[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 39314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18752]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 96-45; DA 01-1713]


Certifications Required Pursuant to the Children's Internet 
Protection Act; Approval of FCC Forms 479 and 486 by the Office of 
Management and Budget

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice of OMB approval of reporting forms.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that the FCC Forms 479 (Certification 
by Administrative Authority to Billed Entity of Compliance with the 
Children's Internet Protection Act) and 486 (Receipt of Service 
Confirmation Form) and instructions have been approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget. The Form 486 informs the Schools and Libraries 
Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company when the 
Billed Entity and/or the eligible entities that it represents is 
receiving, is scheduled to receive, or has received service in the 
relevant Funding Year from the named Service Provider(s). The Form 479 
is a new form that provides notification to a Billed Entity by an 
Administrative Authority of the status of the Administrative 
Authority's compliance for the purposes of Children's Internet 
Protection Act.

DATES: FCC Forms 479 and 486 and instructions were approved on July 2, 
2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Narda Jones, Attorney, or Jonathan 
Secrest, Attorney, Accounting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau, 
(202) 418-7400, TTY: (202) 418-0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Common Carrier Bureau of the Federal 
Communications Commission announces the release of two newly-adopted 
FCC forms and their instructions for the schools and libraries 
universal service support mechanism, incorporating the requirements of 
the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) (Public Law 106-554). 
That act provides that schools and libraries that have computers with 
Internet access must certify that they have in place certain Internet 
safety policies and technology protection measures in order to be 
eligible under section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, to receive discounted Internet access or internal connection 
services.
    The FCC Form 486 Receipt of Service Confirmation Form, which has 
been modified to include certifications required by CIPA, is used by 
the Billed Entity that filed an FCC Form 471 requesting discounts under 
the program. The Form 486 informs the Schools and Libraries Division 
(SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company when the Billed 
Entity and/or the eligible entities that it represents is receiving, is 
scheduled to receive, or has received service in the relevant Funding 
Year from the named Service Provider(s). Receipt by SLD of a properly 
completed Form 486 triggers the process for SLD to receive invoices.
    FCC Form 479, the Certification by Administrative Authority to 
Billed Entity of Compliance with the Children's Internet Protection 
Act, is a new form that provides notification to a Billed Entity by an 
Administrative Authority of the status of the Administrative 
Authority's compliance for the purposes of CIPA. The Billed Entity will 
then certify on its FCC Form 486, Receipt of Service Confirmation Form, 
that it has collected duly completed and signed Forms 479 from 
Administrative Authorities that the Billed Entity represents.
    These forms are designed in accordance with the rules that the 
Commission adopted in Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, 
Children's Internet Protection Act, 66 FR 19394, April 16, 2001, 
corrected at 66 FR 22133, May 3, 2001. As stated in the Order, those 
rules became effective on April 20, 2001. The information collections 
contained in the rules were approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget on July 2, 2001, OMB No. 3060-0853. The forms and instructions 
may be obtained at the SLD website, http://www.sl.universalservice.org/
>, or by contacting the SLD Client Service Bureau at (888) 203-8100.

    Dated: July 19, 2001.
Mark G. Seifert,
Deputy Division Chief, Accounting Policy Division.
[FR Doc. 01-18752 Filed 7-27-01; 8:45 am]
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