Advanced Methods To Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls, Call Authentication Trust Anchor, 75943-75944 [2022-26483]

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• FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 237 (Monday, December 12, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 75943-75944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26483]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[CG Docket No. 17-59, WC Docket No. 17-97, FCC 22-37; FR ID 115487]


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

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

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

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SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, 
an information collection associated with the Commission's Sixth Report 
and Order and Fifth Report and Order (Order) gateway provider rules. 
This document is consistent with the Order, which stated that the 
Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing 
the compliance dates of those rules, and to cause those rules to be 
revised accordingly.

DATES: Effective date: This rule is effective January 11, 2023.
    Compliance dates: The compliance date for Sec.  64.6303(b) is June 
30, 2023. The compliance date for Sec.  64.6305(b), (c)(2), and (d), is 
January 11, 2023. The compliance date for Sec.  64.6305(e)(2) and (3) 
is April 11, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Lechter, Competition Policy 
Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-0984, or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces that, on October 13, 
2022, OMB approved, for a period of three years, information collection 
requirements relating to the amended rules contained in the 
Commission's Order, FCC 22-37, published at 87 FR 42916 on July 18, 
2022 (47 CFR 64.6303(b), 64.6305(d)). The rule amending Sec.  
64.6305(b) did not contain information collection requirements, and 
therefore, the Wireline Competition Bureau did not seek OMB approval. 
On June 2, 2022, OMB approved other information collection requirements 
related to an amended rule contained in the Commission's Order (47 CFR 
64.6305(c)(2)). The OMB Control Number is 3060-1285.
    Compliance with these rule amendments, along with amendments to 47 
CFR 64.6305(b), was delayed indefinitely in 87 FR 42916. Compliance 
with the rules amending 47 CFR 64.6305(e)(2) and (3) was also delayed 
indefinitely because they contained compliance dates that could not be 
set until Federal Register notice of OMB approval of the information 
collection requirements associated with 47 CFR 64.6305(d). In the Order 
and the text of 47 CFR 64.6303(b), 64.6305(b) through (d), the 
Commission directed the Wireline Competition Bureau to announce the 
compliance dates for these rule amendments and to cause the rule text 
to be revised accordingly.
    The Commission publishes this document as an announcement of the 
compliance dates of amendments to 47 CFR 64.6303(b), 64.6305(b), 
(c)(2), (d), and (e)(2) and (3) and to modify the text of these rules 
previously published at 87 FR 42916 (July 18, 2022), to incorporate 
these dates and eliminate text referring to pending approval of 
information collection requirements by OMB.
    If you have any comments on the burden estimates listed below, or 
how the Commission can improve the collections and reduce any burdens 
caused thereby, please contact Nicole Ongele, Federal Communications 
Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. Please include the 
OMB Control Number, 3060-1285, in your correspondence. The Commission 
will also accept your comments via email at [email protected].
    To request materials in accessible formats for people with 
disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), 
send an email to [email protected] or call the Consumer and Governmental 
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).

Synopsis

    As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507), the FCC is notifying the public that it received final OMB 
approval on October 13, 2022 for the information collection 
requirements contained in the modifications to the Commission's rules 
in 47 CFR part 64 (47 CFR 64.6303(b), 64.6305(d)) and on June 2, 2022 
for the information collection requirements contained in the 
modifications to 47 CFR 64.6305(c)(2). The Wireline Competition Bureau 
also determined that 47 CFR 64.6305(b) did not contain information 
collection requirements. These actions allow the Wireline Competition 
Bureau to set the compliance dates for these rules, as well as for 47 
CFR 64.6305(e)(2) and (3). It is therefore modifying the language of 47 
CFR 64.6303(b) and 64.6305(b) through (e) to incorporate compliance 
dates and eliminate text referring to pending approval by OMB.
    Under 5 CFR part 1320, an agency may not conduct or sponsor a 
collection of information unless it displays a current, valid OMB 
Control Number.
    No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply 
with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
that does not display a current, valid OMB Control Number. The OMB 
Control Number is 3060-1285.
    The foregoing is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(Pub. L. 104-13) October 1, 1995, and 44 U.S.C. 3507.
    The total annual reporting burdens and costs for the respondents 
are as follows:
    OMB Control Number: 3060-1285.
    OMB Approval Date: October 13, 2022.
    OMB Expiration Date: October 31, 2025.
    Title: Compliance with the Non-IP Call Authentication Solutions 
Rules; Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD).
    Form Number: N/A.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities.
    Number of Respondents and Responses: 8,970 respondents; 8,970 
responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.29 hours (on average).
    Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement and on-occasion 
and reporting requirement.
    Obligation to Respond: Mandatory and required to obtain or retain 
benefits. The statutory authority for this information collection is 
contained in 47 U.S.C 227(b), 251(e), and 227(e) of the Communications 
Act of 1934.
    Total Annual Burden: 20,503 hours.
    Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
    Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: The Commission will consider 
the potential confidentiality of any information submitted, 
particularly where public release of such information could raise 
security concerns (e.g., granular location information). Respondents 
may request materials or information submitted to the Commission or to 
the Administrator be withheld from public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 
of the Commission's rules.
    Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impact(s).
    Needs and Uses: Sections 227(b), 251(e), and 227(e) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, (``Act'') as amended, 47 U.S.C. 227(b), 
251(e), and 227(e). On May 20, 2022, the Commission released the Order, 
FCC 22-37, published at 87 FR 42916, July 18, 2022, adopting final 
rules containing information collection requirements

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designed to promote caller ID authentication technology. These rules 
governing gateway providers, among other entities, implement the 
Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and 
Deterrence Act (TRACED Act), promote the deployment of caller ID 
authentication technology, and combat the practice of illegal caller ID 
spoofing.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64

    Carrier equipment, Communications common carriers, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Telecommunications, Telephone.

Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.

Final Rules

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 64 as follows:

PART 64--MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS

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1. The authority citation for part 64 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 201, 202, 217, 218, 220, 
222, 225, 226, 227, 227b, 228, 251(a), 251(e), 254(k), 255, 262, 
276, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 620, 716, 1401-1473, unless otherwise 
noted; Pub. L. 115-141, Div. P, sec. 503, 132 Stat. 348, 1091.


Sec.  64.6303  [Amended]

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2. Amend Sec.  64.6303 by removing paragraph (b)(3).
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3. Amend Sec.  64.6305 by:
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a. Removing paragraphs (b)(3) and (c)(6);
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b. Revising paragraph (d)(1) introductory text;
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c. Removing paragraph (d)(6); and
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d. Revising paragraphs (e)(2) and (3).
    The revisions read as follows:


Sec.  64.6305  Robocall mitigation and certification.

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    (d) * * *
    (1) By January 11, 2023, a gateway provider shall certify to one of 
the following:
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    (e) * * *
    (2) Accepting traffic from foreign providers. Beginning April 11, 
2023, intermediate providers and voice service providers shall accept 
calls directly from a foreign voice service provider or foreign 
intermediate provider that uses North American Numbering Plan resources 
that pertain to the United States in the caller ID field to send voice 
traffic to residential or business subscribers in the United States, 
only if that foreign provider's filing appears in the Robocall 
Mitigation Database in accordance with paragraph (c) of this section 
and that filing has not been de-listed pursuant to an enforcement 
action.
    (3) Accepting traffic from gateway providers. Beginning April 11, 
2023, intermediate providers and voice service providers shall accept 
calls directly from a gateway provider only if that gateway provider's 
filing appears in the Robocall Mitigation Database in accordance with 
paragraph (d) of this section, showing that the gateway provider has 
affirmatively submitted the filing, and that filing has not been de-
listed pursuant to an enforcement action.
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[FR Doc. 2022-26483 Filed 12-9-22; 8:45 am]
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