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DA 21-65
Released:  January 15, 2021

CONSUMER AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS BUREAU ANNOUNCES EFFECTIVE DATE FOR NEW ONE-RING SCAM RULE PROVISIONS	
CG Docket No. 20-93

On November 30, 2020, the Commission released the One-Ring Scam Report and Order, implementing section 12 of the TRACED Act Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act, Pub. L. No. 116-105, 133 Stat. 3274, § 12(d)(1) (2019) (TRACED Act).
 and continuing the Commission’s efforts to eliminate illegal and unwanted calls by enabling voice service providers to block calls from numbers associated with a one-ring scam. Protecting Consumers from One-Ring Scams, CG Docket No. 20-93, Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd 14236 (2020) (One-Ring Scam Report and Order).
  The One-Ring Scam Report and Order provides that the new rule provisions would become effective 30 days after the Commission publishes the notice in the Federal Register. Id. at 14242, para 21.

The Commission published the One-Ring Scam Report and Order, including the new one-ring scam rule provisions, in the Federal Register on January 13, 2021. Federal Communications Commission, Protecting Consumers from One-Ring Scams, 86 FR 2562 (Jan. 13, 2021).
  Therefore, the provisions of the One-Ring Scam Report and Order and the associated rule changes will take effect on February 12, 2021.
	For further information, contact Mika Savir, Attorney Advisor, Consumer Policy Division, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at (202) 418-0384 or mika.savir@fcc.gov.