Contracts and Concessions, 47 CFR 43.51

The Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a revision for the information collection, titled, “Contracts and Concessions – 47 CFR 43.51” under OMB Control Number 3060-0751. On November 29, 2012, the Commission released the International Settlements Policy Reform Order (“ISP Reform Order”), FCC 12-145. In this Order, the Commission decided to eliminate the international settlements policy and certain associated rules, including removal of the Section 43.51(d) filing requirements. and removal of Section 43.51(b)(3). As a result, this collection reflects a program change of -20 responses and -160 in annual burden hours. In the ISP Reform Order, the Commission removed Section 47 C.F.R. 43.51(d) of the rules, 47 C.F.R. 43.51(d). That provision required U.S.-international carriers to submit annually to the Commission certain information concerning their intercarrier agreements for the interconnection of an international private line to the U.S. public switched network (U.S. PSN). This rule did not apply to interconnected private lines that terminated in countries determined by the Commission to offer U.S. carriers equivalent private line resale opportunities.

The latest form for Contracts and Concessions, 47 CFR 43.51 expires 2022-07-31 and can be found here.