[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 120 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 33549-33550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13488]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 54

[WC Docket No. 13-184; FCC 19-117; FRS 33027]


Modernizing the E-Rate Program for Schools and Libraries

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
has approved, for a period of three years, an information collection 
associated with the rules for the Universal Service Schools and 
Libraries program contained in the Commission's Modernizing the E-Rate 
Program for Schools and Libraries Report and Order (Category Two 
Order), FCC 19-117. This document is consistent with the Category Two 
Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the 
Federal Register announcing the effective date of the new information 
collection requirements.

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DATES: The amendment to Sec.  54.513(d) published at 84 FR 70026, 
December 20, 2019, is effective June 25, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Dumouchel, Wireline Competition 
Bureau at (202) 418-7400 or via email: [email protected]. For 
additional information concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act 
information collection requirements contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418-
2991 or via email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission made a submission for non-
substantive changes to an existing collection for review and approval 
by OMB, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, on 
June 7, 2021, which were approved by the OMB on June 8, 2021. The 
information collection requirements are contained in the Commission's 
Category Two Order, FCC 19-117, published at 84 FR 70026, December 20, 
2019. The OMB Control Number is 3060-0853. The Commission publishes 
this document as an announcement of the effective date of the rules 
published December 20, 2019. 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, 45 L St., NE, 
Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-0853, 
in your correspondence. We ask that requests for accommodations be made 
as soon as possible in order to allow the agency to satisfy such 
requests whenever possible. Send an email to [email protected] or call the 
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530.

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the Commission is notifying the public that it received OMB 
approval on June 8, 2021, for the information collection requirements 
contained in 47 CFR 54.513(d), published at 84 FR 70026, December 20, 
2019. 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 3060-0853.
    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: 3060-0853. OMB Approval Date: June 8, 2021.
    OMB Expiration Date: December 31, 2022.
    Title: Certification by Administrative Authority to Billed Entity 
Compliance with the Children's internet Protection Act Form, FCC Form 
479; Receipt of Service Confirmation and Certification of Compliance 
with the Children's internet Protection Act Form, FCC Form 486; and 
Funding Commitment and Adjustment Request Form, FCC Form 500.
    Form Numbers: FCC Forms 479, 486 and 500.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 58,500 respondents, 58,500 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour for FCC Form 479, 1 hour for 
FCC Form 486, 1 hour for FCC Form 500, and .75 hours for maintaining 
and updating the internet Safety Policy.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and annual reporting 
requirements, recordkeeping requirements.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 
U.S.C. 1, 4(i), 4(j), 201-205, 214, 254, 312(d), 312(f), 403 and 503(b) 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3), 601-
612; 15 U.S.C. 1, 632; 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4); 47 U.S.C. 1, 4(i), 4(j), 
201-205, 214, 254, 312(d), 312(f), 403, 503(b).
    Total Annual Burden: 53,575 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is no assurance of 
confidentiality provided to respondents concerning this information 
collection. However, respondents may request materials or information 
submitted to the Commission or the Administrator be withheld from 
public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of the FCC's rules.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: The requirements contained herein are necessary to 
implement the Congressional mandate for universal service. It provides 
the Commission and USAC with the necessary information to administer 
the E-Rate program, determine the amount of support entities seeking 
funding are eligible to receive, to determine if entities are complying 
with the Commission's rules, and to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. 
The information will also allow the Commission to evaluate the extent 
to which the E-Rate program is meeting the statutory objectives 
specified in section 254 of the 1996 Act, the Commission's own 
performance goals set in the 2014 First E-Rate Order, and to evaluate 
the need and feasibility for any future revisions to program rules.
    Further, the purpose of this information is to ensure that schools 
and libraries that are eligible to receive discounted internet Access 
services (Category One), and Broadband Internal Connections, Managed 
Internal Broadband Services, and Basic Maintenance of Broadband 
Internal Connections (Basic Maintenance) (known together as Category 
Two Services) have in place internet safety policies. Schools and 
libraries receiving these services must certify, by completing a FCC 
Form 486 (Receipt of Service Confirmation and Certification of 
Compliance with the Children's internet Protection Act), that 
respondents are enforcing a policy of internet safety and enforcing the 
operation of a technology prevention measure. Also, respondents who 
received a Funding Commitment Decision Letter indicating services 
eligible for universal service funding must file FCC Form 486 to 
indicate their service start date and to start the payment process. In 
addition, all members of a consortium must submit signed certifications 
to the Billed Entity of their consortium using a FCC Form 479; 
Certification by Administrative Authority to Billed Entity of 
Compliance with Children's internet Protection Act, in language 
consistent with the certifications adopted for the FCC Form 486.
    Consortia must, in turn, certify collection of the FCC Forms 479 on 
the FCC Form 486. FCC Form 500 is used by E-rate participants to make 
adjustments to previously filed forms, such as changing the contract 
expiration date filed with the FCC Form 471, changing the funding year 
service start date filed with the FCC Form 486, cancelling or reducing 
the amount of funding commitments, requesting extensions of the 
deadline for nonrecurring services, and notifying USAC of equipment 
transfers.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-13488 Filed 6-24-21; 8:45 am]
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