2010-8968. Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions  

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    ###Semiannual Regulatory Agenda###
    
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    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)
    
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    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
    
    47 CFR Ch. I
    
    Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions
    
    AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
    
    ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
    
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    SUMMARY: Twice a year, in spring and fall, the Commission publishes in 
    the Federal Register a list in the Unified Agenda of those major items 
    and other significant proceedings under development or review that 
    pertain to the Regulatory Flexibility Act. See 5 U.S.C. 602. The 
    Unified Agenda also provides the Code of Federal Regulations citations 
    and legal authorities that govern these proceedings.
    
    ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maura McGowan, Telecommunications 
    Specialist, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554; (202) 418-0990.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    
    Unified Agenda of Major and Other Significant Proceedings
    
        The Commission encourages public participation in its 
    rulemaking process. To help keep the public informed of significant 
    rulemaking proceedings, the Commission has prepared a list of 
    important proceedings now in progress. The General Services 
    Administration publishes the Unified Agenda in the Federal Register 
    in the spring and fall of each year.
    
        The following terms may be helpful in understanding the status 
    of the proceedings included in this report:
    
        Docket Number--assigned 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. 96-1 or Docket No. 99-1). The abbreviation for the 
    responsible bureau usually precedes the docket number, as in ``MM 
    Docket No. 96-222,'' which indicates that the responsible bureau is 
    the Mass Media Bureau (now 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)--issued by the Commission when it is 
    seeking information on a broad subject or trying to generate ideas 
    on a given topic. A comment period is specified during which all 
    interested parties may submit comments.
    
        Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)--issued by the Commission 
    when it is proposing a specific change to Commission rules and 
    regulations. Before any changes are actually made, interested 
    parties may submit written comments on the proposed revisions.
    
        Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM)--issued by the 
    Commission when additional comment in the proceeding is sought.
    
        Memorandum Opinion and Order (MO&O)--issued by the Commission 
    to deny a petition for rulemaking, conclude an inquiry, modify a 
    decision, or address a petition for reconsideration of a decision.
    
        Rulemaking (RM) Number--assigned to a proceeding after the 
    appropriate bureau or office has reviewed a petition for 
    rulemaking, but before the Commission has taken action on the 
    petition.
    
         Report and Order (R&O)--issued by the Commission to state a 
    new or amended rule or state that the Commission rules and 
    regulations will not be revised.
    
     Marlene H. Dortch,
    
    Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
    
                               CONSUMER AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS BUREAU--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                         Regulation
     Sequence                                           Title                                            Identifier
      Number                                                                                               Number
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    303         Policies and Rules Governing Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services       3060-AG42
                Pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (CC Docket Nos. 96-146, 93-22).........
    304         Implementation of the Subscriber Selection Changes Provision of the Telecommunications    3060-AG46
                Act of 1996 (CC Docket No. 94-129)....................................................
    305         Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Access to Telecommunications        3060-AG58
                Service, Telecommunications Equipment, and Customer Premises Equipment by Persons With
                Disabilities..........................................................................
    306         Telecommunications Relay Services, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and       3060-AG75
                the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (CC Docket No. 90-571).............................
    307         Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of        3060-AI14
                1991 (CG Docket No. 02-278)...........................................................
    308         Rules and Regulations Implementing Section 225 of the Communications Act                  3060-AI15
                (Telecommunications Relay Service) (CG Docket No. 03-123).............................
    309         Rules and Regulations Implementing the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited           3060-AI20
                Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CG Docket No. 04-53)...........................
    310         Rules and Regulations Implementing Minimum Customer Account Record Exchange (CARE)        3060-AI58
                Obligations on All Local and Interexchange Carriers (CG Docket No. 02-386)............
    311         Consumer Information and Disclosure and Truth in Billing and Billing Format...........    3060-AI61
    312         Closed Captioning of Video Programming (Section 610 Review)...........................    3060-AI72
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                                 OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY--Long-Term Actions
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    313         Revision of the Rules Regarding Ultra-Wideband Transmission...........................    3060-AH47
    314         New Advanced Wireless Services (ET Docket No. 00-258).................................    3060-AH65
    315         Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields.....................................    3060-AI17
    316         Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands (ET Docket No. 04-186).................    3060-AI52
    317         Unlicensed Devices and Equipment Approval (ET Docket No. 03-201)......................    3060-AI54
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                                 OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY--Completed Actions
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    318         Transfer of the 3650 Through 3700 MHz Band From Federal Government Use (WT Docket No.     3060-AH75
                05-96; ET Docket No. 02-380)..........................................................
    319         Unlicensed Operation of the 3650-3700 Band (ET Docket No. 04-151).....................    3060-AI50
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                                         INTERNATIONAL BUREAU--Long-Term Actions
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     Sequence                                           Title                                            Identifier
      Number                                                                                               Number
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    320         Streamlining the Commission's Rules and Regulations for Satellite Application and         3060-AD70
                Licensing Procedures (IB Docket No. 95-117)...........................................
    321         Establishment of Rules and Policies for the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service in      3060-AF93
                the 2310-2360 MHz Frequency Band (IB Docket No. 95-91; GEN Docket No. 90-357).........
    322         Allocate & Designate: Spec for Fixed-Sat Srv (37.5-38.5, 40.5-41.5 & 48.2-50.2 GHz        3060-AH23
                Bands); Allocate: Fixed & Mobile 40.5-42.5 GHz; Wireless 46.9-47 GHz; Gov Oper 37-38 &
                40-40.5 GHz (IB Docket No. 97)........................................................
    323         Streamlining Earth Station Licensing Rules (IB Docket No. 00-248).....................    3060-AH60
    324         Space Station Licensing Reform (IB Docket No. 02-34)..................................    3060-AH98
    325         Mitigation of Orbital Debris (IB Docket No. 02-54)....................................    3060-AI06
    326         Amendment of the Commission's Rules (IB Docket No. 04-47).............................    3060-AI41
    327         Reporting Requirements for U.S. Providers of International Telecommunications Services    3060-AI42
                (IB Docket No. 04-112)................................................................
    328         Review of the Spectrum Sharing Plan Among Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbit Mobile        3060-AI44
                Satellite Service Systems in the 1.6/2.4 GHz Bands (IB Docket No. 02-364).............
    329         Amendment of the Commission's Rules To Allocate Spectrum and Adopt Service Rules and      3060-AI90
                Procedures To Govern the Use of Vehicle-Mounted Earth Stations (IB Docket No. 07-101).
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                                             MEDIA BUREAU--Long-Term Actions
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     Sequence                                           Title                                            Identifier
      Number                                                                                               Number
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    330         Cable Television Rate Regulation......................................................    3060-AF41
    331         Cable Television Rate Regulation: Cost of Service.....................................    3060-AF48
    332         Cable Home Wiring.....................................................................    3060-AG02
    333         Competitive Availability of Navigation Devices (CS Docket No. 97-80)..................    3060-AG28
    334         Cable Horizontal and Vertical Ownership Limits (MM Docket No. 92-264).................    3060-AH09
    335         Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems (MM Docket No. 99-325).............................    3060-AH40
    336         Second Periodic Review of Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to DTV..........    3060-AH54
    337         Direct Broadcast Public Interest Obligations (MM Docket No. 93-25)....................    3060-AH59
    338         Revision of EEO Rules and Policies (MM Docket No. 98-204).............................    3060-AH95
    339         Broadcast Multiple and Cross-Ownership Limits.........................................    3060-AH97
    340         Establishment of Rules for Digital Low Power Television, Television Translator, and       3060-AI38
                Television Booster Stations (MB Docket No. 03-185)....................................
    341         Joint Sales Agreements in Local Television Markets (MB Docket No. 04-256).............    3060-AI55
    342         Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations (MB Docket No. 05-49)...........    3060-AI56
    
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    343         Revision of Procedures Governing Amendments to FM Table of Allotments and Changes of      3060-AI63
                Community of License in the Radio Broadcast Services (MB Docket No. 05-210)...........
    344         Digital Television Distributed Transmission System Technologies (MB Docket No. 05-312)    3060-AI68
    345         Implementation of the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 as Amended by the Cable     3060-AI69
                Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 (MB Docket No. 05-311).....
    346         Program Access Rules--Sunset of Exclusive Contracts Prohibition and Examination of        3060-AI87
                Programming Tying Arrangements (MB Docket Nos. 07-29, 07-198).........................
    347         Third Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion     3060-AI89
                to Digital Television (MB Docket No. 07-91)...........................................
    348         Broadcast Localism (MB Docket No. 04-233).............................................    3060-AJ04
    349         Creating a Low Power Radio Service (MM Docket NO. 99-25)..............................    3060-AJ07
    350         Sponsorship Identification Rules and Embedded Advertising (MB Docket No. 08-90).......    3060-AJ10
    351         An Inquiry Into the Commission's Policies and Rules Regarding AM Radio Service            3060-AJ17
                Directional Antenna Performance Verification (MM Docket No. 93-177)...................
    352         Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules To Establish Rules for             3060-AJ18
                Replacement Digital Low Power Television Translator Stations (MB Docket No. 08-253)...
    353         Policies To Promote Rural Radio Service and To Streamline Allotment and Assignment        3060-AJ23
                Procedures (MB Docket No. 09-52)......................................................
    354         Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the Broadcast Services (MB Docket No. 07-       3060-AJ27
                294)..................................................................................
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                                             MEDIA BUREAU--Completed Actions
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     Sequence                                           Title                                            Identifier
      Number                                                                                               Number
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    355         DTV Consumer Education Initiative (MB Docket No. 07-148)..............................    3060-AI96
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    356         Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees..........................................    3060-AI79
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                              PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU--Long-Term Actions
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    357         Revision of the Rules To Ensure Compatibility With Enhanced 911 Emergency Calling         3060-AG34
                Systems...............................................................................
    358         Enhanced 911 Services for Wireline....................................................    3060-AG60
    359         In the Matter of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act................    3060-AG74
    360         Development of Operational, Technical, and Spectrum Requirements for Public Safety        3060-AG85
                Communications Requirements...........................................................
    361         1998 Biennial Regulatory Review--Review of Accounts Settlement in Maritime Mobile and     3060-AH30
                Maritime Mobile-Satellite Radio Services (IB Docket No. 98-96)........................
    362         Implementation of 911 Act.............................................................    3060-AH90
    363         Commission Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications.............................    3060-AI22
    364         E911 Requirements for IP-Enabled Service Providers....................................    3060-AI62
    365         Recommendations of the Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on     3060-AI78
                Communications Networks...............................................................
    366         Stolen Vehicle Recovery System (SVRS).................................................    3060-AJ01
    367         Commercial Mobile Alert System........................................................    3060-AJ03
    368         Emergency Alert System................................................................    3060-AJ33
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                                  WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU--Long-Term Actions
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      Number                                                                                               Number
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    369         Implementation of the Communications Act, Amendment of the Commission's Rules--           3060-AG21
                Broadband PCS Competitive Bidding and the Commercial Mobile Radio Service Spectrum Cap
    370         Service Rules for the 746 to 764 and 776 to 794 MHz Bands, and Revisions to the           3060-AH32
                Commission's Rules....................................................................
    371         Amendment of Parts 13 and 80 of the Commission's Rules Governing Maritime                 3060-AH55
                Communications........................................................................
    372         Competitive Bidding Procedures........................................................    3060-AH57
    373         2000 Biennial Regulatory Review Spectrum Aggregation Limits for Commercial Mobile         3060-AH81
                Radio Services........................................................................
    374         In the Matter of Promoting Efficient Use of Spectrum Through Elimination of Barriers      3060-AH82
                to the Development of Secondary Markets...............................................
    375         Reexamination of Roaming Obligations of Commercial Mobile Radio Service Providers.....    3060-AH83
    376         Amendments of Various Rules Affecting Wireless Radio Services (WT Docket No. 03-264)..    3060-AI30
    377         Facilitating the Provision of Spectrum-Based Services to Rural Areas..................    3060-AI31
    378         Improving Public Safety Communications in the 800 MHz Band Industrial/Land                3060-AI34
                Transportation and Business Channels..................................................
    379         Review of Part 87 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Aviation (WT Docket No. 01-289)    3060-AI35
    380         Implementation of the Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act (CSEA) and Modernization of     3060-AI88
                the Commission's Competitive Bidding Rules and Procedures (WT Docket No. 05-211)......
    381         Facilitating the Provision of Fixed and Mobile Broadband Access, Educational and Other    3060-AJ12
                Advanced Services in the 2150-2162 and 2500-2690 MHz Bands............................
    382         Amendment of the Rules Regarding Maritime Automatic Identification Systems (WT Docket     3060-AJ16
                No. 04-344)...........................................................................
    383         Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the 2155-2175 MHz Band................    3060-AJ19
    384         Service Rules for Advanced Wireless Services in the 1915 to 1920 MHz, 1995 to 2000        3060-AJ20
                MHz, 2020 to 2025 MHz, and 2175 to 2180 MHz Bands.....................................
    385         Rules Authorizing the Operation of Low Power Auxiliary Stations in the 698-806 MHz        3060-AJ21
                Band, WT Docket No. 08-166; Public Interest Spectrum Coalition, Petition for
                Rulemaking Regarding Low Power Auxiliary..............................................
    386         Amendment of the Commission's Rules To Improve Public Safety Communications in the 800    3060-AJ22
                MHz Band, and To Consolidate the 800 MHz and 900 MHz Business and Industrial/Land
                Transportation Pool Channels..........................................................
    387         Amendment of Part 101 to Accommodate 30 MHz Channels in the 6525-6875 MHz Band and        3060-AJ28
                Provide Conditional Authorization on Channels in the 21.8-22.0 and 23.0-23.2 GHz Band
                (WT Docket No. 04-114)................................................................
    388         In the Matter of Service Rules for the 698 to 746, 747 to 762 and 777 to 792 MHz Bands    3060-AJ35
    389         In the Matter of Effects of Communications Towers on Migratory Birds..................    3060-AJ36
    390         Amendment of Part 90 of the Commission's Rules........................................    3060-AJ37
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      Number                                                                                               Number
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    391         Amendment of Part 90 of the Rules To Adopt Regulations for Automatic Vehicle              3060-AH12
                Monitoring Systems....................................................................
    392         Fixed Satellite Service and Terrestrial System in the Ku-Band.........................    3060-AH17
    393         Implementation of the Communications Act of 1934 as Amended...........................    3060-AH33
    394         Year 2000 Biennial Review (WT Docket No. 01-108)......................................    3060-AI26
    395         Air-Ground Telecommunications Services................................................    3060-AI27
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                                     WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU--Long-Term Actions
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      Number                                                                                               Number
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    396         Implementation of the Universal Service Portions of the 1996 Telecommunications Act...    3060-AF85
    397         Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network Information and Other    3060-AG43
                Customer Information..................................................................
    398         Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of       3060-AG50
                1996..................................................................................
    399         Local Telephone Networks That LECs Must Make Available to Competitors.................    3060-AH44
    400         2000 Biennial Regulatory Review--Telecommunications Service Quality Reporting             3060-AH72
                Requirements..........................................................................
    401         Access Charge Reform and Universal Service Reform.....................................    3060-AH74
    402         Numbering Resource Optimization.......................................................    3060-AH80
    403         National Exchange Carrier Association Petition........................................    3060-AI47
    404         IP-Enabled Services...................................................................    3060-AI48
    
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    405         Consumer Protection in the Broadband Era..............................................    3060-AI73
    406         Establishing Just and Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers (WC Docket No. 07-     3060-AJ02
                135)..................................................................................
    407         Jurisdictional Separations............................................................    3060-AJ06
    408         Implementation of NET 911 Improvement Act.............................................    3060-AJ09
    409         Local Number Portability Porting Interval and Validation Requirements (WC Docket No 07-   3060-AJ32
                244)..................................................................................
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    Federal Communications Commission (FCC)               Long-Term Actions
    Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
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    303. POLICIES AND RULES GOVERNING INTERSTATE PAY-PER-CALL AND OTHER 
    INFORMATION SERVICES PURSUANT TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 (CC 
    DOCKET NOS. 96-146, 93-22)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 228
    
    Abstract: The Commission received comments on proposed rules designed 
    to implement the 1996 Telecommunications Act with respect to 
    information services to prevent abusive and deceptive practices by 
    entities that might try to circumvent the statutory requirements. The 
    proposed rules address generally the use of dialing sequences other 
    than the 900 service access code to provide information services. The 
    Commission issued an NPRM on these issues July 16, 2004.
    
    Timetable:
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    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
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    NPRM                            07/26/96                    61 FR 39107
    Order                           07/26/96                    61 FR 39084
    NPRM Comment Period End         09/16/96
    Notice to Refresh Record        03/27/03                    68 FR 14939
    Comment Period End              05/27/03
    NPRM                            10/15/04                    69 FR 61184
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Erica H. McMahon, Chief, Consumer Policy Division, 
    Federal Communications Commission, Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
    Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2512
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AG42
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    304. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUBSCRIBER SELECTION CHANGES PROVISION OF THE 
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 (CC DOCKET NO. 94-129)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 201; 47 USC 258
    
    Abstract: In December 1998, the Commission established new rules and 
    policies implementing section 258 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
    amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which makes it unlawful 
    for any telecommunications carrier to ``submit or execute a change in a 
    subscriber's selection of a provider of telecommunications exchange 
    service or telephone toll service except in accordance with such 
    verification procedures as the Commission shall prescribe.'' The rules 
    provide, among other things, that any telecommunications carrier that 
    violates such verification procedures and that collects charges for 
    telephone exchange service or telephone toll service from a subscriber 
    shall be liable to the carrier previously selected by the subscriber in 
    an amount equal to 150 percent of all charges paid by the subscriber 
    after such violation. In April 2000, the Commission modified the 
    slamming liability rules by giving victims of slamming adequate 
    redress, ensuring that carriers that slam do not profit from their 
    fraud, and allowing States to act as the primary administrator of 
    slamming complaints. In May 2001, the Commission adopted streamlined 
    procedures for the carrier-to-carrier sale or transfer of customer 
    bases.
    In February 2003, the Commission adopted a Reconsideration Order and 
    Second FNPRM. The Reconsideration Order addresses, amongst other 
    things, the requirement that a carrier's sales agent drop-off a carrier 
    change request phone call once the customer has been connected to an 
    independent third party verifier, and the applicability of our slamming 
    rules to local exchange carriers. In the Second FNPRM, the Commission 
    sought comment on rule modifications with respect to third party 
    verifications.
    On January 4, 2008, the Commission released an Order that confirmed 
    that a LEC that is executing a carrier change on behalf of another 
    carrier may not re-verify whether the person listed on the change order 
    is actually authorized to do so.
    On January 9, 2008, the Commission released a Fourth Report and Order 
    that modified the slamming rules regarding the content of independent 
    third party verifications of a consumer's intent to switch carriers.
    
    Timetable:
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    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    MO&O on Recon and FNPRM         08/14/97                    62 FR 43493
    FNPRM Comment Period End        09/30/97
    Second R&O and Second FNPRM     02/16/99                     64 FR 7745
    First Order on Recon            04/13/00                    65 FR 47678
    Third R&O and Second Order on 
    Recon                           11/08/00                    65 FR 66934
    Third FNPRM                     01/29/01                     66 FR 8093
    Order                           03/01/01                    66 FR 12877
    First R&O and Fourth R&O        06/06/01                    66 FR 30334
    Second FNPRM                    03/17/03                    68 FR 19176
    Third Order on Recon            03/17/03                    68 FR 19152
    Second FNPRM Comment Period End 06/17/03
    First Order on Recon & Fourth 
    Order on Recon                  03/15/05                    70 FR 12605
    
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    Fifth Order on Recon            03/23/05                    70 FR 14567
    Order                           02/04/08                     73 FR 6444
    Fourth R&O                      03/12/08                    73 FR 13144
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Nancy Stevenson, Deputy Chief, Consumer Policy Div., 
    Federal Communications Commission, Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
    Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2512
    Fax: 202 418-1196
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AG46
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    305. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996; ACCESS TO 
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, AND CUSTOMER 
    PREMISES EQUIPMENT BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 255; 47 USC 251(a)(2)
    
    Abstract: This proceeding is initiated to implement the provisions of 
    sections 255 and 251(a)(2) of the Communications Act and related 
    sections of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 regarding the 
    accessibility of telecommunications equipment and services to persons 
    with disabilities.
    
    Timetable:
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    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    R&O                             08/14/96                    61 FR 42181
    NOI                             09/26/96                    61 FR 50465
    R&O                             11/19/99                    64 FR 63235
    Further NOI                     11/19/99                    64 FR 63277
    Public Notice                   01/07/02                      67 FR 678
    R&O                             08/06/07                    72 FR 43546
    NPRM                            11/21/07                   72 FR 465494
    R&O                             05/07/08                    73 FR 25566
    R&O                             06/12/08                    73 FR 33324
    Public Notice                   08/01/08                    73 FR 45008
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Cheryl J. King, Deputy Chief, Disability Rights Office, 
    Federal Communications Commission, Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
    Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2284
    TDD Phone: 202 418-0416
    Fax: 202 418-0037
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AG58
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    306. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES, THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES 
    ACT OF 1990, AND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 (CC DOCKET NO. 90-
    571)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 225
    
    Abstract: This item addresses the requirement that telecommunications 
    relay services be capable of handling any type of call normally 
    provided by common carriers.
    
    Timetable:
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    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            12/04/90                    55 FR 50037
    R&O and Request for Comments    08/01/91                    56 FR 36729
    Order on Recon & Second R&O     03/03/93                    58 FR 12175
    FNPRM                           03/30/93                    58 FR 12204
    MO&O                            11/28/95                    60 FR 58626
    Order                           09/08/97                    62 FR 47152
    Second NPRM                     04/05/01                    66 FR 18059
    Fifth R&O                       02/07/03                     68 FR 6352
    Fifth R&O (Correction)          02/24/03                     68 FR 8553
    Public Notice                   08/27/04                    69 FR 52694
    Petitions for Recon of Fifth R&O 
    Denied                          09/01/04                    69 FR 53346
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Thomas Chandler, Federal Communications Commission, 445 
    12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1475
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AG75
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    307. RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE TELEPHONE CONSUMER 
    PROTECTION ACT (TCPA) OF 1991 (CG DOCKET NO. 02-278)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 227
    
    Abstract: On July 3, 2003, the Commission released a Report and Order 
    establishing, along with the FTC, a national do-not-call registry. The 
    Commission's Report and Order also adopted rules on the use of 
    predictive dialers, the transmission of caller ID information by 
    telemarketers, and the sending of unsolicited fax advertisements.
    On September 21, 2004, the Commission released an Order amending 
    existing safe harbor rules for telemarketers subject to the do-not-call 
    registry to require such telemarketers to access the do-not-call list 
    every 31 days, rather than every 3 months.
    On April 5, 2006, the Commission adopted a Report and Order and Third 
    Order on Reconsideration amending its facsimile advertising rules to 
    implement the Junk Fax Protection Act of 2005. On October 14, 2008, the 
    Commission released an Order on Reconsideration addressing certain 
    issues raised in petitions for reconsideration and/or clarification of 
    the Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration.
    On January 4, 2008, the Commission released a Declaratory Ruling, 
    clarifying that autodialed and prerecorded message calls to wireless 
    numbers that are provided by the called party to a creditor in 
    connection with an existing debt are permissible as calls made with the 
    ``prior express consent'' of the called party.
    Following a December 4, 2007 NPRM, on June 17, 2008, the Commission 
    released a Report and Order amending its rules to require sellers and/
    or telemarketers to honor registrations with the National Do-Not-Call 
    Registry indefinitely, unless the registration is cancelled by the 
    consumer or the number is removed by the database administrator.
    On January 22, 2010, the Commission released an NPRM proposing to 
    require sellers and telemarketers to obtain written consent from 
    recipients before making prerecorded telemarketing calls commonly known 
    as ``robocalls,'' even when the caller has an established business 
    relationship with the consumer. The proposals also would require that 
    the prerecorded telemarketing calls include an automated, interactive 
    mechanism by which a consumer may ``opt out'' of receiving future 
    prerecorded messages from a seller or telemarketer.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            10/08/02                    67 FR 62667
    NPRM Comment Period Extended    11/29/02                    67 FR 71126
    Reply Comment Period Extended   12/26/02                    67 FR 78763
    NPRM Comment Period End         01/31/03
    
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    FNPRM                           04/03/03                    68 FR 16250
    FNPRM Comment Period End        05/05/03
    Order                           07/25/03                    68 FR 44144
    Order Effective                 08/25/03
    Order on Recon                  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 Recon                  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 Recon                  10/30/08                    73 FR 64556
    NPRM (release date)             01/22/10
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Erica H. McMahon, Chief, Consumer Policy Division, 
    Federal Communications Commission, Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
    Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2512
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI14
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    308. RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING SECTION 225 OF THE 
    COMMUNICATIONS ACT (TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE) (CG DOCKET NO. 03-
    123)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 225
    
    Abstract: This proceeding established a new docket flowing from the 
    previous telecommunications relay service (TRS) history, CC Docket No. 
    98-67. This proceeding continues the Commission's inquiry into 
    improving the quality of 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 Recon             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 Recon                  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 Recon              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/Clarification05/31/06                    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 Recon     07/06/06                    71 FR 38268
    Order on Recon                  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 Recon      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 Comment Period End06/08/09
    Public Notice Comment Period End06/11/09
    Public Notice                   06/12/09                    74 FR 28046
    NPRM Comment Period End         07/20/09
    Order                           07/29/09                    74 FR 37624
    Public Notice                   08/07/09                    74 FR 39699
    Comment Period End              08/10/09
    Order                           09/18/09                    74 FR 47894
    Order                           10/26/09                    74 FR 54913
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Thomas Chandler, Federal Communications Commission, 445 
    12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1475
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI15
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    309. RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE CONTROLLING THE ASSAULT OF 
    NON-SOLICITED PORNOGRAPHY AND MARKETING ACT OF 2003 (CG DOCKET NO. 04-
    53)
    
    Legal Authority: 15 USC 7706; 15 USC 7712; PL 108-187
    
    Abstract: The Commission has adopted rules to protect consumers from 
    unwanted electronic mobile service messages to implement the 
    Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act 
    of 2003.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            03/31/04                    69 FR 16873
    NPRM Comment Period End         05/17/04
    Order                           09/16/04                    69 FR 55765
    Order                           03/25/05                    70 FR 34665
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Julie Saulnier, Deputy Chief, Consumer Policy Div., 
    Federal Communications Commission, Consumer and Government Affairs 
    Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1598
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI20
    
    [[Page 21911]]
    
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    310. RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING MINIMUM CUSTOMER ACCOUNT RECORD 
    EXCHANGE (CARE) OBLIGATIONS ON ALL LOCAL AND INTEREXCHANGE CARRIERS (CG 
    DOCKET NO. 02-386)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 201 and 202; 47 USC 
    303(r)
    
    Abstract: On December 20, 2002, the Commission issued a Public Notice 
    directing interested parties to file comments on issues raised in a 
    petition filed with the Commission by Americatel Corporation and on a 
    separate petition filed by AT&T, Sprint, and MCI. The petitions asked 
    the Commission to address problems relating to the exchange of customer 
    account records between local and long distance telephone service 
    providers. On March 25, 2004, the Commission released a Notice of 
    Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in CG Docket No. 02-386 seeking further 
    comment on the two petitions and seeking comment as to whether to 
    replace the current voluntary industry process for the exchange of 
    customer account information between local and long distance service 
    providers with mandatory, minimum standards applicable to all such 
    providers.
    On February 25, 2005, the Commission released a Report and Order and 
    Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CG Docket No. 02-386. The 
    Report and Order adopted final rules governing the exchange of customer 
    account information between local and long distance telephone service 
    providers. The Commission adopted these rules to help to ensure that 
    consumers' phone service bills are accurate and that their carrier 
    selection requests are honored and executed without undue delay. In the 
    Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), the Commission sought 
    comment on the need for rules governing the exchange of customer 
    account information between local telephone service providers.
    On April 15, 2005, and June 15, 2005, a coalition of local and long 
    distance carriers proposed minor modifications and clarifications to 
    section 64.4002 of the Commission's CARE rules. On August 29, 2005, the 
    Commission released a public notice requesting comment on the 
    coalition's proposed clarifications and modifications. Notice of the 
    proposed changes was published in the Federal Register on September 7, 
    2005 (70 FR 53137). The comment cycle established by the August 29 
    public notice closed October 3, 2005.
    On September 13, 2006, the Commission released an Order on 
    Reconsideration adopting the clarifications and technical corrections 
    to the Report and Order, as proposed by the coalition of carriers.
    On December 21, 2007, the Commission released a Report and Order 
    declining to adopt mandatory data exchange requirements between local 
    exchange carriers.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            04/19/04                    69 FR 20845
    NPRM Comment Period End         06/18/04
    R&O and FNPRM                   06/02/05                    70 FR 32258
    FNPRM Comment Period End        08/01/05
    Public Notice                   08/29/05                70 FR 53137--01
    Public Notice Comment Period End10/03/05
    Order on Recon                  12/13/06                    71 FR 74819
    R&O                             01/08/08                     73 FR 1297
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Lisa Boehley, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
    Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7395
    Fax: 202 418-0236
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI58
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    311. CONSUMER INFORMATION AND DISCLOSURE AND TRUTH IN BILLING AND 
    BILLING FORMAT
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 201; 47 USC 258
    
    Abstract: In 1999, the Commission adopted truth-in-billing rules to 
    address concerns that there is consumer confusion relating to billing 
    for telecommunications services. On March 18, 2005, the Commission 
    released an Order and FNPRM to further facilitate the ability of 
    telephone consumers to make informed choices among competitive service 
    offerings.
    On August 28, 2009, the Commission released a Notice of Inquiry which 
    asks questions about information available to consumers at all stages 
    of the purchasing process for all communications services, including 
    (1) choosing a provider; (2) choosing a service plan; (3) managing the 
    service plan; and (4) deciding whether and when to switch an existing 
    provider or plan.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    FNPRM                           05/25/05                    70 FR 30044
    FNPRM Comment Period End        06/24/05
    R&O                             05/25/05                    70 FR 29979
    NOI                             08/28/09
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Richard D. Smith, Special Counsel, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 
    445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 717 338-2797
    Fax: 717 338-2574
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI61
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    312. CLOSED CAPTIONING OF VIDEO PROGRAMMING (SECTION 610 REVIEW)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 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 resolves some issues regarding the 
    Commission's closed captioning rules that were raised for comment in 
    2005, and also seeks comment on how a certain exemption from the closed 
    captioning rules should be applied to digital multicast broadcast 
    channels.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            02/03/97                     62 FR 4959
    NPRM Comment Period End         02/28/97
    R&O                             09/16/97                    62 FR 48487
    NPRM                            09/26/05                    70 FR 56150
    NPRM Comment Period End         11/20/05
    Comment Period Extended         11/25/05                    70 FR 71077
    Comment Period End              12/16/05
    Order on Recon                  10/28/98                    63 FR 55959
    Order and Declaratory Ruling    01/13/09                     74 FR 1594
    
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    NPRM                            01/13/09                     74 FR 1654
    NPRM Comment Period End         02/12/09
    Comment Period End              02/27/09
    Final Rule                      02/19/10                     75 FR 7370
    Order                           02/19/10                     75 FR 7368
    Order Suspending Effective Date 02/19/10                     75 FR 7369
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Amelia L. Brown, Attorney Advisor, Federal 
    Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2799
    TDD Phone: 202 418-7804
    Fax: 202 418-0037
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI72
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Federal Communications Commission (FCC)               Long-Term Actions
    Office of Engineering and Technology
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    313. REVISION OF THE RULES REGARDING ULTRA-WIDEBAND TRANSMISSION
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 302 to 304; 47 USC 307; 47 USC 544A
    
    Abstract: The First Report and Order amends the Commission's rules to 
    permit the marketing and operation of certain types of new products 
    incorporating Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology. UWB devices operate by 
    employing very narrow or short duration pulses that result in very 
    large or wideband transmission bandwidths. UWB technology holds great 
    promise for a vast array of new applications that we believe will 
    provide significant benefits for public safety, businesses and 
    consumers. With appropriate technical standards, UWB devices can 
    operate using spectrum occupied by existing radio services without 
    causing interference, thereby permitting scarce spectrum resources to 
    be used more efficiently.
    The Memorandum Opinion and Order responded to fourteen petitions for 
    reconsideration that were filed in response to the regulations for 
    unlicensed ultra-wideband (UWB) operations. In general, this document 
    does not make any significant changes to the existing UWB parameters as 
    the Commission is reluctant to do so until it has more experience with 
    UWB devices. The Commission believes that any major changes to the 
    rules for existing UWB product categories at this early stage would be 
    disruptive to current industry product development efforts.
    The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposed new rules to address 
    issues raised by some of the petitions for reconsideration that were 
    outside the scope of the proceeding. New rules were proposed to address 
    issues regarding the operation of low pulse repetition frequency UWB 
    systems, including vehicular radars, in the 3.1-10.6 GHz band; and the 
    operation frequency hopping vehicular radars in the 22-29 GHz band as 
    UWB devices. The Commission also proposed new rules that would 
    establish new peak power limits for wideband part 15 devices that do no 
    operate as UWB devices and proposed to eliminate the definition of a 
    UWB device.
    The Second Report and Order and Second Memorandum Opinion and Order 
    responds to two petitions for reconsideration that were filed in 
    response to the Commission's decision to establish regulations for 
    unlicensed UWB operation. It also responds to the rulemaking proposals 
    contained in the Memorandum Opinion and Order and Further Notice of 
    Proposed Rulemaking in this docket. The order establishes new rules for 
    wideband unlicensed devices operating in the 5925-7250 MHz, 16.2-17.7 
    GHz, and 22.12-29 GHz bands.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            06/14/00                    65 FR 37332
    NPRM Comment Period End         10/12/00
    First R&O                       05/16/02                    67 FR 34852
    MO&O                            04/22/03                    68 FR 19746
    FNPRM                           04/22/03                    68 FR 19773
    Second R&O and Second MO&O      02/09/05                     70 FR 6771
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: John Reed, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2455
    Fax: 202 418-1944
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH47
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    314. NEW ADVANCED WIRELESS SERVICES (ET DOCKET NO. 00-258)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 157(a); 47 USC 303(c); 47 USC 
    303(f); 47 USC 303(g); 47 USC 303(r)
    
    Abstract: This proceeding explores the possible uses of frequency bands 
    below 3 GHz to support the introduction of new advanced wireless 
    services, including third generations as well as future generations of 
    wireless systems. Advanced wireless systems could provide for a wide 
    range of voice data and broadband services over a variety of mobile and 
    fixed networks.
    The Third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking discusses the frequency bands 
    that are still under consideration in this proceeding and invites 
    additional comments on their disposition. Specifically, it addresses 
    the Unlicensed Personal Communications Service (UPCS) band at 1910-1930 
    MHz, the Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) spectrum at 2155-2160/62 
    MHz bands, the Emerging Technology spectrum, at 2160-2165 MHz, and the 
    bands reallocated from MSS 91990-2000 MHz, 2020-2025 MHz, and 2165-2180 
    MHz. We seek comment on these bands with respect to using them for 
    paired or unpaired Advance Wireless Service (AWS) operations or as 
    relocation spectrum for existing services.
    The 7th Report and Order facilitates the introduction of Advanced 
    Wireless Service (AWS) in the band 1710-1755 MHz--an integral part of a 
    90 MHz spectrum allocation recently reallocated to allow for such new 
    and innovative wireless services. We largely adopt the proposals set 
    forth in our recent AWS Fourth NPRM in this proceeding that
    
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    are designed to clear the 1710-1755 MHz band of incumbent Federal 
    Government operations that would otherwise impede the development of 
    new nationwide AWS services. These actions are consistent with previous 
    actions in this proceeding and with the United States Department of 
    Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
    (NTIA) 2002 Viability Assessment, which addressed relocation and 
    reaccommodation options for Federal Government operations in the band.
    The 8th Report and Order reallocated the 2155-2160 MHz band for Fixed 
    and Mobile services and designates the 2155-2175 MHz band for Advanced 
    Wireless Service (AWS) use. This proceeding continues the Commission's 
    ongoing efforts to promote spectrum utilization and efficiency with 
    regard to the provision of new services, including Advanced Wireless 
    Services.
    The Order requires Broadband Radio Service (BRS) licensees in the 2150-
    2160/62 MHz band to provide information on the construction status and 
    operational parameters of each incumbent BRS system that would be the 
    subject of relocation.
    The Notice of Proposed Rule Making requested comments on the specific 
    relocation procedures applicable to Broadband Radio Service (BRS) 
    operations in the 2150-2160/62 MHz band, which the Commission recently 
    decided will be relocated to the newly restructured 2495-2690 MHz band. 
    The Commission also requested comments on the specific relocation 
    procedures applicable to Fixed Microwave Service (FS) operations in the 
    2160-2175 MHz band.
    The Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) and the Wireless 
    Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) set forth the specific data that 
    Broadband Radio Service (BRS) licensees in the 2150-2160/62 MHz band 
    must file along with the deadline date and procedures for filing this 
    data on the Commission's Universal Licensing System (ULS). The data 
    will assist in determining future AWS licensee's relocation 
    obligations.
    The 9th Report and Order established procedures for the relocation of 
    Broadband Radio Service (BRS) operations from the 2150-2160/62 MHz 
    band, as well as for the relocation of Fixed Microwave Service (FS) 
    operations from the 2160-2175 MHz band, and modified existing 
    relocation procedures for the 2110-2150 MHz and 2175-2180 MHz bands. It 
    also established cost-sharing rules to identify the reimbursement 
    obligations for Advanced Wireless Service (AWS) and Mobile Satellite 
    Service (MSS) entrants benefiting from the relocation of incumbent FS 
    operations in the 2110-2150 MHz and 2160-2200 MHz bands and AWS 
    entrants benefiting from the relocation of BRS incumbents in the 2150-
    2160/62 MHz band. The Commission continues its ongoing efforts to 
    promote spectrum utilization and efficiency with regard to the 
    provision of new services, including AWS. The Order dismisses a 
    petition for reconsideration filed by the Wireless Communications 
    Association International, Inc. (WCA) as moot.
    Two petitions for Reconsideration were filed in response to the 9th 
    Report and Order.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            01/23/01                     66 FR 7438
    NPRM Comment Period End         03/09/01
    Final Report                    04/11/01                    66 FR 18740
    FNPRM                           09/13/01                    66 FR 47618
    MO&O                            09/13/01                    66 FR 47591
    First R&O                       10/25/01                    66 FR 53973
    Petition for Recon              11/02/01                    66 FR 55666
    Second R&O                      01/24/03                     68 FR 3455
    Third NPRM                      03/13/03                    68 FR 12015
    Seventh R&O                     12/29/04                     69 FR 7793
    Petition for Recon              04/13/05                    70 FR 19469
    Eighth R&O                      10/26/05                    70 FR 61742
    Order                           10/26/05                    70 FR 61742
    NPRM                            10/26/05                    70 FR 61752
    Public Notice                   12/14/05                    70 FR 74011
    Ninth R&O and Order             05/24/06                    71 FR 29818
    Petition for Recon              07/19/06                    71 FR 41022
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Rodney Small, Economist, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2452
    Fax: 202 418-1944
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH65
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    315. EXPOSURE TO RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 302 and 303; 47 USC 309(j); 47 USC 
    336
    
    Abstract: The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposed amendments 
    to the FCC rules relating to compliance of transmitters and facilities 
    with guidelines for human exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            09/08/03                    68 FR 52879
    NPRM Comment Period End         12/08/03
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Ira Keltz, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0616
    Fax: 202 418-1944
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI17
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    316. UNLICENSED OPERATION IN THE TV BROADCAST BANDS (ET DOCKET NO. 04-
    186)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303(e) and 303(f); 
    47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 307
    
    Abstract: The Commission adopted rules to allow unlicensed radio 
    transmitters to operate in the broadcast television spectrum at 
    locations where that spectrum is not being used by licensed services 
    (this unused TV spectrum is often termed ``white spaces''). This action 
    will make a significant amount of spectrum available for new and 
    innovative products and services, including broadband data and other 
    services for businesses and consumers. The actions taken are a 
    conservative first step that includes many safeguards to prevent 
    harmful interference to incumbent communications services. Moreover, 
    the Commission will closely oversee the development and introduction of 
    these devices to the market and will take whatever actions may be 
    necessary to avoid, and if necessary correct, any interference that may 
    occur.
    
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    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            06/18/04                    69 FR 34103
    First R&O                       11/17/06                    71 FR 66876
    FNPRM                           11/17/06                    71 FR 66897
    R&O and MO&O                    02/17/09                     74 FR 7314
    Petitions for Reconsideration   04/13/09                    74 FR 16870
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Hugh Van Tuyl, Electronics Engineer, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 
    12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7506
    Fax: 202 418-1944
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI52
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    317. UNLICENSED DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT APPROVAL (ET DOCKET NO. 03-201)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 302(a); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 306
    
    Abstract: The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposed to update 
    section 15.247 of the rules to allow the use of more efficient antenna 
    technologies with unlicensed devices.
    The Report and Order updates several technical rules for unlicensed 
    radiofrequency devices in part 15 of the Commission's rules. The rule 
    changes will allow device manufacturers to develop expanded 
    applications for unlicensed devices and will allow unlicensed device 
    operators, including Wireless Internet Service providers greater 
    flexibility to modify or substitute parts as long as the overall system 
    operation is unchanged. The changes are part of an ongoing process of 
    updating our rules to promote more efficient sharing of spectrum used 
    by unlicensed devices and remove unnecessary regulations that inhibit 
    such sharing. The Commission received one petition for reconsideration 
    in this proceeding.
    The Second Report and Order amended the Commission's rules to provide 
    for more efficient equipment authorization of both existing modular 
    transmitter devices and emerging partitioned (or ``split'') modular 
    transmitter devices. These rule changes will benefit manufacturers by 
    allowing greater flexibility in certifying equipment and providing 
    relief from the need to obtain a new equipment authorization each time 
    the same transmitter is installed in a different final product. The 
    rule changes will also enable manufacturers to develop more flexible 
    and more advanced unlicensed transmitter technologies. The Commission 
    further found that modular transmitter devices authorized in accordance 
    with the revised equipment authorization procedures will not pose any 
    increased risk of interference to other radio operations.
    The Further NPRM, seeks comment on whether there is a need to require 
    unlicensed transmitters operating in the 915 MHz band under sections 
    15.247 and 15.249 of the rules to comply with a spectrum etiquette 
    requirement, and the impact that requiring an etiquette would have on 
    the development and operation of unlicensed 915 MHz devices operating 
    under those rule sections. The Commission also seeks comment on the 
    particular etiquette suggested by Cellnet that would require digitally 
    modulated spread spectrum transmitters operating in the 915 MHz band 
    under section 15.247 of the rules to operate at less than the 1-watt 
    maximum power if they are continuously silent less than 90 percent of 
    the time within a 0.4 second interval. This etiquette would require 
    that the maximum permitted power level decrease in accordance with a 
    specified formula as the silent interval between transmission 
    decreases. The Commission further seeks comment on alternatives to the 
    etiquette suggested by Cellnet.
    The Memorandum Opinion and Order dismissed two petitions for 
    reconsideration of the rules adopted in the Report and Order, 69 FR 
    54027, September 7, 2004, in this proceeding. It dismissed a petition 
    for reconsideration filed by Warren C. Havens and Telesaurus Holdings 
    GB LLC (Havens) requesting that the Commission suspend the rule changes 
    adopted for unlicensed devices in the 902-928 MHz (915 MHz) band until 
    such time as it completes a formal inquiry with regard to the potential 
    effect of such changes to Location and Monitoring Service (LMS) 
    licensees in the band. The Commission also dismissed a petition for 
    reconsideration filed by Cellnet Technology (Cellnet) requesting that 
    the Commission adopt spectrum sharing requirements in the unlicensed 
    bands, for example, a ``spectrum etiquette,'' particularly in the 915 
    MHz band.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            09/17/03                    68 FR 68823
    NPRM Comment Period End         01/09/04
    R&O                             09/07/04                    69 FR 54027
    Petition for Recon              11/19/04                    69 FR 67736
    Petition for Recon              02/15/05                     70 FR 7737
    Second R&O                      05/23/07                    72 FR 28889
    FNPRM                           08/01/07                    72 FR 42011
    FNPRM Comment Period End        10/15/07
    MO&O                            08/01/07                    72 FR 41937
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Hugh Van Tuyl, Electronics Engineer, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 
    12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7506
    Fax: 202 418-1944
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI54
    
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    _______________________________________________________________________
    Federal Communications Commission (FCC)               Completed Actions
    Office of Engineering and Technology
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    318. TRANSFER OF THE 3650 THROUGH 3700 MHZ BAND FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
    USE (WT DOCKET NO. 05-96; ET DOCKET NO. 02-380)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 157; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 307; 47 USC 
    332
    
    Abstract: This proceeding seeks to determine whether the 3650 to 3700 
    MHz band should be used for unlicensed devices or some or all of the 
    band should be used for unlicensed options.
    In January 1999, the 3650-3700 MHz band (3650 MHz band) was transferred 
    from Government/non-Government shared use to a mixed-use band. In 
    October 2000, in ET Docket No. 98-237, the FCC allocated the band to 
    fixed and mobile terrestrial services on a co-primary basis, but in 
    order to protect grandfathered Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) earth 
    stations and Federal Government radiolocation operations, limited the 
    mobile allocation to base stations use only. At this same time, the FCC 
    proposed licensing and service rules for fixed and mobile operations in 
    the band. Subsequently, in December 2002, in ET Docket No. 02-380, the 
    FCC sought comment, in part, on the possibility of allowing unlicensed 
    devices to operate in the 3650 MHz band. In April 2004, in ET Docket 
    No. 04-151, the FCC followed-up on this inquiry by releasing a Notice 
    of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on whether the 3650 MHz 
    band should be used for unlicensed devices or part or all of the band 
    should be used for licensed operations.
    The NPRM proposes to allow unlicensed devices to operate in all, or 
    part, of the 3650 MHz band at higher power levels than usually 
    permitted for unlicensed services. These devices would be subject to 
    smart (or cognitive) requirements and other safeguards designed to 
    prevent interference to the licensed FSS earth stations now resident in 
    the band. As with other unlicensed devices, these devices would not be 
    permitted to cause interference to licensed services, such as the FSS 
    earth stations, and would have to accept interference. The NPRM also 
    seeks comment on other options for the band, including licensed use of 
    the band by fixed and mobile services, or segmenting the 3650 MHz band 
    to provide for a combination of unlicensed and licensed terrestrial 
    services. The Notice seeks comment on issues related both to allocation 
    changes necessary to set the relative priority between terrestrial and 
    FSS licensed operations, and to licensing rule changes necessary to 
    implement licensed terrestrial service operations.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            03/16/00                    65 FR 14230
    First R&O and Second NPRM       11/17/00                    65 FR 69612
    Petition for Recon              03/28/01                    66 FR 16940
    R&O                             02/27/02                    67 FR 17038
    MO&O and Third R&O              05/02/03                    68 FR 38635
    Notice of Inquiry               01/21/03                     68 FR 2730
    NPRM                            05/14/04                    69 FR 26790
    Final Rule                      05/11/05                    70 FR 24712
    Final Rule                      07/20/05                    70 FR 41631
    MO&O                            07/25/07                    72 FR 40767
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Jeffrey Dygert, Electronics Engineer, Federal 
    Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7300
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH75
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    319. UNLICENSED OPERATION OF THE 3650-3700 BAND (ET DOCKET NO. 04-151)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154
    
    Abstract: The notice of proposed rulemaking proposed to maximize the 
    efficient use of the 3650-3700 MHz band. The proposal would allow 
    unlicensed devices to operate in either all, or portions of, this 
    radiofrequency (RF) band under flexible technical limitations with 
    smart/cognitive features that should prevent interference to licensed 
    satellite services. The proposal fostered the introduction of new and 
    advanced services to the American public, especially in rural areas.
    The Report and Order adopted rules that provide for nationwide, non-
    exclusive, licensing of terrestrial operations, utilizing technology 
    with a contention-base protocol, in the 3650-3700 MHz band. The 
    Commission also adopted a streamlined licensing mechanism with minimal 
    regulatory entry requirements that will encourage multiple entrants and 
    stimulate the rapid expansion of wireless broadband services---
    especially in rural American and will also serve as a safeguard to 
    protect incumbent satellite earth stations from harmful interference.
    In the Memorandum Opinion and Order, the Commission addressed several 
    petitions for reconsideration and an emergency motion for stay that 
    were filed in response 3650 MHz Allocation Order in ET Docket No. 98-
    237.
    In light of its full review of the refreshed record in this proceeding, 
    and in light of the decisions made in the companion Report and Order, 
    the Commission denied the aspects of the petitions that challenge and 
    seek to reverse the allocation decisions made in the 3650 MHz 
    Allocation Order.
    The Commission denied the motion for stay. When the Commission 
    established the November 30, 2000, filing deadline, it did so because 
    it found that additional new FSS facilities permitted by the Freeze 
    Memorandum Opinion and Order could affect the use of the 3650-3700 MHz 
    band by the terrestrial services. By deciding in this Order to maintain 
    the FSS allocation changes made in the 3650 MHz Allocation Order, the 
    Commission, reaffirmed its conclusion that allowing additional primary 
    FSS earth stations in the 3650 MHz band could negatively affect the 
    prospects for viable FS/MS terrestrial operations.
    The Memorandum Opinion and Order addressed petitions for 
    reconsideration filed in response to the Commission's Report and Order 
    relating to the 3650-3700 MHz band (3650 MHz band) proceeding. The 
    Commission affirmed its previous decisions to create a spectrum 
    environment that will encourage multiple entrants and stimulate the 
    expansion of broadband service to rural and under served areas. To 
    facilitate rapid deployment in the band, the Commission maintains the 
    previously adopted, non-exclusive licensing scheme. The clarification 
    and modification will facilitate operation of the widest variety of 
    broadband technologies with minimal risk of interference in both the 
    near and long terms. They should further reduce the potential for co-
    channel interference, provide additional protections to the multiple 
    users in the band under the current licensing regime, and create 
    incentives for the rapid development of broadly compatible contention 
    technologies.
    
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    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            05/14/04                    69 FR 26790
    NPRM Comment Period End         07/28/04
    R&O & MO&O                      05/11/05                    70 FR 24712
    MO&O                            07/25/07                    72 FR 40767
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Jeffrey Dygert, Electronics Engineer, Federal 
    Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7300
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI50
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Federal Communications Commission (FCC)               Long-Term Actions
    International Bureau
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    320. STREAMLINING THE COMMISSION'S RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SATELLITE 
    APPLICATION AND LICENSING PROCEDURES (IB DOCKET NO. 95-117)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 4; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 554; 47 USC 
    701 to 744
    
    Abstract: On February 10, 1997, the FCC adopted rules and policies that 
    streamlined the application and licensing requirements of part 25 of 
    its rules, which deals with communication satellites and earth 
    stations. The streamlined rules waived the construction permit 
    requirement for satellite space stations, changed the license term for 
    temporary fixed earth stations; and adjusted or changed the rules 
    concerning minor modifications and basic requirements for satellite 
    service applications. The streamlined rules also resulted in the 
    creation of a new application form, FCC Form 312. Form 312 eliminated 
    from the International Bureau's use of the FCC Form 493, FCC Form 430, 
    FCC Form 702, and FCC Form 704. Petitions for Reconsideration were 
    filed in this matter. In March 1997, the Commission released a Public 
    Notice concerning these petitions. The Commission addressed the issues 
    in the Petitions for Reconsideration in an Order released on October 
    10, 2008. The docket in this proceeding is now closed.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            09/09/95                    60 FR 46252
    R&O, Recon Pending              02/10/97                     62 FR 5924
    Public Notice/Petitions for 
    Recon                           03/26/97                    62 FR 14430
    Order on Reconsideration        11/29/08                    73 FR 70897
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Steven Spaeth, Assistant Division Chief, Federal 
    Communications Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1539
    Fax: 202 418-0748
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AD70
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    321. ESTABLISHMENT OF RULES AND POLICIES FOR THE DIGITAL AUDIO RADIO 
    SATELLITE SERVICE IN THE 2310-2360 MHZ FREQUENCY BAND (IB DOCKET NO. 95-
    91; GEN DOCKET NO. 90-357)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 151(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 157; 
    47 USC 309(j)
    
    Abstract: The Commission is proposing rules to govern satellite digital 
    audio radio services (SDARS). The Commission adopted service rules for 
    SDARS in 1997 and sought further comment on proposed rules governing 
    the use of complementary terrestrial repeaters. The Commission released 
    a second further notice of proposed rulemaking in January 2008 to 
    consider new proposals for rules governing terrestrial repeaters and 
    operations of Wireless Communications Service (WCS) devices in the 
    2305--2360 MHz band.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            06/15/95                    60 FR 35166
    R&O                             03/11/97                    62 FR 11083
    FNPRM                           04/18/97                    62 FR 19095
    Second FNPRM                    01/15/08                     73 FR 2437
    FNPRM Comment Period End        03/17/08
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Jay Whaley, Attorney, Federal Communications 
    Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-7184
    Fax: 202 418-0748
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AF93
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    322. ALLOCATE & DESIGNATE: SPEC FOR FIXED-SAT SRV (37.5-38.5, 40.5-41.5 
    & 48.2-50.2 GHZ BANDS); ALLOCATE: FIXED & MOBILE 40.5-42.5 GHZ; WIRELESS 
    46.9-47 GHZ; GOV OPER 37-38 & 40-40.5 GHZ (IB DOCKET NO. 97)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 301 and 302; 47 USC 303(e) to 
    303(g); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 304; 47 USC 307
    
    Abstract: This item adopts a plan for nongovernment operations in the 
    36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the V-band, establishing priorities for 
    different services in different parts of this band.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            04/04/97                    62 FR 16129
    R&O                             01/15/99                     64 FR 2585
    Correction                      02/08/99                     64 FR 6138
    Correction                      02/10/99                     64 FR 6565
    Notice of Petition for Recon    03/22/99                    64 FR 13796
    Order on Recon                  12/01/99
    FNPRM                           07/05/01                    66 FR 35399
    Second R&O                      08/25/04                    69 FR 52198
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Sean O'More, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
    Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-2453
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH23
    
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    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    323. STREAMLINING EARTH STATION LICENSING RULES (IB DOCKET NO. 00-248)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 701 to 744
    
    Abstract: The Commission has found several cases in which modifying or 
    eliminating rules could facilitate licensing of earth stations, thereby 
    expediting the provision of useful satellite services to the public, 
    without unreasonably increasing the risk of harmful interference to 
    existing earth station or space station operators, or terrestrial 
    wireless operators in shared frequency bands.
    Specifically, this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) considers the 
    following rule revisions: (1) Codifying streamlined procedures for 
    case-by-case examination of earth stations using ``non-routine'' 
    antennas, non-routine power levels, or both; (2) relaxing some current 
    requirements, such as increasing power and power density limits, and 
    allowing some temporary fixed earth stations to begin operation sooner 
    than is now permitted; (3) streamlining the very small aperture 
    terminal (VSAT) rules, and revising the Commission's power level rules 
    to provide for various types of VSAT multiple access methods; (4) 
    adopting a simplified license application form for ``routine'' earth 
    stations; and (5) other miscellaneous rule revisions. The Commission 
    also invites comment on extending these proposed rules to the KA-band.
    On September 26, 2002, the Commission adopted a Further Notice of 
    Proposed Rulemaking in this proceeding. This Further NPRM invited 
    comment on refinements to the proposals in the NPRM to relax some earth 
    station technical requirements, and on an alternative to the VSAT 
    proposals in the NPRM. The Further NPRM also seeks comment on proposals 
    made by commenters in response to the First NPRM.
    In the First Report and Order in this proceeding, the Commission 
    extended the license term for earth station licenses from 10 to 15 
    years.
    In the Second Report and Order in this proceeding, the Commission 
    adopted rules allowing unlicensed receive-only earth stations to 
    receive transmissions from non-U.S.-licensed satellites on the 
    Permitted List.
    In the Third Report and Order in this proceeding, the Commission 
    adopted a streamlined application form for certain earth station 
    licenses, and adopted a mandatory electronic filing requirement for 
    those earth station applications.
    In the Fourth Report and Order in this proceeding, the Commission 
    extended the mandatory electronic filing requirement to all earth 
    station applications.
    In the Fifth Report and Order in this proceeding, the Commission 
    adopted the following proposals from the NPRM: (1) Codifying 
    streamlined procedures for non-routine antennas; (2) relaxing power and 
    power density limits, and allowing routine KU-band temporary fixed 
    earth stations to begin operations sooner; (3) revising certain VSAT 
    rules; and (4) other miscellaneous rule revisions. One petition for 
    reconsideration was filed in response to this Order on July 5, 2005.
    In the Sixth Report and Order in this proceeding, the Commission 
    adopted revisions to the earth station antenna gain pattern 
    requirements, as proposed in the Further Notice. Two petitions for 
    reconsideration were filed in response to this Order on July 8, 2005.
    In the Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Commission 
    invited comment on adopting off-axis EIRP envelops for C-band and KU-
    band FSS earth stations.
    In the Seventh Report and Order in this proceeding, the Commission 
    considered and rejected its proposal in the NPRM to make revisions to 
    part 23 of its rules.
    In the Eighth Report and Order in this proceeding, the Commission 
    adopted the proposals in the Third FNPRM, in large part. This 
    proceeding is now closed.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            01/08/01                     66 FR 1283
    First R&O                       03/19/02                    67 FR 12485
    FNPRM                           12/24/02                    67 FR 78399
    Second R&O (Release Date)       06/20/03                     68 FR 2247
    Second FNPRM                    09/12/03                    68 FR 53702
    Third R&O                       11/12/03                    68 FR 63994
    Fourth R&O                      08/06/04                    69 FR 47790
    Fifth R&O                       06/02/05                    70 FR 32249
    Sixth R&O                       06/08/05                    70 FR 33373
    Third FNPRM                     06/08/05                    70 FR 33426
    Seventh R&O                     09/28/05                    70 FR 56580
    Public Notice/Petition for Recon10/26/05                    70 FR 61825
    Eighth R&O                      11/24/08                    73 FR 70897
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Steven Spaeth, Assistant Division Chief, Federal 
    Communications Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1539
    Fax: 202 418-0748
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH60
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    324. SPACE STATION LICENSING REFORM (IB DOCKET NO. 02-34)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 157; 47 USC 303(c); 47 USC 
    303(g); . . .
    
    Abstract: The Commission has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
    (NPRM) to streamline its procedures for reviewing satellite license 
    applications. Currently, the Commission uses processing rounds to 
    review those applications. In a processing round, when an application 
    is filed, the International Bureau (Bureau) issues a public notice 
    establishing a cut-off date for other mutually exclusive satellite 
    applications, and then considers all those applications together. In 
    cases where sufficient spectrum to accommodate all the applicants is 
    not available, the Bureau directs the applicants to negotiate a 
    mutually agreeable solution. Those negotiations usually take a long 
    time, and delay provision of satellite services to the public.
    The NPRM invites comment on two alternatives for expediting the 
    satellite application process. One alternative is to replace the 
    processing round procedure with a ``first-come, first-served'' 
    procedure that would allow the Bureau to issue a satellite license to 
    the first party filing a complete, acceptable application. The other 
    alternative is to streamline the processing round procedure by adopting 
    one or more of the following proposals: (1) Placing a time limit on 
    negotiations; (2) establishing criteria to select among competing 
    applicants; (3) dividing the available spectrum evenly among the 
    applicants.
    In the First Report and Order in this proceeding, the Commission 
    determined that different procedures were better-suited for different 
    kinds of satellite applications. For most geostationary orbit (GSO) 
    satellite applications, the Commission adopted a first-come, first-
    served approach. For
    
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    most non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite applications, the 
    Commission adopted a procedure in which the available spectrum is 
    divided evenly among the qualified applicants. The Commission also 
    adopted measures to discourage applicants from filing speculative 
    applications, including a bond requirement, payable if a licensee 
    misses a milestone. The bond amounts originally were $5 million for 
    each GSO satellite, and $7.5 million for each NGSO satellite system. 
    These were interim amounts. Concurrently with the First Report and 
    Order, the Commission adopted an FNPRM to determine whether to revise 
    the bond amounts on a long-term basis.
    In the Second Report and Order, the Commission adopted a streamlined 
    procedure for certain kinds of satellite license modification requests.
    In the Third Report and Order in this proceeding, the Commission 
    adopted a standardized application form for satellite licenses, and 
    adopted a mandatory electronic filing requirement for certain satellite 
    applications.
    In the Fourth Report and Order in this proceeding, the Commission 
    extended the mandatory electronic filing requirement to all satellite 
    applications.
    In the Fifth Report and Order in this proceeding, the Commission 
    revised the bond amounts based on the record developed in response to 
    FNPRM. The bond amounts are now $3 million for each GSO satellite, and 
    $5 million for each NGSO satellite system.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            03/19/02                    67 FR 12498
    NPRM Comment Period End         07/02/02
    Second R&O (Release Date)       06/20/03                    68 FR 62247
    Second FNPRM (Release Date)     07/08/03                    68 FR 53702
    Third R&O (Release Date)        07/08/03                    68 FR 63994
    FNPRM                           08/27/03                    68 FR 51546
    First R&O                       08/27/03                    68 FR 51499
    FNPRM Comment Period End        10/27/03
    Fourth R&O (Release Date)       04/16/04                    69 FR 67790
    Fifth R&O, First Order on Recon 
    (Release Date)                  07/06/04                    69 FR 51586
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Steven Spaeth, Assistant Division Chief, Federal 
    Communications Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1539
    Fax: 202 418-0748
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH98
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    325. MITIGATION OF ORBITAL DEBRIS (IB DOCKET NO. 02-54)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 157(a); 47 USC 303(c); 47 USC 
    303(f) and 303(g); 47 USC 303(r)
    
    Abstract: The Commission has adopted rules that require all entities 
    seeking FCC authorization for satellite services to address orbital 
    debris mitigation as part of their application for FCC authorization. 
    Orbital debris consists of artificial objects orbiting the Earth that 
    are not functional spacecraft. In addition, the Commission established 
    requirements for the removal of geostationary spacecraft from 
    operational orbits at the end of their useful lives and amended the 
    Commission's rules regarding orbit-raising maneuvers, the use of 
    inclined orbits, and orbital longitudinal tolerance station-keeping 
    requirements. The Commission indicated that it will seek further 
    comment on the application of the Commission's longitudinal tolerance 
    station-keeping requirements for Fixed-Satellite space stations to 
    space stations in the Mobile-Satellite Service and remote sensing 
    services.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            05/03/02                    67 FR 22376
    NPRM Comment Period End         08/16/02
    First R&O                       08/27/03                    68 FR 59127
    Second R&O                      09/09/04                    69 FR 54581
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Stephen Duall, Attorney, Federal Communications 
    Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-1103
    Fax: 202 418-0748
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI06
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    326. AMENDMENT OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES (IB DOCKET NO. 04-47)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 34 to 39; 47 USC 151; 47 USC 161; 47 USC 201 to 
    205; . . .
    
    Abstract: FCC amended several rules. Specifically, FCC: (1) Amended the 
    procedures for discontinuing an international service; (2) allowed U.S. 
    carriers to resell the U.S.-inbound service of foreign carriers; and 
    (3) amended the submarine cable landing licensing procedures compliance 
    with the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. The North American 
    Submarine Cable Association filed a petition for reconsideration 
    regarding the amendment to the submarine cable licensing procedures.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            03/22/04                    69 FR 13276
    NPRM Comment Period End         06/07/04
    R&O                             09/25/07                    72 FR 54363
    Petition for Recon              01/02/08                      73 FR 187
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: David Krech, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
    Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-1460
    Fax: 202 418-2824
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI41
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    327. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR U.S. PROVIDERS OF INTERNATIONAL 
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (IB DOCKET NO. 04-112)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 161; 47 USC 201 to 205; 
    . . .
    
    Abstract: FCC is reviewing the reporting requirements to which carriers 
    providing U.S. international services are subject under 47 CFR part 43. 
    FCC proposes to amend 47 CFR 43.61 and 47 CFR 43.82 and to repeal 47 
    CFR 43.53.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            04/12/04
    
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    NPRM Comment Period End         08/23/04                    69 FR 29676
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: David Krech, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
    Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-1460
    Fax: 202 418-2824
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI42
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    328. REVIEW OF THE SPECTRUM SHARING PLAN AMONG NON-GEOSTATIONARY 
    SATELLITE ORBIT MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICE SYSTEMS IN THE 1.6/2.4 GHZ 
    BANDS (IB DOCKET NO. 02-364)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 302(a); 47 USC 303(e); 
    . . .
    
    Abstract: This docket involves the spectrum sharing plan for the low 
    earth orbit satellite systems in the 1.6 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands (Big 
    LEOs). In November 2007, the Commission resolved the 1.6 GHz spectrum 
    sharing plan between Globalstar Inc. and Iridium Satellite LLC, whereby 
    Globalstar will have exclusive MSS use of 7.775 megahertz of spectrum 
    at 1610-1617.775 MHz, Iridium will have exclusive MSS use of 7.775 
    megahertz of spectrum at 1618.725-1626.5 MHz, and the two Big LEO 
    operators will share 0.95 megahertz of spectrum at 1617.775-1618.725 
    MHz. Separately, in April 2006, the Commission affirmed the spectrum 
    sharing plan between Globalstar and the fixed and mobile (except 
    aeronautical mobile) services in the 2495-2500 MHz band in order to 
    accommodate the relocation of Broadband Radio Service Channel 1 to the 
    2496-2502 MHz band. (Iridium does not operate in the 2.4 GHz band.)
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            01/29/03                    68 FR 33666
    R&O                             08/09/04                    69 FR 48157
    FNPRM                           08/09/04                    69 FR 48192
    Petitions for Recon             10/12/04                    69 FR 60626
    First Order on Recon            06/19/06                    71 FR 35178
    Petitions for Further Recon     07/27/06                    71 FR 44029
    Second Order on Recon and Second 
    R&O                             12/13/07                    72 FR 70807
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Howard Griboff, Deputy Chief, Federal Communications 
    Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-0657
    Fax: 202 418-1414
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI44
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    329. AMENDMENT OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES TO ALLOCATE SPECTRUM AND ADOPT 
    SERVICE RULES AND PROCEDURES TO GOVERN THE USE OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED EARTH 
    STATIONS (IB DOCKET NO. 07-101)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i) and (j); 47 USC 157(a); 47 
    USC 301; 47 USC 303 (c); 47 USC 303 (f); 47 USC 303 (g); 47 USC 303 
    (r); 47 USC 303 (y); 47 USC 308
    
    Abstract: The Commission seeks comment on the proposed amendment of 
    parts 2 and 25 of the Commission's rules to allocate spectrum for use 
    with Vehicle-Mounted Earth Stations (VMES) in the Fixed-Satellite 
    Service in the Ku-band uplink at 14.0-14.5 GHz and Ku-band downlink 
    11.72-12.2 GHz on a primary basis, and in the extended Ku-band downlink 
    at 10.95-11.2 GHz and 11.45-11.7 GHz on a non-protected basis, and to 
    adopt Ku-band VMES licensing and service rules modeled on the FCC's 
    rules for Ku-band Earth Stations on Vessels (ESVs). The record in this 
    proceeding will provide a basis for Commission action to facilitate 
    introduction of this proposed service.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            07/08/07                    72 FR 39357
    NPRM Comment Period End         09/04/07
    R&O                             11/04/09                    74 FR 57092
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Howard Griboff, Deputy Chief, Federal Communications 
    Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-0657
    Fax: 202 418-1414
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI90
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Federal Communications Commission (FCC)               Long-Term Actions
    Media Bureau
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    330. CABLE TELEVISION RATE REGULATION
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 543
    
    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. Reconsideration was requested. 
    The Fourteenth Order on Reconsideration addresses petitions on issues 
    governing regulated services by cable systems. In a subsequent notice, 
    comment was sought on recalibrating the competitive differential 
    between rates of systems subject to effective competition and 
    noncompetitive systems. In addition, comment was sought as to whether 
    there may be a different approach to establish reasonable rates on the 
    basic service tier.
    
    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
    
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    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
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: John Norton, Deputy Division Chief, Policy Division, 
    Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7037
    TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
    Fax: 202 418-1196
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AF41
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    331. CABLE TELEVISION RATE REGULATION: COST OF SERVICE
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 543
    
    Abstract: The Commission has established rules pursuant to which cable 
    operators may set rates for regulated cable service in accordance with 
    traditional cost-of-service principles, as modified to take account of 
    unique characteristics of the cable industry. In the latest NPRM, 
    comment was sought on rule changes that may be necessary or desirable 
    in order to account for changes in the regulatory process resulting 
    from the end of the Commission's statutory authority to regulate 
    certain tiers of cable programming service.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            07/30/93                    58 FR 40762
    R&O                             04/15/94                    59 FR 17975
    Second NPRM                     04/15/94                    59 FR 18066
    MO&O                            10/14/94                    59 FR 52087
    Second R&O/First Order on Recon/
    FNPRM                           03/08/96                     61 FR 9361
    Correction                      03/22/96                    61 FR 11749
    NPRM and Order                  09/05/02                    67 FR 56882
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: John Norton, Deputy Division Chief, Policy Division, 
    Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7037
    TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
    Fax: 202 418-1196
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AF48
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    332. CABLE HOME WIRING
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 544(i)
    
    Abstract: On October 6, 1997, the FCC adopted a Report and Order and 
    Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 97-376) that amends its cable 
    inside wiring rules to enhance competition in the video distribution 
    marketplace. The Second FNPRM seeks comment on, among other things, 
    whether there are circumstances where the FCC should adopt restrictions 
    on exclusive contracts in order to further promote competition in the 
    multiple dwelling unit marketplace. The 2nd Report and Order addresses 
    multiple dwelling units when the occupant charges video service 
    providers. In the First Order on Reconsideration and the Second Report 
    and Order, the Commission modified its rules in part. The United States 
    Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit remanded a 
    portion of the Commission decision back to the Commission for further 
    consideration. In September 2004, the Commission issued an FNPRM in 
    response to the courts decision. The subsequent Report and Order and 
    Declaratory Ruling concluded that cable wiring behind sheet rock is 
    physically inaccessible for determining the demarcation point.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            11/17/92                    57 FR 54209
    R&O                             03/02/93                    58 FR 11970
    NPRM                            02/01/96                     61 FR 3657
    First Order on Recon & FNPRM    02/16/96                     61 FR 6210
    FNPRM                           09/03/97                    62 FR 46453
    R&O and Second FNPRM            11/14/97                    62 FR 60165
    First Order on Recon and Second 
    R&O                             03/21/03                    68 FR 13850
    FNPRM                           10/15/04                    69 FR 61193
    R&O and Declaratory Ruling      08/30/07                    72 FR 50074
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: John Norton, Deputy Division Chief, Policy Division, 
    Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7037
    TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
    Fax: 202 418-1196
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AG02
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    333. COMPETITIVE AVAILABILITY OF NAVIGATION DEVICES (CS DOCKET NO. 97-
    80)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 549
    
    Abstract: The Commission has adopted rules to address the mandate 
    expressed in section 629 of the Communications Act to ensure the 
    commercial availability of ``navigation devices,'' the equipment used 
    to access video programming and other services from multichannel video 
    programming systems.
    Specifically, in 1998, the Commission required MVPDs to make available 
    by July 1, 2000, a security element separate from the basic navigation 
    device (e.g., cable set-top boxes, digital video recorders, and 
    television receivers with navigation capabilities). The separation of 
    the security element from the host device required by this rule 
    (referred to as the ``integration ban'') was designed to enable 
    unaffiliated manufacturers, retailers, and other vendors to 
    commercially market host devices while allowing MVPDs to retain control 
    over their system security. MVPDs were permitted to continue providing 
    equipment with integrated security until January 1, 2005, so long as 
    modular security
    
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    components, known as point-of-deployment modules, were also made 
    available for use with host devices obtained through retail outlets. In 
    April 2003, in response to requests from cable operators, the 
    Commission extended the effective date of the integration ban until 
    July 1, 2006. Then, in 2005, again at the urging of cable operators, 
    the Commission extended that date until July 1, 2007. Also, in this 
    proceeding, in April 2003, the Commission adopted unidirectional ``plug 
    and play'' rules, to govern compatibility between MVPDs and navigation 
    devices manufactured by consumer electronics manufacturers not 
    affiliated with cable operators. In June 2007, the Commission solicited 
    comment on proposed standards to ensure bidirectional compatibility of 
    cable television systems and consumer electronics equipment.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            03/05/97                    62 FR 10011
    R&O                             07/15/98                    63 FR 38089
    Order on Recon                  06/02/99                    64 FR 29599
    FNPRM & Declaratory Ruling      09/28/00                    65 FR 58255
    FNPRM                           01/16/03                     68 FR 2278
    Order and FNPRM                 06/17/03                    68 FR 35818
    Second R&O                      11/28/03                    68 FR 66728
    FNPRM                           11/28/03                    68 FR 66776
    Order on Recon                  01/28/04                     69 FR 4081
    Second R&O                      06/22/05                    70 FR 36040
    Third FNPRM                     07/25/07                    72 FR 40818
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Brendan Murray, Attorney Advisor, Policy Division, 
    Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1573
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AG28
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    334. CABLE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL OWNERSHIP LIMITS (MM DOCKET NO. 92-
    264)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 533
    
    Abstract: Section 613 of the Communications Act requires the Commission 
    to ``prescribe rules and regulations establishing reasonable limits on 
    the number of cable subscribers a person is authorized to reach through 
    cable systems owned by such person, or in which such person has an 
    attributable interest.'' On October 8, 1999, the Commission issued a 
    Third Report and Order, FCC 99-289, in this matter. The Commission 
    revised the horizontal ownership rules as follows: (1) All multichannel 
    video subscribers will be counted when calculating the 30 percent 
    ownership limit; (2) actual subscriber numbers, rather than potential 
    subscriber numbers, will be used for calculating an owner's share; and 
    (3) the minority exception which allowed a 35 percent ownership limit 
    for minority-owned entities under certain circumstances was eliminated. 
    On March 2, 2001, the District of Columbia Circuit Court reversed and 
    remanded the cable horizontal and vertical limits, as well as two 
    aspects of the attribution rules used to determine compliance with 
    these limits. (Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. FCC, 240 F.3d 1126 (DC 
    cir. 2001)). Pursuant to the court's remand, the Commission solicited 
    comment in a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (September 2001) and 
    a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
    In the Fourth Report and Order, the Commission set the cable horizontal 
    ownership limit at 30 percent. In the accompanying Further Notice of 
    Proposed Rulemaking, comment was sought on issues regarding the cable 
    attribution rules and appropriate channel occupancy limits.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Second MO&O on Recon and FNPRM  07/14/98                    63 FR 37790
    Third R&O                       12/01/99                    64 FR 67198
    Order on Recon                  03/08/00                    65 FR 12135
    MO&O                            06/08/00                    65 FR 36382
    FNPRM                           10/11/01                    66 FR 51905
    Second FNPRM                    06/18/05                    70 FR 33680
    Fourth R&O and FNPRM            02/29/08                    73 FR 11048
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Mania K. Baghdadi, Deputy Division Chief, Industry 
    Analysis Division, Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 
    12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2133
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH09
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    335. DIGITAL AUDIO BROADCASTING SYSTEMS (MM DOCKET NO. 99-325)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303
    
    Abstract: The rulemaking proceeding was initiated to foster the 
    development and implementation of terrestrial digital audio 
    broadcasting (DAB). The transition to DAB promises the benefits that 
    have generally accompanied digitalization--better audio fidelity, more 
    robust transmission systems, and the possibility of new auxiliary 
    services. In the First Report and Order, the Commission selected in-
    band, on-channel as the technology that will permit AM and FM radio 
    broadcasters to introduce digital operations. Consideration of formal 
    standard-setting procedures and related broadcasting licensing and 
    service rule changes are addressed in a Further Notice of Proposed 
    Rulemaking. Further technical guidance is provided in a Second Report 
    and Order.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            11/09/99                    64 FR 61054
    First R&O                       12/23/02                    67 FR 78193
    FNPRM and NOI                   05/14/04                    69 FR 27815
    Second R&O                      08/15/07                    72 FR 45712
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Peter Doyle, Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau, 
    Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-2700
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH40
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    336. SECOND PERIODIC REVIEW OF RULES AND POLICIES AFFECTING THE 
    CONVERSION TO DTV
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 4(i) and 4(j); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 307; 47 
    USC 309; 47 USC 336
    
    Abstract: On January 18, 2001, the Commission adopted a Report and 
    Order (R&O) and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, addressing a 
    number of issues related to the conversion of the nation's broadcast 
    television system from analog to digital television. The Second Report 
    and Order resolved several major technical issues including the issue 
    of receiver performance standards, DTV tuners, and revisions to certain 
    components of
    
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    the DTV transmission standard. A subsequent NPRM commenced the 
    Commission's second periodic review of the progress of the digital 
    television conversion. The resulting R&O adopted a multi-step process 
    to create a new DTV table of allotments and authorizations. Also in the 
    R&O, the Commission adopted replication and maximization deadlines for 
    DTV broadcasters and updated rules in recognition revisions to 
    broadcast transmission standards.
    The Second R&O adopts disclosure requirements for televisions that do 
    not include a digital tuner.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            03/23/00                    65 FR 15600
    R&O                             02/13/01                     66 FR 9973
    MO&O                            12/18/01                    66 FR 65122
    Third MO&O and Order on Recon   10/02/02                    67 FR 61816
    Second R&O and Second MO&O      10/11/02                    67 FR 63290
    NPRM                            02/18/03                     68 FR 7737
    R&O                             10/04/04                    69 FR 59500
    Second R&O                      05/10/07                    72 FR 26554
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Eloise Gore, Associate Bureau Chief, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1066
    TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
    Fax: 202 418-1069
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH54
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    337. DIRECT BROADCAST PUBLIC INTEREST OBLIGATIONS (MM DOCKET NO. 93-25)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 335
    
    Abstract: The Commission adopted rules in 1998 that implement section 
    25 of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 
    1992, as codified at section 335 of the Communications Act of 1934. 
    Section 335 directs the Commission to impose certain public interest 
    obligations on direct broadcast satellite providers.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            03/08/93                    58 FR 12917
    R&O                             02/08/99                    64 FR 52399
    Order on Recon                  04/22/04                    69 FR 21761
    Order on Recon                  04/28/04                    69 FR 23155
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Rosalee Chiara, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications 
    Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0754
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH59
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    338. REVISION OF EEO RULES AND POLICIES (MM DOCKET NO. 98-204)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 257; 47 USC 301; 47 USC 
    303; 47 USC 307 to 309; 47 USC 334; 47 USC 403; 47 USC 554
    
    Abstract: FCC authority to govern Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) 
    responsibilities of cable television operators was codified in the 
    Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984. This authority was extended to 
    television broadcast licensees and other multi-channel video 
    programming distributors in the Cable and Television Consumer 
    Protection Act of 1992. In the Second Report and Order, the FCC adopted 
    new EEO rules and policies. This action was in response to a decision 
    of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that 
    found prior EEO rules unconstitutional. The Third Notice of Proposed 
    Rulemaking (NPRM) requests comment as to the applicability of the EEO 
    rules to part-time employees. The Third Report and Order adopted 
    revised forms for broadcast station and MVPDs Annual Employment Report. 
    In the Fourth NPRM, comment was sought regarding public access to the 
    data contained in the forms.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            01/14/02                     67 FR 1704
    Second R&O and Third NPRM       01/07/03                      68 FR 670
    Correction                      01/13/03                     68 FR 1657
    Fourth NPRM                     06/23/04                    69 FR 34986
    Third R&O                       06/23/04                    69 FR 34950
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Lewis Pulley, Asst. Chief, Policy Division, Media 
    Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1450
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH95
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    339. BROADCAST MULTIPLE AND CROSS-OWNERSHIP LIMITS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152(a); 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; 
    47 USC 307; 47 USC 309 and 310
    
    Abstract: In 2002, the Commission undertook a comprehensive review of 
    its broadcast multiple and cross-ownership limits examining: cross-
    ownership of TV and radio stations; local TV ownership limits; national 
    TV cap; and dual network rule.
    The Report and Order replaced the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership 
    and radio and TV rules with a tiered approach based on the number of 
    television stations in a market. Petitions for Reconsideration are 
    pending. Also, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals remanded portions of 
    the Commission's decisions. In June 2006, the Commission adopted a 
    Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking initiating the 2006 review of the 
    broadcast ownership rules. The further notice also sought comment on 
    how to address the issues raised by the Third Circuit. Additional 
    questions are raised for comment in a Second Further Notice of Proposed 
    Rulemaking.
    In the Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, the Commission 
    adopted rule changes regarding newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership, but 
    otherwise generally retained the other broadcast ownership rules 
    currently in effect.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            10/05/01                    66 FR 50991
    R&O                             08/05/03                    68 FR 46286
    Public Notice                   02/19/04                     69 FR 9216
    FNPRM                           08/09/06                     71 FR 4511
    Second FNPRM                    08/08/07                    72 FR 44539
    R&O and Order on Recon          02/21/08                     73 FR 9481
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Mania K. Baghdadi, Deputy Division Chief, Industry 
    Analysis Division, Federal Communications Commission, Media
    
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    Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2133
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH97
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    340. ESTABLISHMENT OF RULES FOR DIGITAL LOW POWER TELEVISION, TELEVISION 
    TRANSLATOR, AND TELEVISION BOOSTER STATIONS (MB DOCKET NO. 03-185)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 309; 47 USC 336
    
    Abstract: This proceeding initiates the digital television conversion 
    for low power television (LPTV) and television translator stations. The 
    rules and policies adopted as a result of this proceeding provide the 
    framework for these stations' conversion from analog to digital 
    broadcasting. The Report and Order adopts definitions and permissible 
    use provisions for digital TV translator and LPTV stations. Petitions 
    for reconsideration of the Report and Order are pending.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            09/26/03                    68 FR 55566
    NPRM Comment Period End         11/25/03
    R&O                             11/29/04                    69 FR 69325
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Shaun Maher, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Mass Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-2324
    Fax: 202 418-2827
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI38
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    341. JOINT SALES AGREEMENTS IN LOCAL TELEVISION MARKETS (MB DOCKET NO. 
    04-256)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 to 152(a); 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; . . .
    
    Abstract: A joint sales agreement (JSA) is an agreement with a licensee 
    of a brokered station that authorizes a broker to sell some or all of 
    the advertising time for the brokered station in return for a fee or 
    percentage of revenues paid to the licensee. The Commission has sought 
    comment on whether TV JSAs should be attributed for purposes of 
    determining compliance with the Commission's multiple ownership rules.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            08/26/04                    69 FR 52464
    NPRM Comment Period End         09/27/04
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Mania K. Baghdadi, Deputy Division Chief, Industry 
    Analysis Division, Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 
    12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2133
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI55
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    342. SIGNIFICANTLY VIEWED OUT-OF-MARKET BROADCAST STATIONS (MB DOCKET 
    NO. 05-49)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i) and 154(j); 47 USC 340
    
    Abstract: Section 202 of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and 
    Reauthorization Act of 2004 creates section 340 of the Communications 
    Act, which provides satellite carries with the authority to offer 
    Commission determined ``significantly viewed'' signals of out-of-market 
    broadcast stations to subscribers. In the NPRM, comment was sought on 
    implementation of section 340. The resulting Report and Order adopted a 
    list of significantly viewed stations and procedures for stations to 
    petition the Commission for inclusion on the list.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            03/08/05                    70 FR 11314
    NPRM Comment Period End         04/08/05
    R&O                             12/27/05                    70 FR 76504
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Evan Baranoff, Attorney, Policy Division, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2120
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI56
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    343. REVISION OF PROCEDURES GOVERNING AMENDMENTS TO FM TABLE OF 
    ALLOTMENTS AND CHANGES OF COMMUNITY OF LICENSE IN THE RADIO BROADCAST 
    SERVICES (MB DOCKET NO. 05-210)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303
    
    Abstract: The rulemaking was initiated to reduce backlog in, and 
    streamline, the FM allotment procedures and, to a lesser extent, 
    streamline certain procedures pertaining to AM applications. Although 
    the Commission has made important changes to streamline the processing 
    of radio broadcast applications, the basic procedures for amending the 
    Table have not changed since 1982. The Notice seeks comment on a number 
    of specific rule and procedural changes in the handling of FM and AM 
    applications and rulemaking petitions to amend the Table. In the area 
    of applications procedures, the Notice seeks comments on various 
    proposals designed to encourage only bona fide proponents to submit 
    petitions and to limit the complexity of such petitions. If these 
    changes are adopted, it will expedite the approval and implementation 
    on new and upgraded radio service to the public. The Report and Order 
    adopted the proposals from the notice. Petitions for reconsideration 
    are pending.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            06/22/05                    70 FR 44537
    NPRM Comment Period End         10/03/05
    R&O                             12/20/06                    71 FR 76208
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Tom Nessinger, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2709
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI63
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    344. DIGITAL TELEVISION DISTRIBUTED TRANSMISSION SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES (MB 
    DOCKET NO. 05-312)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i) to (j); 47 USC 157; 47 USC 
    301; . . .
    
    [[Page 21924]]
    
    Abstract: A digital television transmission system (DTS) employs 
    multiple synchronized transmitters spread around a station's service 
    area. Such distributed transmitters fill in unserved areas in the 
    parent station's coverage area. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
    (NPRM) examines issues related to the use of DTS and proposes rules for 
    future DTS operation. The Report and Order adopts the technical and 
    licensing rules necessary to implement DTS service.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            12/07/05                    70 FR 72763
    NPRM Comment Period End         02/06/06
    R&O                             12/05/08                    73 FR 74047
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Evan Baranoff, Attorney, Policy Division, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2120
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI68
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    345. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CABLE COMMUNICATIONS POLICY ACT OF 1984 AS 
    AMENDED BY THE CABLE TELEVISION CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMPETITION ACT 
    OF 1992 (MB DOCKET NO. 05-311)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 541(a)(1); 47 USC 
    556(c)
    
    Abstract: Section 621(a)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
    amended, states in relevant part that ``a franchising authority . . 
    .may not unreasonably refuse to award an additional competitive 
    franchise.'' The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) solicits comment 
    on implementation of section 621(a)(1)'s directive, and whether the 
    franchising process unreasonably impedes the achievement of the 
    interrelated Federal goals of enhanced cable competition and 
    accelerated broadband deployment and, if so, how the Commission should 
    act to address that problem.
    The subsequent Report and Order found that certain actions by local 
    franchising authorities constitute an unreasonable refusal to award a 
    competitive franchise within the meaning of section 621(a)(1). The item 
    included a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) seeking 
    comment on how the findings should affect existing franchises.
    In the Second Report and Order, a number of the rules promulgated in 
    this docket are extended to incumbent cable operators.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            12/19/05                    70 FR 73973
    NPRM Comment Period End         02/13/06
    R&O and FNPRM                   03/21/07                    72 FR 13230
    FNPRM Comment Period End        04/20/07
    Second R&O                      11/23/07                    72 FR 65670
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Holly Saurer, Attorney Advisor, Policy Division, 
    Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7283
    Fax: 202 418-1069
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI69
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    346. PROGRAM ACCESS RULES--SUNSET OF EXCLUSIVE CONTRACTS PROHIBITION AND 
    EXAMINATION OF PROGRAMMING TYING ARRANGEMENTS (MB DOCKET NOS. 07-29, 07-
    198)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 548
    
    Abstract: The program access provisions of the Communications Act 
    (section 628) generally prohibit exclusive contracts for satellite 
    delivered programming between programmers in which a cable operator has 
    an attributable interest (vertically integrated programmers) and cable 
    operators. This limitation was set to expire on October 5, 2007, unless 
    circumstances in the video programming marketplace indicate that an 
    extension of the prohibition continues ``to be necessary to preserve 
    and protect competition and diversity in the distribution of video 
    programming.'' The October 2007 Report and Order concluded the 
    prohibition continues to be necessary, and accordingly, retained it 
    until October 5, 2012. The accompanying Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
    (NPRM) sought comment on revisions to the Commission's program access 
    and retransmission consent rules. The associated Report and Order 
    adopted rules to permit complainants to pursue program access claims 
    regarding terrestrially delivered cable affiliated programming.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            03/01/07                     72 FR 9289
    NPRM Comment Period End         04/02/07
    R&O                             10/04/07                    72 FR 56645
    NPRM                            10/31/07                    72 FR 61590
    NPRM Comment Period End         11/30/07
    R&O (release date)              01/20/10
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: David Konczal, Policy Division, Media Bureau, Federal 
    Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2228
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI87
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    347. THIRD PERIODIC REVIEW OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES AND POLICIES 
    AFFECTING THE CONVERSION TO DIGITAL TELEVISION (MB DOCKET NO. 07-91)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 301 
    to 303; 47 USC 307 to 309; 47 USC 312; 47 USC 316; 47 USC 318 and 319; 
    47 USC 324 and 325; 47 USC 336 and 337
    
    Abstract: Congress has mandated that after February 17, 2009, full-
    power broadcast stations must transmit only in digital signals, and may 
    no longer transmit analog signals. This proceeding is the Commission's 
    third periodic review of the transition of the nation's broadcast 
    television system from analog to digital television (DTV). The 
    Commission conducts these periodic reviews in order to assess the 
    progress of the transition and make any necessary adjustments to the 
    Commission's rules and policies to facilitate the introduction of DTV 
    service and the recovery of spectrum at the end of the transition. In 
    this review, the Commission considers how to ensure that broadcasters 
    complete construction of their final post-transition (digital) 
    facilities by the statutory deadline.
    
    [[Page 21925]]
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            07/09/07                    72 FR 37310
    NPRM Comment Period End         08/08/07
    R&O                             01/30/08                     73 FR 5634
    Order on Clarification          07/10/08                    73 FR 39623
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Evan Baranoff, Attorney, Policy Division, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2120
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI89
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    348. BROADCAST LOCALISM (MB DOCKET NO. 04-233)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 532; 47 USC 536
    
    Abstract: The concept of localism has been a cornerstone of broadcast 
    regulation. The Commission has consistently held that as temporary 
    trustee of the public's airwaves, broadcasters are obligated to operate 
    their stations to serve the public interest. Specifically, broadcasters 
    are required to air programming responsive to the needs and issues of 
    the people in their licensed communities. The Commission opened this 
    proceeding to seek input on a number of issues related to broadcast 
    localism.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            02/13/08                     73 FR 8255
    NPRM Comment Period End         03/14/08
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: William Freedman, Associate Chief, Media Bureau, 
    Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-1415
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ04
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    349. CREATING A LOW POWER RADIO SERVICE (MM DOCKET NO. 99-25)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 to 152; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 
    403; 47 USC 405
    
    Abstract: This proceeding was initiated to establish a new 
    noncommercial educational low power FM radio service for non-profit 
    community organizations and public safety entities. In January 2000, 
    the Commission adopted a Report and Order establishing two classes of 
    LPFM stations, 100 watt (LP100) and 10 watt (LP10) facilities, with 
    service radii of approximately 3.5 miles and 1-2 miles, respectively. 
    The Report and Order also established ownership and eligibility rules 
    for the LPFM service. The Commission generally restricted ownership to 
    entities with no attributable interest in any other broadcast station 
    or other media. To choose among entities filing mutually exclusive 
    applications for LPFM licenses, the Commission established a point 
    system favoring local ownership and locally-originated programming. The 
    Report and Order imposed separation requirements for LPFM with respect 
    to full power stations operating on co-, first- and second-adjacent and 
    intermediate frequency (IF) channels. In December 2000, legislation was 
    enacted that required the Commission to modify its rules to (i) 
    prescribe LPFM station third-adjacent channel interference protection 
    standards and (ii) prohibit any applicant from obtaining an LPFM 
    station license if the applicant previously has engaged in the 
    unlicensed operation of a station. In March 2001, the Commission 
    adopted a Second Report and Order implementing this statute.
    In a Further Notice issued in 2005, the Commission reexamined some of 
    its rules governing the LPFM service, noting that the rules may 
    adjustment in order to ensure that the Commission maximizes the value 
    of the LPFM service without harming the interests of full-power FM 
    stations or other Commission licensees. The Commission sought comment 
    on a number of issues with respect to LPFM ownership restrictions and 
    eligibility.
    The Third Report and Order resolves issues raised in the Further 
    Notice. The accompanying Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
    (FNPRM) considers rule changes to avoid the potential loss of LPFM 
    stations.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            02/16/99                     64 FR 7577
    R&O                             02/15/00                     65 FR 7616
    MO&O and Order on Recon         11/09/00                    65 FR 67289
    Second R&O                      05/10/01                    66 FR 23861
    Second Order on Recon and FNPRM 07/07/05                     70 FR 3918
    Third R&O and Second FNPRM      01/17/08                     73 FR 3202
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Peter Doyle, Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau, 
    Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-2700
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ07
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    350. SPONSORSHIP IDENTIFICATION RULES AND EMBEDDED ADVERTISING (MB 
    DOCKET NO. 08-90)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i) and (j); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 303(a); 
    47 USC 317; 47 USC 405; 47 USC 508
    
    Abstract: The Commission undertook this proceeding to seek comment on 
    the relationship between the Commission's sponsorship identification 
    rules and the increasing reliance on industry by embedded advertising 
    techniques. Due to recent technological changes that allow consumers to 
    more easily bypass traditional commercial content, content providers 
    may be turning to more subtle and sophisticated means of incorporating 
    commercial messages into programming. The NPRM will seek to determine 
    how embedded advertising affects the efficacy of the sponsorship 
    identification rules in protecting the public's right to know who is 
    paying to air commercials or other programming matter on broadcast 
    outlets and cable television systems.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM and NOI                    07/24/08                    73 FR 43194
    NPRM Comment Period End         09/22/08
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Brendan Murray, Attorney Advisor, Policy Division, 
    Federal Communications Commission, Media Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1573
    
    [[Page 21926]]
    
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ10
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    351. AN INQUIRY INTO THE COMMISSION'S POLICIES AND RULES REGARDING AM 
    RADIO SERVICE DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION (MM DOCKET 
    NO. 93-177)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 308
    
    Abstract: This proceeding is part of a streamlining initiative to 
    simplify the Media Bureau's licensing procedures. The Report and Order 
    in this proceeding simplified traditional proof of performance 
    requirements for directional AM stations. The Second Report and Order 
    further reduces regulatory burdens on AM broadcasters by permitting the 
    use of computer modeling.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            07/27/99                    64 FR 40539
    NPRM Comment Period End         09/10/99
    R&O                             04/25/01                    66 FR 20752
    FNPRM                           04/25/01                    66 FR 20779
    FNPRM Comment Period End        07/09/01
    Second R&O                      10/30/08                    73 FR 64558
    Second FNPRM                    12/11/08                    73 FR 75376
    Second FNPRM Comment Period End 01/12/09
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Ann Gallagher, Audio Division. Media Bureau, Federal 
    Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2716
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ17
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    352. AMENDMENT OF PARTS 73 AND 74 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES TO ESTABLISH 
    RULES FOR REPLACEMENT DIGITAL LOW POWER TELEVISION TRANSLATOR STATIONS 
    (MB DOCKET NO. 08-253)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i) and (j); 47 USC 157; 47 USC 
    301; 47 USC 302(a); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 307 to 309; 47 USC 312; 47 USC 
    316; 47 USC 318 and 319; 47 USC 324 and 325; 47 USC 336 and 337
    
    Abstract: This proceeding was initiated to create a new digital 
    television translator service to permit full-service television 
    stations to continue to provide digital service to viewers within their 
    coverage areas who have lost service as a result of the stations' 
    digital transition.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            01/02/09                       74 FR 61
    NPRM Comment Period End         01/12/09
    R&O                             06/02/09                    74 FR 26300
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Barbara A. Kreisman, Chief, Video Division, Media 
    Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1600
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ18
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    353. POLICIES TO PROMOTE RURAL RADIO SERVICE AND TO STREAMLINE ALLOTMENT 
    AND ASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES (MB DOCKET NO. 09-52)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 and 152; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 
    307 and 309(j)
    
    Abstract: This proceeding was commenced to consider a number of changes 
    to the Commission's rules and procedures to carry out the statutory 
    goal of distributing radio service fairly and equitably, and to 
    increase the transparency and efficiency of radio broadcast auction and 
    licensing processes. In the NPRM, comment is sought on specific 
    proposals regarding the procedures used to award commercial broadcast 
    spectrum in the AM and FM broadcast bands. The accompanying Report and 
    Order adopts rules that provide tribes a priority to obtain broadcast 
    radio licenses in tribal communities. The Commission concurrently 
    adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on 
    whether to extend the tribal priority to tribes that do not possess 
    tribal land.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            05/13/09                    74 FR 22498
    NPRM Comment Period End         07/10/09
    First R&O (release date)        02/02/10
    FNPRM (release date)            02/03/10
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Peter Doyle, Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau, 
    Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-2700
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ23
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    354. PROMOTING DIVERSIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP IN THE BROADCAST SERVICES 
    (MB DOCKET NO. 07-294)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152(a); 47 USC 154 i and (j); 47 
    USC 257; 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 307 to 310; 47 USC 336; 47 USC 534 to 
    535
    
    Abstract: Diversity and competition are longstanding and important 
    Commission goals. The measures proposed, as well as those adopted in 
    this proceeding, are intended to promote diversity of ownership of 
    media outlets. In the Report and Order and third FNPRM, measures are 
    enacted to increase participation in the broadcasting industry by new 
    entrants and small businesses, including minority- and women-owned 
    businesses. In the Report and Order and fourth FNPRM, the Commission 
    adopts improvements to its data collection in order to obtain an 
    accurate and comprehensive assessment of minority and female broadcast 
    ownership in the United States. The Memorandum Opinion & Order 
    addressed petitions for Reconsideration of the rules, and also sought 
    comment on a proposal to expand the reporting requirements to non 
    attributable interests.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    R&O                             05/16/08                    73 FR 28361
    3rd FNPRM                       05/16/08                    73 FR 28400
    R&O                             05/27/09                    74 FR 25163
    4th FNPRM                       05/27/09                    74 FR 25305
    5th NPRM (release date)         10/16/09
    MO&O                            10/30/09                    74 FR 56131
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    [[Page 21927]]
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Kristi Thompson, Attorney, Industry Analysis Division 
    Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1318
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ27
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Federal Communications Commission (FCC)               Completed Actions
    Media Bureau
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    355. DTV CONSUMER EDUCATION INITIATIVE (MB DOCKET NO. 07-148)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 335 and 336
    
    Abstract: Congress has mandated that after February 17, 2009, full-
    power broadcast stations must transmit only in digital signals, and may 
    no longer transmit analog signals. From the beginning of the digital 
    transition, the Commission has been committed to working with 
    representatives from industry, public interest groups, and Congress to 
    make the significant benefits of digital broadcasting available to the 
    public. The digital transition will make valuable spectrums available 
    for both public safety uses and expanded wireless competition and 
    innovation. It will also provide consumers with better quality 
    television picture and sound, and make new services available through 
    multicasting. These innovations, however, are dependent upon widespread 
    consumer understanding of the benefits and the mechanics of the 
    transition. While the Commission has been engaged in various DTV 
    outreach efforts, this proceeding was initiated to seek public comment 
    on whether there are additional steps relating to consumer education 
    about the digital transition which the Commission should take.
    The Report and Order found a clear and compelling need for educational 
    efforts directed at consumers. Requirements were imposed on several 
    participants in the DTV transition to provide information about the 
    transition to consumers.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            08/16/07                    72 FR 46014
    NPRM Comment Period End         09/17/07
    R&O                             03/24/08                    73 FR 15431
    FNPRM                           05/28/08                    73 FR 30591
    FNPRM Comment Period End        06/27/08
    Order                           06/26/08                    73 FR 36282
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Lyle Elder, Policy Division, Media Bureau, Federal 
    Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2120
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI96
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Federal Communications Commission (FCC)               Long-Term Actions
    Office of Managing Director
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    356. ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF REGULATORY FEES
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 159
    
    Abstract: Section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 
    U.S.C. 159, requires the FCC 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                            04/06/06                    71 FR 17410
    NPRM Comment Period End         02/14/06
    R&O                             08/02/06                    71 FR 43842
    NPRM                            05/02/07                    72 FR 24213
    NPRM Comment Period End         05/03/07
    R&O                             08/16/07                    72 FR 45908
    FNPRM                           08/16/07                    72 FR 46010
    FNPRM Comment Period End        09/17/07
    NPRM                            05/28/08                    73 FR 30563
    NPRM Comment Period End         05/30/08
    R&O                             08/26/08                    73 FR 50201
    FNPRM                           08/26/08                    73 FR 50285
    FNPRM Comment Period End        09/25/08
    2nd R&O                         05/12/09                    74 FR 22104
    NPRM and Order                  06/02/09                    74 FR 26329
    NPRM Comment Period End         06/04/09
    R&O                             08/11/09                    74 FR 40089
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Daniel Daly, Attorney, Office of the Managing Director, 
    Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-1832
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI79
    
    [[Page 21928]]
    
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Federal Communications Commission (FCC)               Long-Term Actions
    Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    357. REVISION OF THE RULES TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH ENHANCED 911 
    EMERGENCY CALLING SYSTEMS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 134(i); 47 USC 151; 47 USC 201; 47 USC 208; 47 
    USC 215; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 309
    
    Abstract: In a series of orders in several related proceedings issued 
    since 1996, the Federal Communications Commission has taken action to 
    improve the quality and reliability of 911 emergency services for 
    wireless phone users. Rules have been adopted governing the 
    availability of basic 911 services and the implementation of enhanced 
    911 (E911) for wireless services.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    FNPRM                           08/02/96                    61 FR 40374
    R&O                             08/02/96                    61 FR 40348
    MO&O                            01/16/98                     63 FR 2631
    Second R&O                      06/28/99                    64 FR 34564
    Third R&O                       11/04/99                    64 FR 60126
    Second MO&O                     12/29/99                    64 FR 72951
    Fourth MO&O                     10/02/00                    65 FR 58657
    FNPRM                           06/13/01                    66 FR 31878
    Order                           11/02/01                    66 FR 55618
    R&O                             05/23/02                    67 FR 36112
    Public Notice                   07/17/02                    67 FR 46909
    Order to Stay                   07/26/02
    Order on Recon                  01/22/03                     68 FR 2914
    FNPRM                           01/23/03                     68 FR 3214
    Second R&O, Second FNPRM        02/11/04                     69 FR 6578
    Second R&O                      09/07/04                    69 FR 54037
    NPRM                            06/20/07                    72 FR 33948
    NPRM Comment Period End         08/20/07
    R&O                             02/14/08                     73 FR 8617
    Public Notice                   09/25/08                    73 FR 55473
    Public Notice                   11/18/09                    74 FR 59539
    Comment Period End              12/04/09
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Tom Beers, Chief, Policy Division, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 
    445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0952
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AG34
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    358. ENHANCED 911 SERVICES FOR WIRELINE
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 201; 47 USC 222; 47 
    USC 251
    
    Abstract: The rules generally will assist State governments in drafting 
    legislation that will ensure that multi-line telephone systems are 
    compatible with the enhanced 911 network.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            10/11/94                    59 FR 54878
    FNPRM                           01/23/03                     68 FR 3214
    Second FNPRM                    02/11/04                     69 FR 6595
    R&O                             02/11/04                     69 FR 6578
    Public Notice                   01/13/05                     70 FR 2405
    Comment Period End              03/29/05
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Tom Beers, Chief, Policy Division, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 
    445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0952
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AG60
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    359. IN THE MATTER OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT 
    ACT
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 229; 47 USC 1001 to 1008
    
    Abstract: All of the decisions in this proceeding thus far are aimed at 
    implementation of provisions of the Communications Assistance for Law 
    Enforcement Act.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            10/10/97                    62 FR 63302
    Order                           01/13/98                     63 FR 1943
    FNPRM                           11/16/98                    63 FR 63639
    R&O                             01/29/99                    64 FR 51462
    Order                           03/29/99                    64 FR 14834
    Second R&O                      09/23/99                    64 FR 51462
    Third R&O                       09/24/99                    64 FR 51710
    Order on Recon                  09/28/99                    64 FR 52244
    Policy Statement                10/12/99                    64 FR 55164
    Second Order on Recon           05/04/01                    66 FR 22446
    Order                           10/05/01                    66 FR 50841
    Order on Remand                 05/02/02                    67 FR 21999
    NPRM                            09/23/04                    69 FR 56976
    First R&O                       10/13/05                    70 FR 59704
    Second R&O                      07/05/06                    71 FR 38091
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Tom Beers, Chief, Policy Division, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 
    445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0952
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AG74
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    360. DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND SPECTRUM REQUIREMENTS 
    FOR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS REQUIREMENTS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 160; 47 USC 201 and 
    202; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 337(a); 47 USC 403
    
    Abstract: This item takes steps toward developing a flexible regulatory 
    framework to meet vital current and future public safety communications 
    needs.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            10/09/97                    62 FR 60199
    Second NPRM                     11/07/97                    62 FR 60199
    First R&O                       11/02/98                    63 FR 58645
    Third NPRM                      11/02/98                    63 FR 58685
    MO&O                            11/04/99                    64 FR 60123
    Second R&O                      08/08/00                    65 FR 48393
    Fourth NPRM                     08/25/00                    65 FR 51788
    Second MO&O                     09/05/00                    65 FR 53641
    Third MO&O                      11/07/00                    65 FR 66644
    Third R&O                       11/07/00                    65 FR 66644
    Fifth NPRM                      02/16/01                    66 FR 10660
    Fourth R&O                      02/16/01                    66 FR 10632
    MO&O                            09/27/02                    67 FR 61002
    NPRM                            11/08/02                    67 FR 68079
    R&O                             12/13/02                    67 FR 76697
    NPRM                            04/27/05                    70 FR 21726
    R&O                             04/27/05                    70 FR 21671
    NPRM                            04/07/06                    71 FR 17786
    NPRM                            09/21/06                    71 FR 55149
    Ninth NPRM                      01/10/07                     72 FR 1201
    Ninth NPRM Comment Period End   02/26/07
    R&O and FNPRM                   05/02/07                    72 FR 24238
    R&O and FNPRM Comment Period End05/23/07
    Second R&O                      08/24/07                    72 FR 48814
    Second FNPRM                    05/21/08                    73 FR 29582
    Third FNPRM                     10/03/08                    73 FR 57750
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    [[Page 21929]]
    
    Agency Contact: Jeff Cohen, Senior Legal Counsel, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 
    445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0799
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AG85
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    361. 1998 BIENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW--REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS SETTLEMENT IN 
    MARITIME MOBILE AND MARITIME MOBILE-SATELLITE RADIO SERVICES (IB DOCKET 
    NO. 98-96)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i) and 154(j); 47 USC 201 to 205; 47 USC 
    303(r)
    
    Abstract: The FCC seeks comment regarding Accounts Settlement in the 
    Maritime Mobile and Maritime Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) Radio 
    Services.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            07/24/98                    63 FR 39800
    FNPRM                           07/28/99                    64 FR 40808
    R&O                             07/28/99                    64 FR 40774
    Comment Period Extended         09/03/99                    64 FR 48337
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Timothy Peterson, Chief of Staff, PSHSB, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 
    445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1575
    
    RIN: 3060-AH30
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    362. IMPLEMENTATION OF 911 ACT
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i) and 154(j); 47 USC 157; 47 
    USC 160; 47 USC 202; 47 USC 208; 47 USC 210; 47 USC 214; 47 USC 251(e); 
    47 USC 301; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 308 to 309(j); 47 USC 310
    
    Abstract: This proceeding is separate from the Commission's proceeding 
    on Enhanced 911 Emergency Systems (E911) in that it is intended to 
    implement provisions of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety 
    Act of 1999 through the promotion of public safety by the deployment of 
    a seamless, nationwide emergency communications infrastructure that 
    includes wireless communications services. More specifically, a chief 
    goal of the proceeding is to ensure that all emergency calls are routed 
    to the appropriate local emergency authority to provide assistance. The 
    E911 proceeding goes a step further and is aimed at improving the 
    effectiveness and reliability of wireless 911 dispatchers with 
    additional information on wireless 911 calls.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Fourth R&O, Third NPRM, and NPRM09/18/00                     65 FR 5675
    Fifth R&O, First R&O, and MO&O  01/14/02                     67 FR 1643
    Final Rule                      01/25/02                     67 FR 3621
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: David H. Siehl, Attorney, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 445 12th Street 
    SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1313
    Fax: 202 418-2816
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH90
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    363. COMMISSION RULES CONCERNING DISRUPTIONS TO COMMUNICATIONS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303(r)
    
    Abstract: The Report and Order extended the Commission's disruption 
    reporting requirements to communications providers who are not wireline 
    carriers. The Commission also streamlined compliance with the reporting 
    requirements through electronic filing with a ``fill in the blank'' 
    template and by simplifying the application of that rule. In addition, 
    the Commission delegated authority to the Chief, Office of Engineering 
    and Technology, to make the revisions to the filing system and template 
    necessary to improve the efficiency of reporting and to reduce, where 
    reasonably possible, the time for providers to prepare, and for the 
    Commission staff to review, the communications disruption reports 
    required to be filed. Such authority was subsequently delegated to the 
    Chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. These actions 
    will allow the Commission to obtain the necessary information regarding 
    service disruptions in an efficient and expeditious manner and to 
    achieve significant concomitant public interest benefits.
    The Commission received nine petitions for reconsideration in this 
    proceeding, which are pending.
    The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) expands the record in 
    the proceeding to focus specifically on the unique communications needs 
    of airports, including wireless and satellite communications. In this 
    regard, the Commission requested comment on the additional types of 
    airport communications (e.g., wireless, satellite) that should be 
    required to file service disruption reports--particularly from a 
    homeland security and defense perspective. These types of airport 
    communications may include, for example, communications that are 
    provided by ARINC as well as commercial communications (e.g., air-to-
    ground and ground-to-air telephone communications) as well as intra-
    airline commercial links. The Commission also requested comment on 
    whether the outage-reporting requirements for special facilities should 
    be extended to cover general aviation airports (GA) and, if so, what 
    the applicable threshold criteria should be.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            03/26/04                    69 FR 15761
    FNPRM                           11/26/04                    69 FR 68859
    R&O                             12/03/04                    69 FR 70316
    Announcement of Effective Date 
    and Partial Stay                12/30/04                    69 FR 78338
    Petition for Recon              02/15/05                     70 FR 7737
    Amendment of Delegated Authority02/21/08                     73 FR 9462
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Lisa Fowlkes, Deputy Bureau Chief, Public Safety and 
    Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Public 
    Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, 
    DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7452
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI22
    
    [[Page 21930]]
    
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    364. E911 REQUIREMENTS FOR IP-ENABLED SERVICE PROVIDERS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i) and 154(j); 47 USC 251(e); 
    47 USC 303(r)
    
    Abstract: The notice seeks comment on what additional steps the 
    Commission should take to ensure that providers of voice-over Internet 
    protocol services that interconnect with the public switched telephone 
    network provide ubiquitous and reliable enhanced 911 service.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            06/29/05                    70 FR 37307
    NPRM Comment Period End         09/12/05
    NPRM                            06/20/07                    72 FR 33948
    NPRM Comment Period End         09/18/07
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Tom Beers, Chief, Policy Division, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 
    445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0952
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI62
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    365. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT PANEL REVIEWING THE IMPACT OF 
    HURRICANE KATRINA ON COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 218; 47 USC 303(r)
    
    Abstract: In the Order released June 8, 2007 (EB Docket No. 06-119 and 
    WC Docket No. 06-63), the Commission directed the Public Safety and 
    Homeland Security Bureau to implement several of the recommendations 
    made by the Independent Panel reviewing the impact of Hurricane Katrina 
    on Communications Networks (Independent Panel). The Commission also 
    adopted rules requiring some communications providers to have 
    emergency/backup power and requiring certain communications providers 
    to conduct analyses and submit reports on the redundancy and resiliency 
    of their 911 and E911 networks and/or systems. Finally, the Commission 
    extended limited regulatory relief from Section 272 of the 
    Communications Act of 1934, as amended, previously accorded by the 
    Wireline Competition Bureau.
    In an Order on Reconsideration released on October 4, 2007, the 
    Commission considered six petitions for reconsideration and/or 
    clarification of the June 2007 Order that adopted the backup power rule 
    (section 12.2 of the Commission's rules). The Order on Reconsideration 
    granted in part and denied in part the petitions. The Commission 
    modified the backup power rule to address several meritorious issues 
    raised by petitioners. This modification will facilitate carrier 
    compliance and reduce the burden on local exchange carriers and 
    commercial mobile radio service providers, while continuing to further 
    important homeland security and public safety goals.
    The wireless industry challenged the backup power rule in the U.S. 
    Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and, with some 
    wireline providers, challenged the associated information collection 
    before OMB. In February 2008, the Court issued a stay of the rule 
    pending appeal, and, on July 8, 2008, the Court issued an order holding 
    its decision on the challenge to the backup power rule in abeyance 
    pending action by OMB on the information collection associated with the 
    revised rule. In November 2008, OMB rejected the information 
    collection.
    As a result of the actions by the Court and OMB, the backup power rule 
    has never gone into effect. In December 2008, the FCC's Office of 
    General Counsel requested that the Court dismiss the pending appeals of 
    the backup power rule and informed the Court that the Commission plans 
    to issue an NPRM to develop a revised rule. On July 31, 2009, the Court 
    dismissed the petitions for review as moot and ordered that the backup 
    power rule by vacated and this mandate was issued until September 18, 
    2009.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            07/07/06                    71 FR 38564
    NPRM Comment Period End         08/07/06
    Order                           07/11/07                    72 FR 37655
    Delay of Effective Date of Rule 08/10/07                    72 FR 44978
    Petitions for Recon             08/20/07                    72 FR 46485
    Order on Recon                  10/11/07                    72 FR 57879
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Lisa Fowlkes, Deputy Bureau Chief, Public Safety and 
    Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Public 
    Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, 
    DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7452
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI78
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    366. STOLEN VEHICLE RECOVERY SYSTEM (SVRS)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 and 152; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 301 to 303
    
    Abstract: The Report and Order amends 47 CFR 90.20(e)(6) governing 
    stolen vehicle recovery system operations at 173.075 MHz, by increasing 
    the radiated power limit for narrowband base stations; increasing the 
    power output limit for narrowband base stations; increasing the power 
    output limit for narrowband mobile transceivers; modifying the base 
    station duty cycle; increasing the tracking duty cycle for mobile 
    transceivers; and retaining the requirement for TV channel 7 
    interference studies and that such studies must be served on TV channel 
    7 stations.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            08/23/06                    71 FR 49401
    NPRM Comment Period End         10/10/06
    R&O                             10/14/08                    73 FR 60631
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Zenji Nakazawa, Assoc. Chief, Policy Division, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 
    445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7949
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ01
    
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    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    367. COMMERCIAL MOBILE ALERT SYSTEM
    
    Legal Authority: PL 109-347 title VI; EO 13407; 47 USC 151; 47 USC 
    154(i)
    
    Abstract: In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Commission 
    initiated a comprehensive rulemaking to establish a commercial mobile 
    alert system under which commercial mobile service providers may elect 
    to transmit emergency alerts to the public. The Commission has issued 
    three orders adopting CMAS rules as required by statute. Issues raised 
    in an FNPRM regarding testing requirements for non-commercial 
    educational and public broadcast television stations remain 
    outstanding.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            01/03/08                      73 FR 545
    NPRM Comment Period End         02/04/08
    First R&O                       07/24/08                    73 FR 43009
    Second R&O                      08/14/08                    73 FR 47550
    FNPRM                           08/14/08                    73 FR 47568
    FNPRM Comment Period End        09/15/08
    Third R&O                       09/22/08                    73 FR 54511
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Lisa Fowlkes, Deputy Bureau Chief, Public Safety and 
    Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, Public 
    Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, 
    DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7452
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ03
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    368. <> EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154(o); 
    47 USC 301; 47 USC 393(r); 47 USC 303(v); 47 USC 307; 47 USC 309; 47 
    USC 335; 47 USC 403; 47 USC 544(g); 47 USC 606; 47 USC 615
    
    Abstract: This revision of 47 CFR part 11 provides for national-level 
    testing of the Emergency Alert System.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            01/12/10                     75 FR 4760
    NPRM Comment Period End         03/30/10
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Eric Ehrenreich, Attorney Advisor, Federal 
    Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW.
    Phone: 202 418-1726
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ33
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Federal Communications Commission (FCC)               Long-Term Actions
    Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    369. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT, AMENDMENT OF THE 
    COMMISSION'S RULES--BROADBAND PCS COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND THE COMMERCIAL 
    MOBILE RADIO SERVICE SPECTRUM CAP
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 301 and 302; 47 USC 303(r); 47 
    USC 309(j); 47 USC 332
    
    Abstract: NPRM to modify the competitive bidding rules for the 
    Broadband PCS F Block. Report and Order, adopted June 21, 1996, 
    modified the PCS/cellular rule and the cellular spectrum cap.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    O on Recon of Fifth MO&O and D, 
    E, & F R&O                      11/15/00                    65 FR 68927
    Final Rule                      03/02/01                    66 FR 13022
    Final Rule                      06/04/01                    66 FR 29911
    Third NPRM                      08/27/04                    69 FR 52632
    Third NPRM Comment Period 
    Extended                        10/04/04                    69 FR 59166
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Audrey Bashkin, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7535
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AG21
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    370. SERVICE RULES FOR THE 746 TO 764 AND 776 TO 794 MHZ BANDS, AND 
    REVISIONS TO THE COMMISSION'S RULES
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 1; 47 USC 4(i); 47 USC 7; 47 USC 10; 47 USC 201 
    and 202; 47 USC 208; 47 USC 214; 47 USC 301; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 307 and 
    308; 47 USC 309(j) and 309(k); 47 USC 310 and 311; 47 USC 315; 47 USC 
    317; 47 USC 324; 47 USC 331 and 332; 47 USC 336
    
    Abstract: The Report and Order in this proceeding adopts service rules 
    for licensing and auction of commercial services in spectrum in the 700 
    MHz band to be vacated by UHF television licensees.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            07/07/99                    64 FR 36686
    R&O                             01/20/00                     65 FR 3139
    Second R&O                      04/04/00                    65 FR 17594
    MO&O and FNPRM                  07/12/00                    65 FR 42879
    Second MO&O                     02/06/01                     66 FR 9035
    Third R&O                       02/14/01                    66 FR 10204
    Second MO&O                     02/15/01                    66 FR 10374
    Order on Recon of Third R&O     10/10/01                    66 FR 51594
    Third MO&O and Order            07/30/02                    67 FR 49244
    Second FNPRM                    05/21/08                    73 FR 29582
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: William Huber, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2109
    Fax: 202 418-0890
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH32
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    371. AMENDMENT OF PARTS 13 AND 80 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES GOVERNING 
    MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 302 to 303
    
    Abstract: This matter concerns the amendment of the rules governing
    
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    maritime communications in order to consolidate, revise and streamline 
    the regulations as well as address new international requirements and 
    improve the operational ability of all users of marine radios.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            03/24/00                    65 FR 21694
    NPRM                            08/17/00                    65 FR 50173
    NPRM                            05/17/02                    67 FR 35086
    Report & Order                  08/07/03                    68 FR 46957
    Second R&O, Sixth R&O, Second 
    FNPRM                           04/06/04                    69 FR 18007
    Comments Due                    06/07/04
    Reply Comments Due              07/06/04
    Second R&O and Sixth R&O        11/08/04                    69 FR 64664
    NPRM                            11/08/06                    71 FR 65447
    Final Action                    01/25/08                     73 FR 4475
    Petition for Reconsideration    03/18/08                    73 FR 14486
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Jeff Tobias, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0680
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH55
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    372. COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCEDURES
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 301 to 303; 47 USC 309; 47 USC 332
    
    Abstract: This proceeding proposes resumption of installment payments 
    for broadband Personal Communications Services (PCS), for example, for 
    C and F Block, with payment deadline to be reinstated as of March 31, 
    1998. The proposal contemplates, inter alia, changes to the FCC's C 
    Block rules to govern re-auction of surrendered spectrum in the C 
    Block. The proposal was released on October 16, 1997, and published in 
    the Federal Register.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Second R&O                      10/24/97                    62 FR 55348
    FNPRM                           10/24/97                    62 FR 55375
    Order on Recon of Second R&O    04/08/98                    63 FR 17111
    Fourth R&O                      09/23/98                    63 FR 50791
    Second Order on Recon of Second 
    R&O                             05/18/99                    64 FR 26887
    Recon of Fourth R&O             03/16/00                    65 FR 14213
    FNPRM                           06/13/00                    65 FR 37092
    Sixth R&O and Order on Recon    09/05/00                    65 FR 53620
    Order on Recon                  02/12/01                     66 FR 9773
    Final Rule                      07/21/03                    68 FR 42984
    Final Rule                      09/30/05                    70 FR 57183
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Audrey Bashkin, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7535
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH57
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    373. 2000 BIENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW SPECTRUM AGGREGATION LIMITS FOR 
    COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICES
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 161; 47 USC 303(g); 
    47 USC 303(r)
    
    Abstract: The Commission has adopted a final rule in a proceeding 
    reexamining the need for Commercial Mobile Radio Services spectrum 
    aggregation limits.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            02/12/01                     66 FR 9798
    NPRM Comment Period End         05/14/01
    Final Rule                      01/14/02                     67 FR 1626
    Correction to Final Rule        01/31/02                     67 FR 4675
    Petition for Recon              03/21/02                    67 FR 13183
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Michael J. Rowan, Attorney-Advisor, Federal 
    Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1883
    Fax: 202 418-7447
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH81
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    374. IN THE MATTER OF PROMOTING EFFICIENT USE OF SPECTRUM THROUGH 
    ELIMINATION OF BARRIERS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY MARKETS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 157; 47 USC 160; 47 
    USC 201 and 202; 47 USC 208; 47 USC 214; 47 USC 301; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 
    308 to 310
    
    Abstract: The Commission has opened a proceeding to examine actions it 
    may take to remove unnecessary regulatory barriers to the development 
    of more robust secondary markets in radio spectrum usage rights.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            12/26/00                    65 FR 81475
    NPRM Comment Period End         01/29/01                     66 FR 8149
    New NPRM Comment Period End     02/09/01
    NPRM                            11/25/03                    68 FR 66232
    Final Rule                      11/25/03                    68 FR 66252
    NPRM Comment Period End         01/05/04
    Final Rule                      02/12/04                     69 FR 6920
    Final Rule                      02/25/04                     69 FR 8569
    Final Rule                      11/15/04                    69 FR 65544
    Final Rule                      12/27/04                    69 FR 77522
    NPRM                            12/27/04                    69 FR 77560
    Final Rule                      08/01/07                    72 FR 41935
    Final Action                    01/26/09                     74 FR 4344
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Paul D'Ari, Spectrum and Competition Policy Division, 
    Wireless Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street 
    SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1550
    Fax: 202 418-7447
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH82
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    375. REEXAMINATION OF ROAMING OBLIGATIONS OF COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO 
    SERVICE PROVIDERS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152(n); 47 USC 154(i) and 154(j); 
    47 USC 201(b); 47 USC 251(a); 47 USC 253; 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 
    332(c)(1)(B); 47 USC 309
    
    Abstract: This rulemaking considers whether the Commission should adopt 
    an automatic roaming rule for Commercial Mobile Radio Services and 
    sunset the current manual roaming requirement.
    
    [[Page 21933]]
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            11/21/00                    65 FR 69891
    NPRM                            09/28/05                    70 FR 56612
    NPRM                            01/19/06                     71 FR 3029
    FNPRM                           08/30/07                    72 FR 50085
    Final Rule                      08/30/07                    72 FR 50064
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Christina Clearwater, Attorney, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Wireless Telecom. Bureau, Auctions Division, 445 12th 
    Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1893
    Email: [email protected]
    
    Won Kim, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless 
    Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1368
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH83
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    376. AMENDMENTS OF VARIOUS RULES AFFECTING WIRELESS RADIO SERVICES (WT 
    DOCKET NO. 03-264)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 161; 47 USC 303(r)
    
    Abstract: This rulemaking proposes to streamline and harmonize wireless 
    radio service rules.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            02/23/04                     69 FR 8132
    NPRM Comment Period End         05/24/04
    NPRM                            10/19/05                    70 FR 60770
    NPRM Comment Period End         12/19/05
    Final Rule                      10/20/05                    70 FR 61049
    Proposed Rule                   05/02/07                    72 FR 24238
    Final Rule                      05/16/07                    72 FR 27688
    Final Rule                      08/24/07                    72 FR 48814
    Final Rule                      05/02/08                    73 FR 24180
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Nina Shafran, Federal Communications Commission, 445 
    12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2781
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI30
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    377. FACILITATING THE PROVISION OF SPECTRUM-BASED SERVICES TO RURAL 
    AREAS
    
    Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
    
    Abstract: This rulemaking will facilitate the provision of spectrum-
    based services to rural areas.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            11/12/03                    68 FR 64050
    NPRM Comment Period End         01/26/04
    NPRM                            12/15/04                    69 FR 75174
    NPRM Comment Period End         01/14/05
    Final Rule                      12/15/04                    69 FR 75144
    Final Rule                      04/27/05                    70 FR 21652
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Paul D'Ari, Spectrum and Competition Policy Division, 
    Wireless Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street 
    SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1550
    Fax: 202 418-7447
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI31
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    378. IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 800 MHZ BAND 
    INDUSTRIAL/LAND TRANSPORTATION AND BUSINESS CHANNELS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303(f); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 
    332
    
    Abstract: The Commission seeks to improve public safety communications 
    in the 800 MHz band and consolidate the 800 MHz Industrial/Land 
    Transportation and Business Pool channels.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            04/05/02                    67 FR 16351
    NPRM Comment Period End         05/06/02
    Final Rule                      08/19/02                    67 FR 53754
    Proposed Rule                   02/10/03                     68 FR 6687
    Final Rule                      11/22/04                    69 FR 67823
    Final Rule                      11/22/04                    69 FR 67853
    Final Rule                      02/08/05                     70 FR 6750
    Final Rule                      02/08/05                     70 FR 6761
    Final Rule                      04/06/05                    70 FR 17327
    Notice                          06/15/05                    70 FR 34764
    Final Rule                      09/28/05                    70 FR 56583
    Notice                          10/26/05                    70 FR 61823
    Final Rule                      12/28/05                    70 FR 76704
    Proposed Rule                   09/21/06                    71 FR 55149
    Clarification                   06/20/07                    72 FR 33914
    Final Rule                      07/20/07                    72 FR 39756
    Final Rule; Correction          09/28/07                    72 FR 54847
    Notice                          09/28/07                    72 FR 55208
    Final Rule; Clarification       10/05/07                    72 FR 56923
    Petition for Recon              10/01/07                   72 FR 557722
    Proposed Rule                   11/13/07                    72 FR 63869
    Petition for Recon              11/14/07                    72 FR 65734
    Proposed Rule                   03/31/08                    73 FR 16822
    Final Rule                      06/13/08                    73 FR 33728
    Proposed Rule                   07/13/08                    73 FR 40274
    Petition for Recon              07/28/08                     73 FR 4375
    Final Rule                      11/17/08                    73 FR 67794
    Final Rule                      02/06/09                     74 FR 6235
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Michael Wilhelm, Federal Communications Commission, 445 
    12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0870
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI34
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    379. REVIEW OF PART 87 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES CONCERNING AVIATION (WT 
    DOCKET NO. 01-289)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 307(e)
    
    Abstract: This proceeding is intended to streamline, consolidate and 
    revise our part 87 rules governing the Aviation Radio Service. The rule 
    changes are designed to ensure these rules reflect current 
    technological advances.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            10/16/01                    66 FR 64785
    NPRM Comment Period End         03/14/02
    R&O and FNPRM                   10/16/03
    FNPRM                           04/12/04                    69 FR 19140
    FNPRM Comment Period End        07/12/04
    R&O                             06/14/04                    69 FR 32577
    NPRM                            12/06/06                    71 FR 70710
    NPRM Comment Period End         03/06/07
    Final Rule                      12/06/06                    71 FR 70671
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Jeff Tobias, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications
    
    [[Page 21934]]
    
    Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0680
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI35
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    380. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMERCIAL SPECTRUM ENHANCEMENT ACT (CSEA) 
    AND MODERNIZATION OF THE COMMISSION'S COMPETITIVE BIDDING RULES AND 
    PROCEDURES (WT DOCKET NO. 05-211)
    
    Legal Authority: 15 USC 79; 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i) and (j); 47 USC 
    155; 47 USC 155(c); 47 USC 157; 47 USC 225; 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 307; 
    47 USC 309; 47 USC 309(j); 47 USC 325(e); 47 USC 334; 47 USC 336; 47 
    USC 339; 47 USC 554
    
    Abstract: This proceeding implements rules and procedures needed to 
    comply with the recently enacted Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act 
    (CSEA). It establishes a mechanism for reimbursing federal agencies out 
    of spectrum auction proceeds for the cost of relocating their 
    operations from certain ``eligible frequencies'' that have been 
    reallocated from Federal to non-Federal use. It also seeks to improve 
    the Commission's ability to achieve Congress's directives with regard 
    to designated entities and to ensure that, in accordance with the 
    intent of Congress, every recipient of its designated entity benefits 
    is an entity that uses its licenses to directly provide facilities-
    based telecommunications services for the benefit of the public.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            06/14/05                    70 FR 43372
    NPRM Comment Period End         08/26/05
    Declaratory Ruling              06/14/05                    70 FR 43322
    R&O                             01/24/06                     71 FR 6214
    FNPRM                           02/03/06                     71 FR 6992
    FNPRM Comment Period End        02/24/06
    Second R&O                      04/25/06                    71 FR 26245
    Order on Recon of Second R&O    06/02/06                    71 FR 34272
    NPRM                            06/21/06                    71 FR 35594
    NPRM Comment Period End         08/21/06
    Reply Comment Period End        09/19/06
    2nd Order and Recon of 2nd R&O  04/04/08                    73 FR 18528
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    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: 202 418-7384
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI88
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    381. FACILITATING THE PROVISION OF FIXED AND MOBILE BROADBAND ACCESS, 
    EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ADVANCED SERVICES IN THE 2150-2162 AND 2500-2690 
    MHZ BANDS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 301 to 303; 47 USC 307; 47 USC 309; 
    47 USC 332; 47 USC 336 and 337
    
    Abstract: The Commission seeks comment on whether to assign Educational 
    Broadband Service (EBS) spectrum in the Gulf of Mexico. It also seeks 
    comment on how to license unassigned and available EBS spectrum. 
    Specifically, we seek comment on whether it would be in the public 
    interest to develop a scheme for licensing unassigned EBS spectrum that 
    avoids mutual exclusivity; we ask whether EBS eligible entities could 
    participate fully in a spectrum auction; we seek comment on the use of 
    small business size standards and bidding credits for EBS if we adopt a 
    licensing scheme that could result in mutually exclusive applications; 
    we seek comment on the proper market size and size of spectrum blocks 
    for new EBS licenses; and we seek comment on issuing one license to a 
    State agency designated by the Governor to be the spectrum manager, 
    using frequency coordinators to avoid mutually exclusive EBS 
    applications, as well as other alternative licensing schemes. The 
    Commission must develop a new licensing scheme for EBS in order to 
    achieve the Commission's goal of facilitating the development of new 
    and innovative wireless services for the benefit of students throughout 
    the nation.
    The Commission also seeks comment on establishing a new deadline for 
    new initial Broadband Radio Service (BRS) licensees to demonstrate 
    substantial service.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            04/02/03                    68 FR 34560
    NPRM Comment Period End         09/08/03
    FNPRM                           07/29/04                    69 FR 72048
    FNPRM Comment Period End        01/10/03
    R&O                             07/29/04                    69 FR 72020
    MO&O                            04/27/06                    71 FR 35178
    FNPRM                           03/20/08                    73 FR 26067
    FNPRM Comment Period End        07/07/08
    MO&O                            03/20/08                    73 FR 26032
    MO&O                            09/28/09                    74 FR 49335
    FNPRM                           09/28/09                    74 FR 49356
    FNPRM Comment Period End        10/13/09
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: John Schauble, Deputy Chief, Broadband Division, WTB, 
    Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-0797
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ12
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    382. AMENDMENT OF THE RULES REGARDING MARITIME AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION 
    SYSTEMS (WT DOCKET NO. 04-344)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 302(a); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 306; 47 
    USC 307(e); 47 USC 332; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 161
    
    Abstract: This action adopts additional measures for domestic 
    implementation of Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), an advanced 
    marine vessel tracking and navigation technology that can significantly 
    enhance our nation's homeland security as well as maritime safety.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Final Rule                      01/29/09                     74 FR 5117
    Final Rule Effective            03/02/09
    Petition for Recon              04/03/09                    74 FR 15271
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Jeff Tobias, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0680
    
    [[Page 21935]]
    
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ16
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    383. SERVICE RULES FOR ADVANCED WIRELESS SERVICES IN THE 2155-2175 MHZ 
    BAND
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 and 152; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 157; 47 USC 
    160; 47 USC 201; 47 USC 214; 47 USC 301
    
    Abstract: This proceeding explores the possible uses of the 2155-2175 
    MHz frequency band (AWS-3) to support the introduction of new advanced 
    wireless services, including third generations as well as future 
    generations of wireless systems. Advanced wireless systems could 
    provide for a wide range of voice data and broadband services over a 
    variety of mobile and fixed networks.
    The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) sought comment on what service 
    rules should be adopted in the AWS-3 band. We requested comment on 
    rules for licensing this spectrum in a manner that will permit it to be 
    fully and promptly utilized to bring advanced wireless services to 
    American consumers. Our objective is to allow for the most effective 
    and efficient use of the spectrum in this band, while also encouraging 
    development of robust wireless broadband services. We proposed to apply 
    our flexible, market-oriented rules to the band in order to meet this 
    objective.
    Thereafter, the Commission released a Further Notice of Proposed 
    Rulemaking (FNPRM), seeking comment on the Commission's proposed AWS-3 
    rules, which include adding 5 megahertz of spectrum (2175-80 MHz) to 
    the AWS-3 band, and requiring licensees of that spectrum to provide--
    using up to 25 percent of its wireless network capacity--free, two-way 
    broadband Internet service at engineered data rates of at least 768 
    kbps downstream.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            11/14/07                    72 FR 64013
    NPRM Comment Period End         01/14/08
    FNPRM                           06/25/08                    73 FR 35995
    FNPRM Comment Period End        08/11/08
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Peter Daronco, Associate Div. Chief, Broadband Div., 
    Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 
    445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7235
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ19
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    384. SERVICE RULES FOR ADVANCED WIRELESS SERVICES IN THE 1915 TO 1920 
    MHZ, 1995 TO 2000 MHZ, 2020 TO 2025 MHZ, AND 2175 TO 2180 MHZ BANDS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 and 152; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 157; 47 USC 
    160; 47 USC 201; 47 USC 214; 47 USC 301; . . .
    
    Abstract: This proceeding explores the possible uses of the 1915-1920 
    MHz, 1995-2000 MHz, 2020-2025 MHz, and 2175-2180 MHz Bands 
    (collectively AWS-2) to support the introduction of new advanced 
    wireless services, including third generations as well as future 
    generations of wireless systems. Advanced wireless systems could 
    provide for a wide range of voice data and broadband services over a 
    variety of mobile and fixed networks.
    The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) sought comment on what service 
    rules should be adopted in the AWS-2 band. We requested comment on 
    rules for licensing this spectrum in a manner that will permit it to be 
    fully and promptly utilized to bring advanced wireless services to 
    American consumers. Our objective is to allow for the most effective 
    and efficient use of the spectrum in this band, while also encouraging 
    development of robust wireless broadband services.
    Thereafter, the Commission released a Further Notice of Proposed 
    Rulemaking (FNPRM), seeking comment on the Commission's proposed rules 
    for the 1915-1920 MHz and 1995-2000 MHz bands. In addition, the 
    Commission proposed to add 5 megahertz of spectrum (2175-80 MHz band) 
    to the 2155-2175 MHz band, and would require the licensee of the 2155-
    2180 MHz band to provide--using up to 25 percent of its wireless 
    network capacity--free, two-way broadband Internet service at 
    engineered data rates of at least 768 kbps downstream.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            11/02/04                    69 FR 63489
    NPRM Comment Period End         01/24/05
    FNPRM                           06/25/08                    73 FR 35995
    FNPRM Comment Period End        08/11/08
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Peter Daronco, Associate Div. Chief, Broadband Div., 
    Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 
    445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7235
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ20
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    385. RULES AUTHORIZING THE OPERATION OF LOW POWER AUXILIARY STATIONS IN 
    THE 698-806 MHZ BAND, WT DOCKET NO. 08-166; PUBLIC INTEREST SPECTRUM 
    COALITION, PETITION FOR RULEMAKING REGARDING LOW POWER AUXILIARY
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 and 152; 47 USC 154(i) and 154(j); 47 USC 
    301 and 302(a); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 304; 47 USC 307 to 
    309; 47 USC 316; 47 USC 332; 47 USC 336 and 337
    
    Abstract: In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order, to facilitate 
    the DTV transition the Commission tentatively concludes to amend its 
    rules to make clear that the operation of low power auxiliary stations 
    within the 700 MHz Band will no longer be permitted after the end of 
    the DTV transition. The Commission also tentatively concludes to 
    prohibit the manufacture, import, sale, offer for sale, or shipment of 
    devices that operate as low power auxiliary stations in the 700 MHz 
    Band. In addition, for those licensees that have obtained 
    authorizations to operate low power auxiliary stations in spectrum that 
    includes the 700 MHz Band beyond the end of the DTV transition, the 
    Commission tentatively concludes that it will modify these licenses so 
    as not to permit such operations in the 700 MHz Band after February 17, 
    2009. The Commission also seeks comment on issues raised by the Public 
    Interest Spectrum Coalition (PISC) in its informal complaint and 
    petition for rulemaking.
    
    [[Page 21936]]
    
    The Commission also imposes a freeze on the filing of new license 
    applications that seek to operate on any 700 MHz Band frequencies (698-
    806 MHz) after the end of the DTV transition, February 17, 2009, as 
    well as on granting any request for equipment authorization of low 
    power auxiliary station devices that would operate in any of the 700 
    MHz Band frequencies. The Commission also holds in abeyance, until the 
    conclusion of this proceeding, any pending license applications and 
    equipment authorization requests that involve operation of low power 
    auxiliary devices on frequencies in the 700 MHz Band after the end of 
    the DTV transition.
    On January 15, 2010, the Commission released a Report and Order that 
    prohibits the distribution and sale of wireless microphones that 
    operate in the 700 MHz band (698-806 MHz, channels 52-69) and includes 
    a number of provisions to clear these devices from that band. These 
    actions help complete an important part of the digital television (DTV) 
    transition by clearing the 700 MHz band to enable the rollout of 
    communications services for public safety and the deployment of next 
    generation wireless devices.
    On January 15, 2010, the Commission also released a Further Notice of 
    Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on the operation of low power 
    auxiliary stations, including wireless microphones, in the core TV 
    bands (channels 2-51, excluding channel 37). Among the issues the 
    Commission is considering in the Further Notice are revisions to its 
    rules to expand eligibility for licenses to operate wireless 
    microphones under part 74; the operation of wireless microphones on an 
    unlicensed basis in the core TV bands under part 15; technical rules to 
    apply to low power wireless audio devices, including wireless 
    microphones, operating in the core TV bands on an unlicensed basis 
    under Part 15 of the rules; and long term solutions to address the 
    operation of wireless microphones and the efficient use of the core TV 
    spectrum.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            09/03/08                    73 FR 51406
    NPRM Comment Period End         10/20/08
    R&O                             01/22/10                     75 FR 3622
    FNPRM                           01/22/10                     75 FR 3682
    FNPRM Comment Period End        03/15/10
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: G. William Stafford, Attorney, Federal Communications 
    Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0563
    Fax: 202 418-3956
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ21
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    386. AMENDMENT OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY 
    COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 800 MHZ BAND, AND TO CONSOLIDATE THE 800 MHZ AND 
    900 MHZ BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL/LAND TRANSPORTATION POOL CHANNELS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 309; 47 
    USC 332
    
    Abstract: This action adopts rules that retain the current site-based 
    licensing paradigm for the 900 MHz B/ILT ``white space''; adopts 
    interference protection rules applicable to all licensees operating in 
    the 900 MHz B/ILT spectrum; and lifts, on a rolling basis, the freeze 
    placed on applications for new 900 MHz B/ILT licenses in September 
    2004--the lift being tied to the completion of rebanding in each 800 
    MHz National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) region.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            03/18/05                    70 FR 13143
    NPRM Comment Period End         06/12/05                    70 FR 23080
    Final Rule                      12/16/08                    73 FR 67794
    Petition for Recon              03/12/09                    74 FR 10739
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Michael Connelly, Attorney Advisor, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th 
    Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0132
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ22
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    387. AMENDMENT OF PART 101 TO ACCOMMODATE 30 MHZ CHANNELS IN THE 6525-
    6875 MHZ BAND AND PROVIDE CONDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION ON CHANNELS IN THE 
    21.8-22.0 AND 23.0-23.2 GHZ BAND (WT DOCKET NO. 04-114)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 and 152; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 157; 47 USC 
    160; 47 USC 201; 47 USC 214; 47 USC 301 to 303; 47 USC 307 to 310; 47 
    USC 319; 47 USC 324; 47 USC 332 and 333
    
    Abstract: The Commission seeks comments on modifying its rules to 
    authorize channels with bandwidths of as much as 30 MHz in the 6525-
    6875 MHz band. We also propose to allow conditional authorization on 
    additional channels in the 21.8-22.0 and 23.0-23.2 GHz bands.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            06/29/09                    74 FR 36134
    NPRM Comment Period End         07/22/09
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: John Schauble, Deputy Chief, Broadband Division, WTB, 
    Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 
    20554
    Phone: 202 418-0797
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ28
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    388. <> IN THE MATTER OF SERVICE RULES FOR THE 698 TO 
    746, 747 TO 762 AND 777 TO 792 MHZ BANDS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 309
    
    Abstract: This is one of several docketed proceedings involved in the 
    establishment of rules governing wireless licenses in the 698-806 MHz 
    Band (the 700 MHz Band). This spectrum is being vacated by television 
    broadcasters in TV Channels 52-69. It is being made available for 
    wireless services, including public safety and commercial services, as 
    a result of the digital television (DTV) transition. This docket has to 
    do with service rules for the commercial services, and is known as the 
    700 MHz Commercial Services proceeding.
    
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    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            08/03/06                    71 FR 48506
    NPRM                            09/20/06
    FNPRM                           05/02/07                    72 FR 24238
    FNPRM Comment Period End        05/23/07
    R&O                             07/31/07                    72 FR 48814
    Order on Recon                  09/24/07                    72 FR 56015
    Second FNPRM                    05/14/08                    73 FR 29582
    Second FNPRM Comment Period End 06/20/08
    Third FNPRM                     09/05/08                    73 FR 57750
    Third FNPRM Comment Period End  11/03/08
    Second R&O                      02/20/09                     74 FR 8868
    Final Rule                      03/04/09                     74 FR 8868
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Paul D'Ari, Spectrum and Competition Policy Division, 
    Wireless Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street 
    SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1550
    Fax: 202 418-7447
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ35
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    389. <> IN THE MATTER OF EFFECTS OF COMMUNICATIONS 
    TOWERS ON MIGRATORY BIRDS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303(q); 47 USC 
    303(r); 42 USC 4321 et seq
    
    Abstract: On April 14, 2009, American Bird Conservancy, Defenders of 
    Wildlife, and National Audubon Society filed a Petition for Expedited 
    Rulemaking and Other Relief. The petitioners request that the 
    Commission adopt on an expedited basis a variety of new rules, which 
    they assert are necessary to comply with environmental statutes and 
    their implementing regulations. This proceeding addresses the Petition 
    for Expedited Rulemaking and Other Relief.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            11/22/06                    71 FR 67510
    NPRM Comment Period End         02/20/07
    New NPRM Comment Period End     05/23/07
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Jeff Steinberg, Deputy Chief, Spectrum and Competition 
    Div, WTB, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless 
    Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0896
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ36
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    390. <> AMENDMENT OF PART 90 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303
    
    Abstract: This proceeding considers rule changes impacting 
    miscellaneous part 90 Private Land Mobile Radio rules.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            06/13/07                    72 FR 32582
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Rodney P Conway, Engineer, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2904
    Fax: 202 418-1944
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ37
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Federal Communications Commission (FCC)               Completed Actions
    Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    391. AMENDMENT OF PART 90 OF THE RULES TO ADOPT REGULATIONS FOR 
    AUTOMATIC VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEMS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 251 and 252; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 
    309; 47 USC 332
    
    Abstract: This Second Report and Order adopts rules and procedures 
    governing competitive bidding for multilateration Location and 
    Monitoring Service (LMS) frequencies.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            10/06/97                    62 FR 52078
    NPRM Comment Period End         11/20/97
    Second R&O                      07/30/98                    63 FR 40659
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Richard Arsenault, Chief Counsel, Mobility Division, 
    WTB, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0920
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH12
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    392. FIXED SATELLITE SERVICE AND TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM IN THE KU-BAND
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 157; 47 USC 303
    
    Abstract: The Memorandum Opinion and Order and 2nd Report and Order 
    addressed petitions for reconsideration and established technical, 
    service, and licensing rules for Multichannel Video Distribution and 
    Data Service (MVDDS) in the 12 GHz band. MVDDS will facilitate the 
    delivery of new communications services, such as video and broadband 
    services, to a wide range of populations, including those that are 
    unserved or underserved. These rules will allow MVDDS licensees to 
    share the 12 GHz band with new operators on a com-primary basis, and 
    non-harmful interference basis with incumbent Direct Broadcast 
    Satellite service providers.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            01/12/99                     64 FR 1786
    Order                           02/16/99                     64 FR 7577
    Public Notice                   12/15/99                    64 FR 70028
    FNPRM                           01/24/01                     66 FR 7607
    R&O                             02/16/01                    66 FR 10601
    Petitions for Recon             04/09/01                    66 FR 18474
    Second R&O                      06/26/02                    67 FR 43031
    Third R&O                       06/18/03                    68 FR 42610
    Order To Deny                   07/25/03                    68 FR 43942
    Final Rule                      05/18/04                    69 FR 28062
    Final Rule                      06/07/04                    69 FR 28062
    Correcting Amendment            10/04/04                    69 FR 59145
    
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Jennifer Mock, Program Analyst, Wireless 
    Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th 
    Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1890
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH17
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    393. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 AS AMENDED
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 309(j)
    
    Abstract: In the Fourth Memorandum Opinion and Order in WT Docket No. 
    99-87 (Fourth Memorandum Opinion and Order), the Federal Communications 
    Commission (Commission or FCC) clarifies the Commission's Third Report 
    and Order in this docket, and takes the opportunity to correct the 
    inadvertent deletion of language in the rules regarding the schedule 
    for Private Land Mobile Radio systems in the 150-174 MHz and 421-512 
    MHz bands to transition to narrowband kHz technology.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            05/03/99                    64 FR 23571
    R&O                             01/02/01                       66 FR 33
    MO&O                            05/16/02                    67 FR 34848
    NPRM                            07/17/03                    68 FR 42337
    R&O                             07/17/03                    68 FR 42296
    Order                           04/06/04                    69 FR 17959
    Final Rule                      06/15/05                    70 FR 34666
    NPRM                            06/15/05                    70 FR 34726
    Final Rule                      05/11/05                    70 FR 24712
    Final Rule                      07/15/05                    70 FR 41631
    Final Rule                      04/18/07                    72 FR 19387
    Fourth MO&O                     06/17/08                    73 FR 34201
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Roberto Mussenden, Attorney Advisor, Federal 
    Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1428
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH33
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    394. YEAR 2000 BIENNIAL REVIEW (WT DOCKET NO. 01-108)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 and 154; 47 USC 303
    
    Abstract: The year 2000 part 22 Biennial Review Report and Order and 
    subsequent Order on Reconsideration examined whether certain rules 
    should be modified or eliminated as a result of technological changes 
    or increased competition.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Final Rule                      04/01/04                    69 FR 17063
    Final Rule Effective            06/01/04
    Final Rule                      09/15/04                    69 FR 55516
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Linda Chang, Attorney, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1339
    Fax: 202 418-7447
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI26
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    395. AIR-GROUND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 and 151(i); 47 USC 161; 47 USC 303(r)
    
    Abstract: Re-examination of rules governing air-ground 
    telecommunications services on commercial airplanes. Revision/
    elimination of 47 CFR 22 non-cellular provisions.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            07/25/03                    68 FR 44003
    NPRM Comment Period End         10/23/03
    Final Rule                      04/13/05                    70 FR 19293
    NPRM                            04/13/05                    70 FR 19377
    NPRM Comment Period End         05/03/05
    Final Rule Correction           04/27/05                    70 FR 21663
    Final Rule                      12/27/05                    70 FR 76411
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Richard Arsenault, Chief Counsel, Mobility Division, 
    WTB, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0920
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI27
    _______________________________________________________________________
    Federal Communications Commission (FCC)               Long-Term Actions
    Wireline Competition Bureau
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    396. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE PORTIONS OF THE 1996 
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 et seq
    
    Abstract: The goals of Universal Service, as mandated by the 1996 Act, 
    are to promote the availability of quality services at just, 
    reasonable, and affordable rates; increase access to advanced 
    telecommunications services throughout the Nation; advance the 
    availability of such services to all consumers, including those in low 
    income, rural, insular, and high-cost areas at rates that are 
    reasonably comparable to those charged in urban areas. In addition, the 
    1996 Act states that all providers of telecommunications services 
    should contribute to Federal universal service in some equitable and 
    nondiscriminatory manner; there should be specific, predictable, and 
    sufficient Federal and State mechanisms to preserve and advance 
    universal service; all schools, classrooms, health care providers, and 
    libraries should, generally, have access to advanced telecommunications 
    services; and finally, that the Federal-State Joint Board and the 
    Commission should determine those other principles that, consistent 
    with the 1996 Act, are necessary to protect the public interest.
    The goals of Universal Service, as mandated by the 1996 Act, are to 
    promote the availability of quality services at just, reasonable, and 
    affordable rates; increase access to advanced telecommunications 
    services throughout the Nation; advance the availability of such 
    services to all consumers, including those in low income, rural, 
    insular, and high cost areas at rates that are reasonably
    
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    comparable to those charged in urban areas. In addition, the 1996 Act 
    states that all providers of telecommunications services should 
    contribute to Federal universal service in some equitable and 
    nondiscriminatory manner; there should be specific, predictable, and 
    sufficient Federal and State mechanisms to preserve and advance 
    universal service; all schools, classrooms, health care providers, and 
    libraries should, generally, have access to advanced telecommunications 
    services; and finally, that the Federal-State Joint Board and the 
    Commission should determine those other principles that, consistent 
    with the 1996 Act, are necessary to protect the public interest.
    The goals of Universal Service, as mandated by the 1996 Act, are to 
    promote the availability of quality services at just, reasonable, and 
    affordable rates; increase access to advanced telecommunications 
    services throughout the Nation; advance the availability of such 
    services to all consumers, including those in low income, rural, 
    insular, and high cost areas at rates that are reasonably comparable to 
    those charged in urban areas. In addition, the 1996 Act states that all 
    providers of telecommunications services should contribute to Federal 
    universal service in some equitable and nondiscriminatory manner; there 
    should be specific, predictable, and sufficient Federal and State 
    mechanisms to preserve and advance universal service; all schools, 
    classrooms, health care providers, and libraries should, generally, 
    have access to advanced telecommunications services; and finally, that 
    the Federal-State Joint Board and the Commission should determine those 
    other principles that, consistent with the 1996 Act, are necessary to 
    protect the public interest.
    On October 9, 2009, the Commission issued an Order and Notice of 
    Proposed (NPRM) addressing the effect of line loss on universal service 
    Local Switching Support (LSS) received by incumbent local exchange 
    carriers (LECs) that are designated as eligible telecommunications 
    carriers (ETCs). Under the Commission's rules, as an incumbent LEC 
    ETC's access lines increase above certain thresholds, the amount of LSS 
    it may receive decreases. The order denies the Coalition for Equity in 
    Switching Support's petition seeking clarification that the 
    Commission's rules allow an incumbent LEC ETC's local switching support 
    to increase if the carrier's access lines decrease below those 
    thresholds. In the NPRM, the Commission tentatively concludes that the 
    LSS rules should be modified to permitincumbent LEC ETCs that lose 
    lines to increase their LSS; and the Commission seeks comment on these 
    proposed rule changes.
    On November 5, 2009, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed 
    Rulemaking that proposes to revise the Commission's rules for the 
    schools and libraries universal service support mechanism, also known 
    as the E-rate program, to comply with the requirements of the 
    Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act. The Protecting Children in 
    the 21st Century Act added a new certification requirement for 
    elementary and secondary schools that have computers with Internet 
    access and receive discounts under the E-rate program. The NPRM also 
    proposes to revise related Commission rules to reflect existing 
    statutory language more accurately.
    On December 2, 2009, the Commission issued a Report and Order and 
    Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) addressing and seeking 
    comment on issues regarding the services eligible for funding under the 
    schools and libraries universal service support mechanism, also known 
    as the E-rate program. The order released the Funding Year 2010 E-rate 
    Eligible Service List, concluding that interconnected voice over 
    Internet protocol VoIP service is an eligible service and should 
    continue to receive E-rate program funding. Additionally, the report 
    and order clarifies the E-rate program eligibility of text messaging, 
    video on-demand servers, Ethernet, web hosting, wireless local area 
    network (LAN) controllers, and virtualization software. The FNPRM seeks 
    comment on the eligibility of certain services in future funding years, 
    as well as on proposed changes to the process for determining the 
    services that will be eligible for support under the E-rate program.
    On December 8, 2009, the Commission sought comment on a petition for 
    rulemaking filed by the National Cable and Telecommunications 
    Association (NCTA). NCTA proposes that the Commission establish 
    procedures to reduce the amount of universal service high-cost support 
    provided to carriers in those areas of the country where there is 
    extensive, unsubsidized facilities-based voice competition and where 
    government subsidies no longer are needed to ensure that service will 
    be made available to consumers.
    On December 15, 2009, the Commission issued a Further Notice of 
    Proposed Rulemaking responding to the decision of the United States 
    Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Qwest Communications 
    International, Inc. v. FCC, in which the court remanded the 
    Commission's rules for providing high-cost universal service support to 
    non-rural carriers. The Commission tentatively concluded that it should 
    not attempt wholesale reform of the non-rural high-cost mechanism at 
    this time, but it sought comment on certain interim changes to address 
    the court's concerns and changes in the marketplace. Specifically, the 
    Commission sought comment on what changes should be made to the 
    Commission's rules regarding the rate comparability review and 
    certification process, whether the Commission should define 
    ``reasonably comparable'' rural and urban rates in terms of rates for 
    bundled local and long distance services, and whether the Commission 
    should require carriers to certify that they offer bundled local and 
    long distance services at reasonably comparable rural and urban rates.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Recommended Decision Federal-
    State Joint Board, Universal 
    Service                         11/08/96                    61 FR 63778
    First R&O                       05/08/97                    62 FR 32862
    Second R&O                      05/08/97                    62 FR 32862
    Order on Recon                  07/10/97                    62 FR 40742
    R&O and Second Order on Recon   07/18/97                    62 FR 41294
    Second R&O, and FNPRM           08/15/97                    62 FR 47404
    Third R&O                       10/14/97                    62 FR 56118
    Second Order on Recon           11/26/97                    62 FR 65036
    Fourth Order on Recon           12/30/97                     62 FR 2093
    Fifth Order on Recon            06/22/98                    63 FR 43088
    Fifth R&O                       10/28/98                    63 FR 63993
    Eighth Order on Recon           11/21/98
    Second Recommended Decision     11/25/98                    63 FR 67837
    
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    Thirteenth Order on Recon       06/09/99                    64 FR 30917
    FNPRM                           06/14/99                    64 FR 31780
    FNPRM                           09/30/99                    64 FR 52738
    Fourteenth Order on Recon       11/16/99                    64 FR 62120
    Fifteenth Order on Recon        11/30/99                    64 FR 66778
    Tenth R&O                       12/01/99                    64 FR 67372
    Ninth R&O and Eighteenth Order 
    on Recon                        12/01/99                    64 FR 67416
    Nineteenth Order on Recon       12/30/99                    64 FR 73427
    Twentieth Order on Recon        05/08/00                    65 FR 26513
    Public Notice                   07/18/00                    65 FR 44507
    Twelfth R&O, MO&O and FNPRM     08/04/00                    65 FR 47883
    FNPRM and Order                 11/09/00                    65 FR 67322
    FNPRM                           01/26/01                     66 FR 7867
    R&O and Order on Recon          03/14/01                    66 FR 16144
    NPRM                            05/08/01                    66 FR 28718
    Order                           05/22/01                    66 FR 35107
    Fourteenth R&O and FNPRM        05/23/01                    66 FR 30080
    FNPRM and Order                 01/25/02                     67 FR 7327
    NPRM                            02/15/02                     67 FR 9232
    NPRM and Order                  02/15/02                    67 FR 10846
    FNPRM and R&O                   02/26/02                    67 FR 11254
    NPRM                            04/19/02                    67 FR 34653
    Order and Second FNPRM          12/13/02                    67 FR 79543
    NPRM                            02/25/03                    68 FR 12020
    Public Notice                   02/26/03                    68 FR 10724
    Second R&O and FNPRM            06/20/03                    68 FR 36961
    Twenty-Fifth Order on Recon, 
    R&O, Order, and FNPRM           07/16/03                    68 FR 41996
    NPRM                            07/17/03                    68 FR 42333
    Order                           07/24/03                    68 FR 47453
    Order                           08/06/03                    68 FR 46500
    Order and Order on Recon        08/19/03                    68 FR 49707
    Order on Remand, MO&O, FNPRM    10/27/03                    68 FR 69641
    R&O, Order on Recon, FNPRM      11/17/03                    68 FR 74492
    R&O, FNPRM                      02/26/04                    69 FR 13794
    R&O, FNPRM                      04/29/04
    NPRM                            05/14/04                     69 FR 3130
    NPRM                            06/08/04                    69 FR 40839
    Order                           06/28/04                    69 FR 48232
    Order on Recon & Fourth R&O     07/30/04                    69 FR 55983
    Fifth R&O and Order             08/13/04                    69 FR 55097
    Order                           08/26/04                    69 FR 57289
    Second FNPRM                    09/16/04                    69 FR 61334
    Order & Order on Recon          01/10/05                    70 FR 10057
    Sixth R&O                       03/14/05                    70 FR 19321
    R&O                             03/17/05                    70 FR 29960
    MO&O                            03/30/05                    70 FR 21779
    NPRM & FNPRM                    06/14/05                    70 FR 41658
    Order                           10/14/05                    70 FR 65850
    Order                           10/27/05
    NPRM                            01/11/06                     71 FR 1721
    Report Number 2747              01/12/06                     71 FR 2042
    Order                           02/08/06                     71 FR 6485
    FNPRM                           03/15/06                    71 FR 13393
    R&O and NPRM                    07/10/06                    71 FR 38781
    Order                           01/01/06                     71 FR 6485
    Order                           05/16/06                    71 FR 30298
    MO&O and FNPRM                  05/16/06                    71 FR 29843
    R&O                             06/27/06                    71 FR 38781
    Public Notice                   08/11/06                    71 FR 50420
    Order                           09/29/06                    71 FR 65517
    Public Notice                   03/12/07                    72 FR 36706
    Public Notice                   03/13/07                    72 FR 40816
    Public Notice                   03/16/07                    72 FR 39421
    Notice of Inquiry               04/16/07
    NPRM                            05/14/07                    72 FR 28936
    Recommended Decision            11/20/07
    Order                           02/14/08                     73 FR 8670
    NPRM                            03/04/08                    73 FR 11580
    NPRM                            03/04/08                    73 FR 11591
    R&O                             05/05/08                    73 FR 11837
    Public Notice                   07/02/08                    73 FR 37882
    NPRM                            08/19/08                    73 FR 48352
    Notice of Inquiry               10/14/08                    73 FR 60689
    Order on Remand, R&O, FNPRM     11/12/08                    73 FR 66821
    R&O                             05/22/09                     74 FR 2395
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Nakesha Woodward, Program Support Assistant, Federal 
    Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1502
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AF85
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    397. TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS' USE OF CUSTOMER PROPRIETARY NETWORK 
    INFORMATION AND OTHER CUSTOMER INFORMATION
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 222; 47 USC 272; 47 USC 
    303(r)
    
    Abstract: The Commission adopted rules implementing the new statutory 
    framework governing carrier use and disclosure of customer proprietary 
    network information (CPNI) created by section 222 of the Communications 
    Act of 1934, as amended. CPNI includes, among other things, to whom, 
    where, and when a customer places a call, as well as the types of 
    service offerings to which the customer subscribes and the extent to 
    which the service is used.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            05/28/96                    61 FR 26483
    Public Notice                   02/25/97                     62 FR 8414
    Second R&O and FNPRM            04/24/98                    63 FR 20364
    Order on Recon                  10/01/99                    64 FR 53242
    Final Rule, Announcement of 
    Effective Date                  01/26/01                     66 FR 7865
    Clarification Order and Second 
    NPRM                            09/07/01                    66 FR 50140
    Third R&O and Third FNPRM       09/20/02                    67 FR 59205
    NPRM                            03/15/06                    71 FR 13317
    NPRM                            06/08/07                    72 FR 31782
    Final Rule, Announcement of 
    Effective Date                  06/08/07                    72 FR 31948
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Melissa Kirkel, Attorney-Advisor, WCB, Federal 
    Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7958
    Fax: 202 418-1413
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AG43
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    398. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LOCAL COMPETITION PROVISIONS OF THE 
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 to 155; 47 USC 157; 47 USC 201 to 205; 47 
    USC 207 to 209; 47 USC 218; 47 USC 251
    
    Abstract: On August 8, 1996, the Commission adopted the Local 
    Competition Second Report and Order (FCC 96-333), implementing the 
    dialing parity, nondiscriminatory access, network disclosure, and 
    numbering administration provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 
    1996. On July 19, 1999, the Commission released the First Order on 
    Reconsideration (FCC 99-170), denying the petition for reconsideration 
    of the Local Competition Second Report and Order filed by Beehive 
    Telephone Company, Inc., which related to numbering administration.
    On September 9, 1999, the Commission released the Second Order on 
    Reconsideration (FCC 99-227), resolving petitions for reconsideration 
    of rules
    
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    adopted in the Local Competition Second Report and Order to implement 
    the requirement of 47 U.S.C. section 251(b)(3) that LECs provide non-
    discriminatory access to directory assistance, directory listing, and 
    operator services. At the same time, the Commission released a Notice 
    of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) (also FCC 99-227) seeking comment on 
    issues related to developments in, and the convergence of, directory 
    publishing and directory assistance.
    On October 21, 1999, the Commission released the Third Order on 
    Reconsideration (FCC 99-243), resolving the remaining petitions for 
    reconsideration regarding numbering administration under 47 U.S.C. 
    section 251(e)(1). On January 23, 2001, the Commission released a First 
    Report and Order (FCC 01-27) resolving issues raised in the September 
    9, 1999 NPRM and concluding, among other things, that competing 
    directory assistance (DA) providers that are certified as competitive 
    local exchange carriers (competitive LECs), are agents of competitive 
    LECs, or that offer call completion services are entitled to 
    nondiscriminatory access to LEC local DA databases.
    On January 9, 2002, the Commission released the Directory Assistance 
    NPRM (FCC 01-384), in which the Commission solicited comment on whether 
    there is sufficient competition in the retail DA market, and if not, 
    what if any action the Commission should take to promote such 
    competition. The Commission sought specific comment on whether 
    alternative dialing methods would promote competition. Proposed methods 
    include: (1) Presubscription to 411; (2) utilizing national 555 
    numbers; (3) utilizing carrier access codes (1010 numbers); and (4) 
    utilizing 411XX numbers. The Commission also sought comment on whether 
    the 411 dialing code should be eliminated. This proceeding is pending 
    before the Commission.
    On January 29, 2002, the Commission released an Order on 
    Reconsideration (FCC 02-11) dismissing petitions for reconsideration or 
    clarification of the Local Competition Second Report and Order 
    regarding dialing parity under 47 U.S.C. section 251(b)(3) and network 
    disclosure under 47 U.S.C. section 251(c)(5).
    On May 3, 2005, the Commission released an Order on Reconsideration 
    (FCC 05-93) resolving petitions for reconsideration of the Second Order 
    on Reconsideration and the First Report and Order. The Commission 
    clarified its rules regarding the use of DA data obtained pursuant to 
    section 251(b)(3) of the Act, and denied BellSouth and SBC's joint 
    petition for reconsideration which sought authority to place 
    contractual restrictions on competing DA providers' use of DA 
    information. The Commission reaffirmed that LECs are required to 
    provide nondiscriminatory access to their entire local DA database 
    including local DA data acquired from third parties. The Commission 
    also accepted Qwest's request to withdraw its petition for 
    reconsideration of the First Report and Order, and resolved SBC's 
    petition for reconsideration of the Second Order on Reconsideration.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            04/25/96                    61 FR 18311
    NPRM Reply Comment Period End   06/03/96
    Second R&O                      09/06/96                    61 FR 47284
    Second Order on Recon           09/27/99                    64 FR 51910
    NPRM                            09/27/99                    64 FR 51949
    Third Order on Recon            11/18/99                    64 FR 62983
    First R&O                       02/21/01                    66 FR 10965
    NPRM                            02/14/02                     67 FR 6902
    Order on Recon                  08/17/05                    70 FR 48290
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Rodney McDonald, Attorney-Advisor, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street 
    SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7513
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AG50
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    399. LOCAL TELEPHONE NETWORKS THAT LECS MUST MAKE AVAILABLE TO 
    COMPETITORS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 251
    
    Abstract: The Commission adopted rules applicable to incumbent local 
    exchange carriers (LECs) to permit competitive carriers to access 
    portions of the incumbent LECs' networks on an unbundled basis. 
    Unbundling allows competitors to lease portions of the incumbent LECs' 
    network to provide telecommunications services. These rules are 
    intended to accelerate the development of local exchange competition.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Second FNPRM                    04/26/99                    64 FR 20238
    Fourth FNPRM                    01/14/00                     65 FR 2367
    Errata Third R&O and Fourth 
    FNPRM                           01/18/00                     65 FR 2542
    Second Errata Third R&O and 
    Fourth FNPRM                    01/18/00                     65 FR 2542
    Supplemental Order              01/18/00                     65 FR 2542
    Third R&O                       01/18/00                     65 FR 2542
    Correction                      04/11/00                    65 FR 19334
    Supplemental Order Clarification06/20/00                    65 FR 38214
    Public Notice                   02/01/01                     66 FR 8555
    Public Notice                   03/05/01                    66 FR 18279
    Public Notice                   04/10/01
    Public Notice                   04/23/01
    Public Notice                   05/14/01
    NPRM                            01/15/02                     67 FR 1947
    Public Notice                   05/29/02
    Public Notice                   08/01/02
    Public Notice                   08/13/02
    NPRM                            08/21/03                    68 FR 52276
    R&O and Order on Remand         08/21/03                    68 FR 52276
    Errata                          09/17/03
    Report                          10/09/03                    68 FR 60391
    Order                           10/28/03
    Order                           01/09/04
    Public Notice                   01/09/04
    Public Notice                   02/18/04
    Order                           07/08/04
    Second R&O                      07/08/04                    69 FR 43762
    Order on Recon                  08/09/04                    69 FR 54589
    Interim Order                   08/20/04                    69 FR 55111
    NPRM                            08/20/04                    69 FR 55128
    Public Notice                   09/10/04
    Public Notice                   09/13/04
    Public Notice                   10/20/04
    Order on Recon                  12/29/04                    69 FR 77950
    Order on Remand                 02/04/04
    Public Notice                   04/25/05                    70 FR 29313
    Public Notice                   05/25/05                    70 FR 34765
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Tim Stelzig, Associate Chief, Competition Policy 
    Division, Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition 
    Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0942
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH44
    
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    400. 2000 BIENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW--TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE QUALITY 
    REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i) and 154(j); 47 USC 201(b); 47 USC 
    303(r); 47 USC 403
    
    Abstract: This NPRM proposes to eliminate our current service quality 
    reports (ARMIS Report 43-05 and 43-06) and replace them with a more 
    consumer-oriented report. The NPRM proposes to reduce the reporting 
    categories from more than 30 to 6, and addresses the needs of carriers, 
    consumers, state public utility commissions, and other interested 
    parties.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            12/04/00                    65 FR 75657
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Jeremy Miller, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1507
    Fax: 202 418-1413
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH72
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    401. ACCESS CHARGE REFORM AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE REFORM
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i) and 154(j); 47 USC 201 to 
    205; 47 USC 254; 47 USC 403
    
    Abstract: On October 11, 2001, the Commission adopted an Order 
    reforming the interstate access charge and universal service support 
    system for rate-of-return incumbent carriers. The Order adopts three 
    principal reforms. First, the Order modifies the interstate access rate 
    structure for small carriers to align it more closely with the manner 
    in which costs are incurred. Second, the Order removes implicit support 
    for universal service from the rate structure and replaces it with 
    explicit, portable support. Third, the Order permits small carriers to 
    continue to set rates based on the authorized rate of return of 11.25 
    percent. The Order became effective on January 1, 2002, and the support 
    mechanism established by the Order was implemented beginning July 1, 
    2002.
    The Commission also adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
    (FNPRM) seeking additional comment on proposals for incentive 
    regulation, increased pricing flexibility for rate-of-return carriers, 
    and proposed changes to the Commission's ``all-or-nothing'' rule. 
    Comments on the FNPRM were due on February 14, 2002, and reply comments 
    on March 18, 2002.
    On February 12, 2004, the Commission adopted a Second Report and Order 
    resolving several issues on which the Commission sought comment in the 
    FNPRM. First, the Commission modified the ``all-or-nothing'' rule to 
    permit rate-of-return carriers to bring recently acquired price cap 
    lines back to rate-of-return regulation. Second, the Commission granted 
    rate-of-return carriers the authority immediately to provide 
    geographically deaveraged transport and special access rates, subject 
    to certain limitations. Third, the Commission merged Long Term Support 
    (LTS) with Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS).
    The Commission also adopted a Second FNPRM seeking comment on two 
    specific plans that propose establishing optional alternative 
    regulation mechanisms for rate-of-return carriers. In conjunction with 
    the consideration of those alternative regulation proposals, the 
    Commission sought comment on modification that would permit a rate-of-
    return carrier to adopt an alternative regulation plan for some study 
    areas, while retaining rate-of-return regulation for other of its study 
    areas. Comments on the Second FNPRM were due on April 23, 2004, and May 
    10, 2004.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            01/25/01                     66 FR 7725
    NPRM Comment Period End         02/26/01
    FNPRM                           11/30/01                    66 FR 59761
    FNPRM Comment Period End        12/31/01
    R&O                             11/30/01                    66 FR 59719
    Second FNPRM                    03/23/04                    69 FR 13794
    Second FNPRM Comment Period End 04/23/04
    Order                           05/06/04                    69 FR 25325
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Douglas Slotten, Attorney-Advisor, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street 
    SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1572
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH74
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    402. NUMBERING RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 201 et seq; 47 USC 
    251(e)
    
    Abstract: In 1999, the Commission released the Numbering Resource 
    Optimization Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) in CC Docket 99-
    200. The Notice examined and sought comment on several administrative 
    and technical measures aimed at improving the efficiency with which 
    telecommunications numbering resources are used and allocated. It 
    incorporated input from the North American Numbering Council (NANC), a 
    Federal advisory committee, which advises the Commission on issues 
    related to number administration.In the Numbering Resource Optimization 
    First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NRO 
    First Report and Order), released on March 31, 2000, the Commission 
    adopted a mandatory utilization data reporting requirement, a uniform 
    set of categories of numbers for which carriers must report their 
    utilization, and a utilization threshold framework to increase carrier 
    accountability and incentives to use numbers efficiently. In addition, 
    the Commission adopted a single system for allocating numbers in blocks 
    of 1,000, rather than 10,000, wherever possible, and established a plan 
    for national rollout of thousands-block number pooling. The Commission 
    also adopted numbering resource reclamation requirements to ensure that 
    unused numbers are returned to the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) 
    inventory for assignment to other carriers. Also, to encourage better 
    management of numbering resources, carriers are required, to the extent 
    possible, to first assign numbering resources within thousands blocks 
    (a form of sequential numbering).
    In the NRO Second Report and Order, the Commission adopted a measure 
    that requires all carriers to use at least 60 percent of their 
    numbering resources before they may get additional numbers
    
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    in a particular area. That 60 percent utilization threshold increases 
    to 75 percent over the next 3 years. The Commission also established a 
    5-year term for the national Pooling Administrator and an auditing 
    program to verify carrier compliance with the Commission's rules. 
    Furthermore, the Commission addressed several issues raised in the 
    Notice, concerning area code relief. Specifically, the Commission 
    declined to amend the existing Federal rules for area code relief or 
    specify any new Federal guidelines for the implementation of area code 
    relief. The Commission also declined to state a preference for either 
    all-services overlays or geographic splits as a method of area code 
    relief. Regarding mandatory nationwide ten-digit dialing, the 
    Commission declined to adopt this measure at the present time. 
    Furthermore, the Commission declined to mandate nationwide expansion of 
    the ``D digit'' (the ``N'' of an NXX or central office code) to include 
    0 or 1, or to grant state commissions the authority to implement the 
    expansion of the D digit as a numbering resource optimization measure 
    at the present time.
    In the NRO Third Report and Order, the Commission addressed national 
    thousands-block number pooling administration issues, including 
    declining to alter the implementation date for covered CMRS carriers to 
    participate in pooling. The Commission also addressed Federal cost 
    recovery for national thousands-block number pooling, and continued to 
    require States to establish cost recovery mechanisms for costs incurred 
    by carriers participating in pooling trials. The Commission reaffirmed 
    the Months-To-Exhaust (MTE) requirement for carriers. The Commission 
    declined to lower the utilization threshold established in the Second 
    Report and Order, and declined to exempt pooling carriers from the 
    utilization threshold. The Commission also established a safety valve 
    mechanism to allow carriers that do not meet the utilization threshold 
    in a given rate center to obtain additional numbering resources.
    In the NRO Third Report and Order, the Commission lifted the ban on 
    technology-specific overlays (TSOs), and delegated authority to the 
    Common Carrier Bureau, in consultation with the Wireless 
    Telecommunications Bureau, to resolve any such petitions. Furthermore, 
    the Commission found that carriers who violate our numbering 
    requirements, or fail to cooperate with an auditor conducting either a 
    ``for cause'' or random audit, should be denied numbering resources in 
    certain instances. The Commission also reaffirmed the 180-day 
    reservation period, declined to impose fees to extend the reservation 
    period, and found that State commissions should be allowed password-
    protected access to the NANPA database for data pertaining to NPAs 
    located within their State.
    The measures adopted in the NRO orders will allow the Commission to 
    monitor more closely the way numbering resources are used within the 
    NANP, and will promote more efficient allocation and use of NANP 
    resources by tying a carrier's ability to obtain numbering resources 
    more closely to its actual need for numbers to serve its customers. 
    These measures are designed to create national standards to optimize 
    the use of numbering resources by: (1) Minimizing the negative impact 
    on consumers of premature area code exhausts; (2) ensuring sufficient 
    access to numbering resources for all service providers to enter into 
    or to compete in telecommunications markets; (3) avoiding premature 
    exhaust of the NANP; (4) extending the life of the NANP; (5) imposing 
    the least societal cost possible, and ensuring competitive neutrality, 
    while obtaining the highest benefit; (6) ensuring that no class of 
    carrier or consumer is unduly favored or disfavored by the Commission's 
    optimization efforts; and (7) minimizing the incentives for carriers to 
    build and carry excessively large inventories of numbers.
    In NRO Third Order on Recon in CC Docket No. 99-200, Third Further 
    Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 99-200 and Second 
    Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No, 95-116, the 
    Commission reconsidered its findings in the NRO Third Report and Order 
    regarding the local Number portability (LNP) and thousands-block number 
    pooling requirements for carriers in the top 100 Metropolitan 
    Statistical areas (MSAs). Specifically, the Commission reversed its 
    clarification that those requirements extend to all carriers in the 
    largest 100 MSAs, regardless of whether they have received a request 
    from another carrier to provide LNP. The Commission also sought comment 
    on whether the Commission should again extend the LNP requirements to 
    all carriers in the largest 100 MSAs, regardless of whether they 
    receive a request to provide LNP. The Commission also sought comment on 
    whether all carriers in the top 100 MSAs should be required to 
    participate in thousands-block number pooling, regardless of whether 
    they are required to be LNP capable. In addition, the Commission sought 
    comment on whether all MSAs included in Combined Metropolitan 
    Statistical Areas (CMSAs) on the Census Bureau's list of the largest 
    100 MSAs should be included on the Commission's list of the top 100 
    MSAs.
    In the NRO Fourth Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
    Rulemaking, the Commission reaffirmed that carriers must deploy LNP in 
    switches within the 100 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) 
    for which another carrier has made a specific request for the provision 
    of LNP. The Commission delegated the authority to state commissions to 
    require carriers operating within the largest 100 MSAs that have not 
    received a specific request for LNP from another carrier to provide 
    LNP, under certain circumstances and on a case-by-case basis. The 
    Commission concluded that all carriers, except those specifically 
    exempted, are required to participate in thousands-block number pooling 
    in accordance with the national rollout schedule, regardless of whether 
    they are required to provide LNP, including commercial mobile radio 
    service (CMRS) providers that were required to deploy LNP as of 
    November 24, 2003. The Commission specifically exempted from the 
    pooling requirement rural telephone companies and Tier III CMRS 
    providers that have not received a request to provide LNP. The 
    Commission also exempted from the pooling requirement carriers that are 
    the only service provider receiving numbering resources in a given rate 
    center. Additionally, the Commission sought further comment on whether 
    these exemptions should be expanded to include carriers where there are 
    only two service providers receiving numbering resources in the rate 
    center. Finally, the Commission reaffirmed that the 100 largest MSAs 
    identified in the 1990 U.S. Census reports as well as those areas 
    included on any subsequent U.S. Census report of the 100 largest MSAs.
    
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    In the NRO Order and Fifth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the 
    Commission granted petitions for delegated authority to implement 
    mandatory thousands-block pooling filed by the Public Service 
    Commission of West Virginia, the Nebraska Public Service Commission, 
    the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the Michigan Public Service 
    Commission, and the Missouri Public Service Commission. In granting 
    these petitions, the Commission permitted these states to optimize 
    numbering resources and further extend the life of the specific 
    numbering plan areas. In the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the 
    Commission sought comment on whether it should delegate authority to 
    all states to implement mandatory thousands-block number pooling 
    consistent with the parameters set forth in the NRO Order.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            06/17/99                    64 FR 32471
    R&O and FNPRM                   06/16/00                    65 FR 37703
    Second R&O and Second FNPRM     02/08/01                     66 FR 9528
    Third R&O and Second Order on 
    Recon                           02/12/02                      67 FR 643
    Third O on Recon and Third FNPRM04/05/02                    67 FR 16347
    Fourth R&O and Fourth NPRM      07/21/03                    68 FR 43003
    Order and Fifth FNPRM           03/15/06                    71 FR 13393
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Marilyn Jones, Attorney, Federal Communications 
    Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., 
    Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2357
    Fax: 202 418-2345
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AH80
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    403. NATIONAL EXCHANGE CARRIER ASSOCIATION PETITION
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 and 152; 47 USC 201 and 202; . . .
    
    Abstract: In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) released on July 
    19, 2004, the Commission initiated a rulemaking proceeding to examine 
    the proper number of end user common line charges (commonly referred to 
    as subscriber line charges or SLCs) that carriers may assess upon 
    customers that obtain derived channel T-1 service where the customer 
    provides the terminating channelization equipment and upon customers 
    that obtain Primary Rate Interface (PRI) Integrated Service Digital 
    Network (ISDN) service.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            08/13/04                    69 FR 50141
    NPRM Comment Period End         11/12/04
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Douglas Slotten, Attorney-Advisor, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street 
    SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1572
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI47
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    404. IP-ENABLED SERVICES
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 and 152; . . .
    
    Abstract: The notice seeks comment on ways in which the Commission 
    might categorize IP-enabled services for purposes of evaluating the 
    need for applying any particular regulatory requirements. It poses 
    questions regarding the proper allocation of jurisdiction over each 
    category of IP-enabled service. The notice then requests comment on 
    whether the services comprising each category constitute 
    ``telecommunications services'' or ``information services'' under the 
    definitions set forth in the Act. Finally, noting the Commission's 
    statutory forbearance authority and title I ancillary jurisdiction, the 
    notice describes a number of central regulatory requirements 
    (including, for example, those relating to access charges, universal 
    service, E911, and disability accessibility), and asks which, if any, 
    should apply to each category of IP-enabled services.
    On June 16, 2005, the Commission published in the Federal Register 
    notice that public information collections set forth in the First 
    Report and Order were being submitted for review to the office of 
    management and budget.
    On July 27, 2005, the Commission published in the Federal Register 
    notice that the information collection requirements adopted in the 
    First Report and Order were approved in OMB No. 3060-1085 and would 
    become effective on July 29, 2005.
    On August 31, 2005, the Commission published in the Federal Register 
    notice of the comment cycle for three Petitions for Reconsideration 
    and/or Clarification of the First Report and Order.On July 10, 2006, 
    the Commission published in the Federal Register notice that it had 
    adopted on June 21, 2006, rules that make interim modifications to the 
    existing approach for assessing contributions to the Federal universal 
    service fund (USF or Fund) in order to provide stability while the 
    Commission continues to examine more fundamental reform.
    On June 8, 2007, the Commission published in the Federal Register 
    notice that it had adopted on April 2, 2007, an item strengthening the 
    Commission's rules to protect the privacy of customer proprietary 
    network information (CPNI) that is collected and held by providers of 
    communications services, and a further notice of proposed rulemaking 
    seeking comment on what steps the Commission should take, if any, to 
    secure further the privacy of customer information.
    On August 6, 2007, the Commission published in the Federal Register 
    notice that it had adopted on May 31, 2007, and item extending the 
    disability access requirements that currently apply to 
    telecommunications service providers and equipment manufacturers under 
    section 255 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to providers 
    of ``interconnected voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services,'' as 
    defined by the Commission, and to manufacturers of specially designed 
    equipment used to provide those services. In addition, the Commission 
    extended the Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) requirements 
    contained in its regulations to interconnected VoIP providers.
    On August 7, 2007, the Commission published in the Federal Register a 
    notice that a petition for reconsideration of the CPNI order described 
    above had been filed.
    On August 16, 2007, the Commission published in the Federal Register 
    notice that it had adopted on August 2, 2007, an item amending the 
    Commission's Schedule of Regulatory Fees by, inter alia, incorporating 
    regulatory fee
    
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    payment obligations for interconnected VoIP service providers, which 
    shall become effective November 15, 2007, which is 90 days from date of 
    notification to Congress.
    On November 1, 2007, the Commission gave notice that it granted in 
    part, denied in part, and sought comment on petitions filed by the 
    Voice on the Net Coalition, the United States Telecom Association, and 
    Hamilton Telephone Company seeking a stay or waiver of certain aspects 
    of the Commission's VoIP Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) Order 
    (72 FR 61813; 72 FR 61882).
    On December 13, 2007, the Commission announced the effective date of 
    its revised CPNI rules (72 FR 70808).
    On December 6, 2007, OMB approved the public information collection 
    pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for the Commission's 
    CPNI rules (72 FR 72358).
    On February 21, 2008, the Commission published in the Federal Register 
    notice that the Commission adopted rules extending local number 
    portability obligations and numbering administration support 
    obligations to interconnected VoIP services. The Commission also 
    explained it had responded to the District of Columbia Circuit Court of 
    Appeals stay of the Commission's Intermodal Number Portability Order by 
    publishing a Final Regulatory Flexibility Act (73 FR 9463; R&O 02/21/
    2008).
    On February 21, 2008, the Commission published in the Federal Register 
    notice that it sought comment on other changes to its LNP and numbering 
    related rules, including whether to extend such rules to interconnected 
    VoIP providers (73 FR 9507).
    On August 6, 2007, the Commission published in the Federal Register 
    notice that it had extended Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) 
    regulations to interconnected VoIP providers and extended certain 
    disability access requirements to interconnected VoIP providers and to 
    manufacturers of specially designed equipment used to provide such 
    service (72 FR 43546).
    On May 15, 2008, the Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
    Bureau (CGB) published in the Federal Register notice that it had 
    granted interconnected VoIP providers an extension of time to route 
    711-dialed calls to an appropriate telecommunications relay service 
    (TRS) center in certain circumstances (73 FR 28057). On July 29, 2009, 
    CGB published notice in the Federal Register that it was granting 
    another extension. (74FR 37624)
    On August 7, 2009, the Commission published a notice in the Federal 
    Register that it had amended its rules so that providers of 
    interconnected VoIP service must comply with the same discontinuance 
    rules as domestic non-dominant telecommunications carriers. (74 FR 
    39551)
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            03/29/04                    69 FR 16193
    NPRM Comment Period End         07/14/04
    First R&O                       06/03/05                    70 FR 37273
    Public Notice                   06/16/05                    70 FR 37403
    First R&O Effective             07/29/05                    70 FR 43323
    Public Notice                   08/31/05                    70 FR 51815
    R&O                             07/10/06                    71 FR 38781
    R&O and FNPRM                   06/08/07                    72 FR 31948
    FNPRM Comment Period End        07/09/07                    72 FR 31782
    R&O                             08/06/07                    72 FR 43546
    Public Notice                   08/07/07                    72 FR 44136
    R&O                             08/16/07                    72 FR 45908
    Public Notice                   11/01/07                    72 FR 61813
    Public Notice                   11/01/07                    72 FR 61882
    Public Notice                   12/13/07                    72 FR 70808
    Public Notice                   12/20/07                    72 FR 72358
    R&O                             02/21/08                     73 FR 9463
    NPRM                            02/21/08                     73 FR 9507
    Order                           05/15/08                    73 FR 28057
    Order                           07/29/09                    74 FR 37624
    R&O                             08/07/09                    74 FR 39551
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Tim Stelzig, Associate Chief, Competition Policy 
    Division, Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition 
    Bureau, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-0942
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI48
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    405. CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE BROADBAND ERA
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 to 154; 47 USC 160; 47 USC 201 to 205; 47 
    USC 214; 47 USC 222; 47 USC 225; 47 USC 251 and 252; 47 USC 254 to 256; 
    47 USC 258; 47 USC 303(R)
    
    Abstract: The Federal Communications Commission initiated this 
    rulemaking in order to develop a framework that ensures that, as the 
    telecommunications industry shifts from narrowband to broadband 
    services, consumer protection needs are met by all providers of 
    broadband Internet access service, regardless of the underlying 
    technology providers use to offer the service. The Commission sought 
    comment on whether adopting regulations, pursuant to its ancillary 
    jurisdiction under Title I of the Communications Act, to address 
    consumer privacy, unauthorized changes to service, truth-in-billing, 
    network outage reporting, discontinuance of service, rate averaging, 
    and enforcement concerns, would be desirable and necessary as a matter 
    of public policy. The Commission also sought comment on whether it 
    should instead rely on market forces to address some or all of these 
    areas of potential concern. The rulemaking also explores whether there 
    are other areas of consumer protection related to wireline broadband 
    Internet access service for which the Commission should adopt 
    regulations pursuant to its ancillary jurisdiction.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            10/17/05                    70 FR 60259
    NPRM Comment Period End         03/01/06
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: William Kehoe, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal 
    Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1580
    Fax: 202 418-1413
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AI73
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    406. ESTABLISHING JUST AND REASONABLE RATES FOR LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS 
    (WC DOCKET NO. 07-135)
    
    Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
    
    Abstract: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) is 
    examining whether its existing rules governing the setting of tariffed 
    rates by local exchange carriers (LECs) provide incentives and 
    opportunities for carriers to increase access demand endogenously with 
    the result that the tariff rates are no longer just and
    
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    reasonable. The Commission tentatively concluded that it must revise 
    its tariff rules so that it can be confident that tariffed rates remain 
    just and reasonable even if a carrier experiences or induces 
    significant increases in access demand. The Commission seeks comment on 
    the types of activities that are causing the increases in interstate 
    access demand and the effects of such demand increases on the cost 
    structures of LECs. The Commission also seeks comment on several means 
    of ensuring just and reasonable rates going forward. The NPRM invites 
    comment on potential traffic stimulation by rate-of-return LECs, price 
    cap LECs, and competitive LECs, as well as other forms of intercarrier 
    traffic stimulation. Comments were received on December 17, 2007, and 
    reply comments were received on January 16, 2008.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            11/15/07                    72 FR 64179
    NPRM Comment Period End         12/17/07
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Douglas Slotten, Attorney-Advisor, Federal 
    Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, 445 12th Street 
    SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-1572
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ02
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    407. JURISDICTIONAL SEPARATIONS
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i) and 154(j); 47 USC 205; 47 
    USC 221(c); 47 USC 254; 47 USC 403; 47 USC 410
    
    Abstract: Jurisdictional separations is the process, pursuant to part 
    36 of the Commission's rules, by which incumbent local exchange 
    carriers apportion regulated costs between the intrastate and 
    interstate jurisdictions. In 1997, the Commission initiated a 
    proceeding seeking comment on the extent to which legislative changes, 
    technological changes, and market changes warrant comprehensive reform 
    of the separations process. In 2001, the Commission adopted the 
    Federal-State Joint Board on Jurisdictional Separations' recommendation 
    to impose an interim freeze of the part 36 category relationships and 
    jurisdictional cost allocation factors for a period of five years, 
    pending comprehensive reform of the part 36 separations rules. In 2006, 
    the Commission adopted an Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
    Rulemaking, which extended the separations freeze for a period of three 
    years and sought comment on comprehensive reform. In 2009, the 
    Commission adopted a Report and Order extending the separations process 
    an additional year to June 2010.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            11/05/97                    62 FR 59842
    NPRM Comment Period End         12/10/97
    Order                           06/21/01                    66 FR 33202
    Order and FNPRM                 05/26/06                    71 FR 29882
    Order and FNPRM Comment Period 
    End                             08/22/06
    Report and Order                05/15/09                    74 FR 23955
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Ted Burmeister, Federal Communications Commission, 445 
    12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7389
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ06
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    408. IMPLEMENTATION OF NET 911 IMPROVEMENT ACT
    
    Legal Authority: PL 110-283
    
    Abstract: On July 23, 2008, the New and Emerging Technologies Act was 
    enacted.
    On August 25, 2008, the Commission released an NPRM seeking comment on 
    implementing the NET 911 Improvement Act.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            08/28/08                    73 FR 50741
    NPRM Comment Period End         09/09/08
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: R. Matthew Warner, Attorney Advisor, Federal 
    Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-2419
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ09
    _______________________________________________________________________
    
    409. <> LOCAL NUMBER PORTABILITY PORTING INTERVAL AND 
    VALIDATION REQUIREMENTS (WC DOCKET NO 07-244)
    
    Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 251; 
    47 USC 303(r)
    
    Abstract: In 2007, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed 
    Rulemaking in WC Docket No. 07-244. The Notice sought comment on 
    whether the Commission should adopt rules specifying the length of the 
    porting intervals or other details of the porting process. It also 
    tentatively concluded that the Commission should adopt rules reducing 
    the porting interval for wireline-to-wireline and intermodal simple 
    port requests, specifically, to a 48-hour porting interval.
    In the Local Number Portability Porting Interval and Validation 
    Requirements First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
    Rulemaking, released on May 13, 2009, the Commission reduced the 
    porting interval for simple wireline and simple intermodal port 
    requests, requiring all entities subject to its local number 
    portability (LNP) rules to complete simple wireline-to-wireline and 
    simple intermodal port requests within one business day. In a related 
    Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), the Commission sought 
    comment on what further steps, if any, the Commission should take to 
    improve the process of changing providers. In addition, the Commission 
    directed the North American Numbering Council to develop new LNP 
    provisioning process flows that take into account this shortened 
    porting interval. In developing these flows, the NANC must address how 
    a ``business day'' should be construed for purposes of the porting 
    interval, and generally how the porting time should be measured.
    
    Timetable:
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    Action                            Date                      FR Cite
    
    ________________________________________________________________________
    
    NPRM                            02/21/08                     73 FR 9507
    R&O and FNPRM                   07/02/09                    74 FR 31630
    R&O and FNPRM Comment Period End08/01/09
    
    
    Next Action Undetermined
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
    
    Agency Contact: Melissa Kirkel, Attorney-Advisor, WCB, Federal
    
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    Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554
    Phone: 202 418-7958
    Fax: 202 418-1413
    Email: [email protected]
    
    RIN: 3060-AJ32
    [FR Doc. 2010-8968 Filed 04-23-10; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
04/26/2010
Department:
Federal Communications Commission
Entry Type:
Proposed Rule
Action:
Semiannual regulatory agenda.
Document Number:
2010-8968
Pages:
21903-21947 (45 pages)
Docket Numbers:
FR Doc. 2010-8968 Filed 04-23-10, 8:45 am
PDF File:
2010-8968.pdf
CFR: (8)
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47 CFR 11
47 CFR 22
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47 CFR 43
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