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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 52 / Friday, March 19, 2021 / Proposed Rules For further information, please contact the persons listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Jane Nishida, Acting Administrator.
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CG Docket Nos. 03123, 1051, 1324; FCC
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TRS Fund Contributions Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission FCC or Commission proposes to expand the telecommunications relay services TRS Fund contribution base for support of video relay service VRS and internet Protocol IP Relay to include intrastate, as well as interstate, end-user revenues from providers of telecommunications and Voice over IP
VoIP services.
DATES: Comments are due April 19, 2021. Reply comments are due May 3, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by CG Docket Nos. 03123, 1051, and 1238, by either of the following methods:
Federal Communications Commissions website: https
www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file an original and one copy of each filing. If more than one docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this proceeding, filers must submit two additional copies for each additional docket or rulemaking number. Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to the Commissions Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
For detailed instructions for submitting comments and additional information on the rulemaking process, see document FCC 20161 at https
docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC20-161A1.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Scott, Consumer and
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commissions Notice of Proposed Rulemaking NPRM, document FCC 20161, adopted on November 18, 2020, released on November 20, 2020 in CG Docket Nos.
03123, 1051, and 1238. The full text of document FCC 20161 is available for public inspection and copying via the Commissions Electronic Comment Filing System ECFS. To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format, send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202 4180530.
This proceeding shall be treated as a permit-but-disclose proceeding in accordance with the Commissions ex parte rules. 47 CFR 1.1200 et seq.
Persons making ex parte presentations must file a copy of any written presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral presentation within two business days after the presentation unless a different deadline applicable to the Sunshine period applies. Persons making oral ex parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentation must 1 list all persons attending or otherwise participating in the meeting at which the ex parte presentation was made, and 2
summarize all data presented and arguments made during the presentation. If the presentation consisted in whole or in part of the presentation of data or arguments already reflected in the presenters written comments, memoranda, or other filings in the proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such data or arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other filings specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where such data or arguments can be found in lieu of summarizing them in the memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must be filed consistent with 1.1206b. In proceedings governed by 1.49f or for which the Commission has made available a method of electronic filing, written ex parte presentations and memoranda summarizing oral ex parte presentations, and all attachments thereto, must be filed through the electronic comment filing system available for that proceeding, and must be filed in their native format e.g., .doc,
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.xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf. Participants in this proceeding should familiarize themselves with the Commissions ex parte rules.
Initial Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis The NPRM seeks comment on proposed rule amendments that may result in modified information collection requirements. If the Commission adopts any modified information collection requirements, the Commission will publish another notice in the Federal Register inviting the public to comment on the requirements, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. Public Law 10413; 44 U.S.C.
35013520. In addition, pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the Commission seeks comment on how it might further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25
employees. Public Law 107198; 44
U.S.C. 3506c4.
Synopsis 1. In the NPRM, document FCC 20
161, the Commission proposes to complete the process of updating the mechanism for the funding of internetbased TRS. When the Commission first authorized use of the internet to provide TRS, it decided as an interim measure that all of the costs of providing internet-based TRS should be paid by contributors to the TRS Fund, based only on their interstate telecommunications revenue. In the IP
CTS Contributions Order, published at 85 FR 462, January 6, 2020, the Commission recognized that this interim funding mechanism, which disproportionately burdens providers and users of interstate services, was no longer justifiable as a means of supporting one internet-based form of TRSinternet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service IP CTS, and expanded the contribution base for that service to include intrastate as well as interstate end-user revenues. The Commission now proposes to expand the TRS Fund contribution base for the other two forms of internet-based TRS
video relay service VRS and internet Protocol Relay Service IP Relayso that providers of intrastate voice communications must contribute to the TRS Fund for the support of these services as well.
2. To conform the funding of VRS and IP Relay to the requirements of section 225 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended the Act, and to harmonize cost recovery for these services with the cost recovery plan adopted for IP CTS, the Commission proposes to expand the
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