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OMB Control No: 3060-1286	ICR Reference No: 202312-3060-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202204-3060-002
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: WCB
Title: Emergency Connectivity Fund Program
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/20/2023
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/07/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2024	10/31/2024	10/31/2024
Responses	132,100	0	132,100
Time Burden (Hours)	315,450	0	315,450
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This submission is being made for a non-substantive change to an existing information collection pursuant to 44 U.S.C. § 3507. This submission seeks to make a minor, non-substantive change to add FCC Form 486 to the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) Program Post-Commitment form because like FCC Forms 471 and 500, FCC Form 486 fields were also used and adapted in the creation of the ECF post commitment form. This submission also seeks to rename the post commitment form to Post Commitment Change Request Form (FCC Form 488). This submission is being made for proposed non-substantive changes to an existing information collection (OMB 3060-1286) pursuant to 44 U.S.C. § 3507. This submission seeks to make non-substantive changes to certain fields to ECF FCC Forms: Emergency Connectivity Fund Program Description of Services Requested and Certification (ECF FCC Form 471), Emergency Connectivity Fund Program Request for Reimbursement (ECF FCC Form 472/474) and Emergency Connectivity Fund Program Post-Commitment Change Request (ECF FCC Form 471/500) to implement changes adopted pursuant to 2 CFR Part 25. These forms are contained in an online database. This collection sets forth the information collection requirements for the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, as established by Congress in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and implemented in the Commission’s Report and Order, in order to obtain information from applicants and service providers who agree to invoice on behalf of applicants, that will be used to reimburse schools and libraries for the purchase of eligible equipment and/or advanced telecommunications and information services for use by students, school, staff, and library patrons who would otherwise lack the connected devices and broadband connections necessary to fully engage in remote learning during the COVID-19 emergency period.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 403, 405 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   US Code: 47 USC 1, 4(i), 4(j) 151-154 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
   PL: Pub.L. 117 - 2 7402 Name of Law: American Rescue Plan Act
   US Code: 47 USC 201-205, 214, 218-220, 254, 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:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 38079	07/19/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 53055	09/24/2021
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
Business or other for-profit	FCC Forms 472 and 474, FCC Form 471, FCC Forms 471 and 500, FCC Form 488	, , ,
State, Local or Tribal Government

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	132,100	132,100
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	315,450	315,450
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

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? Yes

Agency Contact: Zachary Dileo 202 418-0617 zachary.dileo@fcc.gov

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