Amendments to Rules for Direct Broadcast Satellite, Satellite Services, and 17 GHz; Updates to Forms 312 and 312-R for the International Communications Filing System; Corrections to 17 GHz Report and Order

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collections associated with the rules adopted in three rulemakings and with updates to the Form 312, including Schedules A, B, and S, and Form 312-R. Specifically, rules were adopted in: a Report and Order, FCC 19-93, in IB Docket No. 06-160 (DBS Licensing Report and Order); a Report and Order, FCC 20-159, in IB Docket No. 18-314 (Satellite Services Report and Order); and a Report and Order, FCC 22-63, in IB Docket Nos. 20-330 and 22-273, (17 GHz Report and Order). Each of those orders stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of those rules which were delayed indefinitely. The FCC is announcing the effective date of those rules. In addition, this document is also correcting non-substantive typographical errors in the 17 GHz Report and Order. Finally, this document also announces the updates to FCC Form 312, including Schedules A, B, and S, and FCC Form 312-R.