Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"


DA 19-60
Released:  February 7, 2019

INTERNET PROTOCOL CAPTIONED TELEPHONE SERVICE                      MODERNIZATION ORDER—EFFECTIVE DATE FOR RULES                                                                                        SUBJECT TO THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CG Docket Nos. 13-24; 03-123

On June 8, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) released a Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Notice of Inquiry, which, among other things, amends the Commission’s rules to add two new cost reporting requirements for IP CTS providers. Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service; Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Notice of Inquiry, 33 FCC Rcd 6300 (2018).  The amended rules are codified at 47 CFR § 64.604(c)(5)(iii)(D)(1), (6).
  These amendments resulted in modified information collection requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Pub. L. No. 104-13, 109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified at 44 U.S.C. §§ 3501-3520).  
  The effective date for these rules is based on publication in the Federal Register of a notice announcing approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of the modified information collection requirements.  Such notice was published in the Federal Register on February 4, 2019, specifying that the rules are effective immediately. Federal Communications Commission, IP CTS Modernization and Reform, 84 Fed. Reg. 1409 (Feb. 4, 2019).  
 
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For further information regarding this proceeding, please contact Michael Scott, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office at (202) 418-1264, email Michael.Scott@fcc.gov, or Eliot Greenwald, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Disability Rights Office at (202) 418-2235, email Eliot.Greenwald@fcc.gov. 

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