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qualifying requests for disabling at a 

particular correctional facility. The 

serving of notice to the wireless 

providers will give them awareness and 

an opportunity to participate in the 

process. 

The new information collections in 47 

CFR 20.23(b)(4) requires that wireless 

providers objecting to the certification 

filing submit objections to the Bureau 

within five business days and serve the 

DCFO and the CIS operator, which 

allows all stakeholders to participate in 

the process and raise objections. Section 

20.23(b)(5) requires that CIS operators 

retest and recertify their systems at least 

every three years and comply with the 

same requirements as for initial selfcertification. This requirement will 

enable the Bureau to ensure the ongoing 

accuracy and reliability of a given CIS 

at a particular facility. Section 

20.23(b)(7) requires that a CIS operator 

retain records for at least five years and 

provide them upon request to the 

Bureau, which will support the Bureau’s 

efforts to identify issues with CIS 

operations, resolve interference issues, 

and resolve complaints related to 

misidentification of contraband devices. 

The new collections in 47 CFR 

20.23(c)(1)–(2) include the requirement 

that individuals that seek to be 

recognized on the Commission’s DCFO 

list must sent a letter to the Contraband 

Ombudsperson in order for the 

Commission to approve that person for 

the qualified DCFO list and provide 

certainty to wireless providers that 

disabling requests are made by duly 

authorized individuals. Qualifying 

requests that include the required 

information will be used by wireless 

carriers to prevent use of contraband 

devices on their network and on other 

wireless provider networks. 

The new collections 47 CFR 

20.23(c)(3)(iii)–(iv) provide that, upon 

receiving a disabling request from a 

DCFO, the wireless provider must verify 

the request, may reject the request and 

must notify the DCFO whether it is 

accepting or rejecting the request. This 

process ensures that a wireless provider 

responds to a DCFO within a reasonable 

timeframe—while giving the provider 

an opportunity to determine if there is 

an error—and to give the DCFO time to 

respond quickly if the request has been 

rejected. The wireless provider may 

contact the customer of record to notify 

them of the disabling and involve them 

in the process. 

The new collections in 47 CFR 

20.23(c)(4) provide that a wireless 

provider may reverse a disabled device 

where it determines that the device was 

erroneously identified as contraband, 

and the wireless provider must notify 

the DCFO of the reversal. The wireless 

provider may choose to involve the 

DCFO in the review and reversal 

process. The DCFO must also provide 

notice to the Contraband Ombudsperson 

of the number of erroneously disabled 

devices. This process ensures the 

integrity of the contraband device 

disabling process by giving the wireless 

provider the opportunity to reverse a 

disabled device—with the ability to 

extend review to the DCFO—and by 

creating safeguards to make sure that the 

process is efficient and reliable. 

The new collections in 47 CFR 

20.23(d) regarding notification from 

CMRS licensees to MAS operators of 

technical changes to their network are 

required so that MAS operators are 

given sufficient time to make necessary 

adjustments to maintain the 

effectiveness of their interdiction 

systems. In order to ensure that issues 

regarding notification to solutions 

providers of more frequent, localized 

wireless provider network changes are 

appropriately considered, CMRS 

licensees and MAS operators must 

negotiate in good faith to reach an 

agreement for notification for those 

types of network adjustments not 

covered by the notice requirement. 

CMRS licensees must provide notice of 

technical changes associated with an 

emergency immediately after the 

exigency to ensure that MAS operators 

continue to be notified of network 

changes that could impact MAS 

effectiveness. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24905 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1222; FR ID 254149] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before December 24, 

2024. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to nicole.ongele@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Nicole 

Ongele, (202) 418–2991. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FCC 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid control number. No 

person shall be subject to any penalty 

for failing to comply with a collection 

of information subject to the PRA that 

does not display a valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1222. 

Title: Incarcerated People’s 

Communications Services (IPCS) 

Provider Annual Reporting, 

Certification, and Other Requirements, 

WC Docket Nos. 23–62, 12–375. 

Form Number(s): FCC Form 2301(a) 

and FCC Form 2301(b). 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 35 respondents; 47 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 5–240 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual 

reporting requirements, third party 

disclosure requirements, and onoccasion reporting requirements. 

Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

Statutory authority for this collection of 

information is contained in sections 1, 


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2, 4(i)–(j), 5(c), 201(b), 218, 220, 225, 

255, 276, 403, and 716 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154(i)–(j), 

155(c), 201(b), 218, 220, 225, 255, 276, 

403, and 617, and the Martha WrightReed Just and Reasonable 

Communications Act of 2022, Public 

Law 117–338, 136 Stat. 6156. 

Total Annual Burden: 17,555 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Needs and Uses: On January 5, 2023, 

the President signed into law the Martha 

Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable 

Communications Act of 2022 (Martha 

Wright-Reed Act or Act), which expands 

the Commission’s statutory authority 

over communications between 

incarcerated people and the nonincarcerated to include ‘‘any audio or 

video communications service used by 

inmates . . . regardless of technology 

used.’’ The new Act also amends section 

2(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, 

as amended (Communications Act), to 

make clear that the Commission’s 

authority extends to intrastate as well as 

interstate and international 

communications services used by 

incarcerated people. 

The Act directs the Commission to 

‘‘promulgate any regulations necessary 

to implement’’ it, including the mandate 

that the Commission establish a 

‘‘compensation plan’’ ensuring that all 

rates and charges for IPCS ‘‘are just and 

reasonable,’’ not earlier than 18 months 

and not later than 24 months after the 

Act’s January 5, 2023, enactment date. 

The Act also requires the Commission to 

consider, as part of its implementation, 

the costs of ‘‘necessary’’ safety and 

security measures, as well as 

‘‘differences in costs’’ based on facility 

size, or ‘‘other characteristics.’’ It also 

allows the Commission to ‘‘use 

industry-wide average costs of 

telephone service and advanced 

communications services and the 

average costs of service of a 

communications service provider’’ in 

determining just and reasonable rates. 

Pursuant to the directive that the 

Commission implement the new Act 

and ensure just and reasonable rates for 

IPCS, the Commission released the 2023 

IPCS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

FCC 23–19, 88 FR 20804 (April 7, 2023), 

seeking comment on how to interpret 

the Act’s language to ensure that the 

Commission implements the statute in a 

manner that fulfills Congress’s intent On 

July 22, 2024, the Commission released 

the 2024 IPCS Order, FCC 24–75, 89 FR 

77244 (September 20, 2024), which 

implements the expanded authority 

granted to the Commission by the 

Martha Wright-Reed Act to establish a 

compensation plan that ensures both 

just and reasonable rates and charges for 

incarcerated people’s audio and video 

communications services and fair 

compensation for incarcerated people’s 

communications service providers. The 

Order fundamentally reforms the 

regulation of IPCS in all correctional 

facilities, regardless of the technology 

used to deliver these services, and 

significantly lowers the IPCS rates that 

incarcerated people and their loved 

ones will pay. 

Among other actions, the Commission 

revised its rules to incorporate terms 

used in the Martha Wright-Reed Act and 

to implement its actions in the Order. 

These revisions include the addition of 

new rules addressing disability access, 

alternate pricing plans, and inactive 

accounts; and changes to the rules 

addressing consumer disclosure, annual 

reporting and certification rules, waiver 

reporting, rate cap, site commission, and 

ancillary service charges. In this 60-day 

Notice, we are beginning the process 

seeking PRA approval of the paperwork 

burdens arising from the new rules 

addressing disability access, alternate 

pricing plans and inactive accounts, and 

the revisions to the consumer disclosure 

rules and waiver reporting 

requirements. We will address any 

paperwork burdens arising from the 

revisions to the current annual reporting 

and certification rules in a subsequent 

60-day Notice. 

New Rules Requiring OMB Review: 

47 CFR 64.6040(f) (Accessible 

formats)—requiring, other among 

information collection requirements, 

that the information and documentation 

IPCS providers furnish to current or 

potential consumers of IPCS is 

accessible; 

47 CFR 64.130(d) through (f) and (h) 

through (k) (Protection of consumer 

funds in inactive accounts)—requiring, 

among other information collection 

requirements, that providers follow 

certain specified procedures when an 

IPCS account is deemed inactive, 

including contacting account holders 

when an incarcerated person is released 

or transferred; and 

47 CFR 64.6140(c) and (d), (e)(2) 

through (4), and (f)(2) and (4) (Alternate 

Pricing Plans)—requiring, among other 

information collection requirements, 

that providers choosing to offer alternate 

pricing plans comply with the rules 

generally applicable to all IPCS, in 

addition to specific consumer protection 

and disclosure rules. 

Revised Rules Requiring OMB Review: 

47 CFR 64. 6110(a) and (c) through (g) 

(Consumer Disclosure of Incarcerated 

People’s Communications Services 

Rates)—requiring, among other 

information collection requirements, 

that providers post on their public 

websites clear, accurate, and 

conspicuous information about their 

IPCS offerings, including information on 

rates, charges, and associated practices; 

and 

47 CFR 64.6120 (Waiver process)— 

requiring, among other information 

collection requirements, that providers 

follow certain procedures when filing 

waiver requests, including a showing 

that the request will not result in unjust 

and unreasonable IPCS rates and 

charges. 

Previously-Approved Information 

Collection Requirements: 

47 CFR 64.6040(c) (Communications 

Access for Incarcerated People with 

Communications Disabilities)— 

requiring, among other information 

collection requirements, that providers, 

as part of their obligation to provide 

access to Telecommunications Relay 

Service (TRS), notify the TRS 

provider(s) when an incarcerated person 

who has individually registered to use 

Video Relay Service (VRS), Internet 

Protocol Relay Service (IP Relay), or 

Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone 

Service (IP CTS) is released from 

incarceration or transferred to another 

correctional facility. 

47 CFR 64.6060 (Annual Reporting 

and Certification Requirements)— 

requiring IPCS providers, among other 

information collection requirements, to 

file certain pricing and related data and 

information annually to promote 

transparency and heighten IPCS 

providers’ accountability. In 2015, the 

Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) 

created a standardized reporting 

template (FCC Form No. 2301(a)) and a 

related certification of accuracy (FCC 

Form No. 2301(b)), as well as 

instructions to guide providers through 

the reporting process. See Inmate 

Calling Services (ICS) Annual Reporting 

Form Word Template (Appendix A) 

(Current), WC Docket No. 12–375 

https://www.fcc.gov/general/ics-datacollections (last visited October 10, 

2024) (Word Template); ICS Annual 

Reporting Form Excel Template 

(Appendix B) (Current), WC Docket No. 

12–375, https://www.fcc.gov/general/ 

ics-data-collections (last visited October 

10, 2024) (Excel Template); ICS Annual 

Reporting and Certification Instructions 

(Current), WC Docket No. 12–375, 

https://www.fcc.gov/general/ics-datacollections (last visited October 10, 

2024) (Instructions) (Certification 

Instructions); ICS Annual Report 

Certification Form (Appendix C) 

(Current), WC Docket No. 12–375, 

https://www.fcc.gov/general/ics-datacollections (last visited October 10, 

2024) (Certification Form). 


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In the 2023 IPCS Order, FCC 23–19, 

88 FR 19001 (March 30, 2023), the 

Commission, among other things, 

reaffirmed and updated the 

Commission’s prior delegation of 

authority to WCB and the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) to 

revise the instructions and reporting 

template for the Annual Reports that all 

IPCS providers are required to file each 

year. Specifically, the Commission 

delegated authority to WCB and CGB to 

modify, supplement, and update the 

instructions and template as 

appropriate. 

On August 3, 2023, in DA 23–656, 88 

FR 53850 (August 9, 2023) and 88 FR 

54318 (August 10, 2023) (document DA 

23–656), WCB and CGB sought 

comment on proposed revisions to the 

instructions and templates, including 

any paperwork burdens, for the annual 

reports and annual certifications to 

implement the Martha Wright-Reed Act 

and reflect the changes that were 

adopted in the 2022 ICS Order, FCC 22– 

76, 87 FR 75496 (December 9, 2022). 

Commenters generally supported the 

Commission’s efforts to track trends in 

the IPCS marketplace as long as the 

reporting requirements were not unduly 

burdensome. However, one commenter 

argued that it was premature to require 

reports on video and the expanded TRS 

obligations, because the Commission 

had not adopted video IPCS regulations, 

and the expanded TRS regulations had 

not yet gone into effect. 

In the 2024 IPCS Order, FCC 24–75, 

the Commission modified the scope and 

content of the requirements for the 

annual reports and certifications to 

reflect the Martha Wright-Reed Act’s 

expansion of Commission authority over 

other communications services in 

carceral facilities to include video IPCS 

and certain other advanced 

communications services, as well as 

intrastate IPCS, and the providers that 

offer these services. 

On September 11, 2024, in DA 24– 

918, 89 FR 80449 (October 3, 2024) 

(document DA 24–918), WCB and CGB 

invited supplemental comment to 

refresh and expand upon the record 

developed in response to document DA 

24–918 to reflect the Commission’s 

expanded jurisdiction and the reforms 

adopted in the 2024 IPCS Order. 

WCB and CGB have not yet issued an 

order adopting changes to the 

instructions, templates, and certification 

form for the annual reports and 

certifications, as proposed in document 

DA 23–656 and document DA 24–918. 

Upon release of an order adopting any 

such changes, we will address any 

paperwork burdens arising from those 

changes in a subsequent 60-day Notice 

under the PRA. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23990 Filed 10–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

[OMB Control No. 3064–0215] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection 

Renewal; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its 

obligations under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on the survey collection 

instrument for its ninth biennial survey 

of households, the FDIC National 

Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked 

Households (Household Survey). This 

survey is assigned OMB Control No. 

3064–0215. The 2025 Household Survey 

is scheduled to be conducted in 

partnership with the U.S. Census 

Bureau as a supplement to its June 2025 

Current Population Survey (CPS). The 

survey collects information on U.S. 

households’ use of bank accounts, 

prepaid cards, nonbank online payment 

services and other nonbank financial 

transaction services, and bank and 

nonbank credit. The results of these 

biennial surveys will be published by 

the FDIC, and help inform 

policymakers, bankers, and researchers 

about bank account ownership and 

household use of the banking system 

and nonbank financial products and 

services to meet their financial needs. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 24, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments to 

the FDIC by any of the following 

methods: 

• Agency Website: https://

www.fdic.gov/resources/regulations/ 

federal-register-publications/. 

• Email: comments@fdic.gov. Include 

the name and number of the collection 

in the subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Manny Cabeza (202–898– 

3767), Regulatory Counsel, MB–3128, 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 

550 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20429. 

• Hand Delivery: Comments may be 

hand-delivered to the guard station at 

the rear of the 17th Street NW building 

(located on F Street NW), on business 

days between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 

All comments should refer to 

‘‘Household Survey.’’ A copy of the 

comments may also be submitted to the 

OMB desk officer for the FDIC: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Manny Cabeza, Regulatory Counsel, 

202–898–3767, mcabeza@fdic.gov, MB– 

3128, Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation, 550 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20429. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FDIC 

is requesting OMB approval for the 

following collection of information: 

Title: FDIC National Survey of 

Unbanked and Underbanked 

Households. 

OMB Number: 3064–0215. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Affected Public: Individuals residing 

in U.S. households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

40,000. 

Average Time Per response: 9 minutes 

(0.15 hours) per respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

6,000 hours. 

General Description of Collection: The 

FDIC is committed to expanding 

Americans’ access to safe, secure, and 

affordable banking services, which is 

integral to the FDIC’s mission of 

maintaining the stability of, and public 

confidence in, the U.S. financial system. 

The Household Survey is one avenue by 

which the FDIC responds to a 

congressional mandate contained in 

section 7 of the Federal Deposit 

Insurance Reform Conforming 

Amendments Act of 2005 (Reform Act) 

(Pub. L. 109–173) for the FDIC to 

conduct ongoing surveys ‘‘on efforts by 

insured depository institutions to bring 

those individuals and families who have 

rarely, if ever, held a checking account, 

a savings account or other type of 

transaction or check cashing account at 

an insured depository institution 

(hereafter in this section referred to as 

the ‘unbanked’) into the conventional 

finance system.’’ Section 7 further 

instructs the FDIC to consider several 

factors in its conduct of the surveys, 

including (1) ‘‘what cultural, language 

and identification issues as well as 

transaction costs appear to most prevent 

‘unbanked’ individuals from 

establishing conventional accounts;’’ 

and (2) ‘‘what is a fair estimate of the 

size and worth of the ‘‘unbanked’’ 

market in the United States.’’ 


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