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OMB Control No: 3060-1178	ICR Reference No: 201601-3060-009
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201211-3060-022
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: MB
Title: TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund Reimbursement Form, FCC Form 2100, Schedule 399; Section 73.3700(e), Reimbursement Rules
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/17/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/15/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2019	36 Months From Approved
Responses	22,800	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	31,100	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	5,625,000	0	0

Abstract: This submission is being made to the Office of Management (OMB) for the approval of information collection requirements contained in the Commission’s Incentive Auction Order, which adopted rules for holding an Incentive Auction, as required by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Spectrum Act). The Spectrum Act directs the Commission to hold a “reverse auction” in which broadcasters can voluntarily return some or all of their broadcast spectrum usage rights in exchange for incentive payments. The Spectrum Act also requires the Commission to reorganize the broadcast television band, which will be accomplished by repacking stations, or moving broadcast stations to different channels. The Spectrum Act directs the Commission to hold a forward auction of the ultra-high frequency (UHF) spectrum obtained as a result of the reverse auction and channel repacking. This UHF spectrum will be auctioned as flexible-use licenses suitable for providing mobile broadband service. The Spectrum Act establishes a TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund (Fund) to reimburse reassigned broadcasters and multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) that incur expenses associated with continuing to carry relocated stations, for their reasonable expenses resulting from the post-auction channel reassignment. The rules governing these processes are codified at 47 C.F.R. Parts 0, 1, 27, 73 and 74. The Commission delegated to the Media Bureau the authority to develop a form for use by each full power and Class A broadcast licensee reassigned to a new channel following the Incentive Auction to claim reimbursement from the Fund (FCC Form 2100, Schedule 399, TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund Reimbursement Form). The Commission also delegated to the Media Bureau the authority to adopt the necessary policies and procedures relating to allocations, draw downs, payments, obligations, and expenditures of money from the Fund in order to protect against waste, fraud and abuse and in the event of bankruptcy.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 309(j)(8)(G)
US Code: 47 USC 1452

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
3060-AJ82	Final or interim final rulemaking	79 FR 48442	08/15/2014

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 69660	11/10/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 2215	01/15/2016
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Section 73.3700(e), Reimbursement Rules and Form	FCC Form 2100, Schedule 399
Section 73.3700(e), Reimbursement Rules and Form

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	22,800	22,800
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	31,100	31,100
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	5,625,000	5,625,000

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

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The Commission has program changes/increases to this collection. They are as follows: 1,900 respondents, 22,800 responses, 31,100 annual hours and annual cost of $5,625,000 which are due to the information collection requirements adopted in FCC 14-50.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,629,828

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

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? 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: Pamela Gallant 202 418-0614

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