85514 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 235 / Friday, December 8, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Parts 1 and 63 

[IB Docket No. 23–119, MD Docket No. 23– 

134; FCC 23–28; DA 23–745; FR ID 171508] 

Review of International Authorizations 

To Assess Evolving National Security, 

Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and 

Trade Policy Risks; Amendment of the 

Schedule of Application Fees 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final action; mandatory 

information collection. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) adopts an Order 

announcing a requirement that all 

international section 214 authorization 

holders respond to a one-time collection 

to update the Commission’s records 

regarding the foreign ownership of 

international section 214 authorization 

holders. The Commission, through its 

Telecommunications and Analysis 

Division, Office of International Affairs, 

further adopts a Supplemental Order 

exempting qualifying international 

section 214 authorization holders from 

having to provide certain items of 

information as part of the information 

collection. The Commission also 

announces that the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved the information collection 

associated with the Commission’s 

Order, FCC 23–28. Consistent with the 

Order, this document provides notice of 

the filing deadline of the information 

collection. 

DATES: Filing deadline: January 22, 

2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabrielle Kim, Office of International 

Affairs, Telecommunications and 

Analysis Division, at (202) 418–0730 or 

via email at Gabrielle.Kim@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 Cathy Williams, 

Office of Managing Director, at (202) 

418–2918 or Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Order, 

FCC 23–28, adopted on April 20, 2023, 

and released on April 25, 2023, and the 

Supplemental Order, DA 23–745, 

adopted and released on August 22, 

2023. The full text of these documents 

is available on the Commission’s 

website at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/ 

attachments/FCC-23-28A1.pdf and 

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/ 

attachments/DA-23-745A1.pdf. This 

document also announces that, on June 

6, 2023, OMB approved, for a period 

until December 31, 2023, the 

information collection requirements 

associated with the Commission’s 

Order, FCC 23–28. The OMB Control 

Number is 3060–1308. On August 31, 

2023, OMB approved the Commission’s 

request for a non-substantive change to 

the currently approved collection. On 

November 1, 2023, OMB approved the 

Commission’s request for an emergency 

extension of this information collection, 

for a period until June 30, 2024. On 

December 4, 2023, OMB approved the 

Commission’s request for a nonsubstantive change to the currently 

approved collection. The Commission 

publishes this document as an 

announcement of the effective date of 

the information collection required by 

the Order. The Commission also 

publishes this document as an 

announcement of the filing deadline for 

the information collection requirements 

in the Order. If you have any comments 

on the burden estimates, or how the 

Commission can improve the 

collections and reduce any burdens 

caused thereby, please contact Cathy 

Williams, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. Please include 

the OMB Control Number, 3060–1308, 

in your correspondence. The 

Commission will also accept your 

comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov. 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 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the FCC is notifying the public that it 

received final OMB approval on June 6, 

2023, for the information collection 

requirements associated with the 

Commission’s Order, FCC 23–28. 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 foregoing notice is required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Pub. L. 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: 3060–1308. 

OMB Approval Date: June 6, 2023. 

OMB Expiration Date: June 30, 2024. 

Title: Reporting On Foreign 

Ownership of International Section 214 

Authorization Holders. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 1,500 respondents; 1,500 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 6 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: One time 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in sections 4(i), 214, 218, 

219, and 403 of the Communications 

Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 

214, 218, 219, and 403. 

Total Annual Burden: 4,500 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $1,350,000. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

established a new one-time information 

collection in the Review of International 

Section 214 Authorizations to Assess 

Evolving National Security, Law 

Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade 

Policy Risks, IB Docket No. 23–119; 

Amendment of the Schedule of 

Application Fees Set Forth in Sections 

1.1102 through 1.1109 of the 

Commission’s Rules, MD Docket No. 23– 

134, Order and Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, FCC 23–28. Each 

international section 214 authorization 

holder is required to identify its 10% or 

greater direct or indirect foreign interest 

holders (reportable foreign ownership) 

as of thirty (30) days prior to the filing 

deadline. Additionally, the filer will be 

required to certify as to the accuracy of 

the information provided. Subsequently, 

in Review of International Section 214 

Authorizations to Assess Evolving 

National Security, Law Enforcement, 

Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks, 

IB Docket No. 23–119; Amendment of 

the Schedule of Application Fees Set 

Forth in Sections 1.1102 through 1.1109 

of the Commission’s Rules, MD Docket 

No. 23–134, Order, DA 23–745, the 

Telecommunications and Analysis 

Division, Office of International Affairs, 

as directed by the Commission, 

exempted qualifying authorization 

holders from answering questions in the 

information collection regarding the 

identities, specific equity and voting 

interests, and description of controlling 

interests of their reportable foreign 


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1The Commission takes this action pursuant to 

sections 4(i), 214, 218, 219, and 403 of the Act, 47 

U.S.C. 4(i), 214, 218, 219, 403. 

2Under the Commission’s rules, a carrier is 

classified as non-dominant on a U.S.-international 

route if it is not affiliated with a foreign carrier with 

market power on the foreign end of the route or it 

provides an international switched service on that 

route solely through the resale of an unaffiliated 

U.S. facilities-based carrier’s international switched 

services. 47 CFR 63.10(a); id. 63.10(a)(1) (‘‘A U.S. 

carrier that has no affiliation with, and that itself 

is not, a foreign carrier in a particular country to 

which it provides service (i.e., a destination 

country) shall presumptively be considered nondominant for the provision of international 

communications services on that route.’’); id. 

63.10(a)(2) (‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (a)(4) 

of this section, a U.S. carrier that is, or that has or 

acquires an affiliation with a foreign carrier that is 

a monopoly provider of communications services in 

a relevant market in a destination country shall 

presumptively be classified as dominant for the 

provision of international communications services 

on that route . . . .’’); id. 63.10(a)(4) (‘‘A carrier that 

is authorized under this part to provide to a 

particular destination an international switched 

service, and that provides such service solely 

through the resale of an unaffiliated U.S. facilitiesbased carrier’s international switched services 

(either directly or indirectly through the resale of 

another U.S. resale carrier’s international switched 

services), shall presumptively be classified as nondominant for the provision of the authorized service 

. . . .’’). 

3The Commission refers to ‘‘application’’ in this 

context to include an application to modify an 

international section 214 authorization; an 

application for substantial assignment or transfer of 

control of an international section 214 

authorization; and a notification of pro forma 

assignment or transfer of control of an international 

section 214 authorization. See 47 CFR 63.18, 

63.24(e)(1), 63.24(f)(2). 

4 Id. 63.18(h). In the Executive Branch Process 

Reform Order, the Commission amended § 63.18(h) 

to require that applicants must identify the voting 

interests, in addition to the equity interests, of 

individuals or entities with 10% or greater direct 

or indirect ownership in the applicant. Executive 

Branch Process Reform Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 10965, 

para. 95; id. at 10985, Appx. B, para. 11; Order 

Erratum, 35 FCC Rcd at 13173, para. 11. The 

amended rule is not yet effective. 

5 47 CFR 63.18(h); see 2016 Executive Branch 

Process Reform NPRM, 31 FCC Rcd at 7475, para. 

49 (‘‘These rules originated when equity and voting 

ownership were usually the same. Today, 

applicants often have multiple classes of ownership 

and equity interests that differ from the voting 

interests. It is important for the Commission to 

know for potential control purposes who has voting 

interests in the applicant. The Commission has 

recognized this in other rules, where it requires an 

applicant to provide both equity and voting 

interests in an applicant.’’); Executive Branch 

Process Reform Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 10985, Appx. 

B, para. 11; Order Erratum, 35 FCC Rcd at 13173, 

para. 11 (amending § 63.18(h) to read, ‘‘[t]he name, 

address, citizenship, and principal businesses of 

any individual or entity that directly or indirectly 

owns ten percent or more of the equity interests 

and/or voting interests, or a controlling interest, of 

the applicant, and the percentage of equity and/or 

voting interest owned by each of those entities (to 

the nearest one percent) . . . .’’). 

6 47 CFR 63.18(h); Executive Branch Process 

Reform Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 10985, Appx. B, para. 

11; Order Erratum, 35 FCC Rcd at 13173, para. 11. 

interest holders, instead requiring them 

to identify, on an aggregated basis, all of 

the citizenship(s) or place(s) of 

organization of their reportable foreign 

interest holders. The Order and the 

Supplemental Order are summarized 

below. 

I. Order: Reporting on Foreign 

Ownership of International Section 214 

Authorization Holders 

1. The Commission adopts an Order 

requiring all international section 214 

authorization holders to respond to a 

one-time collection to update the 

Commission’s records regarding the 

foreign ownership of international 

section 214 authorization holders.1 The 

Commission has incomplete and 

outdated information about 

international section 214 authorization 

holders. For example, the Commission’s 

records in the International 

Communications Filing System (ICFS) 

reflect there are approximately 7,000 

international section 214 authorization 

holders, though the Commission 

estimates the more accurate number is 

closer to approximately 1,500 active 

authorization holders. Additionally, the 

Commission does not have visibility on 

authorized carriers’ current foreign 

ownership. Thus, the collection of this 

information is a necessary first step for 

the Commission to make an informed 

decision concerning the proposed rules 

and procedures set forth in the Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). 

Among other things, the information 

derived from this one-time collection 

will allow the Commission to determine 

the number of active authorization 

holders and whether they have 

reportable foreign ownership. In 

addition, the information will enable 

the Commission to identify those 

authorization holders that are no longer 

in business or are in business but 

discontinued service under their 

international section 214 authority. 

Overall, the information will assist the 

Commission in developing a timely and 

effective process for prioritizing the 

review of international section 214 

authorizations that are most likely to 

raise national security, law enforcement, 

foreign policy, and/or trade policy 

concerns, as proposed in the NPRM. 

2. Under the Commission’s current 

rules, international section 214 

authorization holders are not required to 

periodically report their ownership, 

including the extent of any foreign 

ownership interests, the identity of their 

foreign interest holders, and the 

countries associated with such foreign 

ownership. Following the grant of an 

international section 214 authorization, 

an authorized U.S.- international carrier 

can provide service globally to any route 

for which it is classified as nondominant pursuant to the terms of its 

international section 214 authorization.2

After the grant, the Commission 

ordinarily does not receive updated 

information unless an authorization 

holder files an application for a 

modification, assignment, or transfer of 

control of the authorization.3

Additionally, international section 214 

authorization holders only need to 

notify the Commission of a planned 

discontinuance of service when the 

authorization holder seeks to 

discontinue service for which it has 

customers. If an international section 

214 authorization holder does not have 

any customers when it discontinues 

offering service, it may file with the 

Commission a notification to surrender 

its authorization, but is not required to 

do so. In those circumstances, the 

authorization holder may retain the 

authorization indefinitely. Following 

the grant of international section 214 

authority, an authorization holder may 

retain the authorization even if it was 

never used or the authorization holder 

is not currently offering service or 

simply is no longer in business. 

3. One-Time Information Collection. 

In furtherance of the Commission’s 

goals in this proceeding and to inform 

the Commission’s consideration of the 

regulatory approaches on which the 

Commission seeks comment in the 

NPRM, the Commission adopts the 

information collection requirements 

herein, which are based on the 

requirements set forth in § 63.18(h) of 

the Commission’s rules.4 Section 

63.18(h) requires international section 

214 applicants to provide the name, 

address, citizenship and principal 

businesses of any person or entity that 

directly or indirectly owns at least 10% 

of the equity of the applicant, and the 

percentage of equity owned by each of 

those entities (to the nearest 1%).5

Specifically, the Commission directs 

each authorization holder to identify its 

10% or greater direct or indirect foreign 

interest holders that hold such equity 

and/or voting interests (reportable 

foreign ownership) 6 as of thirty (30) 

days prior to the filing deadline. 

Additionally, the Commission requires 

each authorization holder to certify as to 

the accuracy of the information 

provided. Such certification requires 

each authorization holder to conduct 

appropriate due diligence, thereby 

increasing the reliability of its 

information. In the NPRM, the 

Commission proposes to cancel the 

authorizations of carriers that fail to 

respond to this Order and impose 


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7 15 CFR 7.4 (stating ‘‘[t]he Secretary has 

determined that the following foreign governments 

or foreign non-government persons have engaged in 

a long-term pattern or serious instances of conduct 

significantly adverse to the national security of the 

United States or security and safety of United States 

persons and, therefore, constitute foreign 

adversaries solely for the purposes of the Executive 

Order, this rule, and any subsequent rule’’ 

promulgated pursuant to the Executive Order); see 

15 CFR 7.2 (‘‘Foreign adversary means any foreign 

government or foreign non-government person 

determined by the Secretary to have engaged in a 

long-term pattern or serious instances of conduct 

significantly adverse to the national security of the 

United States or security and safety of United States 

persons.’’); see Executive Order 13873 of May 15, 

2019, Securing the Information and 

Communications Technology and Services Supply 

Chain, 84 FR 22689 (May 15, 2019). 

8This requirement applies to United States 

citizens who hold dual citizenship or multiple 

citizenships and foreign persons who are citizens of 

two or more countries. 

9This requirement applies to United States 

citizens who hold dual citizenship or multiple 

citizenships and foreign persons who are citizens of 

two or more countries. 

10To the extent required, the Office of 

International Affairs would also modify the 

applicable System of Records Notice under the 

Privacy Act. See Federal Communications 

Commission, Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records, IB–1, International Bureau Filing System, 

86 FR 43237 (Aug. 6, 2021). 

11See, e.g., Letter from Angie Kronenberg, 

President, INCOMPAS, to Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, FCC, IB Docket No. 23–119, at 1–2 (filed 

Apr. 14, 2023). 

12 47 CFR 1.8002(a) (‘‘The FRN must be obtained 

by anyone doing business with the Commission, see 

31 U.S.C. 7701(c)(2) . . . .’’). An authorization 

holder may obtain an FRN through the 

Commission’s CORES web page. FCC, Commission 

Registration System (CORES), https://apps.fcc.gov/ 

cores/userLogin.do (last visited Apr. 18, 2023). 

13Federal Communications Commission, 

Adoption of a Mandatory FCC Registration Number, 

66 FR 47890 (Sept. 14, 2001) (amending the 

Commission’s rules to require persons and entities 

doing business with the Commission to obtain a 

unique identifying number, called the FCC 

Registration Number (FRN), through the 

Commission Registration System (CORES), and to 

provide the number when doing business with the 

Commission, effective December 3, 2001). 

forfeitures or other measures where a 

carrier fails to respond in a timely or 

complete manner. 

4. The Commission anticipates that its 

information collection will not be 

unduly burdensome as international 

section 214 authorization holders, 

including small entities, would have 

information about their ownership 

available for purposes of compliance 

with the Commission’s rules, e.g., to 

ascertain whether their ownership 

requires approval for, or notification of, 

a substantive or non-substantive 

assignment or transfer. Most businesses 

likely maintain records of their 10% or 

greater direct or indirect equity and/or 

voting interest holders in the ordinary 

course of business. An authorization 

holder that is a privately held entity 

likely knows its investors. An 

authorization holder that is a publicly 

held company is also required to 

identify its interest holders in requisite 

filings with the U.S. Securities and 

Exchange Commission (SEC). 

5. Pursuant to this Order, the 

Commission requires an international 

section 214 authorization holder to 

submit information based on the 

categories below. 

(1) Reportable Foreign Ownership— 

Foreign Adversary—China (including 

Hong Kong), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, 

Russia, Maduro Regime. Where there are 

interest holders that are entities and 

individuals that are a government 

organization or citizen of a ‘‘foreign 

adversary’’ country, an authorization 

holder must identify its 10% or greater 

direct or indirect foreign interest 

holders, including any 10% or greater 

direct or indirect foreign interest 

holders outside the foregoing ‘‘foreign 

adversary’’ countries. A ‘‘foreign 

adversary’’ country is defined in the 

Department of Commerce’s rule, 15 CFR 

7.4.7 The authorization holder must: 

• identify each interest holder and 

the foreign country or countries, 

including countries that are not foreign 

adversary countries; 

• disclose whether any interest 

holder has dual or more citizenships 

and identify all countries where 

citizenship is held; 8 and 

• certify to the truth and accuracy of 

all information. 

(2) Reportable Foreign Ownership— 

No Foreign Adversary. Where there are 

no interest holders that are entities or 

individuals that are a government 

organization or citizen of any foreign 

country that is a ‘‘foreign adversary’’ 

country defined in the Department of 

Commerce’s rule, 15 CFR 7.4, an 

authorization holder must identify its 

10% or greater direct or indirect foreign 

interest holders. The authorization 

holder must: 

• identify each interest holder and 

the foreign country or countries; 

• disclose whether any interest 

holder has dual or more citizenships 

and identify all the countries where 

citizenship is held; 9 and 

• certify to the truth and accuracy of 

all information. 

(3) No Reportable Foreign Ownership. 

An authorization holder that has no 

reportable foreign ownership must 

certify to the truth and accuracy of this 

information. 

6. Information Collection Process and 

Deadline. The Commission directs the 

Office of International Affairs to 

conduct this information collection, 

including the creation of the forms, 

submit the information collection for 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) review 10 and, following OMB 

review, publish notice of the effective 

date of the information collection 

requirement and the filing deadline in 

the Federal Register. In so doing, the 

Office of International Affairs should 

take into account information recently 

provided to the Commission on the 

record that has not materially 

changed.11 The filing deadline shall be 

no fewer than thirty (30) days following 

the effective date of this Order. The 

Office of International Affairs also will 

issue a Public Notice announcing the 

deadline and will provide instructions 

for filing this information with the 

Commission. 

7. FCC Registration Number (FRN). 

All authorization holders must have an 

FCC Registration Number (FRN) in order 

to file their response in ICFS.12 An FRN 

is the 10-digit number assigned to all 

entities (individual and corporate) that 

transact business with the Commission, 

and it must be provided any time an 

authorization holder submits a filing or 

application in ICFS. The Commission 

notes that many international section 

214 authorizations were granted to 

entities prior to the Commission 

requiring an FRN in 2001.13 Such 

entities will need to obtain an FRN prior 

to filing their response to the 

information collection. 

8. Surrender of Authorizations. 

Authorization holders that surrender 

their international section 214 

authorizations before the filing deadline 

do not need to respond to the one-time 

information collection. Accordingly, the 

Commission strongly encourages 

international section 214 authorization 

holders that no longer need or use their 

authorizations to do so before the filing 

deadline. International section 214 

authorization holders may file a 

surrender letter in ICFS. 

II. Supplemental Order: Exemption 

From Information Collection 

9. Pursuant to the Commission’s 

directive to take into account recentlyprovided information that has not 

changed, the Office of International 

Affair adopts an exemption (Exemption) 

for Authorization Holders whose 

applications were granted within three 

years prior to the deadline of the OneTime Information Collection. The 

Exemption will reduce the burden for 

qualifying Authorization Holders while 

still allowing the Commission to collect 

necessary information from the OneTime Information Collection. Under this 

Exemption, qualifying Authorization 

Holders are exempt from answering 

questions in the One-Time Information 

Collection regarding the identities, 


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14To qualify for the Exemption, there must be no 

changes to the Reportable Foreign Interest Holders 

disclosed in the application (including any 

amendment), including but not limited to: no 

change in the reported citizenship(s), including 

dual or multiple citizenships, and/or place(s) of 

organization of any Reportable Foreign Interest 

Holder; no removal of any Reportable Foreign 

Interest Holder from an Authorization Holder’s 

chain of ownership; and no change in a Reportable 

Foreign Interest Holder’s ownership interests to less 

than 10% equity and/or voting interests or less than 

a controlling interest. See Evolving Risks Order and 

NPRM at *10–11, paras. 18–20 & nn.72–74, 78–80. 

specific equity and voting interests, and 

description of controlling interests, of 

their Reportable Foreign Interest 

Holders. Instead, Authorization Holders 

that qualify for the Exemption will be 

required to identify, on an aggregated 

basis, all of the citizenship(s) or place(s) 

of organization of their Reportable 

Foreign Interest Holders. Specifically, to 

qualify for the Exemption: 

(1) The Authorization Holder must 

have filed an application for an initial 

International Section 214 Authorization, 

modification, or substantial (not a pro 

forma filing) assignment or transfer of 

control of the authorization that was 

reviewed by the Executive Branch 

agencies and was granted by the 

Commission on or after [date 3 years 

before date of filing deadline, 2020]; and 

(2) There are no Reportable Foreign 

Interest Holders of the Authorization 

Holder other than those disclosed in the 

application (including any amendment), 

and there are no changes to the 

Reportable Foreign Interest Holders 

disclosed in the application (including 

any amendment) as of [date 30 days 

prior to filing deadline, 2023].14

10. To qualify for the Exemption, 

Authorization Holders will also need to 

supply the File Number of the 

application that fulfills all of these 

requirements. 

III. Procedural Issues 

11. Regulatory Flexibility Act. The 

Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, as 

amended (RFA), requires that an agency 

prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis 

for notice and comment rulemakings, 

unless the agency certifies that ‘‘the rule 

will not, if promulgated, have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities.’’ 

Because the Order does not adopt a rule 

and therefore does not require notice 

and comment, no Final Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis is required. 

12. Final Paperwork Reduction Act 

Analysis. This document contains new 

information collection requirements 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104–13. On 

June 6, 2023, OMB approved, for a 

period until December 31, 2023, the 

information collection requirements in 

this document. On November 1, 2023, 

OMB approved an emergency extension 

of this information collection, for a 

period until June 30, 2024. In addition, 

pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public 

Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), 

the Commission considers how it might 

further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

In the Order, the Commission has 

assessed the effects of requiring 

international section 214 authorization 

holders to identify reportable foreign 

ownership and to certify as to the 

accuracy of the information provided 

and find that they would have 

information about their ownership 

available in the ordinary course of 

business, for instance, for purposes of 

compliance with the Commission’s 

rules. Further, although the Commission 

does not have an estimated number of 

authorization holders that will need to 

obtain an FRN number or to file a 

surrender letter, the burdens are also 

low. For instance, obtaining an FRN for 

this purpose entails only a minimal 

burden. Therefore, the Commission 

anticipates that the new collection will 

not be unduly burdensome. 

13. 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). 

IV. Ordering Clauses 

14. Accordingly, it is ordered that, 

pursuant to sections 4(i), 214, 218, 219, 

and 403 of the Communications Act of 

1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 214, 

218, 219, and 403, this Order is hereby 

adopted. 

15. It is further ordered that this Order 

shall be effective after the Office of 

Management and Budget completes 

review of any information collection 

requirements that the Office of 

International Affairs determines are 

required under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. 

16. It is further ordered that the Office 

of International Affairs shall conduct 

the information collection required by 

the Order, including the creation of any 

information collection forms or other 

instrument, and shall publish notice of 

the effective date of the information 

collection required by the Order and the 

filing deadline in the Federal Register. 

The filing deadline shall be no fewer 

than 30 days following the effective date 

of the Order. The Office of International 

Affairs shall announce the effective date 

and the filing deadline for the 

requirements in this Order by 

subsequent Public Notice. 

17. It is further ordered, pursuant to 

sections 4(i), 214, 218, 219, and 403 of 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 214, 218, 219, 

and 403, and §§ 0.19, 0.204, and 0.351 

of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 0.19, 

0.204, 0.351, that the Exemption from 

responding to certain portions of the 

One-Time Information Collection, as 

described herein, is adopted. 

Federal Communications Commission 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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and highly migratory species (HMS) 

Charter/Headboat permitted vessels 

with a commercial sale endorsement 

when fishing commercially for BFT. 

Fishermen aboard General category 

permitted vessels and HMS Charter/ 

Headboat permitted vessels may tag and 

release BFT of all sizes, subject to the 

requirements of the catch-and-release 

and tag-and-release programs. On 

January 1, 2024, the fishery will reopen 

automatically. 

DATES: Effective 11:30 p.m., local time, 

December 6, 2023, through December 

31, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Becky Curtis, becky.curtis@noaa.gov, 

301–427–8503; or Larry Redd, Jr., 

larry.redd@noaa.gov, 301–427–8503. 


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