![]() |
NEWS | |
Federal Communications Commission 1919 - M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 |
News media information 202 / 418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202 / 418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov |
|
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974). |
||
Report No. GN 97-9 | June 26, 1997 | |
GENERAL ACTION | ||
COMMISSION ADOPTS FY 1997 REGULATORY FEE SCHEDULE |
||
The Commission has revised its Schedule of Regulatory Fees in order to collect the
$152,523,000 in regulatory fees that Congress has required it to collect for Fiscal Year 1997. The Commission's Regulatory Fees will recover the costs of enforcement, policy and rulemaking, international and user information activities for FY 1997. Additionally, the Commission has amended the Schedule in order to simplify and streamline the Fee Schedule and to clarify and/or revise certain payment procedures. The amount that Congress has required the FCC to collect in FY 1997 is nearly 21% more than the amount Congress designated for recovery for FY 1996. These changes will create a system that relies on cost-based fees for services, but the total revenue to be collected from a particular service category will not increase more than 25% over the amount that would have been collected if fees had not been cost-based. The Commission's adopted schedule reduces fees for services whose regulatory costs have declined and adjusts fees upward for services that have higher regulatory costs. These adjustments will allow for a more accurate assessment of regulatory fees. In addition, the methodology adopted in the Report and Order will ensure that consistent assessment methods are maintained from year to year. Fee payments must be received by the Commission during the period beginning September 15, 1997, and ending September 19, 1997 in order to avoid a 25% late penalty. Action by the Commission June 16, 1997, by Report and Order (FCC 97-215). Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello, Ness and Chong.
News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0500.
A chart comparing the FY 1996 and the FY 1997 schedules is attached. |
Fee Category |
Annual |
Annual |
PMRS (per license) (Formerly Land Mobile-Exclusive Use at 220-222 Mhz, above 470 Mhz, Base Station and SMRS) (47 CFR Part 90) | 7 | 10 |
Microwave (per license) (47 CFR Part 101) | 7 | 10 |
Marine (Ship) (per station) (47 CFR Part 80) | 3 | 5 |
Marine (Coast) (per license) (47 CFR Part 80) | 3 | 5 |
General Mobile Radio Service (per license) (47 CFR Part 95) | 3 | 5 |
Land Mobile (per license) (all stations not covered by PMRS and CMRS) | 3 | 5 |
Aviation (Aircraft) (per station) (47 CFR Part 87) | 3 | 5 |
Aviation (Ground) (per license) (47 CFR Part 87) | 3 | 5 |
Amateur Vanity Call Signs (per call sign) (47 CFR Part 97) | 3 | 5 |
CMRS Mobile Services (per unit) (47 CFR Parts 20, 22, 24, 80 and 90) | .17 | .24 |
CMRS Messaging Services [formerly One Way Paging] (per unit) (47 CFR Parts 20, 22, and 90) | .02 | .03 |
Domestic Public Fixed Radio | 155 | See Microwave |
Multipoint Distribution Services (per call sign) (47 CFR Part 21) | 155 | 215 |
AM Radio (47 CFR Part 73) | ||
|
1,250 | See Radio |
|
690 | See Radio |
|
280 | See Radio |
|
345 | See Radio |
|
140 | 195 |
FM Radio (47 CFR Part 73) | ||
|
1,250 | See Radio |
|
830 | See Radio |
|
690 | 950 |
TV (47 CFR Part 73) VHF Commercial | ||
|
32,000 | 35,025 |
|
26,000 | 28,450 |
|
17,000 | 18,600 |
|
9,000 | 9,850 |
|
2,500 | 2,725 |
|
5,550 | 4,800 |
TV (47 CFR Part 73) UHF Commercial | ||
|
25,000 | 16,850 |
|
20,000 | 13,575 |
|
13,000 | 8,750 |
|
7,000 | 4,725 |
|
2,000 | 1,350 |
|
4,425 | 2,975 |
Satellite Television Stations (All Markets) | 690 | 950 |
Construction Permits - Satellite Television Stations | 250 | 345 |
Low Power TV, TV/FM Translators & Boosters (47 CFR Part 74) | 190 | 220 |
Broadcast Auxiliary (47 CFR Part 74) | 35 | 25 |
Cable Antenna Relay Service (47 CFR Part 78) | 325 | 65 |
Earth Stations (47 CFR Part 25) | 370 | 515 |
Cable Television Systems (per subscriber) (47 CFR Part 76) | .55 | .54 |
Interstate Telephone Service Providers (per revenue dollar) | .00098 | .00116 |
Space Stations (per operational station in geosynchronous orbit) (47 CFR Part 25) also includes Direct Broadcast Satellite Service (per operational station) ( 47 CFR Part 100) | 70,575
70,575 |
97,975
97,975 |
Low Earth Orbit Satellite (per operational system) (47 CFR Part 25) | 97,725 | 135,675 |
International Bearer Circuits (per active 64KB circuit) | 4 | 5 |
International Public Fixed (per call sign) (47 CFR Part 23) | 225 | 310 |
International (HF) Broadcast (47 CFR Part 73) | 390 | |
Radio [AM & FM] (47 CFR Part 73) | ||
|
2,000 | |
|
1,800 | |
|
1,600 | |
|
1,400 | |
|
1,200 | |
|
1,000 | |
|
800 | |
|
600 | |
|
400 | |
|
200 |