reply Comments.
Announcement of Effective Date for 06/22/17 82 FR 28410
Rule Changes in R&O.
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Logan Bennett, Attorney Advisor, Public Safety and
Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L
Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-7790, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e1211191f10501c1b10101b0a0a3e181d1d50191108"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="375b5850565919555259595243437751545419505841">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AK41
311. Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA): PS Docket No. 15-91, 15-94, 22-
329 [3060-AK54]
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 109-347, title VI; 47 U.S.C. 151; 47
U.S.C. 154(i)
Abstract: This proceeding was initiated to improve Wireless
Emergency Alerts (WEA) messaging, ensure that WEA alerts reach only
those individuals to whom they are relevant, and establish an end-to-
end testing program based on advancements in technology.
In April 2023, the Commission released an FNPRM seeking comment on
proposals to make WEA alerts understandable to people with disabilities
and people with native languages other than English and Spanish,
communities that would otherwise be underserved by WEA.
In October 2023, the Commission adopted a Report and Order adopting
some of the proposals from the April FNPRM. Proposals adopted include
making WEA multilingual, including location-aware maps with alerting,
permitting two live WEA tests per county or county equivalent per year,
and creating a publicly available WEA Database which will include
information about where WEA is and is not available and by what
providers.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 11/19/15 80 FR 77289
NPRM Comment Period End............. 01/13/16 .......................
NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 02/12/16 .......................
Order............................... 12/08/16 81 FR 75710
FNPRM............................... 09/29/16 81 FR 78539
Comment Period End.................. 12/08/16 .......................
Petition for Recon.................. 12/19/16 81 FR 91899
Order on Recon...................... 02/04/17 82 FR 57158
2nd R&O and 2nd Order on Recon...... 02/28/18 83 FR 8619
Public Notice....................... 04/26/18 83 FR 18257
Public Notice Comment Period End.... 05/29/18 .......................
Public Notice Reply Comment Period 06/11/18 .......................
End.
Report and Order and FNPRM.......... 06/17/21 86 FR 46783
FNPRM............................... 04/21/22 87 FR 30857
FNPRM............................... 11/23/22 87 FR 71539
FNPRM............................... 06/21/23 88 FR 40606
Report and Order.................... 12/15/23 88 FR 86824
Correction.......................... 01/17/24 89 FR 2885
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Michael Antonino, Attorney Advisor, PSHSB, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-7965, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3f52565c575e5a53115e514b50515651507f595c5c11585049"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dab7b3b9b2bbbfb6f4bbb4aeb5b4b3b4b59abcb9b9f4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a>.
James Wiley, Deputy Division Chief, Public Safety and Homeland
Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418-1678, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ff959e929a8cd18896939a86bf999c9cd1989089"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c363d31392f722b353039251c3a3f3f723b332a">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AK54
312. 911 Fee Diversion Rulemaking: PS Docket Nos. 20-291, 09-14 [3060-
AL31]
Legal Authority: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L.
116-260, Division FF, title 1X, sec. 902, Don't Break Up the T-Band Act
of 2020 (sec. 902)
Abstract: In 2020, Congress adopted the ``Don't Break Up the T-Band
Act'' (section 902) to help address the diversion of 911 fees by states
and other jurisdictions for purposes unrelated to 911. Among other
requirements, Congress mandated that the Commission should issue final
rules designating the uses of 911 fees by states and taxing
jurisdictions that constitute 911 fee diversion for purposes of 47
U.S.C. 615a-1, as amended by section 902. The Commission initiated this
proceeding and issued new rules at 47 CFR 9.21-9.26 that: (1) clarify
the purposes and functions for which expenditures of 911 fees are
acceptable and which would be considered
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unacceptable and constitute diversion, with illustrative, non-
exhaustive examples of each; (2) establish a declaratory ruling process
for providing further guidance to states and taxing jurisdictions on
fee diversion issues; and (3) codify the specific obligations and
restrictions that section 902 imposes on states and taxing
jurisdictions, including those that engage in diversion as defined by
the Commission's rules.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Notice of Inquiry................... 10/02/20 .......................
NOI Comment Period End.............. 11/02/20 .......................
NOI Reply Comment Period End........ 12/02/20 .......................
NPRM................................ 02/17/21 86 FR 12399
NPRM Comment Period End............. 03/23/21 .......................
NPRM Reply Comment Period End....... 04/02/21 86 FR 12399
Report & Order...................... 06/25/21 86 FR 45892
R&O Erratum......................... 08/12/21 86 FR 45892
Petition for Recon.................. 12/22/21 86 FR 72546
Oppositions to Petition for Recon... 01/06/22 .......................
Replies to Oppositions to Petition 01/18/22 .......................
for Recon.
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Next Action Undetermined............ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Brenda Boykin, Deputy Chief, Policy & Licensing
Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal
Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, Phone:
202 418-2062, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#721000171c16135c101d0b191b1c321411115c151d04"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="187a6a7d767c79367a7761737176587e7b7b367f776e">[email protected]</span></a>.
RIN: 3060-AL31
313. Resilient Networks, Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission's Rules
Concerning Disruptions to Communications; PS Docket No. 21-346 [3060-
AL43]
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 1; 47 U.S.C. 4(i) and 4(o); 47 U.S.C.
201(b) and 214(d); 47 U.S.C. 218 and 251(e)(3); 47 U.S.C. 301; 47
U.S.C. 303(b) and 303(g); 47 U.S.C. 303(j) and 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 307;
47 U.S.C. 309(a) and 309(j); 47 U.S.C. 316 and 332; 47 U.S.C. 403; 47
U.S.C. 615a-1 ; 47 U.S.C. 615c of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended; 47 U.S.C. 154(i)-(j) and (o); 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C 4(j); .
. .
Abstract: In October 2021, the Commission adopted a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to investigate ways to improve the
reliability and resiliency of communications networks during
emergencies and ways to ensure that communications services remain
operational when disasters strike. The NPRM sought comment on: (i)
potential improvements to the voluntary Wireless Resiliency Cooperative
Framework (Framework), including evaluating what triggers its
activation, its scope of participants, whether existing Framework
elements can be strengthened, any gaps that need to be addressed, and
whether the public would benefit from codifying some or all of the
Framework, (ii) ways to enhance the information available to the
Commission through Network Outage Reporting System (NORS) and Disaster
Information Reporting System (DIRS) during disasters and network
outages to improve situational awareness, and (iii) communications
resiliency strategies for power outages, including improved
coordination between communications service providers and power
companies and deploying onsite backup power or other alternative
measures to reduce the frequency, duration, or severity of power-
related disruptions to communications services.
In June 2022, the Commission adopted a Report & Order (R&O) and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) following up on and
further addressing matters related to the Framework. The R&O introduced
the Mandatory Disaster Response Initiative (MDRI), which largely
codified the Framework's five substantive provisions as mandatory,
extended the reach of these provisions to all facilities-based mobile
wireless providers, expanded the real-world criteria that trigger
activation of the MDRI (as compared to the Framework) and introduced
new provisions requiring providers to test their roaming capabilities
and report on the performance of their implementation of the MDRI to
the Commission after disaster events. The FNPRM examined whether and
how the new reporting requirement can be standardized to ensure that
the Commission obtains vital and actio
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