Notice2025-20002
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
November 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might "further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees." The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 219 (Monday, November 17, 2025)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 219 (Monday, November 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51315-51316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20002]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
[OMB 3060-1222; FR ID 317014]
Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to
Office of Management and Budget
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it
might ``further reduce the information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.'' The Commission may
not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a
valid OMB control number.
DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted on or before December 17,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information collection by selecting
``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
the search function. Your comment must be submitted into
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> per the above instructions for it to be considered. In
addition to submitting in <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> also send a copy of your
comment on the proposed information collection to Nicole Ongele, FCC,
via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88d8dac9c8eeebeba6efe7fe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="05555744456366662b626a73">[email protected]</span></a> and to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a54737975767f3455747d7f767f5a7c7979347d756c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0846616b67646d2647666f6d646d486e6b6b266f677e">[email protected]</span></a>. Include in the
comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies
of the information collection, contact Cathy Williams at (202) 418-
2918. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR)
submitted to OMB: (1) go to the web page <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, (2) look for the section of the web page called ``Currently
Under Review,'' (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the
``Select Agency'' box below the ``Currently Under Review'' heading, (4)
select ``Federal Communications Commission'' from the list of agencies
presented in the ``Select Agency'' box, (5) click the ``Submit'' button
to the right of the ``Select Agency'' box, (6) when the list of FCC
ICRs currently under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and
then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to
OMB will be displayed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the FCC invited the general public and
other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection. Comments are requested concerning:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including
whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy
of the Commission's burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might further
reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns
with fewer than 25 employees.
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.
Form Number(s): FCC Form 2301(a) and FCC Form 2301(b).
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 35 respondents; 43 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 5-240 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual reporting and certification reporting
requirements, third party disclosure requirements, and on-occasion
reporting requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. Statutory authority for this
collection of information 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 Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022, Public Law
117-338, 136 Stat. 6156.
Total Annual Burden: 10,565 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: This notice addresses the paperwork burdens
associated with the alternate pricing plan rules that the Commission
adopted to implement the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable
Communications Act of 2022 (Martha Wright-Reed Act or the Act). That
Act expands the Commission's statutory authority over communications
between incarcerated people and the non-incarcerated to include ``any
audio or video communications service used by inmates . . . regardless
of technology used.'' The new Act also amends section 2(b) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Communications Act), to make
clear that the Commission's authority extends to intrastate as well as
interstate and international communications services used by
incarcerated people.
The Act directs the Commission to ``promulgate any regulations
necessary to implement'' it, including the mandate that the Commission
establish a ``compensation plan'' ensuring that all rates and charges
for IPCS ``are just and reasonable,'' not earlier than 18 months and
not later than 24 months after the Act's January 5, 2023 enactment
date. Pursuant to that directive, on July 22, 2024, the Commission
released the 2024 IPCS Order, FCC 24-75, 89 FR 77244 (Sept. 20, 2024),
which fundamentally reforms the regulation of IPCS in all correctional
facilities, regardless of the technology used to deliver these
services, and significantly lowers the IPCS rates that incarcerated
people and their loved ones will pay.
The 2024 IPCS Order adopted new rules permitting IPCS providers to
offer incarcerated people and their friends and family IPCS via
optional ``alternate pricing plans,'' subject to clearly defined
safeguards. To help ensure that consumers who enroll in the plans
[[Page 51316]]
benefit from them and that IPCS providers do not use such plans to
otherwise evade the Commission's IPCS rules, the Commission required
that the plans comply with the general rules applicable to all IPCS in
addition to specific consumer protection and disclosure rules for
alternate pricing plans. This Notice seeks public comment on whether
OMB should approve the paperwork burdens associated with those rules,
which will be codified at 47 CFR 64.6140(c) and (d), (e)(2) through
(4), and (f)(2) and (4). We are also seeking comment on whether OMB
should renew the previously-approved paperwork requirements in this
collection. See 90 FR 45151 (Sept. 19, 2025).
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-20002 Filed 11-14-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
</pre><script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on November 17, 2025.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.