[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Federal Communications Commission Semiannual Regulatory Agenda]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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Federal Communications Commission





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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)                                


  



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Ch. I

Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions -- April 
2001

AGENCY:  Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY:  Twice a year, in April and October, the Commission publishes 
in the Federal Register a list in the Unified Agenda of those major 
items and other significant proceedings under development or review 
that pertain to the Regulatory Flexibility Act. See 5 U.S.C. 602. The 
Unified Agenda also provides the Code of Federal Regulations citations 
and legal authorities that govern these proceedings.

ADDRESSES:  Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen G. Hillegass, Attorney Advisor, 
Office of Communications Business Opportunities, or Maura McGowan, 
Telecommunications Specialist, Federal Communications Commission, 445 
12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418-0990.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   

Unified Agenda of Major and Other Significant Proceedings

    The Commission encourages public participation in its 
rulemaking process. To help keep the public informed of significant 
rulemaking proceedings, the Commission has prepared a list of 
important proceedings now in progress. The General Services 
Administration publishes the Unified Agenda in the Federal Register 
in April and October of each year.

    The following terms may be helpful in understanding the status 
of the proceedings included in this report:

    Docket Number-- assigned to a proceeding if the Commission has 
issued either a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking or a Notice of 
Inquiry concerning the matter under consideration. The Commission 
has used docket numbers since January 1, 1978. Docket numbers 
consist of the last two digits of the calendar year in which the 
docket was established plus a sequential number that begins at 1 
with the first docket initiated during a calendar year (e.g., 
Docket No. 96-1 or Docket No. 99-1). The abbreviation for the 
responsible bureau usually precedes the docket number, as in ``MM 
Docket No. 96-222,'' which indicates that the responsible bureau is 
the Mass Media Bureau. A docket number consisting of only five 
digits (e.g., Docket No. 29622) indicates that the docket was 
established before January 1, 1978.

    Notice of Inquiry (NOI) -- issued by the Commission when it is 
seeking information on a broad subject or trying to generate ideas 
on a given topic. A comment period is specified during which all 
interested parties may submit comments.

    Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) -- issued by the 
Commission when it is proposing a specific change to Commission 
rules and regulations. Before any changes are actually made, 
interested parties may submit written comments on the proposed 
revisions.

    Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM)--issued by the 
Commission when additional comment in the proceeding is sought.

    Memorandum Opinion and Order (MO&O)-- issued by the Commission 
to deny a petition for rulemaking, conclude an inquiry, modify a 
decision, or address a petition for reconsideration of a decision.

    Rulemaking (RM) Number -- assigned to a proceeding after the 
appropriate bureau or office has reviewed a petition for 
rulemaking, but before the Commission has taken action on the 
petition.

    Report and Order (R&O) -- issued by the Commission to state a 
new or amended rule or state that the Commission rules and 
regulations will not be revised.

 Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.

                                    CABLE SERVICES BUREAU--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4102        Cable Television Rate Regulation....................................................     3060-AF41
4103        Cable Television Rate Regulation: Cost of Service...................................     3060-AF48
4104        Customer Service Standards..........................................................     3060-AF69
4105        Cable Home Wiring...................................................................     3060-AG02
4106        Closed Captioning...................................................................     3060-AG26
4107        Cable Act Reform....................................................................     3060-AG27
4108        Competitive Availability of Navigation Devices......................................     3060-AG28
4109        Pole Attachment Provisions..........................................................     3060-AG71
4110        Digital Must Carry..................................................................     3060-AG91
4111        Horizontal Ownership Limits.........................................................     3060-AH09
4112        Application of Network Nonduplication, Syndicated Exclusivity, and Sports Blackout       3060-AH35
            Rules to Satellite Retransmission - SHVIA...........................................
4113        Retransmission Consent Issues - SHVIA...............................................     3060-AH36
4114        Satellite Broadcasting Signal Carriage Requirements.................................     3060-AH45
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                                    COMMON CARRIER BUREAU--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4115        Administration of the North American Numbering Plan.................................     3060-AF50
4116        Use of N11 Codes and Other Abbreviated Dialing Arrangements.........................     3060-AF51
4117        Implementation of the Universal Service Portions of the 1996 Telecommunications Act.     3060-AF85
4118        Toll-Free Service Access Codes......................................................     3060-AG11
4119        Implementation of Section 273 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.................     3060-AG36
4120        Implementation of Non-Accounting Safeguards, Sec. 271 & 272 of Communications Act of     3060-AG37
            1996 & Regulatory Treatment of LEC Provisions of Interexchange Svcs. Orig. in LEC
            Local Exch. Area....................................................................
4121        Policies and Rules Governing Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services      3060-AG42
            Pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996......................................
4122        Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network Information and         3060-AG43
            Other Customer Information..........................................................
4123        Policy and Rules Concerning the Interstate, Interexchange Marketplace;                   3060-AG45
            Implementation of Section 254(g) of the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended......
4124        Implementation of the Subscriber Selection Changes Provision of the                      3060-AG46
            Telecommunications Act of 1996......................................................
4125        Implementation of Section 402(b)(1)(a) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; LEC        3060-AG47
            Tariff Streamlining Provisions......................................................
4126        Access Charge Reform................................................................     3060-AG49
4127        Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of      3060-AG50
            1996................................................................................
4128        Implementation of Section 255 and Section 251(a)(2) of the Telecommunications Act of     3060-AG58
            1996; Access to Telecommunications Services Equipment and Customer Premise Equipment
            for Persons With Disabilities.......................................................
4129        Enhanced 911 Services for Wireline..................................................     3060-AG60
4130        Administration of the North American Numbering Plan, Carrier Identification Codes...     3060-AG61
4131        Computer III Further Remand Proceedings: Bell Operating Company Provision of             3060-AG72
            Enhanced Services...................................................................
4132        Detariffing of Competitive Local Exchange Carriers' Interstate Exchange Access           3060-AG73
            Services............................................................................
4133        In the Matter of the Telecommunications Relay Services, the Americans With               3060-AG75
            Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Telecommunications Act of 1996....................
4134        In the Matter of Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for     3060-AG76
            Individuals With Hearing and Speech Disabilities....................................
4135        1998 Biennial Regulatory Review - Review of Accounting and Cost Allocation               3060-AG98
            Requirements........................................................................
4136        1998 Biennial Regulatory Review -- Review of ARMIS Reporting Requirements...........     3060-AG99
4137        Performance Measurements and Reporting Requirements for Operations Support Systems,      3060-AH00
            Interconnection, Operator Services, and Directory Assistance........................
4138        Access Charge Reform for Rate-of-Return Local Exchange Carriers.....................     3060-AH01
4139        Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced Telecommunications Capability.....     3060-AH03
4140        Prescribing the Authorized Rate of Return for Interstate Services of Local Exchange      3060-AH18
            Carriers............................................................................
4141        1998 Biennial Regulatory Review - Review of Depreciation Requirements for Incumbent      3060-AH20
            Local Exchange Carriers.............................................................
4142        Comprehensive Review of Accounting Requirements and ARMIS Reporting Requirements,        3060-AH43
            Phase 1.............................................................................
4143        Local Telephone Networks That LECs Must Make Available to Competitors...............     3060-AH44
4144        2000 Biennial Regulatory Review -- Telecommunications Service Quality Reporting          3060-AH72
            Requirements........................................................................
4145        1998 Biennial Regulatory Review -- Review of Customer Premises Equipment and             3060-AH73
            Enhanced Services Unbundling Rules in the Interexchange, Exchange Access and Local
            Exchange Markets....................................................................
4146        Access Charge Reform and Universal Service Reform...................................     3060-AH74
4147        2000 Biennial Regulatory Review -- Comprehensive Review of the Accounting                3060-AH76
            Requirements and ARMIS Reporting Requirements for Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers;
            Phase 2 and Phase 3.................................................................
4148        Comprehensive Review of the Accounting Requirements and ARMIS Reporting Requirements     3060-AH77
            for Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers; Phase 1......................................
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                                    COMMON CARRIER BUREAU--Completed Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4149        Telemessaging, Electronic Publishing, and Alarm Monitoring Services.................     3060-AG44
4150        Regulatory Treatment of LEC Provision of Interexchange Service Originating in the        3060-AG48
            LEC's Local Exchange Area...........................................................
4151        In the Matter of Inside Wire........................................................     3060-AG63
4152        Toll Fraud..........................................................................     3060-AG77
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                                 CONSUMER INFORMATION BUREAU--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4153        Internet Telephony Report...........................................................     3060-AH56
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                                      ENFORCEMENT BUREAU--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4154        In the Matter of Amendment of Part 73, Subpart G, of the Commission's Rules              3060-AF21
            Regarding the Emergency Alert System................................................
4155        Amendment of Rules Governing Procedures To Be Followed When Formal Complaints Are        3060-AG65
            Filed Against Common Carriers.......................................................
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                            OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4156        Software Defined Radio Authorization................................................     3060-AH64
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                             OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4157        Wind Profiler Radar Systems.........................................................     3060-AF45
4158        Millimeter Wave Spectrum Allocation.................................................     3060-AF61
4159        MSS Spectrum Allocation.............................................................     3060-AF75
4160        Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz.............................     3060-AG19
4161        Allocation of 455-456 MHz and 459-460 MHz...........................................     3060-AG89
4162        Dedicated Short Range Communications of Intelligent Transportation Services.........     3060-AG94
4163        Regulations for RF Lighting Devices.................................................     3060-AG95
4164        Equipment Authorization Streamline II/Mutual Recognition Agreements and the GMPCS        3060-AG96
            MOU.................................................................................
4165        Uniden Scanners/Cellular Radio Signals..............................................     3060-AG97
4166        Industry Coordination Committee System for Broadcast Digital Television Service.....     3060-AH13
4167        3650-3700 Government Transfer Band..................................................     3060-AH14
4168        Radionavigation Service at 31.8-32.2 GHz............................................     3060-AH15
4169        Certification of Equipment in the 24.05-24.25 GHz Band at Field Strengths Up to 2500     3060-AH16
            mV/m................................................................................
4170        Fixed Satellite Service and Terrestrial System in the Ku-Band.......................     3060-AH17
4171        Closed Captioning for DTV Receivers.................................................     3060-AH24
4172        Spread Spectrum Devices.............................................................     3060-AH25
4173        50-71 GHz Realignment...............................................................     3060-AH26
4174        Wireless Medical Telemetry Service..................................................     3060-AH27
4175        Establishment of an Improved Model for Predicting the Broadcast Television Field         3060-AH37
            Strength Received at Individual Locations...........................................
4176        Conducted Emission Limits...........................................................     3060-AH46
4177        Revision of the Rules Regarding Ultra-Wideband Transmission.........................     3060-AH47
4178        New Advanced Wireless Services......................................................     3060-AH65
4179        Reallocation of 27 MHz Spectrum.....................................................     3060-AH66
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                                  OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4180        Amendment of the Ex Parte Rules in Joint Board Proceedings..........................     3060-AH02

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4181        Amendment of Section 1.1204 of the Commission's Ex Parte Rules......................     3060-AH58
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                                    INTERNATIONAL BUREAU--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4182        Streamlining Earth Station Licensing Rules; IB Docket No. 00-248....................     3060-AH60
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                                     INTERNATIONAL BUREAU--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4183        Streamlining the Commission's Rules and Regulations for Satellite Application and        3060-AD70
            Licensing Procedures; IB Docket No. 95-117..........................................
4184        Satellite Communications -- NGSO Mobile Satellite Service; CC Docket No. 92-166.....     3060-AF42
4185        Establishing Rules and Policies for the Use of Spectrum for Mobile Satellite Service     3060-AF89
            in the L-Band; IB Docket No. 96-132.................................................
4186        Preemption of Local Zoning Regulation of Satellite Earth Stations; IB Docket No. 95-     3060-AF92
            59..................................................................................
4187        Establishment of Rules and Policies for the Digital Audio Radio Satellite Service in     3060-AF93
            the 2310-2360 MHz Frequency Band; IB Docket No. 95-91; GEN Docket No. 90-357........
4188        Redesignation of the 27.5-29.5 GHz Frequency Band; CC Docket No. 92-297.............     3060-AF94
4189        Amendment of Policy To Allow Non-U.S. Licensed Space Stations To Provide Service in      3060-AG31
            the United States; IB Docket No. 96-111; CC Docket No. 93-23........................
4190        Streamlining Regulations Related to International Common Carriers; IB Docket No. 98-     3060-AG84
            118.................................................................................
4191        Redesignation 17.7-19.7 GHz Band, Blanket Licensing Sat Earth Stations 17.7-20.2 GHz     3060-AH21
            & 27.5-30 GHz & Allocation 17.3-17.8 & 24.75-25.25 GHz Band for Broadcast Satellite
            Service Use; IB Doc No. 98-172......................................................
4192        Allocate & Designate: Spec for Fixed-Sat Srv (37.5-38.5, 40.5-41.5 & 48.2-50.2 GHz       3060-AH23
            Bands). Allocate: Fixed & Mobile 40.5-42.5 GHz; Wireless 46.9-47 GHz; Gov Oper 37-38
            & 40-40.5 GHz; IB Doc No. 97-95.....................................................
4193        Establishment of Policies and Service Rules for the Mobile Satellite Service in the      3060-AH28
            2 GHz Band; IB Docket No. 99-81.....................................................
4194        Policies for the Direct Broadcast Satellite Service; IB Docket No. 98-21............     3060-AH29
4195        1998 Biennial Regulatory Review--Review of Accounts Settlement in Maritime Mobile        3060-AH30
            &Maritime Mobile-Satellite Radio Services and Withdrawal of the Commission as
            Accounting Authority; IB Docket No.98-96............................................
4196        Amendment to Regulatory Policies Governing Domestic Fixed Satellites and Separate        3060-AH48
            International Satellite Systems; IB Docket No. 95-41................................
4197        Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite; IB Docket No. 99-67.............     3060-AH49
4198        Consideration of Applications Under the Cable Landing License Act; IB Docket No. 00-     3060-AH50
            106.................................................................................
4199        Direct Broadcast Public Interest Obligations; MM Docket No. 93-25...................     3060-AH59
4200        2000 Biennial Regulatory Review -- Policy and Rules Concerning the International,        3060-AH61
            Interexchange Marketplace; IB Docket No. 00-202.....................................
4201        2000 Biennial Review -- Amendment of Parts 43 and 63 of the Commission's Rules; IB       3060-AH62
            Docket No. 00-231...................................................................
4202        Licensing and Coordination of Earth Stations in the Fixed-Satellite Services; IB         3060-AH63
            Docket No. 00-203...................................................................
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                                      MASS MEDIA BUREAU--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4203        Transfer of Control of Non-Stock Entities (MM Docket No. 89-77).....................     3060-AE31
4204        Filing of Television Network Affiliation Contracts (MM Docket No. 95-40)............     3060-AF80
4205        Rules Governing Broadcast Television Advertising (MM Docket No. 95-90)..............     3060-AF81
4206        Minor Modifications of Broadcast Licenses Without Prior Construction Permit.........     3060-AG30
4207        Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership.................................................     3060-AG53
4208        Review of Technical Rules in Parts 73 and 74........................................     3060-AG81

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4209        Establishment of a Class A Television Service (MM Docket Nos. 00-10, 99-292)........     3060-AH39
4210        Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems (MM Docket No. 99-325)...........................     3060-AH40
4211        Dual Network Rule (MM Docket No. 00-108)............................................     3060-AH51
4212        Experimental Broadcast Station Multiple Ownership Rule (MM Docket No. 00-105).......     3060-AH52
4213        Ancillary or Supplemental Use of DTV Capacity by Non-Commercial Licensees (MM Docket     3060-AH53
            No. 98-203).........................................................................
4214        Periodic Review of Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to DTV (MM Docket No.     3060-AH54
            00-39)..............................................................................
4215        Children's TV, Obligations of Digital TV Broadcasters (MM Docket No. 00-167)........     3060-AH68
4216        Extension of Filing Requirements for Children's TV Programming Report (MM Docket No.     3060-AH69
            00-44)..............................................................................
4217        Radio Market Definitions (MM Docket No. 00-244).....................................     3060-AH70
4218        Enhanced and Standardized Disclosure (MM Docket No. 00-168).........................     3060-AH71
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                                      MASS MEDIA BUREAU--Completed Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4219        Local Television Ownership Rule (MM Docket No. 91-221)..............................     3060-AF79
4220        Attribution of Broadcast Interests (MM Docket Nos. 94-150, 92-51, 87-154)...........     3060-AF82
4221        National Television Ownership Rules (MM Docket Nos. 96-222, 91-221, 87-8)...........     3060-AG54
4222        1998 Biennial Review of Broadcast Ownership (MM Docket No. 98-35)...................     3060-AG79
4223        Review of Broadcast and Cable EEO Rules and Policies................................     3060-AH10
4224        Low Power FM Radio..................................................................     3060-AH11
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                                OFFICE OF MANAGING DIRECTOR--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4225        Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for FY 2001............................     3060-AH67
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                              WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU--Long-Term Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4226        Amendment of the Commission's Rules Concerning Maritime Communications..............     3060-AF14
4227        Rulemaking To Amend Part 1 and Part 21 To Redesignate the 27.5-29.5 GHz Band and To      3060-AF26
            Establish Rules and Policies for Local Multi-Point Distribution Service.............
4228        Refarming...........................................................................     3060-AF35
4229        Future Development of 800 MHz SMR; Competitive Bidding Wide Area....................     3060-AF47
4230        Resale and Roaming Obligations Pertaining to Commercial Mobile Radio Services.......     3060-AF58
4231        Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act, Competitive Bidding;         3060-AF99
            Narrowband PCS Competitive Bidding Rules............................................
4232        Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act, Competitive Bidding; 218-    3060-AG00
            219 MHz Competitive Bidding Rules...................................................
4233        39 GHz Channel Plan.................................................................     3060-AG16
4234        Implementation of 309(j) of the Communications Act, Amendment of Parts 20 and 24 of      3060-AG21
            the Commission's Rules - Broadband PCS Competitive Bidding and the Commercial Mobile
            Radio Service Spectrum Cap..........................................................
4235        Revision of the Rules To Ensure Compatibility With Enhanced 911 Emergency Calling        3060-AG34
            Systems.............................................................................
4236        In the Matter of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act..............     3060-AG74
4237        Development of Operational, Technical, and Spectrum Requirements for Public Safety       3060-AG85
            Communications Requirements.........................................................
4238        Multiple Access Systems.............................................................     3060-AG86
4239        Amendment of Part I of the Commission's Rules -- Competitive Bidding Procedures.....     3060-AG87
4240        Amendment of Part 90 of the Rules To Adopt Regulations for Automatic Vehicle             3060-AH12
            Monitoring Systems..................................................................
4241        Calling Party Pays Service Offering in the Commercial Mobile Radio Services.........     3060-AH31

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4242        Service Rules for the 746-764 and 776-794 MHz Bands, and Revisions to Part 27 of the     3060-AH32
            Commission's Rules..................................................................
4243        Implementation of Sections 309(j) and 337 of the Communications Act of 1934 as           3060-AH33
            Amended.............................................................................
4244        1998 Biennial Regulatory Review Spectrum Aggregation Limits for Wireless                 3060-AH34
            Telecommunications Carriers.........................................................
4245        Amendment to Parts 1, 2, 87 and 101 of the Rules to License Fixed Services at 24 GHz     3060-AH41
4246        Part 101 -- Terrestrial Microwave Fixed Radio Services..............................     3060-AH42
4247        Amendment of Parts 13 and 80 Governing Maritime Communications......................     3060-AH55
4248        Amendment of the Rules Regarding Installment Payment Financing for Personal              3060-AH57
            Communications Services Licensees...................................................
4249        Transfer of the 3650 through 3700 MHz Band and the 4.9 GHz Band from Federal             3060-AH75
            Government Use......................................................................
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                              WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU--Completed Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4250        Amendment to Part 27 of the Rules To Revise Rules for Services in the 2.3 GHz Band       3060-AG93
            and To Include Licensing of Services in the 47 GHz Band.............................
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)               Long-Term Actions


Cable Services Bureau



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4102. CABLE TELEVISION RATE REGULATION

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 543

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 76

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission has adopted rate regulations to implement 
Section 623 of the 1992 Cable Act to ensure that cable subscribers 
nationwide enjoy the rates that would be charged by cable systems 
operating in a competitive environment. Reconsideration was requested. 
The 14th Order on Reconsideration addresses petitions on issues 
governing regulated services by cable systems.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            01/04/93                       58 FR 48
7th Order on Recon              01/25/95                     60 FR 4863
9th Order on Recon              02/27/95                    60 FR 10512
8th Order on Recon              03/17/95                    60 FR 14373
6th R&O and 11th Order on Recon 07/12/95                    60 FR 35854
13th Order on Recon             10/05/95                    60 FR 52106
12th Order on Recon             10/26/95                    60 FR 54815
10th Order on Recon             04/08/96                    61 FR 15388
Order on Recon of the 1st R&O 
and Further NPRM                04/15/96                    61 FR 16447
MO&O                            02/12/97                     62 FR 6491
Report on Cable Industry Prices 02/24/97                     62 FR 8245
R&O and FNPRM                   05/21/93                    58 FR 29736
R&O                             03/31/97                    62 FR 15118
14th Order on Recon             10/15/97                    62 FR 53572
MO&O and FNPRM                  08/18/93                    58 FR 43816
3rd R&O                         11/30/93                    58 FR 63087
Order on Recon, 4th R&O, and 5th 
NPRM                            04/15/94                    59 FR 17943
3rd Order on Recon              04/15/94                    59 FR 17961
5th Order on Recon and FNPRM    10/13/94                    59 FR 51869
4th Order on Recon              10/21/94                    59 FR 53113
6th Order on Recon, 5th R&O, and 
7th NPRM                        12/06/94                    59 FR 62614


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Nancy Stevenson, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Cable Services Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7039
TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
Fax: 202 418-1196

RIN: 3060-AF41
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4103. CABLE TELEVISION RATE REGULATION: COST OF SERVICE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 543

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 76

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission has established rules pursuant to which cable 
operators may set rates for regulated cable service in accordance with 
traditional cost-of-service principles, as modified to take account of 
unique characteristics of the cable industry. These rules are the 
subject of pending petitions for reconsideration. In addition, the 
Commission is considering comments received in response to a Further 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning the rate of return that should 
be applied in cost-of-service cases.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            07/30/93                    58 FR 40762
R&O                             04/15/94                    59 FR 17975
2nd NPRM                        04/15/94                    59 FR 18066
MO&O                            10/14/94                    59 FR 52087

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2nd R&O/1st Order on Recon/FNPRM03/08/96                     61 FR 9361
Correction in FR                03/22/96                    61 FR 11749


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Nancy Stevenson, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Cable Services Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7039
TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
Fax: 202 418-1196

RIN: 3060-AF48
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4104. CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDARDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i) to 154(j); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 552

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 76

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, April 3, 1993.

Abstract: The Commission has adopted customer service standards for 
cable operators nationwide to implement the provisions of the Cable Act 
of 1992. Such standards shall include, at a minimum, cable systems 
office hours, telephone availability, installations, outages, service 
calls, and communication between the cable operator and subscriber, 
including billing and refunds.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/23/92                    57 FR 61038
R&O                             04/19/93                    58 FR 21107


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Nancy Stevenson, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Cable Services Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7039
TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
Fax: 202 418-1196

RIN: 3060-AF69
_______________________________________________________________________




4105. CABLE HOME WIRING

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 544(i)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 76

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On October 6, 1997, the FCC adopted a Report and Order and 
Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 97-7360) that amends its 
cable inside wiring rules to enhance competition in the video 
distribution marketplace. The Second FNPRM seeks comment on, among 
other things, whether there are circumstances where the FCC should 
adopt restrictions on exclusive contracts in order to further promote 
competition in the MDU marketplace. A Petition for Review was filed in 
the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit on November 24, 
1997. The FCC has received petitions for reconsideration and has 
requested the 8th Circuit to hold the pending court case in abeyance 
until the Commission takes action on the pending petitions. The Court 
granted the Commission's request.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/17/92                    57 FR 54209
R&O                             03/02/93                    58 FR 11970
NPRM                            02/01/96                     61 FR 3657
1st Order on Recon & FNPRM      02/16/96                     61 FR 6210
FNRPM                           09/03/97                    62 FR 46453
R&O and 2d FNPRM                11/14/97                    62 FR 60165


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Carl Kandutsch, Federal Communications Commission, 
Cable Services Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7051
TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
Fax: 202 418-1196
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG02
_______________________________________________________________________




4106. CLOSED CAPTIONING

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 613

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 79.1; 47 CFR 79.2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The FCC adopted regulations to ensure that video programming 
is accessible to persons with hearing disabilities through closed 
captioning. The rules were adopted in August 1997 and modified in 
response to petitions for reconsideration in September 1998. In April 
2000, the FCC adopted rules to ensure the accessibility of televised 
emergency information to persons with hearing disabilities through 
closed captioning or another method of visual presentation.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NOI                             12/15/95                    60 FR 65052
Order                           01/29/96                     61 FR 2781
Order                           03/12/96                     61 FR 9963
Report                          08/14/96                    61 FR 42249
NPRM                            02/03/97                     62 FR 4959
Order                           03/24/97                    62 FR 13853
R&O                             09/16/97                    62 FR 48487
FNRPM                           01/21/98                     63 FR 3070
Order                           10/20/98                    63 FR 55959
Order                           06/23/99                    64 FR 33424
2nd R&O                         05/09/00                    65 FR 26757


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: Additional Bureau: Consumer Information

Agency Contact: Marcia Glauberman, Statistician, Federal Communications 
Commission, Cable Services Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7046
TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
Fax: 202 418-1196
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG26
_______________________________________________________________________




4107. CABLE ACT REFORM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 522; 47 USC 543; 47 USC 544; 47 USC 
548; 47 USC 552

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 76

Legal Deadline: None

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Abstract: This proceeding implements the cable reform section of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996. It addresses several issues, including 
the cable rate complaint process, effective competition and subscriber 
notifications.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Order & NPRM                    04/30/96                    61 FR 19013
Report & Order                  07/02/99                    64 FR 35948
Correction                      08/06/99                    64 FR 42855


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Nancy Stevenson, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Cable Services Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7039
TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
Fax: 202 418-1196

RIN: 3060-AG27
_______________________________________________________________________




4108. COMPETITIVE AVAILABILITY OF NAVIGATION DEVICES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 549

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 76

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission has adopted rules to address the mandate 
expressed in section 629 of the Communications Act to ensure the 
commercial availability of ``navigation devices,'' the equipment used 
to access video programming and other services from multichannel video 
programming systems. Petitions for reconsideration were resolved in a 
recent order. The Commission also issued a Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking and Declaratory Ruling. The Further Notice sought comment as 
to the effectiveness of the Commission's rules for achieving the 
commercial availability of navigation devices. Accompanying the Further 
Notice was a Declaratory Ruling which found that technology licenses 
requiring copy protection measures to be located within a navigation 
host device are consistent with the Commission's navigation devices 
rules.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/05/97                    62 FR 10011
R&O                             07/15/98                    63 FR 38089
Order on Reconsideration        06/02/99                    64 FR 29599
FNPRM & Declaratory Ruling      09/28/00                    65 FR 58255


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Thomas Horan, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Cable Services Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2486
TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
Fax: 202 418-1069
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG28
_______________________________________________________________________




4109. POLE ATTACHMENT PROVISIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 224; 
47 USC 303; 47 USC 403

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1.1401 to 1.1418

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, February 8, 1998.

Abstract: In this proceeding, the Commission established rules relating 
to pole attachments. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 required that 
within two years the Commission prescribe regulations governing the 
charges for pole attachments. These regulations were to be used by 
cable operators and telecommunications carriers to provide 
telecommunications services when the utility and attaching entity 
parties fail to resolve a dispute over such charges. The Report and 
Order released in 1998, prescribed regulations to govern these charges.
Petitions for reconsideration of the 1998 Report and Order are pending 
in which the parties seek to modify the rules for access and charges 
for pole attachments. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals released a 
decision in April of 2000 which challenged the Commission's authority 
over some aspects of the pole attachment rules. The Commission has 
filed a Petition for Rehearing. The case is now pending before the 
United States Supreme Court.
Separately, in April 2000, the Commission released a Report and Order 
addressing issues related to the formula used to calculate just and 
reasonable rates that utilities charge for pole attachments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/18/97                    62 FR 43963
R&O                             03/12/98                    63 FR 12013
R&O                             05/17/00                    65 FR 31270
Erratum                         05/31/00                    65 FR 34820


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

Agency Contact: Cheryl King, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, Cable Services Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2284
TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
Fax: 202 418-2297
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG71
_______________________________________________________________________




4110. DIGITAL MUST CARRY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 534

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 614(b)(4)(B) of the Communications Act requires that, 
at the time the Commission prescribes standards for advanced 
television, it should ``initiate a proceeding to establish any changes 
in the signal carriage requirements of cable television systems 
necessary to ensure cable carriage of those broadcast signals of local 
commercial television stations which have been changed to conform with 
such modified standards.'' In August of 1998, the FCC issued a Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comments on the requirements of that 
section. In June 2000, based on responses to the Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, the Commission clarified that DTV-only television stations, 
in the context of auctioning analog channels

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59-69, will ultimately have must carry rights. In January of 2001, the 
Commission issued a First Report and Order and Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking resolving a number of technical and legal issues, 
including clarification that digital-only TV stations are entitled to 
mandatory carriage.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/07/98                    63 FR 42330
MO&O and FNPRM                  07/12/00                    65 FR 42879
First R&O and FNPRM             01/23/01


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Ben Golant, Senior Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Cable Services Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7111
TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
Fax: 202 418-1069
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG91
_______________________________________________________________________




4111. HORIZONTAL OWNERSHIP LIMITS

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 533

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 76

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 613 of the Communications Act requires the Commission 
to ``prescribe rules and regulations establishing reasonable limits on 
the number of cable subscribers a person is authorized to reach through 
cable systems owned by such person, or in which such person has an 
attributable interest.'' On October 8, 1999, the Commission issued a 
Third Report and Order, FCC 99-289, in this matter. The Commission 
revised the horizontal ownership rules as follows: (1) all multichannel 
video subscribers will be counted when calculating the 30 percent 
ownership limit; (2) actual subscriber numbers, rather than potential 
subscriber numbers, will be used for calculating an owner's share; and 
(3) the minority exception which allowed a 35 percent ownership limit 
for minority-owned entities under certain circumstances was eliminated. 
The Order provided that the new rules would go into effect when the 
horizontal ownership statute was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeal, 
which occurred on May 19, 2000. The Commission subsequently lifted its 
self-imposed stay of the horizontal ownership rules. Petitions for 
reconsideration are pending.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Second MO&O on Recon and FNPRM  07/14/98                    63 FR 37790
Third R&O                       12/01/99                    64 FR 67198
O on Recon                      03/08/00                    65 FR 12135
MO&O                            06/08/00                    65 FR 36382


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Holly Berland, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Cable Services Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2075
Fax: 202 418-1196

RIN: 3060-AH09
_______________________________________________________________________




4112. APPLICATION OF NETWORK NONDUPLICATION, SYNDICATED EXCLUSIVITY, AND 
SPORTS BLACKOUT RULES TO SATELLITE RETRANSMISSION - SHVIA

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 339

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73; 47 CFR 76

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The FCC proposed rules on its implementation of certain 
aspects of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999. In 
October of 2000, the FCC issued an order adopting rules that apply the 
current cable rules for network non-duplication, syndicated program 
exclusivity and sports blackout to satellite carriers.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/02/00                     65 FR 4927
Report and Order                11/14/00                    65 FR 68082


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Eloise Gore, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Cable Services Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-1066
TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
Fax: 202 418-1069
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH35
_______________________________________________________________________




4113. RETRANSMISSION CONSENT ISSUES - SHVIA

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 325

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 76.64(m); 47 CFR 76.65

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission sought public comment on its implementation of 
certain aspects of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 
(SHVIA). Among other things, the new legislation requires broadcasters, 
until the year 2006, to negotiate in good faith with satellite carriers 
and other multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) with 
respect to their transmission of the broadcasters' signals, and 
prohibits broadcasters from entering into exclusive retransmission 
agreements.
The First Report and Order (Order) determined that the statute does not 
intend to subject retransmission consent negotiation to detailed 
substantive oversight by the Commission. Instead, the Order concludes 
that Congress intended that the Commission follow established 
precedent, particularly in the field of labor law, in implementing the 
good faith retransmission consent negotiation requirement. Consistent 
with this conclusion, the Order adopts a two-part test for good faith. 
The first part of the test consists of a brief, objective list of 
negotiation standards. The second part of the good faith test is based 
on a totality of the circumstances standard. Under this standard, an 
MVPD may present facts to the Commission which, even though they do not 
allege a violation of the specific standards enumerated above, given 
the totality of the circumstances constitute a failure to negotiate in 
good faith. The Commission's rules regarding the good faith negotiation 
requirement sunset on

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January 1, 2006. An MVPD believing itself to be aggrieved may file a 
complaint with the Commission.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/29/99                    64 FR 72985
1st R&O                         03/23/00                    65 FR 23805


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Steven Broeckaert, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Cable Services Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7200
TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
Fax: 202 418-1069
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH36
_______________________________________________________________________




4114. SATELLITE BROADCASTING SIGNAL CARRIAGE REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 338; 47 USC 534; 47 USC 535

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 29, 2000.

Abstract: The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 (SHVIA) 
requires satellite carriers, by January 1, 2002, to carry upon request 
all local broadcast stations' signals. These signals must be carried in 
all local markets in which the satellite carriers carry at least one 
broadcast station signal, assuming this signal is licensed pursuant to 
section 122 of the Copyright Act. The SHVIA requires the Commission to 
issue rules implementing the Act's mandatory carriage requirements 
within one year of the SHVIA's enactment. On November 29, 2000 the 
Commission adopted a Report and Order that places satellite carriers on 
equal footing with cable operators with respect to the availability of 
programming. The applicable statutory provisions are found in section 
1008 of the SHVIA and codified at section 338 of the Communications 
Act.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/30/00                    65 FR 40564
NPRM Comment Period End         08/04/00
Report and Order                01/23/01                     66 FR 7410


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Ben Golant, Senior Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Cable Services Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7111
TDD Phone: 202 418-7172
Fax: 202 418-1069
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH45
_______________________________________________________________________


FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)               Long-Term Actions


Common Carrier Bureau



_______________________________________________________________________




4115. ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 3 to 4; 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152 to 155; 47 USC 
154(i); 47 USC 201 to 205; 47 USC 207 to 209; 47 USC 218; 47 USC 225 to 
227; 47 USC 251 to 252; 47 USC 271; 47 USC 332; 47 USC 403

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 52.1 to 52.99; 47 CFR 151; 47 CFR 154; 47 CFR 201 
to 205; 47 CFR 403

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Report and Order lays the foundation for the fair and 
effective administration of numbering in the United States. The Report 
and Order establishes a model for administration of numbering resources 
in a competitive environment. In this model, the FCC will set broad 
policy objectives, be the final arbiter of domestic numbering disputes 
and work closely with other member countries of the North American 
Numbering Plan (NANP), the States, industry and consumers to ensure 
fair and effective number administration. The Report and Order creates 
the North American Number Council (NANC) under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act. In the Third Report and Order, released on October 9, 
1997, the Commission affirmed the NANC's selection of Lockheed Martin 
IMS as the new NANP administrator. The NANP administrator is a 
nongovernmental entity that is not aligned with any particular 
telecommunications industry segment, and upon selection and following a 
transition period, assumed Bellcore's current NANP administrator 
functions and the central office code administration functions 
currently handled by the dominant local exchange carrier in each area 
code. The rules were expanded to accommodate the requirements of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996. See FCC 96-337, released August 8, 
1996.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NOI                             11/10/92                    57 FR 53462
NPRM                            05/10/94                    59 FR 24103
R&O                             07/28/95                    60 FR 58737
2d R&O                          09/06/96                    61 FR 47284
3rd R&O                         10/23/97                    62 FR 55179


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Deborah Blue, Program Analyst, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2320
Fax: 202 418-2345
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF50

[[Page 26490]]

_______________________________________________________________________




4116. USE OF N11 CODES AND OTHER ABBREVIATED DIALING ARRANGEMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 201 to 205; 47 USC 
251(e)

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In 1992, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in 
CC Docket 92-105 proposing that local exchange carriers (LECs) be 
required to make N11 codes available for access to information service 
providers. In this proposal, LECs could establish any reasonable 
assignment criteria for such allocation, including ``first come, first 
served.'' The FCC's General Counsel released a letter indicating it 
found no regulatory or legal obstacles to assignment of N11 codes for 
information services. On February 19, 1997, the FCC released a First 
Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in that 
Docket (FCC 97-51) which allows incumbent LECs, in addition to the 
States and Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), to continue to 
perform the N11 code administration functions that they performed at 
the time of enactment of the 1996 Act amendments to the 1934 Act, until 
further FCC action. The FCC concluded that: (1) 311 should be assigned 
as a national number for access to non-emergency police calls; (2) 711 
should be assigned as a national number for access to 
telecommunications relay services (TRS); (3) all providers of telephone 
exchange service must be able to have their customers call 611 and 811 
to reach their repair and business service offices; and (4) a LEC may 
not itself offer enhanced services using a 411 code or any other N11 
code, unless that LEC offers access to the code on a reasonable 
nondiscriminatory basis to competing enhanced service providers in the 
local service area for which it is using the code to facilitate 
distribution of their enhanced services. In the FNPRM, the FCC asked 
for comment on: (1) the technical feasibility of implementing 711 for 
TRS access; (2) the possibility of developing an N11 gateway offering 
access to multiple TRS providers; (3) whether with such access, TRS 
calls would still be answered within mandatory minimum answer times; 
(4) whether such a gateway would be consistent with section 255; (5) 
whether other important disability services could be accessed thereby; 
(6) the possibility of providing both voice and text TRS services 
through the same abbreviated TRS code; (7) the proprietary nature of 
N11 codes; and (8) an FCC proposal to transfer administration of N11 
codes at the local level from incumbent LECs to the North American 
Numbering Plan (NANP) administrator. Petitions for reconsideration or 
clarification on the order have been filed. Comments and replies were 
filed on March 31 and April 30, 1997, respectively. On June 16, 1999, 
the Commission released a Public Notice announcing that it will hold a 
public forum on September 8, 1999, on 711 access to TRS. The goal of 
the forum was to identify steps that must be taken to implement 711 
access to TRS as well as obstacles to implementation and how those 
obstacles can be resolved.
On August 9, 2000, the Commission released a Second Report and Order 
(FCC 00-257) that addresses issues related to the deployment of 711 for 
access to TRS. The Commission required a nationwide rollout of 711 
access to TRS and established an implementation framework. On July 31, 
2000, the Commission released a Third Report and Order (FCC 00-256) 
that granted the petition of the United Way of America, and others, for 
nationwide assignment of the 211 abbreviated dialing code for access to 
community information and referral services. The Commission also 
granted the petition of the U.S. Department of Transportation for 
nationwide assignment of the 511 abbreviated dialing code for access to 
travel and traffic information. The Commission further addressed issues 
raised in petitions for reconsideration of the N11 First Report and 
Order and resolved outstanding issues from the N11 Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking.
On August 29, 2000, the Commission released a Fourth Report and Order 
and Third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in this docket and a Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking in WT Docket 00-110 (FCC 00-327) to implement the 
Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999. The Commission 
designated 911 as the universal emergency number and sought comment on 
appropriate transition periods and how the Commission should facilitate 
States' efforts to deploy comprehensive emergency communications 
systems.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/29/92                    57 FR 22681
First R&O                       02/26/97                     62 FR 8633
FNPRM                           02/26/97                     62 FR 8671
Second R&O                      09/11/00                    65 FR 54799
Fourth R&O and Third NPRM       09/19/00                    65 FR 56751
Third R&O                       02/09/01                     66 FR 9674


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: Additional Bureau: Consumer Information

Agency Contact: Cheryl L. Callahan, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2320
Fax: 202 418-2345

RIN: 3060-AF51
_______________________________________________________________________




4117. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE PORTIONS OF THE 1996 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 et seq

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 54

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, March 8, 1996.
Other, Statutory, November 8, 1996, Recommended decision.
Final, Statutory, May 8, 1997, Federal-State Joint Board R&O released 
May 8, 1997.

Abstract: As required by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the 
Commission sought comment on proposals for reforming universal service. 
On November 8, 1996, the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service 
issued a recommended decision on changes to the universal service 
support mechanisms. In addition, on January 10, 1997, the Commission 
issued an NPRM and NOI on changes to the Board of Directors of the 
National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA), regarding the 
administration of universal service. On May 8, 1997, the Commission, at 
the direction of Congress, released its order implementing the 
universal service portions of the 1996 Act. On December

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30, 1997, the Commission issued the 4th Order on Reconsideration which 
made changes and clarifications to the May 8 Order. On June 22, 1998, 
the Commission issued the 5th Order on Reconsideration which revised 
the collection levels for the schools and libraries support mechanism 
through June 30, 1999, and revised the collection levels for the rural 
health care support mechanism through December 31, 1998. The 5th Order 
on Reconsideration also revised the priority with which schools and 
libraries and rural health care providers will receive support. On 
October 28, 1998, the Commission issued the 5th Report and Order, in 
which it adopted the model platform for its forward-looking economic 
cost methodology, which will be used to determine support for non-rural 
carriers beginning July 1, 1999. On November 21, 1998, the Commission 
issued the 8th Order on Reconsideration in which it consolidated the 
administration of universal service into a single entity known as the 
Universal Service Administrative Company or USAC. On November 25, 1998, 
the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service issued its Second 
Recommended Decision in which the Joint Board made certain 
recommendations to the Commission regarding the high cost support 
mechanism.
On May 28, 1999, the Commission issued the 13th Order on 
Reconsideration in which it adopted the principles of a Federal high-
cost support mechanism that conformed to the Second Recommended 
decision and in which it sought further comment on specific elements of 
the support methodology. In the 13th Order on Reconsideration, the 
Commission also decided to implement the new high-cost support 
mechanism on January 1, 2000 instead of July 1, 1999, as previously 
planned. On May 28, 1999, the Commission also issued a Further Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking in which it sought comment on proposed input 
values to be used in the forward-looking model to determine non-rural 
LECs' cost of providing supported services in high cost areas. On 
August 5, 1999, the Commission adopted a Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking in which it sought comment to ascertain the availability of, 
and to understand the possible impediments to, deployment and 
subscribership in unserved and underserved areas of the Nation, 
including tribal lands and other insular areas.
On November 1, 1999, the Commission issued the Fourteenth Order on 
Reconsideration, in which it eliminated the requirement that only 
carriers that have been certified as eligible telecommunications 
carriers may receive credit against their universal service 
contributions for providing telecommunications services to rural health 
care providers at the lower urban rates. On November 1, 1999, the 
Commission also issued the Fifteenth Order on Reconsideration, in which 
it authorized support for any commercially available telecommunications 
service regardless of the bandwidth, and simplified the method for 
determining how much support a rural health care provider can receive. 
On November 2, 1999, the Commission issued the Ninth Report and Order 
and Eighteenth Order on Reconsideration in which it adopted a new 
forward-looking high-cost support mechanism that will enable States to 
ensure the reasonable comparability of non-rural carriers' intrastate 
rates. On November 2, 1999, the Commission also issued the Tenth Report 
and Order in which it completed the selection of a cost model to 
estimate forward-looking cost by adopting input values for the 
previously adopted cost model.
On June 30, 2000, the Commission issued the Twelfth Report and Order, 
Memorandum Opinion and Order, and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, in response to the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking it 
adopted on August 5, 1999. In the Twelfth Report and Order, the 
Commission adopted measures to promote telecommunications 
subscribership and infrastructure deployment within American Indian and 
Alaska Native tribal communities.
On October 12, 2000, the Commission released a Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking and Order to seek comment on proposals to modify 
the Commission's rules relating to contributions to the Federal 
universal service support mechanisms. On January 12, 2001, the 
Commission released a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking 
comment on the Recommended Decision of the Federal-State Joint Board on 
Universal Service (Joint Board) regarding a plan for reforming the 
universal service support mechanism for rural carriers. The Joint Board 
sent to the Commission the Rural Task Force Recommendation as a good 
foundation for implementing rural high-cost reform. The Rural Task 
Force recommends the use of a modified version of the current high-cost 
loop support mechanism based on carriers' embedded costs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Recommended Decision Federal-
State Joint Board, Universal 
Service                         11/08/96                    61 FR 63778
1st R&O                         05/08/97                    62 FR 32862
2nd R&O                         05/08/97                    62 FR 32862
Order on Recon                  07/10/97                    62 FR 40742
R&O and 2nd Order on Recon      07/18/97                    62 FR 41294
2nd R&O, and FNPRM              08/15/97                    62 FR 47404
3rd R&O                         10/14/97                    62 FR 56118
2nd Order on Recon              11/26/97                    62 FR 65036
4th Order on Recon              12/30/97                     62 FR 2093
5th Order on Recon              06/22/98                    63 FR 43088
5th R&O                         10/28/98                    63 FR 63993
8th Order on Recon              11/21/98
2nd Recommended Decision        11/25/98                    63 FR 67837
13th Order on Recon             06/09/99                    64 FR 30917
FNPRM                           06/14/99                    64 FR 31780
FNPRM                           09/30/99                    64 FR 52738
14th Order on Recon             11/16/99                    64 FR 62120
15th Order on Recon             11/30/99                    64 FR 66778
10th R&O                        12/01/99                    64 FR 67372
9th R&O and 18th Order on Recon 12/01/99                    64 FR 67416
19th Order on Recon             12/30/99                    64 FR 73427
20th Order on Recon             05/08/00                    65 FR 26513
Public Notice                   07/18/00                    65 FR 44507
12th R&O, MO&O and FNPRM        08/04/00                    65 FR 47883
FNPRM and Order                 11/09/00                    65 FR 67322
FNPRM                           01/26/01                     66 FR 7867


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Sheryl Todd, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7400
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF85

[[Page 26492]]

_______________________________________________________________________




4118. TOLL-FREE SERVICE ACCESS CODES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 201 et seq; 47 USC 
251(e)

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proceeding assures that toll-free numbers are allocated 
on an efficient, fair, and orderly basis.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/05/95                    60 FR 57157
Second R&O                      04/25/97                    62 FR 20126
Third R&O                       10/09/97                    62 FR 55179
Fourth R&O and MO&O             03/30/98                    63 FR 16440
Fifth R&O                       07/05/00


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Martin Schwimmer, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2320

RIN: 3060-AG11
_______________________________________________________________________




4119. IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 273 OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 
1996

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 153; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 157; 47 USC 
201 to 209; 47 USC 218; 47 USC 251; 47 USC 273; 47 USC 403

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rulemaking implements provisions of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996 relating to the manufacturing of 
telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment by the 
Bell Operating Companies and their affiliates.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/24/97                     62 FR 3638


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Gregory Cooke, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2351
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG36
_______________________________________________________________________




4120. IMPLEMENTATION OF NON-ACCOUNTING SAFEGUARDS, SEC. 271 & 272 OF 
COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 & REGULATORY TREATMENT OF LEC PROVISIONS OF 
INTEREXCHANGE SVCS. ORIG. IN LEC LOCAL EXCH. AREA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 201 to 205; 
47 USC 215; 47 USC 218; 47 USC 220; 47 USC 271; 47 USC 272; 47 USC 
303(r)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1.720; 47 CFR 1.721; 47 CFR 1.735; 47 CFR 61.41; 
47 CFR 61.58; 47 CFR 63.71; 47 CFR 64.702

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On December 24, 1996, the Commission adopted the Non-
Accounting Safeguards Order in its proceeding implementing the non-
accounting safeguards provision of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. These provisions 
prescribe the manner in which the Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) may 
enter certain markets, including the provisions of in-region interLATA 
services. On October 1, 1999, the Commission denied several petitions 
for reconsideration of its initial Order and, on its own motion, 
clarified certain language in the Order relating to so-called ``teaming 
arrangements.'' Certain BOCs subsequently appealed specific aspects of 
the Order to the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. On 
October 27, 2000, the Court granted the Commission's motion for a 
voluntary remand, and remanded the matter to the Commission. On 
November 8, 2000, the Commission sought further comment on the specific 
issues raised by the appeal.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/29/96                    61 FR 39392
First R&O                       01/21/97                     62 FR 2927
FNPRM                           01/21/97                     62 FR 2991
Second Order on Recon           07/07/97                    62 FR 36216
Order                           04/06/98                    63 FR 16696
Second R&O                      04/24/98                    63 FR 20326
Erratum                         06/25/98                    63 FR 34603
Third O on Recon                10/01/99                    64 FR 61527
Public Notice                   11/08/00


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Brent Olson, Federal Communications Commission, Common 
Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1580
Fax: 202 418-1413

RIN: 3060-AG37
_______________________________________________________________________




4121. POLICIES AND RULES GOVERNING INTERSTATE PAY-PER-CALL AND OTHER 
INFORMATION SERVICES PURSUANT TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 228

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 64.1501; 47 CFR 64.1504; 47 CFR 64.1510

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission has received comments on proposed rules 
designed to implement the 1996 Telecommunications Act with respect to 
information services to prevent abusive and deceptive practices by 
entities that might try to circumvent the statutory requirements. The 
proposed rules address generally the use of dialing sequences other 
than the 900 service access code to provide information services.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/20/96                    61 FR 31481
NPRM Comment Period End         09/16/96


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sheryl Todd, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554

[[Page 26493]]

Phone: 202 418-7400
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG42
_______________________________________________________________________




4122. TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS' USE OF CUSTOMER PROPRIETARY NETWORK 
INFORMATION AND OTHER CUSTOMER INFORMATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 222; 47 USC 275; 47 USC 
303(r)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 64.2001; 47 CFR 64.2003; 47 CFR 64.2005; 47 CFR 
64.2007; 47 CFR 64.2009

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission adopted rules implementing the new statutory 
framework governing carrier use and disclosure of customer proprietary 
network information (CPNI) created by section 222 of the Communications 
Act of 1934, as amended. CPNI includes, among other things, to whom, 
where, and when a customer places a call, as well as the types of 
service offerings to which the customer subscribes and the extent to 
which the service is used.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/28/96                    61 FR 26483
Public Notice                   02/25/97                     62 FR 8414
2d R&O and FNPRM                04/24/98                    63 FR 20364
Order on Reconsideration        10/01/99                    64 FR 53242
Final Rule, Announcement of 
Effective Date                  01/26/01                     66 FR 7865


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jodie Donovan-May, Attorney Advisor, Federal 
Communications Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1580
Fax: 202 418-1413

RIN: 3060-AG43
_______________________________________________________________________




4123. POLICY AND RULES CONCERNING THE INTERSTATE, INTEREXCHANGE 
MARKETPLACE; IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 254(G) OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT 
OF 1934, AS AMENDED

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 201 to 205; 47 USC 
214(e); 47 USC 215; 47 USC 218; 47 USC 220

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 61; 47 CFR 64.702(e)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On March 25, 1996, the Commission released an NPRM seeking 
comment on its proposal that nondominant interexchange carriers should 
no longer file tariffs. On October 29, 1996, the Commission adopted the 
Second Report and Order in which it determined that the statutory 
forbearance criteria in section 10 of the Communications Act were met 
for complete detariffing of the interstate, domestic, interexchange 
services offered by nondominant interexchange carriers. The Commission 
determined that such carriers would no longer be allowed to file 
tariffs pursuant to section 203 of the Communications Act for such 
services, with limited exceptions. The Commission maintained the 
tariffing requirement for the international portion of bundled domestic 
and international service offerings. It further required nondominant 
interexchange carriers to: (1) file an annual certification stating 
that they are in compliance with the requirements of section 254(g); 
(2) maintain supporting documentation on the rates, terms, and 
conditions of their interstate, domestic, interexchange services that 
they could submit to the Commission within ten business days upon 
request; and (3) make publicly available information concerning current 
rates, terms, and conditions for all of their interstate, domestic 
interexchange services. Several parties appealed, requesting a stay of 
the Second Report and Order pending review by the D.C. Circuit. On 
February 13, 1997, the D.C. Circuit granted certain motions, including 
a motion for a stay of the Commission's detariffing order. The result 
was that nondominant interexchange carriers were required to file 
tariffs for their interstate, domestic, interexchange service. On 
August 20, 1997, the Commission released an Order on Reconsideration in 
which it modified the Second Report and Order by: (1) adopting 
permissive detariffing for interstate, domestic, interexchange direct-
dial services to which end users obtain access by dialing an access 
code; (2) adopting permissive detariffing for the first 45 days of 
service to new customers that contact the local exchange carrier to 
choose their primary interexchange carrier; and (3) eliminating the 
requirement that nondominant interexchange carriers make publicly 
available information concerning current rates and terms for most 
interstate, domestic interexchange services.
In the Second Order on Reconsideration, the Commission considered again 
whether nondominant interexchange carriers (IXCs) should be required to 
make available to the public information concerning the rates, terms 
and conditions for all their interstate, domestic, interexchange 
services. Like other common carriers, IXCs historically have been 
required to file tariffs with the appropriate regulatory body (this 
Commission, in the case of interstate services) establishing the rates, 
terms, and conditions of service. The tariff does not simply serve as a 
public source of such information; under the judicially created 
``filed-rate'' doctrine, the tariffed rate for a service is the only 
lawful rate that the carrier may charge for that service. Even if a 
carrier intentionally misrepresents its rate and a customer relies on 
the misrepresentation, the carrier cannot be held to the promised rate 
if it conflicts with the tariffed rate. When a single carrier dominated 
the interstate interexchange market, tariffing was an effective tool 
for ensuring compliance with various common carrier requirements, 
including rules that require nondiscrimination among customers.
On April 28, 2000, the Court of Appeals upheld the Commission's orders 
requiring detariffing of domestic, interexchange services and lifted 
the stay on May 1, 2000. The Common Carrier Bureau issued a Public 
Notice on May 9, 2000 requesting comment on the nine-month transition 
plan set out in the Second Report and Order. The Bureau requested 
comment on (1) whether permissive detariffing should be permitted 
during all or part of the nine-month transition period for bundled 
domestic and international service offerings; (2) how quickly the IXCs 
can come into full compliance with the Web posting requirement; and

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(3) whether any other modifications should be made to the transition 
plan. Comments were filed on May 31, 2000, and reply comments were 
filed on June 9, 2000.
By Public Notice dated November 6, 2000, the Common Carrier Bureau 
extended the transition period until April 30, 2001, for mass market 
consumer services only. On November 17, 2000, the Common Carrier Bureau 
issued an Order that addressed the comments filed in response to the 
May 9, 2000 Public Notice. Specifically, the bureau addressed issues 
relating to the transition period, public disclosure, and certification 
requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/03/96                    61 FR 14717
R&O                             08/16/96                    61 FR 42558
2nd R&O                         11/22/96                    61 FR 59340
Order on Reconsideration        11/04/97                    62 FR 59583
Second Order on Reconsideration 04/22/99                    64 FR 19722
Public Notice                   05/09/00
Public Notice                   11/06/00
Order                           11/17/00
Public Notice                   02/05/01
Public Notice                   02/21/01


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Judith Nitsche, Chief, Pricing Analysis Branch, Federal 
Communications Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1540
Fax: 202 418-1567
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG45
_______________________________________________________________________




4124. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUBSCRIBER SELECTION CHANGES PROVISION OF 
THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 201; 47 USC 258

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 64.1100; 47 CFR 64.1150; 47 CFR 64.1160; 47 CFR 
64.1170; 47 CFR 64.1180; 47 CFR 64.1190

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In December 1998, the Commission established new rules and 
policies implementing section 258 of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which makes it unlawful 
for any telecommunications carrier to ``submit or execute a change in a 
subscriber's selection of a provider of telecommunications exchange 
service or telephone toll service except in accordance with such 
verification procedures as the Commission shall prescribe.'' The rules 
provide, among other things, that any telecommunications carrier that 
violates such verification procedures and that collects charges for 
telephone exchange service or telephone toll service from a subscriber, 
shall be liable to the carrier previously selected by the subscriber in 
an amount equal to all charges paid by the subscriber after such 
violation. In the FNPRM, we sought comment on several proposals to 
further strengthen our slamming rules, including a proposal to require 
unauthorized carriers to remit to authorized carriers certain amounts 
in addition to the amount paid by slammed subscribers, as well as 
proposals for preventing the confusion and slamming that results from 
resellers using the same carrier identification codes as their 
facilities-based carriers. In April 2000, the Commission modified the 
slamming liability rules by giving victims of slamming adequate 
redress, ensuring that carriers that slam do not profit from their 
fraud, and allowing states to act as the primary administrator of 
slamming complaints.
In July 2000, the Commission took further action to improve the 
existing carrier change process for both consumers and carriers, 
protect the right of consumers to exercise choice among carriers, and 
ensure that consumers' choices are honored. In December 2000, the 
Commission adopted a Biennial Review FNPRM seeking comment on proposals 
to amend the slamming rules to lighten administrative burdens 
associated with selling or transferring customer bases by eliminating 
the need to obtain a waiver, while continuing to protect consumers. In 
February 2001, the Commission adopted an order modifying and clarifying 
certain aspects of the reporting and registration requirements it had 
adopted in July 2000.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

MO&O on Recon and FNPRM         08/14/97                    62 FR 43493
FNPRM Comment Period End        09/30/97
Second Report & Order and Second 
FNPRM                           02/16/99                     64 FR 7745
First O on Recon                04/13/00                    65 FR 47678
Third Report & Order            08/15/00
Second O on Recon               08/15/00
Third FNPRM                     01/18/01
Order                           02/22/01


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Sheryl Todd, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7400
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG46
_______________________________________________________________________




4125. IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 402(B)(1)(A) OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
ACT OF 1996; LEC TARIFF STREAMLINING PROVISIONS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1.773(a); 47 CFR 61.58

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, February 8, 1997, the Act of 1996 
provides that streamlining provisions apply to any charge, 
classification, regulation, or practice filed on or after one year 
after date of enactment of the Act (i.e., 2/8/97).

Abstract: In this Report and Order, the FCC adopted rules to implement 
the specific streamlining requirements of the Telecommunications Act of 
1996. Petitions for reconsideration were filed.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/24/96                    61 FR 49987
NPRM Comment Period End         10/24/96
R&O                             02/07/97                     62 FR 5757


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

[[Page 26495]]

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Joi Nolen, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, 
Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1520

RIN: 3060-AG47
_______________________________________________________________________




4126. ACCESS CHARGE REFORM

Priority: Economically Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 201 
to 205; 47 USC 403; 47 USC 553

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 61.41 to 61.49; 47 CFR 69

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On December 24, 1996, the Commission initiated a rulemaking 
to revise its access charge rules to make them compatible with a 
competitive market envisioned by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. On 
May 7, 1997, the Commission adopted revised access charge rate 
structure rules and adjusted the price cap productivity factor. The 
Commission also adopted a market-based approach to reducing overall 
access charge levels and moving such levels toward forward-looking 
economic costs. The Commission adopted a Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking seeking comment on proposals to allow presubscribed 
interexchange carrier charges on special access lines and to adjust the 
allocation of General Support Facilities costs recovered through 
interstate access charges.
On July 10, 1997, on its own motion, and on October 9, 1997, in 
response to reconsideration petitions, the Commission revised or 
clarified certain parts of the rules adopted in the May 1997 Access 
Charge Reform Order. On November 26, 1997, the Commission adopted rules 
requiring price cap carriers to adjust the allocation of General 
Support Facilities costs and to reduce their price cap indices to 
ensure that regulated access rates do not recover those costs which are 
related to nonregulated services. Reconsideration petitions filed in 
response to the Access Charge Reform Order, if not yet addressed, will 
be addressed in future reconsideration orders. On May 27, 1999, the 
Commission initiated a further rulemaking, seeking comment on how to 
adjust interstate access charges in conjunction with the removal from 
access charges of implicit universal service support for non-rural 
local exchange carriers. On August 5, 1999, the Commission adopted 
rules implementing the market-based approach to access charge reform, 
pursuant to which incumbent price cap local exchange carriers receive 
progressively greater pricing flexibility as competition develops. The 
Commission also initiated a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 
seeking comment on additional pricing flexibility, proposed changes to 
the rate structure for local switching and tandem-switched transport, 
and the need to constrain access charges imposed by competitive local 
exchange carriers. Reconsideration petitions filed in response to the 
November 1997 General Support Facilities Order will be addressed in a 
future reconsideration order. On May 31, 2000, the Commission adopted 
an industry proposal establishing a 5-year plan for price cap local 
exchange carriers and resolving many outstanding issues concerning 
interstate access charges and interstate universal service. On June 16, 
2000, the Commission issued a Public Notice inviting parties to update 
and refresh the record regarding the mandatory detariffing of 
competitive local exchange carriers' interstate access services.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/31/97                     62 FR 4670
FNPRM                           06/06/97                    62 FR 31040
R&O                             06/11/97                    62 FR 31868
Second Report & Order           06/11/97                    62 FR 31939
Order on Reconsideration        07/29/97                    62 FR 40460
Second Order on Reconsideration 10/29/97                    62 FR 56121
Third Report & Order            12/15/97                    62 FR 65619
Public Notice                   10/09/98                    63 FR 54430
Third Order on Reconsideration  10/15/98                    63 FR 55334
Fourth Report & Order and FNPRM 06/09/99                    64 FR 30949
Fifth Report & Order and FNPRM  09/22/99                    64 FR 51258
NPRM                            10/04/99                    64 FR 53648
Sixth Report & Order            06/21/00                    65 FR 38684
Public Notice                   06/26/00                    65 FR 39335


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Aaron Goldschmidt, Staff Attorney, Federal 
Communications Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7146

RIN: 3060-AG49
_______________________________________________________________________




4127. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LOCAL COMPETITION PROVISIONS OF THE 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 to 155; 47 USC 157; 47 USC 201 to 205; 47 
USC 207 to 209; 47 USC 218

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 51; 47 CFR 52

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, August 8, 1996.

Abstract: The Second Report and Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order 
implemented the dialing parity, nondiscriminatory access, network 
disclosure, and number administration provisions of the 
Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Order also denied the Petition for 
Expedited Declaratory Ruling on the area code relief plan for Dallas 
and Houston filed with the FCC by the Texas Public Utilities Commission 
on May 9, 1996. Finally, this Order addressed petitions for 
clarification or reconsideration in the matters of proposed 708 Relief 
Plan and 630 Numbering Plan Area Code by Ameritech and the 
Administration of the North American Numbering Plan. On July 19, 1999, 
the Commission released an order denying the petition for 
reconsideration of the Local Competition Second Report and Order and 
Memorandum Opinion and Order filed by Beehive Telephone Company, Inc., 
Local Competition Second Report and Order, First Order on 
Reconsideration, CC Docket No. 96-98, FCC 99-170, 1999 WL 507245 
(1999). On August 17, 1999, Beehive filed a Notice of Appeal of this 
order with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. On May 18, 
2000, the Court affirmed the Commission's decision without a published 
opinion. On June 30, 2000, Beehive filed a Petition for Rehearing with 
the Court. That petition was denied on July 18, 2000.
On September 9, 1999, the Commission released the Second Order on 
Reconsideration of the Local Competition Second Report and Order,

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FCC 99-227, resolving petitions for reconsideration of rules adopted in 
the Local Competition Second Report and Order to implement the 
requirement of Section 251(b)(3), 47 U.S.C. Section 251(b)(3), that 
LECS provide non-discriminatory access to directory assistance, 
directory listing and operator services. On October 21, 1999, the 
Commission released the Third Order on Reconsideration of the Local 
Competition Second Report and Order, FCC 99-243, resolving the 
petitions for reconsideration regarding numbering administration under 
section 251(e)(1) of the Act, 47 U.S.C. section 251(e)(1). Other 
petitions for reconsideration or clarification of the Local Competition 
Second Report and Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order regarding 
dialing parity under section 251(b)(3) of the Act, 47 U.S.C. section 
251(b)(3), and network disclosure under section 251(c)(1) of the Act, 
47 U.S.C. section 251(c)(1), are currently pending before the 
Commission.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/25/96                    61 FR 18311
NPRM Comment Period End         06/03/96
Order                           09/06/96                    61 FR 47284
Second Order on Recon           09/27/99                    64 FR 51910
Third Order on Recon            11/18/99                    64 FR 62983


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Agency Contact: Gregory Cooke, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2351
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG50
_______________________________________________________________________




4128. IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 255 AND SECTION 251(A)(2) OF THE 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996; ACCESS TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES 
EQUIPMENT AND CUSTOMER PREMISE EQUIPMENT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 255

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 6; 47 CFR 7

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proceeding is initiated to implement the provisions of 
sections 251(a)(2) and 255 of the Communications Act and related 
sections of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 regarding the 
accessibility of telecommunications equipment and services to persons 
with disabilities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NOI                             09/26/96                    61 FR 50465
NPRM                            05/22/98                    63 FR 28456
NPRM Comment Period End         08/14/98
First Report & Order            11/19/99                    64 FR 63277
Public Notice                   07/13/00                    65 FR 43372


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Additional Information: Additional Bureau: Consumer Information

Agency Contact: Ellen Blackler, Special Assistant to Bureau Chief, 
Federal Communications Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1500
Fax: 202 418-7247
Email: [email protected]

Jenifer Simpson, Telecommunications Accessibility Specialist, Federal 
Communications Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1400
TDD Phone: 202 418-0034
Fax: 202 418-2839
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG58
_______________________________________________________________________




4129. ENHANCED 911 SERVICES FOR WIRELINE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 201; 47 USC 222; 47 
USC 251

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 64.706; 47 CFR 64.708; 47 CFR 68.2; 47 CFR 68.3; 
47 CFR 68.3(a); 47 CFR 68.228; 47 CFR 68.308; 47 CFR 68.310

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The rules generally will assist State governments in drafting 
legislation that will ensure that multi-line telephone systems are 
compatible with the enhanced 911 network.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/11/94                    59 FR 54878


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal

Agency Contact: Alan Thomas, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2338
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG60
_______________________________________________________________________




4130. ADMINISTRATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING PLAN, CARRIER 
IDENTIFICATION CODES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 201 to 205; 47 USC 
251(e)

CFR Citation: None

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In 1994, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) in CC Docket No. 92-237 addressing various issues relating to 
NANP administration, including carrier identification codes (CICs). On 
April 30, 1996, the FCC issued a Public Notice to refresh the record in 
this Docket. On April 11, 1997, the FCC released a Second Report and 
Order affirming its tentative conclusion in the

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NPRM of the industry's plan to convert 3-digit Feature Group D (FGD) 
Carrier Identification Codes (CICs) to 4-digit. On October 9, 1997, the 
FCC released the CICs' Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking 
comments on the definition of ``entity'' used to determine who may 
receive a CIC, and on CIC conservation issues. On October 22, 1997, the 
Commission released CIC's Order on Reconsideration, Order on 
Application For Review, and Second FNPRM. The Order on Application For 
Review denied VarTec Telecom Inc.'s Application for Review of the 
Common Carrier Bureau's (CCB's) decision to deny VarTec's Motion for 
Stay of the CIC's Second Report and Order. The Second Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking tentatively concludes that eventually all Local 
Exchange Carriers (LEC) end offices should be required to provide equal 
access. In December 1997 and January 1998, the CCB's Network Service 
Division released five Orders addressing petitions for waiver filed by 
small LECs, requesting extension of the January 1, 1998 deadline for 
conversion of switches to 4-digit. On January 28, 1998, the Network 
Services Division released an Order addressing a petition filed by a 
LEC seeking a waiver of 5-digit CIC dialing during the permissive 
dialing period. The last waiver of the permissive dialing period, where 
users could use either 5 or 7 digit carrier access code dialing, ended 
successfully on December 31, 1999. Several petitions were received in 
the first half of calendar year 2000 that may require the issuance of a 
Public Notice to refresh the record of the FNPRM.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Second R&O                      04/18/97                    62 FR 19056
FNPRM                           10/22/97                    62 FR 54817
Order on Recon                  10/28/97                    62 FR 55762


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David Ward, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2336
Fax: 202 418-2345
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG61
_______________________________________________________________________




4131. COMPUTER III FURTHER REMAND PROCEEDINGS: BELL OPERATING COMPANY 
PROVISION OF ENHANCED SERVICES

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 160; 47 USC 
161; 47 USC 202 to 205; 47 USC 251; 47 USC 271; 47 USC 272; 47 USC 274 
to 276

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 51; 47 CFR 53; 47 CFR 64

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On January 30, 1998, the FCC released a Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (FNRPM) proposing to streamline the safeguards 
under which the Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) provide information (or 
enhanced) services, such as voice mail and electronic messaging. The 
FCC sought comment on tentative conclusions relating to nonstructural 
safeguards, Comparably Efficient Interconnection (CEI) plans, and 
network information disclosure rules, among other things. Finally, the 
FNPRM sought to build a record on which to respond to a partial remand 
of certain orders by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On 
February 25, 1999, the Commission adopted a Report and Order which 
streamlined the Commission's CEI and network information disclosure 
rules. Although the BOCs must continue to comply with their CEI 
obligations, they are no longer required to obtain pre-approval of 
their CEI plans and amendments from the Commission before initiating or 
altering an intra-LATA information service. Instead, the Commission 
requires the BOCs to post their CEI plans on their publicly accessible 
Internet sites, and to notify the Common Carrier Bureau upon such 
posting. The Commission removed the network information disclosure 
rules set forth in the Computer II and Computer III proceedings, with 
the narrow exception of the Computer II rules that require carriers to 
disclose changes that could affect how customer premises equipment 
(CPE) is attached to the network.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

FNPRM                           02/26/98                     63 FR 9749
R&O                             03/24/99                    64 FR 14141


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Jon Reel, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-1580

Jodie Donovan-May, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 
Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1580
Fax: 202 418-1413

RIN: 3060-AG72
_______________________________________________________________________




4132. DETARIFFING OF COMPETITIVE LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS' INTERSTATE 
EXCHANGE ACCESS SERVICES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 to 154; 47 USC 160

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission proposes to establish mandatory detariffing 
for interstate exchange access services provided by competitive local 
exchange carriers (CLECs) or some form of regulation of CLECs' access 
rates pursuant to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Further Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking issued by the Commission on June 19, 1997, and 
August 27, 1999, respectively.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/17/97                    62 FR 38244
FNPRM                           09/22/99                    64 FR 51280
Public Notice                   06/26/00                    65 FR 39335


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Tamara Preiss, Deputy Division Chief, Competitive 
Pricing Division, Federal Communications Commission, Common Carrier 
Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1530
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG73

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4133. IN THE MATTER OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES, THE 
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990, AND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 
OF 1996

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 225

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 64.604

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This item will address the requirement that 
telecommunications relay services be capable of handling any type of 
call normally provided by common carriers, including coin-sent paid 
calls. On August 23, 2000, the Bureau suspended the enforcement of the 
coin sent-paid requirement for an additional nine months, until May 26, 
2001.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/04/90                    55 FR 50037
R&O and Request for Comments    08/01/91                    56 FR 36729
O on Recon, Second R&O and FNPRM03/03/93                    58 FR 12175
MO&O                            11/28/95                    60 FR 58626
Order                           08/23/00


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: Additional Bureau: Consumer Information

Agency Contact: Pam Slipakoff, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7705
Fax: 202 418-2345
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG75
_______________________________________________________________________




4134. IN THE MATTER OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES AND SPEECH-TO-
SPEECH SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH HEARING AND SPEECH DISABILITIES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 225; 47 USC 255; 47 USC 
610

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 64.601; 47 CFR 64.603; 47 CFR 64.604; 47 CFR 
64.605

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In the Report and Order, released on March 6, 2000, the FCC 
adopted additional rules to increase the availability and usefulness of 
the telecommunications system for Americans with hearing and speech 
disabilities. Specifically, the FCC required that speech to speech and 
Spanish language relay services be provided. The FCC also encouraged 
the provision of video relay interpreting service by making it eligible 
for reimbursement from the telecommunications relay service (TRS) fund. 
In addition, the FCC revised its minimum standards in accordance with 
the statutory mandate that TRS must be ``functionally equivalent'' to 
voice telecommunications service to the extent possible. Among other 
things, these rules will improve the speed at which calls are answered 
and conversations relayed.
In the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), the FCC asked for 
comment on how to further improve TRS. Specifically, the FNPRM asked 
what changes are necessary to increase public awareness of TRS among 
all callers, not just those with disabilities, including how a national 
awareness education campaign can be established; and whether other 
technologies, services, and features should be made available to TRS 
users.
In the Order on Reconsideration released on June 5, 2000, the FCC, on 
its own motion, amended the effective date by which parties must comply 
with most of the amended rules adopted in the Report and Order. The 
Order on Reconsideration also established a fixed date for the annual 
submission of complaint log summaries by States and TRS providers to 
the FCC by July 1 of each year. The FCC also more rigorously conformed 
the text of the rules concerning the submission of contact information 
and the treatment of emergency calls to the precise language in the 
Report and Order. Moreover, the FCC clarified the requirement regarding 
the transfer of customer profile information between outgoing and 
incoming TRS providers, and clarified the review process and possible 
disposition of informal complaints under our amended TRS rules. In 
addition, the Order on Reconsideration changed the nomenclature in our 
rules from ``video relay interpreting'' to ``video relay services.'' 
Finally, the Order on Reconsideration corrected various typographical 
errors.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/20/98                    63 FR 32798
NPRM Comment Period End         09/14/98
O on Recon                      06/21/00                    65 FR 38432
Report and Order                06/21/00                    65 FR 38432
FNPRM                           06/21/00                    65 FR 38490


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: Additional Bureau: Consumer Information

Agency Contact: Marilyn Jones, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2357
Fax: 202 418-2345
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG76
_______________________________________________________________________




4135. 1998 BIENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW - REVIEW OF ACCOUNTING AND COST 
ALLOCATION REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 161; 47 USC 
220

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 32.11; 47 CFR 32.16; 47 CFR 32.2000(b); 47 CFR 
32.2114; 47 CFR 32.2115; 47 CFR 32.2116; 47 CFR 32.5280; 47 CFR 
32.6114; 47 CFR 32.6115; 47 CFR 32.6116; 47 CFR 64.903; 47 CFR 64.904

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This Report and Order modifies the FCC's cost allocation and 
accounting rules as part of the biennial regulatory review process. 
Specifically, it (1) raises the threshold significantly for Class A 
accountings, thus allowing mid-sized carriers currently required to use 
Class A accounts to use the more streamlined Class B accounts; (2) 
establishes less burdensome cost allocation manual (CAM) procedures for 
the mid-sized incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) and reduces the 
frequency with which independent audits of the cost allocations are 
required; and (3) makes several changes to the uniform system of 
accounts to

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reduce accounting requirements and to eliminate or consolidate 
accounts.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/17/98                    63 FR 45208
NPRM Comment Period End         09/04/98
Report & Order                  06/30/99                    64 FR 50002


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Timothy Peterson, Federal Communications Commission, 
Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1575

RIN: 3060-AG98
_______________________________________________________________________




4136. 1998 BIENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW -- REVIEW OF ARMIS REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Other Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 161; 47 USC 201; 47 USC 
202; 47 USC 203; 47 USC 204; 47 USC 205; 47 USC 215; 47 USC 218; 47 USC 
219; 47 USC 220; 47 USC 403

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 43.21

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This Report and Order reduces reporting requirement for 
incumbent local exchange carriers with annual operating revenues in 
excess of the annual indexed revenue threshold. These modifications are 
designed to minimize the reporting burden on carriers, improve the 
quality and use of the reported financial and operating data, and 
reduce the costs of collection, verification, and distribution of the 
data.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/17/98                    63 FR 44220
NPRM Comment Period End         09/04/98
Report & Order                  06/30/99


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Mika Savir, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-0384
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG99
_______________________________________________________________________




4137. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATIONS 
SUPPORT SYSTEMS, INTERCONNECTION, OPERATOR SERVICES, AND DIRECTORY 
ASSISTANCE

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 201; 47 USC 
202; 47 USC 251; 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On April 17, 1998, the FCC released an NPRM seeking comment 
on a set of model performance measurements and reporting requirements 
for OSS, interconnection, and access to operator services and to 
directory assistance.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/17/98                    63 FR 27021


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jessica Rosenworcel, Attorney Advisor, Federal 
Communications Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2764
Fax: 202 418-1413

RIN: 3060-AH00
_______________________________________________________________________




4138. ACCESS CHARGE REFORM FOR RATE-OF-RETURN LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 5 USC 553; 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152; 47 USC 153; 47 USC 
154; 47 USC 201; 47 USC 202; 47 USC 203; 47 USC 204; 47 USC 205; 47 USC 
251; 47 USC 254(g); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 403

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 36.111; 47 CFR 36.372; 47 CFR 61.1; 47 CFR 69.2; 
47 CFR 69.4; 47 CFR 69.110; 47 CFR 69.112; 47 CFR 69.120; 47 CFR 
69.125; 47 CFR 69.153(c); 47 CFR 69.307(c)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In order to make the access charge rules compatible with a 
competitive marketplace as envisioned by the Telecommunications Act of 
1996, the FCC on May 26, 1998, initiated a rulemaking to revise 
interstate access charge rules applicable to incumbent local exchange 
carriers subject to rate-of-return regulation. The NPRM proposes to 
permit rate-of-return LECs to adjust their subscriber line charge 
ceilings on non-primary residential and multi-line business lines to 
the level necessary to recover their average per-line interstate-
allocated common line costs, subject to an inflation-adjusted $9.00 
ceiling. The NPRM also proposes to permit rate-of-return LECs to 
recover common line revenues through a presubscribed interexchange 
carrier charge. The NPRM also proposes that per-minute residual carrier 
common line and residual transport interconnection charges will be 
eliminated as the presubscribed interexchange carrier charge ceilings 
increase. The NPRM seeks comment on proposals to allow presubscribed 
interexchange carrier charges on special access lines and to adjust the 
allocation of General Support Facilities costs recovered through 
interstate access charges to ensure that regulated access rates do not 
recover costs related to nonregulated services. The NPRM proposes that 
rate-of-return local exchange carriers recover marketing costs 
allocated to the interstate jurisdiction from end users on a per-line 
basis. In addition, to establish a new switched access rate element to 
accommodate a new service offering, the streamlined petition provisions 
of section 69.4(g) are proposed.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/20/98                    63 FR 38774


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Agency Contact: Lynne Milne, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau,

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445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7055
TDD Phone: 202 418-0484
Fax: 202 418-1567
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH01
_______________________________________________________________________




4139. DEPLOYMENT OF WIRELINE SERVICES OFFERING ADVANCED 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152; 47 USC 153; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 
157; 47 USC 160; 47 USC 201; 47 USC 202; 47 USC 203; 47 USC 204; 47 USC 
205; 47 USC 251; 47 USC 252; 47 USC 253; 47 USC 254; 47 USC 256; 47 USC 
271; 47 USC 303(r)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 51.5; 47 CFR 51.230; 47 CFR 51.231; 47 CFR 51.232; 
47 CFR 51.233; 47 CFR 51.319; 47 CFR 51.321; 47 CFR 51.323; 47 CFR 
51.605; 47 CFR 51.607

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On March 31, 1999, the Commission released a First Report and 
Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), in CC Docket 
No. 98-147, adopting several measures to enable competitive providers 
of advanced services such as high-speed Internet access, to deploy new 
technologies on a faster, more cost-effective basis to consumers. This 
order is intended to create marketplace conditions conducive to the 
nationwide deployment of advanced telecommunications services 
consistent with the goals of section 706. Because the Commission 
concluded that the record does not sufficiently address long-term 
spectrum compatibility issues, the Commission adopted a companion 
Further NPRM that seeks comment on issues related to developing long-
term standards and practices for spectrum compatibility and management. 
In the Further NPRM, the Commission also tentatively concludes that it 
is technically feasible for two different carriers sharing a single 
line to provide traditional voice service and advanced services. The 
Further Notice seeks comment on the operational, pricing, legal and 
policy ramifications of mandating such line sharing at the Federal 
level.
On November 9, 1999, the Commission released a Second Report and Order 
in CC Docket No. 98-147, which addressed whether the discounted resale 
obligation of section 251(c)(4) applies to incumbent Local Exchange 
Carrier (LEC) provision of advanced services without regard to their 
classification as telephone exchange or exchange access. The Commission 
determined that analysis of section 251(c)(4) requires a fact-specific 
evaluation of the features and characteristics of a particular 
transaction, and concluded that advanced services sold at retail by 
incumbent LECs to residential and business end-users are subject to the 
Section 251(c)(4) discounted resale obligation, without regard to their 
classification as telephone exchange service or exchange access 
service. The Commission, however, reached a different result as to 
advanced services sold to Internet Service Providers for inclusion in a 
high-speed Internet service offering, concluding that these advanced 
services are inherently different from advanced services made available 
directly to business and residential end-users, and as such, are not 
subject to the discounted resale obligations of section 251(c)(4).
On December 9, 1999, the Commission released a Third Report and Order 
in CC Docket No. 98-147 and Fourth Report and Order in CC Docket No. 
96-98 (Third R&O). In the Third R&O, the Commission adopted measures to 
promote the availability of competitive broadband Digital Subscriber 
Line (DSL) services, especially to residential and small business 
customers. The Third R&O amends the Commission's unbundling rules to 
require incumbent LECs to provide unbundled access to a new network 
element, the high frequency portion of the local loop. This will enable 
competitive LECs to compete with incumbent LECs to provide access to 
consumers' DSL services through telephone lines that the competitive 
LECs can share with incumbent LECs. In addition, the Third R&O adopts 
spectrum management policies and rules to facilitate the competitive 
deployment of advanced services. These rules will significantly benefit 
the rapid and efficient deployment of DSL technologies.
On December 23, 1999, the Commission released an Order on Remand in CC 
Docket Nos. 98-147, 98-11, 98-26, 98-32, 98-78, and 98-91, in which the 
Commission determined that US West may not avoid the obligations placed 
on incumbent LECs under section 251(c) of the Act in connection with 
the provision of advanced services. The Commission found that when 
xDSL-based advanced services both originate and terminate ``within a 
telephone exchange,'' and provide subscribers with the capability of 
communicating with other subscribers in that same exchange, they are 
properly classified as ``telephone exchange service.'' The Commission 
found that xDSL-based advanced services constitute ``exchange/access'' 
when exchange boundaries for the purposes of originating or terminating 
telephone toll services.
On January 19, 2001, the Commission issued an Order on Reconsideration 
and a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in which the Commission 
reinforced its line sharing rules to promote availability of unbundled 
access to the high frequency portion of the loop. It also addressed 
issues in a variety of petitions for clarification and/or 
reconsideration filed in response to the original Line Sharing Order.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/24/98                    63 FR 45140
Order                           08/24/98                    63 FR 45133
R&O and Further NPRM            04/30/99                    64 FR 23229
Third R&O                       01/10/00                     65 FR 1331
Second R&O                      02/11/00                     65 FR 6912
Order on Remand                 02/16/00                     65 FR 7744
Reconsideration Order and 
Further NPRM                    02/06/01                     66 FR 9035


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: William Dever, Federal Communications Commission, 
Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1580
Fax: 202 418-1413

RIN: 3060-AH03
_______________________________________________________________________




4140. PRESCRIBING THE AUTHORIZED RATE OF RETURN FOR INTERSTATE SERVICES 
OF LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 201(b); 47 USC 202 to 
205; 47 USC 218 to 220; 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 403

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CFR Citation: 47 CFR 65.301

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This Notice initiates a proceeding to represcribe the 
authorized rate of return for interstate access services provided by 
ILECs. It marks the first prescription proceeding since we revised the 
rules governing procedures and methodologies for prescribing and 
enforcing the rate of return for ILECs not subject to price cap 
regulation, and the first prescription proceeding since the Commission 
adopted its price cap rules for local exchange carriers. In this 
Notice, we seek comment on the methods by which we could calculate the 
ILECs' cost of capital. In the Notice, we propose corrections to errors 
in the codified formulas for the cost of debt and cost of preferred 
stock and seek comment on whether this proceeding warrants a change in 
the low-end formula adjustment for local exchange carriers subject to 
price caps.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/05/98                    63 FR 55988
NPRM Comment Period End         04/08/99


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Louise Klees-Wallace, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7116

RIN: 3060-AH18
_______________________________________________________________________




4141. 1998 BIENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW - REVIEW OF DEPRECIATION 
REQUIREMENTS FOR INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 161; 47 USC 201 to 205; 
47 USC 215; 47 USC 218; 47 USC 220(h); 47 USC 403

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 32.2000; 47 CFR 43.43

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In the Report and Order we streamline further our 
depreciation prescription process by permitting summary filings and 
eliminating the prescription of depreciation rates for incumbent local 
exchange carriers, provided that the carrier uses depreciation factors 
that are within the ranges adopted by the Commission; expanding the 
prescribed range for the digital switching plant account; and 
eliminating theoretical reserve studies for mid-sized carriers. We also 
set forth conditions pursuant to which a waiver from the Commission's 
depreciation prescription process may be appropriate. In the Memorandum 
Opinion and Order, we deny United States Telephone Association's 
petition for forbearance of our depreciation prescription process. We 
find that the petition did not meet the three-prong forbearance test 
under section 10 of the Act (47 U.S.C. section 160).
In the Second Report and Order, we declined to adopt a proposal to 
relieve carriers of our depreciation requirements where carriers elect 
an above-the-line accounting treatment of the regulatory-to-financial 
book differential.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/14/98                    63 FR 56900
NPRM Comment Period End         12/08/98
FNPRM                           04/03/00                    65 FR 19725
R&O and MO&O                    04/10/00                    65 FR 18926
Second Report and Order         02/09/01                     66 FR 9681


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: JoAnn Lucanik, Assistant Division Chief, Accounting 
Safeguards Division, Federal Communications Commission, Common Carrier 
Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0873
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH20
_______________________________________________________________________




4142. COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS AND ARMIS 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, PHASE 1

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 161; 47 USC 220

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 32.13; 47 CFR 32.25; 47 CFR 32.27; 47 CFR 32.903; 
47 CFR 32.904; 47 CFR 32.2002; 47 CFR 32.2003; 47 CFR 32.5999

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This Report and Order streamlines the FCC's accounting and 
reporting requirements by (1) eliminating the USOA expense matrix; (2) 
reducing audit burdens on incumbent local exchange carriers; (3) 
adopting a de minimis exception to the affiliate transactions rules; 
(4) eliminating other accounting requirements; and (5) streamlining 
reporting requirements in the ARMIS 43-02 USOA Report.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/14/99                    64 FR 44877
NPRM Comment Period End         09/09/99
Report and Order                03/28/00                    65 FR 16328


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Mika Savir, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-0384
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH43
_______________________________________________________________________




4143. LOCAL TELEPHONE NETWORKS THAT LECS MUST MAKE AVAILABLE TO 
COMPETITORS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 251

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 51 (Revision)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This revises the rules applicable to incumbent local exchange 
carriers (LECs) to permit competitive carriers to access portions of 
the incumbent LECs' networks on an unbundled basis. Unbundling allows 
competitors to lease portions of the incumbent LECs' network to provide 
telecommunications services. These rule changes are intended to remove 
uncertainty regarding the incumbent LECs' unbundling obligations under 
the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and are expected to accelerate the 
development of local exchange competition.

[[Page 26502]]

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Second Further NPRM             04/26/99                    64 FR 20238
Fourth Further NPRM             01/14/00                     65 FR 2367
Second Errata Third R&O and 
Fourth Further NPRM             01/18/00                     65 FR 2542
Supp Order                      01/18/00                     65 FR 2542
Errata Third R&O and Fourth 
Further NPRM                    01/18/00                     65 FR 2542
Third R&O                       01/18/00                     65 FR 2542
Correction                      04/11/00                    65 FR 19334
Supplemental Order Clarification06/20/00                    65 FR 38214
Public Notice                   02/01/01                     66 FR 8555


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Jodie Donovan-May, Attorney Advisor, Federal 
Communications Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1580
Fax: 202 418-1413

RIN: 3060-AH44
_______________________________________________________________________




4144.  2000 BIENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW -- TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICE QUALITY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 201(b); 47 USC 
303(r); 47 USC 403

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 32; 47 CFR 32.11; 47 CFR 32.1220(h); 47 CFR 
32.2311(f); 47 CFR 32.2003(b); 47 CFR 32.5280(c); 47 CFR 32.27(c); 47 
CFR 64.903(a)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This NPRM proposes to eliminate our current service quality 
reports (ARMIS Report 43-05 and 43-06) and replace them with a more 
consumer-oriented report. The NPRM proposes to reduce the reporting 
categories from more than 30 to 6, and addresses the needs of carriers, 
consumers, state public utility commissions, and other interested 
parties.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/04/00                    65 FR 75657


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Mika Savir, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-0384
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH72
_______________________________________________________________________




4145.  1998 BIENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW -- REVIEW OF CUSTOMER 
PREMISES EQUIPMENT AND ENHANCED SERVICES UNBUNDLING RULES IN THE 
INTEREXCHANGE, EXCHANGE ACCESS AND LOCAL EXCHANGE MARKETS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 160; 47 USC 
161; 47 USC 201 to 205; 47 USC 215; 47 USC 218; 47 USC 220

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 64.702(e)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking examines the need 
for certain restrictions on a common carrier's ability to bundle 
customer premises equipment enhanced services and regulated 
telecommunications services.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/09/98                    63 FR 56892


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jodie Donovan-May, Attorney Advisor, Federal 
Communications Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1580
Fax: 202 418-1413

RIN: 3060-AH73
_______________________________________________________________________




4146.  ACCESS CHARGE REFORM AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE REFORM

Priority: Economically Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 201 
to 205; 47 USC 254; 47 USC 403

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 36; 47 CFR 54; 47 CFR 61; 47 CFR 64

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On January 25, 2001, the Commission published a Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on a proposal filed by a Multi-
Association Group (MAG). The MAG plan sets forth an interstate access 
reform and universal service support proposal for incumbent local 
exchange carriers subject to rate-of-return regulation (rate-of-return 
or non-price cap carriers). The MAG plan proposes to reform the 
interstate access charge structure for non-price cap carriers, to 
establish explicit interstate access universal service support for non-
price cap carriers that will be sustainable in an increasingly 
competitive marketplace, and to require interexchange carriers to offer 
their services that are available in other areas in the non-price cap 
carriers' service areas. It is designed to be implemented over a five-
year period beginning on July 1, 2001. The MAG asks that the Commission 
adopt the plan without modification as an integrated package.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/25/01                     66 FR 7725


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: William Scher, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7400

RIN: 3060-AH74

[[Page 26503]]

_______________________________________________________________________




4147.  2000 BIENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW -- COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW 
OF THE ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS AND ARMIS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR 
INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS; PHASE 2 AND PHASE 3

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 161; 47 USC 
201(b); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 403

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 32.1 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This NPRM seeks comment on various measures to streamline 
existing accounting and ARMIS reporting requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/13/00                    65 FR 67675
NPRM Comment Period End         03/14/01


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Timothy Peterson, Federal Communications Commission, 
Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1575

RIN: 3060-AH76
_______________________________________________________________________




4148.  COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS AND 
ARMIS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS; 
PHASE 1

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 201 to 205; 47 USC 215; 
47 USC 218 to 220

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 32.13; 47 CFR 32.25; 47 CFR 32.27; 47 CFR 32.2002; 
47 CFR 32.2003; 47 CFR 32.5999; 47 CFR 64.903; 47 CFR 64.904

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This Report and Order eliminates the expense matrix filing 
requirement in Section 32.5999(f) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 
Section 32.5999(f), and eliminates or streamlines several other 
accounting requirements. In addition, this Report and Order eliminates 
several tables and reporting items from our ARMIS report 43-02.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/18/99                    64 FR 44877
Report and Order                10/02/00                    65 FR 58661


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Timothy Peterson, Federal Communications Commission, 
Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1575

RIN: 3060-AH77
_______________________________________________________________________


FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)               Completed Actions


Common Carrier Bureau



_______________________________________________________________________




4149. TELEMESSAGING, ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING, AND ALARM MONITORING 
SERVICES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 260; 47 USC 274; 47 USC 
275; 47 USC 303(r)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1; 47 CFR 64

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On February 7, 1997, the Commission released an Order that 
implements the telemessaging and electronic publishing provisions of 
the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act), sections 260 and 274, 
respectively. Section 260 delineates the conditions under which 
incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) may offer telemessaging 
services. Section 274 permits Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) to 
provide electronic publishing services only through a ``separated 
affiliate'' or an ``electronic publishing joint venture'' that meets 
certain separation, nondiscrimination, and joint marketing 
requirements. On March 25, 1997, the Commission released a Second 
Report and Order implementing the alarm monitoring service provisions 
set forth in section 275 of the 1996 Act. Among other things, the Order 
concludes that Ameritech is the only BOC that qualifies for 
grandfathering treatment under section 275(a)(2) of the 1996 Act, and 
also finds that incumbent LECs, including BOCs, that provide basic 
telecommunications services or information services that are used by 
third parties to provide alarm monitoring services are not engaged in 
the provision of alarm monitoring service. The Order also finds that 
the Computer III/ONA requirements continue to govern the provision of 
alarm monitoring services and telemessaging. The Order also concludes 
that section 260(a) of the 1996 Act imposes nondiscrimination 
requirements on incumbent LEC provision of telemessaging services that 
are in addition to those found in sections 201 and 202.
In 1999, the Commission adopted an Order on Reconsideration, which 
addressed a petition for reconsideration/clarification of the March 
1997 Second Report and Order. In the Order on Reconsideration, the 
Commission affirmed its previous finding that the availability of sales 
agency or other marketing arrangements on a nondiscriminatory basis is 
relevant to whether a BOC is engaged in the provision of alarm 
monitoring services.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/29/96                    61 FR 39385
1st R&O                         02/20/97                     62 FR 7690
FNPRM                           02/20/97                     62 FR 7744
2nd R&O                         04/04/97                    62 FR 16093
Order on Reconsideration        02/03/00                     65 FR 5267

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Ann Stevens, Federal Communications Commission, Common 
Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1543

RIN: 3060-AG44

[[Page 26504]]

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4150. REGULATORY TREATMENT OF LEC PROVISION OF INTEREXCHANGE SERVICE 
ORIGINATING IN THE LEC'S LOCAL EXCHANGE AREA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 201 to 205; 
47 USC 215; 47 USC 218; 47 USC 220; 47 USC 271; 47 USC 272; 47 USC 
303(r)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 61.3(o); 47 CFR 61.3(t)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On April 18, 1997, the Commission released a Second Report 
and Order in CC Docket No. 96-149 and a Third Report and Order in CC 
Docket No. 96-61 (Classification Order), in which the Commission 
revised its regulatory treatment of BOCs' and independent LECs' 
provision of domestic, interstate, long distance services and 
international services. The Classification Order revises the 
Commission's approach to defining product and geographic markets so as 
to be more in accord with the 1992 Department of Justice/Federal Trade 
Commission Horizontal Merger Guidelines; classifies the BOCs' long 
distance affiliates as ``non-dominant'' in the provision of long 
distance services that originate in the areas in which a BOC provides 
local telephone services; and also classifies independent LECs as non-
dominant in the provision of in-region long distance services, but 
requires independent LECs to provide their in-region long distance 
services through separate affiliates that satisfy certain separation 
requirements. Finally, the Classification Order classifies the BOCs and 
independent LECs as non-dominant in the provision of interstate, 
domestic, and long distance services that originate outside of the 
areas in which they provide local telephone services, and it eliminates 
the requirement that the BOCs and independent LECs provide those out-
of-region services through separate affiliates. On June 27, 1997, the 
Commission released an Order on Reconsideration, which made minor 
modifications to the Classification Order, including changing the 
effective date of the Classification Order to 70 days after its 
publication in the Federal Register. On March 24, 1998, the FCC 
released an Order staying the provision for the April 18, 1998 deadline 
by which independent LECs that provide in-region, interstate, 
interexchange services on an integrated basis must comply with the 
FCC's requirement that they provide these services through a separate 
affiliate. To ensure that separate LECs do not incur compliance costs 
while the possibility of changes to the requirement still exists, the 
Order stays the portion of the rule that provides the deadline for 
compliance until 60 days after the release of an FCC reconsideration 
order addressing this issue. The Second Order on Reconsideration 
amended the Commission's rules to allow independent LECs that provide 
in-region, long distance services solely on a resale basis to do so 
through a separate corporate division rather than a separate legal 
entity.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/29/96                    61 FR 39379
Order on Recon                  07/03/97                    62 FR 35974
2nd R&O                         07/03/97                    62 FR 35974
Order                           04/06/98                    63 FR 16696
2nd Order on Reconsideration & 
MO&O                            08/16/99                    64 FR 44423

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Andrea Kearney, Attorney Advisor, Federal 
Communications Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1580

RIN: 3060-AG48
_______________________________________________________________________




4151. IN THE MATTER OF INSIDE WIRE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 155

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 68.3; 47 CFR 68.213(c)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This action addressed a proposal for enhanced wire quality 
standards for simple inside telephone wiring. The action also addressed 
whether the demarcation point rule should apply to complex wiring and 
whether the demarcation point may be located away from a building.
The issues on the definition of the demarcation point have been 
included in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's Docket No. 99-217 
(Competitive Networks). A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking addressing 
these issues was released in July 1999. Comments were due on August 13, 
1999, and reply comments were due on September 3, 1999.
The issues with regard to inside wiring were addressed in a Report and 
Order released January 10, 2000. The Report and Order, released in CC 
Docket No. 88-57, amended part 68 to establish minimum quality 
requirements for inside wire.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/17/97                    62 FR 36476
NPRM Comment Period End         08/01/97
Third Report and Order          01/26/00                     65 FR 4137

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Susan Magnotti, Senior Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0871
Fax: 202 418-2345
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG63
_______________________________________________________________________




4152. TOLL FRAUD

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 201 
to 205; 47 USC 258; 47 USC 403

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 64.1900

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The NPRM proposed to address issues related to the prevention 
of toll fraud. Due to the fact that instances of toll fraud have 
declined dramatically since the inception of the NPRM, the Commission 
is considering termination of the proceeding.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/02/93                    58 FR 65163
Withdrawn                       04/01/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

[[Page 26505]]

Agency Contact: David Ward, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Common Carrier Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2336
Fax: 202 418-2345
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG77
_______________________________________________________________________


FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)               Long-Term Actions


Consumer Information Bureau



_______________________________________________________________________




4153. INTERNET TELEPHONY REPORT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 208; 47 USC 255

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 6

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This item analyzes the extent to which the telecommunications 
industry is providing access to Internet telephony, and the extent to 
which regulatory action is necessary to achieve such access.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/22/98                    63 FR 28456
R&O and NOI                     11/19/99                    64 FR 63235


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Scott Marshall, Acting Chief, Disabilities Rights 
Office, Federal Communications Commission, Consumer Information Bureau, 
445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2809
TDD Phone: 202 418-0179
Fax: 202 418-1414
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH56
_______________________________________________________________________


FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)               Long-Term Actions


Enforcement Bureau



_______________________________________________________________________




4154. IN THE MATTER OF AMENDMENT OF PART 73, SUBPART G, OF THE 
COMMISSION'S RULES REGARDING THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 544; 47 USC 
606

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 11; 47 CFR 73; 47 CFR 76

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission adopted new rules to replace the old Emergency 
Broadcast System (EBS) with a new Emergency Alert System (EAS), in 
order to alert the public in the event of a national emergency. The 
Report and Order requires broadcast stations and cable TV systems to 
participate in the EAS and streamlines operational procedures for 
system participants. The new rules prescribe how existing 
communications services such as broadcasting, cable, and other public 
service providers will function under the technical standards and 
operational procedures of the new system. It also removed the old part 
of the Commission's rules concerning EBS in its entirety and 
incorporated the new EAS rules in a new part of the Code of Federal 
Regulations.
The Commission issued a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) 
seeking comments regarding whether the Multipoint Distribution Service 
(MDS), Satellite Master Antenna TV (SMATV) system, and Video Dial Tone 
should also be required to participate in EAS. It also sought comments 
on several cable issues such as whether a defined class of small cable 
systems should be exempted from participation in EAS, and how the 
Commission should define small cable systems. The Commission 
subsequently adopted a Second Report and Order to (1) modify EAS as it 
applied to cable systems; (2) address whether other video providers 
should be required to participate in the system; and (3) adopt rules to 
address issues of concern to persons with hearing disabilities.
In response to concerns that voluntary EAS activations could interrupt 
the transmission of emergency programming by local broadcast stations, 
the Commission issued a Second Further NPRM requesting comment on 
whether it should adopt rules to prohibit cable systems from 
transmitting EAS alerts for state or local emergencies during the 
broadcast of emergency programming by a broadcast station. In the Third 
Report and Order, the Commission amended its rules to permit cable 
systems and broadcast systems to enter into voluntary agreements 
regarding the transmission of local emergency information. The 
Commission, however, declined to adopt rules requiring cable systems to 
prevent the interruption of local broadcast station emergency 
programming. In April 2000, the Commission issued an order in which it 
deleted obsolete rules or rules that were no longer needed.
At this time, the Commission is considering requests for rule changes 
filed by the National Weather Service and the Society of Broadcast 
Engineers.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/09/91
NPRM/FNPRM                      09/17/92                    57 FR 53874
R&O                             12/28/94                    59 FR 67090
FNPRM                           12/28/94                    59 FR 67104
MO&O                            11/06/95                    60 FR 55996
Second FNPRM                    03/04/98                    63 FR 15806
Second R&O                      09/24/98                    63 FR 29660
Third R&O                       02/08/99                     64 FR 5950
Order                           04/24/00                    65 FR 21657


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

[[Page 26506]]

Agency Contact: Bonnie Gay, Emergency Alert System Staff, Federal 
Communications Commission, Enforcement Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1220

RIN: 3060-AF21
_______________________________________________________________________




4155. AMENDMENT OF RULES GOVERNING PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED WHEN FORMAL 
COMPLAINTS ARE FILED AGAINST COMMON CARRIERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 201; 47 USC 208; 47 USC 
260; 47 USC 271; 47 USC 274; 47 USC 275

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 0.291; 47 CFR 1.47; 47 CFR 1.720 to 1.736

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In this proceeding the FCC revised the procedural rules 
governing the filing of formal complaints with the FCC. The objectives 
of the Order focused on promoting settlement efforts, enhancing the 
contents of pleadings, and streamlining complaint procedures generally. 
The rule amendments require parties to (1) engage in pre-filing 
activities, including settlement discussions and information exchange; 
(2) eliminate delays in service of formal complaints on carriers; (3) 
improve the format and content of pleadings; (4) eliminate pleading 
opportunities that are not useful or necessary; and (5) streamline the 
discovery process. See Report and Order dated November 25, 1997. 
Petitions for clarification and reconsideration are pending. In this 
proceeding, the FCC also adopted procedures to govern the ``Accelerated 
Docket,'' in which complaints are resolved on an expedited basis, using 
tools such as pre-filing settlement conferences supervised by the 
Commission, as well as minitrials.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/26/96                    61 FR 67978
Report & Order                  01/07/98                      63 FR 990
Second Report & Order           08/04/98                    63 FR 41433


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Gilberto De Jesus, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Enforcement Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7330
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG65
_______________________________________________________________________


FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)             Proposed Rule Stage


Office of Engineering and Technology



_______________________________________________________________________




4156.  SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO AUTHORIZATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 155; 
47 USC 225; 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 309

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1; 47 CFR 2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The NPRM proposes to streamline the equipment authorization 
procedures for software defined radios. We propose to define software 
defined radios as a new class of equipment with equipment authorization 
rules that reflect the additional flexibility incorporated into such 
radios. The frequency and technology agility of software defined radios 
could increase the use of presently underutilized frequency bands.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/03/01                      66 FR 341
NPRM Comment Period End         05/08/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 00-47

Agency Contact: Hugh Van Tuyl, Electronics Engineer, Federal 
Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7506
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH64
_______________________________________________________________________


FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)               Long-Term Actions


Office of Engineering and Technology



_______________________________________________________________________




4157. WIND PROFILER RADAR SYSTEMS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Amendment of section 2.106 of the Commission's Rules to 
allocate spectrum for Wind Profiler Systems. Allocation of this 
spectrum for wind profilers will facilitate the automated collection of 
weather information, including data on severe storms that threaten life 
or property that is not obtainable in any other manner.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/01/93                    58 FR 19644


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

[[Page 26507]]

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 93-59

Agency Contact: Tom Derenge, Chief, Spectrum Policy Branch, Federal 
Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2451
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF45
_______________________________________________________________________




4158. MILLIMETER WAVE SPECTRUM ALLOCATION

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 4; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 302; 47 
USC 303; 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 307

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2; 47 CFR 15; 47 CFR 21

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The millimeter wave spectrum allocation proceeding began in 
October 1994 with the adoption of the first Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NPRM). The purpose of the proceeding was to open the radio 
frequency spectrum above 40 GHz for commercial development. Millimeter 
wave technology is expected to support many short-range applications 
that require very high bandwidth, such as educational and medical 
applications, wireless access to libraries or other information 
databases, and automotive vehicle radar systems for collision 
avoidance. The Commission has allocated this spectrum for licensed 
services and unlicensed uses. The Third Report and Order adopted rules 
that will encourage the commercial development and use of millimeter 
wave frequencies above 40 GHz, and adopted rules to establish a 
spectrum etiquette for unlicensed operation in the 59-64 GHz band.
A Public Notice was issued to solicit comments from interested parties 
regarding harmonizing U.S. and European spectrum allocations above 40 
GHz.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/08/94                    59 FR 61304
Public Notice                   06/23/95                    60 FR 35166
2nd NPRM                        03/29/96                    61 FR 14041
1st R&O                         04/02/96                    61 FR 14500
Comment Period End              05/28/96
Reply Comments                  06/27/96
2nd R&O                         08/02/97                    62 FR 43116
MO&O                            08/27/97                    62 FR 45330
4th NPRM                        08/27/97                    62 FR 45380
Public Notice on Recon          10/02/97                    62 FR 51661
3rd R&O                         08/07/98                    63 FR 42276
3rd MO&O                        06/21/00                    65 FR 38431


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 94-124; Additional Bureaus: 
Wireless Telecommunications and International.

Agency Contact: Rodney P. Conway, Federal Communications Commission, 
Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2904
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

John Reed, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, 
Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2455
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF61
_______________________________________________________________________




4159. MSS SPECTRUM ALLOCATION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 304

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Second Report and Order finalized the reallocation of the 
1990-2025 MHz band from Broadcast Auxiliary Service, including the 
Cable Television Relay Service and the Local Television Transmission 
Service, licensees to the new Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS), and 
established rules for the relocation of incumbent licensees from the 
1990-2110 MHz band as well as incumbent Fixed Service (FS) microwave 
licensees from the 2165-2200 MHz bands, in cases where sharing between 
MSS and FS is not possible. The Second Memorandum Opinion and Order 
confirmed the Commission's decision to require new MSS licensees to 
bear the cost of relocating incumbent licensees in these bands.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/31/95                    60 FR 11644
Order                           03/08/95                    60 FR 13687
1st R&O                         04/22/97                    62 FR 19509
R&O and FNPRM                   04/22/97                    62 FR 19538
MO&O                            12/17/98                    63 FR 69606
2nd R&O and 2nd MO&O            08/07/00                    65 FR 48174


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 95-18

Agency Contact: Tom Derenge, Chief, Spectrum Policy Branch, Federal 
Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2451
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF75
_______________________________________________________________________




4160. UNLICENSED NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE AT 5 GHZ

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2; 47 CFR 15

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The MO&O amends the rules to permit fixed, point to point 
unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices in the 
5.725-5.285 GHz band to operate with one-watt maximum transmitter 
output power and directional antennas of up to 23 db:gain. It clarifies 
the rules regarding unwanted emissions and specifies these limits in 
terms of absolute radiated power levels. These actions will add to the 
flexibility and capability of U-NII operations without causing an 
increase in harmful interference to incumbent operations sharing the 
same spectrum.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/06/96                    61 FR 24749

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R&O                             01/31/97                     62 FR 4649
Public Notice                   03/17/97                    62 FR 12641
MO&O                            07/31/98                    63 FR 40831


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: RM-8468 and RM-8653; ET Docket No. 96-102

Agency Contact: John Reed, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications 
Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2455
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG19
_______________________________________________________________________




4161. ALLOCATION OF 455-456 MHZ AND 459-460 MHZ

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2; 47 CFR 25

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The FCC proposes to amend its rules to allocate the 455-456 
MHz and 459-460 MHz bands to the Mobile Satellite Services (Earth-to-
Space) (MSS Uplinks) on a primary basis for non-voice, non-
geostationary satellite services (NVNG MSS).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/31/97                    62 FR 58932
Comment Period End              11/30/97
Reply Comment Period End        12/15/97


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 97-214

Agency Contact: Tom Derenge, Chief, Spectrum Policy Branch, Federal 
Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2451
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG89
_______________________________________________________________________




4162. DEDICATED SHORT RANGE COMMUNICATIONS OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION 
SERVICES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 157; 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2; 47 CFR 90

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The FCC proposes to allocate 75 megahertz of spectrum for use 
by Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) of Intelligent 
Transportation Systems (ITS). DSRC systems are being designed that 
require a short range, wireless link to transfer information between 
vehicles and roadside systems. ITS services are expected to improve 
traveler safety, decrease traffic congestion, and facilitate reduction 
of air pollution and conservation of fossil fuels. This action furthers 
the goal of the U.S. Congress, the Department of Transportation, and 
the ITS industry to improve the efficiency of the Nation's 
transportation infrastructure and facilitate the growth of the ITS 
industry.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/30/98                    63 FR 35558
NPRM Comment Period End         09/14/98
Reply Comment Period End        10/31/98
R&O                             11/26/99                    64 FR 66405


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 98-95

Agency Contact: Tom Derenge, Chief, Spectrum Policy Branch, Federal 
Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2451
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG94
_______________________________________________________________________




4163. REGULATIONS FOR RF LIGHTING DEVICES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 301; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 
304; 47 USC 307

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 18

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The FCC proposed to update the regulations for RF lighting 
devices. This action was taken in response to new developments in RF 
lighting technology. Recent developments and advances in microwave RF 
lighting technology offer potential economic and environmental benefits 
for consumers and industry. The current FCC rules do not easily 
accommodate these advancements, and thus hinder the further development 
and implementation of these promising new products.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           04/24/98                    63 FR 20362
First Report & Order            07/12/99                    64 FR 37417


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 98-42

Agency Contact: John Reed, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications 
Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2455
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG95
_______________________________________________________________________




4164. EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZATION STREAMLINE II/MUTUAL RECOGNITION 
AGREEMENTS AND THE GMPCS MOU

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 301; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 
304; 47 USC 307

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 25; 47 CFR 68

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission proposes to amend the rules to provide the 
option of private sector approval of equipment that currently requires 
an approval by the Commission. It also proposes rule changes to 
implement a mutual recognition agreement (MRA) for product approvals 
with the European Community (EC) and to allow for similar agreements 
with other foreign

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trade parties. These actions are intended to eliminate the need for 
manufacturers to wait for approval from the FCC before marketing 
equipment in the United States, thereby reducing the time needed to 
bring a product to market.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/10/98                    63 FR 31685
R&O                             02/02/99                     64 FR 4984


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Additional Information: GEN Docket No. 98-68

Agency Contact: Hugh Van Tuyl, Electronics Engineer, Federal 
Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7506
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG96
_______________________________________________________________________




4165. UNIDEN SCANNERS/CELLULAR RADIO SIGNALS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 301; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 
304; 47 USC 307

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2; 47 CFR 15

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The FCC proposes to amend the rules to further prevent 
scanning receivers from receiving radio telephone calls.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           06/10/98                    63 FR 31684
Report & Order                  04/27/99                    64 FR 22559


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 98-76

Agency Contact: Rodney P. Conway, Federal Communications Commission, 
Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2904
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG97
_______________________________________________________________________




4166. INDUSTRY COORDINATION COMMITTEE SYSTEM FOR BROADCAST DIGITAL 
TELEVISION SERVICE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 301; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303; 47 
USC 307; 47 USC 336

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73; 47 CFR 74

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: We seek comment on the establishment of an industry 
coordination committee to assist the Commission in the implementation 
of digital television (DTV) service. This committee system would 
evaluate proposed changes to the DTV Table of Allotments and perform 
other related functions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/09/99                     64 FR 6296
NPRM Comment Period End         03/29/99
Reply Comment Period End        04/28/99


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 99-34

Agency Contact: Alan Stillwell, Federal Communications Commission, 
Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2925
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH13
_______________________________________________________________________




4167. 3650-3700 GOVERNMENT TRANSFER BAND

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 157(a); 47 USC 303(c); 47 USC 
303(f); 47 USC 303(g); 47 USC 303(r)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The First Report and Order allocated 50 MHz of spectrum on 
the 3650-3700 MHz band to the fixed and mobile (base stations) 
terrestrial services on a primary basis. It also ensures the continuity 
of fixed satellite service (FSS) operations and permits new FSS 
operations to help alleviate congestion in the adjacent 3700-4200 MHz 
FSS band.
The Second Notice of Proposed Rule Making proposes to establish 
licensing and service rules for the assignment of fixed and mobile 
services licenses in the 3650-3700 MHz band. It also seeks comments on 
whether technical requirements or other reasons justify licensing the 
3650-3700 MHz and the 4940-4990 MHz band at the same time.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/14/99                     64 FR 2462
NPRM Comment Period End         03/01/99
1st R&O                         11/17/00                    65 FR 69454
2nd NPRM                        11/17/00                    65 FR 69612


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 98-237

Agency Contact: Rodney P. Conway, Federal Communications Commission, 
Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2904
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH14
_______________________________________________________________________




4168. RADIONAVIGATION SERVICE AT 31.8-32.2 GHZ

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 307

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2; 47 CFR 87

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission amended parts 2 and 87 of the Commission's 
rules in order to delete the unused non-Government radionavigation 
service allocation at 31.8-32.3 GHz and to also

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remove this frequency segment from the list of available frequencies 
set forth in the rules for the Aviation Services. This action will 
obviate concerns for interference to the reception of deep space radio 
communications in the band 31.8-32.3 GHz from co-channel, non-Federal 
Government radionavigation transmissions that could otherwise occur in 
the future.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/30/98                    63 FR 65726
NPRM Comment Period End         01/04/99
R&O                             10/10/00                    65 FR 60108


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 98-197

Agency Contact: Tom Mooring, Federal Communications Commission, Office 
of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH15
_______________________________________________________________________




4169. CERTIFICATION OF EQUIPMENT IN THE 24.05-24.25 GHZ BAND AT FIELD 
STRENGTHS UP TO 2500 MV/M

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 301; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 15

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission proposes to amend part 15 of its rules to 
allow the operation of fixed point-to-point transmitters in the 24.05-
24.25 GHz band at field strength of up to 2500 mV/m.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/21/98                    63 FR 50185
NPRM Comment Period End         01/04/99


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 98-156

Agency Contact: Neal McNeil, Engineer, Federal Communications 
Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2408
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH16
_______________________________________________________________________




4170. FIXED SATELLITE SERVICE AND TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM IN THE KU-BAND

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 157; 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2; 47 CFR 25

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Report and Order in this proceeding permits non-
geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) fixed-satellite service (FSS) 
providers to operate in certain segments of the Ku-band, and it adopted 
rules and policies to govern such operations. NGSO FSS can provide a 
variety of new services to the public, such as high speed Internet 
access, plus other types of high speed data, video and telephony 
services. NGSO FSS can bring advanced services to rural areas. We also 
conclude that a new terrestrial fixed Multichannel Video Distribution 
and Data Service can share the 12.2-12.7 GHz band with satellite 
operations without causing harmful interference.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/12/99                     64 FR 1786
Order                           02/16/99                     64 FR 7577
Public Notice                   12/15/99                    64 FR 70028
R&O                             12/08/00
FNPRM                           01/23/01                     66 FR 7607


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 98-206

Agency Contact: Tom Derenge, Chief, Spectrum Policy Branch, Federal 
Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2451
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH17
_______________________________________________________________________




4171. CLOSED CAPTIONING FOR DTV RECEIVERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 303(u); 47 USC 330(b)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 15

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission amended Part 15 of the rules to adopt 
technical standards for the display of closed captions on digital 
television (DTV) receivers. We also require the inclusion of closed 
captioning decoder circuitry in DTV receivers. The requirements will 
help ensure access to digital programming for people with disabilities. 
This action is taken to fulfill the Commission's obligations contained 
in the Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/02/99                    64 FR 41897
NPRM Comment Period End         11/15/99
R&O                             09/29/00                    65 FR 58467


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 99-254

Agency Contact: Neal McNeil, Engineer, Federal Communications 
Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2408
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH24
_______________________________________________________________________




4172. SPREAD SPECTRUM DEVICES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 301; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 15

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission amended part 15 of the rules regarding the

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operation of non-licensed spread spectrum systems. The Commission 
revised the rules for frequency hopping systems operating in the 2.4 
GHz band (2400-2483.5 MHz) to allow for hopping channels up to 5 MHz 
wide. This action was taken to facilitate the continued development of 
spread spectrum technology, particularly for high data rate wireless 
applications, such as wireless computer local area networks and 
wireless cable modems.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/20/99                    64 FR 38877
NPRM Comment Period End         11/02/99
R&O                             09/25/00                    65 FR 57557


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 99-231

Agency Contact: Neal McNeil, Engineer, Federal Communications 
Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2408
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH25
_______________________________________________________________________




4173. 50-71 GHZ REALIGNMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 307

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2.106

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Report and Order in this proceeding realigned allocations 
in the 50.2-50.4 GHz and 51.4-71 GHz frequency bands. The realignment 
of allocations will meet current demands for spectrum in this frequency 
range and is consistent with the international allocation changes the 
United States sought and obtained at the 1997 World Radiocommunication 
Conference.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/11/99                    64 FR 43643
NPRM Comment Period End         09/22/99
R&O                             01/23/01                     66 FR 7402


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 99-261

Agency Contact: Tom Mooring, Federal Communications Commission, Office 
of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH26
_______________________________________________________________________




4174. WIRELESS MEDICAL TELEMETRY SERVICE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 301; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303; 47 
USC 304

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2; 47 CFR 15; 47 CFR 90; 47 CFR 95

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission amended parts 2 and 95 of the rules to 
allocate spectrum and to establish rules for a Wireless Medical 
Telemetry Service. This action will allow potentially life critical 
medical telemetry equipment, which currently operates on a secondary 
basis, unprotected from interference, to operate on a blanket licensed, 
interference protected basis.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            08/02/99                    64 FR 41891
NPRM Comment Period End         10/18/99
R&O                             07/17/00                    65 FR 43995


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 99-255

Agency Contact: Hugh Van Tuyl, Electronics Engineer, Federal 
Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 
12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7506
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH27
_______________________________________________________________________




4175. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN IMPROVED MODEL FOR PREDICTING THE BROADCAST 
TELEVISION FIELD STRENGTH RECEIVED AT INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 334; 47 USC 336

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, May 29, 2000.

Abstract: The Commission adopted a prediction model for determining 
presumptively the ability of individual locations to receive over the 
air television stations. This model will be a useful means for 
establishing the eligibility of individual households to receive the 
signals of television broadcast network stations through satellite 
carriers. The Commission is complying with the new statutory 
requirements set forth in the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 
1999.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/02/00                     65 FR 4923
NPRM Comment Period End         03/07/00
R&O                             06/09/00                    65 FR 36639


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 00-11

Agency Contact: Robert Eckert, Chief, Technical Analysis Branch, 
Federal Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and 
Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2433
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH37
_______________________________________________________________________




4176. CONDUCTED EMISSION LIMITS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 301; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 
304; 47 USC 307; 47 USC 544A

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 15; 47 CFR 18

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission proposes to revise the limits on the amount of 
radio

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frequency energy that is permitted to be conducted onto the AC power 
lines. The purpose of these limits is to protect radio services 
operating below 30 MHz from interference. The devices regulated are 
personal computers, TV and FM receivers, RF lighting devices, microwave 
ovens, induction cooking ranges, and ultrasonic equipment.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/16/99                    64 FR 62159
NPRM Comment Period End         02/29/00


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 98-80

Agency Contact: John Reed, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications 
Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2455
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH46
_______________________________________________________________________




4177. REVISION OF THE RULES REGARDING ULTRA-WIDEBAND TRANSMISSION

Priority: Economically Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 304; 47 USC 
307; 47 USC 544A

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 15

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission proposed regulations that would permit the 
operation of ultra-wideband radio systems on an unlicensed basis under 
the Commission's rules.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/14/00                    65 FR 37332
NPRM Comment Period End         10/12/00


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 98-153

Agency Contact: John Reed, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications 
Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2455
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH47
_______________________________________________________________________




4178.  NEW ADVANCED WIRELESS SERVICES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 157(a); 47 USC 303(c); 47 USC 
303(f); 47 USC 303(g); 47 USC 303(r)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proceeding explores the possible uses of frequency bands 
below 3 GHz to support the introduction of new advanced wireless 
services, including third generations as well as future generations of 
wireless systems. Advanced wireless systems could provide for a wide 
range of voice data and broadband services over a variety of mobile and 
fixed networks.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/23/01                     66 FR 7438
NPRM Comment Period End         03/09/01


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 00-258

Agency Contact: Rodney Small, Economist, Federal Communications 
Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2452
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH65
_______________________________________________________________________




4179.  REALLOCATION OF 27 MHZ SPECTRUM

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303(a); 47 USC 336

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The NPRM proposes to reallocate a total of 27 MHz of 
spectrum, transferred from Federal Government use, for non-Government 
services pursuant to the Omnibus Budget Act of 1977. The transfer of 
these bands to non-Government use should enable the development of new 
technologies and services, provide additional spectrum relief for 
congested private land mobile frequencies, and fulfill our obligation 
as mandated by Congress to assign this spectrum for non-Government use.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/23/01                     66 FR 7443
NPRM Comment Period End         03/26/01


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 00-221

Agency Contact: Ira Keltz, Electronics Engineer, Federal Communications 
Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0616
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH66

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)               Long-Term Actions


Office of General Counsel



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4180. AMENDMENT OF THE EX PARTE RULES IN JOINT BOARD PROCEEDINGS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 
403

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1.1206

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The FCC proposes to amend its ex parte rules to facilitate 
communications by the States in Joint Board proceedings and proceedings 
before the FCC involving a recommendation from a Joint Board.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/15/98                    63 FR 38142
NPRM Comment Period End         08/31/98


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David Stephen Senzel, Attorney Advisor, Federal 
Communications Commission, Office of General Counsel, 445 12th Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1760
Fax: 202 418-7540
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH02
_______________________________________________________________________




4181.  AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1.1204 OF THE COMMISSION'S EX PARTE 
RULES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 309

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1.1204

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission proposes to amend its regulations specifying 
presentations that are treated as exempt under the ex parte rules. 
Under the current rule, presentations to or from the Department of 
Justice and the Federal Trade Commission regarding telecommunications 
competition matters are treated as exempt. The item would expand the 
scope of the exemption to include the Competition Directorate of the 
European Commission and other international and foreign bodies with 
analogous functions. The item would clarify that the term 
``telecommunications competition matters'' in the existing rules was 
intended to be construed broadly and was not limited to common 
carriers.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/26/00                    65 FR 81474
NPRM Comment Period End         02/09/01


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David Stephen Senzel, Attorney Advisor, Federal 
Communications Commission, Office of General Counsel, 445 12th Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1760
Fax: 202 418-7540
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH58
_______________________________________________________________________


FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)             Proposed Rule Stage


International Bureau



_______________________________________________________________________




4182.  STREAMLINING EARTH STATION LICENSING RULES; IB DOCKET NO. 
00-248

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 701 to 744

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 23; 47 CFR 25

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission has found several cases in which modifying or 
eliminating rules could facilitate licensing of earth stations, thereby 
expediting the provision of useful satellite services to the public, 
without unreasonably increasing the risk of harmful interference to 
existing earth station or space station operators, or terrestrial 
wireless operators in shared frequency bands.
Specifically, this NPRM considers the following rule revisions: (1) 
codifying streamlined procedures for case-by-case examination of earth 
stations using ``non-routine'' antennas, non-routine power levels, or 
both; (2) relaxing some current requirements, such as increasing power 
and power density limits, and allowing some temporary fixed earth 
stations to begin operation sooner than is now permitted; (3) 
streamlining the very small aperture terminal (VSAT) rules, and 
revising the Commission's power level rules to provide for various 
types of VSAT multiple access methods; (4) adopting a simplified 
license application form for ``routine'' earth stations; and (5) other 
miscellaneous rule revisions. The Commission also invites comment on 
extending these proposed rules to the Ka-band.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/08/01                     66 FR 1283
NPRM Comment Period End         04/23/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Steven Spaeth, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-1539
Fax: 202 418-0748
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH60

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_______________________________________________________________________


FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)               Long-Term Actions


International Bureau



_______________________________________________________________________




4183. STREAMLINING THE COMMISSION'S RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR SATELLITE 
APPLICATION AND LICENSING PROCEDURES; IB DOCKET NO. 95-117

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 4; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 554; 47 USC 
701 to 744

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 25

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On February 10, 1997, the FCC adopted rules and policies that 
streamlined the application and licensing requirements of Part 25 of 
its rules, which deals with communication satellites and earth 
stations. The streamlined rules waived the construction permit 
requirement for satellite space stations; changed the license term for 
temporary fixed earth stations; and adjusted or changed the rules 
concerning minor modifications and basic requirements for satellite 
service applications. The streamlined rules also resulted in the 
creation of a new application form, FCC Form 312. Form 312 eliminated 
from the International Bureau's use the FCC Form 493, FCC Form 430, FCC 
Form 702, and FCC Form 704. Petitions for Reconsideration were filed in 
this matter. In March 1997 the Commission released a Public Notice 
concerning these petitions, which are presently pending before the 
International Bureau.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/09/95                    60 FR 46252
R&O, Recon Pending              02/10/97                     62 FR 5924
Public Notice/Petitions for 
Recon                           03/26/97                    62 FR 14430


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

Procurement: This is a procurement-related action for which there is a 
statutory requirement. There is a paperwork burden associated with this 
action.

Agency Contact: Frank Peace, Electronics Engineer, Federal 
Communications Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0730
Fax: 202 418-7270
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AD70
_______________________________________________________________________




4184. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS -- NGSO MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICE; CC 
DOCKET NO. 92-166

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 301; 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2; 47 CFR 25; 47 CFR 93

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission adopted rules in 1994 for a voice-and-data 
mobile satellite service (MSS) in the 1610-1626.5 MHz and 2483.5-2500 
MHz frequency bands. Licenses have been issued for five systems. The 
Commission issued a decision in a 1996 ruling on Petitions for 
Reconsideration of the Report and Order making some changes in the 
rules. Several petitions for further reconsideration are still pending.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/14/94                    59 FR 11746
NPRM Comment Period End         06/04/94
R&O                             10/21/94                    59 FR 53294
Begin Review                    12/01/94
First Recon Order               03/12/96                     61 FR 9944


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: CC Docket No. 92-166

Agency Contact: William Bell, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-0741
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF42
_______________________________________________________________________




4185. ESTABLISHING RULES AND POLICIES FOR THE USE OF SPECTRUM FOR MOBILE 
SATELLITE SERVICE IN THE L-BAND; IB DOCKET NO. 96-132

Priority: Routine and Frequent. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 316; 47 USC 403

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission seeks to develop a record and to solicit 
comments on the proposed policies. The proposed policies are designed 
to ensure that sufficient spectrum is available to operate a viable and 
independent U.S.-licensed mobile satellite service system in the L-
band. The proposed policies, to the extent possible, also seek to make 
any additional spectrum coordinated internationally available for 
mobile satellite service systems. The proposed policies impose no 
additional burdens. In order to be effective, these rules must apply to 
all licenses and thus there is no significant alternative.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/18/96                    61 FR 40772
NPRM Comment Period End         09/23/96


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Jennifer Gilsenan, Staff Attorney, Federal 
Communications Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0757
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF89
_______________________________________________________________________




4186. PREEMPTION OF LOCAL ZONING REGULATION OF SATELLITE EARTH STATIONS; 
IB DOCKET NO. 95-59

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 165(j); 47 USC 
303(r)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1.4000; 47 CFR 25.104

[[Page 26515]]

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission adopted rules in March and August of 1996 to 
preempt regulations that restricted the installation and use of certain 
over-the-air reception devices. Staff work on the reconsideration of 
the March 1996 Report and Order is assigned to the International 
Bureau; work on the September 1996 Report and Order is assigned to the 
Cable Services Bureau.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/15/95                    60 FR 28077
NPRM Comment Period End         08/15/95
FNPRM                           03/15/96                    61 FR 10710
R&O                             03/18/96                    61 FR 10896
R&O                             09/04/96                    61 FR 46559


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Selina Khan, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7282
Fax: 202 418-0748
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF92
_______________________________________________________________________




4187. ESTABLISHMENT OF RULES AND POLICIES FOR THE DIGITAL AUDIO RADIO 
SATELLITE SERVICE IN THE 2310-2360 MHZ FREQUENCY BAND; IB DOCKET NO. 95-
91; GEN DOCKET NO. 90-357

Priority: Routine and Frequent. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 151(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 157; 
47 USC 309(j)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 25.144

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission is proposing rules to govern satellite digital 
establishment and regulation of new digital audio radio services. 
Previously, the Office of Engineering and Technology allocated the 
spectrum on which the activities herein of the International Bureau are 
based. Since the spectrum allocation is completed, the Office of 
Engineering and Technology has no further role. See 62 FR 11083 and 62 
FR 24073.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/15/95                    60 FR 35166
R&O                             03/11/97                    62 FR 11083
FNPRM                           04/18/97                    62 FR 19095


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Rockie Patterson, Engineer, Federal Communications 
Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-1183
Fax: 202 418-0748
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF93
_______________________________________________________________________




4188. REDESIGNATION OF THE 27.5-29.5 GHZ FREQUENCY BAND; CC DOCKET NO. 
92-297

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 301; 47 USC 302

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1; 47 CFR 2; 47 CFR 21; 47 CFR 25

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission adopted a band plan which designates band 
segments in the 27.5-30.0 GHz frequency band for several types of 
wireless systems. This decision clears the way for licensing local 
multipoint distribution service (LMDS) providers, fixed satellite 
service (FSS) systems, and feeder links for certain mobile satellite 
service systems. The commercialization of this spectrum enables 
consumers to receive emerging domestic and global technology via 
multiple service providers. In October 1997, the Commission adopted a 
Third Report and Order which promulgated licensing qualification 
requirements and service rules for FSS systems in the Ka-band.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/13/95                    60 FR 43740
NPRM Comment Period End         09/07/95
R&O                             08/28/96                    61 FR 44177
3rd R&O                         11/18/97                    62 FR 61488


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: CC Docket No. 92-297

Agency Contact: Jennifer M. Gilsenan, Staff Attorney, Federal 
Communications Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0757
Fax: 202 418-0748
Email: [email protected]

Selina Khan, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, 
International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7282
Fax: 202 418-0748
Email: [email protected]

Jay Whaley, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, 
International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7194
Fax: 202 418-0748
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF94
_______________________________________________________________________




4189. AMENDMENT OF POLICY TO ALLOW NON-U.S. LICENSED SPACE STATIONS TO 
PROVIDE SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES; IB DOCKET NO. 96-111; CC DOCKET 
NO. 93-23

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 308

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 25.113; 47 CFR 25.115; 47 CFR 25.130; 47 CFR 
25.131; 47 CFR 25.137

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The FCC adopted a Report and Order establishing a public 
interest framework for evaluating requests by non-U.S. satellites to 
serve the U.S. market. The Order implements the World Trade 
Organization (WTO)

[[Page 26516]]

Agreement under which the U.S. committed to allow foreign suppliers to 
provide basic telecommunications services, including satellite services 
in the U.S. The FCC adopted a presumption in favor of entry for non-
U.S. satellites licensed in WTO member countries providing WTO-covered 
services. The FCC adopted an effective competitive opportunities (ECO-
SAT) test for non-U.S. satellites licensed in non-WTO countries 
providing WTO-covered services, as well as for any commercial non-U.S. 
satellite providing services for which the U.S. did not make market 
commitments in the WTO Agreement. The FCC also established entry 
requirements for intergovernmental satellite organizations and their 
affiliates. In addition, the FCC adopted other public interest 
standards regarding spectrum availability and eligibility and operating 
requirements, as well as establishing access and filing procedures.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/14/96                    61 FR 32398
NPRM Comment Period End         08/16/96
FNPRM                           07/29/97                    62 FR 40494
R&O                             12/04/97                    62 FR 64167
Public Notice                   01/05/98                      63 FR 227
Public Notice on Petitions for 
Recon                           01/30/98                     63 FR 4640
First Order on Recon            11/15/99                    64 FR 61791


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Steven Spaeth, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-1539
Fax: 202 418-0748
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG31
_______________________________________________________________________




4190. STREAMLINING REGULATIONS RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL COMMON CARRIERS; 
IB DOCKET NO. 98-118

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 34 to 39; 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 
203(r); 47 USC 214; 47 USC 307; 47 USC 309; 47 USC 310

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1; 47 CFR 43; 47 CFR 63; 47 CFR 64

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission received Petitions for Reconsideration of its 
rules applicable to international common carriers. The Commission has 
eliminated the requirement for prior approval of pro forma assignments 
and transfers of control. The Commission reduced the waiting period for 
granting new streamlined applications from 35 to 14 days. It also 
expanded the class of applications eligible for streamlined processing. 
The Commission will review the petitions and determine whether it 
should revise its rules.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/24/98                    63 FR 39793
NPRM Comment Period End         08/24/98
Report and Order                04/10/99                    64 FR 19057
Notice of Petitions for 
Reconsideration                 06/03/99                    64 FR 31222


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Belinda Nixon, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-1382
Fax: 202 418-2824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG84
_______________________________________________________________________




4191. REDESIGNATION 17.7-19.7 GHZ BAND, BLANKET LICENSING SAT EARTH 
STATIONS 17.7-20.2 GHZ & 27.5-30 GHZ & ALLOCATION 17.3-17.8 & 24.75-
25.25 GHZ BAND FOR BROADCAST SATELLITE SERVICE USE; IB DOC NO. 98-172

Priority: Economically Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 301; 
47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 25.115; 47 CFR 25.138; 47 CFR 25.208

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This item addresses how the 17.7-19.7 GHz band is to be 
shared among various services, including the Fixed Satellite Service, 
the Fixed Services, and the Broadcast Satellite Service. The item also 
addresses the blanket licensing of Fixed Satellite Service Earth 
Stations in the Ka-band. Finally, it addresses a new allocation for the 
Broadcast Satellite Service.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/08/98                    63 FR 54100
NPRM Comment Period             12/07/98                    63 FR 62258
Report and Order                09/07/00                    65 FR 54155


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Justin Connor, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-1476
Fax: 202 418-2824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH21
_______________________________________________________________________




4192. ALLOCATE & DESIGNATE: SPEC FOR FIXED-SAT SRV (37.5-38.5, 40.5-41.5 
& 48.2-50.2 GHZ BANDS). ALLOCATE: FIXED & MOBILE 40.5-42.5 GHZ; WIRELESS 
46.9-47 GHZ; GOV OPER 37-38 & 40-40.5 GHZ; IB DOC NO. 97-95

Priority: Economically Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 301; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303(e); 
47 USC 303(f); 47 USC 303(g); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 304; 47 USC 307

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2.106; 47 CFR 25.202; 47 CFR 25.208

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This item adopts a plan for non-government operations in the 
36.0 - 51.4 GHz portion of the V-band, establishing priorities for 
different services in different parts of this band.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/04/97                    62 FR 16129
Final Action                    01/15/99                     64 FR 2585
Correction                      02/08/99                     64 FR 6138
Correction                      02/10/99                     64 FR 6565
FNPRM                           03/22/99                    64 FR 13796

[[Page 26517]]

Order on Reconsideration        12/01/99


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Trey Hanbury, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-0766
Fax: 202 418-0398
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH23
_______________________________________________________________________




4193. ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES AND SERVICE RULES FOR THE MOBILE 
SATELLITE SERVICE IN THE 2 GHZ BAND; IB DOCKET NO. 99-81

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 307; 47 USC 
309; 47 USC 310; 47 USC 319

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 25.114; 47 CFR 25.115; 47 CFR 25.121; 47 CFR 
25.133; 47 CFR 25.136; 47 CFR 25.137; 47 CFR 25.143; 47 CFR 25.201; 47 
CFR 25.202; 47 CFR 25.203; 47 CFR 25.279

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission amended the regulations covering the 1.6/2.4 
GHz Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) to incorporate the rules for the 2 
GHz MSS. The actions establish the band arrangement and service rules 
and policies for the 2 GHz MSS. The effect of amending the 1.6/2.4 GHz 
MSS rules to include 2 GHz MSS is to simplify and harmonize the rules 
for the types of satellite services.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/07/99                    64 FR 16880
NPRM Comment Period End         07/26/99
Report and Order                10/04/00                    65 FR 59140


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Howard Griboff, Attorney Advisor, Federal 
Communications Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0657
Fax: 202 418-1414
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH28
_______________________________________________________________________




4194. POLICIES FOR THE DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITE SERVICE; IB DOCKET NO. 
98-21

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 25

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proceeding streamlines and simplifies the Commission's 
rules governing direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service. It also 
harmonizes the rules for DBS with those of other satellite services.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/06/98                    63 FR 11202


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Selina Khan, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7282
Fax: 202 418-0748
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH29
_______________________________________________________________________




4195. 1998 BIENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW--REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS SETTLEMENT IN 
MARITIME MOBILE &MARITIME MOBILE-SATELLITE RADIO SERVICES AND WITHDRAWAL 
OF THE COMMISSION AS ACCOUNTING AUTHORITY; IB DOCKET NO.98-96

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154 (j); 47 USC 201; 47 USC 202; 
47 USC 203; 47 USC 204; 47 USC 205; 47 USC 303(r)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 3.10(e)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The FCC has decided to withdraw from acting as an accounting 
authority for the settlement of accounts in the maritime mobile and 
maritime mobile-satellite (ship-to-shore) radio services, and to rely 
solely upon the various privately owned accounting authorities the FCC 
has authorized. In that connection the FCC amended section 3.10(e) of 
its rules to specify that private accounting authorities must serve the 
public non-discriminatorily. (action 7-13-99) The Commission is 
gathering comment to develop a plan to ensure a smooth transition to 
private accounting authorities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/24/98                    63 FR 39800
Report & Order                  07/28/99                    64 FR 40774
Further NPRM                    07/28/99                    64 FR 40808
Comment Period Extended         09/03/99                    64 FR 48337


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: John F. Copes, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-1478
Fax: 202 418-2824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH30
_______________________________________________________________________




4196. AMENDMENT TO REGULATORY POLICIES GOVERNING DOMESTIC FIXED 
SATELLITES AND SEPARATE INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE SYSTEMS; IB DOCKET NO. 
95-41

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 721(c)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 25.110; 47 CFR 25.113; 47 CFR 25.114; 47 CFR 
25.115; 47 CFR 25.117; 47 CFR 25.130; 47 CFR 25.131; 47 CFR 25.140; 47 
CFR 25.202; 47 CFR 25.210; 47 CFR 25.211; 47 CFR 25.276

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission adopted rules in January, 1996 eliminating 
regulatory distinctions between U.S. domestic satellite systems and 
U.S. International separate satellite systems.

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Petitions for partial reconsideration are being addressed by the 
International Bureau.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/10/95                    60 FR 24817
R&O                             03/12/96                     61 FR 9946


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: John M. Coles, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-0771
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH48
_______________________________________________________________________




4197. GLOBAL MOBILE PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS BY SATELLITE; IB DOCKET NO. 
99-67

Priority: Economically Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 4(i); 47 USC 7(a); 47 USC 303(c); 47 USC 
303(f); 47 USC 303(g); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 307; 47 USC 309; 47 USC 
310

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 25.200; 47 CFR 25.213; 47 CFR 25.215; 47 CFR 216; 
47 CFR 2.1204

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The FCC has proposed to adopt rules to facilitate 
transnational use of mobile terminals used for 2-way voice 
communication via satellite systems with global or international 
coverage. In the same NPRM the FCC proposed to adopt limits on out-of-
band emissions from some global mobile personal communications by 
satellite terminals in order to protect reception of aeronautical 
satellite radionavigation signals in the 1559-1610 MHz band. The FCC 
also asked for comment on the advisability of adopting rules requiring 
providers of mobile telecommunication service via satellite to provide 
911 emergency-calling features.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/06/99                    64 FR 16687
NPRM Comment Period End         05/18/99
Public Notice                   01/17/01                     66 FR 3960


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: William Bell, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-0741
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH49
_______________________________________________________________________




4198. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS UNDER THE CABLE LANDING LICENSE ACT; 
IB DOCKET NO. 00-106

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 3 USC 301; 47 USC 34 to 39; 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 
47 USC 154(s); 47 USC 201 to 255; 47 USC 303(r)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1.767

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This item proposes to establish streamlined rules for the 
processing of applications for submarine cable landing licenses. The 
FCC proposes three streamlining options: (1) a demonstration that the 
route on which the proposed cable would operate is or will become 
competitive; (2) a demonstration of sufficient independence of control 
of the proposed cable from control of existing capacity on the route; 
or (3) the existence of certain pro-competitive arrangements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/06/00                    65 FR 41613
NPRM Comment Period End         09/20/00


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Elizabeth Nightingale, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2352
Fax: 202 418-2824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH50
_______________________________________________________________________




4199.  DIRECT BROADCAST PUBLIC INTEREST OBLIGATIONS; MM DOCKET 
NO. 93-25

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 335

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 25; 47 CFR 100

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission adopted rules in 1998 that implement Section 
25 of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 
1992, as codified at Section 335 of the Communications Act of 1934. 
Section 335 directs the Commission to impose certain public interest 
obligations on direct broadcast satellite providers. Several petitions 
for reconsideration are pending.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/08/93                    58 FR 12917
Report and Order                02/08/99                    64 FR 52399


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Terrence E. Reideler, Staff Attorney, Federal 
Communications Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2165
Fax: 202 418-0748
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH59
_______________________________________________________________________




4200.  2000 BIENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW -- POLICY AND RULES 
CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL, INTEREXCHANGE MARKETPLACE; IB DOCKET NO. 
00-202

Priority: Economically Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151 to 154; 47 USC 160; 47 USC 161; 47 USC 201 
to 205; 47 USC 211; 47 USC 218; 47 USC 220; 47 USC 226; 47 USC 303(g); 
47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 332

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 20; 47 CFR 42; 47 CFR 61; 47 CFR 63; 47 CFR 64

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission initiated a proceeding to determine whether to 
detariff interexchange services. The Commission proposes to reduce 
further, as part of its Biennial Regulatory

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Review under Section 11 of the Communications Act, the regulatory 
burdens imposed on non-dominant carriers' provision of international 
interexchange services.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/03/00                    65 FR 66215


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kathy O'Brien, Deputy Division Chief, 
Telecommunications Division, Federal Communications Commission, 
International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0439
Fax: 202 418-2824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH61
_______________________________________________________________________




4201.  2000 BIENNIAL REVIEW -- AMENDMENT OF PARTS 43 AND 63 OF 
THE COMMISSION'S RULES; IB DOCKET NO. 00-231

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 161; 47 USC 214; 47 USC 
218; 47 USC 219; 47 USC 220; 47 USC 403

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 43.81; 47 CFR 63.10; 47 CFR 63.18; 47 CFR 63.19; 
47 CFR 63.20; 47 CFR 63.22; 47 CFR 63.24

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proceeding was initiated to propose further streamlining 
measures for international telecommunications services. The NPRM 
proposes amending the procedures for filing pro forma assignments and 
transfers of control of Section 214 international authorizations, 
eliminating the benchmark settlement rate condition, and modifying the 
rules requiring dominant international carriers to seek prior approval 
to discontinue service. The NPRM will clarify rules and eliminate 
others no longer needed.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/20/00                    65 FR 79795


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: David Krech, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-7443
Fax: 202 418-2824
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH62
_______________________________________________________________________




4202.  LICENSING AND COORDINATION OF EARTH STATIONS IN THE 
FIXED-SATELLITE SERVICES; IB DOCKET NO. 00-203

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 701 to 744; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 301; 47 USC 302; 
47 USC 303; 47 USC 307; 47 USC 309; 47 USC 332

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 25; 47 CFR 101

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Report and Order and/or Memorandum Opinion and Order will 
address the proposals for fixed-satellite service (FSS) partial-band 
licensing, loading standards for FSS earth stations, and coordination 
criteria between FSS earth stations and terrestrial fixed stations. The 
item will additionally address proposals for the blanket licensing of 
very small aperture antennas at C-band, as well as the routine 
licensing of 3.7 meter antennas for FSS earth stations at C-band. 
Finally, the item will consider an industry proposal for either 
``blanket licensing'' or other expedited licensing procedures for FSS 
earth stations in the portion of the Ka-band that is shared with the 
terrestrial fixed service.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/24/00                    65 FR 70541


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Edward Richard Jabobs, Senior Engineer, Federal 
Communications Commission, International Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0624
Fax: 202 418-0398
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH63
_______________________________________________________________________


FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)               Long-Term Actions


Mass Media Bureau



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4203. TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF NON-STOCK ENTITIES (MM DOCKET NO. 89-77)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission will consider proposals concerning the 
treatment of corporations and other organizational structures that are 
not traditional commercial corporations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NOI                             03/16/89                    54 FR 15957


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Mania K. Baghdadi, Federal Communications Commission, 
Mass Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2130
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AE31

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4204. FILING OF TELEVISION NETWORK AFFILIATION CONTRACTS (MM DOCKET NO. 
95-40)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303(r)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73.3613(a)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proceeding considers changes to the requirement that 
stations file their network affiliation agreements with the Commission.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/19/95                    60 FR 19564


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Judith Herman, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2163
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF80
_______________________________________________________________________




4205. RULES GOVERNING BROADCAST TELEVISION ADVERTISING (MM DOCKET NO. 
95-90)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 154(j); 47 USC 301; 47 USC 
303(r); 47 USC 313; 47 USC 314

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73.658(h); 47 CFR 73.658(i)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proceeding considers changes to two rules regulating 
broadcast television advertising. The first advertising rule prohibits 
a broadcast television network from influencing or controlling the 
rates its affiliates set for the sale of their non-network advertising 
time. The second advertising rule prohibits a broadcast television 
network from representing any of its affiliates in the sale of non-
network advertising time.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/05/95                    60 FR 34959


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Judith Herman, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2163
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF81
_______________________________________________________________________




4206. MINOR MODIFICATIONS OF BROADCAST LICENSES WITHOUT PRIOR 
CONSTRUCTION PERMIT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 155(c)(1); 47 USC 302; 47 USC 
303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proceeding will implement the Commission's new authority 
to eliminate the present requirement for a construction permit for a 
broadcast station in certain instances where the changed facilities 
would not have an adverse impact on other broadcast facilities. In 
these instances, licensees or permittees will be able to initiate the 
change without prior authority and file a license application to cover 
the change afterwards.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/08/96                    61 FR 15439
R&O                             09/30/97                    62 FR 51052


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Dale Bickel, Engineer, Federal Communications 
Commission, Mass Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2700
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG30
_______________________________________________________________________




4207. NEWSPAPER/BROADCAST CROSS-OWNERSHIP

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On October 1, 1996, the Commission released a Notice of 
Inquiry seeking comment on the possible revision of its standards for 
waiver of the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rule (section 
73.3555(d)) with respect to newspaper/radio combinations. The Notice 
solicits comment on whether the Commission should adopt objective 
criteria for evaluating such waiver requests and, if so, what those 
criteria should be.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NOI                             10/15/96                    61 FR 53694


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Roger Holberg, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2134
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG53
_______________________________________________________________________




4208. REVIEW OF TECHNICAL RULES IN PARTS 73 AND 74

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 307; 47 USC 319

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73; 47 CFR 74

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Second Report and Order in this radio technical 
streamlining proceeding continues the Commission's efforts to make the 
broadcast application process simpler, faster, and more efficient. In 
the Second Report and Order, the Commission amended the separation 
requirements for short-spaced FM stations, section 73.215(e), to afford 
second- and third-adjacent channel stations minimum relief of six

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kilometers from the full spacing requirements of section 73.207. The 
order also expands the types of facility changes covered by expedited 
one-step licensing procedures and provides additional technical 
flexibility to FM stations licensed to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin 
Islands. The order also relaxes noncommercial educational FM second 
adjacent channel standard and establishes a noncommercial educational 
FM community coverage standard. Finally, the item creates a new 
commercial FM class, class C-zero, and a mechanism to reclassify class 
C stations that do not meet the new class minimum antenna height where 
there is a competing demand for spectrum.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/22/98                    63 FR 33892
Report & Order                  04/21/99                    64 FR 19498
Second Report & Order           12/20/00                    65 FR 79773


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Peter Doyle, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2700
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG81
_______________________________________________________________________




4209. ESTABLISHMENT OF A CLASS A TELEVISION SERVICE (MM DOCKET NOS. 00-
10, 99-292)

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 307; 47 USC 336(f)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73; 47 CFR 74

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, 120 days from enactment of CBPA.

Abstract: On March 28, 2000, the Commission adopted a Report and Order 
in this proceeding. This Report and Order implemented the Community 
Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999, which directed the Commission to 
establish a Class A television service to provide a measure of primary 
status to certain low-power television stations. This Report and Order 
addresses a wide range of issues related to the implementation of the 
statute, including the protected service area of Class A stations, 
Class A interference protection requirements vis-a-vis other TV 
stations, eligibility criteria for Class A status, common ownership 
restrictions applicable to Class A stations, the treatment of 
modification applications filed by Class A licensees, and general 
operating requirements.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/20/00                     65 FR 3188
R&O                             05/10/00                    65 FR 29985


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kim Matthews, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2130
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH39
_______________________________________________________________________




4210. DIGITAL AUDIO BROADCASTING SYSTEMS (MM DOCKET NO. 99-325)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The rulemaking proceeding was initiated to obtain comments 
concerning the Commission's proposals to foster the development and 
implementation of terrestrial digital audio broadcasting (DAB). In the 
NPRM, the Commission (1) reaffirms its commitment to providing radio 
broadcasters with the opportunity to take advantage of DAB technology; 
(2) identifies Commission public policy objectives for the introduction 
of DAB service; (3) proposes criteria for the evaluation of DAB models 
and systems; (4) evaluates IBOC and new-spectrum DAB models; (5) 
inquires as to the need for a mandatory DAB transmission standard; and 
(6) considers certain DAB system testing, evaluation and standard 
selection issues.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/09/99                    64 FR 61054


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Peter Doyle, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2700
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH40
_______________________________________________________________________




4211. DUAL NETWORK RULE (MM DOCKET NO. 00-108)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152(a); 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; 
47 USC 307; 47 USC 309; 47 USC 310

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73.658(g)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On June 8, 2000, the Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (MM Docket No. 00-108; FCC 00-213) proposing to amend its 
``dual network'' rule (Section 73.658(g)). Until 1996, the rule 
prohibited any television station from affiliating with a network that 
maintained more than a single network. In the Telecommunications Act of 
1996, Congress directed the Commission to revise that rule to prohibit 
only the common ownership of more than one of the major four major 
networks (NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox) or the ownership of one of the major 
networks and one of the emerging two networks (WB and UPN). The dual 
network notice proposes to eliminate only that portion of the rule that 
currently prohibits common ownership of one of the major networks and 
the WB or UPN networks. It cited the current economics of the network 
broadcasting industry as justifying this proposed modification.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/05/00                    65 FR 41393


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

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Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Roger Holberg, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2134
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH51
_______________________________________________________________________




4212. EXPERIMENTAL BROADCAST STATION MULTIPLE OWNERSHIP RULE (MM DOCKET 
NO. 00-105)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 152(a); 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; 
47 USC 307; 47 USC 309; 47 USC 310

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 74.134

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On June 20, 2000, the Commission released a Notice of 
Proposed Rule Making (FCC 00-203) in the above proceeding. The 
Commission's existing experimental broadcast station multiple ownership 
rule (74.134) currently prohibits any entity from controlling more than 
one experimental license absent a showing of need. The 1998 Biennial 
Review Report, issued in MM Docket 98-35, tentatively concluded that 
this rule may no longer be necessary and that other rules applicable to 
experimental broadcast station licensees may be sufficient to assure 
that experimental stations do not obtain the exclusive use of a 
frequency or the ability to control multiple frequencies. The Report 
also tentatively concluded that other rules may be sufficient to assure 
that experimental station licensees do not operate on a commercial 
basis while functioning under the guise of experimental use.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/05/00                    65 FR 41401


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Roger Holberg, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2134
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH52
_______________________________________________________________________




4213. ANCILLARY OR SUPPLEMENTAL USE OF DTV CAPACITY BY NON-COMMERCIAL 
LICENSEES (MM DOCKET NO. 98-203)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 4(i); 47 USC 4(j); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 307; 
47 USC 309; 47 USC 336

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On November 23, 1998, the Commission issued a Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in MM Docket No. 98-203 in response to a 
Petition for Reconsideration of the Fifth Report and Order in the 
digital television (DTV) proceeding that was filed by the Association 
of America's Public Television Stations and the Public Broadcasting 
Service. The NPRM seeks comment on whether, and under what conditions, 
noncommercial educational (NCE) television licensees should be 
permitted to offer ancillary or supplementary services, including 
subscription television, on a remunerative basis. In particular, the 
NPRM seeks comment on whether and how the Commission should amend 
section 73.621 of the Commission's rules, which requires NCE stations 
to provide a noncommercial service that ``primarily'' serves the 
educational needs of the community. The NPRM also seeks comment on how 
the advertising ban set forth in section 399B of the Communications Act 
implicates the provision of remunerative services by public DTV 
stations. The NPRM tentatively concludes that, while section 399B 
continues to apply to all video broadcast programming streams provided 
by public DTV stations, it does not apply to any subscription services 
they provide on their DTV channels, since such services do not 
constitute ``broadcasting.'' In addition, the NPRM seeks comment on the 
extent to which section 399B applies to other, non-subscription 
ancillary or supplementary services carried by an NCE station. Finally, 
the NPRM seeks comment on whether NCE licensees should be exempt from 
DTV fees under section 366 of the Communications Act when they offer 
ancillary or supplementary services as a source of funding for their 
mission related activities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/14/98                    63 FR 68722


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Jane Gross, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2139
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH53
_______________________________________________________________________




4214. PERIODIC REVIEW OF RULES AND POLICIES AFFECTING THE CONVERSION TO 
DTV (MM DOCKET NO. 00-39)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 4(i); 47 USC 4(j); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 307; 
47 USC 309; 47 USC 336

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On January 18, 2001, the Commission adopted a Report and 
Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making (FCC 01-24), in which 
it took a number of actions concerning the transition to digital 
television. In the Report and Order it imposed a channel election 
requirement, requiring commercial television stations with two in-core 
channels (i.e., channels 2-51) to elect their post-transition digital 
channel by December 31, 2003. This will allow the Commission to more 
quickly identify channels available to accommodate Digital Television 
(DTV) licensees with out-of-core transition channels and new entrants. 
(Questions concerning the priority as to channel assignment - e.g., 
should stations that must move to a new channel have the highest 
priority and get the first selection of channels that are returned - 
and processing issues, as well as the question of whether any channels 
should be placed off-limits for use by DTV licensees were left to 
future rulemaking proceedings.)
Additionally, while full replication by DTV licensees of the National 
Television Systems Committee (NTSC) service area remains an important 
Commission objective, the Commission

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did not impose a full replication DTV requirement. Instead, it 
determined that, after December 31, 2004, whatever portion of a 
commercial broadcaster's NTSC Grade B contour is not replicated with 
its digital television signal will simply cease to be protected in the 
DTV Table of Allotments. This was intended to provide broadcasters with 
the incentive to continue service to most of their current viewers 
without the need for a Commission rule. The Commission did, however, 
impose an enhanced service obligation that will require licensees to 
encompass their communities of license with a stronger signal than that 
with which they had, or will have, to commence DTV operations. The 
Commission also discussed and resolved DTV application cut-off 
procedures, how it will resolve any mutual exclusivities that arise, 
and a host of technical issues. Importantly, the Commission determined 
that at this time there is no persuasive information to indicate that 
there is any deficiency in the 8-Vestigial Side Band (8-VSB) modulation 
system of the DTV transmission standard that would cause it to revisit 
its decision to deny Sinclair Broadcasting Group, Inc.'s, petition and 
add Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex to the current 8-VSB 
DTV standard, or to grant Univision Communications Inc.'s Petition for 
Expedited Rule Making to that same effect. The Commission also declined 
to adopt technical performance standards for DTV receivers.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/23/00                    65 FR 15600
Report & Order                  02/13/01                     66 FR 9973


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Gordon Godfrey, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2193
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH54
_______________________________________________________________________




4215.  CHILDREN'S TV, OBLIGATIONS OF DIGITAL TV BROADCASTERS (MM 
DOCKET NO. 00-167)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 307; 47 USC 336(d)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73.670; 47 CFR 73.671; 47 CFR 73.673

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This item seeks comment on a range of issues related to 
application of our existing children's programming rules to digital 
broadcasting. The NPRM focuses primarily on two areas: the obligation 
of commercial television broadcast licensees to provide educational and 
informational programming for children and the requirement that 
television broadcast licensees limit the amount of advertising in 
children's programs.
In addition, this document seeks comment on how to address the issue of 
the airing in programs viewed by children promotions that may be 
inappropriate for children to watch. Although this document seeks 
comment largely on challenges unique to the digital area, it also 
discusses several issues that apply equally to analog and digital 
broadcasting.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/08/00                    65 FR 66951


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kim Matthews, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2130
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH68
_______________________________________________________________________




4216.  EXTENSION OF FILING REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S TV 
PROGRAMMING REPORT (MM DOCKET NO. 00-44)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 308

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73.3526

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This document seeks comment on the tentative conclusion that 
broadcasters who maintain Internet websites should be required to post 
their completed quarterly Children's Television Programming Reports 
(FCC Form 398) on these sites. The FCC 398 is required to be filed by 
commercial television broadcast stations each quarter. This form is 
used to provide information on the efforts of commercial television 
stations to provide children's educational and informational programs 
aired to meet its obligation under the Children's Television Act of 
1990. Although the Children's Television Programming Reports are 
available in a central location on the FCC's website, members of the 
public may look first to their local broadcast station for information 
about programming at the station, making station website posting 
useful.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/09/00                    65 FR 67331


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Kim Matthews, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2130
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH69
_______________________________________________________________________




4217.  RADIO MARKET DEFINITIONS (MM DOCKET NO. 00-244)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 202(h); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 307

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73.3555

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: As a result of finding in its Biennial Review Report (65 FR 
43333; July 13, 2000) that the Commission's methods for defining radio 
markets and counting both the number of stations in a radio market and 
counting the number of stations an entity owns in such a market may be 
having results that frustrate the structure of the Telecommunications 
Act of 1996, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making in 
MM Docket No. 00-244. That Notice, which was

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adopted December 6, 2000, sought comment on alternative methods for 
defining radio markets, including using Arbitron or other commercially 
defined market definitions in place of the Commission's current 
``contour overlap'' method. It also sought comment on alternative 
methods for determining the number of stations in a radio market and 
for counting the number of stations a party owns in that market.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/28/00                    65 FR 82305


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Roger Holberg, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2134
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH70
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4218.  ENHANCED AND STANDARDIZED DISCLOSURE (MM DOCKET NO. 00-
168)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 307; 47 USC 309; 47 
USC 336

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73.3526

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This item concerns rules and policies on how commercial 
television broadcast station licensees provide public interest 
information to the public. This document proposes amendments to the 
public inspection file rules that would standardize the format used for 
providing public interest information to the public and make 
information contained in public inspection files available on the 
Internet. The intended effect of this action is to propose rules that 
would make information regarding how television broadcast stations meet 
their fundamental public interest obligation to serve the needs and 
interests of their communities of license easier to understand or more 
accessible to the public.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/19/00                    65 FR 62683


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Cyndi Thomas, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Mass Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20554
Phone: 202 418-2018
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH71
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)               Completed Actions


Mass Media Bureau



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4219. LOCAL TELEVISION OWNERSHIP RULE (MM DOCKET NO. 91-221)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; PL 104-104, 202(c)(2); PL 
104-104, 202(d)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73.3555

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On January 19, 2001, the Commission released a Memorandum 
Opinion and Second Order on Reconsideration (Second Reconsideration 
Order). This order generally affirmed the revisions the Commission made 
in 1999 to its local TV multiple ownership rule, or TV duopoly rule, 
and radio/TV cross-ownership rule. It also generally affirmed the 
grandfathering policies the Commission had adopted at the same time for 
certain local marketing agreements and certain waivers of the previous 
radio/TV cross-ownership rule.
In the Second Reconsideration Order, however, the Commission made one 
change to the TV duopoly rule, and a parallel change to the radio/TV 
cross-ownership rule. Pursuant to the TV duopoly rule adopted in 1999, 
one party may own two TV stations in the same TV market, defined by the 
Designated Market Areas (DMAs) of Nielsen Media Research, if two 
conditions are satisfied. First, at least one of the stations must not 
be among the four highest-ranked stations in the DMA, as determined by 
their all-day audience share. Second, at least eight independently 
owned and operating stations would remain in the DMA after the proposed 
combination. The Second Reconsideration Order amended the TV duopoly 
rule to permit parties to count toward the eight-station minimum only 
those stations the Grade B contours of which overlap with at least one 
of the stations in the proposed combination.
Pursuant to the radio/TV cross-ownership rule adopted in 1999, one 
party may own one TV station (or two, if permitted by the TV duopoly 
rule) and one radio station in the same geographic area. One party may 
own one (or two) TV station(s) and more than one radio station in the 
same geographic area if a certain number of independent media 
``voices'' would remain after the proposed combination. The Second 
Reconsideration Order amended the radio/TV cross-ownership rule to 
permit parties to count toward the number of media ``voices'' 
necessary, only those TV stations the Grade B contours of which overlap 
with at least one of the TV stations in the proposed combination.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NOI                             07/11/91                    56 FR 40847
NPRM                            06/24/92                    57 FR 28163
FNPRM                           02/02/95                     60 FR 6490
Report & Order                  03/27/95                    60 FR 15688
Second FNPRM                    12/19/96                    61 FR 66978
Report & Order                  09/17/99                    64 FR 50651
Memorandum Opinion and Second 
Order on Reconsideration        02/06/01                     66 FR 9039

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Eric Bash, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2130

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Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF79
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4220. ATTRIBUTION OF BROADCAST INTERESTS (MM DOCKET NOS. 94-150, 92-51, 
87-154)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 21.912; 47 CFR 73.3526; 47 CFR 73.3555; 47 CFR 
73.3613; 47 CFR 74.931; 47 CFR 76.501

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration concerns 
rules and policies for attributing cognizable interests in applying the 
broadcast multiple ownership rules, the broadcast-cable cross-ownership 
rule, and the cable-Multipoint Distribution Service cross-ownership 
rule. Specifically, the Order declines to limit or expand the scope of 
the equity debt plus rule, but clarifies several issues that pertain to 
the application of the rule. The Order eliminates the single majority 
shareholder exemption for purposes of the broadcast attribution rules, 
while grandfathering existing minority interests held pursuant to that 
exemption. The Order also declines to deem all local marketing 
agreements (LMAs) entered into after August 6, 1999, to be unlawful, 
and declines to require all existing LMAs, not just attributable LMAs, 
to be filed with the Commission. Finally, the Order reaffirms the 
decision to eliminate the cross-interest policy. The Memorandum Opinion 
and Order on Reconsideration amends rules in 47 CFR parts 21, 73, and 
76. The Order was adopted on December 14, 2000, and released January 
19, 2001.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/02/95                     60 FR 6483
FNPRM                           12/20/96                    61 FR 67275
Report & Order                  08/05/99
Memorandum Opinion & Order on 
Reconsideration                 02/13/01                     66 FR 9962

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Mania K. Baghdadi, Federal Communications Commission, 
Mass Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2130
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF82
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4221. NATIONAL TELEVISION OWNERSHIP RULES (MM DOCKET NOS. 96-222, 91-
221, 87-8)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In the January 13, 2001, Memorandum Opinion and Order on 
Reconsideration in MM Docket Nos. 96-222, 91-222, and 87-8, In the 
Matter of Broadcast Television National Ownership Rules; Review of the 
Commission's Regulations Governing Television Broadcasting; Television 
Satellite Stations Review of Policy and Rules, the Commission denies 
the petition for reconsideration filed by the Office of Communication, 
Inc. of United Church of Christ et al., which requests that the 
Commission attribute between 50 and 100 percent of the Designated 
Market Area households to an entity's second station in a market, 
whether it is a duopoly, a local marketing agreement or an intramarket 
TV satellite station. The Commission reaffirms its decision to count a 
market only once when calculating an entity's national ownership reach, 
even if that entity has an attributable interest in more than one 
television station in that market.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/19/96                    61 FR 66987
Report & Order                  09/17/99                    64 FR 50647
Memorandum Opinion & Order on 
Reconsideration                 01/30/01                     66 FR 8176

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jane Gross, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2139
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG54
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4222. 1998 BIENNIAL REVIEW OF BROADCAST OWNERSHIP (MM DOCKET NO. 98-35)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: PL 104-104, sec 202(h)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On May 26, 2000, the Commission adopted a Report in MM Docket 
No. 98-35. This Report reviews our broadcast ownership rules as 
required by Section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. With 
this Report, the Commission proposed to retain but modify three rules: 
(1) the dual network rule to allow common ownership of an established 
TV network (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC) and an emerging network (WBTN or UPN); 
(2) the definition of local radio markets and the methods of 
calculating the number of stations in a market and the number of radio 
stations a party owns in a particular market; and (3) the newspaper/
broadcast cross-ownership rule so that it is tailored to cover those 
situations where it is necessary to protect the public interest. The 
Commission also proposes to eliminate its restriction on multiple 
ownership of experimental broadcast stations. The Commission has issued 
Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to seek public comment with 
regard to the dual network and experimental broadcast station multiple 
ownership rules and will issue NPRMs with regard to the other rules.
In addition, the Commission voted to retain the local radio ownership 
limits; the 35 percent national television household ownership cap; and 
the cable system/television station cross-ownership rules. The 
Commission also indicated that it will examine the 50 percent UHF 
discount near the completion of the transition to DTV.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NOI                             03/31/98                    63 FR 15353
Report                          07/13/00                    65 FR 43333

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Roger Holberg, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554

[[Page 26526]]

Phone: 202 418-2134
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG79
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4223. REVIEW OF BROADCAST AND CABLE EEO RULES AND POLICIES

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 334; 47 USC 336; 47 USC 
634

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73; 47 CFR 76

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On November 22, 2000, the FCC released its Memorandum Opinion 
and Order (Order) in the Matter of MM Docket Nos. 98-204 and 96-16 (FCC 
00-338). The Order clarifies the Commission's broadcast and cable equal 
employment opportunities (EEO) rules and policies. Specifically, the 
Order clarifies the filing schedule for the initial statement of 
compliance (FCC Form 397) and the extent to which broadcasters may 
engage in joint and supplemental recruitment measures. In addition, the 
Order clarifies that broadcasters have good faith discretion in 
defining what constitutes an applicant and their market/community under 
the EEO rules. The Order also amends the EEO rules to reflect that data 
on the gender, race and ethnic status of a broadcaster's or cable 
entity's workforce will be not be used for assessing an entity's 
compliance with the rules. Among other things, the Order also addresses 
how the Commission will monitor religious broadcasters' compliance with 
the EEO rules.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/01/98                    63 FR 66104
R&O                             02/15/00                     65 FR 7448
MO&O                            12/08/00                    65 FR 76948

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Agency Contact: Roy Boyce, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1450
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH10
_______________________________________________________________________




4224. LOW POWER FM RADIO

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 73

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In its Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration, the 
FCC affirmed most of the Report and Order creating a new low power FM 
radio service (LPFM). It affirmed the LP100 and LP10 classes created in 
the Report and Order and the 3rd adjacent channel protection for most 
stations. The FCC did change certain aspects of the rules created by 
the Report and Order, however: it created a procedure to resolve 
complaints from listeners of full power radio stations claiming 
unexpected interference from LPFM stations. The complaint procedures 
are intended to ensure that if any unexpected, significant 3rd adjacent 
channel interference problems are caused by the operation of a 
particular LPFM station, they can be resolved expeditiously. The FCC 
also preserved existing protection for those stations providing radio 
reading services for blind or low vision listeners. The FCC made other 
minor changes to ownership rules involving public safety and 
transportation organizations and schools.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/16/99                     64 FR 7577
R&O                             02/15/00                     65 FR 7615
MO&O on Reconsideration         11/09/00                    65 FR 67289

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Julie Barrie, Federal Communications Commission, Mass 
Media Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2130
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH11
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)             Proposed Rule Stage


Office of Managing Director



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4225.  ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF REGULATORY FEES FOR FY 2001

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 159

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1.1151 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 
USC 159, requires the FCC to recover the costs of its activities by 
assessing and collecting annual regulatory fees from the beneficiaries 
of these activities. The FCC will issue a NPRM to address how it 
intends to implement the fee requirements for FY 2001, and at a later 
date a Report and Order implementing the FY 2001 Regulatory Fee 
Schedule.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/16/01                    66 FR 19681
NPRM Comment Period End         04/27/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Terry Johnson, Senior Program Analyst/Advisor, Federal 
Communications Commission, Office of Managing Director, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0445
Fax: 202 418-2826
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH67

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)               Long-Term Actions


Wireless Telecommunications Bureau



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4226. AMENDMENT OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES CONCERNING MARITIME 
COMMUNICATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 80

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Amendment of the Maritime Radio Service Rules to encourage 
growth and improve the regulatory structure in VHF maritime 
communications.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NOI/NPRM                        11/05/92                    57 FR 57717
First R&O                       04/26/95                    60 FR 34198
FNPRM                           04/26/95                    60 FR 35507
Second FNPRM                    06/17/97                    62 FR 37533
Second R&O                      06/17/97                    62 FR 40281
Third R&O and MO&O              07/06/98                    63 FR 40059
MO&O                            04/26/99                    64 FR 26885
Third NPRM                      12/08/00                    65 FR 76966
Fourth R&O                      12/13/00                    65 FR 77821


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: PR Docket No. 92-257.

Agency Contact: Keith Fickner, Federal Communications Commission, 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0680
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF14
_______________________________________________________________________




4227. RULEMAKING TO AMEND PART 1 AND PART 21 TO REDESIGNATE THE 27.5-
29.5 GHZ BAND AND TO ESTABLISH RULES AND POLICIES FOR LOCAL MULTI-POINT 
DISTRIBUTION SERVICE

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 307; 47 USC 309; 47 USC 
553

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 21; 47 CFR 25; 47 CFR 101

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The goal of this proceeding, a Third Order on 
Reconsideration, is to pave the way for the auctioning and licensing of 
the Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS), a fixed broadband 
point-to-point wireless service that has significant potential in 
offering a broad range of one-way and two-way voice-video and data 
service capabilities, and a substantial amount of capacity that is 
larger than is currently available in wireless services. This Order was 
adopted and released on February 11, 1998. The Fourth Report and Order 
adopted partitioning and disaggregation rules for LMDS.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/28/93                     58 FR 6400
NPRM Comment Period End         04/15/93
Third NPRM                      08/23/95                    60 FR 43740
First R&O & Fourth NPRM         07/29/96                    61 FR 39425
Fifth NPRM                      04/07/97                    62 FR 16514
Second R&O                      04/29/97                    62 FR 23148
Order on Recon                  05/23/97                    62 FR 28373
Second Order on Recon           09/17/97                    62 FR 48787
Third Order on Recon            02/25/98                     63 FR 9443
Fourth R&O                      05/13/98                    63 FR 26502
Sixth NPRM                      12/21/99                    64 FR 71373
Third R&O and MO&O on Recon     07/06/00                    65 FR 41603


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: WTB Docket No. 92-297.

Agency Contact: Peter Wolfe, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1310
Email: [email protected]

Stacey Jordan, Economist, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th 
Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1310

RIN: 3060-AF26
_______________________________________________________________________




4228. REFARMING

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 90

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Replacement of part 90 by part 88 to revise private land 
mobile services and modify policies governing these services.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/16/92                    57 FR 54034
R&O                             07/19/95                    60 FR 37152
MO&O                            01/15/97                     62 FR 2027
Second R&O                      04/17/97                    62 FR 18834
NPRM                            11/27/98                    63 FR 65568
Second MO&O                     07/06/99                    64 FR 36258
Third MO&O                      09/16/99                    64 FR 50257
Fourth MO&O                     09/17/99                    64 FR 50466
Fifth MO&O                      02/05/01                     66 FR 8899


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: PR Docket No. 92-235

Agency Contact: Michael Wilhelm, Federal Communications Commission, 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0680
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF35
_______________________________________________________________________




4229. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF 800 MHZ SMR; COMPETITIVE BIDDING WIDE AREA

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 153; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303; 47 USC 309(j); 
47 USC 332

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 90

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proceeding adopts service rules and competitive bidding 
rules for 800 MHz SMR spectrum. It also proposes licensing rules and 
auction procedures for lower 80 SMR and general category channels.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/13/93                    58 FR 33062
FNPRM                           10/20/94                     59 FR 6011
Eighth R&O                      02/16/96                     61 FR 6138
First R&O                       02/16/96                     61 FR 6212
Second FNPRM                    02/16/96                     61 FR 6212
Second R&O                      06/23/97                    62 FR 41190

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MO&O                            06/23/97                    62 FR 41225
MO&O on Recon                   10/08/99                    64 FR 71042
Second MO&O on Recon            07/14/00                    65 FR 43716


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: PR Docket No. 93-144; GEN Docket No. 93-252; PP 
Docket No. 93-253

Agency Contact: Alice Elder, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunication Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0660
Fax: 202 418-0890
Email: [email protected]

Gary D. Michaels, Branch Chief, Auctions and Industry Analysis 
Division, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7583
Fax: 202 418-0890
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF47
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4230. RESALE AND ROAMING OBLIGATIONS PERTAINING TO COMMERCIAL MOBILE 
RADIO SERVICES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: PL 103-66, sec 6002, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 
of 1993

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 20; 47 CFR 22

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On an interim basis, the First Report and Order extends to 
broadband PCS and covered SMR providers the cellular rule that 
prohibits restricting resale of communications services. The new rules 
sunset five years after the last group of initial licensees for 
currently allocated broadband PCS spectrum is awarded. The rules also 
eliminate all exceptions to the rule that allowed cellular licensees to 
restrict resale by competing with fully operational cellular licensees 
in the same geographic market. The Commission successfully adopted a 
Second Report and Order and Third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in this 
proceeding. The Second Report and Order extends the Commission's 
cellular rules on manual roaming by any individual whose handset is 
capable of accessing the network of a cellular, broadband PCS, or 
covered SMR provider. The Third NPRM, among other things, sought 
comment on whether the Commission should adopt rules requiring 
cellular, broadband PCS, and covered SMR providers to provide automatic 
roaming in their coverage areas, and whether both automatic and manual 
roaming requirements should sunset five years after the initial grant 
of PCS licenses. The Third MO&O generally affirmed the Commission's 
earlier decision to extend the cellular resale rule to include certain 
PCS and SMR providers and to sunset the rule until November 24, 2002. 
However, it modified the prior decision by removing customer premise 
equipment (CPE) and CPE in bundled packages from the scope of the 
resale rule, by revising the scope of the resale rule to exclude all C, 
D, E, and F block PCS licensees that do not own and control and are not 
controlled by cellular or A or B block licensees, and by exempting from 
the rule all SMR and other CMRS providers that do not utilize in-
network switching facilities.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/13/94                    59 FR 35664
NOI                             07/13/94                    59 FR 35664
NPRM Comment Period End         09/29/94
NPRM                            04/04/95                    60 FR 20949
NPRM Comment Period End         07/14/95
First R&O                       07/12/96                    61 FR 38399
Second R&O and Third NPRM       08/15/96                    61 FR 44026
MO&O and O on Recon             11/09/99                    64 FR 61022


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Agency Contact: Jane Phillips, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1761

RIN: 3060-AF58
_______________________________________________________________________




4231. IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 309(J) OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT, 
COMPETITIVE BIDDING; NARROWBAND PCS COMPETITIVE BIDDING RULES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 309(j)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 24

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Report and Order and FNPRM to modify the competitive bidding 
rules for participation by designated entities in narrowband PCS.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

3rd MO&O                        08/16/94                    59 FR 44058
R&O                             04/23/97                    62 FR 27507
FNPRM                           04/23/97                    62 FR 27569
2nd R&O                         06/06/00                    65 FR 35843
2nd FNPRM                       06/06/00                    65 FR 35875


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: GEN Docket No. 90-314; ET Docket No. 92-100; PP 
Docket No. 93-253

Agency Contact: Alice Elder, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunication Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0660
Fax: 202 418-0890
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AF99
_______________________________________________________________________




4232. IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 309(J) OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT, 
COMPETITIVE BIDDING; 218-219 MHZ COMPETITIVE BIDDING RULES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 309(j)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 95

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Tenth Report and Order modifies the competitive bidding rules

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for the upcoming auction of 218-219 MHz: (1) eliminates bidding credits 
available to women- and minority-owned 218-219 MHz applicants; (2) 
extends two levels of bidding credits to small businesses based on a 
two-tiered small business definition; (3) clarifies the attribution 
rules for affiliates of 218-219 MHz applicants; and (4) increases the 
amount of the upfront payments required to participate in the 218-219 
MHz auction.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

R&O                             04/25/94                    59 FR 24947
FNPRM                           08/06/96                    61 FR 49103
R&O                             11/15/96                    61 FR 60198
FNPRM                           09/30/98                    63 FR 52215
MO&O                            11/09/98                    63 FR 54073
R&O and MO&O                    11/03/99                    64 FR 59656


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: WT Docket No. 98-169

Agency Contact: Andrea Kelly, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0660
Fax: 202 418-0890

RIN: 3060-AG00
_______________________________________________________________________




4233. 39 GHZ CHANNEL PLAN

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 524

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1; 47 CFR 2; 47 CFR 101

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proceeding amends the FCC's rules to facilitate more 
effective use of the 39 GHz band.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/26/96                     61 FR 2465
NPRM Comment Period End         02/12/96
Order                           02/22/96                     61 FR 6809
Reply Comments                  02/27/96
Order                           05/01/96                    61 FR 19236
2d NPRM                         01/21/98                     63 FR 3075
R&O                             02/06/98                     63 FR 6079
MO&O                            08/23/99                    64 FR 45891


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: ET Docket No. 95-183, RM-8553; PP Docket No. 
93-253

Agency Contact: Ken Burnley, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0664
Email: [email protected]

Jennifer Burton, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7581
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG16
_______________________________________________________________________




4234. IMPLEMENTATION OF 309(J) OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT, AMENDMENT OF 
PARTS 20 AND 24 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES - BROADBAND PCS COMPETITIVE 
BIDDING AND THE COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICE SPECTRUM CAP

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 301; 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303(r); 
47 USC 309(j); 47 USC 332

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 24

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: NPRM to modify the competitive bidding rules for the 
Broadband PCS F Block. Report and Order, adopted 6/21/96, modified the 
PCS/cellular rule and the cellular spectrum cap.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

O on Recon of 5th MO&O and D, E, 
& F R&O                         11/15/00                    65 FR 68927


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: PP Docket No. 93-253

Agency Contact: Audrey Bashkin, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7535
Fax: 202 418-0890
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG21
_______________________________________________________________________




4235. REVISION OF THE RULES TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH ENHANCED 911 
EMERGENCY CALLING SYSTEMS

Priority: Other Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 134(i); 47 USC 151; 47 USC 201; 47 USC 208; 47 
USC 215; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 309

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 20

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The goal of this proceeding is to afford the public a 
reliable, responsive E911 service in the best possible interest of 
public health and safety. The Third Report and Order revised the 
Commission's rules to permit the use of handset-based solutions or 
hybrid solutions that require changes to both handsets and wireless 
networks, in providing caller location information as part of E911 
services.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

R&O                             07/26/96                    61 FR 40348
FNPRM                           07/26/96                    61 FR 40374
MO&O                            01/16/98                     63 FR 2631
Second Report & Order           06/28/99                    64 FR 34564
Third R&O                       11/04/99                    64 FR 60126
Second MO&O                     12/29/99                    64 FR 72951
Fourth Report & Order, Third 
NPRM, and NPRM                  09/19/00                    65 FR 56752
Fourth MO&O                     10/02/00                    65 FR 58657


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: CC Docket No. 94-102; CC Docket No. 96-115; CC 
Docket No. 92-105; WT Docket No. 00-110

Agency Contact: Dan Grosh, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless

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Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1310

Won Kim, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1310

Martin Liebman, Engineer, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1310

RIN: 3060-AG34
_______________________________________________________________________




4236. IN THE MATTER OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ACT

Priority: Other Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 229; 47 USC 1001 to 1008

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: All of the decisions in this proceeding thus far are aimed at 
implementation of provisions of the Communications Assistance for Law 
Enforcement Act.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/10/97                    62 FR 63302
Order                           01/13/98                     63 FR 1943
FNPRM                           11/16/98                    63 FR 63639
Report & Order                  01/29/99                    64 FR 51462
Order                           03/29/99                    64 FR 14834
Second Report & Order           09/23/99                    64 FR 51462
Third Report & Order            09/24/99                    64 FR 51710
O on Recon                      09/28/99                    64 FR 52244
Policy Statement                10/12/99                    64 FR 55164


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: CC Docket No. 97-213

Agency Contact: John Spencer, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1310
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG74
_______________________________________________________________________




4237. DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND SPECTRUM REQUIREMENTS 
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 160; 47 USC 201; 47 USC 
202; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 337(a); 47 USC 403

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 90

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This item takes steps toward developing a flexible regulatory 
framework to meet vital current and future public safety communications 
needs.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/09/97                    62 FR 60199
Second NPRM                     11/07/97                    62 FR 60199
First R&O                       08/06/98                    63 FR 58645
Third NPRM                      08/06/98                    63 FR 58685
MO&O                            04/26/99                    64 FR 60123
Second R&O                      08/08/00                    65 FR 48393
Fourth NPRM                     08/25/00                    65 FR 51788
Second MO&O                     09/05/00                    65 FR 53641
Third R&O                       11/07/00                    65 FR 66644
Third MO&O                      11/07/00                    65 FR 66644
Fourth R&O                      01/11/01
Fifth NPRM                      01/11/01


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: WT Docket No. 96-86

Agency Contact: Peter Daronco, Federal Communications Commission, 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7235
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG85
_______________________________________________________________________




4238. MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEMS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 101

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proceeding amended the FCC's rules regarding multiple 
address systems (MAS) in the microwave service. It streamlined 
regulations and established a framework for MAS spectrum that provides 
opportunities for continued development of competitive service 
offerings by allowing a variety of services.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/19/97                    62 FR 11407
Order                           09/17/98                    63 FR 53350
FNPRM                           05/18/99                    64 FR 38617
R&O                             04/03/00                    65 FR 17445


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: WT Docket No. 97-81

Agency Contact: Shellie Blakeney, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0680
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG86
_______________________________________________________________________




4239. AMENDMENT OF PART I OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES -- COMPETITIVE 
BIDDING PROCEDURES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 202; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 
309(j)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1; 47 CFR 21; 47 CFR 24; 47 CFR 27; 47 CFR 90; 47 
CFR 95

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proceeding proposes to amend and modify the competitive 
bidding rules for all auctionable services. It was released on December 
31, 1997, and published in the Federal Register on January 15, 1998.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/21/97                    62 FR 13570
NPRM Comment Period End         04/16/97
2nd FNPRM                       01/07/98                      63 FR 770
3rd R&O                         01/15/98                     63 FR 2315
5th R&O, O on Recon             08/29/00                    65 FR 52323
4th FNPRM                       08/29/00                    65 FR 52401


Next Action Undetermined

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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: WT Docket No. 97-82

Agency Contact: Audrey Bashkin, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7535
Fax: 202 418-0890
Email: [email protected]

Leora Hochstein, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0660
Fax: 202 418-1159
Email: [email protected]

David Hu, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0631
Fax: 202 418-0890
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AG87
_______________________________________________________________________




4240. AMENDMENT OF PART 90 OF THE RULES TO ADOPT REGULATIONS FOR 
AUTOMATIC VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEMS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 251; 47 USC 252; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 
309; 47 USC 332

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1; 47 CFR 90

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This Second Report and Order adopts rules and procedures 
governing competitive bidding for multilateration Location and 
Monitoring Service (LMS) frequencies.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            10/06/97                    62 FR 52078
NPRM Comment Period End         11/20/97
Second R&O                      07/30/98                    63 FR 40659


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: The FNPRM sought comment on the LMS auction 
following the general competitive bidding procedures of Part 1, Subpart 
Q; the establishment of a small business definition for LMS; whether 
small business provisions are sufficient to promote participation by 
businesses owned by minorities, women or rural telephone companies; 
partitioning and disaggregation.
PR Docket No. 93-61

Agency Contact: Ken Burnley, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0664
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH12
_______________________________________________________________________




4241. CALLING PARTY PAYS SERVICE OFFERING IN THE COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO 
SERVICES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 157; 47 USC 201; 47 
USC 202; 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 332

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 20

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The NPRM proposes a uniform nationwide system to notify 
consumers that they are placing a call to a wireless phone subscriber 
who has elected to have the caller pay for the airtime and other 
charges associated with the call. The notification would include the 
per minute charges that will apply, as well as the name of the wireless 
carrier that terminates the call.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/16/99                    64 FR 38313
NPRM Comment Period End         10/18/99


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: WT Docket No. 97-207

Agency Contact: Joseph Levin, Senior Economist, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0640
Fax: 202 418-7247
Email: [email protected]

David H. Siehl, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1310
Fax: 202 418-7247
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH31
_______________________________________________________________________




4242. SERVICE RULES FOR THE 746-764 AND 776-794 MHZ BANDS, AND REVISIONS 
TO PART 27 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES

Priority: Economically Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 1; 47 USC 4(i); 47 USC 7; 47 USC 10; 47 USC 
201; 47 USC 202; 47 USC 208; 47 USC 214; 47 USC 301; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 
307; 47 USC 308; 47 USC 309(j); 47 USC 309(k); 47 USC 310; 47 USC 311; 
47 USC 315; 47 USC 317; 47 USC 324; 47 USC 331; 47 USC 332; 47 USC 336

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Report and Order in this proceeding adopts service rules 
for licensing and auction of commercial services in spectrum in the 700 
MHz band to be vacated by UHF television licensees.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            07/07/99                    64 FR 36686
R&O                             01/20/00                     65 FR 3139
Second R&O                      04/04/00                    65 FR 17594
MO&O and FNPRM                  07/12/00                    65 FR 42879
Second MO&O                     02/06/01                     66 FR 9035


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: WT Docket No. 99-168; CS Docket No. 98-120; MM 
Docket No. 00-39

Agency Contact: Stan Wiggins, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554

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Phone: 202 418-1310
Email: [email protected]

Joel Rabinovitz, Attorney Advisor, Federal Communications Commission, 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0689
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH32
_______________________________________________________________________




4243. IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTIONS 309(J) AND 337 OF THE COMMUNICATIONS 
ACT OF 1934 AS AMENDED

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154(i); 47 USC 303(r); 47 USC 309(j)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1; 47 CFR 22; 47 CFR 24; 47 CFR 26; 47 CFR 27; 47 
CFR 73; 47 CFR 74; 47 CFR 80; 47 CFR 87

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This NPRM commences a proceeding to implement 309(j) and 337 
of the Communications Act, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997, which was signed into law on 8/5/97. This notice seeks comment on 
changes to the Commission's rules and policies to implement the revised 
auction authority.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/03/99                    64 FR 23571
R&O                             01/02/01                       66 FR 33


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: State, Local

Additional Information: WT Docket No. 99-87

Agency Contact: Gary D. Michaels, Branch Chief, Auctions and Industry 
Analysis Division, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7583
Fax: 202 418-0890
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH33
_______________________________________________________________________




4244. 1998 BIENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW SPECTRUM AGGREGATION LIMITS FOR 
WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 161; 47 USC 332

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 20; 22 CFR 942

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Commission is re-evaluating whether it should retain, 
modify, or repeal the spectrum aggregation limits and the cellular 
cross-interest rule in light of changes occurring in the wireless 
telecommunications market.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/10/98                    63 FR 70727
R&O                             10/07/99                    64 FR 54564
MO&O on Recon                   11/08/00


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Additional Information: WT Docket No. 98-205

Agency Contact: Paul Murray, Federal Communications Commission, 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7240
Fax: 202 418-7447
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH34
_______________________________________________________________________




4245. AMENDMENT TO PARTS 1, 2, 87 AND 101 OF THE RULES TO LICENSE FIXED 
SERVICES AT 24 GHZ

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 309(j)

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1; 47 CFR 2; 47 CFR 101

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This NPRM proposes licensing and service rules to govern the 
24 GHz band generally.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/20/99                    64 FR 71088
R&O                             08/05/00                    65 FR 59350


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, 
Organizations

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: WT Docket No. 99-327

Agency Contact: Nese Guendelsbarger, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0634
Fax: 202 418-0890

Shellie Blakeney, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0680
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH41
_______________________________________________________________________




4246. PART 101 -- TERRESTRIAL MICROWAVE FIXED RADIO SERVICES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 101

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Proceeding to streamline the Commission's rules, expedite 
processing of authorizations for terrestrial microwave fixed radio 
services and clarify rules concerning the terrestrial microwave fixed 
radio services.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/11/95                     60 FR 2722
R&O                             05/28/96                    61 FR 26670
Order                           03/05/98                    63 FR 10778
Final Action Correction         03/24/98                    63 FR 14039
NPRM                            06/20/00                    65 FR 38333
MO&O                            06/20/00                    65 FR 38324


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: WT Docket No. 94-148 (closed); WT Docket No. 
00-19

Agency Contact: Michael Pollak, Electronics Engineer, Federal

[[Page 26533]]

Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0680
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH42
_______________________________________________________________________




4247. AMENDMENT OF PARTS 13 AND 80 GOVERNING MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 47 USC 302; 47 USC 303

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 13; 47 CFR 80

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This matter concerns the amendment of the rules governing 
maritime communications in order to consolidate, revise and streamline 
the regulations as well as address new international requirements and 
improve the operational ability of all users of marine radios.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/24/00                    65 FR 21694


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: WT Docket No. 00-48

Agency Contact: Keith Fickner, Federal Communications Commission, 
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-0680
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH55
_______________________________________________________________________




4248. AMENDMENT OF THE RULES REGARDING INSTALLMENT PAYMENT FINANCING FOR 
PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES LICENSEES

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 301 to 303; 47 USC 309; 47 USC 332

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 1; 47 CFR 24

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proceeding proposes resumption of installment payments 
for broadband Personal Communications Services (PCS), e.g. for C and F 
Block, with payment deadline to be reinstated as of March 31, 1998. The 
proposal contemplates, inter alia, changes to the FCC's C Block rules 
to govern re-auction of surrendered spectrum in the C Block. The 
proposal was released on October 16, 1997, and published in the Federal 
Register.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

2nd R&O                         10/24/97                    62 FR 55348
FNPRM                           10/24/97                    62 FR 55375
O on Recon of 2nd R&O           04/08/98                    63 FR 17111
4th R&O                         09/23/98                    63 FR 50791
2nd O on Recon of 2nd R&O       05/18/99                    64 FR 26887
Recon of 4th R&O                03/16/00                    65 FR 14213
FNPRM                           06/13/00                    65 FR 37092
6th R&O and O on Recon          09/05/00                    65 FR 53620
O on Recon                      02/12/01                     66 FR 9773


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: The Order on Reconsideration published in the 
Federal Register in April 1998 addresses 37 petitions, 17 oppositions, 
16 replies to opposition, and 38 ex parte filings.
Additional RIN 3060-AG88.
WT Docket No. 97-82

Agency Contact: Audrey Bashkin, Staff Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-7535
Fax: 202 418-0890
Email: [email protected]

RIN: 3060-AH57
_______________________________________________________________________




4249.  TRANSFER OF THE 3650 THROUGH 3700 MHZ BAND AND THE 4.9 
GHZ BAND FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USE

Priority: Economically Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 154; 47 USC 157; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 307; 47 USC 
332

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 2.106; 47 CFR 25.202; 47 CFR 27.1; 47 CFR 27.4; 47 
CFR 27.5; 47 CFR 27.14; 47 CFR 27.50; 47 CFR 27.53; 47 CFR 27.55; 47 
CFR 27.57; 47 CFR 27.58; 47 CFR 27.61; ...

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proceeding is intended to establish licensing and 
service rules for frequencies in the 3650 to 3700 MHz band, transferred 
from government use.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            03/16/00                    65 FR 14230
First R&O and Second NPRM       11/17/00                    65 FR 69612


Next Action Undetermined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: WT Docket No. 00-32; ET Docket No. 98-237

Agency Contact: Rodney P. Conway, Federal Communications Commission, 
Office of Engineering and Technology, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-2904
Fax: 202 418-1944
Email: [email protected]

Eli Johnson, Attorney, Federal Communications Commission, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1310

RIN: 3060-AH75

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_______________________________________________________________________


FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC)               Completed Actions


Wireless Telecommunications Bureau



_______________________________________________________________________




4250. AMENDMENT TO PART 27 OF THE RULES TO REVISE RULES FOR SERVICES IN 
THE 2.3 GHZ BAND AND TO INCLUDE LICENSING OF SERVICES IN THE 47 GHZ BAND

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 47 USC 151; 47 USC 154; 47 USC 157; 47 USC 160; 47 USC 
201; 47 USC 202; 47 USC 208; 47 USC 214; 47 USC 301; 47 USC 303; 47 USC 
309; 47 USC 310; 47 USC 368

CFR Citation: 47 CFR 27

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This notice of proposed rulemaking proposes service, 
licensing, and competitive bidding rules for the 47.2-48.2 GHz band. 
The FCC proposes to amend the part 27 rules to include rules for the 
47.2-48.2 band and to codify and conform certain rules for the 2.3 GHz 
band to provide for consistent regulation of part 27 services. The 
proceeding was terminated without action on December 8, 2000.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/30/98                    63 FR 44822
NPRM Comment Period End         10/13/98
Order                           12/08/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Additional Information: WT Docket No. 98-136

Agency Contact: Eli Johnson, Attorney, Federal Communications 
Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554
Phone: 202 418-1310

RIN: 3060-AG93
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