Federal Communications Commission: Air-Ground Telecommunications Services, GAO-06-340R, January 10, 2006
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The Honorable Ted
Stevens
Chairman
The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye
Ranking Minority Member
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
The Honorable Joe
Barton
Chairman
The Honorable John D. Dingell
Ranking Minority Member
Committee on Energy and Commerce
House of Representatives
Subject: Federal Communications Commission: Air-Ground Telecommunications Services
Pursuant to section
801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule
promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission (Commission), entitled “Air-Ground
Telecommunications Services” (FCC 05-202).
We received the rule on
The final rule adopts competitive bidding rules for the 800 MHz commercial Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service and the 400 MHz general aviation Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service.
Enclosed is our assessment of the Commission’s compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. Our review indicates that the Commission complied with the applicable requirements.
If you have any questions about this report, please
contact James W. Vickers, Assistant General Counsel, at (202) 512-8210. The official responsible for GAO evaluation
work relating to the subject matter of the rule is Patricia Dalton, Managing
Director, Physical Infrastructure. Ms. Dalton
can be reached at (202)
512-2834.
signed
Kathleen E. Wannisky
Managing Associate General Counsel
Enclosure
cc: Zenji Nakazawa
Legal Advisor/Chief, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
ENCLOSURE
ANALYSIS UNDER 5 U.S.C. sect. 801(a)(1)(B)(i)-(iv) OF
A MAJOR RULE
ISSUED BY THE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
ENTITLED
"AIR-GROUND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES"
(FCC 05-202)
(i) Cost-benefit analysis
The Federal Communications Commission is not required to prepare and did not prepare a cost-benefit analysis for the final rule.
(ii) Agency actions relevant to the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. sections 603-605, 607, and 609
The Commission prepared an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis and a Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis in connection with the proposed and final rules, respectively. The analyses comply with the requirements of the Act, including a description of the small entities affected and their size and the steps taken to reduce the burden on small entities, including bidding credits.
(iii) Agency actions relevant to sections 202-205 of
the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. sections 1532-1535
As an independent regulatory agency, the Commission is not subject to the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.
(iv) Other relevant information or requirements under
acts and executive orders
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. sections 551 et seq.
The final rule was issued using the notice and comment
procedures found at 5 U.S.C. 553. On
Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. sections 3501-3520
The final rule does not contain any new or modified information collections that are subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Statutory authorization for the rule
The final rule was promulgated under the authority found at 47 U.S.C. 154, 222, 303, 309, and 332.
Executive Order No. 12866
As an independent regulatory agency, the Commission is not subject to the review requirements of the order.