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OMB Control No: 3060-0804	ICR Reference No: 201904-3060-023
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201606-3060-028
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: WCB
Title: Universal Service - Rural Health Care Program
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: 07/16/2019
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/26/2019
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2022	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2019
Responses	117,042	0	137,846
Time Burden (Hours)	275,090	0	289,454
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 154(i) - 154(j) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 201 - 205 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 214 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 254 Name of Law: Telecommunications Act of 1996, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 151 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 403 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	117,042	137,846	-668	-20,136
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	275,090	289,454	-602	-13,762
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

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 is reporting program changes/decreases of -50 to the total number of unique respondents, to the total number of annual responses of -668, and to the total annual burden hours of -602. These program changes are due to the removal of the requirements for the Pilot Program. The Commission is also reporting an adjustment/increase of +830 to the total number of unique respondents, and adjustments/decreases to the total number of annual responses of - 20,136 and to the total burden hours of -13,762. These adjustments are due to updates to the number of respondents to reflect data by unique respondent and updates to the number of annual responses for the Telecom and Healthcare Connect Fund Programs since the last collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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: Regina Brown 202 418-0792 regina.brown@fcc.gov

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