[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 117 (Friday, June 17, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 36439-36440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12456]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 54

[WC Docket Nos. 21-450, 20-445; DA 22-574; FR ID 89883]


Affordable Connectivity and Emergency Broadband Benefit Program

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission) seeks comment on petition for reconsideration and 
clarification filed by the National Lifeline Association.

DATES: Comments are due on or before July 18, 2022 and reply comments 
are due on or before August 1, 2022. If you anticipate that you will be 
submitting comments but find it difficult to do so within the period of 
time allowed by this document, you should advise the contact listed as 
soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to file comments and reply 
comments on or before the dates indicated on the first page of this 
document. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic 
Comment Filing System (ECFS).
    [ssquf] Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically 
using the internet by accessing the ECFS: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/.
    [ssquf] Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file 
an original and one copy of each filing.
    [ssquf] Filings can be sent by commercial overnight courier, or by 
first-class or overnight U.S-. Postal Service mail. All filings must be 
addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, 
Federal Communications Commission.
    [ssquf] Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. Postal Service 
Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 Junction Drive, 
Annapolis Junction, MD

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20701. U.S. Postal Service first-class, Express, and Priority mail must 
be addressed to 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554.
    [ssquf] Effective March 19, 2020, and until further notice, the 
Commission no longer accepts any hand or messenger delivered filings. 
This is a temporary measure taken to help protect the health and safety 
of individuals, and to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19.
    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).
    Ex Parte Rules. This proceeding shall be treated as a ``permit-but-
disclose'' proceeding in accordance with the Commission's ex parte 
rules. Persons making ex parte presentations must file a copy of any 
written presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral presentation 
within two business days after the presentation (unless a different 
deadline applicable to the Sunshine period applies). Persons making 
oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the 
presentation must: (1) list all persons attending or otherwise 
participating in the meeting at which the ex parte presentation was 
made; and (2) summarize all data presented and arguments made during 
the presentation. If the presentation consisted in whole or in part of 
the presentation of data or arguments already reflected in the 
presenters written comments, memoranda, or other filings in the 
proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such data or 
arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other filings 
(specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where such data 
or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the 
memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex 
parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must 
be filed consistent with section 1.1206(b) of the Commission's rules. 
In proceedings governed by section 1.49(f) of the rules or for which 
the Commission has made available a method of electronic filing, 
written ex parte presentations and memoranda summarizing oral ex parte 
presentations, and all attachments thereto, must be filed through the 
electronic comment filing system available for that proceeding, and 
must be filed in their native format (e.g., .doc, .xml., .ppt, 
searchable .pdf). Participants in this proceeding should familiarize 
themselves with the Commission's ex parte rules.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Fisher, Wireline Competition 
Bureau, 202-418-7400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Public 
Notice in WC Docket Nos. 21-450, 20-445, DA 22-574, released May 23, 
2022. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission's headquarters will 
be closed to the general public until further notice. The full text of 
this document is available at the following internet address: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-22-574A1.pdf.

Synopsis

    1. The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on a 
petition filed by the National Lifeline Association (NaLA). NaLA seeks 
clarification of the Bureau and Enforcement Bureau Chiefs' authority to 
suspend a participating provider's Affordable Connectivity Program 
(ACP) enrollments and hold a participating provider's funding based on 
the ``adequate evidence'' standard, or in the alternative, 
reconsideration of the removal rule (47 CFR 54.1801(e)(2)). NaLA also 
seeks reconsideration or clarification of the requirement that an ACP 
participating provider offering connected devices provide price 
information for at least one of the analogous devices from a major 
retailer.

Federal Communications Commission.
Cheryl Callahan,
Assistant Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline 
Competition Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2022-12456 Filed 6-16-22; 8:45 am]
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