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to 600 MHz service licensees’ wireless 
operations in the band. 
Federal Communications Commission. 
Julius P. Knapp, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology. 
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47 CFR Parts 15 and 74 
[GN Docket No. 14–166, ET Docket No. 14– 
165, GN Docket No. 12–268: DA 17–709] 
Consumer Disclosure and Labeling; 
Promoting Spectrum Access for Wireless Microphone Operations 
AGENCY : Federal Communications 
Commission. 
ACTION : Final rule. 
SUMMARY : In this document the 
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of Engineering and Technology of the Federal Communications Commission adopt specific language for the consumer disclosures which the Commission adopted in 2015 and which concern the operation of wireless microphone (licensed or unlicensed) or video assist devices capable of operating in the 600 MHz service frequency band. With the close of the incentive auction on April 13, 2017, the 600 MHz service band has been reallocated for new wireless services, and wireless microphones and video assist devices must cease operations in this band no later than July 13, 2020 to avoid harmful interference to new wireless services. This disclosure requirement, including the specific Consumer Alert language, applies to persons who manufacture, sell, lease, or offer for sale or lease, wireless microphones or video assist devices authorized pursuant to and informs consumers of the changes that will affect their use of these devices in the newly established 600 MHz service band. 
DATES : This rule is effective April 11, 
2018. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : Paul 
Murray, Office of Engineering and Technology, 202–418–0688, Paul.Murray@fcc.gov. For additional 
information concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act information collection requirements contained in this document, send an email to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 
418–2991. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : The 
Commission will not send a CRA for 
this document because it only constitutes specific language to the consumer disclosure rules that were adopted by the Commission in 2015 in the Wireless Microphones R&O, 80 FR 
71702, November 17, 2015, as revised in 2017 in the Wireless Microphones Order on Reconsideration, 82 FR 41549, September 1, 2017. The Commission submitted the Wireless Microphones R&O, which included the rule 
provisions adopting the consumer disclosure requirements, to Congress, GAO, etc. This document revises the Commission’s rules to provide the specific language consumer disclosure text associated with the previously adopted rules, which the Commission had directed in 2015 that the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau provide once the incentive auction closed. The document implements what the Commission had directed in 2015. 
This document contains the specific 
Consumer Alert text associated with new information collection requirements that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104–13. This language was submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in November 2017 for review under section 3507(d) of the PRA, and on January 18, 2018, OMB approved this information collection, published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register. In addition, we note that, pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), 
we previously sought specific comment on how the Commission might further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. In this present document, we have assessed the effects of the requirement that entities provide this specified consumer disclosure text with regard to the manufacture, sale, lease, or offer for sale or lease, of wireless microphones that operate in the 600 MHz service band, and find that by allowing such entities—including businesses with fewer than 25 employees—several ways to comply with the consumer disclosure requirement to display this specified text (e.g., providing a label or sticker on 
a product box, or prominently displaying the text next to the device in a catalogue or electronic sales material), the Commission has effectively minimized the burden of compliance. 
This is a summary of the Order 
adopted by the Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of Engineering and 
Technology, GN Docket No. 14–166, ET Docket NO. 14–165, GN Docket No. 12– 268, DA 17–709, adopted July 24, 2017 and released July 24, 2017. The full text of this document is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center (Room CY–A257), 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. The full text may also be downloaded at: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily _Releases/ 
Daily_ Business/2017/db0724/DA-17- 
709A1.pdf. People with Disabilities: To 
request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432 (tty). 
Synopsis 
1. In this Order, the Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau, the 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of Engineering and Technology provide the specific language that must be used in the consumer disclosure required by the Commission in 2015 in §§ 15.37(k) and 74.851(l) of the Commission’s rules. It is applicable to persons who manufacture, sell, lease, or offer for sale or lease, wireless microphone or video assist devices—either (a) wireless microphones or other low power auxiliary stations (‘‘wireless microphones’’) or video assist devices, authorized pursuant to part 74, Subpart H of the Commission’s rules, or (b) unlicensed wireless microphones authorized pursuant to § 15.236—to the extent that these devices are capable of operating in the 600 MHz service band (617–652 MHz/663–698 MHz). This specific Consumer Alert text in the consumer disclosure rules informs consumers of the specific frequencies associated with the 600 MHz service band and also informs them that wireless microphone users must cease any wireless microphone operations in the 600 MHz service band no later than July 13, 2020. In addition, in many instances the text informs consumers 
that they may be required to cease use of these devices earlier if their use has the potential to cause harmful interference to 600 MHz service licensees’ wireless operations in the band. 
2. On August 5, 2015, the Commission 
adopted the Wireless Microphones R&O, 80 FR 71702, November 17, 2015, which established various rules applicable to wireless microphones (and other low power auxiliary stations) that operate in the TV bands (which at that time 
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included TV channels 2–51 except 
channel 37). Anticipating the repurposing of a portion of the TV bands for new 600 MHz wireless services after the close of the broadcast television incentive auction, the Commission took several actions to ensure that the use of wireless microphones does not cause harmful interference to new 600 MHz service licensees’ wireless operations. Among other actions, the Commission adopted the consumer disclosure requirement set forth in §§ 15.37(k) and 74.851(l). The rules require that anyone selling, leasing, or offering for sale or lease, wireless microphones that operate in the 600 MHz service band must display the specific text of the consumer disclosure at the point of sale in a clear, conspicuous, and readily legible manner. The Commission required that the consumer disclosure be displayed on the website of the manufacturer (even if the manufacturer does not sell wireless microphones directly to the public) and of dealers, distributors, retailers, and anyone else selling or leasing the devices. 
3. In the Wireless Microphones R&O, 
the Commission delegated authority to the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, working with the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and the Office of Engineering and Technology, to prepare the specific language of the required consumer disclosure following the close of the broadcast television incentive auction and issuance of the Closing and Channel Reassignment Public Notice, which established the frequencies that are associated with the 600 MHz service band; the Closing and Channel Reassignment Public Notice was released on April 13, 2017. As directed by the Commission, the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of Engineering and Technology adopted the text provided in this order as the specific language to be included in the consumer disclosure rules. This text will be included in §§ 15.37(k) and 74.851(l) of the Commission’s rules. 
4. It is ordered that, pursuant to 
sections 4(i) and 302 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 302a, and §§ 0.131, 0.141, 0.331, and 0.361 of the Commission’s Rules, 47 CFR 0.131, 0.141, 0.331, and 0.361, the Consumer Disclosure text in this ORDER is hereby adopted. 
5. It is further ordered that the rules 
adopted herein, which contain new information collection requirements that require approval by OMB under the PRA, will become effective after the 
Commission publishes a document in the Federal Register announcing such 
approval and the relevant effective date. 
The information requirements were 
approved by OMB as of January 18, 2018, as published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, so this 
document satisfies that notice and publication requirement. List of Subjects 
47 CFR Part 15 
Labeling, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements. 47 CFR Part 74 
Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements. 
Federal Communications Commission. 
Julius P. Knapp, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology. 
Final Rules 
For the reasons discussed in the 
preamble, the Federal Communications 
Commission amends 47 parts 15 and 74 as follows: 
PART 15—RADIO FREQUENCY 
DEVICES 
■1. The authority citation for part 15 
continues to read as follows: 
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 302a, 303, 304, 
307, 336, 554a, and 549. 
■2. Section 15.37 is amended by 
revising paragraph (k)(4) to read as follows: 
§ 15.37 Transition provisions for 
compliance with the rules. 
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(k) * * * 
(4) The consumer disclosure text 
described in paragraph (k)(1) of this 
section is set forth in Figure 1 to this paragraph. 
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PART 74—EXPERIMENTAL RADIO, 
AUXILIARY, SPECIAL BROADCAST AND OTHER PROGRAM DISTRIBUTIONAL SERVICES 
■3. The authority citation for part 74 
continues to read as follows: 
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 302a, 303, 307, 
309, 310, 336, and 554. ■4. Section 74.851 is amended by 
revising paragraph (l)(4) to read as follows: 
§ 74.851 Certification of equipment, 
prohibition on manufacture, import, sale, lease, offer for sale or lease, or shipment of devices that operate in the 700 MHz or the 600 MHz Band; labeling for 700 MHz or 600 MHz band equipment destined for non-U.S. markets; disclosures. 
* * * * * (l) * * * 
(4) The consumer disclosure text 
described in paragraph (l)(1) of this 
section is set forth as Figure 1 to this paragraph. 
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS 
48 CFR Parts 816, 828, and 852 
RIN 2900–AP82 
Revise and Streamline VA Acquisition 
Regulation To Adhere to Federal Acquisition Regulation Principles (VAAR Case 2014–V002); Correction 
AGENCY : Department of Veterans Affairs. 
ACTION : Final rule; correction. 
SUMMARY : The Department of Veterans 
Affairs (VA) is correcting a final rule regarding Federal Acquisition Regulation Principles. This correction addresses minor technical errors in the final rule. 
DATES : This correction is effective 
March 23, 2018. 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : Mr. 
Ricky Clark, Senior Procurement Analyst, Procurement Policy and Warrant Management Services (003A2A), 425 I Street NW, Washington DC 20001, (202) 632–5276. (This is not a toll-free telephone number.) 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : VA is 
correcting its final rule, ‘‘Revise and Streamline VA Acquisition Regulation to Adhere to Federal Acquisition Regulation Principles (VAAR Case 2014–V002)’’ that published February 21, 2018, in the Federal Register at 83 FR 7401. 
In FR Doc. 2018–03164, appearing on 
page 7401 in the Federal Register of February 21, 2018, the following corrections are made: Corrections 
1. On page 7404, in the second 
column, redesignate amendatory 
instructions 7 through 22 as amendatory instructions 8 through 23 and add new amendatory instruction 7 to read as follows: 
Subpart 816.70—[Removed and 
Reserved] 
■7. Subpart 816.70 is removed and 
reserved. 
Approved: March 7, 2018. 
Consuela Benjamin, 
Regulations Development Coordinator, Office 
of Regulation Policy & Management, Office of the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs. 
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