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OMB Control No: 3060-0214	ICR Reference No: 201910-3060-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201812-3060-001
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: MB
Title: Sections 73.3526 and 73.3527, Local Public Inspection File, Sections 73.1212, 76.1701 and 73.1943, Political Files
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/03/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/09/2019
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2022	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2021
Responses	62,839	0	63,261
Time Burden (Hours)	2,043,805	0	2,067,853
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	27,168

Abstract: On July 10, 2019 the Commission adopted a Report and Order in MB Docket Nos. 18-202 and 17-105, FCC 19-67, Children’s Television Programming Rules; Modernization of Media Regulation Initiative. Under the Children’s Television Act of 1990 (CTA), the Commission is required to consider, in its review of television license renewals, the extent to which the licensee “has served the educational and informational needs of children through the licensee’s overall programming, including programming specifically designed to serve such needs.” The Commission initially adopted rules implementing the CTA in 1991, and revised these rules in 1996, 2004, and 2006. In the Report and Order, the Commission makes revisions to the reporting and recordkeeping requirements contained in Sections 73.3526(e)(11)(ii) and (iii) of the Commission’s rules in light of changes to the media landscape that have occurred since the children’s television programming rules were first adopted. Pursuant to 47 CFR Section 73.3526(e)(11)(ii), commercial TV and Class A TV broadcast stations must maintain records sufficient to permit substantiation of the station’s certification, in its license renewal application, of compliance with the commercial limits on children’s programming established in 47 U.S.C. Section 303a and 47 CFR Section 73.670. In the Report and Order, the Commission revises the rules to permit these stations to place these records in their public files annually rather than quarterly and to permit the filing of these records within 30 days after the end of the calendar year. In the Report and Order, the Commission also revises 47 CFR Section 73.3526(e)(11)(iii) to allow commercial television stations to place in their public files their Children’s Television Programming Reports (“Reports”) (FCC Form 2100 Schedule H) on an annual rather than quarterly basis, within 30 days after the end of the calendar year and to eliminate the requirement to publicize the existence and location of the Report.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 151, 152, 154(i), 303,307, 308 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3060-AK78	Final or interim final rulemaking	84 FR 41917	08/16/2019

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 38628	08/07/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 54141	10/09/2019
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	62,839	63,261	-422
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,043,805	2,067,853	-24,048
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	27,168	-27,168

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: The Commission has the following program changes/decreases to this collection as a result of the information collection requirements adopted in FCC 19-67: 29 to the number of respondents, 422 to the annual number of responses, 24,048 to the annual burden hours and 27,168 to the annual cost. There are no adjustments to this collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Kathy Berthot 202 418-2120

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