[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 119 (Friday, June 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 37097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13213]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[GN Docket No. 18-122; DA 20-599; FRS 16864]


Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Announces Relocation Payment 
Clearinghouse Request for Proposal, Selection Criteria, and Application 
Deadlines in 3.7-4.2 GHz Band Transition

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) announces that that it has received a Request for 
Proposal, which contains the selection criteria and filing instructions 
for proposals for the position of Relocation Payment Clearinghouse 
(Clearinghouse) in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band (C-band) transition.

DATES: Entities must file proposals electronically with the search 
committee, according to the filing instructions contained in the 
Request for Proposal, by June 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Mort of the Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, at (202) 418-2429 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Public 
Notice in GN Docket No. 18-122, DA 20-599 released June 8, 2020. The 
full text of the Public Notice is available for inspection and copying 
during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center, 445 12th 
Street SW, Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554, or by downloading the 
text from the Commission's website at https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/06082630229367/DA-20-599A1.pdf and https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/06082630229367/DA-20-599A2.pdf. Alternative formats are available for 
people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio 
format), by sending an email to [email protected] or calling the Consumer 
and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-
0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

    With this Public Notice, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 
(the Bureau) announces that it has received a Request for Proposal, 
which contains the selection criteria and filing instructions for 
proposals for the position of Clearinghouse in the C-band transition. 
In the 3.7 GHz Band Report and Order, the Commission adopted rules to 
make 280 megahertz of mid-band spectrum available for flexible use, 
plus a 20 megahertz guard band, throughout the contiguous United States 
by transitioning existing services out of the lower portion of the band 
and into the upper 200 megahertz of the C-band. The 3.7 GHz Band Report 
and Order provided for the creation of a neutral, independent 
Clearinghouse to oversee the cost-related aspects of the transition, 
including collecting relocation payments from new 3.7 GHz Service 
licensees and disbursing those payments to incumbents. In the 3.7 GHz 
Band Report and Order, the Commission invited a committee of 
stakeholders in the C-band to establish detailed selection criteria and 
to select the Clearinghouse. The 3.7 GHz Band Report and Order directed 
the Bureau to issue a Public Notice that: (1) Notified the public that 
the search committee had published criteria for the selection of the 
Clearinghouse; (2) outlined the submission requirements; and (3) 
provided the closing dates for the selection of the Clearinghouse. The 
search committee submitted the Request for Proposal to the Commission 
on June 1, 2020.
    The search committee's Request for Proposal, attached to this 
Public Notice, details the selection criteria and instructions for 
filing proposals for the Clearinghouse position. Entities must file 
proposals electronically with the search committee, according to the 
filing instructions contained in the Request for Proposal, by June 29, 
2020.
    People with Disabilities: To request materials in accessible 
formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic 
files, audio format), send an email to [email protected] or call the 
Consumer & Government Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice, 202-418-
0432 (tty).

Federal Communications Commission.
Amy Brett,
Associate Division Chief, Competition and Infrastructure Policy 
Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2020-13213 Filed 6-18-20; 8:45 am]
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