FCC Seeks Comment on FY 2019 Regulatory Fees
The FCC seeks comment on the FY 2019 regulatory fee schedule and modifications to regulatory fee authority made by 2018’s Ray Baum’s Act, said an NPRM released Wednesday evening (see 1905080079). The item had been slated for Thursday’s commissioners’ meeting.…
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The FCC is proposing to collect $339 million in regulatory fees due in September. The act deleted what was called outdated language in FCC rules governing regulatory fees, and the NPRM seeks comment on “how these deletions and changes impact the Commission’s responsibilities in assessing and collecting regulatory fees.” The NPRM also seeks comment on continued phasing-in of direct broadcast satellite regulatory fees, continuing to “base non-common carrier and common carrier satellite and terrestrial IBC fees on the per Gbps rate.” The agency is “proposing to hew closely to our prior annual process for adjusting and amending fee categories and the fee schedule,” the NPRM said. It seeks comment on ”ways to further improve our regulatory fee process to make it less burdensome for all entities.” Comments are due June 7, replies June 24.