[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 74694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29483]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[GN Docket No. 12-268; DA 15-1238]


Media Bureau Finalizes Reimbursement Form for Submission to OMB 
and Adopts Catalog of Expenses

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final action; requirements and procedures.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Media Bureau adopts the following a 
final catalog of expenses; a procedure whereby reimbursement payments 
will be disbursed via the agency's internal vendor payment system; a 
procedural requirement that the Reimbursement Form, with supporting 
cost documentation, must be submitted each time an entity makes a 
request for reimbursement from the Fund; and a decision that cost 
documentation, as well as the name, address, and other identifying 
information pertaining to vendors, will not be made publicly available.

DATES: November 30, 2015.

ADDRESSES: A copy of any comments on the Paperwork Reduction Act 
information collection requirements contained herein should be 
submitted to Cathy Williams, Federal Communications Commission, 445 
12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, or by email to [email protected] and 
to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Gallant, Policy Division, Media 
Bureau, FCC, 202-418-0614 or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's 
document, DA 15-1238; GN Docket No. 12-268, released October 30, 2015. 
The full text of this document is available for inspection and copying 
during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center (Room CY-
A257), 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. The full text may 
also be downloaded at: www.fcc.gov.
    The Media Bureau adopts the final catalog of expenses, embedded in 
FCC Form 2100, Schedule 399, to be used by broadcasters and MVPDs 
seeking reimbursement from the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund following 
the Incentive Auction. The costs included in the catalog are not 
intended to be an exhaustive list of reimbursable expenses, but rather 
represent those expenses that relocated broadcasters and MVPDs will 
most commonly incur as a result of the channel repack. Entities can 
submit expenses not listed in the catalog using the ``other'' catch-all 
categories found throughout the catalog. The Commission will send FCC 
Form 2100, Schedule 399 to the Office of Management and Budget for 
final approval of the information collection requirement contained 
therein under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The final version of the 
Reimbursement Form, FCC Form 2100, Schedule 399 (Reimbursement Form or 
Form), including the embedded expense catalog, will be submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget for approval under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.
    In addition, the Media Bureau adopts a process for making payments 
from the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund via the Commission's internal 
vendor payment system, rather than requiring recipients to establish 
individual accounts with the U.S. Treasury, as had previously been 
announced. The Media Bureau found that this change would mitigate 
against waste, fraud and abuse by saving Commission resources and 
providing the agency with more control over the creation of payment 
accounts.
    The Media Bureau also adopts a process wherein a broadcaster or 
MVPD must submit information on the Reimbursement Form, with supporting 
cost documentation, each time it makes a request for reimbursement from 
the Fund, not only at the beginning and end of the reimbursement 
period.
    Finally, after seeking comment on which data points, if any, should 
be considered confidential or nor subject to public disclosure, the 
Media Bureau concludes that cost documentation submitted by entities 
seeking reimbursement for actual costs (for example, invoices), as well 
as the name, address, and other identifying information pertaining to 
the vendor providing equipment or service to a specific broadcaster or 
MVPD, will not be made publicly available.
    The Commission will send a copy of this document in a report to be 
sent to Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to 
the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).

Federal Communications Commission.
William T. Lake,
Chief, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2015-29483 Filed 11-27-15; 8:45 am]
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