[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 222 (Friday, November 18, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 69206-69207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25148]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[CG Docket No. 17-59, WC Docket 17-97, FCC 22-37; FR ID 113860]


Advanced Methods To Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls; Call 
Authentication Trust Anchor

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; 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 gateway providers to block calls based on a 
``reasonable Do Not Originate (DNO) list,'' and that compliance with 
the rule will be required. 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, 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 rule section and revise the rules accordingly.

DATES: 
    Effective date: The amendment is effective December 19, 2022.
    Compliance date: Compliance with 47 CFR 64.1200(o), published at 87 
FR 42916, July 18, 2022, is required on December 19, 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 Sec.  64.1200(o) on November 
3, 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 removes Sec.  64.1200(p) of the Commission's 
rules, which advised that compliance was not required until OMB 
approval was obtained.
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files,

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audio format), send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and 
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice).

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(o).
    Under 5 CFR 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(o) is 3060-1306.
    The foregoing notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Pubulic 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: 3060-1306.
    OMB Approval Date: November 3, 2022.
    OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 2025.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents: 6,493 respondents; 77,916 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: On-occasion reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. 
Statutory authority for these collections are 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), 201, 202, 
217, 227, 227b, 251(e), 303(r), 403.
    Total Annual Burden: 77,916 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No cost.
    Needs and Uses: The notification and request for comments sought to 
establish a new information collection as it pertains to 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'') (87 FR 42916, July 18, 2022). 
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.
    Gateway Provider Report and Order, FCC 22-37, paras. 87-91, 47 CFR 
64.1200(o).
    A provider that serves as a gateway provider for particular calls 
must, with respect to those calls, block any calls purporting to 
originate from a number on a reasonable do-not-originate list. A list 
so limited in scope that it leaves out obvious numbers that could be 
included with little effort may be deemed unreasonable. The do-not-
originate list may include only:
     Numbers for which the subscriber to which the number is 
assigned has requested that calls purporting to originate from that 
number be blocked because the number is used for inbound calls only;
     North American Numbering Plan numbers that are not valid;
     Valid North American Numbering Plan Numbers that are not 
allocated to a provider by the North American Numbering Plan 
Administrator; and
     Valid North American Numbering Plan numbers that are 
allocated to a provider by the North American Numbering Plan 
Administrator, but are unused, so long as the provider blocking the 
calls is the allocatee of the number and confirms that the number is 
unused or has obtained verification from the allocatee that the number 
is unused at the time of blocking.
    This document also removes 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.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.

    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), 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.


Sec.  64.1200   [Amended]

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2. Amend Sec.  64.1200 by removing paragraph (p).

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