Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"


DA 21-257
Released:  March 3, 2021

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES 
COMMENT AND REPLY COMMENT DATES FOR THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING ON 911 FEE DIVERSION 

PS Docket Nos. 20-291 and 09-14

Comments Due:  March 23, 2021
Reply Comments Due:  April 2, 2021

	On February 17, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on proposed rules to help ensure that 911 fees are used for the direct support and implementation of 911 services. 911 Fee Diversion; New and Emerging Technologies 911 Improvement Act of 2008, PS Docket Nos. 20-291 and 09-14, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 21-25 (Feb. 17, 2021) (NPRM).  The NPRM proposes rules implementing the Don’t Break Up the T-Band Act of 2020, which was enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.  See Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. No. 116-260, Division FF, Title IX, Section 902, Don’t Break Up the T-Band Act of 2020.  
  The proposed rules would designate the uses of 911 fees by states and taxing jurisdictions that constitute 911 fee diversion for purposes of 47 U.S.C. § 615a-1, establish a declaratory ruling process for providing fee diversion guidance to states and taxing jurisdictions, and codify restrictions imposed on states and taxing jurisdictions engaged in fee diversion. NPRM at 5, para. 10. 
  The NPRM set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 20 and 30 days, respectively, after publication of a summary of the NPRM in the Federal Register. NPRM at 16, para. 42. 
 

	On March 3, 2021, the Office of the Federal Register published a summary of the NPRM, including the associated comment and reply comment dates. See 86 Fed. Reg. 12399 (Mar. 3, 2021). 
  Accordingly, comments must be filed on or before March 23, 2021, and reply comments must be filed on or before April 2, 2021.  The NPRM contains the comment filing instructions. NPRM at 15, paras. 38-40. 


For further information, contact Brenda Boykin, Attorney Advisor, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-2062 or via e-mail at Brenda.Boykin@fcc.gov, or John Evanoff, Deputy Division Chief, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-0848 or via e-mail at John.Evanoff@fcc.gov. 
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