{"description":"Documents matching 'section communications amended clarify provision'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=section+communications+amended+clarify+provision&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through the Equipment Authorization Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) clarifies that rules prohibiting authorization of covered equipment include modular transmitters and adopts a prohibition on authorization of devices that include modular transmitters that are covered equipment. The Commission also adopts a procedure to limit previously granted authorizations of covered equipment to prohibit the continued importation and marketing of such equipment. It further discusses the broad scope of the prohibition on authorization of equipment identified on the Covered List by clarifying the term \"produced by\" as used in the Commission's rules concerning covered equipment and clarifying the prohibition on modification to previously authorized covered equipment.","document_number":"2025-21001","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-21001/protecting-against-national-security-threats-to-the-communications-supply-chain-through-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-21001.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21001.pdf?1763991936","publication_date":"2025-11-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Business Administration Office of Advocacy.\n \n \n List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 2 \n Administrative practice and procedures, <span class=\"match\">Communications</span>, <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> equipment, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Telecommunications, and Wiretapping and electronic surveillance. \n \n \n Federal <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Commission. \n Marlene Dortch, \n Secretary. \n \n Final Rules \n For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Commission amends 47 CFR part 2 as follows: \n \n PART 2—FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS AND RADIO TREATY MATTERS; GENERAL RULES AND"},{"title":"Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through the Equipment Authorization Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) aims to further its actions in strengthening prohibitions on authorization of covered equipment and to clarify the rules and enforcement of such. The Commission seeks additional comment on modular transmitters and component parts in relation to covered equipment. The Commission addresses the partial court remand of the decision in its November 2022 EA Security R&O by proposing a definition of \"critical infrastructure\" as used on the Covered List and seeking comment on the implementation of that definition. The Commission also seeks comment on whether any modification to an authorized device by an entity identified on the Covered List should require a new application for certification. Finally, the Commission seeks comment on clarifying the scope of activities that constitute marketing of equipment and on measures to strengthen enforcement of marketing prohibitions.","document_number":"2025-21928","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/04/2025-21928/protecting-against-national-security-threats-to-the-communications-supply-chain-through-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-04/pdf/2025-21928.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21928.pdf?1764769515","publication_date":"2025-12-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Administration Office of Advocacy.\n \n \n List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 2 \n Administrative practice and procedures, <span class=\"match\">Communications</span>, <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> equipment, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Telecommunications, and Wiretapping and electronic surveillance. \n \n \n Federal <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Commission. \n Marlene Dortch, \n Secretary. \n \n Proposed Rules \n For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Commission proposes to <span class=\"match\">amend</span> 47 CFR part 2 as follows: \n \n PART 2—FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS AND RADIO TREATY MATTERS; GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS"},{"title":"Photography on Library Premises","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Library of Congress is issuing this final rule to amend its regulations regarding photography on Library premises. This amendment updates terminology, institutes a permit process for posed, staged, or otherwise directed or organized photography (now defined in the regulation as \"formal photography for personal use\"), and clarifies the types of photography that require permission from the Director of Communications.","document_number":"2026-05430","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/19/2026-05430/photography-on-library-premises","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-19/pdf/2026-05430.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05430.pdf?1773837920","publication_date":"2026-03-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"LIBRARY OF CONGRESS","name":"Library of Congress","id":277,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/library-of-congress","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/277","parent_id":null,"slug":"library-of-congress"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Final rule. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n The Library of Congress is issuing this final rule to <span class=\"match\">amend</span> its regulations regarding photography on Library premises. This amendment updates terminology, institutes a permit process for posed, staged, or otherwise directed or organized photography (now defined in the regulation as “formal photography for personal use”), and <span class=\"match\">clarifies</span> the types of photography that require permission from the Director of <span class=\"match\">Communications</span>. \n \n \n DATES: \n Effective March 19, 2026. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n Terri Humphries"},{"title":"Protecting the Nation's Communications Systems From Cybersecurity Threats","type":"Notice","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (\"Commission\" or \"FCC\") announces that it has reconsidered and rescinded a prior Declaratory Ruling and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, neither of which had been published in the Federal Register. The Declaratory Ruling misconstrued the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), and the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was based in part on the Declaratory Ruling's flawed legal analysis and proposed ineffective cybersecurity requirements. This Order follows the FCC's engagement with providers to help strengthen their cybersecurity posture.","document_number":"2025-22830","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/15/2025-22830/protecting-the-nations-communications-systems-from-cybersecurity-threats","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-15/pdf/2025-22830.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22830.pdf?1765547125","publication_date":"2025-12-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"“conclud[ed] that <span class=\"match\">section</span> 105 of CALEA affirmatively requires telecommunications carriers . . . to secure their networks from unlawful access to or interception of <span class=\"match\">communications</span>.” It interpreted <span class=\"match\">section</span> 105 by purporting to “<span class=\"match\">clarify</span> that telecommunications carriers' duties under <span class=\"match\">section</span> 105 of CALEA extend not only to the equipment they choose to use in their networks, but also to how they manage their networks.” It reasoned that, because <span class=\"match\">section</span> 105 requires that carriers “ `shall ensure' that the `only' interception of <span class=\"match\">communications</span> or access to"},{"title":"Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission","type":"Notice","abstract":"As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.","document_number":"2026-02545","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/10/2026-02545/information-collections-being-reviewed-by-the-federal-communications-commission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-10/pdf/2026-02545.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02545.pdf?1770644709","publication_date":"2026-02-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"authority for this information collection is contained in <span class=\"match\">Sections</span> 1, 4(i), 4(j), 201-255, 303(r), 403, 413 of the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 1934, as <span class=\"match\">amended</span>, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 201-255, 303(r), 403, 413, and the Cable Landing License Act of 1921, 47 U.S.C. 34-39, and Executive Order No. 10530, <span class=\"match\">Section</span> 5(a) (May 12, 1954) reprinted as <span class=\"match\">amended</span> in 3 U.S.C. 301.\n \n \n Total Annual Burden: \n 14,180 hours.\n \n \n Total Annual Cost: \n $4,354,490.\n \n \n Needs and Uses: \n The Federal <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Commission (Commission) is requesting that the Office of"},{"title":"Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission","type":"Notice","abstract":"As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.","document_number":"2025-23586","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/22/2025-23586/information-collections-being-reviewed-by-the-federal-communications-commission","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-22/pdf/2025-23586.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23586.pdf?1766151921","publication_date":"2025-12-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, \n WC Docket No. 17-84, Fifth Report and Order, FCC 25-38 (rel. July 25, 2025) (Order), the Commission adopted rules that implement the pole attachment requirements in <span class=\"match\">section</span> 224 of the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 1934, as <span class=\"match\">amended</span>. The Order substantially revised 47 CFR 1.1411 and 47 CFR 1.1412.\n \n \n <span class=\"match\">Section</span> 1.1411. \n In the Order, the Commission adopted regulations requiring (1) greater collaboration and cooperation between utilities and attachers, (2) a timeline for large pole attachment requests, (3) improvements"},{"title":"Amending and Clarifying Foreign Agents Registration Act Regulations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Justice (\"DOJ,\" \"the Department\") is proposing amendments and other clarifications to the scope of certain exemptions, to update and add various definitions, and to make other modernizing changes to the Attorney General's Foreign Agents Registration Act (\"FARA\") implementing regulations.","document_number":"2024-30871","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/02/2024-30871/amending-and-clarifying-foreign-agents-registration-act-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-02/pdf/2024-30871.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30871.pdf?1735652709","publication_date":"2025-01-02","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"}],"excerpts":"by the “FARA Unit.” \n (2) <span class=\"match\">Section</span> 5.1(c) would be <span class=\"match\">amended</span> to add that copies of the Act, and of the rules, regulations, and non-fillable exemplars of forms, may be obtained from the Department's FARA website in addition to, as is currently the case, in hard-copy form upon request without charge from the FARA Unit. \n (3) <span class=\"match\">Section</span> 5.2(c) would be <span class=\"match\">amended</span> to require that payment of the filing fee for a Rule 2 advisory opinion must be made electronically via the Department's FARA website. \n (4) <span class=\"match\">Section</span> 5.2(d) would be <span class=\"match\">amended</span> to require that a request"},{"title":"Sunshine Act; Open Commission Meeting Tuesday, September 30, 2025","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry that would examine whether state and local statutes, regulations, and legal requirements have an unlawful prohibitive effect on the provision of wireline telecommunications services, particularly through the imposition of excessive delays and fees that impede infrastructure deployments and disincentivize investments in them. 2.................. Wireless Title: Freeing Wireless Telecommunications. Infrastructure from Unlawful Regulatory Burdens (WT Docket No. 25- 276). Summary: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that advances its Build America Agenda by seeking comment on reforms that would free towers and other wireless infrastructure from unlawful regulatory burdens imposed at the state and local level. 3.................. Wireless Title: Phone Jamming Telecommunications. Solutions in Non-Federal Correctional Facilities (GN Docket No. 13-111). Summary: The Commission will consider a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on removing regulatory barriers to deployment and viability of existing and developing technologies that combat contraband wireless device use in correctional facilities. 4.................. Media................. Title: Modernizing Broadcast Ownership Rules (MB Docket No. 22-459). Summary: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would advance the Commission's quadrennial regulatory review of its broadcast ownership rules and seek public comment on whether, given the current state of the media marketplace, it should retain, modify, or eliminate any of these rules. 5.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Deleting Obsolete and Duplicative Wireline Rules (GN Docket No. 25- 133). Summary: The Commission will consider as part of the In re: Delete, Delete, Delete proceeding a Direct Final Rule that would move to delete nearly 400 primarily wireline-related rules and requirements that govern obsolete technology, are duplicative, and are no longer used in practice. These rules pertain to a wide variety of now- defunct topics including regulatory reporting requirements, distinctions between wireline carriers that are no longer applied, technology that has been eclipsed, and dates pertaining to pricing, universal service, pilot programs, and equipment requirements that have long ago passed. 6.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Modernizing the E- Rate Program for Schools and Libraries (WC Docket No. 13-184). Summary: The Commission will consider a Declaratory Ruling that would align E-Rate eligibility with section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and clarify that the provision of Wi-Fi, or other similar access point technologies, including the equipment needed to provide such service, on school buses is ineligible for E-Rate funding. 7.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Addressing the Homework Gap through the E- Rate Program (WC Docket No. 21-31). Summary: The Commission will consider an Order on Reconsideration that grants a petition for reconsideration and finds that section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, does not permit the funding of off- premises use of Wi-Fi hotspots and Internet services and makes them ineligible for E-Rate support. ------------------------------------------------------------------------","document_number":"2025-18926","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/30/2025-18926/sunshine-act-open-commission-meeting-tuesday-september-30-2025","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-30/pdf/2025-18926.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18926.pdf?1758899709","publication_date":"2025-09-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"eligibility with <span class=\"match\">section</span> 254 of the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 1934, as <span class=\"match\">amended</span>, and <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> that the <span class=\"match\">provision</span> of Wi-Fi, or other similar access point technologies, including the equipment needed to provide such service, on school buses is ineligible for E-Rate funding.\n \n \n \n 7 \n Wireline Competition \n \n Title: \n Addressing the Homework Gap through the E-Rate Program (WC Docket No. 21-31).\n \n \n \n   \n \n \n Summary: \n The Commission will consider an Order on Reconsideration that grants a petition for reconsideration and finds that <span class=\"match\">section</span> 254 of the Communications"},{"title":"Connect America Fund, Alaska Connect Fund, Connect America Fund-Alaska Plan et al.","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) further refines the Alaska high-cost mobile-support programs to ensure efficient use of scarce universal service funds that will bring 5G-NR to Americans living, working, and traveling in Alaska. This document grants in part a Petition for Reconsideration and Clarification by GCI Communications Corp. (GCI) of the Alaska Connect Fund (ACF), granting it in part by modifying and clarifying several of its rules. These actions help better realign the requirements and expectations of the ACF with its intended universal service goals. This document also makes a clarifying correction to one ACF rule to better reflect its purpose expressed in the Alaska Connect Fund Order.","document_number":"2025-22437","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22437/connect-america-fund-alaska-connect-fund-connect-america-fund-alaska-plan-et-al","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-10/pdf/2025-22437.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22437.pdf?1765287914","publication_date":"2025-12-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"authority contained in <span class=\"match\">sections</span> 1-5, 254, 301, 332, and 405 of the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 1934, as <span class=\"match\">amended</span>, 47 U.S.C. 151-155, 254, 301, 332, 405, and § 1.429 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.429, that the Petition for Clarification and Reconsideration filed by GCI <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Corp. \n is granted in part, denied in part, and dismissed in part \n , to the extent described herein.\n \n \n It is further ordered \n that, pursuant to the authority contained in <span class=\"match\">sections</span> 1-5, 254, 301, and 332 of the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 1934, as <span class=\"match\">amended</span>, 47 U.S.C. 151-155"},{"title":"Protecting Our Communications Networks by Promoting Transparency Regarding Foreign Adversary Control","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) addresses the risks of foreign adversary control of Commission-granted licenses and authorizations by adopting rules requiring a broad range of holders of such licenses, authorizations, or approvals to attest whether they are owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary, and, if so, to disclose additional information about such foreign adversary control. Among other things, the Commission defines categories of licenses and authorizations that are subject to the rules, and establishes a streamlined process by which license and authorization holders should file their foreign adversary control attestations and disclosures.","document_number":"2026-06992","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/10/2026-06992/protecting-our-communications-networks-by-promoting-transparency-regarding-foreign-adversary-control","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-10/pdf/2026-06992.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06992.pdf?1775738718","publication_date":"2026-04-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Job Creation Act of 2012, 47 U.S.C. 1401-1473; the Cable Landing License Act of 1921, 47 U.S.C. 34-39; Executive Order No. 10,530, 5(a), 19 FR 2709, 2711-12 (May 12, 1954), reprinted as <span class=\"match\">amended</span> in 3 U.S.C. 301 note; <span class=\"match\">Section</span> 601 of the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Satellite Act of 1961, 47 U.S.C. 761; <span class=\"match\">Section</span> 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. 1302; and <span class=\"match\">Section</span> 6(a) of the TRACED Act, 47 U.S.C. 227b-1, this \n Report and Order is adopted. \n \n \n It is further ordered \n that this \n Report and Order shall be effective \n 60 days after publication in"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communications Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau and the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (the Bureaus) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopt an Order revising the instructions, reporting templates, and certification form for the annual reports submitted by providers of communications services to incarcerated people and waiving the filing deadline for the 2025 Annual Reports.","document_number":"2025-03142","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/12/2025-03142/incarcerated-peoples-communications-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-12/pdf/2025-03142.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03142.pdf?1741697109","publication_date":"2025-03-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"inmates . . . regardless of technology used.” The new Act also <span class=\"match\">amended</span> <span class=\"match\">section</span> 2(b) of the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 1934, as <span class=\"match\">amended</span> (the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act), to make clear that the Commission's authority extends to intrastate as well as interstate and international <span class=\"match\">communications</span> services used by incarcerated people. \n The Act directed the Commission to “promulgate any regulations necessary to implement” the Act, including its mandate that the Commission establish a “compensation plan” ensuring that all rates and charges for IPCS “are just and reasonable"},{"title":"Update of the Communications Uses Program, Cost Recovery Fee Schedules, and Section 512 of FLPMA for Rights-of-Way","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Interior (DOI or Department), through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), is issuing this final rule to streamline the BLM's communications uses program, update its cost recovery fee schedules, and add provisions for operations, maintenance, and fire prevention plans for powerline rights-of-way (ROWs) consistent with section 512 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA).","document_number":"2024-06997","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/12/2024-06997/update-of-the-communications-uses-program-cost-recovery-fee-schedules-and-section-512-of-flpma-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-12/pdf/2024-06997.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06997.pdf?1712839514","publication_date":"2024-04-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Land Management","name":"Land Management Bureau","id":275,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/land-management-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/275","parent_id":253,"slug":"land-management-bureau"}],"excerpts":"II. Background \n III. <span class=\"match\">Section</span>-by-<span class=\"match\">Section</span> Discussion \n IV. Procedural Matters \n \n I. Executive Summary \n This final rule addresses three distinct areas: <span class=\"match\">communications</span> uses; cost recovery; and operations, maintenance, and fire prevention plans for powerline ROWs. The final rule revises certain regulatory provisions related to <span class=\"match\">communications</span> use ROWs authorized under FLPMA. The BLM administers approximately 1,500 <span class=\"match\">communications</span> sites on BLM lands. By making it easier for industry to collocate in and on existing <span class=\"match\">communications</span> facilities or build out"},{"title":"Clean Water Act Section 404 Tribal and State Assumption Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is finalizing the Agency's first comprehensive revisions to the regulations governing Clean Water Act (CWA) section 404 Tribal and State programs since 1988. The primary purpose of the revisions is to respond to longstanding requests from Tribes and States to clarify the requirements and processes for the assumption and administration of a CWA section 404 permitting program for discharges of dredged and fill material. The revisions facilitate Tribal and State assumption and administration of CWA section 404, consistent with the policy of the CWA as described in section 101(b), by making the procedures and substantive requirements for assumption transparent and straightforward. It clarifies the minimum requirements for Tribal and State programs while ensuring flexibility to accommodate individual Tribal and State needs. In addition, the final rule clarifies the criminal negligence standard in the CWA section 404 program, as well as making a corresponding change in the section 402 program. Finally, the final rule makes technical revisions, including removing outdated references associated with the section 404 Tribal and State program regulations.","document_number":"2024-29484","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/18/2024-29484/clean-water-act-section-404-tribal-and-state-assumption-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-18/pdf/2024-29484.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29484.pdf?1734443141","publication_date":"2024-12-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"that individual from participating in any <span class=\"match\">section</span> 404-related decision-making. The Agency proposed to revise the <span class=\"match\">section</span> 404 conflict of interest <span class=\"match\">provision</span>, however, to further <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> to whom the <span class=\"match\">provision</span> applies. The purpose of this clarification was to ensure that individuals who exercise responsibilities over <span class=\"match\">section</span> 404 permitting and programs are not involved in any matters in which they have a direct personal or pecuniary interest. The proposal also <span class=\"match\">clarified</span> that this <span class=\"match\">provision</span> applies to any <span class=\"match\">section</span> 404-related decisions by the agency as"},{"title":"Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain","type":"Rule","abstract":"On January 19, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Department) issued an interim final rule establishing procedures for its review of transactions involving information and communications technology and services (ICTS) designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary that may pose undue or unacceptable risk to the United States or U.S. persons. In the interim final rule, the Department solicited public comments and committed to promulgating a final rule. This final rule responds to public comments on the interim final rule and finalizes the practices guiding review of ICTS Transactions, amending and, in some cases, removing terms or concepts which experience has shown to be unnecessary, inefficient, or ineffective.","document_number":"2024-28335","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/06/2024-28335/securing-the-information-and-communications-technology-and-services-supply-chain","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-06/pdf/2024-28335.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28335.pdf?1733406319","publication_date":"2024-12-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"}],"excerpts":"IFR and changes implemented by this final rule are organized in numerical order by <span class=\"match\">section</span> of the rule and comments are addressed in the <span class=\"match\">section</span> to which they pertain. Comments that are either no longer relevant or that are outside the scope of this final rule are summarized at the end of the discussion <span class=\"match\">section</span> below.\n \n <span class=\"match\">Section</span> 791.2—Definitions \n The majority of comments the Department received to the IFR requested that the Department develop, <span class=\"match\">amend</span>, or <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> various definitions to provide the public with further clarity about the Department's"},{"title":"Clarification of the Appropriate Use of Terms “National” and “Regional” by Recognized Accrediting Agencies","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Education (Department) proposes to issue this interpretive rule to revise and clarify its prior interpretation of its position on the use of descriptive terms by Department-recognized accrediting agencies, specifically, the use of \"regional\" and \"national.\" The Department proposes this interpretive rule to interpret Section 496 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and the general duty of accrediting agencies to not make false statements and misrepresentations. Institutions of higher education also are required to ensure that they do not misrepresent their accreditation status to students and the public.","document_number":"2026-03074","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/17/2026-03074/clarification-of-the-appropriate-use-of-terms-national-and-regional-by-recognized-accrediting","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-17/pdf/2026-03074.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03074.pdf?1770990326","publication_date":"2026-02-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"specific and limited exception related only to gainful employment programs. Had Congress intended for this exception to subvert the broader structure of the HEA in its narrow amendment in 2008, it surely would have <span class=\"match\">amended</span> those parts under <span class=\"match\">Section</span> 101 and <span class=\"match\">Section</span> 496, but it made no such changes to those <span class=\"match\">sections</span>. As such, this <span class=\"match\">provision</span> is best understood as a narrow, time-limited exception that reflected the Department's former practice of categorizing accrediting agencies between national and regional when it was passed, not a reintroduction of"},{"title":"Broadcast Station Rule Updates","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopts updates to several broadcast radio and TV rules to better reflect current application processing requirements, clarify ambiguity, and remove references to outdated procedures and legacy filing systems. Such action ensures that the Commission's rules are accurate, reducing potential confusion among the public, applicants, licensees, and practitioners, and alleviating unnecessary burdens.","document_number":"2026-10008","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/19/2026-10008/broadcast-station-rule-updates","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-19/pdf/2026-10008.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10008.pdf?1779108314","publication_date":"2026-05-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"found in <span class=\"match\">sections</span> 1, 4, 7, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 324, and 336 of the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 1934, as <span class=\"match\">amended</span>, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 157, 301, 302a, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 324, and 336, this Report and Order \n is adopted \n and \n shall become effective \n 30 days after publication in the \n Federal Register \n .\n \n \n 59. 47. \n It is further ordered \n that, pursuant to the authority found in <span class=\"match\">sections</span> 1, 4, 7, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310, 316, 319, 324, and 336 of the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 1934, as <span class=\"match\">amended</span>, 47 U.S.C"},{"title":"Spectrum Abundance for Weird Space Stuff","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or we) looks to bring spectrum abundance for emergent space activities. \"Emergent\" or \"emergent space operations\" are those spacecraft or commercial operations in space that use radio spectrum for control of, or communications with, a spacecraft, but which are not communications satellites. Currently there is an acute shortage of usable and readily accessible spectrum for telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) functions that are essential for operating emergent spacecraft. Accordingly, this document seeks to clarify and expand the Commission's traditional regulatory classifications so that emergent space operations have more predictable access to spectrum. Additionally, this document proposes to add a secondary allocation for the Space Operation Service (SOS) in spectrum bands that could support emergent space activities, particularly in frequency bands allocated for non-Federal use that may be lightly used in certain geographic areas. This document also proposes to allow existing licensees to lease their spectrum to earth station licensees to provide SOS in connection with emergent spacecraft.","document_number":"2026-06865","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/09/2026-06865/spectrum-abundance-for-weird-space-stuff","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-09/pdf/2026-06865.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06865.pdf?1775652316","publication_date":"2026-04-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"facilitate a precise discussion why emergent space operations may not have sufficient spectrum availability, we first <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> key terms and definitions currently used in our rules governing space <span class=\"match\">communications</span>. \n 7. Under the <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Act of 1934, as <span class=\"match\">amended</span> (Act), “[n]o person shall use or operate any apparatus for the transmission of energy or <span class=\"match\">communications</span> or signals by radio” from or within the areas specified in <span class=\"match\">section</span> 301 or on a mobile station within the jurisdiction of the United States without a license issued by the Commission."},{"title":"Improving Public Safety Communications in the 4.9 GHz Band","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) takes another major step towards ensuring that the 4940- 4990 MHz band (4.9 GHz band) is efficiently and intensely utilized in support of public safety missions nationwide. To that end, the Commission bolsters the coordinated nationwide approach to the band that it established in its Seventh Report and Order, FCC 23-3, in which it adopted a nationwide Band Manager framework to coordinate operations in the 4.9 GHz band, optimize public safety use, and facilitate the integration of the latest commercially available technologies, including 5G, for the benefit of public safety users. To further these goals--and ensure that the 4.9 GHz band is put to more robust use nationwide in the near term--the 4.9 GHz Band Manager, once selected, will be eligible to apply for a nationwide overlay license and authorized to enter into a sharing agreement with the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). Pursuant to this sharing agreement, FirstNet may be permitted to use unassigned spectrum in the 4.9 GHz band as part of its nationwide public safety broadband network (NPSBN) in a manner that protects incumbent operations. In addition to expanding the Band Manager's responsibilities to include entering into a sharing agreement with FirstNet and establishing rules governing the nationwide Band Manager overlay license, the Commission also reaffirms its commitment to the nationwide Band Manager framework and clarifies the Band Manager's responsibilities to address the new rules we adopt herein.","document_number":"2024-26794","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/20/2024-26794/improving-public-safety-communications-in-the-49-ghz-band","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-20/pdf/2024-26794.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-26794.pdf?1732023916","publication_date":"2024-11-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"agencies). \n \n Administrative practice and procedure, Common carriers, <span class=\"match\">Communications</span>, <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> common carriers, <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> equipment, Emergency medical services, Organization and functions (Government agencies), Radio, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Telecommunications. \n \n \n Federal <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Commission. \n Katura Jackson, \n Federal Register Liaison Officer. \n \n Final Rules \n For the reasons discussed in the document above, the Federal <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> Commission amends 47 CFR parts 0 and 90 as follows: \n \n PART 0—COMMISSION"},{"title":"Protection of Federal Property; Technical Amendment","type":"Rule","abstract":"On June 9, 2025, DHS adopted regulations governing the protection of Federal property. These regulations contained cross references to old General Services Administration (GSA) regulations that have since been rescinded. This rule corrects the DHS regulations by removing these rescinded GSA cross-references. Additionally, this rule revises the language of the section regarding photography to clarify the prohibitions on photography and recording.","document_number":"2026-02501","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/09/2026-02501/protection-of-federal-property-technical-amendment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-09/pdf/2026-02501.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02501.pdf?1770385511","publication_date":"2026-02-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"}],"excerpts":"rescinded. This rule corrects the DHS regulations by removing these rescinded GSA cross-references. Additionally, this rule revises the language of the <span class=\"match\">section</span> regarding photography to <span class=\"match\">clarify</span> the prohibitions on photography and recording. \n \n \n DATES: \n This rule is effective as of February 9, 2026. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n Mr. David Hess, Deputy Director, FPS Policy, <span class=\"match\">Communications</span> and Engagement, 202-447-0800, \n fpsnprm@fps.dhs.gov \n .\n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n On June 9, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)"},{"title":"Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain: Connected Vehicles","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule, published by the Department of Commerce's (Department) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), sets forth regulations and procedures to address undue or unacceptable risks to national security and U.S. persons posed by classes of transactions involving information and communications technology and services (ICTS) that are designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of certain foreign adversaries and that are integral to connected vehicles as defined herein.","document_number":"2025-00592","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00592/securing-the-information-and-communications-technology-and-services-supply-chain-connected-vehicles","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2025-00592.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00592.pdf?1736862326","publication_date":"2025-01-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Industry and Security","name":"Industry and Security Bureau","id":241,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/industry-and-security-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/241","parent_id":54,"slug":"industry-and-security-bureau"}],"excerpts":"the final rule by: <span class=\"match\">clarifying</span> the process for specific authorizations (<span class=\"match\">Section</span> VI.c.3) and advisory opinion requests (<span class=\"match\">Section</span> VI.c.6); greatly reducing the burden for Declarations of Conformity (<span class=\"match\">Section</span> VI.c.1), including exclusion of SBOMs and HBOMs; updating the definition of \n covered software \n (<span class=\"match\">Section</span> VI.a.5); and providing more examples regarding the definition of a \n person owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary \n (<span class=\"match\">Section</span> VI.a.14) and \n foreign interest \n (<span class=\"match\">Section</span> VI.a.8); providing more"}]}