[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 17 (Thursday, January 25, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4833-4834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01167]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[CG Docket No. 17-59; WC Docket No. 17-97; FCC 23-18; FCC 23-37; FR ID 
196696]


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

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective and compliance dates.

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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 Commission's Sixth Caller ID Authentication Report 
and Order (Sixth Report and Order), FCC 23-18, and Seventh Caller ID 
Authentication Report and Order (Seventh Report and Order), FCC 23-37, 
in which the Commission, among other actions, expanded its non-internet 
Protocol call authentication and robocall mitigation database rules. 
This document is consistent with the Sixth Report and Order and Seventh 
Report and Order, which stated that the Commission would publish a 
document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of these 
rules.

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 64.6303(c) (amendatory instruction 9) 
and 47 CFR 64.6305(d), (e), (f), and (g) (amendatory instruction 12), 
published at 88 FR 49006, June 21, 2023, and the amendments to 47 CFR 
64.6305(d)(2)(ii) and (iii), (e)(2)(ii), and (f)(2)(iii) (amendatory 
instruction 5), published at 88 FR 43446, July 10, 2023, are effective 
February 26, 2024. The compliance date for 47 CFR 64.6305(g) is May 24, 
2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik Beith, Competition Policy 
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-0756, or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on November 7, 
2023, OMB approved, for a period of three years, the information 
collection requirements relating to Sec. Sec.  64.6303(c), 64.6305(d), 
(e), and (f) of the Commission's rules, as contained in the 
Commission's Sixth Report and Order, FCC 23-18, published at 88 FR 
40096 on June 21, 2023, and Seventh Report and Order, FCC 23-37, 
published at 88 FR 43446 on July 10, 2023. The OMB Control Number is 
3060-1285.
    The effective date of the rules amending 47 CFR 64.6303(c) and 47 
CFR 64.6305(d), (e), and (f) was delayed indefinitely in 88 FR 40096. 
The effective date of the rule amending 47 CFR 64.6305(g) was also 
delayed indefinitely because it contained a compliance date that could 
not be set until Federal Register notice of OMB approval of the 
information collection requirements associated with 47 CFR 64.6305(f). 
The effective date of the rule further amending 47 CFR 
64.6305(d)(2)(ii) and (iii), (e)(2)(ii), and (f)(2)(iii) was delayed 
indefinitely in 88 FR 43446 pending Federal Register notice of OMB 
approval of the information collection requirements associated with the 
underlying amendments to 47 CFR 6305(d), (e), and (f). In the Sixth 
Report and Order and Seventh Report and Order, the Commission directed 
the Wireline Competition Bureau to announce the effective dates for 
these rule amendments.
    The Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the 
effective dates of the amendments to 47 CFR 64.6303(c), 64.6305(d), 
(e), (f), and (g).
    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 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 November 7, 2023 for the information collection 
requirements contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules 
in 47 CFR part 64 (47 CFR 64.6303(c), 64.6305(d), (e), and (f)). These 
actions allow the Wireline Competition Bureau to announce the effective 
date of these rules, as well as for 47 CFR 64.6305(g).
    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 notification is required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 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: November 7, 2023.
    OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 2026.
    Title: Compliance with the Non-IP Call Authentication Solutions 
Rules; Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 12,800 respondents; 12,800 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.5-6 hours (on average).
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement and on-occasion 
and reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory and required to obtain or retain 
benefits. The statutory authority for this information collection is 
contained in 47 U.S.C. 227(b), 251(e), and 227(e) of the Communications 
Act of 1934.
    Total Annual Burden: 39,663 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Needs and Uses: Sections 227(b), 251(e), and 227(e) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, (``Act'') as amended, 47 U.S.C. 227(b), 
251(e), and 227(e). On March 13, 2023, and May 19, 2023, respectively, 
the Commission released the Sixth Report and Order, FCC 23-18, 
published at 88 FR 40096, June 21, 2023, and the Seventh Report and 
Order, FCC 23-37, published at 88

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43446, July 10, 2023, adopting final rules containing information 
collection requirements designed to promote caller ID authentication 
technology. These rules governing non-gateway intermediate providers, 
among other entities, implement the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall 
Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (TRACED Act), promote the 
deployment of caller ID authentication technology, and combat the 
practice of illegal caller ID spoofing.

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.
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