[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 106 (Friday, June 4, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 29952-29953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11682]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[WC Docket No. 17-97; FCC 20-136; FRS 29244]


Call Authentication Trust Anchor

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, 
the information collection associated with the Commission's Call 
Authentication Trust Anchor, Second Report and Order (Order)'s caller 
ID authentication rules. This document is consistent with the Order, 
which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the 
Federal Register announcing the effective date of those rules.

DATES: The additions of 47 CFR 64.6303(b) (instruction 6) and 
64.6305(b) and (c) (instruction 9), published at 85 FR 73360 on 
November 17, 2020, are effective June 4, 2021. This rule is effective 
June 4, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Lechter, Competition Policy 
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-0984, or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on May 13, 
2021, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements relating to the caller ID identification rules 
contained in the Commission's Order, FCC 20-136, published at 85 FR 
73360 on November 17, 2020 (47 CFR 64.6303(b), 64.6305(b) and (c), and 
64.6306(e)). The OMB Control Number is 3060-1285. The Commission 
publishes this document as an announcement of the effective date of 
Sec. Sec.  64.6303(b) and 64.6305(b) and (c). In the Order and the text 
of Sec. Sec.  64.6305(b) and (c) and 64.6306(e), the Commission 
directed the Wireline Competition Bureau to set the compliance dates 
for these rules. On April 20, 2021, the Wireline Competition Bureau 
released a Public Notice, DA 21-454, setting the date by which voice 
service providers submit information into the Commission's Robocall 
Mitigation Database (database) (Sec.  64.6305(b)) and the date by which 
intermediate providers may no longer accept voice traffic from any 
provider that does not appear in the database (Sec.  64.6305(c)). Voice 
service providers must submit information into the database by June 30, 
2021 and intermediate providers may no longer accept voice traffic from 
any provider that does not appear in the database by September 28, 
2021. We therefore modify the text of Sec.  64.6305(b) and (c), 
previously published at 85 FR 73360, to incorporate these compliance 
dates announced by the Wireline Competition Bureau. The amendment to 
Sec.  64.6306(e), published at 85 FR 73360 on November 17, 2020, 
remains delayed indefinitely pending further Commission action setting 
the compliance date for exemption certifications filed under Sec.  
64.6306(e) and subsequent publication of the effective date and 
conforming amendments to the rule in the Federal Register.
    If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or 
how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens 
caused thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications 
Commission, Room 3.310, 45 Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. Please 
include the OMB Control Number, 3060-1285, in your correspondence. The 
Commission will also accept your comments via email at [email protected].
    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 and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB 
approval on May 13, 2021, for the information collection requirements 
contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules in 47 CFR part 
64 and modifying the language of Sec.  64.6305(b) and (c) to conform to 
the compliance dates adopted by the Wireline Competition Bureau in DA 
21-454.
    Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a 
collection of information unless it displays a current, valid OMB 
Control Number.
    No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply 
with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB 
Control Number is 3060-1285.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1285.
    OMB Approval Date: May 13, 2021.
    OMB Expiration Date: May 31, 2024.
    Title: Compliance with the Non-IP Call Authentication Solution 
Rules; Robocall Mitigation Database; Certification to Verify Exemption 
from Caller ID Authentication Implementation Mandate.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 6,535 respondents; 6,535 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .5 hours-3 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement and on-occasion 
reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory and required to obtain or retain 
benefits. The statutory authority for this information collection is 
contained in sections 227(b), 227(e) and 251(e) of the Communications 
Act of 1934.
    Total Annual Burden: 15,520 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission will consider 
the potential confidentiality of any information submitted, 
particularly where public release of such information could raise 
security concerns (e.g., granular location information). Respondents 
may request materials or information submitted to the Commission or to 
the Administrator be withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 
of the Commission's rules.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: On October 1, 2020, the Commission released the 
Order, FCC 20-136, published at 85 FR 73360, November 17, 2020, 
adopting final rules--containing information collection requirements--
designed to promote caller ID authentication technology. The rules 
implement the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal 
Enforcement and Deterrence Act (TRACED Act), promoting the deployment 
of caller ID authentication technology, and combatting the practice of 
illegal caller ID spoofing. In doing so, the Order adopts rules 
governing intermediate providers and caller ID authentication in non-IP 
networks, implements the exceptions and extensions established by the 
TRACED Act and prohibits line-item charges for caller ID 
authentication.

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List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64

    Common carriers.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends part 64 of title 47 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations as follows:

PART 64--MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS

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1. The authority citation for part 64 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 201, 202, 217, 218, 220, 
222, 225, 226, 227, 227b, 228, 251(a), 251(e), 254(k), 262, 276, 
403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 620, 1401-1473, unless otherwise noted; Pub. 
L. 115-141, Div. P, sec. 503, 132 Stat. 348, 1091.


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2. Amend Sec.  64.6305 by revising paragraphs (b)(1) introductory text 
and (c) to read as follows:


Sec.  64.6305  Robocall mitigation and certification.

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    (b) * * *
    (1) Not later than June 30, 2021, a voice service provider, 
regardless of whether it is subject to an extension granted under Sec.  
64.6304, shall certify to one of the following:
* * * * *
    (c) Intermediate provider and voice service provider obligations. 
Beginning September 28, 2021, intermediate providers and voice service 
providers shall only accept calls directly from a voice service 
provider, including a foreign voice service provider that uses North 
American Numbering Plan resources that pertain to the United States to 
send voice traffic to residential or business subscribers in the United 
States, if that voice service provider's filing appears in the Robocall 
Mitigation Database in accordance with paragraph (b) of this section.

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