G/TBT/N/USA/1753  
29 July 2021  
(21-5906) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [1782]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated  if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Broadband 
data; Quality (ICS 03.120), Telecommunication services. Applications (ICS 33.030), 
Mobile services (ICS 33.070)  
5. Title, nu mber of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Comment 
Sought on Technical Requirements for the Mobile Challenge, Verification, and 
Crowdsource Processes Required Under the Broadband Data Act (19 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - In this document, the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau (WTB), the Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA), and the 
Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) (collectively, the Bureau and Offices) seek 
comment on proposed technical requirem ents to implement the mobile challenge, 
verification, and crowdsourcing processes required by the Broadband DATA Act.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer prot ection; Quality 
requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
86 Federal Register (FR) 40398, 28 July 2021; Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-07-28/html/2021 -16071.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-07-28/pdf/2021 -16071.pdf  
The filing is available online from the FCC Electronic Comment Filing System at 
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/f iling/0716246659957 ; this is a summary of the Commission's 
Proposed Rule in WC Docket No. 19 -195, DA 21 -853. The posted Public Notice is 
accessible from https://ecfsapi. fcc.gov/file/0716246659957/DA -21-853A1.pdf .   
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point .  Comments received within the comment period will be submitted to the 
FCC at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings  if received within the comment period.  G/TBT/N/USA/1753  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  27 August 2021; Comments are due on or before 27 August 
2021; reply comments are due on or before 13 September 2021.  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_4946_00_e.pdf