[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 24, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51920-51922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18148]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[WC Docket No. 17-97, FCC 22-37; FR ID 101457]


Advanced Methods To Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls, 
Sixth Report and Order, CG Docket No. 17-59, Call Authentication Trust 
Anchor, Fifth Report and Order

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule and announcement of compliance date.

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission 
(Commission or FCC) announces that the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) has approved the public information collection associated with a 
rule that requires all voice service providers respond to traceback 
``fully and in a timely manner'' and gateway providers must respond 
within 24 hours adopted in the Gateway Provider Report and Order, FCC 
22-37, and that compliance with the modified rule will be required. It 
modifies the paragraph advising that compliance was not required until 
OMB approval was obtained. This document is consistent with the Sixth 
Report and Order in CG Docket No. 17-59, Fifth Report and Order in WC 
Docket No. 17-97, and Gateway Provider Report and Order,

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FCC 22-37 adopted on May 19, 2022 and released on May 20, 2022, which 
states the Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register 
announcing a compliance date for the modified rule section and revise 
the rules accordingly.

DATES: This rule is effective September 23, 2022. Compliance with 47 
CFR 64.1200(n)(1), published at 87 FR 42916, July 18, 2022, is required 
on September 23, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerusha Burnett, Consumer Policy 
Division, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202) 418-0526, 
or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that OMB approved 
the information collection requirement in 47 CFR 64.1200(n)(1) on July 
20, 2022. The rule was modified in the Gateway Provider Report and 
Order, FCC 22-97 adopted on May 19, 2022 and released on May 20, 2022. 
The Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the 
compliance date of the rule. 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 Cathy 
Williams, Federal Communications Commission, Room 3.317, 45 L Street 
NE, Washington, DC 20554. Please include the OMB Control Number, 3060-
1303, 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).
    This document also modifies Sec.  64.1200(p) of the Commission's 
rules, which advised that compliance was not required until OMB 
approval was obtained.

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 July 20, 2022, for the information collection requirement 
contained in the modification to 47 CFR 64.1200(n)(1).
    Under 5 CFR part 1320.5(b), 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 for the information collection requirement in 47 CFR 
64.1200(n)(1) is 3060-1303.
    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: 3060-1303.
    OMB Approval Date: July 20, 2022.
    OMB Expiration Date: January 31, 2023.
    Title: Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls, 
Sixth Report and Order, CG Docket No. 17-59, Call Authentication Trust 
Anchor, Fifth Report and Order, WC Docket No. 17-97, FCC 22-37.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, not-for-profit 
institutions, and state, local or tribal governments.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 6,493 respondents; 311,664 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: .25 hours.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. The 
statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 
sections 4(i), 4(j), 201, 202, 217, 227, 227b, 251(e), 303(r), and 403 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 
154(j), 201, 202, 217, 227, 227b, 251(e), 303(r), and 403.
    Total Annual Burden: 77,916 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: The Commission adopted a new information collection 
associated with the Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful 
Robocalls Sixth Report and Order and Call Authentication Trust Anchor 
Fifth Report and Order (``Gateway Provider Report and Order''). 
Unwanted and illegal robocalls have long been the Federal Communication 
Commission's (``Commission'') top source of consumer complaints and one 
of the Commission's top consumer protection priorities. Foreign-
originated robocalls represent a significant portion of illegal 
robocalls, and gateway providers serve as a critical choke-point for 
reducing the number of illegal robocalls received by American 
consumers. In the Gateway Provider Report and Order, the Commission 
took steps to prevent these foreign-originated illegal robocalls from 
reaching consumers and to help track these calls back to the source. 
Along with further extension of the Commission's caller ID 
authentication requirements and Robocall Mitigation Database filing 
requirements, the Commission adopted several robocall mitigation 
requirements, including a requirement for gateway providers to respond 
to traceback within 24 hours, mandatory blocking requirements, a ``know 
your upstream provider'' requirement, and a general mitigation 
requirement.
    This document also modifies Sec.  64.1200(p) of the Commission's 
rules, which advised that compliance was not required until OMB 
approval was obtained.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64

    Carrier equipment, Communications common carriers. Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Telecommunications, Telephone.
    The Federal Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 64 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), 255, 262, 
276, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 620, 716, 1401-1473, unless otherwise 
noted; Pub. L. 115-141, Div. P, sec. 503, 132 Stat. 348, 1091.

Subpart L--Restrictions on Telemarketing, Telephone Solicitation, 
and Facsimile Advertising

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2. Amend Sec.  64.1200 by revising paragraph (p) to read as follows:


Sec.  64.1200  Delivery restrictions.

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    (p) Paragraph (o) of this section may contain an information 
collection and/or recordkeeping requirement. Compliance with paragraph 
(o) will not be required until this paragraph (p) is removed or 
contains a compliance date, which will not occur until after the Office 
of Management and Budget completes review of such requirements pursuant 
to the Paperwork Reduction Act or until after the Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau determines that such review is not 
required. The Commission directs the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
Bureau to announce a compliance date for paragraph (o) by subsequent 
Public Notice and notification in the Federal Register and to cause 
paragraph (o) to be revised accordingly.


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Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-18148 Filed 8-23-22; 8:45 am]
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