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 NEWS  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  News  Media  Contact: 
 March  29,  2001  Maureen  Peratino:  (202)  418-  0506 


 FCC  PROPOSES  REVISIONS  FOR  ASSESSMENT  AND  COLLECTION  OF 
 REGULATORY  FEES  FOR  FISCAL  YEAR  2001 


 Washington  DC  –  The  FCC  has  proposed  revising  its  Schedule  of  Regulatory  Fees  in  order  to 
 collect  $200,146,000,  as  required  by  Congress  for  Fiscal  Year  2001.  Section  9(  a)  of  the 
 Communications  Act,  as  amended,  authorizes  the  Commission  to  assess  and  collect  annual  regulatory 
 fees  to  recover  the  costs  of  its  enforcement,  policy  and  rulemaking,  international,  and  user 
 information  activities. 


 The  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  identifies  the  proposed  fee  amounts  for  each  fee 
 category.  This  information  will  be  published  in  the  Federal  Register  and  will  be  available  on  the 
 FCC’s  website  at:  www.  fcc.  gov/  fees/  regfees/  2001regfees.  Interested  parties  may  file  comments  on 
 or  before  April  27,  2001,  and  reply  comments  on  or  before  May  7,  2001. 


 Action  by  the  Commission  March  19,  2001,  by  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  (FCC  01-  97). 
 Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners  Ness,  Furchtgott-  Roth  and  Tristani. 


 For  general  information  about  this  proceeding,  please  call  (888)  225-  5322  (TTY  1-  888-  835- 
 5322).  For  specific  fee  information  relating  to  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  please  contact 
 Roland  Helvajian  at  (202)  418-  0444  or  Terry  Johnson  at  (202)  418-  0445. 


 MD  Docket  No.  01-  76 


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