[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 50465-50466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24233]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 63

[IB Docket No. 95-118, FCC 96-79]


Streamlining the International Section 214 Authorization Process 
and Tariff Requirements

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rules; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the effective date of rules governing 
the international Section 214 authorization process and tariff 
requirements. The amended rules lowered the barriers to entry, which 
will encourage more applicants to enter the international market. The 
amended rules contained new information collection requirements and 
were subject to review and approval by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB). Due to an administrative error, two rules were not 
included in the Commission's submission to OMB. Subsequently, the 
Commission sought approval for the information collection requirements 
contained in these rule sections. OMB approved the information 
collection on August 17, 1999. This document announces that Sections 
63.19 and 63.53 (c) are now effective.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Sections 63.19 and 63.53 (c) published at 61 FR 15724 
(April 9, 1996) became effective on August 17, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Reitzrel, Policy and Facilities 
Branch, Telecommunications Division, International Bureau, (202) 418-
1470.


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 29, 1996, the Commission adopted 
a report and order that streamlined the international Section 214 
authorization process and tariff requirements, a summary of which was 
published in the Federal Register. See 61 FR 15724, April 9, 1996. The 
report and order contained new paperwork burdens. The Commission sought 
and received approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for all but two of the information collections contained in the report 
and order. Through a clerical error, 47 CFR 63.19 and 63.53(c) were 
inadvertently omitted from the Commission's information collection 
submission to OMB. The Commission subsequently sought OMB approval for 
47 CFR 63.19 and 63.53(c). The information collections for these two 
rules were approved by OMB on August 17, 1999. See OMB Nos. 3060-0686. 
This publication satisfies the statement that the Commission would 
publish a document announcing the effective date of the rules.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 63

    Communications common carriers.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-24233 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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