Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions-2026
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Ch. I
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions—2026
AGENCY:
Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION:
Regulatory agenda.
SUMMARY:
Executive Order 12866,
Regulatory Planning and Review
(Sep. 30, 1993), requires each agency to publish a regulatory agenda (Agenda) of regulations under development or review during the next year which will be included in the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda). 58 FR 51735 (Oct. 4, 1993). The Agenda required by Executive Order 12866 must include all regulations the agency expects to develop or review during the next 12 months, regardless of whether they may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Executive Order 12866 provides that agencies may combine this agenda with the regulatory flexibility agenda required under the RFA.
To help keep the public informed of significant rulemaking proceedings and meet its obligations under the RFA and Executive Order 12866, the Commission has prepared Agenda entries providing a brief description and summary of each regulatory activity that is currently planned for the 12 months, subject to revision, including the objectives and legal basis for each, and the name and telephone number of an agency official who is knowledgeable about items in the agenda.
The Commission's Agenda entries published in the
Federal Register
are only those entries for rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities pursuant to the RFA. The Commission's complete list of regulatory and deregulatory actions for the 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:
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 following terms may clarify 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.
357
Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991, CG Docket Nos. 21-402, 02-278, 17-59
3060-AI14
358
Rules and Regulations Implementing Section 225 of the Communications Act (Telecommunications Relay Service), CG Docket No. 03-123
3060-AI15
359
Consumer Information, Disclosure, and Truth in Billing and Billing Format (CC Docket No. 98-170; CG Docket No. 09-158; WC Docket No. 04-36)
3060-AI61
360
Closed-Captioning of Video Programming; CG Docket Nos. 05-231 and 06-181
(Section 610 Review)
3060-AI72
361
Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service (VRS) Program, CG Docket No. 10-51
3060-AJ42
362
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
363
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
364
Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service; Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services; CG Docket No. 13-24
3060-AK01
365
Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls (CG Docket No. 17-59)
3060-AK62
366
Empowering Broadband Consumers Through Transparency, CG Docket No 22-2
3060-AL33
367
Targeting and Eliminating Unlawful Text Messages, CG Docket 21-402
3060-AL49
368
Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Relay Service; CG Docket No. 12-38
3060-AL58
369
Compensation for Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service, CG Docket No. 22-408
3060-AL59
370
Access to Video Conferencing, CG Docket No. 23-161
3060-AL66
371
Implications of Artificial Intelligence Technologies on Protecting Consumers from Unwanted Robocalls and Robotexts (CG Docket No. 23-362)
3060-AM12
Economics—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
372
Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees
3060-AK64
Economics—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
373
Updating Part 1 Competitive Bidding Rules (WT Docket No. 14-170)
3060-AK28
374
Establishing a 5G Fund for Rural America; GN Docket No. 20-32
3060-AL15
375
Broadband Data Collection
3060-AL42
376
Enhancing National Security Through the Auction of AWS-3 Spectrum Licenses
3060-AM05
Office of Engineering and Technology—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
377
Unleashing Unlicensed Spectrum for Direct-to-Device
3060-AM28
Office of Engineering and Technology—Final Rule Stage
Sequence
No.
Title
Regulation Identifier
No.
378
Promoting the Integrity and Security of Telecommunications Certification Bodies, Measurement Facilities, and the Equipment Authorization Program, ET Docket No. 24-136
3060-AL85
Office of Engineering and Technology—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
379
Use of the 5.850-5.925 GHz Band; ET Docket No. 19-138
3060-AK96
380
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
381
Allocation of Spectrum for Non-Federal Space Launch Operations, ET Docket No. 13-115
3060-AL44
382
FCC Implements and Proposes Final Acts of the WRC-19 and WRC-15, ET Docket No. 23-120 & 23-121
3060-AL77
Office of General Counsel—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
383
Modernizing Suspension and Debarment
3060-AM09
384
Implementation of the Administrative False Claims Act
3060-AM10
Media Bureau—Final Rule Stage
Sequence Number
No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
385
2022 Quadrennial Regulatory Review—Review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
3060-AM16
Media Bureau—Long-Term Actions
Sequence
No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
386
Cable Television Rate Regulation
3060-AF41
387
Accessible Emergency Information, and Apparatus Requirements for Emergency Information and Video Description; MB Docket No. 12-107
3060-AJ85
388
Authorizing Permissive Use of the “Next Generation” Broadcast Television Standard (GN Docket No. 16-142)
3060-AK56
389
Duplication of Programming on Commonly Owned Radio Stations, MB Docket No. 19-310
3060-AL19
390
Sponsorship Identification Requirements for Foreign Government-Provided Programming, MB Docket No. 20-299
3060-AL20
391
Modifying Rules for FM Terrestrial Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems, MB Docket No. 22-405
3060-AL70
392
Rules To Advance the Low Power Television, TV Translator and Class A Television Service, MB Docket Nos 24-147 & 24-148
3060-AL86
393
Amendment of Parts 1, 73, 74 and 76 of the Commission's Rules to Update Rules Applicable to Broadcast Stations (MB Docket No. 24-626)
3060-AM07
394
Updates to the Commission's Rules Implementing the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act (MB Docket No. 25-72)
3060-AM08
Office of International Affairs—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence
No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
395
Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures to Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks, OI Docket No. 24-523, MD Docket No. 24-524
3060-AM06
Office of International Affairs—Long-Term Actions
Sequence No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
396
Process Reform for Executive Branch Review of Certain FCC Applications and Petitions Involving Foreign Ownership, IB Docket No. 16-155
3060-AL12
397
Review of International Section 214 Authorizations to Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks, IB Docket No 23-119, MD Docket No 23-134
3060-AL76
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau—Long-Term Actions
Sequence No,
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
398
Amendment of Part 11 of the Commission's Rules Regarding the Emergency Alert System, PS Docket 15-94; EB Docket No. 04-296
3060-AI49
399
Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements: PS Docket No. 07-114
(Section 610 Review)
3060-AJ52
400
Improving 911 Reliability, PS Docket No. 13-75; Reliability and Continuity of Communications Networks, Including Broadband Technologies, PS Docket No. 11-60
3060-AJ95
401
Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications, PS Docket No. 15-80, 18-336, 23-5
3060-AK40
402
Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA): PS Docket No. 15-91, 15-94, 22-329
3060-AK54
403
911 Fee Diversion Rulemaking: PS Docket Nos. 20-291, 09-14
3060-AL31
404
Resilient Networks, PS Docket No 21-346
3060-AL43
405
Location—Based Routing for Wireless 911 Calls, P.S. Docket 18-64
3060-AL52
406
Next Generation 9-1-1, PS Docket No. 21-479, FCC 23-47
3060-AL67
407
Reporting on Border Gateway Protocol Risk Mitigation Progress, PS Docket No. 24-146; Secure Internet Routing, PS Docket No. 22-90
3060-AL83
408
Cybersecurity Labeling for Internet Things, PS Docket No. 23-239
3060-AL84
409
Modernization of the Nation's Alerting Systems
3060-AM14
Space Bureau—Final Rule Stage
Sequence No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
410
Satellite Spectrum Abundance (SB Docket No. 25-180)
(Section 610 Review)
3060-AM21
Space Bureau—Long-Term Actions
Sequence No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
411
Update to Parts 2 and 25 Concerning NonGeostationary, Fixed-Satellite Service Systems, and Related Matters: IB Docket No. I6-408
3060-AK59
412
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
413
Facilitating the Communications of Earth Stations in Motion With Non-Geostationary Orbit Space Stations: IB Docket No. 18-315
3060-AK89
414
Space Innovation; Mitigation of Orbital Debris in the New Space Age: IB Docket Nos. 18-313, 22-271
3060-AK90
415
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
416
Revising Spectrum Sharing Rules for Non-Geostationary Orbit, Fixed-Satellite Service Systems: IB Docket No. 21-456
3060-AL41
417
Expediting Initial Processing of Satellite and Earth Station Applications; Space Innovation, IB Docket Nos. 22-411 and 22-271
(Section 610 Review)
3060-AL51
418
Amendment of Parts 2 and 25 of the Commission's Rules to Enable NGSO Fixed-Satellite Service (Space-to-Earth) Operations in the 17.3-17.8 GHz Band
3060-AL79
419
Facilitating More Intensive Use of Upper Microwave Spectrum
3060-AM18
420
Modernizing Spectrum Sharing for Satellite Broadband (SB Docket No. 25-157)
3060-AM27
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
421
Promoting Technological Solutions to Combat Wireless Contraband Device Use in Correctional Facilities; GN Docket No. 13-111
3060-AK06
422
Upper C-band (3.98-4.2 GHz) (GN Docket No. 25-59)
3060-AM20
423
Build America: Eliminating Barriers to Wireless Deployments NPRM (WT Docket No. 25-276)
3060-AM25
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau—Final Rule Stage
Sequence No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
424
Modernizing the Commission's National Environmental Policy Act Rules (WT Docket No. 25-217)
3060-AM15
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau—Final Rule Stage
Sequence No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
424
Modernizing the Commission's National Environmental Policy Act Rules (WT Docket No. 25-217)
3060-AM15
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau—Long-Term Actions
Sequence No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
425
Use of Spectrum Bands Above 24 GHz for Mobile Services—Spectrum Frontiers: WT Docket 10-112
3060-AK44
426
Expanding Flexible Use of the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz Band: GN Docket No. 18-122
3060-AK76
427
Amendment of the Commission's Rules to Promote Aviation Safety: WT Docket No. 19-140
3060-AK92
428
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
429
Expanding Flexible Use of the 12.2-12.7 GHz Band, (WT Docket No. 20-443)
3060-AL40
430
Facilitating Shared Use in the 3100-3550 MHz Band, (WT Docket No. 19-348)
3060-AL57
431
Single Network Future: Supplemental Coverage from Space, GN Docket No. 23-65
3060-AL69
432
Alaska Connect Fund Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
3060-AL81
433
Indian Peak Properties LLC Petitions for Declaratory Ruling Seeking Preemption Under The Rule Governing Over-the-Air Reception Devices
3060-AL82
434
100% Hearing Aid Compatibility For Wireless Handset Models (WT Docket No. 23-388)
3060-AL89
435
Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, WC Docket No. 22-238
3060-AL90
436
Promoting Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Through Handset Unlocking Requirements and Policies, WT Docket No. 24-186
3060-AL91
437
Review of the Commission's Rules Governing the 896/901/935-940 MHz Band (WT Docket No. 24-99)
3060-AL93
438
Allocation and Service Rules for the 1675-1680 MHz Band, WT Docket No. 19-116
3060-AL94
439
Facilitating Opportunities for Advanced Air Mobility, WT Docket No. 24-629
3060-AL95
440
Amendment of Part 97 of the Commission's Amateur Radio Service Rules to Permit Greater Flexibility in Data Communications, WT Docket No. 16-239
3060-AL97
441
Amendment of Sections 0.453(d)(4) and 0.457(f) of the Commission's Rules Concerning Electronically Stored Application and Licensing Data, WT Docket No. 15-81
3060-AL98
442
Partitioning, Disaggregation, and Leasing of Spectrum, WT Docket No. 19-38
3060-AL99
443
Facilitating Access to Spectrum for Offshore Uses and Operations, WT Docket No. 22-204
3060-AM00
444
Allocation of Spectrum for Non-Federal Space Launch Operations, ET Docket No. 13-115
3060-AM02
445
Spectrum Rules and Policies for the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, WT Docket No. 22-323
3060-AM03
Wireline Competition Bureau—Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
446
Reforming Legacy Rules for an All-IP Future and Accelerating Network Modernization (WC 25-208)
3060-AM26
447
Accelerating Network Modernization—High Cost Legacy Program Reforms, WCB Docket No. 25-208
3060-AM34
Wireline Competition Bureau—Final Rule Stage
Sequence No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
448
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
Wireline Competition Bureau—Long-Term Actions
Sequence No.
Title
Regulation
Identifier No.
449
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
450
Local Telephone Networks That LECs Must Make Available to Competitors
3060-AH44
451
Jurisdictional Separations
3060-AJ06
452
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
453
Restoring Internet Freedom, WC Docket No. 17-108; Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet, GN Docket No. 14-28; Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet, WC Docket No. 23-320
3060-AK21
454
Numbering Policies for Modern Communications, WC Docket No. 13-97
3060-AK36
455
Universal Service
3060-AK57
456
Toll Free Assignment Modernization and Toll-Free Service Access Codes: WC Docket No. 17-192, CC Docket No. 95-155
3060-AK91
457
Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; WC Docket Nos. 19-195 and 11-10
3060-AK93
458
Call Authentication Trust Anchor
3060-AL00
459
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
460
Modernizing Unbundling and Resale Requirements in an Era of Next-Generation Networks and Services
3060-AL02
461
Protecting Consumers From SIM Swap and Port-Out Fraud, WC Docket No. 21-341
3060-AL34
462
Supporting Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence, WC Docket No. 22-238,11-42, 21-450
3060-AL48
463
Implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination
3060-AL56
464
Reducing Barriers to Network Improvements and Service Changes (WC Docket Nos. 25-208, 25-209; FCC 25-37)
3060-AM22
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC)
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
Long-Term Actions
357. RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE TELEPHONE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT (TCPA) OF 1991, CG DOCKET NOS. 21-402, 02-278, 17-59
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 auto dialer, 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
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
NPRM
06/16/23
88 FR 20800
Report and Order
03/05/24
89 FR 15756
FNPRM
03/05/24
89 FR 15802
Rule Correction
03/12/24
89 FR 17762
Second Report and Order, Second FNPRM
01/26/24
89 FR 5177
Second FNPRM Comment Due
02/26/24
Second FNPRM Comment Replies Due
03/11/24
Stay Order, DA 25-90, rel
01/24/25
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
358. RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING SECTION 225 OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT (TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE), CG DOCKET NO. 03-123
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 225
Relevant Executive Orders: 14267
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
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
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
78FR 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
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
03/19/21
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
02/22/23
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
Report and Order
10/19/23
88 FR 71994
Final Rule; Announcement of Effective Date
12/21/23
88 FR 88257
Correction; Technical Amendments
02/08/24
89 FR 8549
NPRM
03/14/24
89 FR 18589
NPRM Comment Period End
04/15/24
NPRM Reply Comment Period End
04/29/24
Report and Order
03/21/24
89 FR 20125
Report and Order
09/04/24
89 FR 71848
Second Report and Order
12/13/24
89 FR 100878
Correction; Technical Amendments
12/27/24
89 FR 105474
FNPRM
01/02/25
90 FR 59
FNPRM Comment Due
02/03/25
FNPRM Comment Replies Due
03/03/25
NPRM
08/27/25
90 FR 164
NPRM Comment Period
09/26/25
NPRM Comment Period End
10/14/25
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
Michael Scott, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1264
Email:
michael.scott@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AI15
359. CONSUMER INFORMATION, DISCLOSURE, AND TRUTH IN BILLING AND BILLING FORMAT (CC DOCKET NO. 98-170; CG DOCKET NO. 09-158; WC DOCKET NO. 04-36)
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 201; 47 U.S.C. 258
Relevant Executive Orders: 14267
Abstract: In this proceeding the Commission proposes changes to modernize and simplify slamming and Truth-in-Billing rules to reflect the evolution of the telecommunications marketplace and reduce regulatory burdens, while retaining core consumer protections against unauthorized carrier changes and charges.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
FNPRM
05/25/05
70 FR 30044
R&O
05/25/05
70 FR 29979
NOI
08/28/09
Public Notice
05/20/10
75 FR 28249
Public Notice
06/11/10
75 FR 33303
NPRM
11/26/10
75 FR 72773
NPRM
08/23/11
76 FR 52625
NPRM Comment Period End
11/21/11
Order (Reply Comment Period Extended)
11/30/11
76 FR 74017
Reply Comment Period End
12/05/11
R&O
05/24/12
77 FR 30915
FNPRM
05/24/12
77 FR 30972
FNPRM Comment Period End
07/09/12
Order (Comment Period Extended)
07/17/12
77 FR 41955
Comment Period End
07/20/12
Announcement of Effective Dates
10/26/12
77 FR 65230
Correction of Final Rule
11/30/12
77 FR 71353
Correction of Final Rule
11/30/12
77 FR 71354
NPRM
08/14/17
82 FR 37830
NPRM Comment Period End
09/13/17
Public Notice
01/13/20
85 FR 1798
NPRM
08/22/25
90 FR 41016
Next Action Undetermined
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-AI61
360. CLOSED—CAPTIONING OF VIDEO PROGRAMMING; CG DOCKET NOS. 05-231 AND 06-181 (SECTION 610 REVIEW)
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 613
Abstract: The Commission's closed-captioning rules are designed to make video programming more accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans. This proceeding has resolved issues regarding the quality of closed-captioning. Further action is required to resolve a petition that has been filed regarding video programmer registration and certification rules.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
02/03/97
62 FR 4959
R&O
09/16/97
62 FR 48487
Order on Reconsideration
10/20/98
63 FR 55959
NPRM
09/26/05
70 FR 56150
Order and Declaratory Ruling
01/13/09
74 FR 1594
NPRM
01/13/09
74 FR 1654
Final Rule Correction
09/11/09
74 FR 46703
Final Rule (Announcement of Effective Date)
02/19/10
75 FR 7370
Order
02/19/10
75 FR 7368
Order to Suspend Effective Date
02/19/10
75 FR 7369
Waiver Order
10/04/10
75 FR 61101
Public Notice
11/17/10
75 FR 70168
Interim Final Rule (Order)
11/01/11
76 FR 67376
Final Rule (MO&O)
11/01/11
76 FR 67377
NPRM
11/01/11
76 FR 67397
NPRM Comment Period End
12/16/11
Public Notice
05/04/12
77 FR 26550
Public Notice
12/15/12
77 FR 72348
Final Rule Effective
03/16/15
FNPRM
03/27/14
79 FR 17094
R&O
03/31/14
79 FR 17911
FNPRM Comment Period End
07/25/14
Final Action (Announcement of Effective Date)
12/29/14
79 FR 77916
Second FNPRM
12/31/14
79 FR 78768
Comment Period End
01/30/15
Second Report & Order
08/23/16
81 FR 57473
Announcement of Effective Date
12/22/17
82 FR 60679
Second Report and Order; correction
09/14/21
86 FR 51013
Second Report and Order; correction
12/13/21
86 FR 70749
Second Report and Order; correction
09/07/22
87 FR 54629
FNPRM
08/02/24
89 FR 63135
FNPRM; correction
08/23/24
89 FR 68124
FNPRM Comment Period End
09/03/24
FNPRM Reply Comment Period End
10/01/24
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
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-AI72
361. STRUCTURE AND PRACTICES OF THE VIDEO RELAY SERVICE (VRS) PROGRAM, CG DOCKET NO. 10-51
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 225; 47 U.S.C. 303(r)
Relevant Executive Orders: 14267
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 R 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
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
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
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
Report and Order
10/19/23
88 FR 71994
Final Rule Effective
12/21/23
88 FR 88257
Correction; Technical Amendments
02/08/24
89 FR 8549
NPRM
03/14/24
89 FR 18589
NPRM Comment Period End
04/15/24
NPRM Reply Comment Period End
04/29/24
Report and Order
03/21/24
89 FR 20125
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Michael Scott, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1264
Email:
michael.scott@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AJ42
362. 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)
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 112-96, sec. 6507
Relevant Executive Orders: 14267
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
363. 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
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
Second Report and Order
12/13/24
89 FR 100878
FNPRM
01/02/25
90 FR 59
FNPRM Comment Due
02/03/25
FNPRM Comment Replies Due
03/03/25
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Michael Scott, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1264
Email:
michael.scott@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AK00
364. MISUSE OF INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) CAPTIONED TELEPHONE SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES AND SPEECH-TO-SPEECH SERVICES; CG DOCKET NO. 13-24
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
09/17/18
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
Final Rule; Announcement of Effective Date
12/21/23
88 FR 88257
Correction; Technical Amendments
02/08/24
89 FR 8549
Report and Order
09/04/24
89 FR 71848
Correction; Technical Amendments
12/27/24
89 FR 105474
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Michael Scott, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1264
Email:
michael.scott@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AK01
365. ADVANCED METHODS TO TARGET AND ELIMINATE UNLAWFUL ROBOCALLS (CG DOCKET NO. 17-59)
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
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
07/10/23
88 FR 43489
Eighth Further Notice, and Third Notice of Inquiry
07/10/23
88 FR 43446
NPRM
09/10/24
89 FR 73321
Eighth Report and Order
03/24/25
90 FR 13416
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: 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
366. EMPOWERING BROADBAND CONSUMERS THROUGH TRANSPARENCY, CG DOCKET NO 22-2
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
03/24/22
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
Public Notice Announcing Compliance Dates
10/10/23
88 FR 69883
Public Notice Incorporating Compliance Dates
10/26/23
88 FR 73534
Public Notice Announcing Compliance Dates, DA 914, rel
09/10/24
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Zac Champ, Deputy Division Chief, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1495
Email:
zac.champ@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AL33
367. TARGETING AND ELIMINATING UNLAWFUL TEXT MESSAGES, CG DOCKET 21-402
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. Specifically, the Commission considers policies to require mobile wireless providers to block text messages that are highly likely to be illegal and seeks comment on other methods to combat spam robotext messages. The Commission takes these steps because illegal texts are becoming a common occurrence and present the same types of annoyance and risk of fraud as robocalls.
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
NPRM
01/26/24
89 FR 5177
Final Rule; Announcement of Effective Date
01/26/24
89 FR 5098
Final Rule; Announcement of Effective Date
03/01/24
89 FR 15061
NPRM
09/10/24
89 FR 73321
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
368. MISUSE OF INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) RELAY SERVICE; CG DOCKET NO. 12-38
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, Deputy Chief, 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
369. COMPENSATION FOR INTERNET PROTOCOL CAPTIONED TELEPHONE SERVICE, CG DOCKET NO. 22-408
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
Report and Order
09/04/24
89 FR 71848
Correction; Technical Amendments
12/27/24
89 FR 105474
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Michael Scott, Deputy Chief, 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
370. ACCESS TO VIDEO CONFERENCING, CG DOCKET NO. 23-161
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 and 152; 47 U.S.C. 225 ; 47 U.S.C. 617
Abstract: Section 716 of the Twenty-First 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 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
Second Report and Order
12/13/24
89 FR 100878
FNPRM
01/02/25
90 FR 59
FNPRM Comment Due
02/03/25
FNPRM Comment Replies Due
03/03/25
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
371. IMPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGIES ON PROTECTING CONSUMERS FROM UNWANTED ROBOCALLS AND ROBOTEXTS (CG DOCKET NO. 23-362)
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 227
Relevant Executive Orders: 14179
Abstract: The Federal Communications Commission initiated this proceeding to protect consumer from unwanted AI-generated calls while ensuring that our rules do not hinder the potential benefits that AI can offer, including making telecommunications more readily accessible to individuals with disabilities.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
09/10/24
89 FR 73321
NPRM Comment Period End
10/25/24
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-AM12
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC)
Economics
Final Rule Stage
372. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF REGULATORY FEES
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
06/29/23
Report and Order
09/15/23
88 FR 63694
NPRM
03/13/24
89 FR 20582
NPRM Comment Period End
04/29/24
NPRM
06/13/24
89 FR 53276
Order
06/13/24
89 FR 60572
NPRM Comment Period End
07/29/24
Report and Order
09/06/24
NPRM
06/04/25
90 FR 25432
Final Rule
08/28/25
90 FR 43284
Final Action Effective
08/29/26
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Patrick Brogan, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20544
Phone: 571 242-1674
Email:
patrick.brogan@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AK64
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Economics
Long-Term Actions
373. UPDATING PART 1 COMPETITIVE BIDDING RULES (WT DOCKET NO. 14-170)
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
Relevant Executive Orders: 14267
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
374. ESTABLISHING A 5G FUND FOR RURAL AMERICA; GN DOCKET NO. 20-32
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
Relevant Executive Orders: 14267
Abstract: The 5G Fund for Rural America will distribute in the first phase up to $9 billion in universal service support through competitive bidding to bring mobile voice and 5G broadband service to rural areas of the country. 5G public interestobligations 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.
On August 14, 2024, the Commission adopted a Report and Order to implement the framework for the 5G Fund and a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Tribal consent requirements for the 5G Fund. The procedures, terms and conditions, dates, and deadlines governing participation in the auction will be addressed in a separate proceeding.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
05/26/20
85 FR 31616
Final Action
11/25/20
85 FR 75770
Second Report and Order
08/14/24
89 FR 101358
Second NPRM
08/14/24
89 FR 101358
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Mark Montano, Associate Chief, Office of Economics and Analytics, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L. Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0691
Email:
mark.montano@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AL15
375. BROADBAND DATA COLLECTION
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 August 6, 2019, the Commission adopted a new data collection of precise, granular broadband availability data from fixed broadband providers, including a mechanism for incorporating public feedback into the data.
On March 23, 2020, the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technology Availability Act (Broadband DATA Act) was enacted, establishing requirements for the Commission to adopt rules and carry out other steps for the collection and publication of granular data on the quality and availability of broadband internet service.
On July 16, 2020, the Commission adopted a Second Report and Order and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that took steps to implement requirements of the Broadband DATA Act, including the adoption of rules for the collection and verification of improved, more precise data on both fixed and mobile broadband availability.
On January 13, 2021, the Commission adopted a Third Report and Order that took key additional steps to ensure that both the new data collection itself, and the measures for verifying the accuracy of the data collected, will yield a robust and reliable data resource for the Commission, Congress, federal and state policymakers, and consumers to evaluate the status of broadband deployment throughout the United States.
On July 3, 2024, the Commission adopted a Fourth Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and Fourth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that codified the data challenge process, clarified certain rules, and sought comment on additional clarifications and changes to the data filing process.
On June 26, 2025, the Commission adopted a Fifth Report and Order that alleviated the regulatory burden on broadband providers by eliminating the requirement that a professional engineer certify biannual BDC filings, and allowing these filings to instead be certified by a qualified engineer, as defined in the Order.
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
Fourth Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and Fourth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
07/03/24
89 FR 66254
Fifth Report and Order
06/26/25
90 FR 28032
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Jonathan McCormack, Acting Deputy Division Chief, Industry Analysis Division, OEA, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20544
Phone: 202 812-5100
Email:
jonathan.mccormack@fcc.gov
Eduard Bartholme, Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1463
Email:
eduard.bartholme@fcc.gov
Jamile Kadre, Legal Advisor, Broadband Data Task Force, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2245
Email:
jamile.kadre@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AL42
376. ENHANCING NATIONAL SECURITY THROUGH THE AUCTION OF AWS-3 SPECTRUM LICENSES
Legal Authority: Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025; Pub. L. 118-159, Div. E, Title LIV; 5401-5405; Spectrum and Secure Technology and Innovation Act; 5403 (2024); Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 309
Abstract: On February 28, 2025, the Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in preparation for an auction of spectrum licenses in the AWS-3 bands that are in the Commission's inventory. The NPRM proposes to harmonize outdated rules related to competitive bidding for such licenses with more recent Commission practice in spectrum auctions. The NPRM proposes to update the AWS-3 service-specific competitive bidding rules related to designated entities to incorporate changes made to the Commission's bidding credit program in the ten-plus years since AWS-3 licenses were last offered in Auction 97. These updates include a 15% bidding credit for rural service providers and increases to the average annual gross revenue thresholds for small businesses and very small businesses. The procedures, terms and conditions, dates and deadlines governing participation in the auction will be addressed in a separate proceeding.
Auction proceeds will support the Commission's Supply Chain Reimbursement Program, which implements the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 by reimbursing eligible advanced communications service providers for their costs to remove, replace, and dispose of untrustworthy Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation equipment and services.
On July 24, 2025, the Commission adopted a Report and Order and Second Report and Order updating the competitive bidding rules and the AWS-3 rules for the upcoming auction.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
03/13/25
90 FR 11931
NPRM Comment Period End
04/14/25
Report and Order, Second Report and Order
07/24/25
90 FR 36385
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Erik Salovaara, Assistant Chief, Auctions Division, Office of Economics and Analytics, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L. Street, NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0660
Email:
erik.salovaara@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AM05
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC)
Office of Engineering and Technology
Proposed Rule Stage
377. • UNLEASHING UNLICENSED SPECTRUM FOR DIRECT-TO-DEVICE
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 301, 302a, 303, 307
Abstract: As space launches and satellite deployment continue to increase, companies with space-based operations are increasingly looking to expand capacity, reduce cost, and increase the utility of their operations. The increase in space launches, coupled with the growing diversity of non-satellite spacecraft, has resulted in a growing need to support communication in space and between Earth and space. To meet this growing need, the Commission begins this proceeding to explore unlicensed device use in space.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
07/00/26
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Hugh Van Tuyl, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington 20554
Phone: 202 418-7506
Email:
hugh.vantuyl@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AM28
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC)
Office of Engineering and Technology
Final Rule Stage
378. PROMOTING THE INTEGRITY AND SECURITY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS CERTIFICATION BODIES, MEASUREMENT FACILITIES, AND THE EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZATION PROGRAM, ET DOCKET NO. 24-136
Legal Authority: secs. 1, 4(i), 229, 301, 302, 303, 309, 312, 403, and 503 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 229; 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 302a; 47 U.S.C. 303; 47 U.S.C. 309; 47 U.S.C. 312; 47 U.S.C. 403; 47 U.S.C. 503; sec. 105 of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act; 47 U.S.C. 1004; the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019; 47 U.S.C. 1601 thru 1609;and the Secure Equipment Act of 2021 ; Pub. L. 117-55, 135 Stat. 423
Abstract: In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, we propose to strengthen requirements and oversight relating to telecommunications certification bodies and measurement facilities to help ensure the integrity of these entities for purposes of the equipment authorization, to better protect national security, and to advance the Commission's comprehensive strategy to build a more secure and resilient communications supply chain.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
07/05/24
89 FR 55530
NPRM Comment Period End
10/03/24
Final Rule
05/27/25
90 FR 38045
Final Action Effective
07/27/26
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-AL85
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC)
Office of Engineering and Technology
Long-Term Actions
379. USE OF THE 5.850-5.925 GHZ BAND; ET DOCKET NO. 19-138
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
Relevant Executive Orders: 14267
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 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-to-everything (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-to-Everything (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
Order on Reconsideration and Final Rule
04/09/24
89 FR 24835
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
380. 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
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
Relevant Executive Orders: 14306
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
FNPRM
10/28/25
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
381. ALLOCATION OF SPECTRUM FOR NON-FEDERAL SPACE LAUNCH OPERATIONS, ET DOCKET NO. 13-115
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151. 152, 154(i), 155(c), 301, 303(c), 303(f), and 303(r)
Relevant Executive Orders: 14335
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
2nd Report and Order—Final Rule
08/05/24
89 FR 63296
2nd FNPRM
02/01/24
89 FR 6488
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
382. FCC IMPLEMENTS AND PROPOSES FINAL ACTS OF THE WRC-19 AND WRC-15, ET DOCKET NO. 23-120 & 23-121
Legal Authority: part 2—47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 302a and 303; 47 U.S.C. 336
Abstract: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) makes non-substantive, editorial revisions to the Commission's Table of Frequency Allocations (Allocation Table), primarily to reflect decisions from the Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (
WRC19 Final Acts
). The purpose of this administrative action is to revise
the Allocation Table by updating the International Table of Frequency Allocations (International Table) portion of the Allocation Table to reflect the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU's) Table of Frequency Allocations in its Radio Regulations (Edition of 2020) (Radio Regulations), and by making updates and corrections in the United States Table of Frequency Allocations (U.S. Table) portion of the Allocation Table. The Commission also proposes implementation of certain allocation decisions from the Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (
WRC15 Final Acts
) concerning portions of the radio spectrum between 5330.5 kHz and 29.5 GHz, other spectrum allocation changes, and related updates to the Commission's service rules.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
09/29/23
88 FR 67160
NPRM Comment Period End
12/28/23
88 FR 73810
Final Action
09/28/23
88 FR 67514
Final Action Effective
10/30/23
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Patrick Forster, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7061
Email:
pforster@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AL77
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC)
Office of General Counsel
Long-Term Actions
383. MODERNIZING SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154 and 225 and 254 and 620, Communications Act of 1934 (as amended) ; 31 U.S.C. 6101, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act; E.O. 11738; E.O. 12549, Debarment and Suspension; E.O. 12689, Debarment and Suspension
Relevant Executive Orders: 12549
Abstract: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to update and align its existing suspension and debarment rules consistent with Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on Government Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) (2005). To better protect against waste, fraud, and abuse, the Commission proposes that such new rules be applied to transactions under the Universal Service Fund (USF) and Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) programs and the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program (NDBEDP).
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Brayden Parker, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20544
Phone: 202 418-0097
Email:
brayden.parker@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AM09
384. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE FALSE CLAIMS ACT
Legal Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3809, Administrative False Claims Act (formerly the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act) ; Pub. L. 118-159, sec. 5203(j)
Abstract: Pursuant to statute, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is required to implement the Administrative False Claims Act of 1986 (AFCA). The AFCA authorizes Federal agencies to impose civil penalties and assessments against any person who makes, submits, or presents a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim or written statement.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Brayden Parker, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20544
Phone: 202 418-0097
Email:
brayden.parker@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AM10
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC)
Media Bureau
Final Rule Stage
385. • 2022 QUADRENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW—REVIEW OF THE COMMISSION'S BROADCAST OWNERSHIP RULES AND OTHER RULES ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 202 OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
Abstract: With this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Federal Communications Commission seeks comment on its media ownership rules pursuant to section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which directs the Commission to review such rules every four years to determine whether they remain necessary in the public interest as the result of competition and to repeal or modify any regulation that it determines to be no longer in the public interest. This periodic review aims to ensure that the media ownership rules continue to serve the public interest in light of new and emerging technologies and ever-evolving marketplace conditions. The rules subject to our review in this proceeding are: (1) the Local Radio Ownership Rule;(2) the Local Television Ownership Rule;and (3) the Dual Network Rule.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
08/19/25
90 FR 40295
Final Action Effective
07/30/26
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Ty Bream, Acting Division Chief, Industry Analysis Div., Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0644
Email:
ty.bream@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AM16
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC)
Media Bureau
Long-Term Actions
386. CABLE TELEVISION RATE REGULATION
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 543
Relevant Executive Orders: 14267
Abstract: The Commission has adopted rate regulations to implement section 623 of the 1992 Cable Act to ensure that cable subscribers nationwide enjoy the rates that would be charged by cable systems operating in a competitive environment.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
01/04/93
58 FR 48
R&O and FNPRM
05/21/93
58 FR 29736
MO&O and FNPRM
08/18/93
58 FR 43816
Third R&O
11/30/93
58 FR 63087
Order on Recon, Fourth R&O, and Fifth NPRM
04/15/94
59 FR 17943
Third Order on Recon
04/15/94
59 FR 17961
Fifth Order on Recon and FNPRM
10/13/94
59 FR 51869
Fourth Order on Recon
10/21/94
59 FR 53113
Sixth Order on Recon, Fifth R&O, and Seventh NPRM
12/06/94
59 FR 62614
Seventh Order on Recon
01/25/95
60 FR 4863
Ninth Order on Recon
02/27/95
60 FR 10512
Eighth Order on Recon
03/17/95
60 FR 14373
Sixth R&O and Eleventh Order on Recon
07/12/95
60 FR 35854
Thirteenth Order on Recon
10/05/95
60 FR 52106
Twelfth Order on Recon
10/26/95
60 FR 54815
Tenth Order on Recon
04/08/96
61 FR 15388
Order on Recon of the First R&O and FNPRM
04/15/96
61 FR 16447
MO&O
02/12/97
62 FR 6491
Report on Cable Industry Prices
02/24/97
62 FR 8245
R&O
03/31/97
62 FR 15118
Fourteenth Order on Recon
10/15/97
62 FR 53572
NPRM and Order
09/05/02
67 FR 56882
FNPRM and R&O
11/27/18
83 FR 60804
Move to Inactive
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Maria Mullarkey, Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1067
Email:
maria.mullarkey@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AF41
387. ACCESSIBLE EMERGENCY INFORMATION, AND APPARATUS REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY INFORMATION AND VIDEO DESCRIPTION; MB DOCKET NO. 12-107
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 303(o) and (z); 47 U.S.C. 330(b); V613(g)
Abstract: This proceeding was initiated to implement sections 204 and 205 of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. These sections require that emergency information be made accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired, and that certain equipment be capable of delivering video description and emergency information to those individuals.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
11/28/12
77 FR 70970
FNPRM
05/24/13
78 FR 31800
R&O
05/24/13
78 FR 31770
FNPRM
07/10/15
80 FR 39722
2nd R&O
08/10/15
80 FR 39698
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Maria Mullarkey, Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1067
Email:
maria.mullarkey@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AJ85
388. AUTHORIZING PERMISSIVE USE OF THE “NEXT GENERATION” BROADCAST TELEVISION STANDARD (GN DOCKET NO. 16-142)
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 current-generation digital television broadcast service to their viewers.
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: 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
Ty Bream, Acting Division Chief, 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
389. DUPLICATION OF PROGRAMMING ON COMMONLY OWNED RADIO STATIONS, MB DOCKET NO. 19-310
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 initially eliminated the radio duplication rule. The rule bars same-service (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. On reconsideration, the Commission reinstated the radio duplication rule for commercial FM stations. A Petition for Reconsideration of this action was filed.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
12/23/19
84 FR 70485
Report & Order
10/22/20
85 FR 67303
Order on Reconsideration
07/03/24
89 FR 55078
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Ty Bream, Acting Division Chief, Industry Analysis Div., Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0644
Email:
ty.bream@fcc.gov
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
390. SPONSORSHIP IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN GOVERNMENT-PROVIDED PROGRAMMING, MB DOCKET NO. 20-299
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
Second Report and Order
07/16/24
89 FR 57775
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Ty Bream, Acting Division Chief, Industry Analysis Div., Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0644
Email:
ty.bream@fcc.gov
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
391. MODIFYING RULES FOR FM TERRESTRIAL DIGITAL AUDIO BROADCASTING SYSTEMS, MB DOCKET NO. 22-405
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 301 and 302(a)
Relevant Executive Orders: 14267
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission changes the digital audio broadcasting technical rules to permit additional FM stations to increase FM hybrid digital effective radiated power beyond the existing levels without the need for individual Commission authorization. In addition, the Commission allows a digital FM station to operate with asymmetric power on the digital sidebands. These rule changes are intended to improve digital FM signal quality and minimize the effect of the digital FM station signal on adjacent channel FM transmissions. A Petition for Reconsideration of these actions has been filed.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
08/22/23
88 FR 57033
Report and Order
10/21/24
89 FR 84096
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Al Shuldiner, Division 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-AL70
392. RULES TO ADVANCE THE LOW POWER TELEVISION, TV TRANSLATOR AND CLASS A TELEVISION SERVICE, MB DOCKET NOS 24-147 & 24-148
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 152; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 303
Relevant Executive Orders: 14267
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission seeks comment on comprehensive updates to rules relating to the Low Power Television service (LPTV Service). The LPTV Service includes low power television (LPTV) stations as well as television translator stations and Class A TV stations. The Commission created the LPTV Service in 1982 to bring local television service to viewers otherwise unserved or underserved by existing full power service providers. Today, these stations are an established component of the nation's television system, delivering free over-the-air TV service, including locally produced programming, to millions of viewers in rural and discrete urban communities. In light of changes to the LPTV Service over the last forty years, comment is sought on changes to Commission rules and policies to ensure that LPTV Service continues to flourish and serve the public interest.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
06/27/24
89 FR 53537
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-AL86
393. AMENDMENT OF PARTS 1, 73, 74 AND 76 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES TO UPDATE RULES APPLICABLE TO BROADCAST STATIONS (MB DOCKET NO. 24-626)
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 302; 47 U.S.C.151 ; 47 U.S.C. 154 ; 47 U.S.C. 157 ; 47 U.S.C. 301
Relevant Executive Orders: 14267
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission acts to revise various broadcast radio and television regulations in parts 1, 73, and 74 of the Code of Federal Regulations in order to better reflect current application processing requirements, clarify and harmonize provisions, and remove references to outdated procedures and legacy filing systems. The proceeding also act to clarify certain terms and procedures used in the comparative processes for mutually exclusive noncommercial educational stations and low power FM stations.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
03/24/25
90 FR 13432
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Arian Rangel, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20544
Phone: 202 418-4036
Email:
ariane.rangel@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AM07
394. UPDATES TO THE COMMISSION'S RULES IMPLEMENTING THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT LOUDNESS MITIGATION (CALM) ACT (MB DOCKET NO. 25-72)
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C.151 ; 47 U.S.C. 152 ; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 303(r) ; 47 U.S.C. 621
Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission considers whether it should update or change its approach to the loudness of commercials. It has been over ten years since the Commission has taken action in this area, and accordingly, it seeks input from consumers and industry on the extent to which the existing rules have been
effective in controlling and preventing loud commercials on programming provided by television broadcasters and pay TV providers.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
03/11/25
90 FR 11689
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Lyle Elder, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20544
Phone: 202 418-2365
Email:
lyle.elder@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AM08
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC)
Office of International Affairs
Proposed Rule Stage
395. REVIEW OF SUBMARINE CABLE LANDING LICENSE RULES AND PROCEDURES TO ASSESS EVOLVING NATIONAL SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOREIGN POLICY, AND TRADE POLICY RISKS, OI DOCKET NO. 24-523, MD DOCKET NO. 24-524
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. secs. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 201-255, 303(r), 403, 413; 47 U.S.C. secs. 34 to 39; Executive Order No. 10530, section 5(a) (May 12, 1954) reprinted as amended in 3 U.S.C. 301
Abstract: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) takes another important step to protect the Nation's submarine cable infrastructure from threats in an evolving national security and law enforcement landscape by undertaking the first major comprehensive review of the Commission's submarine cable rules since 2001. Over the last two decades, there have been substantial changes in technology, consumer expectations, international submarine cable traffic patterns, and investment in and construction of submarine cable infrastructure as well as significant evolution in national security and law enforcement threat environments. The proposed rules on which Commission seeks comment in this proceeding are intended for the Commission to determine how best to improve and streamline the submarine cable rules to facilitate deployment of submarine cables while at the same time ensuring the security, resilience, and protection of this critical infrastructure.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
03/13/25
90 FR 12036
NPRM Comment Period End
05/12/25
Report and Order
07/00/26
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Desiree Hanssem, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20544
Phone: 202 418-0887
Email:
desiree.hanssem@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AM06
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC)
Office of International Affairs
Long-Term Actions
396. PROCESS REFORM FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH REVIEW OF CERTAIN FCC APPLICATIONS AND PETITIONS INVOLVING FOREIGN OWNERSHIP, IB DOCKET NO. 16-155
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
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Arthur T. Lechtman, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Office of International Affairs, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1465
Fax: 202 418-0175
Email:
arthur.lechtman@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AL12
397. REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL SECTION 214 AUTHORIZATIONS TO ASSESS EVOLVING NATIONAL SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOREIGN POLICY, AND TRADE POLICY RISKS, IB DOCKET NO 23-119, MD DOCKET NO 23-134
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 201 and 214; 47 U.S.C. 218 and 219; 47 U.S.C. 403 and 413
Abstract: By this Notice, the Commission proposes rules that would require carriers to renew, every 10 years, their international section 214 authority. In the alternative, the Commission seeks comment on adopting rules that would require all international section 214 authorization holders to periodically update information enabling the Commission to review the public interest and national security implications of those authorizations based on that updated information. Through these proposals, the Commission seeks to ensure that the Commission is exercising appropriate oversight of international section 214 authorization holders to safeguard U.S. telecommunications networks.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
06/01/23
88 FR 50486
NPRM Comment Period End
10/02/23
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Gabrielle Kim, Attorney Advisor, Office of International Affairs, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0730
Email:
gabrielle.kim@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AL76
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC)
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
Long-Term Actions
398. AMENDMENT OF PART 11 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES REGARDING THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM, PS DOCKET 15-94; EB DOCKET NO. 04-296
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(o); 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303(b); . . .
Abstract: Ongoing revisions of 47 CFR part 11, which have been necessary to test the Emergency Alert System, integrate new digital media into the system and accommodate the required adoption of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) as a new technical requirement. In the First Report and Order in EB Docket No. 04-296, the Commission adopted rules that expanded the reach of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to cover digital communications services that Americans increasingly use to receive news and entertainment; namely, digital television and radio, digital cable, and satellite television and radio.
In the Second Report and Order in EB Docket No. 04-296, the Commission took various steps to increase the reliability, security, and efficacy of the Nation's EAS network, including: (1) requiring EAS participants to accept a message using Common Alerting Protocol v1.1 (CAP) no later than 180 days after FEMA publicly publishes its adoption of such standard; (2) requiring EAS participants to adopt Next Generation EAS delivery systems no later than 180 days after FEMA publicly releases standards for those systems; (3) preserving the current EAS network but enhancing its effectiveness, scope, and redundancy by enabling EAS delivery system upgrades and by including Wireline Video Providers in EAS; (4) requiring EAS participants to transmit State and local EAS alerts originated by Governors or their designees no later than 180 days after FEMA publishes its adoption of the CAP standard, provided that the State has a Commission-approved EAS State plan that provides for delivery of such alerts; and (5) concurrently adopting a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) to explore certain EAS-related issues, including provision of EAS alerts to disabled Americans and to Americans who do not speak English.
In the Second FNPRM in EB Docket No. 04-296, the Commission sought comment on procedures and reporting requirements for implementing a nationwide test of the EAS. In the Third Report and Order in EB Docket No. 04-296, the Commission adopted rules governing the procedures and reporting requirements for implementing a nationwide test of the EAS.
In the Third FNPRM in EB Docket No. 04-296, the Commission sought comment on tentative conclusions and proposed revisions to the Commission's part 11 rules to integrate into the part 11 rules that CAP- related mandates adopted in the Second Report and Order.
In the Fourth Report and Order in EB Docket No.04-296, the Commission addressed the single issue of establishing a new deadline of June 30, 2012, for meeting the CAP- related deadline imposed by the Commission's Second Report and Order.
In the Fifth Report and Order in EB Docket No. 04-296, the Commission addressed the remainder of the issues raised in the third FNPRM by revising its part 11 EAS rules to specify the manner in which EAS participants must be able to receive alert messages formatted in the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) and by streamlining the part 11 rules to enhance their effectiveness and clarity.
In the Sixth NPRM, the Commission sought comment on whether to adopt a national location code; whether to adopt the National Periodic Test Code (NPT) as the next code to be used for national testing; whether to adopt an Electronic Test Reporting System (ETRS); and whether to adopt minimum accessibility requirements.
In the Sixth Report and Order, the Commission revised its rules to adopt a national location code for the United States, a national periodic test code for the next nationwide test, and a new electronic reporting system for the next nationwide EAS test. The Commission also adopted minimum EAS accessibility standards.
In the 2015 NPRM in PS Docket No. 15-94, the Commission sought comment on adding three new EAS event codes, covering extreme wind and storm surges, as well as revise the territorial boundaries of the geographic location codes for two offshore marine areas listed in the EAS rules as location codes 75 and 77.
In the 2016 NPRM in PS Docket No. 15-94, the Commission adopted an NPRM proposing to strengthen the EAS as a tool for community emergency preparedness and considering EAS security issues. The Commission released an Order in PS Docket No. 15-94 extending the comment period to the 2016 NPRM. The Commission released a Public Notice in PS Docket No. 15-94 announcing the launch of the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS) and seeking comment on updates to the EAS Operating Handbook.
In the May 2016 Order in EB Docket No. 04-296, the Commission revised its EAS rules to incorporate new multilingual alerting reporting requirements. In the August 2016 Order in PS Docket No. 15-94, the Commission revised its EAS rules to add three new EAS event codes and revise the territorial boundaries for two offshore marine areas.
In the 2017 NPRM in PS Docket No. 15-94, the Commission sought comment on the addition of a BLU event code to be utilized in emergency alerting when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, is missing in connection with the officer's official duties, or an imminent and credible threat that an individual intends to cause serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer is received. In the January 2018 Report and Order in PS Docket No. 15-94, the Commission adopted the BLU event code.
In the April 10, 2018, Report and Order in PS Docket No. 15-94, the Commission adopted rules (1) mandating the electronic filing of EAS plans; (2) establishing the Alert Reporting System for the filing of EAS plans; (3) providing online templates for EAS Plans; and (4) specifying required contents of EAS Plans.
In the July 12, 2018, Report and Order and FNPRM, in PS Docket No. 15-94, the Commission adopted rules to facilitate more effective public safety tests and exercises using the EAS, as well as to help prevent the issuance of false alerts. In the companion FNPRM, the Commission sought comment on further proposals to facilitate false alert reporting, add elements to State EAS Plans to facilitate effective testing and prevent and correct false alerts, and the metrics by which WEA performance should be measured.
In the July 24, 2018, Order on Reconsideration in EB Docket No. 04-296 and PS Docket No. 15-94, the Commission denied the requests of several satellite operators for reconsideration of their EAS obligations, but adopted more specific criteria for determining when EAS obligations are triggered for FSS licensees whose satellites are used to provide programming directed primarily to consumers outside the United States, with only incidental reception by consumers in the United States.
In the June 27, 2019, Order on Reconsideration in EB Docket No. 04-296 and PS Docket No. 15-94, the Commission harmonized the EAS
testing requirements that apply to Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (SDARS) providers with the testing requirements applied to Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) providers.
In the March 19, 2021 NPRM and NOI, the Commission proposed to implement Section 9201 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, to consider proposals to ensure that more people receive relevant emergency alerts, to enable EAS and WEA participants to report false alerts when they occur, and to improve the way states plan for emergency alerts.
In the June 17, 2021 R&O, the Commission adopted rules to (a) ensure mobile devices cannot opt out of receiving WEA alerts from the FEMA Administrator; (b) establish a state EAS plan checklist for State Emergency Communications Committees (SECCs) and amend the requirements for SECCs, to ensure they meet, review, and update their EAS plans annually; (c) enable reporting of false EAS and WEA alerts; and (d) provide for repeating EAS alerts.
In the June 17, 2021, FNPRM, the Commission sought comment on FEMA's recommendations to delete outdated references in our rules, re-name certain EAS terms to enhance public awareness, and update EAS capability for alerts that are persistent during certain extreme emergencies.
In the December 15, 2021, NPRM and NOI, the Commission proposed to require EAS Participants to use predetermined scripts for nationwide EAS tests, to change the terminology defined for certain national EAS codes to improve the clarity and descriptiveness of messages, and to require EAS Participants to poll the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Open Platform for Emergency Networks (IPAWS) when they receive a legacy-based State or Local Area EAS alert to confirm whether there is a CAP version of that alert, and if so, process such CAP version instead of the legacy version.
In the September 29, 2022, Report and Order, the Commission adopted the rules proposed in the June 17, 2021, FNPRM and December 15, 2021, NPRM in order to make alert messages more informative and easier to understand for all members of the public, especially people with disabilities.
In the October 27, 2022, NPRM, the Commission proposed requirements for EAS Participants to report compromises of their EAS equipment, communications systems, and services to the Commission. The Commission also proposed requirements for EAS and WEA Participants to annually certify to having a cybersecurity risk management plan in place (and proposed additional WEA requirement not relevant to EAS).
In the February 15, 2024, NPRM, the Commission proposed to develop scripted (or “template”) alerts in English and non-English languages for select emergency events, and require EAS Participant to transmit template alerts in the language that corresponds to the programming content on their channels.
In the March 14, 2024, NPRM, the Commission proposed a new EAS event code for the delivery of alerts covering missing and endangered adult persons.
In the August 7, 2024, Report and Order, the Commission adopted the rules proposed in the March 14, 2024, NPRM, to adopt a new EAS event code for the delivery of alerts covering missing and endangered adult persons.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
08/30/04
69 FR 52843
R&O
04/13/05
70 FR 19312
First R&O
11/25/05
70 FR 71023
FNPRM
11/25/05
70 FR 71072
Second R&O
11/02/07
72 FR 62123
FNPRM
11/02/07
72 FR 62185
2nd FNPRM
01/29/10
75 FR 4760
Public Notice
04/15/10
3rd R&O
03/08/11
3rd FNPRM
06/20/11
76 FR 35810
4th R&O
12/27/11
76 FR 80780
5th R&O
03/22/12
77 FR 16688
Order on Reconsideration
05/07/12
77 FR 26701
5th R&O
06/07/12
77 FR 33661
Petition for Partial Reconsideration
06/08/12
77 FR 33995
Public Notice
03/28/14
79 FR 17490
NPRM
07/15/14
79 FR 41159
NPRM Comment Period End
08/14/14
NPRM Reply Comment Period End
08/29/14
6th R&O
06/30/15
80 FR 37167
NPRM
08/10/15
80 FR 47886
NPRM
03/24/16
81 FR 15791
Order
05/06/16
81 FR 27342
Order
05/13/16
81 FR 81298
Public Notice
07/05/16
81 FR 43602
Order
08/11/16
81 FR 53039
NPRM
06/30/17
82 FR 29811
R&O
01/18/18
83 FR 2557
R&O
08/02/18
83 FR 37750
R&O
08/10/18
83 FR 39610
FNPRM
08/10/18
83 FR 39648
Order on Recon
08/23/18
83 FR 42603
FNPRM Comment Period End
09/10/18
FNPRM Comment Period End
10/09/18
Final Rule
05/20/20
85 FR 30627
NPRM & NOI
03/30/21
86 FR 16565
FNPRM
08/20/21
86 FR 46804
NPRM
02/09/22
87 FR 7413
R&O (release date)
09/29/22
Report & Order
11/10/22
87 FR 67808
NPRM
11/23/22
87 FR 71539
NPRM
03/07/24
89 FR 16504
NPRM—Correction
03/20/24
89 FR 19789
NPRM
04/18/24
89 FR 27699
Report and Order
09/06/24
89 FR 72724
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: David Munson, Attorney Advisor, PSHSB, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L. Street, NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2921
Email:
david.munson@fcc.gov
George Donato, Associate Division Chief, CCR, Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0729
Email:
george.donato@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AI49
399. WIRELESS E911 LOCATION ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS: PS DOCKET NO. 07-114 (SECTION 610 REVIEW)
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). This information must be either (1) coordinate-based (horizontal and vertical) location information or (2) dispatchable location information.
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
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
01/11/21
86 FR 8714
6th FNPRM
03/28/25
90 FR 19374
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
400. IMPROVING 911 RELIABILITY, PS DOCKET NO. 13-75; RELIABILITY AND CONTINUITY OF COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INCLUDING BROADBAND TECHNOLOGIES, PS DOCKET NO. 11-60
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151 (i)-(j); 47 U.S.C. 154; 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 154(o); 47 U.S.C. 201(b); 47 U.S.C. 214(d); 47 U.S.C. 218(e)(3); 47 U.S.C. 301; . . .
Abstract: In 2013, the Federal Communications Commission adopted certification requirements to ensure that providers of 911 communications services implemented best practices and other sound engineering principles to improve the reliability and resiliency of the nation's 911 networks. The order also amended the Commission's rules to clarify service providers' obligations to notify 911 call centers of communications outages. In 2020, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau sought comment on the utility of a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) contact information database that would be used by service providers to be able to have up-to-date contact information during network outages.
In 2021, the Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed harmonizing the Commission's public safety answering point outage notification requirements so that both originating and covered 911 service providers notify PSAPs about outages that potentially affect 911 with standardized information within the same timeframe, by the same means, and with the same frequency. In that NPRM, the Commission also proposed that service providers notify their customers when there is a reportable outage that affects 911 availability. The Commission also proposed requiring service providers develop and implement procedures to gather, maintain, and update PSAP contact information on an annual basis. The Commission received approximately 30 comments and reply comments in response to the 2021 NPRM from a variety of stakeholders including state and local entities, service providers, trade associations, and advocacy groups. The Commission held a Virtual Field Hearing on 10/19/2021 on these topics. Speakers representing public safety and communications industry stakeholders from a geographically and demographically diverse sampling presented information.
In 2022, the Commission released a Second Report and Order (Order) that harmonized the notification requirements for originating and covered 911 service providers (collectively, Providers) when they experience an outage that could potentially affect 911 service. The Order also adopted rules requiring Providers to gather, maintain, and update annually a list of contact information for each of the PSAPs they serve. The Commission declined to adopt a requirement for service providers to notify their customers directly when there is a reportable outage that affects 911 availability.
In March 2025, the Commission adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to update the Commission's 2013 911 reliability rules for IP-based networks and proposed rules that would promote the ability of Next Generation 911 networks to transfer 911 calls and texts seamlessly between states.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
04/12/13
78 FR 21879
NPRM Comment Period End
05/13/13
NPRM Reply Comment Period End
05/28/13
R&O
01/17/14
79 FR 3123
Final Action Effective (Rules Not Requiring OMB Approval)
02/18/14
Final Rule Effective (Rules Requiring OMB Approval)
10/15/14
79 FR 61785
Final Action Effective (Order Further Clarifying Effective Date)
02/27/15
80 FR 10618
Order on Recon (release date)
07/30/15
Final Rule
07/12/16
81 FR 45055
FNPRM Reply Comment Period End
09/12/16
60 Day Notice for Information Collection Renewal
07/06/17
82 FR 31323
Public Notice
01/11/21
86 FR 407
3rd NPRM
06/30/21
86 FR 34679
Second Report & Order
11/18/22
87 FR 9756
Compliance Data PRA
06/04/24
89 FR 47869
Denial of Petition for Reconsideration
08/21/24
89 FR 67558
NPRM
07/16/25
90 FR 31945
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: James Wiley, Supervisory Attorney Advisor, PSHSB, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L. Street, NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1678
Email:
james.wiley@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AJ95
401. AMENDMENTS TO PART 4 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES CONCERNING DISRUPTIONS TO COMMUNICATIONS, PS DOCKET NO. 15-80, 18-336, 23-5
Legal Authority: secs. 1, 4(i), 4(j), 4(n), 201, 214, 218, 251(e)(3), 301, 303(b), 303(g), 303(j), 303(r), 307, 309, 316, 332, and 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 201 and 214; 47 U.S.C. 218 and 251(e)(3); 47 U.S.C. 301; 47 U.S.C. 303(b); 47 U.S.C. 303(g); 47 U.S.C. 303(j); 47 U.S.C. 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; secs. 2, 3(b) and 6-7 of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act; 47 U.S.C. 615 note; 47 U.S.C. 615; 47 U.S.C. 615(a) and 615(b)
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 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.
In January 2023, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking surrounding the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (988 Lifeline), a national network of more than 200 crisis centers that helps thousands of people overcome crisis situations every day. There was a nationwide outage in December 2022 that affected Lifeline for several hours, rendering the vital service inaccessible to voice callers. This Notice proposed rules designed to ensure the Commission and life-saving crisis intervention service providing parties are able to access 988 Lifeline and receive timely and actionable information about 988 service outages.
In July 2023, the Commission adopted a Report and Order to require that 988 outages be reported in NORS and that 988 special facilities receive notification of outages. The new rules under this Report and Order became effective on January 16, 2024, except for amendments to 47 CFR 4.9. The effective date for amendments to 47 CFR 4.9 is April 15, 2025.
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
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
NPRM
04/07/23
88 FR 20790
NPRM Comment Period End
05/08/23
NPRM Reply Comment Period End
06/06/23
Report & Order
01/16/24
89 FR 2503
Final Rule; Effective Date for Amendments to 47 CFR 4.9
12/16/24
89 FR 101500
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Logan Bennett, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7790
Email:
logan.bennett@fcc.gov
Jeanne Stockman, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7830
Email:
jeanne.stockman@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AK40
402. WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS (WEA): PS DOCKET NO. 15-91, 15-94, 22-329
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, establish an end-to-end testing program based on advancements in technology, ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of WEA, and ensure support of multilingual WEA.
In October 2022, the Commission released an FNPRM seeking comment on proposals to include security controls sufficient to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of WEA.
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.
In October 2023, the Commission adopted a Report and Order adopting some of the proposals from the April FNPRM. Proposals adopted include making WEA multilingual, including location-aware maps with alerting, permitting two live WEA tests per county or county equivalent per year, and creating a publicly available WEA Database which will include information about where WEA is and is not available and by what providers.
In February 2024, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) released a FNPRM by Public Notice seeking comment on proposals for specific mechanisms to implement new multilingual WEA rules.
In April 2024, the Commission released an FNPRM seeking comment on proposals to use a new alert code for WEA for missing and endangered people (MEP).
In June 2024, the Commission announced the effective date of new WEA rules that Participating Commercial Mobile Service (CMS) Providers may support up to two Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) tests that the public receives by default per county or county equivalent per calendar year.
In June 2024, the Commission released a report about the results of the October 4, 2023 WEA nationwide tests.
In July 2024, PSHSB released a Public Notice informing CMS Providers that they may participate in no more than two WEA tests per county (or county equivalent) per calendar year that the public receives by default.
In August 2024, the Commission adopted a Report and Order permitting MEP alerts to be deployed via WEA.
On February 27, 2025, the Commission adopted a Report and Order requiring Participating CMS Providers to support alert originators to send alerts without triggering the common audio attention signal, the vibration cadence, or both, as well as providing users with the ability to always receive the vibration cadence. The Report and Order also redefines mobile device” for WEA, as well as WEA-capable mobile device. In the FNPRM, the Commission proposes to broaden the circumstances for using the Public Safety Message classification, and seeks comment about whether subscribers should be able to further customize receipt of WEA and additional steps to reduce WEA opt out.
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
FNPRM
11/23/22
87 FR 71539
FNPRM
06/21/23
88 FR 40606
Report and Order
12/15/23
88 FR 86824
Correction
01/17/24
89 FR 2885
FNPRM—MEP Alert Code
04/18/24
89 FR 27699
Public Notice
04/22/24
FNPRM
05/13/24
89 FR 41558
Public Notice Comment Period
05/13/24
Rule—WEA Testing Rules
06/17/24
89 FR 51265
Report
06/24/24
Public Notice
07/11/24
Report and Order
09/06/24
89 FR 72724
Report & Order
02/27/25
Final Rule
03/17/25
90 FR 12462
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: David Kirschner, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0695
Email:
david.kirschner@fcc.gov
James Zigouris, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0697
Email:
james.zigouris@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AK54
403. 911 FEE DIVERSION RULEMAKING: PS DOCKET NOS. 20-291, 09-14
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
Compliance Data PRA
06/22/22
87 FR 37237
Correction to Compliance Data PRA
06/28/22
87 FR 38295
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
404. RESILIENT NETWORKS, PS DOCKET NO 21-346
Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 1; 47 U.S.C. 4(i), 4(j) and 4(n) ; 47 U.S.C. 201 and 214; 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; 47 U.S.C. 316 and 332; 47 U.S.C. 403,sections 2, 3(b), and 6-7 of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 ; 47 U.S.C. 615a-1 through 615b; 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 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 non-nationwide” 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). An Order on Reconsideration was adopted in response on September 14, 2023 by the Commission to address issues raised by CTIA and CCA.
The 2023 Order on Reconsideration extended the date for compliance of implementation of all provisions of the MDRI under section 4.17 by setting a date certain of May 1, 2024, for all subject providers, regardless of size, to achieve compliance. This subsequently rendered it unnecessary to address Petitioners' request to amend or clarify the definitions of small” or non-small” providers in the 2022 Resilient Networks R&O nor to address the request to clarify the appropriate compliance timeframe when parties to a negotiation include one small and one non-small provider. The Commission declined to shift the obligations from providers to the Commission to publish and maintain a list of providers subject to the MDRI and further declined to implement direct, individual contact by the Commission to providers when the MDRI is activated, choosing to rely instead on routine public notices. The Commission reconsidered the routine treatment of Roaming under Disaster arrangements (RuDs) and concurred with Petitioners' request to presume such agreements would be confidential when filed with the Commission.
In January 2024, the Commission adopted a Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that examined the reliability and availability of communications networks in a time of increased value in networks and growth of smart technology in contrast with rising threats and vulnerabilities of such connections. The Second Report and Order aimed to improve network reliability, resiliency and operational transparency both during and in the aftermath of disasters and outages by requiring enumerated service providers to report on their infrastructure status during emergencies and crises in DIRS when activated and to submit a final report to the Commission within 24 hours of DIRS deactivation. The accompanying Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeks input from industry, public safety, and public interest groups and individuals in determining how to effectively streamline disaster reporting while addressing specific operational challenges. In its current voluntary state, while DIRS is beneficial, the Commission finds that the current regulatory, technological and interconnected network environment cannot work to its fullest potential unless we expand the aperture of who reports in the system and enhance the fidelity of data to allow for more effective decision making in response to disaster environments by requiring filings be made in emergency contexts.
In summary, the Order adopts rules to: (1) require cable communications, wireline, wireless, and interconnected VoIP providers to report their infrastructure status information daily in DIRS when the Commission activates DIRS in geographic areas in which they provide service; (2) codify, in Part 4 of the Commission's outage reporting rules, the practice that a subject provider's NORS reporting obligations are waived while they report in DIRS;
and (3) require that subject providers who report in DIRS provide a single, final DIRS report to the Commission, within 24 hours of the Commission's deactivation of DIRS, that provides the status of their infrastructure identified to the Commission during the DIRS reporting period that has not yet been fully restored at the time of the deactivation. In addition, the Second Further Notice seeks to more fully develop the record and seeks comment to support future Commission action on select NORS- and DIRS-specific follow-up matters concerning: (1) whether to require television and radio broadcasters to report in NORS and DIRS subject to a simplified reporting process; (2) whether to require satellite providers to report in DIRS and whether modifications toe existing forms are warranted; (3) the extent to which FirstNet should be subject to NORS and/or DIRS reporting requirements; (4) the extent to which broadband internet access service (BIAS) providers should be required to report in NORS and/or DIRS and appropriate thresholds for such; (5) whether subject providers should be required to supply the Commission with after action” reports detailing how their networks fared during the emergency or disaster event leading to the Commission's DIRS activation; and (6) whether subject providers should be required to provide the location of mobile recovery assets during a disaster response.
In addition, the Second Further Notice seeks to more fully develop the record and seeks comment to support future Commission action on select NORS- and DIRS-specific follow-up matters concerning: (1) whether to require television and radio broadcasters to report in NORS and DIRS subject to a simplified reporting process; (2) whether to require satellite providers to report in DIRS and whether modifications to existing forms are warranted; (3) the extent to which FirstNet should be subject to NORS and/or DIRS reporting requirements; (4) the extent to which broadband internet access service (BIAS) providers should be required to report in NORS and/or DIRS and appropriate thresholds for such reporting; (5) whether subject providers should be required to supply the Commission with after action reports detailing how their networks fared during the emergency or disaster event leading to the Commission's DIRS activation; and (6) whether subject providers should be required to provide the location of mobile recovery assets during a disaster response.
Notice of OMB approval and announcement of compliance date were posted in the
Federal Register
on January 1, 2025. Rules were effective on February 20, 2025.
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
Order on Reconsideration
09/14/23
88 FR 20860
Final Rule
01/16/24
89 FR 2503
Second Report and Order
01/25/24
89 FR 22196
Second FNPRM
01/25/24
89 FR 25535
Second FNPRM Comment Period End
04/29/24
Extends Deadline to File Comments and Replies
05/13/24
Second FNPRM Reply Comment Period End
06/12/24
Final Rule
01/01/25
90 FR 6839
Next Action Undetermined
To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Agency Contact: Logan Bennett, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7790
Email:
logan.bennett@fcc.gov
Joshua Gehret, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7816
Email:
joshua.gehret@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AL43
405. LOCATION-BASED ROUTING FOR WIRELESS 911 CALLS, P.S. DOCKET 18-64
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.
In 2023, the Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing 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 proposed 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.
In 2024, the Commission adopted a Report and Order requiring CMRS providers to implement location-based routing nationwide for wireless voice calls and real-time-text (RTT) communications to 911. The Commission deferred consideration of proposals regarding IP-formatted delivery of wireless 911 voice calls, texts, and associated routing information for consideration to a separate proceeding.
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
Report and Order
03/13/24
89 FR 18488
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: 202 418-1138
Email:
rachel.wehr@fcc.gov
RIN: 3060-AL52
406. NEXT GENERATION 9-1-1, PS DOCKET NO. 21-479, FCC 23-47
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
Abstract: This proceeding advances the nationwide transition to Next Generation 911 (NG911).
In 2023, the Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to require 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 2024, the Commission adopted a Report and Order to advance the nationwide Next Generation 911 (NG911) transition rules that define the responsibilities and set deadlines for originating service providers (OSPs) to implement NG911 capabilities on their networks and deliver 911 calls to NG911 systems established by 911 authorities.
In 2025, the Commission adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to update the Commission's 2013 911 reliability rules for IP-based networks and proposed rules that would promote NG911's ability to transfer 911 calls and texts seamlessly between states.
Timetable:
Action
Date
FR Cite
NPRM
07/10/23
88 FR 43514
Report and Order
07/19/24
89 FR 78066
Erratum
09/05/24
NPRM
06/04/25
90 FR 23768
Erratum
10/01/25
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
407. REPORTING ON BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL RISK MITIGATION PROGRESS, PS DOCKET NO. 24-146; SECURE INTERNET ROUTING, PS DOCKET NO. 22-90
Legal Authority: secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 201, 202, 208, 209, 214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220(a), 229, 251, 254, 255, 256, 301, 303, 307, 332, and 333, of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 151 and 152; 47 U.S.C. 153; 47 U.S.C. 154(i); 47 U.S.C. 154(j); 47 U.S.C. 160; 47 U.S.C. 201 and 202; 47 U.S.C. 208 and 209; 47 U.S.C. 214 and 216; 47 U.S.C. 217 and 218; 47 U.S.C. 219 and 220(a); 47 U.S.C. 229 and 251; 47 U.S.C. 254 and 255; 47 U.S.C. 256 ; 47 U.S.C. 301 and 303; 47 U.S.C. 307; 47 U.S.C. 332; 47 U.S.C. 333
Abstract: On June 6, 2024, FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to increase the security of the information routed across the internet and promote national security by requiring providers of broadband internet access service to report on their progress in addressing vulnerabilities in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the technical protocol used to route information across the internet. BGP's initial decades-old design, which remains widely deployed today, does not include intrinsic security features to ensure trust in the information that is relied upon to exchange traffic among independently managed networks on the internet. Bad actors can in turn deliberately falsify reachability information to redirect traffic, resulting in a BGP hijacks” that can expose Americans' personal information; enable theft, extortion, and state-level espionage; and disrupt
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