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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Ch. I 

Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory 

and Deregulatory Actions—Fall 2023 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. 

SUMMARY: In the Spring and Fall of each 

year, the Federal Communications 

Commission publishes in the Federal 

Register a list in the Unified Agenda of 

those major items and other significant 

regulatory proceedings under 

development or review that pertain to 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

602). The Unified Agenda also provides 

the Code of Federal Regulations 

citations and legal authorities that 

govern these proceedings. The complete 

Unified Agenda will be published on 

the internet in a searchable format at 

www.reginfo.gov. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy 

Ragsdale, Director, The Office of 

Communications Business 

Opportunities at OCBOInfo@fcc.gov or 

Andrea Brown, Program Specialist, 

Office of Communications Business 

Opportunities, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418–1663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Unified Agenda of Major and Other 

Significant Proceedings 

The Commission encourages public 

participation in its rulemaking process. 

To help keep the public informed of 

significant rulemaking proceedings, the 

Commission has prepared a list of 

important proceedings now in progress. 

The General Services Administration 

publishes the Unified Agenda in the 

Federal Register in the spring and fall 

of each year. 

The following terms may be helpful in 

understanding the status of the 

proceedings included in this report: 

Docket Number—the Commission 

will assign a Docket Number to a 

proceeding if the Commission has 

issued either a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking or a Notice of Inquiry 

concerning the matter under 

consideration. The Commission has 

used docket numbers since January 1, 

1978. Docket numbers consist of the last 

two digits of the calendar year in which 

the docket was established plus a 

sequential number that begins at 1 with 

the first docket initiated during a 

calendar year (e.g., Docket No. 15–1 or 

Docket No. 17–1). The abbreviation for 

the responsible bureau usually precedes 

the docket number, as in ‘‘MB Docket 

No. 15–137,’’ which indicates that the 

responsible bureau is the Media Bureau. 

A docket number consisting of only five 

digits (e.g., Docket No. 29622) indicates 

that the docket was established before 

January 1, 1978. 

Notice of Inquiry (NOI)—the 

Commission will issue an NOI when it 

is seeking information on a broad 

subject or trying to generate ideas on a 

given topic. Interested parties may 

submit comments during the specified 

comment period. 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM)—the Commission will issue an 

NPRM when it is proposing new rules 

or changes to existing rules and 

regulations. Before any changes are 

actually made, the Commission requests 

interested parties to submit written 

comments on the proposed rules or 

revisions. 

Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (FNPRM)—the Commission 

will issue an FNPRM when it is seeking 

additional information from the public 

and requests the public to submit 

comments in the proceeding. 

Memorandum Opinion and Order 

(MO&O)—the Commission will issue an 

MO&O in response to a petition for 

rulemaking, to conclude an inquiry, 

modify a decision, amend a Report and 

Order, or state that the Report and Order 

will not be changed. 

Rulemaking (RM) Number—assigned 

to a proceeding after the appropriate 

bureau or office has reviewed a petition 

for rulemaking, but before the 

Commission has acted on the petition. 

Report and Order (R&O)—the 

Commission may issue an R&O that will 

either adopt new rules, change existing 

rules, or state that no rule or regulation 

changes will be made. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

CONSUMER AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS BUREAU—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

516 .................... Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 (CG Docket No. 02–278).3060–AI14 

517 .................... Rules and Regulations Implementing Section 225 of the Communications Act (Telecommunications Relay 

Service) (CG Docket No. 03–123).

3060–AI15 

518 .................... Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service (VRS) Program (CG Docket No. 10–51) ...................... 3060–AJ42 

519 .................... Implementation of the Middle-Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012/Establishment of a Public 

Safety Answering Point Do-Not-Call Registry (CG Docket No. 12–129).

3060–AJ84 

520 .................... Implementation of Sections 716 and 717 of the Communications Act of 1934, as Enacted by the TwentyFirst Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CG Docket No. 10–213).3060–AK00 

521 .................... Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service; Telecommunications Relay Services and 

Speech-to-Speech Services; CG Docket No. 13–24.

3060–AK01 

522 .................... Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls (CG Docket No. 17–59) ............................ 3060–AK62 

523 .................... Empowering Broadband Consumers Through Transparency (CG Docket No 22–2) ..................................... 3060–AL33 

524 .................... Targeting and Eliminating Unlawful Text Messages, CG Docket 21–403, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 3060–AL49 

525 .................... Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Relay Service; CG Docket No. 12–38 ......................................................... 3060–AL58 

526 .................... Compensation for Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service, (CG Docket No. 22–408) ...................... 3060–AL59 

527 .................... Access to Video Conferencing, (CG Docket No. 23–161) .............................................................................. 3060–AL66 


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ECONOMICS—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

528 .................... Development of Nationwide Broadband Data to Evaluate Reasonable and Timely Deployment of Advanced Services to All Americans.3060–AJ15 

529 .................... Expanding the Economic and Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum Through Incentive Auctions (GN 

Docket No. 12–268).

3060–AJ82 

530 .................... Broadband Data Collection .............................................................................................................................. 3060–AL42 

OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

531 .................... Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands (ET Docket No. 04–186) ................................................. 3060–AI52 

532 .................... Use of the 5.850–5.925 GHz Band; (ET Docket No. 19–138), FCC 19–129 ................................................. 3060–AK96 

533 .................... Unlicensed White Space Device Operations in the Television Bands, ET Docket No. 20–36 ....................... 3060–AL22 

534 .................... Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through the Equipment Authorization and Competitive Bidding Programs; ET Docket No. 21–232, EA Docket No. 21–233.3060–AL23 

535 .................... Wireless Microphones in the TV Bands (ET Docket No. 21–115), 600 MHz Guard Band, 600 MHz Duplex 

Gap, and the 941.5–944 MHz, 944–952 MHz, 952.850–956.250 MHz, 956.45–959.85 MHz, 1435–1525 

MHz.

3060–AL27 

536 .................... FCC Seeks to Enable State-of-the-Art Radar Sensors in 60 GHz Band (ET Docket No. 21–264) ............... 3060–AL36 

537 .................... FCC Proposes to Update Equipment Authorization Rules to Incorporate New and Revised Industry Standards, (ET Docket No. 21–363).3060–AL39 

538 .................... Allocation of Spectrum for Non-Federal Space Launch Operations (ET Docket No. 13–115) ....................... 3060–AL44 

INTERNATIONAL BUREAU—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

539 .................... Update to Parts 2 and 25 Concerning NonGeostationary, Fixed-Satellite Service Systems, and Related 

Matters: IB Docket No. I6–408.

3060–AK59 

540 .................... Amendment of Parts 2 and 25 of the FCC Rules to Facilitate the Use of Earth Stations in Motion Communicating With Geostationary Orbit Space Stations in FSS Bands: IB Docket No. 17–95.3060–AK84 

541 .................... Facilitating the Communications of Earth Stations in Motion With Non-Geostationary Orbit Space Stations:

IB Docket No. 18–315.

3060–AK89 

542 .................... Space Innovation; Mitigation of Orbital Debris in the New Space Age: IB Docket Nos. 18–313, 22–271 ..... 3060–AK90 

543 .................... Process Reform for Executive Branch Review of Certain FCC Applications and Petitions Involving Foreign 

Ownership, IB Docket No. 16–155.

3060–AL12 

544 .................... Parts 2 and 25 to Enable GSO FSS in the 17.3–17.8 GHz Band, Modernize Rules for 17/24 GHz BSS 

Space Stations, and Establish Off-Axis Uplink Power Limits for Extended Ka-Band FSS (IB Doc. No. 

20–330).

3060–AL28 

545 .................... Revising Spectrum Sharing Rules for Non-Geostationary Orbit, Fixed-Satellite Service Systems: IB Docket No. 21–456.3060–AL41 

546 .................... Expediting Initial Processing of Satellite and Earth Station Applications; Space Innovation (IB Docket Nos. 

22–411 and 22–271).

3060–AL51 

MEDIA BUREAU—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

547 .................... Revision of EEO Rules and Policies (MB Docket No. 98–204) ...................................................................... 3060–AH95 

548 .................... Establishment of Rules for Digital Low-Power Television, Television Translator, and Television Booster 

Stations (MB Docket No. 03–185).

3060–AI38 

549 .................... Authorizing Permissive Use of the ‘‘Next Generation’’ Broadcast Television Standard (GN Docket No. 16– 

142).

3060–AK56 

550 .................... 2018 Quadrennial Regulatory Review of the Commission’s Broadcast Ownership Rules (MB Docket 18– 

349).

3060–AK77 

551 .................... Equal Employment Opportunity Enforcement (MB Docket 19–177) ............................................................... 3060–AK86 

552 .................... Duplication of Programming on Commonly Owned Radio Stations (MB Docket No. 19–310) ...................... 3060–AL19 

553 .................... Sponsorship Identification Requirements for Foreign Government-Provided Programming (MB Docket No. 

20–299).

3060–AL20 

554 .................... FM Broadcast Booster Stations (MB Docket 20–401) .................................................................................... 3060–AL21 

555 .................... Amendment of Part 73 Rules to Update Television and Class A Television Broadcast Station Rules, and 

Rules Applicable to All Broadcast Stations (MB Docket No. 22–227).

3060–AL50 

556 .................... Implementation of the Low Power Protection Act, MB Docket No. 23–126 ................................................... 3060–AL63 

557 .................... Video Description, MB Docket No. 11–43 ....................................................................................................... 3060–AL64 

558 .................... 2022 Quadrennial Review of Media Ownership Rules, MB Docket No. 22–459 ............................................ 3060–AL65 


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MEDIA BUREAU—COMPLETED ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

559 .................... Preserving Vacant Channels in the UHF Television Band for Unlicensed Use; (MB Docket No. 15–146) ... 3060–AK43 

560 .................... Amendment of Part 74 of the Commission’s Rules Regarding FM Translator Interference (MB Docket 18– 

119).

3060–AK79 

561 .................... Use of Common Antenna Site (MB Docket No. 19–282) ................................................................................ 3060–AK99 

562 .................... Updating Broadcast Radio Technical Rules (MB Docket 21–263) ................................................................. 3060–AL26 

OFFICE OF MANAGING DIRECTOR—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

563 .................... Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees .............................................................................................. 3060–AK64 

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

564 .................... Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements: PS Docket No. 07–114 .................................................... 3060–AJ52 

565 .................... Improving Outage Reporting for Submarine Cables and Enhancing Submarine Cable Outage Data; GN 

Docket No. 15–206.

3060–AK39 

566 .................... Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission’s Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications: (PS Docket No. 15–80, 18–336, 23–5).3060–AK40 

567 .................... New Part 4 of the Commission’s Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications; ET Docket No. 04–35 3060–AK41 

568 .................... Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA): PS Docket No. 15–91, 15–94, 22–329 .................................................. 3060–AK54 

569 .................... 911 Fee Diversion Rulemaking: PS Docket Nos. 20–291, 09–14 .................................................................. 3060–AL31 

570 .................... Resilient Networks, Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission’s Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications; PS Docket No 21–346.3060–AL43 

571 .................... Location—Based Routing for Wireless 911 Calls (P.S. Docket 18–64) .......................................................... 3060–AL52 

572 .................... Next Generation 9–1–1, PS Docket No. 21–479, FCC 23–47 ........................................................................ 3060–AL67 

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

573 .................... Amendment of Parts 1, 2, 22, 24, 27, 90, and 95 of the Commission’s Rules to Improve Wireless Coverage Through the Use of Signal Boosters (WT Docket No. 10–4).3060–AJ87 

574 .................... Promoting Technological Solutions to Combat Wireless Contraband Device Use in Correctional Facilities; 

GN Docket No. 13–111.

3060–AK06 

575 .................... Promoting Investment in the 3550–3700 MHz Band; GN Docket No. 17–258 ............................................... 3060–AK12 

576 .................... Updating Part 1 Competitive Bidding Rules (WT Docket No. 14–170) ........................................................... 3060–AK28 

577 .................... Use of Spectrum Bands Above 24 GHz for Mobile Services—Spectrum Frontiers: WT Docket 10–112 ...... 3060–AK44 

578 .................... Expanding Flexible Use of the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz Band: GN Docket No. 18–122 .............................................. 3060–AK76 

579 .................... Amendment of the Commission’s Rules to Promote Aviation Safety: WT Docket No. 19–140 ..................... 3060–AK92 

580 .................... Implementation of State and Local Governments’ Obligation to Approve Certain Wireless Facility Modification Requests Under Section 6409(a) of the Spectrum Act of 2012 (WT Docket No.19–250).3060–AL29 

581 .................... Expanding Flexible Use of the 12.2–12.7 GHz Band, et al., WT Docket No. 20–443, et al .......................... 3060–AL40 

582 .................... Facilitating Shared Use in the 3100–3550 MHz Band .................................................................................... 3060–AL57 

583 .................... Shared Use of the 42–.42.5 GHz Band (WT Docket No. 23–158, GN Docket No. 14–177) ......................... 3060–AL68 

WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

584 .................... Telecommunications Carriers’ Use of Customer Proprietary Network Information and Other Customer Information (CC Docket No. 96–115), Data Breach Reporting Requirements (WC Docket No. 22–21).3060–AG43 

585 .................... Local Telephone Networks That LECs Must Make Available to Competitors ................................................ 3060–AH44 

586 .................... Jurisdictional Separations ................................................................................................................................ 3060–AJ06 

587 .................... Rates for Inmate Calling Services; WC Docket No. 12–375; Incarcerated People’s Communications Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act, WC Docket No. 23–62.3060–AK08 

588 .................... Comprehensive Review of the Part 32 Uniform System of Accounts (WC Docket No. 14–130) ................... 3060–AK20 

589 .................... Restoring Internet Freedom (WC Docket No. 17–108); Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet (GN 

Docket No. 14–28).

3060–AK21 

590 .................... Technology Transitions; GN Docket No 13–5, WC Docket No. 05–25; Accelerating Wireline Broadband 

Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment; WC Docket No. 17–84.

3060–AK32 

591 .................... Numbering Policies for Modern Communications, WC Docket No. 13–97 ..................................................... 3060–AK36 


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WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU—LONG-TERM ACTIONS—Continued 

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

592 .................... Implementation of the Universal Service Portions of the 1996 Telecommunications Act .............................. 3060–AK57 

593 .................... Toll Free Assignment Modernization and Toll-Free Service Access Codes: WC Docket No. 17–192, CC 

Docket No. 95–155.

3060–AK91 

594 .................... Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; WC Docket Nos. 19–195 and 11–10 .......................... 3060–AK93 

595 .................... Call Authentication Trust Anchor ..................................................................................................................... 3060–AL00 

596 .................... Implementation of the National Suicide Improvement Act of 2018, 988 Suicide Prevention Hotline (WC 

Docket 18–336, PS Docket No. 23.5, PS Docket No. 15–80).

3060–AL01 

597 .................... Modernizing Unbundling and Resale Requirements in an Era of Next-Generation Networks and Services 3060–AL02 

598 .................... Establishing a 5G Fund for Rural America; GN Docket No. 20–32 ................................................................ 3060–AL15 

599 .................... Protecting Consumers From SIM Swap and Port-Out Fraud, WC Docket No. 21–341 ................................. 3060–AL34 

600 .................... Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence (WC Docket No. 22–238,11–42, 21–450) .............. 3060–AL48 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION (FCC) 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau 

Long-Term Actions 

516. Rules and Regulations 

Implementing the Telephone Consumer 

Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 (CG 

Docket No. 02–278) [3060–AI14] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 227 

Abstract: In this docket, the 

Commission considers rules and 

policies to implement the Telephone 

Consumer Protection Act of 1991 

(TCPA). The TCPA places requirements 

on robocalls (calls using an automatic 

telephone dialing system, an autodialer, 

a prerecorded or, an artificial voice), 

telemarketing calls, and unsolicited fax 

advertisements. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 10/08/02 67 FR 62667 

FNPRM ............... 04/03/03 68 FR 16250 

Order ................... 07/25/03 68 FR 44144 

Order Effective .... 08/25/03 

Order on Reconsideration.08/25/03 68 FR 50978 

Order ................... 10/14/03 68 FR 59130 

FNPRM ............... 03/31/04 69 FR 16873 

Order ................... 10/08/04 69 FR 60311 

Order ................... 10/28/04 69 FR 62816 

Order on Reconsideration.04/13/05 70 FR 19330 

Order ................... 06/30/05 70 FR 37705 

NPRM .................. 12/19/05 70 FR 75102 

Public Notice ....... 04/26/06 71 FR 24634 

Order ................... 05/03/06 71 FR 25967 

NPRM .................. 12/14/07 72 FR 71099 

Declaratory Ruling 02/01/08 73 FR 6041 

R&O .................... 07/14/08 73 FR 40183 

Order on Reconsideration.10/30/08 73 FR 64556 

NPRM .................. 03/22/10 75 FR 13471 

R&O .................... 06/11/12 77 FR 34233 

Public Notice ....... 06/30/10 75 FR 34244 

Public Notice (Reconsideration 

Petitions Filed).

10/03/12 77 FR 60343 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

10/16/12 77 FR 63240 

Action Date FR Cite 

Opposition End 

Date.

10/18/12 

Rule Corrections 11/08/12 77 FR 66935 

Declaratory Ruling 

(release date).

11/29/12 

Declaratory Ruling 

(release date).

05/09/13 

Declaratory Ruling 

and Order.

10/09/15 80 FR 61129 

NPRM .................. 05/20/16 81 FR 31889 

Declaratory Ruling 07/05/16 

R&O .................... 11/16/16 81 FR 80594 

Public Notice ....... 06/28/18 83 FR 26284 

Public Notice ....... 10/03/18 

Declaratory Ruling 12/06/19 

Declaratory Ruling 12/09/19 

Order ................... 03/17/20 

Declaratory Ruling 03/20/20 

Declaratory Ruling 06/25/20 

Declaratory Ruling 

and Order.

06/25/20 

Order on Reconsideration.08/28/20 

Declaratory Ruling 09/04/20 

Declaratory Ruling 09/21/20 

NPRM .................. 10/09/20 85 FR 64091 

Public Notice ....... 12/17/20 

Declaratory Ruling 12/18/20 

Declaratory Ruling 01/15/21 

Order on Recon .. 02/12/21 86 FR 9299 

R&O .................... 02/25/21 86 FR 11443 

Public Notice (Reconsideration 

Petitions Filed).

04/12/21 86 FR 18934 

Declaratory Ruling 

and Order.

12/14/22 87 FR 76425 

Order on Reconsideration and 

Declaratory Ruling.

01/20/23 88 FR 3668 

NPRM .................. 06/29/23 88 FR 42034 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Kristi Thornton, 

Deputy Division Chief, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–2467, Email: 

kristi.thornton@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AI14 

517. Rules and Regulations 

Implementing Section 225 of the 

Communications Act 

(Telecommunications Relay Service) 

(CG Docket No. 03–123) [3060–AI15] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 225 

Abstract: This proceeding continues 

the Commission’s inquiry into 

improving the quality of 

telecommunications relay service (TRS) 

and furthering the goal of functional 

equivalency, consistent with Congress’ 

mandate that TRS regulations encourage 

the use of existing technology and not 

discourage or impair the development of 

new technology. In this docket, the 

Commission explores ways to improve 

emergency preparedness for TRS 

facilities and services, new TRS 

technologies, public access to 

information and outreach, and issues 

related to payments from the Interstate 

TRS Fund. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 08/25/03 68 FR 50993 

R&O, Order on 

Reconsideration.

09/01/04 69 FR 53346 

FNPRM ............... 09/01/04 69 FR 53382 

Public Notice ....... 02/17/05 70 FR 8034 

Declaratory Ruling/Interpretation.02/25/05 70 FR 9239 

Public Notice ....... 03/07/05 70 FR 10930 

Order ................... 03/23/05 70 FR 14568 

Public Notice/Announcement of 

Date.

04/06/05 70 FR 17334 

Order ................... 07/01/05 70 FR 38134 

Order on Reconsideration.08/31/05 70 FR 51643 

R&O .................... 08/31/05 70 FR 51649 

Order ................... 09/14/05 70 FR 54294 

Order ................... 09/14/05 70 FR 54298 

Public Notice ....... 10/12/05 70 FR 59346 

R&O/Order on 

Reconsideration.

12/23/05 70 FR 76208 

Order ................... 12/28/05 70 FR 76712 

Order ................... 12/29/05 70 FR 77052 

NPRM .................. 02/01/06 71 FR 5221 


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Action Date FR Cite 

Declaratory Ruling/Clarification.05/31/06 71 FR 30818 

FNPRM ............... 05/31/06 71 FR 30848 

FNPRM ............... 06/01/06 71 FR 31131 

Declaratory Ruling/Dismissal of 

Petition.

06/21/06 71 FR 35553 

Clarification ......... 06/28/06 71 FR 36690 

Declaratory Ruling 

on Reconsideration.

07/06/06 71 FR 38268 

Order on Reconsideration.08/16/06 71 FR 47141 

MO&O ................. 08/16/06 71 FR 47145 

Clarification ......... 08/23/06 71 FR 49380 

FNPRM ............... 09/13/06 71 FR 54009 

Final Rule; Clarification.02/14/07 72 FR 6960 

Order ................... 03/14/07 72 FR 11789 

R&O .................... 08/06/07 72 FR 43546 

Public Notice ....... 08/16/07 72 FR 46060 

Order ................... 11/01/07 72 FR 61813 

Public Notice ....... 01/04/08 73 FR 863 

R&O/Declaratory 

Ruling.

01/17/08 73 FR 3197 

Order ................... 02/19/08 73 FR 9031 

Order ................... 04/21/08 73 FR 21347 

R&O .................... 04/21/08 73 FR 21252 

Order ................... 04/23/08 73 FR 21843 

Public Notice ....... 04/30/08 73 FR 23361 

Order ................... 05/15/08 73 FR 28057 

Declaratory Ruling 07/08/08 73 FR 38928 

FNPRM ............... 07/18/08 73 FR 41307 

R&O .................... 07/18/08 73 FR 41286 

Public Notice ....... 08/01/08 73 FR 45006 

Public Notice ....... 08/05/08 73 FR 45354 

Public Notice ....... 10/10/08 73 FR 60172 

Order ................... 10/23/08 73 FR 63078 

2nd R&O and 

Order on Reconsideration.

12/30/08 73 FR 79683 

Order ................... 05/06/09 74 FR 20892 

Public Notice ....... 05/07/09 74 FR 21364 

NPRM .................. 05/21/09 74 FR 23815 

Public Notice ....... 05/21/09 74 FR 23859 

Public Notice ....... 06/12/09 74 FR 28046 

Order ................... 07/29/09 74 FR 37624 

Public Notice ....... 08/07/09 74 FR 39699 

Order ................... 09/18/09 74 FR 47894 

Order ................... 10/26/09 74 FR 54913 

Public Notice ....... 05/12/10 75 FR 26701 

Order Denying 

Stay Motion 

(Release Date).

07/09/10 

Order ................... 08/13/10 75 FR 49491 

Order ................... 09/03/10 75 FR 54040 

NPRM .................. 11/02/10 75 FR 67333 

NPRM .................. 05/02/11 76 FR 24442 

Order ................... 07/25/11 76 FR 44326 

Final Rule (Order) 09/27/11 76 FR 59551 

Final Rule; Announcement of 

Effective Date.

11/22/11 76 FR 72124 

Proposed Rule 

(Public Notice).

02/28/12 77 FR 11997 

Proposed Rule 

(FNPRM).

02/01/12 77 FR 4948 

First R&O ............ 07/25/12 77 FR 43538 

Public Notice ....... 10/29/12 77 FR 65526 

Order on Reconsideration.12/26/12 77 FR 75894 

Order ................... 02/05/13 78 FR 8030 

Order (Interim 

Rule).

02/05/13 78 FR 8032 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 02/05/13 78 FR 8090 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

03/07/13 78 FR 14701 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/13/13 

FNPRM ............... 07/05/13 78 FR 40407 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/18/13 

R&O .................... 07/05/13 78 FR 40582 

R&O .................... 08/15/13 78 FR 49693 

FNPRM ............... 08/15/13 78 FR 49717 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/30/13 

R&O .................... 08/30/13 78 FR 53684 

FNPRM ............... 09/03/13 78 FR 54201 

NPRM .................. 10/23/13 78 FR 63152 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

11/18/13 

Petiton for Reconsideration; Request for Comment.12/16/13 78 FR 76096 

Petition for Reconsideration; 

Request for 

Comment.

12/16/13 78 FR 76097 

Request for Clarification; Request for Comment; Correction.12/30/13 78 FR 79362 

Petition for Reconsideration 

Comment Period End.

01/10/14 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/21/14 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

07/11/14 79 FR 40003 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

08/28/14 79 FR 51446 

Correction—Announcement of 

Effective Date.

08/28/14 79 FR 51450 

Technical Amendments.09/09/14 79 FR 53303 

Public Notice ....... 09/15/14 79 FR 54979 

R&O and Order ... 10/21/14 79 FR 62875 

FNPRM ............... 10/21/14 79 FR 62935 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

12/22/14 

Final Action (Announcement of 

Effective Date).

10/30/14 79 FR 64515 

Final Rule Effective.10/30/14 

FNPRM ............... 11/08/15 80 FR 72029 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/01/16 

Public Notice ....... 01/20/16 81 FR 3085 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

02/16/16 

R&O .................... 03/21/16 81 FR 14984 

FNPRM ............... 08/24/16 81 FR 57851 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/14/16 

NOI and FNPRM 04/12/17 82 FR 17613 

NOI and FNPRM 

Comment Period End.

05/30/17 

R&O .................... 04/13/17 82 FR 17754 

R&O .................... 04/27/17 82 FR 19322 

FNPRM ............... 04/27/17 82 FR 19347 

Action Date FR Cite 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

07/11/17 

R&O .................... 06/23/17 82 FR 28566 

Public Notice ....... 07/21/17 82 FR 33856 

Public Notice— 

Correction.

07/25/17 82 FR 34471 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

07/31/17 

Public Notice— 

Correction 

Comment Period End.

08/17/17 

R&O .................... 08/22/17 82 FR 39673 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

10/17/17 82 FR 48203 

Public Notice; Petition for Reconsideration.10/25/17 82 FR 49303 

Oppositions Due 

Date.

11/20/17 

R&O and Declaratory Ruling.06/27/18 83 FR 30082 

FNPRM ............... 07/18/18 83 FR 33899 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

11/15/18 

Public Notice ....... 08/23/18 83 FR 42630 

Public Notice Opposition Period 

End.

09/17/18 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

02/04/19 84 FR 1409 

R&O .................... 03/08/19 84 FR 8457 

FNPRM ............... 03/14/19 84 FR 9276 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/29/19 

R&O .................... 06/06/19 84 FR 26364 

FNPRM ............... 06/06/19 84 FR 26379 

Petition for Recon 

Request for 

Comment.

06/18/19 84 FR 28264 

Petition for Recon 

Comment Period End.

07/15/19 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

08/05/19 

R&O .................... 01/06/20 85 FR 462 

R&O .................... 01/09/20 85 FR 1125 

NPRM .................. 01/09/20 85 FR 1134 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/13/20 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

02/19/20 85 FR 9392 

Final Rule; removal of compliance notices.05/06/20 85 FR 26857 

Report & Order ... 05/08/20 85 FR 27309 

Final Rule; correction.08/26/20 85 FR 52489 

R&O and Order 

on Recon.

10/14/20 85 FR 64971 

Final Rule; announcement of 

effective and 

compliance 

dates.

10/23/20 85 FR 67447 

FNPRM ............... 02/01/21 86 FR 7681 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/02/21 

Public Notice; Petition for Reconsideration.02/22/21 86 FR 10458 

Oppositions Due 

Date.

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Action Date FR Cite 

R&O .................... 02/23/21 86 FR 10844 

NPRM .................. 03/19/21 86 FR 14859 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/03/21 

NPRM .................. 06/04/21 86 FR 29969 

NPRM Correction 06/15/21 86 FR 31668 

Order on Recon .. 07/07/21 86 FR 35632 

Public Notice ....... 07/15/21 86 FR 37328 

NPRM Correction 

Comment Period End.

07/30/21 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

08/09/21 

Order on Recon; 

Correction.

10/05/21 86 FR 54871 

NPRM .................. 10/05/21 86 FR 64440 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/18/22 

Report & Order ... 07/18/22 87 FR 42656 

Report & Order ... 09/21/22 87 FR 57645 

Report & Order ... 11/25/22 87 FR 72409 

NPRM .................. 12/08/22 87 FR 75199 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/06/23 

Public Notice ....... 01/31/23 88 FR 6220 

Public Notice Opposition Period 

End.

02/27/23 

NPRM .................. 02/02/23 88 FR 7049 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/03/23 

Order on Reconsideration.02/22/22 

Final Rule; Announcement of 

Effective Date.

03/08/23 88 FR 14251 

Report and Order 08/01/23 88 FR 50053 

NPRM .................. 08/07/23 88 FR 52088 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/06/23 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

10/06/23 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Eliot Greenwald, 

Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–2235, Email: 

eliot.greenwald@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AI15 

518. Structure and Practices of the 

Video Relay Service (VRS) Program 

(CG Docket No. 10–51) [3060–AJ42] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 225; 47 U.S.C. 

303(r) 

Abstract: The Commission takes a 

fresh look at its VRS rules to ensure that 

it is available to and used by the full 

spectrum of eligible users, encourages 

innovation, and is provided efficiently 

to be less susceptible to the waste, 

fraud, and abuse that have plagued the 

program and threatened its long-term 

viability. The Commission also 

considers the most effective and 

efficient way to make VRS available and 

to determine what is the most fair, 

efficient, and transparent cost-recovery 

methodology. In addition, the 

Commission looks at various ways to 

measure the quality of VRS so as to 

ensure a better consumer experience. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Declaratory Ruling 05/07/10 75 FR 25255 

Declaratory Ruling 07/13/10 75 FR 39945 

Order ................... 07/13/10 75 FR 39859 

Notice of Inquiry .. 07/19/10 75 FR 41863 

NPRM .................. 08/23/10 75 FR 51735 

Interim Final Rule 02/15/11 76 FR 8659 

Public Notice ....... 03/02/11 76 FR 11462 

R&O .................... 05/02/11 76 FR 24393 

FNPRM ............... 05/02/11 76 FR 24437 

NPRM .................. 05/02/11 76 FR 24442 

R&O (Correction) 05/27/11 76 FR 30841 

Order ................... 07/25/11 76 FR 44326 

2nd R&O ............. 08/05/11 76 FR 47469 

Order (Interim 

Final Rule).

08/05/11 76 FR 47476 

Final Rule; Announcement of 

Effective Date.

09/26/11 76 FR 59269 

Final Rule; Petition for Reconsideration; Public Notice.09/27/11 76 FR 59557 

Oppositions Due 

Date.

10/07/11 

Final Rule; Clarification (MO&O).10/31/11 76 FR 67070 

FNPRM ............... 10/31/11 76 FR 67118 

Interim Final Rule; 

Announcement 

of Effective 

Date.

11/03/11 76 FR 68116 

Final Rule; Announcement of 

Effective Date.

11/04/11 76 FR 68328 

Final Rule; Announcement of 

Effective Date.

11/07/11 76 FR 68642 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

12/30/11 

FNPRM ............... 02/01/12 77 FR 4948 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/19/12 

Final Rule; Correction.03/27/12 77 FR 18106 

Correcting 

Amendments.

06/07/12 77 FR 33662 

Order (Release 

Date).

07/25/12 

Correcting 

Amendments.

10/04/12 77 FR 60630 

Public Notice ....... 10/29/12 77 FR 65526 

Comment Period 

End.

11/29/12 

FNPRM ............... 07/05/13 78 FR 40407 

R&O .................... 07/05/13 78 FR 40582 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/18/13 

Public Notice ....... 09/11/13 78 FR 55696 

Public Notice ....... 09/15/14 79 FR 54979 

Comment Period 

End.

10/10/14 

Action Date FR Cite 

Final Action (Announcement of 

Effective Date).

10/30/14 79 FR 64515 

Final Rule Effective.10/30/14 

FNPRM ............... 11/18/15 80 FR 72029 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/01/16 

R&O .................... 03/21/16 81 FR 14984 

FNPRM ............... 08/24/16 81 FR 57851 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/14/16 

NOI and FNPRM 04/12/17 82 FR 17613 

NOI and FNPRM 

Comment Period End.

05/30/17 

R&O .................... 04/13/17 82 FR 17754 

R&O .................... 04/27/17 82 FR 19322 

FNPRM ............... 04/27/17 82 FR 19347 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

07/01/17 

Order ................... 06/23/17 82 FR 28566 

Public Notice ....... 07/21/17 82 FR 33856 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

07/31/17 

Public Notice Correction.07/25/17 82 FR 34471 

Public Notice Correction Comment Period 

End.

08/17/17 

R&O and Order ... 08/22/17 82 FR 39673 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

10/17/17 82 FR 48203 

Public Notice; Petition for Reconsideration.10/25/17 82 FR 49303 

Oppositions Due 

Date.

11/20/17 

R&O .................... 06/06/19 84 FR 26364 

FNPRM ............... 06/06/19 84 FR 26379 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

08/05/19 

Report & Order ... 05/08/20 85 FR 27309 

R&O and Order 

on Recon.

10/14/20 85 FR 64971 

Final rule; announcement of 

effective and 

compliance 

dates.

10/23/20 85 FR 67447 

FNPRM ............... 02/01/21 86 FR 7681 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/02/21 

Public Notice; Petition for Reconsideration.02/22/21 86 FR 10458 

Oppositions Due 

Date.

03/19/21 

NPRM .................. 03/19/21 86 FR 14859 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/03/21 

NPRM .................. 06/04/21 86 FR 29969 

NPRM Correction 06/15/21 86 FR 31668 

NPRM Correction 

Comment Period End.

07/30/21 

Order on Recon .. 07/07/21 86 FR 35632 

Order on Recon; 

Correction.

10/05/21 86 FR 54871 

Report & Order ... 09/21/22 87 FR 57645 

Report & Order ... 11/25/22 87 FR 72409 

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Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/06/23 

Public Notice ....... 01/31/23 88 FR 6220 

Public Notice Opposition Period 

End.

02/27/23 

Final Rule; Announcement of 

Effective Date.

03/08/23 88 FR 14251 

Public Notice ....... 04/25/23 88 FR 24986 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

05/09/23 

Public Notice 

Reply Comment 

Period End.

05/19/23 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Eliot Greenwald, 

Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–2235, Email: 

eliot.greenwald@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AJ42 

519. Implementation of the MiddleClass Tax Relief and Job Creation Act 

of 2012/Establishment of a Public Safety 

Answering Point Do-Not-Call Registry 

(CG Docket No. 12–129) [3060–AJ84] 

Legal Authority: Pub. L. 112–96, sec. 

6507 

Abstract: The Middle Class Tax Relief 

and Job Creation Act of 2012 required 

the Commission to create a Do-Not-Call 

Registry for public safety answering 

point (PSAP) telephone numbers and to 

prohibit the use of automated dialing 

equipment to place calls to PSAP 

numbers on the Registry. In this docket, 

the Commission adopted rules and 

policies implementing these statutory 

requirements. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 06/21/12 77 FR 37362 

R&O .................... 10/29/12 77 FR 71131 

Correction 

Amendments.

02/13/13 78 FR 10099 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

03/26/13 78 FR 18246 

FNPRM ............... 11/01/21 86 FR 60189 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

12/01/21 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Richard D. Smith, 

Special Counsel, Consumer Policy 

Division, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 717 338– 

2797, Fax: 717 338–2574, Email: 

richard.smith@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AJ84 

520. Implementation of Sections 716 

and 717 of the Communications Act of 

1934, as Enacted by the Twenty-First 

Century Communications and Video 

Accessibility Act of 2010 (CG Docket 

No. 10–213) [3060–AK00] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 255; 47 U.S.C. 617 

to 619 

Abstract: These proceedings 

implement sections 716, 717, and 718 of 

the Communications Act, which were 

added by the Twenty-First Century 

Communications and Video 

Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA), 

related to the accessibility of advanced 

communications services and 

equipment (section 716), recordkeeping 

and enforcement requirements for 

entities subject to sections 255, 716, and 

718 (section 717), and accessibility of 

internet browsers built into mobile 

phones (section 718). 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 03/14/11 76 FR 13800 

NPRM Comment 

Period Extended.

04/12/11 76 FR 20297 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/13/11 

FNPRM ............... 12/30/11 76 FR 82240 

R&O .................... 12/30/11 76 FR 82354 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/14/12 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

04/25/12 77 FR 24632 

2nd R&O ............. 05/22/13 78 FR 30226 

R&O on Remand, 

Declaratory Ruling, and Order.

04/13/15 80 FR 19738 

Public Notice ....... 05/19/22 87 FR 30442 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

07/18/22 

Report and Order 08/01/23 88 FR 50053 

NPRM .................. 08/07/23 88 FR 52088 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/06/23 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

10/06/23 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Darryl Cooper, 

Attorney, Disability Rights Office, CGB, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–7131, Email: 

darryl.cooper@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK00 

521. Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) 

Captioned Telephone Service; 

Telecommunications Relay Services 

and Speech-to-Speech Services; CG 

Docket No. 13–24 [3060–AK01] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 225 

Abstract: The Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC) 

initiated this proceeding in its effort to 

ensure that internet-Protocol Captioned 

Telephone Service (IP CTS) is provided 

effectively and in the most efficient 

manner. In doing so, the FCC adopted 

rules to address certain practices related 

to the provision and marketing of IP 

CTS, as well as compensation of TRS 

providers. IP CTS is a form of relay 

service designed to allow people with 

hearing loss to speak directly to another 

party on a telephone call and to 

simultaneously listen to the other party 

and read captions of what that party is 

saying over an IP-enabled device. To 

ensure that IP CTS is provided 

efficiently to persons who need to use 

this service, the Commission adopted 

rules establishing several requirements 

and issued an FNPRM to address 

additional issues. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 02/05/13 78 FR 8090 

Order (Interim 

Rule).

02/05/13 78 FR 8032 

Order ................... 02/05/13 78 FR 8030 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

03/07/13 78 FR 14701 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/12/13 

R&O .................... 08/30/13 78 FR 53684 

FNPRM ............... 09/03/13 78 FR 54201 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

11/18/13 

Petition for Reconsideration 

Request for 

Comment.

12/16/13 78 FR 76097 

Petition for Reconsideration 

Comment Period End.

01/10/14 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

07/11/14 79 FR 40003 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

08/28/14 79 FR 51446 

Correction—Announcement of 

Effective Date.

08/28/14 79 FR 51450 

Technical Amendments.09/09/14 79 FR 53303 

R&O and Declaratory Ruling.06/27/18 83 FR 30082 

FNPRM ............... 07/18/18 83 FR 33899 

Public Notice ....... 08/23/18 83 FR 42630 

Public Notice Opposition Period 

End.

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Action Date FR Cite 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

11/15/18 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

02/04/19 84 FR 1409 

R&O .................... 03/08/19 84 FR 8457 

FNPRM ............... 03/14/19 84 FR 9276 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/29/19 

Petition for Recon 

Request for 

Comment.

06/18/19 84 FR 28264 

Petition for Recon 

Comment Period End.

07/15/19 

R&O .................... 01/06/20 85 FR 462 

Announcement of 

Effective Date.

02/19/20 85 FR 9392 

Final Rule; Removal of Compliance Notes.05/06/20 85 FR 26857 

Final Rule; correction.08/26/20 85 FR 52489 

R&O and Order 

on Recon.

10/14/20 85 FR 64971 

FNPRM ............... 02/01/21 86 FR 7681 

Public Notice; Petition for Reconsideration.02/22/21 86 FR 10458 

NPRM .................. 03/19/21 86 FR 14859 

Oppositions Due 

Date.

03/19/21 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/02/21 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/03/21 

Public Notice ....... 07/15/21 86 FR 37328 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

08/09/21 

Report & Order ... 09/21/22 87 FR 57645 

NPRM .................. 12/08/22 87 FR 75199 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/06/23 

Public Notice ....... 01/31/23 88 FR 6220 

Public Notice Opposition Period 

End.

02/27/23 

NPRM .................. 02/02/23 88 FR 7049 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/03/23 

Order on Reconsideration.02/22/23 88 FR 10853 

Final Rule; Announcement of 

Effective Date.

03/08/23 88 FR 14251 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Eliot Greenwald, 

Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–2235, Email: 

eliot.greenwald@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK01 

522. Advanced Methods to Target and 

Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls (CG 

Docket No. 17–59) [3060–AK62] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 201 and 

202; 47 U.S.C. 227; 47 U.S.C. 251(e) 

Abstract: The Telephone Consumer 

Protection Act of 1991 restricts the use 

of robocalls autodialed or prerecorded 

calls in certain instances. In CG Docket 

No. 17–59, the Commission considers 

rules and policies aimed at eliminating 

unlawful robocalling. Among the issues 

it examines in this docket are whether 

to allow carriers to block calls that 

purport to be from unallocated or 

unassigned phone numbers through the 

use of spoofing, whether to allow 

carriers to block calls based on their 

own analyses of which calls are likely 

to be unlawful and whether to establish 

a database of reassigned phone numbers 

to help prevent robocalls to consumers, 

who did not consent to such calls. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM/NOI .......... 05/17/17 82 FR 22625 

2nd NOI ............... 07/13/17 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

07/31/17 

FNPRM ............... 01/08/18 83 FR 770 

R&O .................... 01/12/18 83 FR 1566 

2nd FNPRM ........ 04/23/18 83 FR 17631 

2nd FNPRM 

Comment Period End.

06/07/18 

2nd FNPRM 

Reply Comment 

Period End.

07/09/18 

2nd R&O ............. 03/26/19 84 FR 11226 

3rd FNPRM ......... 06/24/19 84 FR 29478 

Declaratory Ruling 06/24/19 84 FR 29387 

Public Notice 

Seeking Input 

on Report.

12/30/19 

Public Notice 

Seeking Comment on Reassigned Numbers.

01/24/20 

Public Notice 

Seeking Comment on RND 

Cost/Fee Structure.

02/26/20 

Public Notice Establishing 

Guidelines for 

RND.

04/16/20 

Report ................. 06/25/20 

3rd NPRM Comment Date.06/26/20 

Announcement of 

Compliance 

Dates.

06/26/20 85 FR 38334 

3rd R&O, Order of 

Reconsideration, 4th 

FNPRM.

07/31/20 85 FR 46063 

4th R&O (release 

date).

12/30/20 

Public Notice ....... 02/08/21 86 FR 8558 

Action Date FR Cite 

Public Notice ....... 04/13/21 

Public Notice ....... 06/15/21 

Public Notice ....... 10/01/21 86 FR 61077 

5th FNPRM ......... 10/26/21 86 FR 59084 

Public Notice ....... 12/29/21 

Order on Reconsideration, 6th 

FNPRM, Waiver 

Order.

12/30/21 86 FR 74399 

Public Notice ....... 02/08/22 87 FR 7044 

Seventh Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

05/19/22 87 FR 42670 

Sixth Report and 

Order.

05/19/22 87 FR 42916 

Public Notice ....... 08/24/22 87 FR 51920 

Public Notice ....... 11/18/22 87 FR 69206 

Seventh Report 

and Order (Proposed Rule).

05/19/23 88 FR 43489 

Eighth Further 

Notice, and 

Third Notice of 

Inquiry (Final 

Rule).

05/19/23 88 FR 43446 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Karen Schroeder, 

Associate Division Chief, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0654, Email: 

karen.schroeder@fcc.gov. 

Jerusha Burnett, Attorney Advisor, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0526, Email: 

jerusha.burnett@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK62 

523. Empowering Broadband 

Consumers Through Transparency (CG 

Docket No. 22–2) [3060–AL33] 

Legal Authority: Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act, Pub. L. 117– 

58, 135 Stat. 429, 60504(a) (2021) 

Abstract: In this docket, the 

Commission adopted rules requiring 

broadband internet access service 

providers (ISPs) to display, at the point 

of sale, labels to disclose to consumers 

certain information about prices, 

introductory rates or promotions, data 

allowances, broadband speeds, and 

management practices, among other 

things. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 02/07/22 87 FR 6827 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/09/22 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

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Report & Order 

and FNPRM.

12/16/22 87 FR 77048 

FNPRM Comment 

Period Extended.

01/04/23 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/16/23 

Petition for Reconsideration.01/31/23 88 FR 6219 

Petition for Reconsideration 

Comment Period End.

02/27/23 

Order ................... 08/07/23 88 FR 52043 

Order of Reconsideration.09/18/23 88 FR 63853 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Erica McMahon, 

Attorney Advisor, Federal 

Communications Commission, 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 

20554, Phone: 202 418–0346, Email: 

erica.mcmahon@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL33 

524. Targeting and Eliminating 

Unlawful Text Messages, CG Docket 

21–403, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

[3060–AL49] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 

227(e), 251(e), 303 

Abstract: In this docket, the 

Commission considers rules and 

policies concerning the ability for 

mobile wireless service providers to 

block illegal text messages. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 09/27/22 87 FR 61271 

Report & Order ... 03/17/23 88 FR 21497 

FNPRM ............... 03/17/23 88 FR 20800 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Mika Savir, Attorney, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0384, Email: 

mika.savir@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL49 

525. Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) 

Relay Service; CG Docket No. 12–38 

[3060–AL58] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 152 and 154; 47 U.S.C. 225; 47 

U.S.C. 616 

Abstract: Title IV of the Americans 

with Disabilities Act requires the 

Federal Communications Commission 

to ensure the availability of 

telecommunications relay services. IP 

Relay is a form of TRS that permits an 

individual with a hearing or a speech 

disability to communicate in text using 

an internet Protocol-enabled device via 

the internet. In CG Docket No. 12–38, 

the Commission considers rules and 

policy for the provision of IP Relay, 

including the process for registering 

users for IP CTS and the methodology 

for determining TRS Fund support.The 

Commission takes these steps to ensure 

the provision of IP Relay in a 

functionally equivalent manner to 

persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, 

deaf blind or have speech disabilities. In 

doing so, the Commission balances 

several different factors including 

regulating the recovery of costs caused 

by the service, encouraging the use of 

existing technology and not 

discouraging or impairing the 

development of improved technology, 

and ensuring IP Relay is available, to the 

extent possible and in the most efficient 

manner. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Public Notice ....... 02/08/12 77 FR 11997 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

03/20/12 

Final Rule ............ 07/25/12 77 FR 43538 

Final Rule Effective.07/25/12 

NPRM .................. 03/19/21 86 FR 14859 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/03/21 

Final Rule ............ 11/25/22 87 FR 72409 

Final Rule Effective.12/27/22 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Michael Scott, 

Attorney Advisor, Disability Rights 

Office, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1264, Email: michael.scott@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL58 

526. Compensation for Internet Protocol 

Captioned Telephone Service, (CG 

Docket No. 22–408) [3060–AL59] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 

152; 47 U.S.C. 225 

Abstract: Title IV of the Americans 

with Disabilities Act requires the 

Federal Communications Commission 

to ensure the availability of 

telecommunications relay. Internet 

Protocol Captioned Telephone Services 

(IP CTS) is a form of relay service 

designed to allow people with hearing 

loss to speak directly to another party 

on a telephone call and to 

simultaneously listen to the other party 

and read captions of what that party is 

saying over an IP-enabled device. In CG 

Docket No. 22–408, the Commission 

considers rules and policy for the 

adoption of a compensation 

methodology and compensation levels 

for Telecommunications Relay Services 

(TRS) Fund support of providers of IP 

CTS.The Commission takes these steps 

to ensure the provision of IP CTS in a 

functionally equivalent manner to 

persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, 

deaf, blind or have speech disabilities. 

In doing so, the Commission balances 

several different factors including 

regulating the recovery of costs caused 

by the service, encouraging the use of 

existing technology and not 

discouraging or impairing the 

development of improved technology, 

and ensuring IP CTS is available, to the 

extent possible and in the most efficient 

manner. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 02/02/23 88 FR 7049 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Michael Scott, 

Attorney Advisor, Disability Rights 

Office, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1264, Email: michael.scott@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL59 

527. • Access to Video Conferencing, 

(CG Docket No. 23–161) [3060–AL66] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 

152; 47 U.S.C. 225; 47 U.S.C. 617 

Abstract: Section 716 of the TwentyFirst Century Communications and 

Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) 

(47 U.S.C. 617) requires the Federal 

Communications Commission to ensure 

the accessibility and usability of 

advanced communications services 

(ACS), including interoperable video 

conferencing services (IVCS), for 

individual with disabilities, unless such 

requirements are not achievable. IVCS is 

defined by the CVAA as a service that 

provides real-time video 

communications, including audio, to 

enable users to share information of the 

user’s choosing.’’ In CG Docket No. 23– 

161, the Commission considers rules 

and policies for the adoption of 

usability and accessibility requirements 

for IVCS and the integration of IVCS 


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with telecommunications relay services 

(TRS). The Commission takes these 

steps to ensure that IVCS are accessible 

to and usable by persons with 

disabilities and that users of TRS are 

able to participate in video conferencing 

services in a functionally equivalent 

manner to persons without hearing and 

speech disabilities. In doing so, the 

Commission balances several different 

factors including regulating IVCS, 

encouraging the use of advanced 

technology, not discouraging or 

impairing the development of improved 

technology, and ensuring IVCS are 

accessible to and usable by persons with 

disabilities. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Report and Order 08/01/23 88 FR 50053 

NPRM .................. 08/07/23 88 FR 52088 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/06/23 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

10/06/23 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Ike Ofobike, Attorney 

Advisor, Consumer & Governmental 

Affairs Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–1028, Email: 

ike.ofobike@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL66 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION (FCC) 

Economics 

Long-Term Actions 

528. Development of Nationwide 

Broadband Data To Evaluate 

Reasonable and Timely Deployment of 

Advanced Services to All Americans 

[3060–AJ15] 

Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 251; 47 

U.S.C. 252; 47 U.S.C. 257; 47 U.S.C. 271; 

47 U.S.C. 1302; 47 U.S.C. 160(b); 47 

U.S.C. 161(a)(2) 

Abstract: The 09/09/2022 Order 

ended the collection of broadband 

deployment data through Form 477. 

Broadband and voice subscribership 

data will continue to be submitted 

through Form 477. Beginning with data 

as of December 31, 2022, and beyond, 

Form 477 subscribership data is 

submitted in the Broadband Data 

Collection (BDC) filing system. The 

Form 477 filing system remains open for 

filers to submit and make corrections to 

filings through June 30, 2022. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 05/16/07 72 FR 27519 

Order ................... 07/02/08 73 FR 37861 

Order ................... 10/15/08 73 FR 60997 

NPRM .................. 02/08/11 76 FR 10827 

Order ................... 06/27/13 78 FR 49126 

NPRM .................. 08/24/17 82 FR 40118 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/25/17 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

10/10/17 

R&O and FNPRM 08/22/19 84 FR 43764 

Order ................... 12/16/22 87 FR 76949 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Suzanne Mendez, 

Supervisory Program Manager, OEA, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0941, Email: 

suzanne.mendez@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AJ15 

529. Expanding the Economic and 

Innovation Opportunities of Spectrum 

Through Incentive Auctions (GN 

Docket No. 12–268) [3060–AJ82] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 

309(j)(8)(G); 47 U.S.C. 1452 

Abstract: In February 2012, the 

Middle-Class Tax Relief and Job 

Creation Act was enacted (Pub. L. 112– 

96, 126 Stat. 156 (2012)). Title VI of that 

statute, commonly known as the 

Spectrum Act, provides the Commission 

with the authority to conduct incentive 

auctions to meet the growing demand 

for wireless broadband. Pursuant to the 

Spectrum Act, the Commission may 

conduct incentive auctions that will 

offer new initial spectrum licenses 

subject to flexible-use service rules on 

spectrum made available by licensees 

that voluntarily relinquish some or all of 

their spectrum usage rights in exchange 

for a portion, based on the value of the 

relinquished rights as determined by an 

auction, of the proceeds of bidding for 

the new licenses. In addition to granting 

the Commission general authority to 

conduct incentive auctions, the 

Spectrum Act requires the Commission 

to conduct an incentive auction of 

broadcast TV spectrum and sets forth 

special requirements for such an 

auction. 

The Spectrum Act requires that the 

BIA consist of a reverse auction ‘‘to 

determine the amount of compensation 

that each broadcast television licensee 

would accept in return for voluntarily 

relinquishing some or all of its spectrum 

usage rights’’ and a forward auction of 

licenses in the reallocated spectrum for 

flexible-use services, including mobile 

broadband. Broadcast television 

licensees who elected to voluntarily 

participate in the auction had three 

bidding options: go off-the-air, share 

spectrum with another broadcast 

television licensee, or move channels to 

the upper or lower VHS band in 

exchange for receiving part of the 

proceeds from auctioning that spectrum 

to wireless providers. The Spectrum Act 

also authorized the Commission to 

reorganize the 600 MHz band following 

the BIA including, as necessary, 

reassigning full power and Class A 

television stations to new channels in 

order to clear the spectrum sold in the 

BIA. That post-auction reorganization 

(known as the repack) is currently 

underway and all of the stations who 

were assigned new channels are 

scheduled to have vacated their preauction channels by July 3, 2020, 

pursuant to a 10-phase transition 

schedule adopted by the Commission. 

In May 2014, the Commission 

adopted a Report and Order that laid out 

the general framework for the BIA. The 

auction started on March 29, 2016, with 

the submission of initial commitments 

by eligible broadcast licensees. The BIA 

ended on April 13, 2017, with the 

release of the Auction Closing and 

Channel Reassignment Public Notice 

that also marked the start of the 39- 

month transition period during which 

987 of the full power and Class A 

television stations remaining on-the-air 

will transition their stations to their 

post-auction channel assignments in the 

reorganized television band. Pursuant to 

the Spectrum Act, the Commission will 

reimburse 957 of those full power and 

Class A stations for the reasonable costs 

associated with relocating to their postauction channel assignments and will 

reimburse multichannel video 

programming distributors for their costs 

associated with continuing to carry the 

signals of those stations. 

In March 2018, the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 115–141, at 

Div. E, Title V, 511, 132 Stat. 348 (2018), 

codified at 47 U.S.C. 1452(j)-(n)) (the 

Reimbursement Expansion Act or REA), 

extended the deadline for 

reimbursement of eligible entities from 

April 2020 to no later than July 3, 2023, 

and also expanded the universe of 

entities eligible for reimbursement to 

include low-power television stations 

and TV translator stations displaced by 

the BIA for their reasonably incurred 

costs to relocate to a new channel, and 

FM broadcast stations for their 

reasonably incurred costs for facilities 


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necessary to reasonably minimize 

disruption of service as a result of the 

post-auction reorganization of the 

television band. On March 15, 2019, the 

Commission adopted a Report and 

Order setting rules for the 

reimbursement of eligible costs to those 

newly eligible entities. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 11/21/12 77 FR 69933 

R&O .................... 08/15/14 79 FR 48441 

Final Rule ............ 10/11/17 82 FR 47155 

NPRM .................. 08/27/18 83 FR 43613 

R&O .................... 03/26/19 84 FR 11233 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Jean L. Kiddoo, 

Chair, Incentive Auction Task Force, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–7757, Email: 

jean.kiddoo@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AJ82 

530. Broadband Data Collection [3060– 

AL42] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 to 154; 

47 U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 

254; 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 

U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 319; 47 U.S.C. 332; 

47 U.S.C. 641 to 646 

Abstract: The Commission has long 

recognized that precise, granular data on 

the availability of fixed and mobile 

broadband are vital to bringing digital 

opportunity to all Americans, no matter 

where they live, work, or travel. 

On March 23, 2020, the Broadband 

Deployment Accuracy and 

Technological Availability Act 

(Broadband DATA Act) was signed into 

law requiring the Commission to create 

a new set of broadband availability 

maps. Among other things, the 

Broadband DATA Act requires the 

Commission to collect standardized, 

granular data on the availability and 

quality of both fixed and mobile 

broadband internet access services, to 

create a common dataset of all locations 

where fixed broadband internet access 

service can be installed (the Broadband 

Serviceable Location Fabric or Fabric), 

and to create publicly available coverage 

maps. The Act further requires the 

Commission to establish processes for 

members of the public and other entities 

to (1) provide verified data for use in the 

coverage maps; (2) challenge the 

coverage maps, the broadband 

availability data submitted by 

broadband internet access service 

providers (providers), and the Fabric; 

and (3) submit specific crowdsource 

information about the development and 

availability of broadband service. 

In July 2020, implementing the 

Broadband DATA Act and building off 

of an August 2019 Report and Order and 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the 

Commission adopted a Second Report 

and Order and Third Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking that adopted rules 

for the collection and verification of 

improved, more precise data on both 

fixed broadband availability. In January 

2021, the Commission released a Third 

Report and Order that established new 

requirements for the BDC and took 

additional steps to implement the 

Broadband DATA Act. The rules to 

specify which fixed and mobile 

providers are required to report 

broadband availability data and 

expanded the reporting and certification 

requirements for filing data in the BDC. 

It also adopted standards for collecting 

verified broadband data from state, 

local, and Tribal governmental entities 

and certain third parties, and for 

identifying locations that would be 

included in the Fabric. Importantly, in 

the Third Report and Order, the 

Commission also established processes 

for verifying the accuracy of providersubmitted data and the Fabric, 

including challenge processes which 

invite input from the public and other 

stakeholders in order to improve the 

accuracy of the maps. 

Implementing the Broadband DATA 

Act and these new rules, the 

Commission created a new data 

platform and system to collect and map 

availability data collected from over 

2,500 providers and for consumers and 

other stakeholders to submit challenges 

to that data; established the Fabric 

dataset of locations upon which to 

overlay provider availability data; and 

established a dedicated help center to 

provide technical assistance to 

providers, consumers, and other 

stakeholders. 

In July 2021, the Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau (WTB), 

Office of Economics and Analytics 

(OEA), and Office of Engineering and 

Technology (OET) released a Public 

Notice seeking comment on the 

technical requirements for the mobile 

challenge, verification, and 

crowdsourcing processes required under 

the Broadband DATA Act for the new 

Broadband Data Collection (BDC). In 

March 2022, the Broadband Data Task 

Force (Task Force), WTB, OEA, and 

OET released a detailed order, technical 

appendix, rules, and technical data 

specifications setting forth technical 

requirements and specifications for the 

mobile challenge, verification, and 

crowdsource processes required by the 

Act. 

To help facilitate the mobile challenge 

process, in April 2022, the Task Force 

and OET issued a Public Notice 

announcing the technical requirements 

and procedures for approving thirdparty mobile speed test procedures for 

use in collecting and submitting mobile 

network performance data as part of the 

BDC. To assist entities that choose to 

file mobile challenges in bulk, in 

September 2022 the Task Force and 

WTB established a process for entities to 

use their own software and hardware to 

collect on-the-ground mobile speed test 

data for use in the BDC mobile 

challenge process. 

Also in April 2022, the Task Force, 

WCB, WTB, OEA, and OET released a 

Public Notice providing details on the 

procedures for state, local, and Tribal 

governmental entities to submit verified 

availability data through the BDC 

system. 

To clarify the Commission’s rules for 

filing data in the BDC, in July 2022, 

WCB, WTB, OEA, and the Taskforce 

issued a Declaratory Ruling on certain 

aspects of a rule regarding the 

engineering certification in BDC filings 

and issued a limited waiver of the 

requirement that providers have an 

engineer certification their biannual 

BDC filings for the first three filing 

cycles of the BDC. 

On June 15, 2022, the FCC 

Enforcement Bureau issued an 

Enforcement Advisory reminding all 

facilities-based providers of their duty 

to timely file complete and accurate 

data in the BDC by September 1, 2022. 

In February 2022, the Commission 

announced that the initial filing 

window of the BDC would open on June 

30, 2022, and that availability data as of 

June 30 were due no later than 

September 1, 2022. In September 2022, 

the Commission announced that as of 

September 12, 2022, state, local, and 

Tribal governments, service providers, 

and other entities may begin to file bulk 

challenges to location data in the Fabric. 

In November 2022, the Commission 

released a pre-production draft of its 

new National Broadband Map 

displaying version 1 of the Fabric 

overlayed with provider reported 

availability data as of June 30, 2022. The 

new map was the most comprehensive, 

granular, and standardized data the 

Commission had ever published on 

broadband availability. 

With the launch of the pre-production 

draft map, the Commission began 

accepting challenges to provider 

reported availability data, as well as 

individual consumer challenges to the 

location data in the Fabric. To date, the 


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mapping team has reviewed and 

processed more than 4 million 

availability challenges. Most of those 

challenges have already been resolved 

and the majority have led to updates in 

the data on the map showing where 

broadband is available. 

The Commission adopted an Order in 

December 2022, to sunset the Form 477 

broadband deployment data collection 

and eliminate a largely duplicative 

requirement on providers. As a result, 

providers will no longer be required to 

submit Form 477 broadband 

deployment data, but must still submit 

broadband and voice subscription data 

using the FCC Form 477. To further 

streamline the FCC’s data collection 

efforts the BDC system allows filers to 

submit both their BDC data and 477 

subscription data as a combined filing 

using a single interface. 

The Commission has long recognized 

that precise, granular data on the 

availability of fixed and mobile 

broadband are vital to bringing digital 

opportunity to all Americans, no matter 

where they live, work, or travel. 

On March 23, 2020, the Broadband 

Deployment Accuracy and 

Technological Availability Act 

(Broadband DATA Act) was signed into 

law requiring the Commission to create 

a new set of broadband availability 

maps. Among other things, the 

Broadband DATA Act requires the 

Commission to collect standardized, 

granular data on the availability and 

quality of both fixed and mobile 

broadband internet access services, to 

create a common dataset of all locations 

where fixed broadband internet access 

service can be installed (the Broadband 

Serviceable Location Fabric or Fabric), 

and to create publicly available coverage 

maps. The Act further requires the 

Commission to establish processes for 

members of the public and other entities 

to (1) provide verified data for use in the 

coverage maps; (2) challenge the 

coverage maps, the broadband 

availability data submitted by 

broadband internet access service 

providers (providers), and the Fabric; 

and (3) submit specific crowdsource 

information about the development and 

availability of broadband service. 

In July 2020, implementing the 

Broadband DATA Act and building off 

of an August 2019 Report and Order and 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the 

Commission adopted a Second Report 

and Order and Third Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking that adopted rules 

for the collection and verification of 

improved, more precise data on both 

fixed and mobile broadband availability. 

In January 2021, the Commission 

released a Third Report and Order that 

established new requirements for the 

BDC and took additional steps to 

implement the Broadband DATA Act. 

The Commission adopted rules to 

specify which fixed and mobile 

providers are required to report 

broadband availability data and 

expanded the reporting and certification 

requirements for filing data in the BDC. 

It also adopted standards for collecting 

verified broadband data from state, 

local, and Tribal governmental entities 

and certain third parties, and for 

identifying locations that would be 

included in the Fabric. Importantly, in 

the Third Report and Order, the 

Commission also established processes 

for verifying the accuracy of providersubmitted data and the Fabric, 

including challenge processes which 

invite input from the public and other 

stakeholders in order to improve the 

accuracy of the maps. 

Implementing the Broadband DATA 

Act and these new rules, the 

Commission created a new data 

platform and system to collect and map 

availability data collected from over 

2,500 providers and for consumers and 

other stakeholders to submit challenges 

to that data; established the Fabric 

dataset of locations upon which to 

overlay provider availability data; and 

established a dedicated help center to 

provide technical assistance to 

providers, consumers and other 

stakeholders. 

In July 2021, the Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau (WTB), 

Office of Economics and Analytics 

(OEA), and Office of Engineering and 

Technology (OET) released a Public 

Notice seeking comment on the 

technical requirements for the mobile 

challenge, verification, and 

crowdsourcing processes required under 

the Broadband DATA Act for the new 

Broadband Data Collection (BDC). In 

March 2022, the Broadband Data Task 

Force (Task Force), WTB, OEA, and 

OET released a detailed order, technical 

appendix, rules, and technical data 

specifications setting forth technical 

requirements and specifications for the 

mobile challenge, verification, and 

crowdsource processes required by the 

Act. 

To help facilitate the mobile challenge 

process, in April 2022, the Task Force 

and OET issued a Public Notice 

announcing the technical requirements 

and procedures for approving thirdparty mobile speed test procedures for 

use in collecting and submitting mobile 

network performance data as part of the 

BDC. To assist entities that choose to 

file mobile challenges in bulk, in 

September 2022 the Task Force and 

WTB established a process for entities to 

use their own software and hardware to 

collect on-the-ground mobile speed test 

data for use in the BDC mobile 

challenge process. 

Also in April 2022, the Task Force, 

WCB, WTB, OEA, and OET released a 

Public Notice providing details on the 

procedures for state, local, and Tribal 

governmental entities to submit verified 

availability data through the BDC 

system. 

To clarify the Commission’s rules for 

filing data in the BDC, in July 2022, 

WCB, WTB, OEA, and the Taskforce 

issued a Declaratory Ruling on certain 

aspects of a rule regarding the 

engineering certification in BDC filings 

and issued a limited waiver of the 

requirement that providers have an 

engineer certification their biannual 

BDC filings for the first three filing 

cycles of the BDC. 

On June 15, 2022, the FCC 

Enforcement Bureau issued an 

Enforcement Advisory reminding all 

facilities-based providers of their duty 

to timely file complete and accurate 

data in the BDC by September 1, 2022. 

In February 2022, the Commission 

announced that the initial filing 

window of the BDC would open on June 

30, 2022, and that availability data as of 

June 30 were due no later than 

September 1, 2022. In September 2022, 

the Commission announced that as of 

September 12, 2022, state, local, and 

Tribal governments, service providers, 

and other entities may begin to file bulk 

challenges to location data in the Fabric. 

In November 2022, the Commission 

released a pre-production draft of its 

new National Broadband Map 

displaying version 1 of the Fabric 

overlayed with provider reported 

availability data as of June 30, 2022. The 

new map was the most comprehensive, 

granular, and standardized data the 

Commission had ever published on 

broadband availability. 

With the launch of the pre-production 

draft map, the Commission began 

accepting challenges to provider 

reported availability data, as well as 

individual consumer challenges to the 

location data in the Fabric. To date, the 

mapping team has reviewed and 

processed more than 4 million 

availability challenges. Most of those 

challenges have already been resolved 

and the majority have led to updates in 

the data on the map showing where 

broadband is available. 

The Commission adopted an Order in 

December 2022, to sunset the Form 477 

broadband deployment data collection 

and eliminate a largely duplicative 

requirement on providers. As a result, 

providers will no longer be required to 

submit Form 477 broadband 


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deployment data, but must still submit 

broadband and voice subscription data 

using the FCC Form 477. To further 

streamline the FCC’s data collection 

efforts the BDC system allows filers to 

submit both their BDC data and 477 

subscription data as a combined filing 

using a single interface. 

The second version of the Fabric was 

made available to providers and other 

stakeholders in December 2022. This 

updated Fabric contained a net increase 

of more than one million new 

serviceable locations, as compared to 

the initial version. It also reflected the 

outcome of over 1 million location 

challenges. The second filing window of 

the BDC opened on January 3, 2023, and 

required all fixed and mobile providers 

to submit broadband availability data as 

of December 31, 2022, no later than 

March 1, 2023. On May 30, 2023,the 

National Broadband Map was updated 

to reflect availability data as of 

December 31, 2022, and version 2 of the 

Fabric. 

On July 3, 2023, the Commission 

announced the opening of the third 

filing window for broadband availability 

data as of June 30, 2023. The BDC will 

continue to collect updated availability 

data from providers every 6 months. 

Updates to the National Broadband Map 

will be iterative and ongoing. The 

challenge processes will also continue 

on an ongoing basis in order to allow 

the public to provide input and help 

improve the accuracy of the National 

Broadband Map. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 08/03/17 82 FR 40118 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/25/17 

Report & Order ... 08/01/19 84 FR 43705 

Second Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

08/01/19 84 FR 43764 

Second Further 

NPRM Comment Period 

End.

10/07/19 

2nd R&O ............. 07/16/20 85 FR 50886 

3rd FNPRM ......... 07/16/20 85 FR 50911 

3rd R&O .............. 01/13/21 86 FR 18124 

Public Notice ....... 07/16/21 86 FR 40398 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

09/27/21 

Order ................... 03/09/22 87 FR 21476 

Order ................... 12/16/22 87 FR 76949 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Kimia Nikseresht, 

Legal Advisor, Broadband Data Task 

Force, OEA, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1636, Email: kimia.nikseresht@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL42 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION (FCC) 

Office of Engineering and Technology 

Long-Term Actions 

531. Unlicensed Operation in the TV 

Broadcast Bands (ET Docket No. 04– 

186) [3060–AI52] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 

U.S.C. 302; 47 U.S.C. 303(e) and 303(f); 

47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 307 

Abstract: The Commission adopted 

rules to allow unlicensed radio 

transmitters to operate in the broadcast 

television spectrum at locations where 

that spectrum is not being used by 

licensed services. (This unused TV 

spectrum is often termed ‘‘white 

spaces.’’) This action will make a 

significant amount of spectrum 

available for new and innovative 

products and services, including 

broadband data and other services for 

businesses and consumers. The actions 

taken are a conservative first step that 

includes many safeguards to prevent 

harmful interference to incumbent 

communications services. Moreover, the 

Commission will closely oversee the 

development and introduction of these 

devices to the market and will take 

whatever actions may be necessary to 

avoid and, if necessary, correct any 

interference that may occur. The Second 

Memorandum Opinion and Order 

finalizes rules to make the unused 

spectrum in the TV bands available for 

unlicensed broadband wireless devices. 

This particular spectrum has excellent 

propagation characteristics that allow 

signals to reach farther and penetrate 

walls and other structures. Access to 

this spectrum could enable more 

powerful public internet connections— 

super Wi-Fi hot spots—with extended 

range, fewer dead spots, and improved 

individual speeds as a result of reduced 

congestion on existing networks. This 

type of ‘‘opportunistic use’’ of spectrum 

has great potential for enabling access to 

other spectrum bands and improving 

spectrum efficiency. The Commission’s 

actions here are expected to spur 

investment and innovation in 

applications and devices that will be 

used not only in the TV band, but 

eventually in other frequency bands as 

well. This Order addressed five 

petitions for reconsideration of the 

Commission’s decisions in the Second 

Memorandum Opinion and Order 

(‘‘Second MO&O’’) in these proceeding 

and modified rules in certain respects. 

In particular, the Commission: (1) 

increased the maximum height above 

average terrain (HAAT) for sites where 

fixed devices may operate; (2) modified 

the adjacent channel emission limits to 

specify fixed rather than relative levels; 

and (3) slightly increased the maximum 

permissible power spectral density 

(PSD) for each category of TV bands 

device. These changes will result in 

decreased operating costs for fixed 

TVBDs and allow them to provide 

greater coverage, thus increasing the 

availability of wireless broadband 

services in rural and underserved areas 

without increasing the risk of 

interference to incumbent services. The 

Commission also revised and amended 

several of its rules to better effectuate 

the Commission’s earlier decisions in 

this docket and to remove ambiguities. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 06/18/04 69 FR 34103 

First R&O ............ 11/17/06 71 FR 66876 

FNPRM ............... 11/17/06 71 FR 66897 

R&O and MO&O 02/17/09 74 FR 7314 

Petitions for Reconsideration.04/13/09 74 FR 16870 

Second MO&O .... 12/06/10 75 FR 75814 

Petitions for Reconsideration.02/09/11 76 FR 7208 

2 Order on Reconsideration, 

FNPRM, and 

Order.

05/17/12 77 FR 29236 

FNPRM—Proposed Rule.06/01/22 87 FR 33109 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Hugh Van Tuyl, 

Electronics Engineer, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–7506, Fax: 202 418– 

1944, Email: hugh.vantuyl@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AI52 

532. Use of the 5.850–5.925 GHz Band; 

(ET Docket No. 19–138), FCC 19–129 

[3060–AK96] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 1; 47 U.S.C. 

4(i); 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 302; 47 

U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 316; 47 U.S.C. 332; 

47 CFR 1.411 

Abstract: In this proceeding, we 

repurpose 45 megahertz of the 5.850– 

5.925 GHz band (the 5.9 GHz band) to 

allow for the expansion of unlicensed 

mid-band spectrum operations, while 

continuing to dedicate 30 megahertz of 

spectrum for vital intelligent 


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transportation system (ITS) operations. 

In addition, to promote the most 

efficient and effective use of this ITS 

spectrum, we are requiring the ITS 

service to use cellular vehicle-toeverything (C–V2X) based technology at 

the end of a transition period. By 

splitting the 5.9 GHz band between 

unlicensed and ITS uses, today’s 

decision puts the 5.9 GHz band in the 

best position to serve the needs of the 

American public. 

In the Further Notice, the Commission 

addresses issues remaining to finalize 

the restructuring of the 5.9 GHz band. 

Specifically, the Commission addresses: 

The transition of ITS operations in the 

5.895–5.925 GHz band from Dedicated 

Short Range Communications (DSRC) 

based technology to Cellular Vehicle-toEverything (C–V2X) based technology; 

the codification of C–V2X technical 

parameters in the Commission’s rules; 

other transition considerations; and the 

transmitter power and emissions limits, 

and other issues, related to full-power 

outdoor unlicensed operations across 

the entire 5.850–5.895 GHz portion of 

the 5.9 GHz band. The Commission 

modified the Further Notice released on 

November 20, 2020, with an Erratum 

released on December 11, 2020. The 

Commission released a Second Erratum 

on February 9, 2021. The corrections 

from these errata are included in this 

document. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 02/06/20 85 FR 6841 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/09/20 

FNPRM ............... 05/03/21 86 FR 23323 

R&O & Order of 

Proposed Modification.

05/03/21 86 FR 23281 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Howard Griboff, 

Attorney Advisor, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0657, Fax: 202 418– 

2824, Email: howard.griboff@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK96 

533. Unlicensed White Space Device 

Operations in the Television Bands, ET 

Docket No. 20–36 [3060–AL22] 

Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C.154(i); 47 

U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 302a; 47 U.S.C. 

303; 47 U.S.C. 1.407 and 1.411 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission revises its rules to provide 

additional opportunities for unlicensed 

white space devices operating in the 

broadcast television bands (TV bands) to 

deliver wireless broadband services in 

rural areas and applications associated 

with the Internet of Things (IoT). This 

region of the spectrum has excellent 

propagation characteristics that make it 

particularly attractive for delivering 

communications services over long 

distances, coping with variations in 

terrain, as well as providing coverage 

into and within buildings. We offer 

several proposals to spur continued 

growth of the white space device 

ecosystem, especially for providing 

affordable broadband service to rural 

and underserved communities that can 

help close the digital divide. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 04/03/20 85 FR 18901 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/03/20 

Report & Order ... 01/12/21 86 FR 2278 

R&O—Final Rule 01/12/21 86 FR 2278 

FNPRM—Proposed Rule.02/25/21 86 FR 11490 

2nd Order on 

Recon, 

FNPRM, and 

Order.

06/01/22 87 FR 33109 

Order of Reconsideration, 

R&O, MO&O— 

Final Rule.

05/22/23 88 FR 32682 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Hugh Van Tuyl, 

Electronics Engineer, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–7506, Fax: 202 418– 

1944, Email: hugh.vantuyl@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL22 

534. Protecting Against National 

Security Threats to the 

Communications Supply Chain 

Through the Equipment Authorization 

and Competitive Bidding Programs; ET 

Docket No. 21–232, EA Docket No. 21– 

233 [3060–AL23] 

Legal Authority: secs. 4(i), 301, 302, 

303, 309(j), 312, and 316 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. secs. 154(i), 301, 

302a, 303, 309(j), 312, 316, and sec. 

1.411 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission proposes prohibiting the 

authorization of any communications 

equipment on the list of equipment and 

services (Covered List) that the 

Commission maintains pursuant to the 

Secure and Trusted Communications 

Networks Act of 2019. Such equipment 

has been found to pose an unacceptable 

risk to the national security of the 

United States or the security and safety 

of United States persons. We also seek 

comment on whether and under what 

circumstances we should revoke any 

existing authorizations of such covered 

communications equipment. We invite 

comment on whether we should require 

additional certifications relating to 

national security from applicants who 

wish to participate in Commission 

auctions. In the Notice of Inquiry, we 

seek comment on other actions the 

Commission should consider taking to 

create incentives in its equipment 

authorization processes for improved 

trust through the adoption of 

cybersecurity best practices in consumer 

devices. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM and NOI ... 08/19/21 86 FR 46644 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/20/21 

Report & Order 

and FNPRM.

11/25/22 

FNPRM—Proposed Rule.03/08/23 88 FR 14312 

Report & Order— 

Final Rule.

02/06/23 88 FR 7592 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Jamie Coleman, 

Attorney Advisor, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–2705, Email: 

jaime.coleman@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL23 

535. Wireless Microphones in the TV 

Bands (ET Docket No. 21–115), 600 

MHz Guard Band, 600 MHz Duplex 

Gap, and the 941.5–944 MHz, 944–952 

MHz, 952.850–956.250 MHz, 956.45– 

959.85 MHz, 1435–1525 MHz [3060– 

AL27] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. secs. 154(i), 

201, 302a, 303, and secs. 1.407 and 

1.411 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission seeks to enhance the 

spectral efficiency of wireless 

microphones by permitting a recently 

developed type of wireless microphone 

system, termed herein as a Wireless 

Multi-Channel Audio System (WMAS), 

to operate in certain frequency bands. 

This emerging technology would enable 

more wireless microphones to operate 

in the spectrum available for wireless 

microphone operations, and thus 


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advances an important Commission goal 

of promoting efficient spectrum use. 

The Commission proposes to revise the 

applicable technical rules for operation 

of low-power auxiliary station (LPAS) 

devices to permit WMAS to operate in 

the broadcast television (TV) bands and 

other LPAS frequency bands on a 

licensed basis. The Commission also 

proposes to update the existing LPAS 

and wireless microphone rules to reflect 

the end of the post-Incentive auction 

transition period and update references 

to international wireless microphone 

standards. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 07/01/21 86 FR 35046 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

08/02/21 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Hugh Van Tuyl, 

Electronics Engineer, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–7506, Fax: 202 418– 

1944, Email: hugh.vantuyl@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL27 

536. FCC Seeks To Enable State-of-theArt Radar Sensors in 60 GHz Band (ET 

Docket No. 21–264) [3060–AL36] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 201, 

302a, 303, and secs. 1.407 and 1.411 

Abstract: In this preceding, the 

Commission proposes to revise the 

Commission’s rules to provide 

expanded operational flexibility to 

unlicensed field disturbance sensor 

(FDS) devices (e.g., radars) that operate 

in the 57–64 GHz band (60 GHz band). 

The Commission’s proposal recognizes 

the increasing practicality of using 

mobile radar devices in the 60 GHz 

band to perform innovative and lifesaving functions, including gesture 

control, detection of unattended 

children in vehicles, and monitoring of 

vulnerable medical patients, and it is 

designed to stimulate the development 

of new products and services in a wide 

variety of areas to include, for example, 

personal safety, autonomous vehicles, 

home automation, environmental 

control, and healthcare monitoring, 

while also ensuring coexistence among 

unlicensed FDS devices and current and 

future unlicensed communications 

devices in the 60 GHz band. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 08/19/21 86 FR 46661 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

10/18/21 

Report and 

Order—Final 

Rule.

07/24/23 88 FR 47384 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Anh Wride, 

Electronics Engineer, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street SW, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0577, Fax: 202 418– 

1944, Email: anh.wride@fcc.gov. 

Thomas Struble, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–2470, Email: 

thomas.struble@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL36 

537. FCC Proposes To Update 

Equipment Authorization Rules To 

Incorporate New and Revised Industry 

Standards, (ET Docket No. 21–363) 

[3060–AL39] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 301, 

302a, 303, and secs. 1.407 and 1.411 

Abstract: We propose targeted 

updates to our rules to incorporate four 

new and updated standards that are 

integral to the testing of equipment and 

accreditation of laboratories that test RF 

devices. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 03/17/22 87 FR 15180 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/16/22 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Brian Butler, 

Engineer, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

2702, Email: brian.butler@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL39 

538. Allocation of Spectrum for NonFederal Space Launch Operations (ET 

Docket No. 13–115) [3060–AL44] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151. 152, 

154(i), 155(c), 301, 303(c), 303(f), and 

303(r) 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Federal Communications Commission 

(Commission) takes steps towards 

establishing a spectrum allocation and 

licensing framework that will provide 

regulatory certainty and improved 

efficiency and that will promote 

innovation and investment in the 

United States commercial space launch 

industry. In the Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission 

seeks comment on the definition of 

space launch operations, the potential 

allocation of spectrum for the 

commercial space launch industry, 

including the 420–430 MHz, 2025–2110 

MHz, and 5650–5925 MHz bands. In 

addition, the Commission seeks 

comment on establishing service rules, 

including licensing and technical rules 

and coordination procedures, for the use 

of spectrum for commercial space 

launch operations. Finally, the 

Commission seeks to refresh the record 

on potential ways to facilitate Federal 

use of commercial satellite services in 

what are currently non-Federal satellite 

bands and enable more robust federal 

use of the 399.9–400.05 MHz band. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM and NOI ... 07/01/13 78 FR 39200 

FNPRM—Proposed Rule.06/10/21 86 FR 30860 

Report & Order— 

Final Rule.

06/28/21 86 FR 33902 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Nicholas Oros, 

Supervisory Attorney Advisor, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0636, Email: 

nicholas.oros@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL44 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION (FCC) 

International Bureau 

Long-Term Actions 

539. Update to Parts 2 and 25 

Concerning Nongeostationary, FixedSatellite Service Systems, and Related 

Matters: IB Docket No. I6–408 [3060– 

AK59] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 

U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 316 

Abstract: On January 11, 2017, the 

Commission began a rulemaking to 

update its rules and policies concerning 

non-geostationary-satellite orbit 

(NGSO), fixed-satellite service (FSS) 

systems and related matters. The 

Commission proposed among other 

things, to provide for more flexible use 


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of the 17.8–20.2 GHz bands for FSS, 

promote shared use of spectrum among 

NGSO FSS satellite systems, and 

remove unnecessary design restrictions 

on NGSO FSS systems. The Commission 

subsequently adopted a Report and 

Order establishing new sharing criteria 

among NGSO FSS systems and 

providing additional flexibility for FSS 

spectrum use. The Commission also 

released a Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking proposing to remove the 

domestic coverage requirement for 

NGSO FSS systems and later adopted a 

Second Report and Order removing this 

requirement. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 01/11/17 82 FR 3258 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/10/17 

FNPRM ............... 11/15/17 82 FR 52869 

R&O .................... 12/18/17 82 FR 59972 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/02/18 

2nd R&O ............. 02/21/21 86 FR 11642 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Clay DeCell, 

Attorney Advisor, Federal 

Communications Commission, 

International Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

0803, Email: clay.decell@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK59 

540. Amendment of Parts 2 and 25 of 

the FCC Rules To Facilitate the Use of 

Earth Stations in Motion 

Communicating With Geostationary 

Orbit Space Stations in FSS Bands: IB 

Docket No. 17–95 [3060–AK84] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 

U.S.C. 157(a); 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 

308(b); 47 U.S.C. 316 

Abstract: In June 2017, the 

Commission began a rulemaking to 

streamline, consolidate, and harmonize 

rules governing earth stations in motion 

(ESIMs) used to provide satellite-based 

services on ships, airplanes and vehicles 

communicating with geostationarysatellite orbit (GSO), fixed-satellite 

service (FSS) satellite systems. In 

September 2018, the Commission 

adopted rules governing 

communications of ESIMs with GSO 

satellites. These rules addressed 

communications in the conventional 

C-, Ku-, and Ka-bands, as well as 

portions of the extended Ku-band. At 

the same time, the Commission also 

released a Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking that sought comment on 

allowing ESIMs to operate in all of the 

frequency bands in which earth stations 

at fixed locations operating in GSO FSS 

satellite networks can be blanketlicensed. Specifically, comment was 

sought on expanding the frequencies 

available for communications of ESIMs 

with GSO FSS satellites to include the 

following frequency bands: 10.7–10.95 

GHz, 11.2–11.45 GHz, 17.8–18.3 GHz, 

18.8–19.3 GHz, 19.3–19.4 GHz, 19.6– 

19.7 GHz (space-to-Earth); and 28.6– 

29.1 GHz (Earth-to-space). 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 06/16/17 82 FR 27652 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

08/30/17 

OMB-approval for 

Information Collection of R&O 

Comment Period End.

08/28/18 

FNPRM ............... 07/24/20 85 FR 44818 

R&O .................... 07/24/20 85 FR 44772 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/22/20 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Cindy Spiers, 

Attorney Advisor, Federal 

Communications Commission, 

International Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1593, Email: cindy.spiers@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK84 

541. Facilitating the Communications of 

Earth Stations in Motion With NonGeostationary Orbit Space Stations: IB 

Docket No. 18–315 [3060–AK89] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 

U.S.C. 157(a); 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 

308(b); 47 U.S.C. 316 

Abstract: In November 2018, the 

Commission adopted a notice of 

proposed rulemaking that proposed to 

expand the scope of the Commission’s 

rules governing ESIMs operations to 

cover communications with NGSO FSS 

satellites. Comment was sought on 

establishing a regulatory framework for 

communications of ESIMs with NGSO 

FSS satellites that would be analogous 

to that which exists for ESIMs 

communicating with GSO FSS satellites. 

In this context, comment was sought on: 

(1) allowing ESIMs to communicate in 

many of the same conventional Kuband, extended Ku-band, and Ka-band 

frequencies that were allowed for 

communications of ESIMs with GSO 

FSS satellites (with the exception of the 

18.6–18.8 GHz and 29.25–29.5 GHz 

frequency bands); (2) extending blanket 

licensing to ESIMs communicating with 

NGSO satellites; and (3) revisions to 

specific provisions in the Commission’s 

rules to implement these changes. The 

specific frequency bands for 

communications of ESIMs with NGOS 

FSS satellites on which comment was 

sought are as follows: 10.7–11.7 GHz; 

11.7–12.2 GHz; 14.0–14.5 GHz; 17.8– 

18.3 GHz; 18.3–18.6 GHz; 18.8–19.3 

GHz; 19.3–19.4 GHz; 19.6–19.7 GHz; 

19.7–20.2 GHz; 28.35–28.6 GHz; 28.6– 

29.1 GHz; and 29.5–30.0 GHz. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 12/28/18 83 FR 67180 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/13/19 

R&O .................... 07/24/20 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Cindy Spiers, 

Attorney Advisor, Federal 

Communications Commission, 

International Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1593, Email: cindy.spiers@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK89 

542. Space Innovation; Mitigation of 

Orbital Debris in the New Space Age: IB 

Docket Nos. 18–313, 22–271 [3060– 

AK90] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 

U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 302; 

47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 

308; 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 310; 47 

U.S.C. 319; 47 U.S.C. 332; 47 U.S.C. 336; 

47 U.S.C. 605; 47 U.S.C. 721 

Abstract: The Commission’s current 

orbital debris rules were first adopted in 

2004. Since then, significant changes 

have occurred in satellite technologies 

and market conditions, particularly in 

Low Earth Orbit, i.e., below 2000 

kilometers altitude. These changes 

include the increasing use of lower cost 

small satellites and proposals to deploy 

large constellations of non-geostationary 

satellite orbit (NGSO) systems, some 

involving thousands of satellites. 

The NPRM proposes changes to 

improve disclosure of debris mitigation 

plans. The NPRM also makes proposals 

and seeks comment related to satellite 

disposal reliability and methodology, 

appropriate deployment altitudes in 

low-Earth-orbit, and on-orbit lifetime, 

with a particular focus on large NGSO 

satellite constellations. Other aspects of 

the NPRM include new rule proposals 

for geostationary orbit satellite (GSO) 

license term extension requests, and 

consideration of disclosure 


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requirements related to several emerging 

technologies and new types of 

commercial operations, including 

rendezvous and proximity operations. 

The Report and Order in this 

proceeding adopted a number of these 

proposals. In addition a Further Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking sought 

comment on topics such as collision 

risk and casualty risk for multi-satellite 

systems, de-orbit timelines, 

maneuverability requirements, and 

indemnification and post mission 

disposal bond issues. The Commission 

issued a Second Report and Order 

adopting a 5-year de-orbit timeframe for 

satellites ending their missions in or 

passing through the low-Earth Orbit 

region. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 02/19/19 84 FR 4742 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/06/19 

R&O .................... 08/25/20 85 FR 52422 

FNPRM ............... 08/25/20 85 FR 52455 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

10/09/20 

Second R&O ....... 09/29/22 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Alexandra Horn, 

Attorney Advisor, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–1376, Email: 

alexandra.horn@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK90 

543. Process Reform for Executive 

Branch Review of Certain FCC 

Applications and Petitions Involving 

Foreign Ownership, IB Docket No. 16– 

155 [3060–AL12] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(l); 47 

U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 214; 47 U.S.C. 

303; 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 310; 47 

U.S.C. 413; 47 U.S.C. 34–39; E.O. 10530; 

3 U.S.C. 301 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission considers rules and 

procedures that streamline and improve 

the timeliness and transparency of the 

process by which the Commission refers 

certain applications and petitions for 

declaratory ruling to the Executive 

Branch agencies for assessment of any 

national security, law enforcement, 

foreign policy or trade policy issues 

related to foreign investment in the 

applicants and petitioners. The 

Commission, in this proceeding, also 

adopted Standard Questions that certain 

applicants with reportable foreign 

ownership will be required to answer as 

part of the Executive Branch review 

process of their applications. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 06/24/16 81 FR 46870 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/02/16 

Public Notice ....... 04/27/20 85 FR 29914 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

09/02/20 

Report & Order ... 10/01/20 85 FR 76360 

Public Notice ....... 12/30/20 85 FR 12312 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

04/19/21 

Secord Report 

and Order 

Adopted.

09/30/21 86 FR 68428 

Second R&O Released.10/01/21 86 FR 68428 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Arthur T. Lechtman, 

Attorney Advisor, Federal 

Communications Commission, 

International Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1465, Fax: 202 418–0175, Email: 

arthur.lechtman@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL12 

544. Parts 2 and 25 to Enable GSO FSS 

in the 17.3–17.8 GHz Band, Modernize 

Rules for 17/24 GHz BSS Space 

Stations, and Establish Off-Axis Uplink 

Power Limits for Extended KA-Band 

FSS (IB Doc. No. 20–330) [3060–AL28] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 

U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 309(j) 

Abstract: This item addresses the 

addition of an allocation in the 17.3– 

17.7 GHz and 17.7–17.8 GHz bands to 

the fixed-satellite service in the spaceto-Earth direction. The Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking proposes to add 

these allocations to the U.S. Table of 

Frequency Allocations (non-Federal), 

and proposes modification of existing 

technical rules to prevent harmful 

interference between services in these 

bands. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 02/01/21 86 FR 7660 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/03/21 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

03/18/21 

R&O .................... 09/03/22 

Action Date FR Cite 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Stephanie Neville, 

Attorney Advisor, International Bureau, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–1672, Email: 

stephanie.neville@fcc.gov. 

Sean O’More, Attorney Advisor, 

International Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 245 418–2453, Email: 

sean.omore@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL28 

545. Revising Spectrum Sharing Rules 

for Non-Geostationary Orbit, FixedSatellite Service Systems: IB Docket No. 

21–456 [3060–AL41] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 

U.S.C. 157(a); 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 

308(b); 47 U.S.C. 316 

Abstract: In 2021, the Commission 

released a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment 

on revisions to the spectrum sharing 

requirements among non-geostationary 

satellite orbit (NGSO), fixed-satellite 

service (FSS) systems. The NPRM 

proposed that the Commission’s existing 

spectrum sharing mechanism for NGSO 

FSS systems will be limited to those 

systems approved in the same 

processing round. The NPRM also 

proposed to adopt a rule providing that 

later-round NGSO FSS systems will 

have to protect earlier-round systems, 

and invited comment on how to define 

such protection. In addition, the NPRM 

sought comment on whether to sunset, 

after a period of time, the interference 

protection afforded to an NGSO FSS 

system because of its processing round 

status. 

In 2023, the Commission released a 

Report and Order (R&O) in this 

proceeding. The R&O adopted rules 

clarifying protection obligations 

between NGSO FSS systems authorized 

through different processing rounds by 

using a degraded throughput 

methodology, and subjected those 

protections to a sunset period. After the 

sunset period, new entrants authorized 

in later processing rounds would share 

spectrum on an equal basis with earlierround incumbents. The R&O also 

clarified that all NGSO FSS operators 

licensed or granted market access in the 

United States must coordinate with each 

other in good faith, regardless of their 

processing round status, and explained 

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Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(FNPRM), the Commission sought 

comment on which specific metrics 

should be used to define the protection 

afforded to an earlier-round NGSO FSS 

system from a later-round system, and 

sought specific comment on 

implementation of the degraded 

throughput methodology. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 01/24/22 87 FR 3481 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/25/22 

Report and Order 06/20/23 88 FR 39783 

FNPRM ............... 06/21/23 88 FR 40142 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/05/23 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Clay DeCell, 

Attorney Advisor, Federal 

Communications Commission, 

International Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

0803, Email: clay.decell@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL41 

546. Expediting Initial Processing of 

Satellite and Earth Station 

Applications; Space Innovation (IB 

Docket Nos. 22–411 and 22–271) [3060– 

AL51] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 

157(a); 47 U.S.C. 303 and 308(b) 

Abstract: In December 2022, the 

Commission adopted a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking to seek comment 

on changes to its rules, policies, or 

practices to facilitate the acceptance for 

filing of satellite and earth station 

applications under 47 CFR part 25. The 

Commission proposed to revise a 

procedural rule to formally allow 

consideration of satellite for 

applications and petitions that request 

waiver of the Table of Frequency 

Allocations to operate in a frequency 

band without an international 

allocation. The Commission also sought 

comment on typical processing 

timeframes for satellite applications. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 01/17/23 88 FR 2590 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/03/23 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Julia Malette, 

Attorney Advisor, Space Bureau, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–2453, Email: 

julia.malette@fcc.gov. 

Clay DeCell, Attorney Advisor, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

International Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

0803, Email: clay.decell@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL51 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION (FCC) 

Media Bureau 

Long-Term Actions 

547. Revision of EEO Rules and Policies 

(MB Docket No. 98–204) [3060–AH95] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 257; 47 U.S.C. 301; 

47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307 to 309; 47 

U.S.C. 334; 47 U.S.C. 403; 47 U.S.C. 554 

Abstract: FCC authority to govern 

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) 

responsibilities of cable television 

operators was codified in the Cable 

Communications Policy Act of 1984. 

This authority was extended to 

television broadcast licensees and other 

multi-channel video programming 

distributors (MVPDs) in the Cable and 

Television Consumer Protection Act of 

1992. In the Second Report and Order, 

the FCC adopted new EEO rules and 

policies. This action was in response to 

a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals 

for the District of Columbia Circuit that 

found prior EEO rules unconstitutional. 

The Third Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) requested 

comment as to the applicability of the 

EEO rules to part-time employees. The 

Third Report and Order adopted revised 

forms for broadcast station and MVPD 

Annual Employment Reports. The 2021 

NPRM sought to update the existing 

record. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 01/14/02 67 FR 1704 

Second R&O and 

Third NPRM.

01/07/03 68 FR 670 

Correction ............ 01/13/03 68 FR 1657 

Fourth NPRM ...... 06/23/04 69 FR 34986 

Third R&O ........... 06/23/04 69 FR 34950 

FNPRM ............... 08/31/21 86 FR 48610 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/30/21 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Radhika Karmarkar, 

Chief, Industry Analysis Division, 

Media Bureau, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1523, Email: radhika.karmarkar@

fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AH95 

548. Establishment of Rules for Digital 

Low-Power Television, Television 

Translator, and Television Booster 

Stations (MB Docket No. 03–185) [3060– 

AI38] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 

U.S.C. 336 

Abstract: This proceeding initiated 

the digital television conversion for lowpower television (LPTV) and television 

translator stations. The rules and 

policies adopted as a result of this 

proceeding provide the framework for 

these stations’ conversion from analog 

to digital broadcasting. The revised 

rules reflect an effort to simplify, 

streamline, and modernize existing 

rules and procedures that will enable 

stations to comply with licensing 

requirements more easily through 

familiar and low-cost measures. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 09/26/03 68 FR 55566 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

11/25/03 

R&O .................... 11/29/04 69 FR 69325 

FNPRM and 

MO&O.

10/18/10 75 FR 63766 

2nd R&O ............. 07/07/11 76 FR 44821 

3rd NPRM ........... 11/28/14 79 FR 70824 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

12/29/14 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

01/12/15 

3rd R&O .............. 02/01/16 81 FR 5041 

4th NPRM ........... 02/01/16 81 FR 5086 

Comment Period 

End.

02/22/16 

NPRM .................. 12/23/19 84 FR 70489 

5th NPRM ........... 06/17/22 87 FR 36440 

Report and Order 05/12/23 88 FR 30654 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Shaun Maher, 

Attorney, Video Division, Federal 

Communications Commission, Media 

Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 

20554, Phone: 202 418–2324, Fax: 202 

418–2827, Email: shaun.maher@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AI38 


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549. Authorizing Permissive Use of the 

‘‘Next Generation’’ Broadcast 

Television Standard (GN Docket No. 

16–142) [3060–AK56] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C. 301; 

47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307 to 309; 47 

U.S.C. 316; 47 U.S.C. 319; 47 U.S.C. 

325(b); 47 U.S.C. 336; 47 U.S.C. 399(b); 

47 U.S.C. 403; 47 U.S.C. 534; 47 U.S.C. 

535 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission seeks to authorize 

television broadcasters to use the ‘‘Next 

Generation’’ ATSC 3.0 broadcast 

television transmission standard on a 

voluntary, market-driven basis, while 

they continue to deliver currentgeneration digital television broadcast 

service to their viewers. In the Report 

and Order, the Commission adopted 

rules to afford broadcasters flexibility to 

deploy ATSC 3.0-based transmissions, 

while minimizing the impact on, and 

costs to, consumers and other industry 

stakeholders. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 03/10/17 82 FR 13285 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/09/17 

FNPRM ............... 12/20/17 82 FR 60350 

R&O .................... 02/02/18 83 FR 4998 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/20/18 

FNPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

03/20/18 

NPRM .................. 05/13/20 85 FR 28586 

2nd R&O Order 

on Recon.

07/17/20 85 FR 43478 

Report & Order ... 04/22/21 86 FR 21217 

FNPRM ............... 12/13/21 86 FR 70793 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/11/22 

3rd FNPRM ......... 07/07/22 87 FR 40464 

3rd R&O .............. 07/17/23 88 FR 45347 

4th FNPRM ......... 07/17/23 88 FR 45378 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Ty Bream, Attorney 

Advisor, Industry Analysis Div., Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0644, Email: ty.bream@

fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK56 

550. 2018 Quadrennial Regulatory 

Review of the Commission’s Broadcast 

Ownership Rules (MB Docket 18–349) 

[3060–AK77] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 152(a); 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 

257; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 

U.S.C. 309 and 310; 47 U.S.C. 403; sec. 

202(h) of the Telecommunications Act 

Abstract: Section 202(h) of the 

Telecommunications Act of 1996 

requires the Commission to review its 

broadcast ownership rules every 4 years 

and to determine whether any such 

rules are necessary in the public interest 

as the result of competition. The rules 

subject to review in the 2018 

quadrennial review are the Local Radio 

Ownership Rule, the Local Television 

Ownership Rule, and the Dual Network 

Rule. The Commission also sought 

comment on potential pro-diversity 

proposals including extending cable 

procurement requirements to 

broadcasters, adopting formulas aimed 

at creating media ownership limits that 

promote diversity, and developing a 

model for market-based, tradeable 

diversity credits to serve as an 

alternative method for setting 

ownership limits. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 02/28/19 84 FR 6741 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Radhika Karmarkar, 

Chief, Industry Analysis Division, 

Media Bureau, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1523, Email: radhika.karmarkar@

fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK77 

551. Equal Employment Opportunity 

Enforcement (MB Docket 19–177) 

[3060–AK86] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 

334; 47 U.S.C. 554 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission seeks comment on ways in 

which it can make improvements to 

equal employment opportunity (EEO) 

compliance and enforcement. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 07/22/19 84 FR 35063 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Radhika Karmarkar, 

Chief, IAD, Media Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–1523, Email: 

radhika.karmarkar@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK86 

552. Duplication of Programming on 

Commonly Owned Radio Stations (MB 

Docket No. 19–310) [3060–AL19] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j) and 303(r); 47 

U.S.C. 303(r) 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission eliminated the radio 

duplication rule. The rule bars sameservice (AM or FM) commercial radio 

stations from duplicating more than 

25% of their total hours of programming 

in an average broadcast week if the 

stations have 50% or more contours 

overlap and are commonly owned or 

subject to a time brokerage agreement. 

Petitions for reconsideration are 

pending. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 12/23/19 84 FR 70485 

Report & Order ... 10/22/20 85 FR 67303 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Radhika Karmarkar, 

Chief, Industry Analysis Division, 

Media Bureau, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1523, Email: radhika.karmarkar@

fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL19 

553. Sponsorship Identification 

Requirements for Foreign GovernmentProvided Programming (MB Docket No. 

20–299) [3060–AL20] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 

154 ; 47 U.S.C. 155; 47 U.S.C. 301 and 

303; 47 U.S.C. 307 and 309 ; 47 U.S.C. 

310; 47 U.S.C. 334; 47 U.S.C. 336 and 

339 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission modifies its rules to require 

specific disclosure requirements for 

broadcast programming that is paid for, 

or provided by a foreign government or 

its representative. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 11/24/20 85 FR 74955 

R&O .................... 06/17/21 86 FR 32221 

Second NPRM .... 11/17/22 87 FR 68960 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

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Agency Contact: Radhika Karmarkar, 

Chief, IAD, Media Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–1523, Email: 

radhika.karmarkar@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL20 

554. FM Broadcast Booster Stations 

(MB Docket 20–401) [3060–AL21] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154 and 157; 47 U.S.C. 301 to 

303; 47 U.S.C. 307 to 309; 47 U.S.C. 316 

and 319; 47 U.S.C. 324 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission seeks comment on a 

proposal to amend its rules to enable 

FM broadcasters to use FM booster 

stations to air geo-targeted content (e.g., 

news, weather, and advertisements) 

independent of the signals of its primary 

station within different portions of the 

primary station’s protected service 

contour for a limited period of time 

during the broadcast hour. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 01/11/21 86 FR 1909 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Al Shuldiner, Chief, 

Audio Div., Media Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–2700, Email: 

albert.shuldiner@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL21 

555. Amendment of Part 73 Rules To 

Update Television and Class A 

Television Broadcast Station Rules, and 

Rules Applicable to all Broadcast 

Stations (MB Docket No. 22–227) [3060– 

AL50] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 

154; 47 U.S.C. 301 and 303; 47 U.S.C. 

307 to 308; 47 U.S.C. 309 to 310; 47 

U.S.C. 316 and 319; 47 U.S.C. 336 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission proposes to adopt revisions 

to rules in part 0, part 27, subparts E, 

H, I, J, and L of part 73, and certain parts 

of parts 74 and 90 in light of the fact that 

all television services have ceased 

analog operations. The Commission 

proposes to eliminate entire rules and 

portions of rules that provide for analogto-analog and analog-to-digital 

interference protection requirements 

and other analog operating 

requirements. The Commission 

proposes to amend section headings and 

language in rules to remove references 

to DTV, digital, and analog television 

service, as these distinctions are no 

longer necessary. The Commission also 

propose to delete outdated rules that are 

no longer valid given changes in 

Commission-adopted policy. The 

Commission also proposes other nonsubstantive, technical revisions. The 

Commission also proposes to update 

rules to reference the current 

designation for form numbers (e.g., FCC 

Form 2100) and by requiring electronic 

filing in the Commission’s Licensing 

and Management System. The 

Commission also propose to make 

corrections or updates, inter alia, to 

section headings, spelling, contact 

information, and rule cross-references, 

or to language inadvertently omitted 

from a rule. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 02/09/23 88 FR 8636 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Joyce Bernstein, 

Attorney Advisor, Media Bureau, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–1647, Email: 

joyce.bernstein@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL50 

556. • Implementation of the Low 

Power Protection Act, MB Docket No. 

23–126 [3060–AL63] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 

152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47 

U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307 and 309; 47 

U.S.C. 311 and 336(f) 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission seeks to implement the 

Low Power Protection Act (LPPA) 

consistent with Congressional direction. 

The LPPA provides certain low power 

television stations with an opportunity 

to apply for primary spectrum use status 

as Class A television stations. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 04/14/23 88 FR 2980 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Kim Matthews, 

Attorney, Policy Division, Federal 

Communications Commission, Media 

Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 

20554, Phone: 202 418–2154, Fax: 202 

418–2053, Email: kim.matthews@

fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL63 

557. • Video Description, MB Docket 

No. 11–43 [3060–AL64] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 613 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission proposes to expand audio 

description requirements to additional 

market areas. The proposed expansion 

would help ensure that a greater number 

of individuals who are blind or visually 

impaired can be connected, informed, 

and entertained by television 

programming. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 03/29/23 88 FR 18505 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Diana Sokolow, 

Attorney, Policy Division, Federal 

Communications Commission, Media 

Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 

20554, Phone: 202 418–2120, Email: 

diana.sokolow@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL64 

558. • 2022 Quadrennial Review of 

Media Ownership Rules, MB Docket 

No. 22–459 [3060–AL65] 

Legal Authority: 202(h) of the 

Telecommunications Act of 1996 

Abstract: Section 202(h) of the 

Telecommunications Act of 1996 

requires the Commission to review its 

media ownership rules every four years 

to determine whether they remain 

necessary in the public interest as the 

result of competition. This proceeding 

will examine the media ownership rules 

in light of the media landscape of 2022 

and beyond. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Public Notice ....... 01/17/23 88 FR 2595 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Ty Bream, Attorney 

Advisor, Industry Analysis Div., Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0644, Email: ty.bream@

fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL65 


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Completed Actions 

559. Preserving Vacant Channels in the

UHF Television Band for Unlicensed

Use; (MB Docket No. 15–146) [3060–

AK43]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C. 301; 

47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 

308; 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 310; 47 

U.S.C. 316; 47 U.S.C. 319; 47 U.S.C. 332; 

47 U.S.C. 336; 47 U.S.C. 403 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission considers proposals to 

preserve vacant television channels in 

the UHF television band for shared use 

by white space devices and wireless 

microphones following the repacking of 

the band after the conclusion of the 

Incentive Auction. In the 2015 NPRM, 

the Commission proposed preserving in 

each area of the country at least one 

vacant television channel. In the 2021 

Report and Order, the Commission 

declined to adopt rules proposed in the 

2015 NPRM. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 07/02/15 80 FR 38158 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

08/03/15 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

08/31/15 

Public Notice ....... 09/01/15 80 FR 52715 

R&O .................... 02/12/21 86 FR 9297 

Order on Recon .. 06/24/22 87 FR 37754 

Withdrawn ........... 08/17/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Shaun Maher, 

Attorney, Video Division, Federal 

Communications Commission, Media 

Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 

20554, Phone: 202 418–2324, Fax: 202 

418–2827, Email: shaun.maher@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK43 

560. Amendment of Part 74 of the

Commission’s Rules Regarding FM

Translator Interference (MB Docket 18–

119) [3060–AK79]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47

U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 301; 

47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 307 to 309; 47 

U.S.C. 316; 47 U.S.C. 319 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission proposes to streamline the 

rules relating to interference caused by 

FM translators and expedite the 

translator complaint resolution process. 

The rule changes are intended to limit 

or avoid protracted and contentious 

interference resolution disputes, 

provide translator licensees both 

additional flexibility to remediate 

interference and additional investment 

certainty, and allow earlier and 

expedited resolution of interference 

complaints by affected stations. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM .................. 06/06/18 83 FR 26229 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

07/06/18 

R&O .................... 06/14/19 84 FR 27734 

Withdrawn ........... 08/17/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Christine Goepp, 

Attorney, Audio Div., Media Bureau, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–7834, Email: 

christine.geopp@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK79 

561. Use of Common Antenna Site (MB

Docket No. 19–282) [3060–AK99]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 

303(r); 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 309 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission eliminates the common 

antenna siting rules for FM and TV 

broadcaster applicants and licensees are 

necessary given the current broadcasting 

marketplace. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

R&O .................... 08/16/19 84 FR 41947 

FNPRM ............... 11/06/19 84 FR 59756 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

12/06/19 

NPRM .................. 08/05/20 85 FR 

R&O (release 

date).

08/05/20 

Withdrawn ........... 08/17/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Kim Matthews, 

Attorney, Policy Division, Federal 

Communications Commission, Media 

Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 

20554, Phone: 202 418–2154, Fax: 202 

418–2053, Email: kim.matthews@

fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK99 

562. Updating Broadcast Radio

Technical Rules (MB Docket 21–263)

[3060–AL26]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. secs. 151, 

154(i), 154(j), 301, 303, 307, 308, 309, 

316, and 319 

Abstract: This proceeding was 

initiated to update the Commission’s 

rules for the broadcast radio services by 

eliminating or amending outmoded or 

unnecessary regulations. This update 

ensures that the Commission’s rules are 

accurate, reducing any potential 

confusion and alleviating unnecessary 

burdens. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM .................. 07/12/21 86 FR 43145 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/07/21 

R&O .................... 03/18/22 87 FR 15339 

Withdrawn ........... 08/17/23 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Christine Goepp, 

Attorney Advisor, Media Bureau, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–7834, Email: christine.

goepp@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL26 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION (FCC) 

Office of Managing Director 

Long-Term Actions 

563. Assessment and Collection of

Regulatory Fees [3060–AK64]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 159 

Abstract: Section 9 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended (47 U.S.C. 159), requires the 

Federal Communications Commission 

to recover the cost of its activities by 

assessing and collecting annual 

regulatory fees from beneficiaries of the 

activities. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM .................. 06/06/17 82 FR 26019 

R&O .................... 09/22/17 82 FR 44322 

NPRM .................. 06/14/18 83 FR 27846 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

06/21/18 

R&O .................... 09/18/18 83 FR 47079 

NPRM .................. 06/05/19 84 FR 26234 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

06/07/19 

R&O .................... 09/26/19 84 FR 50890 

NPRM .................. 05/08/20 85 FR 32256 

R&O .................... 06/22/20 85 FR 37364 

NPRM .................. 05/13/21 86 FR 26262 

R&O .................... 05/17/21 86 FR 26677 

NPRM .................. 09/21/21 86 FR 52429 

R&O .................... 09/22/21 86 FR 52742 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

10/21/21 

NPRM .................. 06/28/22 87 FR 38588 

Report & Order ... 09/14/22 87 FR 56494 

NPRM .................. 06/01/23 88 FR 36154 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

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Action Date FR Cite

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Roland Helvajian, 

Office of the Managing Director, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street SW, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0444 Email: roland.

helvajian@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK64 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION (FCC) 

Public Safety and Homeland Security 

Bureau 

Long-Term Actions 

564. Wireless E911 Location Accuracy

Requirements: PS Docket No. 07–114

[3060–AJ52]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 332 

Abstract: This rulemaking is related to 

the proceedings in which the FCC 

previously acted to improve the quality 

of all emergency services. Wireless 

carriers must provide specific automatic 

location information in connection with 

911 emergency calls to Public Safety 

Answering Points (PSAPs). Wireless 

licensees must satisfy enhanced 911 

location accuracy standards at either a 

county-based or a PSAP-based 

geographic level. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 06/20/07 72 FR 33948 

R&O .................... 02/14/08 73 FR 8617 

Public Notice ....... 09/25/08 73 FR 55473 

FNPRM; NOI ....... 11/02/10 75 FR 67321 

Public Notice ....... 11/18/09 74 FR 59539 

2nd R&O ............. 11/18/10 75 FR 70604 

Second NPRM .... 08/04/11 76 FR 47114 

Second NPRM 

Comment Period End.

11/02/11 

Final Rule ............ 04/28/11 76 FR 23713 

NPRM, 3rd R&O, 

and 2nd 

FNPRM.

09/28/11 76 FR 59916 

3rd FNPRM ......... 03/28/14 79 FR 17820 

Order Extending 

Comment Period.

06/10/14 79 FR 33163 

3rd FNPRM Comment Period 

End.

07/14/14 

Public Notice (Release Date).11/20/14 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

12/17/14 

4th R&O .............. 03/04/15 80 FR 11806 

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule ............ 08/03/15 80 FR 45897 

Order Granting 

Waiver.

07/10/17 

NPRM .................. 09/26/18 83 FR 54180 

4th NPRM ........... 03/18/19 84 FR 13211 

5th R&O .............. 01/16/20 85 FR 2660 

5th NPRM ........... 01/16/20 85 FR 2683 

5th NPRM Comment Period 

End.

03/16/20 

6th R&O and 

Order on Recon.

08/28/20 85 FR 53234 

Order of Reconsideration.01/01/21 86 FR 8714 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Brenda Boykin, 

Deputy Chief, Policy & Licensing 

Division, Public Safety and Homeland 

Security Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–2062, Email: brenda.

boykin@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AJ52 

565. Improving Outage Reporting for

Submarine Cables and Enhancing

Submarine Cable Outage Data; GN

Docket No. 15–206 [3060–AK39]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 34 to 39; 47 U.S.C. 

301 

Abstract: This proceeding takes steps 

toward assuring the reliability and 

resiliency of submarine cables, a critical 

piece of the Nation’s communications 

infrastructure, by proposing to require 

submarine cable licensees to report to 

the Commission when outages occur 

and communications are disrupted. The 

Commission’s intent is to enhance 

national security and emergency 

preparedness by these actions. In 

December 2019, the Commission 

adopted an Order on Reconsideration 

that modifies the requirement for 

submarine cable licensees to report 

outages to the Commission. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM (Release 

Date).

09/18/15 

R&O .................... 06/24/16 81 FR 52354 

Petitions for 

Recon.

09/08/16 

Petitions for 

Recon—Public 

Comment.

10/17/16 81 FR 75368 

Order on Recon. 12/20/19 84 FR 15733 

PRA Approval for 

new collection.

03/25/21 

Public Notice re 

effective date.

04/28/21 

Action Date FR Cite

Compliance Date 

for New Rules.

10/28/21 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Scott Cinnamon, 

Attorney-Advisor, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–2319, Email: scott.

cinnamon@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK39 

566. Amendments to Part 4 of the

Commission’s Rules Concerning

Disruptions to Communications: (PS

Docket No. 15–80, 18–336, 23–5) [3060–

AK40]

Legal Authority: sec. 1, 4(i), 4(j), 4(o), 

251(e)(3), 254, 301, 303(b), 303(g), 

303(r), 307, 309(a), 309(j); 316, 332, 403, 

615a–1, and 615c of Pub. L. 73–416, 4 

Stat. 1064, as amended; and sec. 706 of 

Pub. L. 104–104, 110 Stat. 56; 47 U.S.C. 

151, 154(i)–(j) & (o), 251(e)(3), 254, 301, 

303(b), 303(g), 303(r), 307; 309(a), 309(j), 

316, 332, 403, 615a–1, 615c, and 1302, 

unless otherwise noted 

Abstract: The 2004 Report and Order 

(R&O) extended the Commission’s 

communication disruptions reporting 

rules to non-wireline carriers and 

streamlined reporting through a new 

electronic template (see docket ET 

Docket 04–35). In 2015, this proceeding, 

PS Docket 15–80, was opened to amend 

the original communications disruption 

reporting rules from 2004 in order to 

reflect technology transitions observed 

throughout the telecommunications 

sector. The Commission seeks to further 

study the possibility to share the 

reporting database information and 

access with State and other Federal 

entities. In May 2016, the Commission 

released a Report and Order, FNPRM, 

and Order on Reconsideration (see also 

Dockets 11–82 and 04–35). The R&O 

adopted rules to update the part 4 

requirements to reflect technology 

transitions. The FNPRM sought 

comment on sharing information in the 

reporting database. Comments and 

replies were received by the 

Commission in August and September 

2016. 

In March 2020, the Commission 

adopted a Second Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking in PS Docket No. 

15–80 that proposed a framework to 

provide state and federal agencies with 

access to outage information to improve 

their situational awareness while 

preserving the confidentiality of this 


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data, including proposals to: provide 

direct, read-only access to NORS and 

DIRS filings to qualified agencies of the 

50 states, the District of Columbia, 

Tribal nations, territories, and federal 

government; allow these agencies to 

share NORS and DIRS information with 

other public safety officials that 

reasonably require NORS and DIRS 

information to prepare for and respond 

to disasters; allow participating agencies 

to publicly disclose NORS or DIRS filing 

information that is aggregated and 

anonymized across at least four service 

providers; condition a participating 

agency’s direct access to NORS and 

DIRS filings on their agreement to treat 

the filings as confidential and not 

disclose them absent a finding by the 

Commission that allows them to do so; 

and establish an application process 

that would grant agencies access to 

NORS and DIRS after those agencies 

certify to certain requirements related to 

maintaining confidentiality of the data 

and the security of the databases. In 

March 2021, the Commission adopted 

the proposed information sharing 

framework with some modifications in 

a Second Report and Order. In April 

2021, in a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, the Commission proposed 

to codify a rule adopted in 2016 that 

exempts satellite and terrestrial wireless 

providers from reporting outages that 

potentially affect special offices and 

facilities, as defined in Commission 

rules. This proceeding addresses the 

Commission’s efforts to improve the 

utility of its efforts to track network 

outages and disruptions and does not 

promote the administration’s specified 

priorities. 

In May 2021, the California Public 

Utilities Commission (CPUC) filed a 

Petition for Reconsideration (PFR) 

requesting that the Commission 

reconsider its decision in the Second 

Report and Order to maintain the 

presumption of confidentiality applied 

to NORS and DIRS filings. The 

Commission sought comment on the 

PFR’s requests. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM, 2nd R&O, 

Order on Recon.

06/16/15 80 FR 34321 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

07/31/15 

R&O .................... 07/12/16 81 FR 45055 

FNPRM, 1 Part 4 

R&O, Order on 

Recon.

08/11/16 81 FR 45059 

Order Denying 

Reply Comment 

Deadline Extension Request.

09/08/16 

Action Date FR Cite 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/12/16 

Announcement of 

Effective Date 

for Rule 

Changes in 

R&O.

06/22/17 82 FR 28410 

Announcement of 

Effective Date 

for Rule 

Changes in 

R&O.

06/22/17 82 FR 28410 

Second Further 

NPRM.

02/28/20 85 FR 17818 

Second Further 

NPRM Comment Period 

End.

06/01/20 

2nd R&O ............. 04/29/21 86 FR 22796 

3rd NPRM ........... 06/30/21 86 FR 34679 

CPUC PFR Comment Period 

End.

08/23/21 86 FR 40801 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Logan Bennett, 

Attorney Advisor, Public Safety and 

Homeland Security Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–7790, Email: logan.

bennett@fcc.gov. 

Saswat Misra, Attorney-Advisor, 

Public Safety and Homeland Security 

Bureau, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

0944, Email: saswat.misra@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK40 

567. New Part 4 of the Commission’s

Rules Concerning Disruptions to

Communications; ET Docket No. 04–35

[3060–AK41]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154 and 

155; 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 251; 47 

U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 316 

Abstract: The proceeding creates a 

new part 4 in title 47 and amends part 

63.100. The proceeding updates the 

Commission’s communication 

disruptions reporting rules for wireline 

providers formerly in 47 CFR 63.100 

and extends these rules to other nonwireline providers. Through this 

proceeding, the Commission streamlines 

the reporting process through an 

electronic template. The Report and 

Order received several petitions for 

reconsideration, of which two were 

eventually withdrawn. In 2015, seven 

were addressed in an Order on 

Reconsideration and in 2016 another 

petition was addressed in an Order on 

Reconsideration. One petition (CPUC 

Petition) remains pending regarding 

NORS database sharing with States, 

which is addressed in a separate 

proceeding, PS Docket 15–80. To the 

extent the communication disruption 

rules cover VoIP, the Commission 

studies and addresses these questions in 

a separate docket, PS Docket 11–82. 

In May 2016, the Commission 

released a Report and Order, FNPRM, 

and Order on Reconsideration (see 

Dockets 11–82 and 15–80). The Order 

on Reconsideration addressed outage 

reporting for events at airports, and the 

FNPRM sought comment on database 

sharing. The Commission received 

comments and replies in August and 

September 2016. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM .................. 03/26/04 69 FR 15761 

R&O .................... 11/26/04 69 FR 68859 

Denial for Petition 

for Partial Stay.

12/02/04 

Seek Comment 

on Petition for 

Recon.

02/02/10 

Reply Period End 03/19/10 

Seek Comment 

on Broadband 

and Interconnected 

VOIP Service 

Providers.

07/02/10 

Reply Period End 08/16/12 

2nd R&O, and 

Order on 

Recon, NPRM.

06/16/15 80 FR 34321 

R&O .................... 07/12/16 81 FR 45055 

FNPRM, 1 Part 4 

R&O, Order on 

Recon.

08/11/16 81 FR 

45095, 81 

FR 45055 

Order Denying 

Extension of 

Time to File 

Reply Comments.

09/08/16 

Announcement of 

Effective Date 

for Rule 

Changes in 

R&O.

06/22/17 82 FR 28410 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Logan Bennett, 

Attorney Advisor, Public Safety and 

Homeland Security Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–7790, Email: logan.

bennett@fcc.gov. 

Saswat Misra, Attorney-Advisor, 

Public Safety and Homeland Security 

Bureau, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

0944, Email: saswat.misra@fcc.gov. 


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568. Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA):

PS Docket No. 15–91, 15–94, 22–329

[3060–AK54]

Legal Authority: Pub. L. 109–347, title 

VI; 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) 

Abstract: This proceeding was 

initiated to improve Wireless 

Emergency Alerts (WEA) messaging, 

ensure that WEA alerts reach only those 

individuals to whom they are relevant, 

and establish an end-to-end testing 

program based on advancements in 

technology. 

In April 2023, the Commission 

released an FNPRM seeking comment 

on proposals to make WEA alerts 

understandable to people with 

disabilities and people with native 

languages other than English and 

Spanish, communities that would 

otherwise be underserved by WEA. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 11/19/15 80 FR 77289 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/13/16 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

02/12/16 

Order ................... 12/08/16 81 FR 75710 

FNPRM ............... 09/29/16 81 FR 78539 

Comment Period 

End.

12/08/16 

Petition for Recon 12/19/16 81 FR 91899 

Order on Recon .. 02/04/17 82 FR 57158 

2nd R&O and 2nd 

Order on Recon.

02/28/18 83 FR 8619 

Public Notice ....... 04/26/18 83 FR 18257 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

05/29/18 

Public Notice 

Reply Comment 

Period End.

06/11/18 

Report and Order 

and FNPRM.

06/17/21 86 FR 46783 

FNPRM ............... 04/21/22 87 FR 30857 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: James Wiley, Deputy 

Division Chief, Public Safety and 

Homeland Security Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–1678, Email: james.

wiley@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK54 

569. 911 Fee Diversion Rulemaking: PS

Docket Nos. 20–291, 09–14 [3060–AL31]

Legal Authority: Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116– 

260, Division FF, title 1X, sec. 902, 

Don’t Break Up the T-Band Act of 2020 

(sec. 902) 

Abstract: In 2020, Congress adopted 

the ‘‘Don’t Break Up the T-Band Act’’ 

(section 902) to help address the 

diversion of 911 fees by states and other 

jurisdictions for purposes unrelated to 

911. Among other requirements,

Congress mandated that the 

Commission should issue final rules 

designating the uses of 911 fees by states 

and taxing jurisdictions that constitute 

911 fee diversion for purposes of 47 

U.S.C. 615a–1, as amended by section 

902. The Commission initiated this

proceeding and issued new rules at 47

CFR 9.21–9.26 that: (1) clarify the

purposes and functions for which

expenditures of 911 fees are acceptable

and which would be considered

unacceptable and constitute diversion,

with illustrative, non-exhaustive

examples of each; (2) establish a

declaratory ruling process for providing

further guidance to states and taxing

jurisdictions on fee diversion issues;

and (3) codify the specific obligations

and restrictions that section 902

imposes on states and taxing

jurisdictions, including those that

engage in diversion as defined by the

Commission’s rules.

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Notice of Inquiry .. 10/02/20 

NOI Comment 

Period End.

11/02/20 

NOI Reply Comment Period 

End.

12/02/20 

NPRM .................. 02/17/21 86 FR 12399 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/23/21 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

04/02/21 86 FR 12399 

Report & Order ... 06/25/21 86 FR 45892 

R&O Erratum ...... 08/12/21 86 FR 45892 

Petition for Recon 12/22/21 86 FR 72546 

Oppositions to 

Petition for 

Recon.

01/06/22 

Replies to Oppositions to Petition for Recon.01/18/22 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Brenda Boykin, 

Deputy Chief, Policy & Licensing 

Division, Public Safety and Homeland 

Security Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–2062, Email: brenda.

boykin@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL31 

570. Resilient Networks, Amendments

to Part 4 of the Commission’s Rules

Concerning Disruptions to

Communications; PS Docket No 21–346

[3060–AL43]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 1; 47 U.S.C. 

4(i) and 4(o); 47 U.S.C. 201(b) and 

214(d); 47 U.S.C. 218 and 251(e)(3); 47 

U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303(b) and 303(g); 

47 U.S.C. 303(j) and 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 

307; 47 U.S.C. 309(a) and 309(j); 47 

U.S.C. 316 and 332; 47 U.S.C. 403; 47 

U.S.C. 615a–1 ; 47 U.S.C. 615c of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended; 47 U.S.C. 154(i)–(j) and (o); 47 

U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C 4(j); . . . 

Abstract: In October 2021, the 

Commission adopted a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to 

investigate ways to improve the 

reliability and resiliency of 

communications networks during 

emergencies and ways to ensure that 

communications services remain 

operational when disasters strike. The 

NPRM sought comment on: (i) potential 

improvements to the voluntary Wireless 

Resiliency Cooperative Framework 

(Framework), including evaluating what 

triggers its activation, its scope of 

participants, whether existing 

Framework elements can be 

strengthened, any gaps that need to be 

addressed, and whether the public 

would benefit from codifying some or 

all of the Framework, (ii) ways to 

enhance the information available to the 

Commission through Network Outage 

Reporting System (NORS) and Disaster 

Information Reporting System (DIRS) 

during disasters and network outages to 

improve situational awareness, and (iii) 

communications resiliency strategies for 

power outages, including improved 

coordination between communications 

service providers and power companies 

and deploying onsite backup power or 

other alternative measures to reduce the 

frequency, duration, or severity of 

power-related disruptions to 

communications services. 

In June 2022, the Commission 

adopted a Report & Order (R&O) and 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(FNPRM) following up on and further 

addressing matters related to the 

Framework. The R&O introduced the 

Mandatory Disaster Response Initiative 

(MDRI), which largely codified the 

Framework’s five substantive provisions 

as mandatory, extended the reach of 

these provisions to all facilities-based 

mobile wireless providers, expanded the 

real-world criteria that trigger activation 

of the MDRI (as compared to the 

Framework) and introduced new 

provisions requiring providers to test 


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their roaming capabilities and report on 

the performance of their 

implementation of the MDRI to the 

Commission after disaster events. The 

FNPRM examined whether and how the 

new reporting requirement can be 

standardized to ensure that the 

Commission obtains vital and actionable 

information on the performance of 

providers’ implementation of the MDRI 

in the aftermath of exigency, while also 

minimizing associated burdens. This 

proceeding addresses network reliability 

in the context of public safety and does 

not promote the administration’s 

specified priorities. 

In October 2022, CTIA and the 

Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) 

filed a Petition for Clarification and 

Partial Reconsideration in response to 

the 2022 Resilient Networks R&O. 

Particularly, Petitioners asked that the 

Commission: (1) provide a list of 

potential providers to which the MDRI 

may apply; (2) provide sufficient time 

for wireless providers to achieve 

compliance (by requesting 12 months 

for non-small providers and 18 months 

for small providers); (3) align the 

definitions of non-small’’ and small’’ 

with the Commission’s existing 

definitions of nationwide’’ and nonnationwide’’ as used in the 911 context; 

(4) establish the process in which the

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Bureau (Bureau) will inform providers

that the MDRI is active; and (5) affirm

that Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) review is required for all

information collection obligations and

that the Commission will treat all

roaming arrangements as presumptively

confidential under Section 4.17(d). A

draft Order on Reconsideration was

circulated for Commission

consideration on July 28, 2023

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 10/01/21 86 FR 61103 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/14/22 

FNPRM ............... 06/27/22 87 FR 59379 

R&O .................... 06/27/22 87 FR 59329 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

10/31/22 

FNPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

11/29/22 

Petition for Reconsideration.10/31/22 

Public Notice 

Comment.

12/02/22 87 FR 7102 

Extends Deadline 

to File Replies.

12/19/22 87 FR 79263 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Logan Bennett, 

Attorney Advisor, Public Safety and 

Homeland Security Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–7790, Email: logan.

bennett@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL43 

571. Location-Based Routing for

Wireless 911 Calls (P.S. Docket 18–64)

[3060–AL52]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 152(a); 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 

160; 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 214; 47 

U.S.C. 222; 47 U.S.C. 251(e); 47 U.S.C. 

301 to 303; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 309; 

47 U.S.C. 316 and 332; 47 U.S.C. 615; 

47 U.S.C. 615a; 47 U.S.C. 615b; 47 

U.S.C. 615c 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Federal Communications Commission 

proposes rules to more precisely route 

wireless 911 calls and texts to Public 

Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), 

which can result in faster response 

times during emergencies. Wireless 911 

calls have historically been routed to 

PSAPs based on the location of the cell 

tower that handles the call. Sometimes, 

however, the 911 call is routed to the 

wrong PSAP because the cell tower is 

not in the same jurisdiction as the 911 

caller. This can happen, for instance, 

when an emergency call is placed near 

a county border. These misrouted 911 

calls must be transferred from one PSAP 

to another, which consumes time and 

resources and can cause confusion and 

delay in emergency response. The 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) 

proposes to require wireless and 

covered text providers to deploy 

technology that supports location-based 

routing, a method that relies on precise 

information about the location of the 

wireless caller’s device, on some 

networks and to use location-based 

routing to route 911 voice calls and texts 

originating on those networks when 

caller location is accurate and timely. In 

addition, the NPRM proposes to require 

CMRS and covered text providers to 

deliver 911 calls, texts, and associated 

routing information in internet Protocol 

(IP) format upon request of certain 911 

authorities. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 01/17/23 88 FR 2565 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/16/23 

Reply Comments 

Due.

03/20/23 

Action Date FR Cite

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Brenda Boykin, 

Deputy Chief, Policy and Licensing Div., 

PSHSB, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

2062, Email: brenda.boykin@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL52 

572. • Next Generation 9-1-1, PS Docket

No. 21–479, FCC 23–47 [3060–AL67]

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined 

Abstract: The Federal 

Communications Commission (the FCC 

or Commission) proposes rules that will 

advance the nationwide transition to 

Next Generation 911 (NG911). The 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) 

proposes requiring certain service 

providers to complete all translation 

and routing to deliver 911 calls in the 

requested internet Protocol (IP)-based 

format to an Emergency Services IP 

network (ESInet) or other designated 

point(s) that allow emergency calls to be 

answered upon request of 911 

authorities who have certified the 

capability to accept IP-based 911 

communications. In addition, the NPRM 

proposes to require service providers to 

transmit all 911 calls to destination 

point(s) in those networks designated by 

a 911 authority upon request of 911 

authorities who have certified the 

capability to accept IP-based 911 

communications. Finally, the NPRM 

proposes that in the absence of 

agreements by states or localities on 

alternative cost recovery mechanisms, 

service providers must cover the costs of 

transmitting 911 calls to the point(s) 

designated by a 911 authority. In 

addition, the NPRM seeks comment on 

promoting diversity and inclusion. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM .................. 07/10/23 88 FR 43514 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Brenda Boykin, 

Deputy Chief, Policy & Licensing 

Division, Public Safety and Homeland 

Security Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–2062, Email: brenda.

boykin@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL67 


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION (FCC) 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 

Long-Term Actions 

573. Amendment of Parts 1, 2, 22, 24,

27, 90, and 95 of the Commission’s

Rules To Improve Wireless Coverage

Through the Use of Signal Boosters (WT

Docket No. 10–4) [3060–AJ87]

Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79; 47 

U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 

154(j); 47 U.S.C. 155; 47 U.S.C. 157; 47 

U.S.C. 225; 47 U.S.C. 227; 47 U.S.C. 

303(r) 

Abstract: This action adopts new 

technical, operational, and registration 

requirements for signal boosters. It 

creates two classes of signal boosters— 

consumer and industrial—with distinct 

regulatory requirements for each, 

thereby establishing a two-step 

transition process for equipment 

certification for both consumer and 

industrial signal boosters sold and 

marketed in the United States. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 05/10/11 76 FR 26983 

R&O .................... 04/11/13 78 FR 21555 

Petition for Reconsideration.06/06/13 78 FR 34015 

Order on Reconsideration.11/08/14 79 FR 70790 

FNPRM ............... 11/28/14 79 FR 70837 

2nd R&O and 2nd 

FNPRM.

03/23/18 83 FR 17131 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Morgan Mendenhall, 

Attorney Advisor, Wireless Bureau, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0154, Email: 

morgan.mendenhall@fcc.gov. 

Jaclyn Rosen, Federal 

Communications Commission, Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0154, Email: 

jaclyn.rosen@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AJ87 

574. Promoting Technological Solutions

To Combat Wireless Contraband Device

Use in Correctional Facilities; GN

Docket No. 13–111 [3060–AK06]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 to 152; 

47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 

U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303(a); 47 U.S.C. 

303(b); 47 U.S.C. 307 to 310; 47 U.S.C. 

332; 47 U.S.C. 302(a) 

Abstract: In the 2017 Report and 

Order, 82 FR 22742, the Commission 

addressed the problem of illegal use of 

contraband wireless devices by inmates 

in correctional facilities by streamlining 

the process of deploying contraband 

wireless device interdiction systems 

(CIS)—systems that use radio 

communications signals requiring 

Commission authorization—in 

correctional facilities. In particular, the 

Commission eliminated certain filing 

requirements and provides for 

immediate approval of the lease 

applications needed to operate these 

systems. In the 2017 Further Notice, 82 

FR 22780, the Commission sought 

comment on a process for wireless 

providers to disable contraband wireless 

devices once they have been identified. 

The Commission also sought comment 

on additional methods and technologies 

that might prove successful in 

combating contraband device use in 

correctional facilities, and on various 

other proposals related to the 

authorization process for CISs and their 

deployment. 

In the Second Report and Order, the 

Commission takes further steps to 

facilitate the deployment and viability 

of technological solutions used to 

combat contraband wireless devices in 

correctional facilities. The Second 

Report and Order adopts a framework 

requiring the disabling of contraband 

wireless devices detected in correctional 

facilities upon satisfaction of certain 

criteria, and the Commission addresses 

issues involving oversight, wireless 

provider liability, and treatment of 911 

calls. The Second Report and Order 

further adopts rules requiring advance 

notice of certain wireless provider 

network changes to promote and 

maintain contraband interdiction 

system effectiveness. In the Second 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

the Commission takes further steps to 

facilitate the deployment and viability 

of technological solutions used to 

combat contraband wireless devices in 

correctional facilities. The Second 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

seeks further comment on the relative 

effectiveness, viability, and cost of 

additional technological solutions to 

combat contraband phone use in 

correctional facilities previously 

identified in the record. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 06/18/13 78 FR 36469 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

08/08/13 

FNPRM ............... 05/18/17 82 FR 22780 

R&O .................... 05/18/17 82 FR 22742 

Action Date FR Cite

Final Rule Effective (Except for 

Rules Requiring 

OMB Approval).

06/19/17 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

07/17/17 

Final Rule Effective for 47 CFR 

1.9020(n), 

1.9030(m), 

1.9035 (o), and 

20.23(a).

10/20/17 82 FR 48773 

Final Rule Effective for 47 CFR 

1.902(d)(8), 

1.9035(d)(4), 

20.18(a), and 

20.18(r).

02/12/18 

2nd FNPRM ........ 08/13/21 86 FR 44681 

2nd R&O ............. 08/13/21 86 FR 44635 

2nd FNPRM 

Comment Period End.

09/13/21 

Final Rules Effective (except for 

those requiring 

OMB approval).

09/13/21 

Reply Comment 

Period End.

10/12/21 

Final Rule Effective.05/03/22 87 FR 26139 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Melissa Conway, 

Attorney Advisor, Mobility Div., 

Wireless Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street SW, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–2887, Email: melissa.

conway@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK06 

575. Promoting Investment in the 3550–

3700 MHz Band; GN Docket No. 17–258

[3060–AK12]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 

152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j) ; 

47 U.S.C. 302(a); 47 U.S.C. 303 and 304; 

47 U.S.C. 307(e); 47 U.S.C. 316 

Abstract: The Report and Order and 

Second Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) adopted by the 

Commission established a new Citizens 

Broadband Radio Service for shared 

wireless broadband use of the 3550 to 

3700 MHz band. The Citizens 

Broadband Radio Service is governed by 

a three-tiered spectrum authorization 

framework to accommodate a variety of 

commercial uses on a shared basis with 

incumbent Federal and non-Federal 

users of the band. Access and operations 

will be managed by a dynamic spectrum 

access system. The three tiers are: 

Incumbent Access, Priority Access, and 

General Authorized Access. Rules 


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governing the Citizens Broadband Radio 

Service are found in part 96 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

The Order on Reconsideration and 

Second Report and Order addressed 

several Petitions for Reconsideration 

submitted in response to the Report and 

Order and resolved the outstanding 

issues raised in the Second Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. 

The 2017 NPRM sought comment on 

limited changes to the rules governing 

Priority Access Licenses in the band, 

adjacent channel emissions limits, and 

public release of base station 

registration information. 

The 2018 Report and Order addressed 

the issues raised in the 2017 NPRM and 

implemented changes rules governing 

Priority Access Licenses in the band and 

public release of base station 

registration information. 

On July 2020, the Commission 

commenced an auction of Priority 

Access Licenses in the band. ‘‘Winning 

bidders were announced on September 

2, 2020’’. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 01/08/13 78 FR 1188 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/19/13 

FNPRM ............... 06/02/14 79 FR 31247 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

08/15/14 

R&O and 2nd 

FNPRM.

06/15/15 80 FR 34119 

2nd FNPRM 

Comment Period End.

08/14/15 

Order on Recon 

and 2nd R&O.

07/26/16 81 FR 49023 

NPRM .................. 11/28/17 82 FR 56193 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/29/18 

R&O .................... 12/07/18 83 FR 6306 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Paul Powell, 

Assistant Chief, Mobility Division, 

WTB, Federal Communications 

Commission, Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–1613, Email: 

paul.powell@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK12 

576. Updating Part 1 Competitive

Bidding Rules (WT Docket No. 14–170)

[3060–AK28]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 303(r); 47 U.S.C. 

309(j); 47 U.S.C. 316 

Abstract: This proceeding was 

initiated to revise some of the 

Commission’s general part 1 rules 

governing competitive bidding for 

spectrum licenses to reflect changes in 

the marketplace, including the 

challenges faced by new entrants, as 

well as to advance the statutory 

directive to ensure that small 

businesses, rural telephone companies, 

and businesses owned by members of 

minority groups and women are given 

the opportunity to participate in the 

provision of spectrum-based services. In 

July 2015, the Commission revised its 

competitive bidding rules, specifically 

adopting revised requirements for 

eligibility for bidding credits, a new 

rural service provider bidding credit, a 

prohibition on joint bidding agreements 

and other changes. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 11/14/14 79 FR 68172 

Public Notice ....... 03/16/15 80 FR 15715 

Public Notice ....... 04/23/15 80 FR 22690 

R&O .................... 09/18/15 80 FR 56764 

Public Notice on 

Petitions for Reconsideration.

11/10/15 80 FR 69630 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Kelly Quinn, 

Assistant Chief, Auctions and Spectrum 

Access Division, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street SW, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0660, Email: 

kelly.quinn@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK28 

577. Use of Spectrum Bands Above 24

GHz for Mobile Services—Spectrum

Frontiers: WT Docket 10–112 [3060–

AK44]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 to 154; 

47 U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C. 160; 47 U.S.C. 

201; 47 U.S.C. 225; 47 U.S.C. 227; 47 

U.S.C. 301 and 302; 47 U.S.C. 302(a); 47 

U.S.C. 303 and 304; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 

U.S.C. 309 and 310; 47 U.S.C. 316; 47 

U.S.C. 319; 47 U.S.C. 332; 47 U.S.C. 336; 

47 U.S.C. 1302 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission adopted service rules for 

licensing of mobile and other uses for 

millimeter wave (mmW) bands. These 

high frequencies previously have been 

best suited for satellite or fixed 

microwave applications; however, 

recent technological breakthroughs have 

newly enabled advanced mobile 

services in these bands, notably 

including very high speed and low 

latency services. This action will help 

facilitate Fifth Generation mobile 

services and other mobile services. In 

developing service rules for mmW 

bands, the Commission will facilitate 

access to spectrum, develop a flexible 

spectrum policy, and encourage 

wireless innovation. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite

NPRM .................. 01/13/16 81 FR 1802 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/26/16 

FNPRM ............... 08/24/16 81 FR 58269 

Comment Period 

End.

09/30/16 

FNPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

10/31/16 

R&O .................... 11/14/16 81 FR 79894 

R&O .................... 01/02/18 83 FR 37 

FNPRM ............... 01/02/18 83 FR 85 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/23/18 

R&O .................... 07/20/18 83 FR 34478 

FNPRM ............... 07/20/18 83 FR 34520 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/28/18 

R&O .................... 02/05/19 84 FR 1618 

R&O .................... 05/01/19 84 FR 18405 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: John Schauble, 

Deputy Chief, Broadband Division, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0797, Email: john.

schauble@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK44 

578. Expanding Flexible Use of the 3.7

to 4.2 GHz Band: GN Docket No. 18–122

[3060–AK76]

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C.151 to 153; 

47 U.S.C.154(i); 47 U.S.C 157; 47 U.S.C. 

201; 47 U.S.C. 301 to 304; 47 U.S.C. 307 

to 310; 47 U.S.C. 1302; . . . 

Abstract: In the 2020 Report and 

Order, the Commission adopted rules to 

make 280 megahertz of mid-band 

spectrum available for flexible use (plus 

a 20-megahertz guard band) throughout 

the contiguous United States. Pursuant 

to the Report and Order, existing fixed 

satellite service (FSS) and fixed services 

(FS) must relocate operations out of the 

lower portion of the 3.7–4.0 GHz band. 

The Commission will issue flexible use 

licenses in the 3.7–3.98 GHz portion of 

the band in the contiguous United 

States via a system of competitive 

bidding. The Commission established 

rules to govern the transition including 

optional payments for satellite operators 

that choose to relocate on an accelerated 

schedule and provide reimbursement to 

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stations for reasonable expenses 

incurred to facilitate the transition. The 

Report and Order also established 

service and technical rules for the new 

flexible use licenses that will be issued 

in the 3.7–3.98 GHz portion of the band. 

‘‘On December 8, 2020, the Commission 

began an auction of licenses in the 3.7– 

3.98 GHz portion of the band. the 

winning bidders were announced on 

February 24, 2021’’. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 08/29/18 83 FR 44128 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

11/27/18 

Public Notice ....... 05/20/19 84 FR 22733 

Certifications and 

Data Filing 

Deadline.

05/28/19 

Public Notice ....... 06/03/19 84 FR 22514 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

07/03/19 

Public Notice 

Reply Comment 

Period End.

07/18/19 

R&O .................... 04/23/20 85 FR 22804 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Paul Powell, 

Assistant Chief, Mobility Division, 

WTB, Federal Communications 

Commission, Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–1613, Email: 

paul.powell@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK76 

579. Amendment of the Commission’s 

Rules To Promote Aviation Safety: WT 

Docket No. 19–140 [3060–AK92] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 

U.S.C. 303; 307(e) 

Abstract: The Federal 

Communications Commission regulates 

the Aviation Radio Service, a family of 

services using dedicated spectrum to 

enhance the safety of aircraft in flight, 

facilitate the efficient movement of 

aircraft both in the air and on the 

ground, and otherwise ensure the 

reliability and effectiveness of aviation 

communications. Recent technological 

advances have prompted the 

Commission to open this new 

rulemaking proceeding to ensure the 

timely deployment and use of today’s 

state-of-the-art safety-enhancing 

technologies. With this Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission 

proposes changes to its part 87 Aviation 

Radio Service rules to support the 

deployment of more advanced avionics 

technology, increase the efficient use of 

limited spectrum resources, and 

generally improve aviation safety. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 07/02/19 84 FR 31542 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/03/19 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

09/30/19 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Jeff Tobias, Attorney 

Advisor, Federal Communications 

Commission, Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–1617, Email: 

jeff.tobias@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK92 

580. Implementation of State and Local 

Governments’ Obligation To Approve 

Certain Wireless Facility Modification 

Requests Under Section 6409(a) of the 

Spectrum Act of 2012 (WT Docket No. 

19–250) [3060–AL29] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 

13; 28 U.S.C. 2461, unless otherwise 

noted 

Abstract: In this proceeding, the 

Commission seeks to reduce regulatory 

barriers to wireless infrastructure 

deployment by further streamlining the 

state and local government review 

process for modifications to existing 

wireless infrastructure under section 

6409(a) of the Spectrum Act of 2012. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 07/02/20 85 FR 39859 

Declaratory Ruling 07/27/20 85 FR 45126 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

08/03/20 

R&O .................... 12/03/20 85 FR 78005 

Petition for Recon 03/03/21 86 FR 12898 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Allison Jones, 

Division Chief, CIPD, Wireless Bureau, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–1571, Email: 

allison.jones@fcc.gov. 

Garnet Hanly, Division Chief, 

Wireless Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0995, Email: 

garnet.hanly@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL29 

581. Expanding Flexible Use of the 

12.2–12.7 GHz Band, et al., WT Docket 

No. 20–443, et al. [3060–AL40] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 153; 47 U.S.C. 154; 

47 U.S.C. 155; 47 U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C. 

301; 47 U.S.C. 302; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 

U.S.C. 304; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 309; 

47 U.S.C. 310; 47 U.S.C. 316 

Abstract: The Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission or FCC) finds that it is not 

in the public interest to add a mobile 

allocation to permit a two-way 

terrestrial 5G service in the 12.2 GHz 

band based on the current record and 

seeks further comment on how it could 

facilitate more robust terrestrial 

operations in the 12.212.7 GHz band. 

The item specifically seeks comment on 

how its proposals may promote or 

inhibit advances in diversity, equity, 

inclusion, and accessibility, as well as 

the scope of the Commission’s relevant 

legal authority. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 03/08/21 86 FR 13266 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/07/21 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

05/07/21 

NPRM .................. 04/16/21 86 FR 20111 

NPRM Extension 

Comment Period End.

05/07/21 

NPRM Extension 

Reply Comment 

Period End.

06/07/21 

NPRM Denial of 

Further Extension of Deadlines for Filing 

Comments and 

Reply Comments.

05/27/21 86 FR 28520 

NPRM .................. 06/22/21 86 FR 32669 

NPRM Extension 

Reply Comment 

Period.

07/07/21 

Report and Order 07/10/23 88 FR 43462 

FNPRM ............... 07/10/23 88 FR 43502 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

08/09/23 

FNPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

09/08/23 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Madelaine Maior, 

Assistant Division Chief, Broadband 

Div., WTB, Federal Communications 


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Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1466, Email: madelaine.maior@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL40 

582. Facilitating Shared Use in the 

3100–3550 MHz Band [3060–AL57] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 

152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 155(c) 

and 157; 47 U.S.C. 301 and 303; 47 

U.S.C. 307 and 308; 47 U.S.C. 309 ; 47 

U.S.C. 309(j)(3)(B) and 309(j)(4)(D); 47 

U.S.C. 310 and 316; 47 U.S.C. 923(g) 

and 928; 47 U.S.C. 1502; Pub. L. 115– 

141, sec. 603; Pub. L. 116–260, sec. 905 

Abstract: In the 3.45 GHz Band 

Second R&O, the Commission adopted 

rules to make 100 megahertz of midband spectrum available for flexible use 

throughout the contiguous United 

States. To facilitate this goal, the 

Commission previously had determined 

that secondary, nonfederal radiolocation 

licensees in the band would be 

relocated to the 2.9–3.0 GHz band. In 

the 3.45 GHz Band Second R&O, the 

Commission further determined that 

secondary, non-federal radiolocation 

authorizations would sunset 180 days 

after new 3.45 GHz Service licenses are 

granted in the band. On January 4, 2022, 

the auction for these new licenses 

concluded and licenses were granted on 

May 4, 2022. The non-federal 

radiolocation authorizations sunset on 

October 31, 2022. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 01/22/20 85 FR 3579 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/23/20 

Final Rule ............ 10/09/20 85 FR 64062 

Report & Order 

and FNPRM.

10/21/20 85 FR 66888 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

11/20/20 

Correction to Final 

Rule.

11/03/20 85 FR 69515 

Report & Order, 

Order on Reconsideration 

and Order of 

Proposed Modification.

04/07/21 86 FR 17920 

Final Rule and 

Order.

12/22/22 87 FR 78579 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Morgan Mendenhall, 

Attorney Advisor, Wireless Bureau, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0154, Email: 

morgan.mendenhall@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL57 

583. • Shared Use of the 42–.42.5 GHz 

Band (WT Docket No. 23–158, GN 

Docket No. 14–177) [3060–AL68] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 thru 

152; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 301 and 

302a; 47 U.S.C. 303 and 304; 47 U.S.C. 

307 and 309 

Abstract: The Federal 

Communications Commission seeks 

comment on how innovative, nonexclusive spectrum access models might 

be deployed in the 42 GHz band (42– 

42.5 GHz) to provide increased access to 

high-band spectrum, particularly by 

smaller wireless service providers, and 

to support efficient, intensive use of the 

band. The Commission also seeks 

comment on how potential sharing and 

licensing regimes might lower barriers 

to entry for smaller or emerging wireless 

service providers, encourage 

competition, and prevent spectrum 

warehousing. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 07/31/23 88 FR 49423 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

08/30/23 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

09/29/23 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Katherine Schroder, 

Attorney, Federal Communications 

Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–7400, Email:klschrod@

fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL68 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION (FCC) 

Wireline Competition Bureau 

Long-Term Actions 

584. Telecommunications Carriers’ Use 

of Customer Proprietary Network 

Information and Other Customer 

Information (CC Docket No. 96–115), 

Data Breach Reporting Requirements 

(WC Docket No. 22–21) [3060–AG43] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 222; 47 U.S.C. 272; 

47 U.S.C. 303(r) 

Abstract: The Commission adopted 

rules implementing the new statutory 

framework governing carrier use and 

disclosure of customer proprietary 

network information (CPNI) created by 

section 222 of the Communications Act 

of 1934, as amended. CPNI includes, 

among other things, to whom, where, 

and when a customer places a call, as 

well as the types of service offerings to 

which the customer subscribes and the 

extent to which the service is used. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 05/28/96 61 FR 26483 

Public Notice ....... 02/25/97 62 FR 8414 

Second R&O and 

FNPRM.

04/24/98 63 FR 20364 

Order on Recon .. 10/01/99 64 FR 53242 

Final Rule, Announcement of 

Effective Date.

01/26/01 66 FR 7865 

Clarification Order 

and Second 

NPRM.

09/07/01 66 FR 50140 

Third R&O and 

Third FNPRM.

09/20/02 67 FR 59205 

NPRM .................. 03/15/06 71 FR 13317 

NPRM .................. 06/08/07 72 FR 31782 

Final Rule, Announcement of 

Effective Date.

06/08/07 72 FR 31948 

Public Notice ....... 07/13/12 77 FR 35336 

Final Rule ............ 09/21/17 82 FR 44188 

NPRM .................. 01/23/23 88 FR 3953 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/23/23 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

03/24/23 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Melissa Kirkel, 

Deputy Division Chief, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

7958, Fax: 202 418–1413, Email: 

melissa.kirkel@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AG43 

585. Local Telephone Networks That 

LECS Must Make Available to 

Competitors [3060–AH44] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 251 

Abstract: The Commission adopted 

rules applicable to incumbent local 

exchange carriers (LECs) to permit 

competitive carriers to access portions 

of the incumbent LECs’ networks on an 

unbundled basis. Unbundling allows 

competitors to lease portions of the 

incumbent LECs’ network to provide 

telecommunications services. These 

rules, adopted in dockets CC 96–98, WC 

01–338, and WC 04–313, are intended to 

accelerate the development of local 

exchange competition. 


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Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

Second FNPRM .. 04/26/99 64 FR 20238 

Fourth FNPRM .... 01/14/00 65 FR 2367 

Errata Third R&O 

and Fourth 

FNPRM.

01/18/00 65 FR 2542 

Second Errata 

Third R&O and 

Fourth FNPRM.

01/18/00 65 FR 2542 

Supplemental 

Order.

01/18/00 65 FR 2542 

Third R&O ........... 01/18/00 65 FR 2542 

Correction ............ 04/11/00 65 FR 19334 

Supplemental 

Order Clarification.

06/20/00 65 FR 38214 

Public Notice ....... 02/01/01 66 FR 8555 

Public Notice ....... 03/05/01 66 FR 18279 

Public Notice ....... 04/10/01 

Public Notice ....... 04/23/01 

Public Notice ....... 05/14/01 

NPRM .................. 01/15/02 67 FR 1947 

Public Notice ....... 05/29/02 

Public Notice ....... 08/01/02 

Public Notice ....... 08/13/02 

NPRM .................. 08/21/03 68 FR 52276 

R&O and Order 

on Remand.

08/21/03 68 FR 52276 

Errata .................. 09/17/03 

Report ................. 10/09/03 68 FR 60391 

Order ................... 10/28/03 

Order ................... 01/09/04 

Public Notice ....... 01/09/04 

Public Notice ....... 02/18/04 

Order ................... 07/08/04 

Second R&O ....... 07/08/04 69 FR 43762 

Order on Recon .. 08/09/04 69 FR 54589 

Interim Order ....... 08/20/04 69 FR 55111 

NPRM .................. 08/20/04 69 FR 55128 

Public Notice ....... 09/10/04 

Public Notice ....... 09/13/04 

Public Notice ....... 10/20/04 

Order on Recon .. 12/29/04 69 FR 77950 

Order on Remand 02/04/04 

Public Notice ....... 04/25/05 70 FR 29313 

Public Notice ....... 05/25/05 70 FR 34765 

Declaratory Ruling 05/26/11 

NPRM .................. 01/06/20 85 FR 472 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/06/20 

Report & Order ... 01/08/21 86 FR 1636 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Edward Krachmer, 

Deputy Division Chief, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1525, Email: edward.krachmer@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AH44 

586. Jurisdictional Separations [3060– 

AJ06] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 205; 

47 U.S.C. 221(c); 47 U.S.C. 254; 47 

U.S.C. 403; 47 U.S.C. 410 

Abstract: Jurisdictional separations is 

the process, pursuant to part 36 of the 

Commission’s rules, by which 

incumbent local exchange carriers 

apportion regulated costs between the 

intrastate and interstate jurisdictions. In 

1997, the Commission initiated a 

proceeding seeking comment on the 

extent to which legislative changes, 

technological changes, and marketplace 

changes warrant comprehensive reform 

of the separations process. In 2001, the 

Commission adopted the Federal-State 

Joint Board on Jurisdictional 

Separations’ Joint Board’s 

recommendation to impose an interim 

freeze on the part 36 category 

relationships and jurisdictional cost 

allocation factors for a period of 5 years, 

pending comprehensive reform of the 

part 36 separations rules. In 2006, the 

Commission issued an Order and 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

that extended the separations freeze for 

a period of 3 years and sought comment 

on comprehensive reform. In 2009, the 

Commission issued a Report and Order 

extending the separations freeze an 

additional year to June 2010. In 2010, 

the Commission issued a Report and 

Order extending the separations freeze 

for an additional year to June 2011. In 

2011, the Commission adopted a Report 

and Order extending the separations 

freeze for an additional year to June 

2012. In 2012, the Commission issued a 

Report and Order extending the 

separations freeze for an additional 2 

years to June 2014. In 2014, the 

Commission issued a Report and Order 

extending the separations freeze for an 

additional 3 years to June 2017. 

In 2016, the Commission issued a 

Report and Order extending the 

separations freeze for an additional 18 

months until January 1, 2018. In 2017, 

the Joint Board issued a Recommended 

Decision recommending changes to the 

part 36 rules designed to harmonize 

them with the Commission’s previous 

amendments to its part 32 accounting 

rules. In February 2018, the Commission 

issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

proposing amendments to part 36 

consistent with the Joint Board’s 

recommendations. In October 2018, the 

Commission issued a Report and Order 

adopting each of the Joint Board’s 

recommendations and amending the 

Part 36 consistent with those 

recommendations. In July 2018, the 

Commission issued a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking proposing to 

extend the separations freeze for an 

additional 15 years and to provide rateof-return carriers that had elected to 

freeze their category relationships a time 

limited opportunity to opt out of that 

freeze. In December 2018, the 

Commission issued a Report and Order 

extending the freeze for up to 6 years 

until December 31, 2024, and granting 

rate-of-return carriers that had elected to 

freeze their category relationships a onetime opportunity to opt out of that 

freeze. 

On March 31, 2020, the United States 

Court of Appeals for the District of 

Columbia Circuit affirmed the 

Commission’s December 2018 Report 

and Order. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 11/05/97 62 FR 59842 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

12/10/97 

Order ................... 06/21/01 66 FR 33202 

Order and 

FNPRM.

05/26/06 71 FR 29882 

Order and 

FNPRM Comment Period 

End.

08/22/06 

R&O .................... 05/15/09 74 FR 23955 

R&O .................... 05/25/10 75 FR 30301 

R&O .................... 05/27/11 76 FR 30840 

R&O .................... 05/23/12 77 FR 30410 

R&O .................... 06/13/14 79 FR 36232 

R&O .................... 06/02/17 82 FR 25535 

Recommended 

Decision.

10/27/17 

NPRM .................. 03/13/18 83 FR 10817 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/27/18 

NPRM .................. 07/27/18 83 FR 35589 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/10/18 

R&O .................... 12/11/18 83 FR 63581 

R&O .................... 02/15/19 84 FR 4351 

Announcement of 

OMB Approval.

03/01/19 84 FR 6977 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: William A. Kehoe III, 

Senior Counsel, Policy & Program 

Planning Division, Federal 

Communications Commission, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

7122, Email: william.kehoe@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AJ06 

587. Rates for Inmate Calling Services; 

WC Docket No. 12–375; Incarcerated 

People’s Communications Services; 

Implementation of the Martha WrightReed Act, WC Docket No. 23–62 [3060– 

AK08] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 

152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and (j); 47 U.S.C. 

201(b); 47 U.S.C. 218; 47 U.S.C. 220; 47 

U.S.C. 276; 47 U.S.C. 403; 47 CFR 64; 

Martha Wright-Reed Just and 

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2022; Pub. L. 117–338, 136 Stat. 6156 ; 

47 U.S.C. 152(b) and 153(1)(E); 47 

U.S.C. 276(b)(1)(A) and (d) 

Abstract: In the Second Report and 

Order, the Federal Communications 

Commission (the Commission) adopted 

rule changes to ensure that rates for both 

interstate and intrastate inmate calling 

services (ICS) are fair, just, and 

reasonable limits on ancillary service 

charges imposed by ICS providers. In 

the Second Report and Order, the 

Commission set caps on all interstate 

and intrastate calling rates for ICS, 

established a tiered rate structure based 

on the size and type of facility being 

served, limited the types of ancillary 

services that ICS providers may charge 

for and capped the charges for permitted 

fees, banned flat-rate calling, facilitated 

access to ICS by people with disabilities 

by requiring providers to offer free or 

steeply discounted rates for calls using 

TTY, and imposed reporting and 

certification requirements to facilitate 

continued oversight of the ICS market. 

In the Third Further Notice portion of 

the item, the Commission sought 

comment on ways to promote 

competition for ICS, video visitation, 

and rates for international calls, and 

considered an array of solutions to 

further address areas of concern in the 

ICS industry. In an Order on 

Reconsideration, the Commission 

amended its rate caps and the definition 

of ‘‘mandatory tax or mandatory fee’’. 

On June 13, 2017, the D.C. Circuit 

vacated the rate caps adopted in the 

Second Report and Order, as well as 

reporting requirements related to video 

visitation. The court held that the 

Commission lacked jurisdiction over 

intrastate ICS calls and that the rate caps 

the Commission adopted for interstate 

calls were arbitrary and capricious. The 

court also remanded the Commission’s 

caps on ancillary fees. On September 26, 

2017, the court denied a petition for 

rehearing en banc. On December 21, 

2017, the court issued two separate 

orders: one vacating the 2016 Order on 

Reconsideration insofar as it purported 

to set rate caps on inmate calling 

services, and one dismissing as moot 

challenges to the Commission’s First 

Report and Order on ICS. 

On February 4, 2020, the 

Commission’s Wireline Competition 

Bureau (WCB) released a Public Notice 

seeking to refresh the record on 

ancillary service charges imposed in 

connection with ICS. 

On August 6, 2020, the Commission 

adopted a Report and Order on Remand 

and a Fourth Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking responding to remands by 

the D.C. Circuit and proposing to 

comprehensively reform rates and 

charges for the ICS within the 

Commission’s jurisdiction. The Report 

and Order on Remand found that the 

Commission’s five permitted ancillary 

service charges: (1) automated payment 

fees; (2) fees for single-call and related 

services; (3) live agent fees; (4) paper 

bill/statement fees; and (5) third-party 

financial transaction fees generally, 

cannot be practically segregated 

between interstate and intrastate inmate 

telephone calls, except in a limited 

number of cases. Accordingly, the 

Commission prohibited ICS providers 

from imposing ancillary service fees 

higher than the Commission’s caps, or 

imposing fees for additional ancillary 

services unless imposed in connection 

with purely intrastate inmate telephone 

service calls. 

The Order also reinstated a rule 

prohibiting providers from marking up 

third-party fees for single-call services; 

reinstated rule language that prohibits 

providers from marking up mandatory 

taxes or fees that they pass on to inmate 

telephone service consumers; and 

amended certain of the ICS rules 

consistent with the D.C. Circuit’s 

mandates to reflect that the 

Commission’s rate and fee caps on ICS 

apply only to interstate and 

international inmate calling. 

The Fourth Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking proposed to 

substantially reduce the interstate rate 

cap for inmate telephone calls from the 

current interim rate caps of $0.21 per 

minute for debit or prepaid calls and 

$0.25 per minute for collect calls for all 

types of correctional facilities, to 

permanent rate caps of $0.14 per minute 

for all interstate calls from prisons and 

$0.16 for all interstate calls from jails. 

The Fourth Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking also proposed to adopt rate 

caps for international ICS calls for the 

first time based on the proposed 

interstate rate caps, plus the amount 

that the provider must pay its 

underlying international service 

provider for an international call. It also 

proposed a waiver process for providers 

that believe the Commission’s rate caps 

would not allow them to recover their 

costs of serving a particular facility or 

contract. Finally, it sought comment on 

a further mandatory data collection to 

continue efforts to reform these rates 

and fees. 

On November 23, 2020, Global 

Tel*Link Corporation (GTL) filed a 

petition for reconsideration of the 

August 6, 2020 Order on Remand. On 

December 3, 2020, the Commission 

established the opposition and reply 

comment dates for the petition. 

On May 24, 2021, the Commission 

released the Third Report and Order, 

Order on Reconsideration and Fifth 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. 

In the Third Report and Order, the 

Commission: (1) substantially reduced 

the interim rate caps for interstate ICS 

from prisons and larger jails (those with 

1,000 or more incarcerated people) from 

$0.21 per minute for debit and prepaid 

calls and $0.25 per minute for collect 

calls to new uniform interim interstate 

caps of $0.12 per minute for prisons and 

$0.14 per minute for larger jails; (2) 

maintained the interim interstate rate 

cap of $0.21 for jails with less than 

1,000 incarcerated people because of 

insufficient record evidence to 

determine providers’ costs of serving 

those facilities at the time; (3) 

eliminated separate treatment of collect 

calls, resulting in a uniform interim 

interstate rate cap for all types of calls 

at each facility; (4) reformed the 

treatment of site commission payments 

by specifying that providers may pass 

through to consumers (without any 

markup) site commission payments that 

are mandated by federal, state, or local 

law and that providers may pass 

through to consumers no more than $ 

0.02 per minute site commission 

payments resulting from contractual 

obligations negotiated between 

providers and correctional officials; (5) 

capped, for the first time, international 

calling rates at all facilities at the 

applicable facility’s total interstate rate 

cap, plus the amount the inmate calling 

services provider pays to its underlying 

wholesale carriers for completing 

international calls; (6) reformed the 

ancillary service charge caps for thirdparty financial transaction fees, 

including those related to calls that are 

billed on a per-call basis; and (7) 

adopted a new mandatory data 

collection to obtain more uniform cost 

data based on consistent, prescribed 

allocation methodologies to determine 

just and reasonable, permanent, 

interstate and international cost-based 

rates for facilities of all sizes. 

In the Order on Reconsideration, the 

Commission denied GTL’s petition for 

reconsideration of a single sentence 

from the 2020 Remand Order, in which 

the Commission reminded providers 

that the jurisdictional nature of a call, 

that is whether it is interstate or 

intrastate, depends on the physical 

location of the endpoints of the call and 

not on whether the area code or NXX 

prefix of the telephone number 

associated with the account are 

associated with a particular state. The 

Commission determined that the end-toend analysis has been, and remains, the 

generally applicable test for all 

telecommunications carriers in 


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determining the jurisdiction of their 

calls and the Commission continues to 

use the traditional end-to-end 

jurisdictional analysis in setting rates 

for calls placed by ICS consumers. 

In the Fifth Further Notice, the 

Commission proposed to amend its 

rules to require calling service providers 

to provide access to all forms of 

Telecommunications Relay Services, 

including internet-based services, to 

facilitate greater accessibility for 

incarcerated people with hearing and 

speech disabilities. The Commission 

also sought comment on: (1) the 

methodology the Commission should 

use to set permanent per-minute rate 

caps for interstate and international 

inmate calling services; (2) site 

commission costs for facilities of all 

sizes and site commission reform 

generally; (3) the costs of providing 

services to jails with average daily 

populations of fewer than 1,000 

incarcerated people; (4) whether and 

how the Commission should reform the 

ancillary service charge caps and how 

the Commission can curtail potentially 

abusive practices related to these 

charges; (5) whether to institute a 

recurring periodic data collection; and 

(6) whether some providers have market 

power in the bidding process, thereby 

impacting the competitiveness of the 

bidding process. 

On September 22, 2021, WCB and the 

Office of Economics and Analytics 

(OEA), (collectively, WCB/OEA) issued 

a Public Notice seeking comment on the 

contours and specific requirements of 

the Third Mandatory Data Collection, 

including proposed instructions and a 

proposed template for that collection. In 

issuing this Public Notice, WCB/OEA 

were acting pursuant to the 

Commission’s directive, made in the 

2021 ICS Order, that the new data 

collection obtain data on providers’ 

operations, costs, demand, and 

revenues, among other information. As 

the Commission explained in that 

Order, the collected information would 

allow the Commission to set permanent 

interstate and international inmate 

calling services rate caps and to evaluate 

and, if warranted, revise the ancillary 

service charge caps. 

On December 15, 2021, WCB/OEA 

issued a Public Notice seeking comment 

on revised requirements for ICS Annual 

Reports, including proposed 

instructions, templates, and a provider 

certification. Specifically, the Public 

Notice proposed changes in the 

reporting requirements to align them 

with ICS rule changes adopted in the 

2021 ICS Order. 

On January 18, 2022, WCB adopted an 

Order implementing the Third 

Mandatory Data Collection and adopted 

accompanying instructions, reporting 

templates, and a certification form. The 

collected information would allow the 

Commission to set permanent interstate 

and international inmate calling 

services rate caps and to evaluate and, 

if warranted, revise the current ancillary 

service charge caps. 

On February 9, 2022, WCB released a 

public notice announcing that the 

providers’ mandatory data collection 

responses will be due no later than June 

30, 2022. 

On June 24, 2022, WCB adopted an 

Order implementing revisions to its 

annual reporting requirements, 

including accompanying instructions, 

reporting templates, and a certification 

form. The revisions were consistent 

with changes made in the Third Report 

and Order. 

On September 30, 2022, the 

Commission released the Fourth Report 

and Order, and Sixth Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking. The Report and 

Order required ICS providers to provide 

access to all relay services eligible for 

Telecommunications Relay Services 

fund support in any correctional facility 

that is located where broadband is 

available and is part of a correctional 

system with 50 or more incarcerated 

people. This included the ability to 

place point-to-point video calls using 

American Sign Language. The rules also 

restricted provider charges for relay 

services and point-to-point video calls. 

More generally, the rules reduced 

certain charges and curtailed abusive 

practices related to ICS to ease the 

financial burdens on all incarcerated 

people and their families. To ensure that 

the rates, terms, and practices related to 

interstate and international ICS are just 

and reasonable, the Order prohibited 

providers from taking control of funds 

in inactive calling accounts until at least 

180 calendar days of continuous 

inactivity had passed, after which 

providers are required to refund the 

balance or dispose of the funds in 

accordance with applicable state law. 

The Order also lowered the current 

ancillary fee caps on charges for single 

call services, and lowered the cap on 

provider charges for processing credit 

card, debit card, and other payments to 

calling services accounts. Finally, the 

Commission revised the definitions of 

‘‘Prison’’ and ‘‘Jail’’ in its rules to 

conform with the Commission’s intent 

in adopting them in 2015. 

In the Sixth Further Notice, the 

Commission sought additional comment 

on whether to allow enterprise 

registration for internet Protocol 

Captioned Telephone Service in carceral 

settings and how to address the special 

circumstances faced by some ICS 

providers in jurisdictions with average 

daily populations of fewer than 50 

incarcerated persons. This Notice 

sought comment on refining the rules 

adopted in the Fifth Report and Order 

concerning the treatment of balances in 

inactive accounts. It also sought 

comment on expanding the breadth and 

scope of the Commission’s consumer 

disclosure requirements. The 

Commission asked for comment on how 

it should use the data filed in response 

to the Third Mandatory Data Collection 

to establish just and reasonable 

permanent caps on interstate and 

international rates and associated 

ancillary service charges consistent with 

the Telecommunications Act of 1934 

(the Act). The Commission invited 

further comment on allowing ICS 

providers to offer pilot programs 

allowing consumers to purchase calling 

services under alternative pricing 

structures. 

On March 17, 2023, the Commission 

opened a new docket, WC Docket No. 

23–62, and released a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking and Order to 

begin implementation of the Martha 

Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable 

Communications Act of 2022, which 

was signed into law on January 5, 2023. 

The Martha Wright-Reed Act expands 

the Commission’s authority over rates 

charged for incarcerated people’s 

communications services, including 

intrastate services, and directs the 

Commission to adopt just and 

reasonable rates and charges for 

incarcerated people’s audio and video 

communications services not earlier 

than 18 months and not later than 24 

months after the date of its enactment. 

The Notice seeks comment on (1) the 

expansion of the Commission’s 

authority over incarcerated people’s 

communications services to include 

advanced communications services 

(including audio and video services) 

and intrastate services; (2) the meaning 

of ‘‘just and reasonable’’ in the context 

of the Act’s other provisions; (3) the 

rate-making methodology the 

Commission should use to fulfill its 

mandate to ensure that rates and charges 

for incarcerated people’s 

communications services are just and 

reasonable; (4) the safety and security 

costs necessary for the provision of 

incarcerated people’s communications 

services; and (5) the actions the 

Commission should take to ensure that 

incarcerated people’s communications 

services are accessible to, and usable by, 

people with communication disabilities. 

The accompanying Order reaffirmed the 

Commission’s prior delegation of data 


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collection authority to WCB/OEA and 

directed staff to initiate a collection of 

provider data to inform the 

Commission’s responsibilities to 

implement the requirements of the 

Martha Wright-Reed Act. 

[Note: The Commission has 

historically used the term inmate calling 

services’’ or ICS’’ when referencing 

payphone service in the incarceration 

context. With the passage of the Martha 

Wright-Reed Act, the Commission now 

uses the term incarcerated people’s 

communications services’’ or IPCS’’ 

instead of inmate calling services’’ or 

ICS’’ to refer to the broader range of 

communications services and providers 

subject to the Commission’s jurisdiction 

as a result of the Act.] 

On April 28, 2023, the Wireline 

Competition Bureau and the Office of 

Economics and Analytics released a 

Public Notice seeking comment on a 

proposal to update the Commission’s 

Third Mandatory Data Collection to 

encompass and collect data on all 

incarcerated people’s communications 

services (IPCS) from all providers of 

those services subject to the 

Commission’s expanded authority 

under the Martha Wright-Reed Just and 

Reasonable Communications Act. The 

proposed modifications included 

collecting information concerning any 

audio or video communications service 

used by incarcerated people for the 

purpose of communicating with nonincarcerated individuals, regardless of 

technology used. The Public Notice also 

sought comment on proposed 

modifications to the instructions, 

reporting template, and certification 

form to implement the modified 

mandatory data collection. 

On July 26, 2023, the Wireline 

Competition Bureau and the Office of 

Economics and Analytics released an 

Order adopting the modifications to the 

Third Mandatory Data Collection 

proposed in the April 28, 2023, Public 

Notice. The modifications included 

collecting information concerning any 

audio or video communications service 

used by incarcerated people for the 

purpose of communicating with nonincarcerated individuals, regardless of 

technology used. The Order adopted the 

proposed instructions, reporting 

template, and certification form. 

On August 3, 2023, the Wireline 

Competition Bureau and the Consumer 

and Governmental Affairs Bureau 

released a Public Notice seeking 

comment on proposed revisions to the 

Annual Reports and Annual 

Certifications that the Commission 

requires certain providers of IPCS to 

submit. The Public Notice proposed 

changes to the Annual Reports to (1) 

reflect expanded reporting requirements 

regarding access to IPCS by persons 

with communication disabilities and (2) 

seek data about video IPCS necessary to 

implement the Martha Wright-Reed Just 

and Reasonable Communications Act. 

The Public Notice also sought comment 

on proposed modifications to the 

instructions, reporting templates, and 

certification form for the Annual 

Reports data collection. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 01/22/13 78 FR 4369 

FNPRM ............... 11/13/13 78 FR 68005 

R&O .................... 11/13/13 78 FR 67956 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

12/20/13 

2nd FNPRM ........ 11/21/14 79 FR 69682 

2nd FNPRM 

Comment Period End.

01/15/15 

2nd FNPRM 

Reply Comment 

Period End.

01/20/15 

3rd FNPRM ......... 12/18/15 80 FR 79020 

2nd R&O ............. 12/18/15 80 FR 79136 

3rd FNPRM Comment Period 

End.

01/19/16 

3rd FNPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

02/08/16 

Order on Reconsideration.09/12/16 81 FR 62818 

Announcement of 

OMB Approval.

03/01/17 82 FR 12182 

Correction to Announcement of 

OMB Approval.

03/08/17 82 FR 12922 

Announcement of 

OMB Approval.

02/06/20 85 FR 6947 

Public Notice ....... 02/19/20 85 FR 9444 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

03/20/20 

Public Notice 

Reply Comment 

Period End.

04/06/20 

Letter ................... 07/15/20 

R&O on Remand 

& 4th FNPRM.

08/06/20 85 FR 

67450; 85 

FR 67480; 

85 FR 

73233 

Order ................... 09/01/20 

Public Notice ....... 09/24/20 85 FR 66512 

Public Notice ....... 10/23/20 

Letter ................... 11/13/20 

Public Notice ....... 12/03/20 85 FR 83000 

Order Extending 

Reply Comment 

Deadline.

12/17/20 

Public Notice ....... 01/08/21 

Comment Period 

End on 12/3/ 

2020, Public 

Notice End.

01/11/21 

Comment Period 

End on 12/3/ 

2020, Public 

Notice End.

01/21/21 

Public Notice ....... 03/03/21 

Action Date FR Cite

5th FNPRM ......... 07/28/21 86 FR 40416 

3rd R&O .............. 07/28/21 86 FR 40682 

3rd R&O .............. 07/28/21 86 FR 40340 

Order ................... 08/10/21 86 FR 48952 

Public Notice 

(MDC).

09/22/21 86 FR 54897 

5th NPRM Comment Period 

End.

09/27/21 

Order Extending 

Reply Comment 

Deadline.

10/15/21 86 FR 60438 

5th NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

10/27/21 

Comment Period 

End on 09/22/ 

2021, Public 

Notice End.

11/04/21 

Reply Comment 

Period on 09/ 

22/2021, Public 

Notice End.

11/19/21 

5th NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

12/17/21 

Public Notice on 

Annual Reports.

01/04/22 87 FR 212 

Comment Period 

End on 01/04/ 

2022, Public 

Notice End.

01/12/22 

Reply Period on 

01/04/2022, 

Public Notice 

End.

01/27/22 

Order Adopting 

MDC.

03/22/22 87 FR 16560 

Order Adopting 

Annual Reports 

Revisions.

08/02/22 87 FR 47103 

4th R&O .............. 09/30/22 

6th FNPRM ......... 09/30/22 

NPRM—Proposing Implementation of 

Martha WrightReed Act.

04/07/23 88 FR 20804 

Public Notice— 

Proposing 2023 

MDC.

05/03/23 88 FR 27850 

Order—Adopting 

2023 Mandatory 

Data Collection.

08/03/23 88 FR 51240 

Public Notice— 

Proposing Annual Report Revisions.

08/09/23 88 FR 53850 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: David Zesiger, 

Deputy Division Chief, PPD, WCB, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Wireline Competition Bureau, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–2081; Email: david.

zesiger@fcc.gov. 

Erik Raven-Hansen, Assistant 

Division Chief, Pricing Policy Division, 


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Wireline Comp., Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–1532, Email: erik.ravenhansen@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK08 

588. Comprehensive Review of the Part 

32 Uniform System of Accounts (WC 

Docket No. 14–130) [3060–AK20] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 201(b); 47 U.S.C. 

219 and 220 

Abstract: The Commission initiates a 

rulemaking proceeding to review the 

Uniform System of Accounts (USOA) to 

consider ways to minimize the 

compliance burdens on incumbent local 

exchange carriers while ensuring that 

the Agency retains access to the 

information it needs to fulfill its 

regulatory duties. In light of the 

Commission’s actions in areas of price 

cap regulation, universal service reform, 

and intercarrier compensation reform, 

the Commission stated that it is likely 

appropriate to streamline the existing 

rules even though those reforms may 

not have eliminated the need for 

accounting data for some purposes. The 

Commission’s analysis and proposals 

are divided into three parts. First, the 

Commission proposes to streamline the 

USOA accounting rules while 

preserving their existing structure. 

Second, the Commission seeks more 

focused comment on the accounting 

requirements needed for price cap 

carriers to address our statutory and 

regulatory obligations. Third, the 

Commission seeks comment on several 

related issues, including state 

requirements, rate effects, 

implementation, continuing property 

records, and legal authority. 

On February 23, 2017, the 

Commission adopted a Report and 

Order that revised the part 32 USOA to 

substantially reduce accounting burdens 

for both price cap and rate-of-return 

carriers. First, the Order streamlines the 

USOA for all carriers. In addition, the 

USOA will be aligned more closely with 

generally accepted accounting 

principles, or GAAP. Second, the Order 

allows price cap carriers to use GAAP 

for all regulatory accounting purposes as 

long as they comply with targeted 

accounting rules, which are designed to 

mitigate any impact on pole attachment 

rates. Alternatively, price cap carriers 

can elect to use GAAP accounting for all 

purposes other than those associated 

with pole attachment rates and continue 

to use the part 32 accounts for pole 

attachment rates for up to 12 years. 

Third, the Order addresses several 

miscellaneous issues, including referral 

to the Federal-State Joint Board on 

Separations the issue of examining 

jurisdictional separations rules in light 

of the reforms adopted to part 32. 

On June 5, 2017, NCTA-The internet 

& Television Association filed a petition 

for reconsideration of the Report and 

Order requesting that the Commission: 

(a) clarify that parties making pole 

attachments will have access to all 

accounting information needed to verify 

the reasonableness of pole attachment 

rates; and (b) establish additional 

substantive protections to ensure that 

pole attachment rates based on GAAP 

are consistent with the requirements of 

Section 224 of the Communication Act 

and the assurances contained in the Part 

32 Order. Oppositions to that petition 

were due on July 21, 2017, and replies 

were due on July 31, 2017. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 09/15/14 79 FR 54942 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

11/14/14 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

12/15/14 

R&O .................... 04/04/17 82 FR 20833 

Petition for Reconsideration.06/05/17 82 FR 31282 

Comment Period 

on Petition for 

Reconsideration 

End.

07/21/17 

Reply Comment 

Period on Petition for Reconsideration End.

07/31/17 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: William A. Kehoe III, 

Senior Counsel, Policy & Program 

Planning Division, Federal 

Communications Commission, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

7122, Email: william.kehoe@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK20 

589. Restoring Internet Freedom (WC 

Docket No. 17–108); Protecting And 

Promoting the Open Internet (GN 

Docket No. 14–28) [3060–AK21] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154(i) and (j); 47 U.S.C. 201(b) 

Abstract: In December 2017, the 

Commission adopted the Restoring 

internet Freedom Declaratory Ruling, 

Report and Order, and Order (Restoring 

internet Freedom Order), which 

reclassified broadband internet access 

service as an information service; 

reinstates the determination that mobile 

broadband internet access service is not 

a commercial mobile service and as a 

private mobile service; finds that 

transparency, internet Service Providers 

(ISPs) economic incentives, and 

antitrust and consumer protection laws 

will protect the openness of the internet, 

and that title II regulation is 

unnecessary to do so; and adopts a 

transparency rule similar to that in the 

2010 Open internet Order, requiring 

disclosure of network management 

practices, performance characteristics, 

and commercial terms of service. 

Additionally, the transparency rule 

requires ISPs to disclose any blocking, 

throttling, paid prioritization, or affiliate 

prioritization, and eliminates the 

internet conduct standard and the 

bright-line conduct rules set forth in the 

2015 Open internet Order. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 07/01/14 79 FR 37448 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

07/18/14 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

09/15/14 

R&O on Remand, 

Declaratory Ruling, and Order.

04/13/15 80 FR 19737 

NPRM .................. 06/02/17 82 FR 25568 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

07/03/17 

Declaratory Ruling, R&O, and 

Order.

02/22/18 83 FR 7852 

Order on Remand 01/07/21 86 FR 994 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Melissa Kirkel, 

Deputy Division Chief, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

7958, Fax: 202 418–1413, Email: 

melissa.kirkel@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK21 

590. Technology Transitions; GN 

Docket No. 13–5, WC Docket No. 05–25; 

Accelerating Wireline Broadband 

Deployment By Removing Barriers to 

Infrastructure Investment; WC Docket 

No. 17–84 [3060–AK32] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 214; 47 

U.S.C. 251 

Abstract: On April 20, 2017, the 

Commission adopted a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, Notice of 

Inquiry, and Request for Comment 

(Wireline Infrastructure NPRM, NOl, 

and RFC) seeking input on a number of 

actions designed to accelerate: (1) the 


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deployment of next-generation networks 

and services by removing barriers to 

infrastructure investment at the Federal, 

State, and local level; (2) the transition 

from legacy copper networks and 

services to next-generation fiber-based 

networks and services; and (3) the 

reduction of Commission regulations 

that raise costs and slow, rather than 

facilitate, broadband deployment. 

On November 16, 2017, the 

Commission adopted a Report and 

Order (R&O), Declaratory Ruling, and 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(Wireline Infrastructure Order) that 

takes a number of actions and seeks 

comment on further actions designed to 

accelerate the deployment of nextgeneration networks and services 

through removing barriers to 

infrastructure investment. 

The Wireline Infrastructure Order 

took a number of actions. First, the 

Report and Order revised the pole 

attachment rules to reduce costs for 

attachers, reforms the pole access 

complaint procedures to settle access 

disputes more swiftly, and increases 

access to infrastructure for certain types 

of broadband providers. Second, the 

Report and Order revised the section 

214(a) discontinuance rules and the 

network change notification rules, 

including those applicable to copper 

retirements, to expedite the process for 

carriers seeking to replace legacy 

network infrastructure and legacy 

services with advanced broadband 

networks and innovative new services. 

Third, the Report and Order reversed a 

2015 ruling that discontinuance 

authority is required for solely 

wholesale services to carrier-customers. 

Fourth, the Declaratory Ruling 

abandoned the 2014 ‘‘functional test’’ 

interpretation of when section 214 

discontinuance applications are 

required, bringing added clarity to the 

section 214(a) discontinuance process 

for carriers and consumers alike. 

Finally, the Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking sought comment on 

additional potential pole attachment 

reforms, reforms to the network change 

disclosure and section 214(a) 

discontinuance processes, and ways to 

facilitate rebuilding networks impacted 

by natural disasters. Various parties 

filed a Petition for Review of the 

Wireline Infrastructure Order in the U.S. 

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

The Ninth Circuit denied the Petition on 

January 23, 2020 on the grounds that the 

parties lacked standing. 

On June 7, 2018, the Commission 

adopted a Second Report and Order 

(Wireline Infrastructure Second Report 

and Order) taking further actions 

designed to expedite the transition from 

legacy networks and services to next 

generation networks and advanced 

services that benefit the American 

public and to promote broadband 

deployment by further streamlining the 

section 214(a) discontinuance rules, 

network change disclosure processes, 

and part 68 customer notification 

process. 

The Wireline Infrastructure NPRM, 

NOI, and RFC sought comment on 

additional issues not addressed in the 

November Wireline Infrastructure Order 

or the June Wireline Infrastructure 

Second Report and Order. It sought 

comment on changes to the 

Commission’s pole attachment rules to: 

(1) streamline the timeframe for gaining 

access to utility poles; (2) reduce 

charges paid by attachers for work done 

to make a pole ready for new 

attachments; and (3) establish a formula 

for computing the maximum pole 

attachment rate that may be imposed on 

an incumbent LEC. 

The Wireline Infrastructure NPRM, 

NOI, and RFC also sought comment on 

whether the Commission should enact 

rules, consistent with its authority 

under section 253 of the Act, to promote 

the deployment of broadband 

infrastructure by preempting State and 

local laws that inhibit broadband 

deployment. It also sought comment on 

whether there are State laws governing 

the maintenance or retirement of copper 

facilities that serve as a barrier to 

deploying next-generation technologies 

and services that the Commission might 

seek to preempt. 

Previously, in November 2014, the 

Commission adopted a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking and Declaratory 

Ruling that: (1) proposed new backup 

power rules; (2) proposed new or 

revised rules for copper retirements and 

service discontinuances; and (3) 

adopted a functional test in determining 

what constitutes a service for purposes 

of section 214(a) discontinuance review. 

In August 2015, the Commission 

adopted a Report and Order, Order on 

Reconsideration, and Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking that: (i) 

lengthened and revised the copper 

retirement process; (ii) determined that 

a carrier must obtain Commission 

approval before discontinuing a service 

used as a wholesale input if the carrier’s 

actions will discontinue service to a 

carrier-customer’s retail end users; (iii) 

adopted an interim rule requiring 

incumbent LECs that seek to 

discontinue certain TDM-based 

wholesale services to commit to certain 

rates, terms, and conditions; (iv) 

proposed further revisions to the copper 

retirement discontinuance process; and 

(v) upheld the November 2014 

Declaratory Ruling. In July 2016, the 

Commission adopted a Second Report 

and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and 

Order on Reconsideration that: (i) 

adopted a new test for obtaining 

streamlined treatment when carriers 

seek Commission authorization to 

discontinue legacy services in favor of 

services based on newer technologies; 

(ii) set forth consumer education 

requirements for carriers seeking to 

discontinue legacy services in favor of 

services based on newer technologies; 

(iii) allowed notice to customers of 

discontinuance applications by email; 

(iv) required carriers to provide notice 

of discontinuance applications to Tribal 

entities; (v) made a technical rule 

change to create a new title for copper 

retirement notices and certifications; 

and (vi) harmonized the timeline for 

competitive LEC discontinuances 

caused by incumbent LEC network 

changes. 

On August 2, 2018, the Commission 

adopted a Third Report and Order and 

Declaratory Ruling (Wireline 

Infrastructure Third Report and Order) 

establishing a new framework for the 

vast majority of pole attachments 

governed by Federal law by instituting 

a one-touch make-ready regime, in 

which a new attacher may elect to 

perform all simple work to prepare a 

pole for new wireline attachments in the 

communications space. This new 

framework includes safeguards to 

promote coordination among parties 

and ensures that new attachers perform 

work safely and reliably. The 

Commission retained its multi-party 

pole attachment process for attachments 

that are complex or above the 

communications space of a pole, but 

made significant modifications to speed 

deployment, promote accurate billing, 

expand the use of self-help for new 

attachers when attachment deadlines 

are missed, and reduce the likelihood of 

coordination failures that lead to 

unwarranted delays. The Commission 

also improved its pole attachment rules 

by codifying and redefining 

Commission precedent that requires 

utilities to allow attachers to overlash 

existing wires, thus maximizing the 

usable space on the pole; eliminating 

outdated disparities between the pole 

attachment rates that incumbent carriers 

must pay compared to other similarlysituated cable and telecommunications 

attachers; and clarifying that the 

Commission will preempt, on an 

expedited case-by-case basis, State and 

local laws that inhibit the rebuilding or 

restoration of broadband infrastructure 

after a disaster. The Commission also 

adopted a Declaratory Ruling that 


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interpreted section 253(a) of the 

Communications Act to prohibit State 

and local express and de facto moratoria 

on the deployment of 

telecommunications services or 

facilities and directed the Wireline 

Competition and Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureaus to act 

promptly on petitions challenging 

specific alleged moratoria. Numerous 

parties filed appeals of the Wireline 

Infrastructure Third Report and Order, 

and the appeals were consolidated in 

the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Ninth 

Circuit. On August 12, 2020, the Ninth 

Circuit issued an opinion upholding the 

Wireline Infrastructure Third Report 

and Order in all respects. 

On August 8, 2018, Public Knowledge 

filed a Petition for Reconsideration of 

the Second Report and Order and 

Motion to Hold in Abeyance. On 

October 20, 2020, the Wireline 

Competition Bureau (Bureau) adopted a 

Declaratory Ruling, Order on 

Reconsideration, and Order. In the 

Declaratory Ruling, the Bureau clarified 

that any carrier seeking to discontinue 

legacy voice service to a community or 

part of a community that is the last 

retail provider of such legacy TDM 

service to that community or part of the 

community is subject to the 

Commission’s technology transition 

discontinuance rules, including the 

requirements to receive streamlined 

treatment of its discontinuance 

application. In the Order on 

Reconsideration, the Bureau denied the 

Public Knowledge Petition for 

Reconsideration because all of Public 

Knowledge’s arguments were fully 

considered, and rejected, by the 

Commission in the underlying 

proceeding. It also dismissed as moot 

the accompanying motion to have the 

Commission hold that Order in 

abeyance pending the outcome of the 

appeal that the Ninth Circuit ultimately 

denied. 

In September 2019, CTIA filed a 

Petition for Declaratory Ruling seeking 

clarification of certain issues raised in 

the 2018 Third Report and Order. On 

July 29, 2020, the Wireline Competition 

Bureau issued a Declaratory Ruling 

clarifying that (1) the imposition of a 

blanket ban’’ by a utility on attachments 

to any portion of a utility pole is 

inconsistent with the federal 

requirement that a denial of access . . . 

be specific’’ to a particular request; and 

(2) while utilities and attachers have the 

flexibility to negotiate terms in their 

pole attachment agreements that differ 

from the requirements in the 

Commission’s rules, a utility cannot use 

its significant negotiating leverage to 

require an attacher to give up rights to 

which the attacher is entitled under the 

rules without the attacher obtaining a 

corresponding benefit. 

On July 20, 2020, the Wireline 

Competition Bureau issued a Public 

Notice seeking comment on a Petition 

for Declaratory Ruling filed on July 16, 

2020, by NCTA The internet & 

Television Association. NCTA asked the 

Commission to declare that: (1) pole 

owners must share in the cost of pole 

replacements in unserved areas 

pursuant to section 224 of the 

Communications Act, section 1.1408(b) 

of the Commission’s rules, and 

Commission precedent; (2) pole 

attachment complaints arising in 

unserved areas should be prioritized 

through placement on the Accelerated 

Docket under section 1.736 of the 

Commission’s rules; and (3) section 

1.1407(b) of the Commission’s rules 

authorizes the Commission to order any 

pole owner to complete a pole 

replacement within a specified period of 

time or designate an authorized 

contractor to do so. Comments on the 

NCTA Petition were due by September 

2, 2020, and reply comments by 

September 17, 2020. 

On January 19, 2021, WCB released a 

Declaratory Ruling on the subject of 

pole replacements. WCB declined to 

rule on the NCTA Petition, finding that 

the questions raised were better suited 

to a rulemaking. However, in response 

to the Petition’s record, WCB issued a 

narrow clarification: a utility may not 

impose the entire cost of a pole 

replacement on a requesting attacher 

when the attacher is not the sole cause 

of the pole replacement (for instance, 

where the pole has been red-tagged’’i.e., 

placed on a utility’s pole replacement 

schedule due to non-compliance with 

safety standards). 

On July 23, 2021, the Wireline 

Competition Bureau issued a Public 

Notice seeking comment on a Petition 

for Declaratory Ruling filed by the 

Edison Electric Institute asking the 

Commission to declare that: (1) when 

the Commission determines that a pole 

attachment rate, term, or condition is 

unjust and unreasonable and orders a 

refund pursuant to section 1.1407(a)(3) 

of the Commission’s rules, the 

applicable statute of limitations’’ is the 

same as the two-year period prescribed 

by section 415(b) of the Act; and (2) 

refunds in pole attachment complaint 

proceedings are not appropriate’’ for any 

period preceding good-faith notice of a 

dispute. Deadlines for filing comments 

and reply comments were set for August 

23, 2021, and September 10, 2021, 

respectively. 

In March 2022, the Commission began 

the rulemaking contemplated by the 

January 2021 Declaratory Ruling, by 

adopting a Second Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment 

on several issues relating to pole 

replacements, including (1) whether and 

to what extent utilities directly benefit 

from various types of pole replacements 

in situations where a pole replacement 

is not necessitated solely’’ by a new 

attachment request; (2) whether 

requiring utilities to pay a portion of the 

costs of a pole replacement would 

positively or negatively affect 

negotiations of pole attachment 

agreements and broadband deployment; 

(3) what measures the Commission 

could adopt to expedite the resolution 

of pole replacement disputes; and (4) 

what scope of refunds the Commission 

should order when it determines that a 

pole attachment rate, term, or condition 

is unjust and unreasonable. Comments 

on the Second FNPRM were due on 

June 27, 2022, while reply comments 

were due on August 26, 2022. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 01/06/15 80 FR 450 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/05/15 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

03/09/15 

FNPRM ............... 09/25/15 80 FR 57768 

R&O .................... 09/25/15 80 FR 57768 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

10/26/15 

FNPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

11/24/15 

2nd R&O ............. 09/12/16 81 FR 62632 

NPRM .................. 05/16/17 82 FR 

224533 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

06/15/17 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

07/17/17 

R&O .................... 12/28/17 82 FR 61520 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

01/17/18 

FNPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

02/16/18 

2nd R&O ............. 07/09/18 83 FR 31659 

3rd R&O .............. 09/14/18 83 FR 46812 

NCTA Public Notice.07/20/20 

CTIA Declaratory 

Ruling.

07/29/20 

Declaratory Ruling 01/19/21 

Order on Reconsideration.02/02/21 86 FR 8872 

EEI Public Notice 07/23/21 

EEI Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

08/23/21 

EEI Public Notice 

Reply Comment 

Period End.

09/10/21 

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Action Date FR Cite 

Second Further 

NPRM Comment Period 

End.

06/27/22 

Second Further 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

08/26/22 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Michele Berlove, 

Assistant Division Chief, Competition 

Policy Div., WCB, Federal 

Communications Commission, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1477, Email: michele.berlove@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK32 

591. Numbering Policies for Modern 

Communications, WC Docket No. 13–97 

[3060–AK36] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 153 to 154; 47 U.S.C. 201 to 205; 

47 U.S.C. 251; 47 U.S.C. 303(r) 

Abstract: This Order establishes a 

process to authorize interconnected 

VoIP providers to obtain North 

American Numbering Plan (NANP) 

telephone numbers directly from the 

numbering administrators, rather than 

through intermediaries. Section 

52.15(g)(2)(i) of the Commission’s rules 

limits access to telephone numbers to 

entities that demonstrate they are 

authorized to provide service in the area 

for which the numbers are being 

requested. The Commission has 

interpreted this rule as requiring 

evidence of either a State certificate of 

public convenience and necessity 

(CPCN) or a Commission license. 

Neither authorization is typically 

available in practice to interconnected 

VoIP providers. Thus, as a practical 

matter, generally only 

telecommunications carriers are able to 

provide the proof of authorization 

required under our rules, and thus able 

to obtain numbers directly from the 

numbering administrators. This Order 

establishes an authorization process to 

enable interconnected VoIP providers 

that choose direct access to request 

numbers directly from the numbering 

administrators. Next, the Order sets 

forth several conditions designed to 

minimize number exhaust and preserve 

the integrity of the numbering system. 

The Order requires interconnected 

VoIP providers obtaining numbers to 

comply with the same requirements 

applicable to carriers seeking to obtain 

numbers. These requirements include 

any State requirements pursuant to 

numbering authority delegated to the 

States by the Commission, as well as 

industry guidelines and practices, 

among others. The Order also requires 

interconnected VoIP providers to 

comply with facilities readiness 

requirements adapted to this context, 

and with numbering utilization and 

optimization requirements. As 

conditions to requesting and obtaining 

numbers directly from the numbering 

administrators, interconnected VoIP 

providers are also required to: (1) 

provide the relevant State commissions 

with regulatory and numbering contacts 

when requesting numbers in those 

states; (2) request numbers from the 

numbering administrators under their 

own unique OCN; (3) file any requests 

for numbers with the relevant State 

commissions at least 30 days prior to 

requesting numbers from the numbering 

administrators; and (4) provide 

customers with the opportunity to 

access all abbreviated dialing codes 

(N11 numbers) in use in a geographic 

area. 

The Order also modifies 

Commission’s rules in order to permit 

VoIP Positioning Center (VPC) providers 

to obtain pseudo-Automatic Number 

Identification (p-ANI) codes directly 

from the numbering administrators for 

purposes of providing E911 services. 

Based on experiences and review of 

the direct access authorization process 

established by the 2015 Order, the 

Commission adopted a FNPRM which 

proposes clarifications and revisions to 

the Commission’s rules to better ensure 

that interconnected VoIP providers that 

obtain direct access authorization to not 

facilitate illegal robocalls, spoofing, or 

fraud, pose national security risks, or 

evade or abuse intercarrier 

compensation requirements. The 

FNPRM proposes to require additional 

certifications as part of the direct access 

authorization applications process, that 

would include certification of 

compliance with anti-robocalling 

obligations. The FNPRM also proposes 

to clarify that applicants disclose 

foreign ownership information on their 

direct access application. It would also 

propose to generally refer those 

applications with 10% or greater foreign 

ownership to the Executive Branch 

agencies for their review, consistent 

with the Commission’s referral of other 

types of applications. The FNPRM also 

propose to clarify that holders of a 

direct access authorization must update 

the Commission and applicable states 

within 30 days of changes to ownership 

information submitted to the 

Commission. The FNPRM further 

proposes to clarify that Commission 

staff retain the authority to determine 

when to accept filings as complete and 

proposes to direct Commission staff to 

reject an application if an applicant has 

engaged in behavior contrary to the 

public interest or has been found to 

originate or transmit illegal robocalls. 

Finally, the FNPRM seeks comment on 

whether to expand the direct access 

authorization to one-way VoIP providers 

or other entities that use numbering 

resources. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 06/19/13 78 FR 36725 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

07/19/13 

R&O .................... 10/29/15 80 FR 66454 

FNPRM (Release 

Date).

08/06/21 86 FR 51081 

FNPRM (Comment Period 

End).

10/14/21 86 FR 51081 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Jordan Marie Reth, 

Attorney-Advisor (PU), Federal 

Communications Commission, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1418, Email: jordan.reth@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK36 

592. Implementation of the Universal 

Service Portions of the 1996 

Telecommunications Act [3060–AK57] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq. 

Abstract: The Telecommunications 

Act of 1996 expanded the traditional 

goal of universal service to include 

increased access to both 

telecommunications and advanced 

services such as high-speed internet for 

all consumers at just, reasonable, and 

affordable rates. The Act established 

principles for universal service that 

specifically focused on increasing 

access to evolving services for 

consumers living in rural and insular 

areas, and for consumers with lowincomes. Additional principles called 

for increased access to high-speed 

internet in the nation’s schools, 

libraries, and rural healthcare facilities. 

The FCC established four programs 

within the Universal Service Fund to 

implement the statute: Connect America 

Fund (formally known as High-Cost 

Support) for rural areas; Lifeline (for 

low-income consumers), including 

initiatives to expand phone service for 

Native Americans; Schools and 

Libraries (E-rate); and Rural Healthcare. 

The Universal Service Fund is paid 

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telecommunications carriers, including 

wireline and wireless companies, and 

interconnected Voice over internet 

Protocol (VoIP) providers, including 

cable companies that provide voice 

service, based on an assessment on their 

interstate and international end-user 

revenues. The Universal Service 

Administrative Company, or USAC, 

administers the four programs and 

collects monies for the Universal 

Service Fund under the direction of the 

FCC. 

On February 17, 2023, the 

Commission proposed simplifying rules 

for accessing program offering highspeed internet for Schools and Libraries. 

On March 27, 2023, the Commission 

sought comment on continued filing of 

Alaska Plan FCC Form 477 Mobile 

Deployment Data and waived interim 

PR–USVI Mobile Milestone Filing and 

provides information for Final 

Milestone Filing. 

On April 19, 2023, the Commission 

adopted an Order to ensure support for 

providers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. 

Virgin Islands to continue strengthening 

their existing networks. 

On May 12, 2023, the Commission 

granted, in part, the Request for Waiver 

filed by SHLB and CoSN, by waiving 

and extending the service delivery 

deadline for certain applicants who 

received Emergency Connectivity Fund 

support. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

R&O and FNPRM 01/13/17 82 FR 4275 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

02/13/17 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

02/27/17 

R&O and Order 

on Recon.

03/21/17 82 FR 14466 

Order on Recon .. 05/19/17 82 FR 22901 

Order on Recon .. 06/08/17 82 FR 26653 

Memorandum, 

Opinion & 

Order.

06/21/17 82 FR 

228224 

NPRM .................. 07/30/19 84 FR 36865 

NPRM .................. 08/21/19 84 FR 43543 

R&O and Order 

on Recon.

11/07/19 84 FR 59937 

Order on Recon .. 12/09/19 84 FR 67220 

R&O .................... 12/20/19 84 FR 70026 

R&O .................... 12/27/19 84 FR 71308 

R&O .................... 01/17/20 85 FR 3044 

Report & Order ... 03/10/20 85 FR 13773 

Report & Order ... 05/11/20 85 FR 19892 

Declaratory Ruling/2nd FNPRM.08/04/20 85 FR 48134 

Public Notice ....... 03/22/21 86 FR 15172 

Report & Order 

on Recon.

04/09/21 86 FR 18459 

R&O .................... 05/28/21 86 FR 29136 

2nd R&O ............. 07/14/21 86 FR 37061 

Public Notice ....... 08/02/21 86 FR 41408 

NPRM .................. 10/14/21 86 FR 57097 

Action Date FR Cite 

Order ................... 12/14/21 86 FR 70983 

NPRM .................. 01/27/22 87 FR 4182 

FNPRM ............... 03/15/22 87 FR 14422 

NPRM .................. 06/16/22 87 FR 36283 

NPRM .................. 06/23/22 87 FR 37459 

2nd R&O ............. 09/06/22 87 FR 54311 

3rd R&O .............. 09/06/22 87 FR 54401 

Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking.

11/19/22 87 FR 67660 

Public Notice ....... 01/06/23 88 FR 1035 

NPRM .................. 03/13/23 88 FR 14529 

Public Notice ....... 04/11/23 88 FR 21580 

Report and Order 

on Review.

05/05/23 88 FR 28993 

Order ................... 06/05/23 88 FR 36510 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Nakesha Woodward, 

Program Analyst, Wireline Competition 

Bureau, Federal Communications 

Commission, Wireline Competition 

Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 

20554, Phone: 202 418–1502, Email: 

kesha.woodward@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK57 

593. Toll Free Assignment 

Modernization and Toll-Free Service 

Access Codes: WC Docket No. 17–192, 

CC Docket No. 95–155 [3060–AK91] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 

U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 201(b); 47 U.S.C. 

251(e)(1) 

Abstract: In this Report and Order 

(Order), the Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC) initiates an auction 

to distribute certain toll-free numbers. 

The numbers to be auctioned will be in 

the new 833 toll free code for which 

there have been multiple, competing 

requests. 

By using an auction, the FCC will 

ensure that sought-after numbers are 

awarded to the parties that value them 

most. In addition, the FCC will reserve 

certain 833 numbers for distribution to 

government and non-profit entities that 

request them for public health and 

safety purposes. The FCC will study the 

results of the auction to determine how 

to best use the mechanism to distribute 

toll-free numbers equitably and 

efficiently in the future as well. 

Revenues from the auction will be used 

to defray the cost of toll-free numbering 

administration, reducing the cost of 

numbering for all users. The Order 

establishing the toll-free number auction 

will also authorize and accommodate 

the use of a secondary market for 

numbers awarded at auction to further 

distribute these numbers to the entities 

that value them most. The Order also 

adopted several definitional and 

technical updates to improve clarity and 

flexibility in toll-free number 

assignment. 

The Commission sought comment and 

then adopted auctions procedures and 

deadlines on August 2, 2019. Bidding 

for the auction occurred on December 

17, 2019, and Somos issued an 

announcement of the winning bidders 

on December 20, 2019. On December 16, 

2019, to facilitate the preparation of its 

study of the auction, the Bureau charged 

the North American Numbering 

Council, via its Toll Free Access 

Modernization Working Group, to issue 

a report evaluating various aspects of 

the 833 Auction, and recommending 

improvements for any future toll free 

number auctions. 

On January 16, 2020, Somos released 

all of the 833 Auction data for public 

review. On March 13, 2020, the Bureau 

invited public comment on the 833 

Auction in preparation for issuing a 

report on the lessons learned from the 

Auction. Comments were due on April 

13, 2020. On July 14, 2020, the North 

American Numbering Council approved 

the Toll-Free Assignment 

Modernization Working Group’s report, 

Perspectives on the December 2019 

Auction of Numbers in the 833 

Numbering Plan Area. 

On January 15, 2021, the Bureau 

released a report that examined various 

aspects of this toll-free number 

assignment experiment, including 

lessons learned, examination of auction 

outcomes, and recommendations for 

future toll free number assignment. The 

Bureau concluded that the 833 Auction 

was a successful experiment that 

provided invaluable experience and 

data that can facilitate further 

Commission efforts to continue to 

modernize tol-free number allocation in 

the future. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 10/13/17 82 FR 47669 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

11/13/17 

Final Rule ............ 10/23/18 83 FR 53377 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Heather 

Hendrickson, Deputy Division Chief, 

Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–7295, Email: 

heather.hendrickson@fcc.gov. 

Matthew Collins, Deputy Division 

Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, 


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Wireline Competition Bureau, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–7141, Email: 

matthew.collins@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK91 

594. Establishing the Digital 

Opportunity Data Collection; WC 

Docket Nos. 19–195 and 11–10 [3060– 

AK93] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 35 to 39; 47 

U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 211; 47 U.S.C. 219; 

47 U.S.C. 220; 47 U.S.C. 402(b)2(B); 

Pub. L. 104–104; 47 U.S.C. 151–154; 47 

U.S.C. 157; 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 254; 

47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 

309; 47 U.S.C. 319; 47 U.S.C. 332; 47 

U.S.C. 641 to 646; Pub. L 116–130; . . . 

Abstract: The Commission has long 

recognized that precise, granular data on 

the availability of fixed and mobile 

broadband are vital to bringing digital 

opportunity to all Americans, no matter 

where they live, work, or travel. 

On March 23, 2020, the Broadband 

Deployment Accuracy and 

Technological Availability Act 

(Broadband DATA Act) was signed into 

law requiring the Commission to create 

a new set of broadband availability 

maps. Among other things, the 

Broadband DATA Act requires the 

Commission to collect standardized, 

granular data on the availability and 

quality of both fixed and mobile 

broadband internet access services, to 

create a common dataset of all locations 

where fixed broadband internet access 

service can be installed (the Broadband 

Serviceable Location Fabric or Fabric), 

and to create publicly available coverage 

maps. The Act further requires the 

Commission to establish processes for 

members of the public and other entities 

to (1) provide verified data for use in the 

coverage maps; (2) challenge the 

coverage maps, the broadband 

availability data submitted by 

broadband internet access service 

providers (providers), and the Fabric; 

and (3) submit specific crowdsource 

information about the development and 

availability of broadband service. 

In July 2020, implementing the 

Broadband DATA Act and building off 

of an August 2019 Report and Order and 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the 

Commission adopted a Second Report 

and Order and Third Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking that adopted rules 

for the collection and verification of 

improved, more precise data on both 

fixed and mobile broadband availability. 

In January 2021, the Commission 

released a Third Report and Order that 

established new requirements for the 

BDC and took additional steps to 

implement the Broadband DATA Act. 

The Commission adopted rules to 

specify which fixed and mobile 

providers are required to report 

broadband availability data and 

expanded the reporting and certification 

requirements for filing data in the BDC. 

It also adopted standards for collecting 

verified broadband data from State, 

local, and Tribal entities and certain 

third parties, and for identifying 

locations that would be included in the 

Fabric. Importantly, in the Third Report 

and Order, the Commission also 

established processes for verifying the 

accuracy of provider-submitted data and 

the Fabric, including a third-party 

challenge process. 

Implementing the Broadband DATA 

Act and these new rules, the 

Commission created a complex data 

platform and system to collect and map 

availability data collected from over 

2500 providers and for consumers and 

other stakeholders to submit challenges 

to that data; established the Fabric 

dataset of locations upon which to 

overlay provider availability data; and 

established a dedicated help center to 

provide technical assistance to 

providers, consumers and other 

stakeholders. 

In July 2021, the Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau (WTB), 

Office of Economics and Analytics 

(OEA), and Office of Engineering and 

Technology (OET) released a Public 

Notice seeking comment on the 

technical requirements for the mobile 

challenge, verification, and 

crowdsourcing processes required under 

the Broadband DATA Act for the new 

Broadband Data Collection (BDC). In 

March 2022, the Broadband Data Task 

Force (Task Force), WTB, OEA, and 

OET released a detailed order, technical 

appendix, rules, and technical data 

specifications setting forth technical 

requirements and specifications for the 

mobile challenge, verification, and 

crowdsource processes required by the 

Act. 

To help facilitate the mobile challenge 

process, in April 2022, the Task Force 

and OET issued a Public Notice 

announcing the technical requirements 

and procedures for approving thirdparty mobile speed test procedures for 

use in collecting and submitting mobile 

network performance data as part of the 

BDC. To assist entities that choose to 

file mobile challenges in bulk, in 

September 2022 the Task Force and 

WTB established a process for entities to 

use their own software and hardware to 

collect on-the-ground mobile speed test 

data for use in the BDC mobile 

challenge process. 

Also in April 2022, the Task Force, 

WCB, WTB, OEA, and OET released a 

Public Notice providing details on the 

procedures for state, local, and Tribal 

governmental entities to submit verified 

availability data through the BDC 

system. 

Seeking to clarify the Commission’s 

rules for filing data in the BDC, in July 

2022 WCB, WTB, OEA, and the Task 

Force issued a Declaratory Ruling on 

certain aspects of a rule regarding the 

engineering certification in BDC filings 

and issued a limited waiver of the 

requirement that providers have an 

engineer certification their biannual 

BDC filings for the first three filing 

cycles of the BDC. 

On June 15, 2022, the FCC 

Enforcement Bureau issued an 

Enforcement Advisory reminding all 

facilities-based providers of their duty 

to timely file complete and accurate 

data in the BDC by September 1, 2022. 

In February 2022, the Commission 

announced the opening of the initial 

filing window of the BDC would open 

on June 30, 2022, and was due no later 

than September 1, 2022. In December 

2022, the Commission announced that 

the second filing window of the BDC 

would open on January 3, 2023, and 

required all fixed and mobile providers 

to submit broadband availability data as 

of December 31, 2022, and was due no 

later than March 1, 2023. 

In November 2022, the Commission 

released a pre-production draft of its 

new National Broadband Map based on 

version 1 of the Fabric and the 

availability data submitted by providers 

as of June 30, 2022. The new map is the 

most comprehensive, granular, and 

standardized data the Commission has 

ever published on broadband 

availability. 

With the launch of the pre-production 

draft map, the Commission began 

accepting challenges to provider 

reported availability data, as well as 

individual consumer challenges to the 

location data in the Fabric. To date, the 

mapping team has reviewed and 

processed more than 4 million 

availability challenges. Most of those 

challenges have already been resolved 

and the majority have led to updates in 

the data on the map showing where 

broadband is available. 

The Commission adopted an Order in 

December 2022, to sunset the Form 477 

broadband deployment dateliminate a 

largely duplicative requirement on 

providers. As a result, providers will no 

longer be required to submit Form 477 

broadband deployment data, but must 

still submit broadband and voice 

subscription data using the FCC Form 

477; those filers will submit their data 

through the BDC system. 


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Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 08/03/17 82 FR 40118 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

09/25/17 

Report & Order ... 08/01/19 84 FR 43705 

Second Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

08/01/19 84 FR 43764 

Second Further 

NPRM Comment Period 

End.

10/07/19 

2nd R&O ............. 07/16/20 85 FR 50886 

3rd FNPRM ......... 07/16/20 85 FR 50911 

3rd FNPRM Comment Period 

End.

09/08/20 

3rd R&O .............. 01/13/21 86 FR 18124 

Public Notice ....... 07/16/21 86 FR 40398 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

09/27/21 

Order ................... 03/09/22 87 FR 21476 

Order ................... 12/16/22 87 FR 76949 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Michael Ray, 

Attorney, Federal Communications 

Commission, Wireline Competition 

Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 

20554, Phone: 202 418–0357, Email: 

michael.ray@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AK93 

595. Call Authentication Trust Anchor 

[3060–AL00] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 

U.S.C. 251; 47 U.S.C. 227; 47 U.S.C. 

227b; 47 U.S.C. 503 

Abstract: On June 6, 2019, the 

Commission adopted a Declaratory 

Ruling and Third Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (CG Docket No. 

17–59, WC Docket No. 17–97) that 

proposed and sought comment on 

mandating implementation of STIR/ 

SHAKEN in the event that major voice 

service providers did not voluntarily 

implement the framework by the end of 

2019. 

On December 30, 2019, Congress 

enacted the Pallone-Thune Telephone 

Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement 

and Deterrence (TRACED) Act. Along 

with numerous other provisions 

directed at addressing robocalls, the 

TRACED Act directs the Commission to 

require all voice service providers to 

implement STIR/SHAKEN in the 

Internet Protocol (IP) portions of their 

networks, and to implement an effective 

caller ID authentication framework in 

the non-IP portions of their networks. 

The TRACED Act further creates 

processes by which voice service 

providers may be exempt from this 

mandate if the Commission determines 

they have achieved certain 

implementation benchmarks, and by 

which voice service providers may be 

granted a delay in compliance based on 

a finding of undue hardship because of 

burdens or barriers to implementation 

or based on a delay in development of 

a caller ID authentication protocol for 

calls delivered over non-IP networks. 

On March 31, 2020, the Commission 

adopted a Report and Order and Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (WC 

Docket Nos. 17–97, 20–67). The Report 

and Order mandated that all originating 

and terminating voice service providers 

implement the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID 

authentication framework in the IP 

portions of their networks by June 30, 

2021. In the Further Notice the 

Commission sought comment on 

proposals to further promote caller ID 

authentication and implement the 

TRACED Act. 

On September 29, 2020, the 

Commission adopted a Second Report 

and Order (WC Docket No. 17–97). The 

Second Report and Order implemented 

rules (1) granting extensions for 

compliance with the STIR/SHAKEN 

implementation mandate for small voice 

service providers, voice service 

providers that cannot obtain a SPC 

token from the Governance Authority, 

services scheduled for section 214 

discontinuance, for those portions of a 

voice service provider’s network that 

rely on non-IP technology, and 

establishing a process for individual 

voice service providers to seek provider 

specific extensions; (2) requiring voice 

service providers using non-IP 

technology either to upgrade their 

networks to IP to enable STIR/SHAKEN 

implementation, or work to develop 

non-IP caller ID authentication 

technology and implement a robocall 

mitigation program in the interim; (3) 

establishing a process where by a voice 

service provider may be exempt from 

the STIR/SHAKEN implementation 

mandate if the provider has achieved 

certain implementation benchmarks; (4) 

prohibiting voice service providers from 

imposing line item charges on consumer 

and small business subscribers for caller 

ID authentication; and (5) requiring 

intermediate providers to implement 

STIR/SHAKEN. On May 20, 2021, the 

Commissioned released a Third Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

proposing to shorten the small provider 

extension from two years to one for a 

subset of small voice service providers 

that are at a heightened risk of 

originating an especially large amount 

of robocall traffic. 

On January 13, 2021, the Commission 

adopted a Second Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking proposing and 

seeking comment on a limited role for 

the Commission to oversee certificate 

revocation decisions by the private 

STIR/SHAKEN Governance Authority 

that would have the effect of placing 

providers in noncompliance with the 

Commission’s rules. On August 5, 2021, 

the Commission adopted a Third Report 

and Order which adopted rules creating 

this oversight role. 

On September 30, 2021, the 

Commission adopted a Fourth Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

proposing to require gateway providers 

to apply STIR/SHAKEN caller ID 

authentication to, and perform robocall 

mitigation on, foreign-originated calls 

with U.S. numbers, seeking comment on 

revisions to the information that filers 

must submit to the Robocall Mitigation 

Database, and clarifying the obligations 

of voice service providers and 

intermediate providers with respect to 

calls to and from Public Safety Answer 

Points and other emergency services 

providers. 

On December 9, 2021, the 

Commission adopted a Fourth Report 

and Order adopting rules requiring nonfacilities based small voice providers 

implement SITR/SHAKEN by June 30, 

2022, and requiring small voice 

providers of any kind suspected of 

originating illegal robocalls to 

implement STIR/SHAKEN on an 

accelerated timeline. 

On May 19, 2022, the Commission 

adopted a Fifth Report and Order, Order 

on Reconsideration, Order, and Fifth 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. 

The Fifth Report and Order and Order 

required gateway providers to submit a 

certification to the Robocall Mitigation 

Database, implement STIR/SHAKEN 

caller ID authentication as well as 

several other requirements, including an 

obligation to mitigate illegal robocall 

traffic and submit a mitigation plan to 

the Robocall Mitigation Database 

regardless of their STIR/SHAKEN 

implementation status. The Order on 

Reconsideration expanded the 

obligation of domestic providers to 

block calls carrying US NANP numbers 

from foreign providers not listed in the 

Robocall Mitigation Database. The Fifth 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

sought comment on further steps to 

combat illegal robocalls, including 

extending requirements for 

authentication and filing in the Robocall 

Mitigation Database, requiring 

additional measures for robocall 

mitigation, enhancing enforcement 

mechanisms and other related issues 


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aimed at closing existing potential 

loopholes. 

On March 16, 2023, the Commission 

adopted a Sixth Report and Order and 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. 

The Sixth Report and Order required 

intermediate providers to implement 

STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication 

for certain calls, expanded robocall 

mitigation requirements for all 

providers, and adopted more robust 

enforcement tools. The Sixth Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeks 

comment on additional measures to 

combat illegal robocalls, including 

whether any changes should be made to 

the Commission’s rules to permit, 

prohibit, or limit the use of third-party 

caller ID authentication solutions and 

whether to eliminate the STIR/SHAKEN 

implementation extension for providers 

that cannot obtain Service Provider 

Code tokens, which are necessary to 

participate in the STIR/SHAKEN caller 

ID authentication framework’’. 

On May 18, 2023, the Commission 

adopted a Seventh Repot and Order. 

The Seventh Report and Order required 

voice service providers and nongateway intermediate providers to 

commit in their Robocall Mitigation 

Database certification to respond to 

traceback requests from the 

Commission, law enforcement, and the 

industry traceback consortium within 

24 hours. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NOI ...................... 07/14/17 

DR and 3rd 

FNPRM.

06/06/19 84 FR 29478 

NPRM .................. 06/24/19 84 FR 29478 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

08/23/19 

3rd FNPRM Comment Period 

End.

08/23/19 

R&O and FNPRM 03/31/20 85 FR 22029 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/29/20 

2nd R&O ............. 09/29/20 85 FR 73360 

2nd FNPRM ........ 01/13/21 86 FR 9894 

2nd FNPRM 

Comment Period.

03/19/21 

3rd FNPRM ......... 05/20/21 86 FR 30571 

3rd R&O .............. 08/05/21 86 FR 48511 

3rd FNPRM Comment Period 

End.

08/19/21 

4th FNPRM ......... 10/01/21 86 FR 59084 

4th FNPRM Comment Period 

End.

11/26/21 

4th R&O .............. 12/09/21 

5th R&O, Order 

on Reconsideration.

05/19/22 87 FR 42916 

5th FNPRM ......... 05/19/22 87 FR 42670 

Action Date FR Cite 

5th FNPRM Comment Period 

End.

09/16/22 

6th Report and 

Order.

03/16/23 88 FR 40096 

6th FNPRM ......... 03/16/23 88 FR 29035 

6th FNPRM Comment Period 

End.

07/05/23 

7th Report and 

Order.

05/18/23 88 FR 43446 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Jonathan Lechter, 

Attorney Advisor, Federal 

Communications Commission, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

0984, Email: jonathan.lechter@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL00 

596. Implementation of the National 

Suicide Improvement Act of 2018, 988 

Suicide Prevention Hotline (WC Docket 

18–336, PS Docket No. 23.5, PS Docket 

No. 15–80) [3060–AL01] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 

U.S.C. 251 

Abstract: On August 14, 2018, 

Congress passed the National Suicide 

Hotline Improvement Act (Act). Public 

Law 115–233, 132 Stat. 2424 (2018). The 

purpose of the Act was to study and 

report on the feasibility of designating a 

3-digit dialing code to be used for a 

national suicide prevention and mental 

health crisis hotline system by 

considering each of the current N11 

designations. The Act directed the 

Commission to: (1) conduct a study that 

examines the feasibility of designating a 

simple, easy-to-remember, 3-digit 

dialing code to be used for a national 

suicide prevention and mental health 

crisis hotline system; and (2) analyze 

how well the current National Suicide 

Prevention Lifeline is working to 

address the needs of veterans. The Act 

also directed the Commission to 

coordinate with the Department of 

Health and Human Services’ Substance 

Abuse and Mental Health Services 

Administration (SAMHSA), the 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the 

North American Numbering Council 

(NANC) in conducting the study, and to 

produce a report on the study by August 

14, 2019. 

On August 14, 2019, the Wireline 

Competition Bureau and Office of 

Economics and Analytics submitted its 

report to Congress recommending that: 

(1) a 3-digit dialing code be used for a 

national suicide prevention and mental 

health crisis hotline system; and (2) the 

Commission should initiate a 

rulemaking proceeding to consider 

designating 988 as the 3-digit code. 

On December 12, 2019, the 

Commission released a notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing 

to designate 988 as a new, nationwide, 

3-digit dialing code for a suicide 

prevention and mental health crisis 

hotline. WC Docket No. 18–336. The 

NPRM proposes that calls made to 988 

be directed to the existing National 

Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which is 

made up of an expansive network of 

over 170 crisis centers located across the 

United States, and to the Veterans Crisis 

Line. The NPRM also proposes to 

require all telecommunications carriers 

and interconnected VoIP service 

providers to make, within 18 months, 

any changes necessary to ensure that 

users can dial 988 to reach the National 

Suicide Prevention Lifeline and 

Veterans Crisis Line. 

On July 16, 2020, the Commission 

adopted an Order designating 988 as the 

3-digit number to reach the Lifeline and 

Veterans Crisis Line (800–273–TALK or 

800–273–8255) and requiring all 

telecommunications carriers, 

interconnected voice over internet 

Protocol (VoIP) providers, and one-way 

VoIP providers to make any network 

changes necessary to ensure that users 

can dial 988 to reach the Lifeline by July 

16, 2022. 

On October 16, 2020, the 

Communications Equality Advocates 

filed a petition for partial 

reconsideration of the FCC’s July 16, 

2020 Report and Order. In their petition, 

Communications Equality Advocates 

requested that the FCC revise the Order 

to mandate text-to-988 and direct video 

calling (DVC) requirements and to have 

such requirements be implemented on 

the same timeline as voice calls to 988, 

by July 16, 2022. 

On October 17, 2020, Congress 

enacted the National Suicide Hotline 

Designation Act of 2020 (2020 Act). 

Public Law 116–172, 134 Stat. 832 

(2020). The 2020 Act, among other 

things, designates 988 as the universal 

telephone number within the United 

States for the purpose of the national 

suicide prevention and mental health 

crisis hotline system operating through 

the National Suicide Prevention 

Lifeline,’’ with designation occurring 

one year after enactment. 

On November 9, 2020, pursuant to 

2020 Act’s requirements that the 

Commission submit a report on the 

feasibility and cost of attaching an 

automatic dispatchable location with 

988 calls, the Commission issued a 


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Public Notice that sought comment on 

these issues. 

On April 22, 2021, the Commission 

adopted a Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (FNPRM) that proposes to 

require text service providers support 

text messages to 988 by routing texts to 

the toll free number. 

On November 19, 2020, pursuant to 

2020 Act’s requirements that the 

Commission submit a report on the 

feasibility and cost of attaching an 

automatic dispatchable location with 

988 calls, the Commission issued a 

Public Notice that sought comment on 

these issues. A Report to Congress 

regarding geolocation was released on 

April 15, 2021. 

On April 22, 2021, the Commission 

adopted a Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (FNPRM) that proposes to 

require text service providers support 

text messages to 988 by routing texts to 

the toll free number. On November 19, 

2021, the Commission adopted an Order 

requiring the industry to enable texting 

to 988 by the same deadline as for voice 

calls, July 16, 2022. 

On May 24, 2022, the Commission, 

following up on its report to Congress, 

hosted a forum in coordination with the 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services and the U.S. Department of 

Veterans Affairs that convened various 

stakeholders to discuss issues 

surrounding geolocation. Participants 

included state and local entities; suicide 

prevention and mental health experts 

and advocates; communications 

industry leaders; and technical experts. 

The Commission opened the event to 

the public via live feed on the 

Commission’s website, and audience 

members submitted questions to 

panelists by email. 

On October 14, 2022, in accordance 

with the National Suicide Hotline 

Designation Act of 2020, the Wireline 

Competition Bureau submitted its first 

988 Fee Accountability Report to 

Congress reporting on the collection and 

distribution of 988 fees and charges by 

the states, the District of Columbia, U.S. 

territories, and Tribal authorities for the 

period of January 1, 2021 to December 

31, 2021. 

On January 26, 2023, the Commission 

adopted a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking to help ensure that the 

public has access to the 988 Suicide & 

Crisis Lifeline if a service outage occurs. 

Those rules were adopted on July 20, 

2023. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 01/15/20 85 FR 2359 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/16/20 

Report & Order ... 07/16/20 

PFR ..................... 10/16/20 

Oppositions Due 12/02/20 

Public Notice ....... 12/08/20 85 FR 79014 

Replies Due ........ 12/14/20 

Public Notice 

Comment Period End.

01/11/21 

FNPRM ............... 06/11/21 86 FR 31404 

FNPRM Comment 

Period End.

08/10/21 

Report & Order ... 11/19/21 

NPRM .................. 01/27/23 88 FR 20790 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

05/08/23 

NPRM Reply 

Comment Period End.

06/06/23 

Report and Order 07/21/23 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Michelle Sclater, 

Attorney, Wireline Competition Bureau, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Wireline Competition Bureau, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–0388, Email: 

michelle.sclater@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL01 

597. Modernizing Unbundling and 

Resale Requirements in an Era of NextGeneration Networks and Services 

[3060–AL02] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 10; 47 

U.S.C. 251 

Abstract: On November 22, 2019, the 

Commission adopted a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking 

comment on proposals to update the 

unbundling and avoided-cost resale 

obligations stemming from the 1996 Act 

and applicable only to incumbent LECs. 

Many of these obligations appear to no 

longer be necessary in many geographic 

areas due to vigorous competition for 

mass market broadband services in 

urban areas and numerous intermodal 

voice capabilities and services. But 

recognizing that rural areas pose special 

challenges for broadband deployment, 

the NPRM did not propose any change 

to unbundling requirements for 

broadband-capable loops in rural areas. 

The NPRM sought to promote the 

Commission’s efforts to reduce 

unnecessary and outdated regulatory 

burdens that appear to discourage the 

deployment of next-generation 

networks, delay the IP transition, 

unnecessarily burden incumbent LECs 

with no similar obligations placed on 

their competitors, and no longer benefit 

consumers or serve the purpose for 

which they were intended. 

On October 27, 2020, the Commission 

adopted a Report and Order (1) 

eliminating unbundling requirements, 

subject to a reasonable transition period, 

for enterprise-grade DS1 and DS3 loops 

where there is evidence of actual and 

potential competition, for broadbandcapable DS0 loops and associated 

subloops in the most densely populated 

areas, and for voice-grade narrowband 

loops nationwide, but preserving 

unbundling requirements for DS0 loops 

in less densely populated areas and DS1 

and DS3 loops in areas without 

sufficient evidence of competition; (2) 

eliminating unbundling requirements 

for network interface devices and 

multiunit premises subloops; (3) 

eliminating unbundled dark fiber 

transport provisioned from wire centers 

within a half-mile of competitive fiber 

networks, but providing an eight-year 

transition period for existing circuits so 

as to avoid stranding investment and 

last-mile deployment by competitive 

LECs that may harm consumers; (4) 

eliminating unbundling requirements 

for operations support systems, except 

where carriers are continuing to manage 

UNEs and for purposes of local 

interconnection and local number 

portability; and (5) eliminating 

remaining avoided-cost resale 

requirements. The Report and Order 

ended unbundling and resale 

requirements where they stifle 

technology transitions and broadband 

deployment, but preserved unbundling 

requirements where they are still 

necessary to realize the 1996 Act’s goal 

of robust intermodal competition 

benefiting all Americans. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 01/06/20 85 FR 472 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

03/06/20 

Report & Order ... 01/08/21 86 FR 1636 

Petition for Reconsideration 

filed by Sonic 

Telecom.

09/29/22 

Replies to Oppositions to Petition for Reconsideration.10/04/22 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Michele Berlove, 

Assistant Division Chief, Competition 

Policy Div., WCB, Federal 

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Competition Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1477, Email: michele.berlove@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL02 

598. Establishing a 5G Fund for Rural 

America; GN Docket No. 20–32 [3060– 

AL15] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 

U.S.C. 214; 47 U.S.C. 254; 47 U.S.C. 

303(r); 47 U.S.C. 403 

Abstract: The 5G Fund for Rural 

America will distribute up to $9 billion 

in universal service support through 

competitive bidding in two phases to 

bring mobile voice and 5G broadband 

service to rural areas of the country. 5G 

public interest obligations and 

performance requirements imposed on 

carriers continuing to receive legacy 

mobile high-cost support will help 

ensure that the areas they serve enjoy 

the benefits that 5G promises. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 05/26/20 85 FR 31616 

Final Action ......... 11/25/20 85 FR 75770 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Kirk Burgee, Chief of 

Staff, Wireline Competition Bureau, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–1599, Email: 

kirk.burgee@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL15 

599. Protecting Consumers From SIM 

Swap and Port-Out Fraud, WC Docket 

No. 21–341 [3060–AL34] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 

201, 222, 251, 303(r), 332 

Abstract: The FCC proposed to amend 

its Customer Proprietary Network 

Information (CPNI) and Local Number 

Portability (LNP) rules to require 

providers to adopt secure methods of 

authenticating a customer before 

redirecting a customer’s phone number 

to a new device or carrier. The FCC also 

proposed to require providers to 

immediately notify customers whenever 

a SIM change or port request is made on 

customers’ accounts, and sought 

comment on other ways to protect 

consumers from SIM swapping and 

port-out fraud. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NPRM .................. 10/15/21 86 FR 57390 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

12/15/21 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Jordan Marie Reth, 

Attorney-Advisor (PU), Federal 

Communications Commission, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554, Phone: 202 418– 

1418, Email: jordan.reth@fcc.gov. 

RIN: 3060–AL34 

600. Supporting Survivors of Domestic 

and Sexual Violence (WC Docket No. 

22–238,11–42, 21–450) [3060–AL48] 

Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151.201(b); 

47 U.S.C. 301 and 303; 47 U.S.C. 307 

and 309; 47 U.S.C. 316 and 345; 47 

U.S.C. 403 and sec. 5(b); Pub. L. 117– 

223 and 136 Stat. 2280 

Abstract: On July 14, 2022, the 

Commission initiated an inquiry into 

steps that the Commission could take to 

assist survivors of domestic violence. In 

the Notice of Inquiry, the Commission 

sought information on the scope of 

connectivity-based difficulties survivors 

face, as well as potential means by 

which current Commission programs 

could be better adapted and new 

programs could be developed to address 

survivors’ needs. In particular, the 

Commission sought comment relating to 

potentially developing a centralized 

database of telephone numbers relating 

to domestic abuse support that could be 

used by service providers to prevent 

survivors’ communications with 

support organizations from appearing 

on logs of calls and text messages that 

may be available to abusers. 

In the NPRM, the Commission begins 

the process of implementing the Safe 

Connections Act of 2022 (Safe 

Connections Act), enacted on December 

7, 2022. The legislation amends the 

Communications Act of 1934 

(Communications Act) to require mobile 

service providers to separate the line of 

a survivor of domestic violence (and 

other related crimes and abuse), and any 

individuals in the care of the survivor, 

from a mobile service contract shared 

with an abuser within two business 

days after receiving a request from the 

survivor. The Safe Connections Act also 

directs the Commission to issue rules, 

within 18 months of the statute’s 

enactment, implementing the line 

separation requirement. Further, the 

legislation also requires the Commission 

to open a rulemaking within 180 days 

of enactment to consider whether to, 

and how the Commission should, 

establish a central database of domestic 

abuse hotlines to be used by service 

providers and require such providers to 

omit, subject to certain conditions, any 

records of calls or text messages to the 

hotlines from consumer-facing call and 

text message logs. The NPRM proposes 

rules as directed by these statutory 

requirements. 

Timetable: 

Action Date FR Cite 

NOI ...................... 08/18/22 

Comment Period 

End.

08/18/22 

Reply Comment 

Period End.

09/19/22 

NPRM .................. 02/17/23 88 FR 15558 

NPRM Comment 

Period End.

04/10/23 

Reply Comment 

Period End.

05/10/23 

Next Action Undetermined.To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: Edward Kracher, 

Deputy Division Chief, Wireline 

Competition Bureau, Federal 

Communications Commission, 45 L 

Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, 

Phone: 202 418–1525. 

RIN: 3060–AL48 

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