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OMB Control No: 3060-0804	ICR Reference No: 202002-3060-020
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201904-3060-023
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: 05/22/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/07/2020
Terms of Clearance: Supporting statement updated during review.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2023	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2022
Responses	93,687	0	117,042
Time Burden (Hours)	382,741	0	275,090
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 201 - 205 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 154(i) - 154(j) 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	93,687	117,042	4,401	-27,756
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	382,741	275,090	93,771	13,880
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

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 is reporting program changes/increases to the total number of annual responses of +4,401 and to the total annual burden hours of +93,771. These program changes are due to the addition of information collection requirements applicable to both the Healthcare Connect Fund and Telecom Programs adopting the reforms in the 2019 Promoting Telehealth Report and Order. The Commission is also reporting adjustments/ decreases of -9,820 to the total number of unique respondents and to the total number of annual responses of -27,756, as well as an adjustment/increase to the total burden hours of +13,880. These adjustments are due to a downward correction to the number of unique respondents and updates to the number of annual responses for the Telecom and Healthcare Connect Fund Programs since the last submission.

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? No

Agency Contact: Philip Bonomo 202 418-2778 philip.bonomo@fcc.gov

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