Federal Communications Commission FCC 11-98 
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Amendment of the Schedule
of Application Fees Set Forth
In Sections 1.1102 through 1.1109
of the Commission’s Rules
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GEN Docket No. 86-285
SECOND ORDER
Adopted:  June 17, 2011 Released:  June 20, 2011
By the Commission:
1. In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) in this proceeding, we proposed to 
clarify the rules on payment of post-auction long-form filing fees by winning bidders in auctions of 
construction permits in the broadcast services.  We noted an inconsistency between the Broadcast 
Competitive Bidding First Report and Order, in which the Commission required that winning bidders 
pay filing fees with their post-auction long-form applications,1 Section 1.1104 of the Rules, the Schedule 
of Charges for Media Bureau Service filings, which requires payment of a fee when the long-form 
application is filed,2 and Section 1.2107(c) of the Rules, which suggests that a filing fee need not 
accompany a high bidder’s long-form application.3 To rectify this inconsistency and conform the Rules 
to the Commission’s stated intent in the Broadcast Competitive Bidding First Report and Order, we 
proposed to amend Section 1.2107(c) to read, “Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.1104 of the 
rules, high bidders need not submit an additional application fee with their long-form applications.”  By 
amending Section 1.2107 (c), we clarify that high bidders must still pay any fees required by Section 
1.1104 when filing their post-auction long-form application.  
2.        We received no comments or reply comments regarding the proposed rule change.  
Therefore, we adopt the change to Section 1.2107(c) of our Rules proposed in the NPRM, and set forth in 
Appendix.
  
1 Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act – Competitive Bidding Procedures for Commercial 
Broadcast and Instructional Television Fixed Television Service Licenses, MM Docket No. 97-234, First Report 
and Order, 13 FCC Rcd 15920, 15984-85 ¶ 164 (1998) (Broadcast Competitive Bidding First Report and Order).
2 47 C.F.R. § 1.1104.
3 47 C.F.R. § 1.2107(c) (“Notwithstanding any other provision in Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations to the 
contrary, high bidders need not submit an additional application filing fee with their long-form applications.”).  The 
Commission adopted section 1.2107(c) before the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 extended the Commission’s 
competitive bidding authority under Section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 to mutually exclusive 
applications for construction permits or licenses in broadcast services.  See Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. L. 
No. 105-33, Title III, 111 Stat. 251 (1997).
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ORDERING CLAUSES
3.        The rule adopted in this  Second Order is a rule of agency procedure that does not 
substantially affect the rights or obligations of non-agency parties, and is exempt from the requirements of 
the Congressional Review Act Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 804(3)(C).
4.        IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the rule change in this Second Order IS EFFECTIVE 
the day of publication in the Federal Register. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Marlene H. Dortch   
 Secretary
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APPENDIX
Rule Changes
Part 1 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended to read as follows:
Part 1 – PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
 
1.        The Authority citations for Part 1 continue to read as follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 79 et seq.; 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154(i), 154(j), 155, 157, 225, 303(r), and 309, 
unless otherwise noted.
2.  Section 1.2107 (c) of the Commission’s rules is amended to read as follows:
§1.2107.  Submission of down payment and filing of long-form applications.
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(c) A high bidder that meets its down payment obligations in a timely manner must, within ten 
(10) business days after being notified that it is a high bidder, submit an additional application (the “long-
form application”) pursuant to the rules governing the service in which the applicant is the high bidder.  
Except as otherwise provided in § 1.1104, high bidders need not submit an additional application filing 
fee with their long-form applications.  Specific procedures for filing applications will be set out by Public 
Notice. Ownership disclosure requirements are set forth in § 1.2112.  Beginning January 1, 1999, all long-
form applications must be filed electronically. An applicant that fails to submit the required long-form 
application under this paragraph and fails to establish good cause for any late-filed submission, shall be 
deemed to have defaulted and will be subject to the payments set forth in § 1.2104.
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