Federal Communications Commission FCC 12-77
STATEMENT OF 
COMMISSIONER ROBERT M. McDOWELL
Re: In the Matter of Procedures for Assessment and Collection of 
Regulatory Fees, MD Docket No. 12-201, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
I am pleased that the Commission is seeking additional comments on ways to 
modify our regulatory fee structure – a reform which is long overdue.  As I have said 
many times in the past, the Commission should update its fee structure to ensure that they 
are levied not only in a fiscally prudent manner, but in a nondiscriminatory and 
competitively neutral way as well.  
I look forward to working with my colleagues and all stakeholders as we assess 
ways to reform our out-dated methodology.  Also, I will pay special attention to ensuring 
that the Commission has solid legal authority for any ultimate reform measures that it 
approves.  I thank the Chairman for his continued work on this matter as well as our 
terrific staff in the managing director’s office and bureaus.