Rule2025-18189
Incarcerated People's Communications Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services
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Published
September 19, 2025
Effective
September 19, 2025
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, an information collection associated with the amendments to 47 CFR 64.6060 that the Commission adopted in the 2024 Incarcerated People's Communications Services (IPCS) Order, FCC 24-75, 89 FR 77244 (Sept. 20, 2024), and the requirements for incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) providers' Annual Reports and certifications that the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) adopted in the 2025 IPCS Annual Reports Order, DA 25-23, 90 FR 11804 (Mar. 12, 2025). OMB approved that information collection on September 8, 2025. The instant document implements aspects of the 2024 IPCS Order and the 2025 IPCS Annual Reports Order, which directed the Commission to publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of these amendments and requirements.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 180 (Friday, September 19, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45151-45152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18189]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 64
[WC Docket Nos. 12-375, 23-62; FCC 24-75; DA 25-23; FR ID 313432]
Incarcerated People's Communications Services; Implementation of
the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling
Services
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.
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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
has approved, for a period of three years, an information collection
associated with the amendments to 47 CFR 64.6060 that the Commission
adopted in the 2024 Incarcerated People's Communications Services
(IPCS) Order, FCC 24-75, 89 FR 77244 (Sept. 20, 2024), and the
requirements for incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS)
providers' Annual Reports and certifications that the Commission's
Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) and Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau (CGB) adopted in the 2025 IPCS Annual Reports Order, DA 25-23,
90 FR 11804 (Mar. 12, 2025). OMB approved that information collection
on September 8, 2025. The instant document implements aspects of the
2024 IPCS Order and the 2025 IPCS Annual Reports Order, which directed
the Commission to publish a document in the Federal Register announcing
the effective date of these amendments and requirements.
DATES: Amendatory instruction 17 (47 CFR 64.6060), published at 89 FR
77244 on September 20, 2024, and delayed indefinitely, and the
requirements for IPCS providers' Annual Reports and certifications,
published at 90 FR 11804 on March 12, 2025, are effective on September
19, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shabbir Hamid, Pricing Policy
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, (202)
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418-2328, or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b4e7dcd5d6d6ddc69afcd5d9ddd0f4d2d7d79ad3dbc2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="12417a7370707b603c5a737f7b76527471713c757d64">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on September
8, 2025, OMB approved for a period of three years, the information
collection requirements associated with the amendments to 47 CFR
64.6060 that the Commission adopted in the 2024 IPCS Order and the
requirements for IPCS providers' Annual Reports and certifications that
WCB and CGB adopted in the 2025 IPCS Annual Reports Order. Notices
related to the information collection were published at 89 FR 77244 and
90 FR 11804, respectively. The OMB Control Number is 3060-1222. IPCS
providers' responses to the data collection are due on November 3,
2025.
If you have any comments on the data collection, or how the
Commission can improve the data collection and reduce any burdens
caused thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications
Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Please include the
OMB Control Number, 3060-1222, in your correspondence. The Commission
will also accept your comments via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#72222033321411115c151d04"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8cdcdecdcceaefefa2ebe3fa">[email protected]</span></a>.
To request materials in accessible formats for people with
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format),
send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f0969393c5c0c4b0969393de979f86"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="04626767313430446267672a636b72">[email protected]</span></a> or call the Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
Synopsis
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received OMB approval on
September 8, 2025 for the information collection requirements contained
in the amendments to 47 CFR 64.6060 adopted in the 2024 IPCS Order and
with the requirements for Annual Reports and certifications contained
in the 2025 IPCS Annual Reports Order. Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it
displays a current, valid OMB Control Number. No person shall be
subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of
information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act that does not
display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number is
3060-1222.
The foregoing notification is required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents
are as follows:
OMB Control Number: 3060-1222.
Title: Incarcerated People's Communications Services (IPCS)
Provider Annual Reporting, Certification, and Other Requirements, WC
Docket Nos. 23-62, 12-375.
OMB Approval Date: September 8, 2025.
OMB Expiration Date: September 30, 2028.
Form Numbers: FCC Form 2301(a) and FCC Form 2301(b).
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 35 respondents; 38 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 5-160 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting and certification
requirements, third party disclosure, waiver request and on-occasion
reporting requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 9,165 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in
sections 1, 2, 4(i)-(j), 5(c), 201(b), 218, 220, 225, 255, 276, 403,
and 716 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 151,
152, 154(i)-(j), 155(c), 201(b), 218, 220, 225, 255, 276, 403, and 617,
and the Martha Wright-Reed Act, Public Law 117-338, 136 Stat. 6156
(2022).
Needs and Uses: In July 2024, the Commission adopted the 2024 IPCS
Order, which implemented the expanded authority granted to the
Commission by the Martha Wright-Reed Act. Among other actions, that
Order expanded the Commission's annual reporting and certification
requirements to include the full scope of services and providers now
subject to the IPCS rules. The Commission also eliminated the sections
of the annual reporting rules mandating the reporting of information on
ancillary service charges and site commissions, to reflect the
prohibitions of those items adopted in the 2024 IPCS Order. Finally,
the Commission reaffirmed and updated its prior delegation of authority
to WCB and CGB to revise the requirements for the Annual Reports and
certifications, to reflect the Commission's expanded authority under
the Martha Wright-Reed Act and the other actions taken in the 2024 IPCS
Order, and directed the Bureaus to pay particular attention to the
video IPCS marketplace and the availability and usage of TRS in
exercising this delegated authority.
On January 8, 2025, WCB and CGB released the 2025 Annual Reports
Order, in which they revised the instructions, reporting templates, and
certification form for the Annual Reports that IPCS providers are
required to submit.
Federal Communications Commission.
Lynne H. Engledow,
Acting Chief, Pricing Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2025-18189 Filed 9-18-25; 8:45 am]
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