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OMB Control No: 3060-1322	ICR Reference No: 202401-3060-008
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: FCC	Agency Tracking No: CGB
Title: TARGETING AND ELIMINATING UNLAWFUL TEXT MESSAGES
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: 02/12/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/03/2024
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2027	36 Months From Approved
Responses	34,716	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	34,716	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Federal Communications Commission seeks to establish a new information collection associated with Targeting and Eliminating Unlawful Text Messages, Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, CG Docket No. 21-402, CG Docket No. 02-278, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 23-21, (rel. Mar. 17, 2023) (Text Blocking Report and Order). Text message-based scams can include links to well-designed phishing websites that appear identical to the website of a legitimate company and can fool a victim into providing personal or financial information. Texted links can also load unwanted software onto a device, including malware that steals passwords, credentials, or other personal information. The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) is therefore, for the first time, requiring all mobile wireless providers to block certain text messages that are highly likely to be illegal, so that all subscribers have a basic level of protection. In the Text Blocking Report and Order, adopted on March 16, 2023 and released on March 17, 2023, the Commission is requiring mobile wireless providers to block certain text messages that are highly likely to be illegal. The Commission is requiring mobile wireless providers to block—at the network level—texts purporting to be from North American Numbering Plan (NANP) numbers on a reasonable Do-Not-Originate (DNO) list, which include numbers that purport to be from invalid, unallocated, or unused numbers, and NANP numbers for which the subscriber to the number has requested that texts purporting to originate from that number be blocked. Currently, the Commission requires gateway providers to block voice calls purporting to originate on a reasonable DNO list, under section 47 CFR § 64.1200(o) of the Commission’s rules, but this is the first time that the Commission has required mobile wireless providers to block texts. The Commission is also ensuring that any erroneous blocking can be quickly remedied by requiring mobile wireless providers and other entities to maintain a point of contact for texters to report erroneously blocked texts.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 47 USC 316 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code: 47 USC 154(i), 227, 301, 303, 307 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-AL49	Final or interim final rulemaking	88 FR 21497	04/11/2023

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 72479	10/20/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 78	01/02/2024
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
TARGETING AND ELIMINATING UNLAWFUL TEXT MESSAGES
TARGETING AND ELIMINATING UNLAWFUL TEXT MESSAGES

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	34,716	34,716
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	34,716	34,716
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: As this is a new information collection, there are program changes which will be added to OMB’s inventory once approved as follows: 2,893 to the number of respondents, 34,716 to the number of annual responses, and 34,716 to the annual burden hours.

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: Mika Savir 202 418-0384 msavir@fcc.gov

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