Sunshine Act; Open Commission Meeting Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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The Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry that would examine whether state and local statutes, regulations, and legal requirements have an unlawful prohibitive effect on the provision of wireline telecommunications services, particularly through the imposition of excessive delays and fees that impede infrastructure deployments and disincentivize investments in them. 2.................. Wireless Title: Freeing Wireless Telecommunications. Infrastructure from Unlawful Regulatory Burdens (WT Docket No. 25- 276). Summary: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that advances its Build America Agenda by seeking comment on reforms that would free towers and other wireless infrastructure from unlawful regulatory burdens imposed at the state and local level. 3.................. Wireless Title: Phone Jamming Telecommunications. Solutions in Non-Federal Correctional Facilities (GN Docket No. 13-111). Summary: The Commission will consider a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on removing regulatory barriers to deployment and viability of existing and developing technologies that combat contraband wireless device use in correctional facilities. 4.................. Media................. Title: Modernizing Broadcast Ownership Rules (MB Docket No. 22-459). Summary: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would advance the Commission's quadrennial regulatory review of its broadcast ownership rules and seek public comment on whether, given the current state of the media marketplace, it should retain, modify, or eliminate any of these rules. 5.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Deleting Obsolete and Duplicative Wireline Rules (GN Docket No. 25- 133). Summary: The Commission will consider as part of the In re: Delete, Delete, Delete proceeding a Direct Final Rule that would move to delete nearly 400 primarily wireline-related rules and requirements that govern obsolete technology, are duplicative, and are no longer used in practice. These rules pertain to a wide variety of now- defunct topics including regulatory reporting requirements, distinctions between wireline carriers that are no longer applied, technology that has been eclipsed, and dates pertaining to pricing, universal service, pilot programs, and equipment requirements that have long ago passed. 6.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Modernizing the E- Rate Program for Schools and Libraries (WC Docket No. 13-184). Summary: The Commission will consider a Declaratory Ruling that would align E-Rate eligibility with section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and clarify that the provision of Wi-Fi, or other similar access point technologies, including the equipment needed to provide such service, on school buses is ineligible for E-Rate funding. 7.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Addressing the Homework Gap through the E- Rate Program (WC Docket No. 21-31). Summary: The Commission will consider an Order on Reconsideration that grants a petition for reconsideration and finds that section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, does not permit the funding of off- premises use of Wi-Fi hotspots and Internet services and makes them ineligible for E-Rate support. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46887-46888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18926]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[FR ID 315452]
Sunshine Act; Open Commission Meeting Tuesday, September 30, 2025
September 23, 2025.
The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on
the subjects listed below on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, which is
scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of
the Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC.
While attendance at the Open Meeting is available to the public,
the FCC headquarters building is not open access and all guests must
check in with and be screened by FCC security at the main entrance on L
Street. Attendees at the Open Meeting will not be required to have an
appointment but must otherwise comply with protocols outlined at:
<a href="http://www.fcc.gov/visit">www.fcc.gov/visit</a>. Open Meetings are streamed live at: <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/live">www.fcc.gov/live</a>
and on the FCC's YouTube channel.
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Item No. Bureau Subject
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1.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Accelerating
Wireline Infrastructure
Buildout (WC Docket No. 25-
253).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Notice of
Inquiry that would examine
whether state and local
statutes, regulations, and
legal requirements have an
unlawful prohibitive
effect on the provision of
wireline
telecommunications
services, particularly
through the imposition of
excessive delays and fees
that impede infrastructure
deployments and
disincentivize investments
in them.
2.................. Wireless Title: Freeing Wireless
Telecommunications. Infrastructure from
Unlawful Regulatory
Burdens (WT Docket No. 25-
276).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking that
advances its Build America
Agenda by seeking comment
on reforms that would free
towers and other wireless
infrastructure from
unlawful regulatory
burdens imposed at the
state and local level.
3.................. Wireless Title: Phone Jamming
Telecommunications. Solutions in Non-Federal
Correctional Facilities
(GN Docket No. 13-111).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Third
Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking seeking comment
on removing regulatory
barriers to deployment and
viability of existing and
developing technologies
that combat contraband
wireless device use in
correctional facilities.
4.................. Media................. Title: Modernizing
Broadcast Ownership Rules
(MB Docket No. 22-459).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking that
would advance the
Commission's quadrennial
regulatory review of its
broadcast ownership rules
and seek public comment on
whether, given the current
state of the media
marketplace, it should
retain, modify, or
eliminate any of these
rules.
5.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Deleting Obsolete
and Duplicative Wireline
Rules (GN Docket No. 25-
133).
Summary: The Commission
will consider as part of
the In re: Delete, Delete,
Delete proceeding a Direct
Final Rule that would move
to delete nearly 400
primarily wireline-related
rules and requirements
that govern obsolete
technology, are
duplicative, and are no
longer used in practice.
These rules pertain to a
wide variety of now-
defunct topics including
regulatory reporting
requirements, distinctions
between wireline carriers
that are no longer
applied, technology that
has been eclipsed, and
dates pertaining to
pricing, universal
service, pilot programs,
and equipment requirements
that have long ago passed.
6.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Modernizing the E-
Rate Program for Schools
and Libraries (WC Docket
No. 13-184).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a
Declaratory Ruling that
would align E-Rate
eligibility with section
254 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended,
and clarify that the
provision of Wi-Fi, or
other similar access point
technologies, including
the equipment needed to
provide such service, on
school buses is ineligible
for E-Rate funding.
7.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Addressing the
Homework Gap through the E-
Rate Program (WC Docket
No. 21-31).
Summary: The Commission
will consider an Order on
Reconsideration that
grants a petition for
reconsideration and finds
that section 254 of the
Communications Act of
1934, as amended, does not
permit the funding of off-
premises use of Wi-Fi
hotspots and Internet
services and makes them
ineligible for E-Rate
support.
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The meeting will be webcast at: <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/live">www.fcc.gov/live</a>. Open captioning
will be provided as well as a text only version on the FCC website.
Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are
available upon request. In your request, include a description of the
accommodation you will need and a way we can contact you if we need
more information. Last minute requests will be accepted but may be
impossible to fill. Send an email to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87e1e4e4b2b7b3c7e1e4e4a9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b3d38386e6b6f1b3d3838753c342d">[email protected]</span></a> or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530.
Press Access--Members of the news media are welcome to attend the
meeting and will be provided reserved seating on a first-come, first-
served basis. Following the meeting, the
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Chairman may hold a news conference in which he will take questions
from credentialed members of the press in attendance. Also, senior
policy and legal staff will be made available to the press in
attendance for questions related to the items on the meeting agenda.
Commissioners may also choose to hold press conferences. Press may also
direct questions to the Office of Media Relations (OMR):
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b2ffd7d6dbd3e0d7ded3c6dbdddcc1f2d4d1d19cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="95d8f0f1fcf4c7f0f9f4e1fcfafbe6d5f3f6f6bbf2fae3">[email protected]</span></a>. Questions about credentialing should be
directed to OMR.
Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from
the Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-0500. Audio/Video coverage of
the meeting will be broadcast live with open captioning over the
internet from the FCC Live web page at <a href="http://www.fcc.gov/live">www.fcc.gov/live</a>.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-18926 Filed 9-26-25; 11:15 am]
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