Federal Communications Commission	"FCC/DA  XX-XXX"




DA 22-474
Released:  May 3, 2022

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ANNOUNCES EFFECTIVE DATE FOR CERTAIN CONTRABAND INTERDICTION SYSTEM RULES
GN Docket No. 13-111


On July 13, 2021, the Commission released the Second Report and Order in this proceeding, in which it adopted a framework requiring the disabling of contraband wireless devices detected in correctional facilities upon satisfaction of certain criteria. See In the Matter of Promoting Technological Solutions to Combat Contraband Wireless Device Use in Correctional Facilities, GN Docket No. 13-111, Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 36 FCC Rcd 11813, 11814, para. 2 (2021) (Second Report and Order); see also In the Matter of Promoting Technological Solutions to Combat Contraband Wireless Device Use in Correctional Facilities, GN Docket No. 13-111, Erratum (rel. Aug. 3, 2021).
  A summary of the Second Report and Order was published in the Federal Register on August 13, 2021, and certain rules became effective on September 13, 2021. Federal Communications Commission, Promoting Technological Solutions to Combat Contraband Wireless Device Use in Correctional Facilities, 86 Fed. Reg. 44635 (Aug. 13, 2021).
  In the Second Report and Order, the Commission adopted rule sections 20.23(b)(1), (3)-(5), (7); (c)(1)-(2), (3), (3)(iii)-(iv), (4)(i)-(ii), (v); and (d), which contain new or modified information collection requirements requiring review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Second Report and Order, 36 FCC Rcd at 11849, para. 90.  These rules were approved by OMB on February 3, 2022.  
  The effective date for these rules is based on publication in the Federal Register of a notice announcing approval by OMB of the new or modified information collection requirements.  Such notice was published in the Federal Register on May 3, 2022, and specified that the rules became effective immediately.
 
For further information regarding this proceeding, please contact Halie Peacher, Attorney Advisor, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Mobility Division at (202) 418-0514 or Halie.Peacher@fcc.gov. 

-FCC-


2