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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 153 / Thursday, August 12, 2021 / Notices OMB Control No.: 30601218.
Title: Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals: Amendment to Part 76 of the Commissions Rules.
Form No.: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities.
Number of Respondents and Responses: 11 respondents and 11
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25
hours 15 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Third party disclosure requirement and recordkeeping requirement.
Total Annual Burden: 3 hours.
Total Annual Cost Burden: None.
Obligation to Respond: Required in order to monitor regulatory compliance.
The statutory authority for this information collection is contained in sections 4, 303, 614, and 615 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for confidentiality with this collection of information.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No impacts.
Needs and Uses: The information collection imposes a notification requirement on certain small cable systems that become ineligible for exemption from the requirement to carry high definition broadcast signals in HD adopted in FCC 1565. In particular, the information collection requires that, beginning December 12, 2016, at the time a small cable system utilizing the HD carriage exemption offers any programming in HD, the system must give notice that it is offering HD programming to all broadcast stations in its market that are carried on its system. Cable operators also must keep records of such notification. This information collection requirement allows affected broadcast stations to monitor compliance with the requirement that cable operators transmit high definition broadcast signals in HD.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch, Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program Federal Communications Commission.

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In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended Privacy Act, this document announces the modification of a computer matching program the Federal Communications Commission FCC
or Commission or Agency and the Universal Service Administrative Company USAC will conduct with the Iowa Department of Human Services Department. The purpose of this matching program is to verify the eligibility of applicants to and subscribers of Lifeline existing purpose and the new Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, both of which are administered by USAC under the direction of the FCC. More information about these programs is provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below.
DATES: Written comments are due on or before September 13, 2021. This computer matching program will commence on September 13, 2021, and will conclude 18 months after the effective date.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Margaret Drake, FCC, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554, or to Privacy@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margaret Drake at 2024181707 or Privacy@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Lifeline program provides support for discounted broadband and voice services to low-income consumers.
Lifeline is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company USAC under FCC direction.
Consumers qualify for Lifeline through proof of income or participation in a qualifying program, such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program SNAP, Federal Public Housing Assistance, Supplemental Security Income SSI, Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit, or various Tribal-specific federal assistance programs.
The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program EBBP was established by Congress in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Pub. L.
116260, 134 Stat. 1182. EBBP is a program that helps low-income Americans obtain discounted broadband service and one-time co-pay for a connected device laptop, desktop computer or tablet. This program was created specifically to assist American families access to broadband, which has proven to be essential for work, school, and healthcare during the public health emergency that exists as a result SUMMARY:

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of COVID19. A household may qualify for the EBBP benefit under various criteria, including an individual qualifying for the FCCs Lifeline program.
In a Report and Order adopted on March 31, 2016 81 FR 33026, May 24, 2016 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order, the Commission ordered USAC
to create a National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier National Verifier, including the National Lifeline Eligibility Database LED, that would match data about Lifeline applicants and subscribers with other data sources to verify the eligibility of an applicant or subscriber.
The Commission found that the National Verifier would reduce compliance costs for Lifeline service providers, improve service for Lifeline subscribers, and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the program.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 directs the FCC to leverage the National Verifier to verify applicants eligibility for EBBP. The purpose of this matching program is to verify the eligibility of EBBP applicants and subscribers by determining whether they receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP benefits administered by the Iowa Department.
Under FCC rules, consumers receiving these benefits qualify for Lifeline discounts and also for EBBP benefits.
Participating Agencies Iowa Department of Human Services.
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program The authority for the FCCs EBBP is Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Public Law 116260, 134 Stat.
1182; 47 CFR part 54. The authority for the FCCs Lifeline program is 47 U.S.C.
254; 47 CFR 54.400 through 54.423;
Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, et al., Third Report and Order, Further Report and Order, and Order on Reconsideration, 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 400621, paras. 12666 2016
2016 Lifeline Modernization Order.
Purposes In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order, the FCC required USAC to develop and operate the National Verifier to improve efficiency and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the Lifeline program. The stated purpose of the National Verifier is to increase the integrity and improve the performance of the Lifeline program for the benefit of a variety of Lifeline participants, including Lifeline providers, subscribers, states, community-based organizations, USAC, and the Commission. 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 4006,
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