DA 20-1447
Released:  December 4, 2020

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMPLIANCE DATES FOR INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH 911 DISPATCHABLE LOCATION RULES ADOPTED IN THE REPORT AND ORDER IMPLEMENTING KARI’S LAW AND SECTION 506 OF RAY BAUM’S ACT
PS Docket Nos. 18-261 and 17-239; GN Docket No. 11-117

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has recently completed the approval process for information collection requirements adopted in the Federal Communications Commission’s Report and Order implementing Kari’s Law Act of 2017 and Section 506 of RAY BAUM’S Act. Implementing Kari's Law and Section 506 of RAY BAUM'S Act; 911 Access, Routing, and Location in Enterprise Communications Systems; Amending the Definition of Interconnected VoIP Service in Section 9.3 of the Commission's Rules, PS Docket Nos. 18-261 and 17-239; GN Docket No. 11-117, Report and Order, 34 FCC Rcd 6607, corrected by Erratum, 34 FCC Rcd 11073 (2019) (Report and Order).
  In the Report and Order, the Commission adopted dispatchable location requirements to improve the accuracy of the caller location information provided to Public Safety Answering Points when users call or text 911.  These requirements apply to Fixed Telephony; Interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), including outbound-only VoIP; Mobile Text; Multi-Line Telephone Systems (MLTS); and Internet-based Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) (i.e., Video Relay Service, Internet Protocol Relay, and certain categories of Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service).
The above rule changes resulted in new or modified information collection requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that required OMB approval. Report and Order, 34 FCC Rcd at 6702, 6703, paras. 242, 246 (stating that the requirements in sections 9.8(a); 9.10(q)(10)(v); 9.11(b)(2)(ii), (iv); 9.11(b)(4); 9.11(b)(5)(ii), (iii); 9.14(d)(2)(ii), (iii), and (v); 9.14(d)(4); 9.14(e)(2)(ii), (iv); 9.14(e)(4); and 9.16(b)(3)(i), (ii), and (iii) contain new or modified information collections that require review by OMB under the PRA).
  On October 23, 2020, the Commission published a notice in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval of the information collection requirements applicable to TRS. 85 Fed. Reg. 67447 (Oct. 23, 2020); see also Effective Date and Compliance Dates for Telecommunications Relay Services Rules Subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act, CG Docket Nos. 03-123 and 10-51; PS Docket Nos. 18-261 and 17-239; GN Docket No. 11-117, Public Notice, DA-20-1277 (CGB Oct. 29, 2020), https://www.fcc.gov/document/video-relay-service-rules-effective-date-and-compliance-dates.
  On December 3, 2020, the Commission published a notice in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval of the information collection requirements applicable to Fixed Telephony, Interconnected VoIP, Mobile Text, and MLTS. 85 Fed. Reg. 78018 (Dec. 3, 2020).
  Accordingly, the following compliance dates apply for these information collections:
· Fixed Telephony.  Compliance with 47 CFR § 9.8(a) is required by January 6, 2021.
· Mobile Text.  Compliance with 47 CFR § 9.10(q)(10)(v) is required by January 6, 2022.
· Interconnected VoIP.  Compliance with 47 CFR § 9.11(b)(2)(ii) and (iv), (b)(4), and (b)(5)(ii) and (iii) is required by January 6, 2021 for fixed VoIP services, and by January 6, 2022 for non-fixed VoIP services.
· MLTS.  Compliance with 47 CFR § 9.16(b)(3)(i) is required by January 6, 2021.  Compliance with 47 CFR § 9.16(b)(3)(ii) and (iii) is required by January 6, 2022.
· TRS.  Compliance with 47 CFR § 9.14(d)(2)(ii)-(iii), (d)(2)(v), (d)(4), (e)(2)(ii) and (iv), and (e)(4) is required by January 6, 2021 for fixed services, and by January 6, 2022 for non-fixed services.
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