An Information Collection Request (ICR) is a federal agency's request for approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to collect information from the public.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), agencies must justify why the information is needed and how it will be used.
Federal agencies are required to submit an ICR whenever they create, renew, modify, or discontinue an information collection. Each ICR includes a description of the collection,
supporting materials and documentation (such as forms, surveys, or scripts), and proof that the agency has met the requirements of the PRA.
The ICR is submitted to the The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within OMB for review and approval. OIRA grants approval for a maximum of three years, after
which the collection must be renewed through a new ICR submission.
ICRs are publicly available on RegInfo.gov, and additional guidance can be found in the FAQs.
Note: Presidential Action influences are notated for ICRs received between January 20, 2025 and July 19, 2025.
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| 202410-2126-001 | Financial Responsibility, Trucking and Freight Forwarding | DOT/FMCSA | 2025-05-05 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Financial Responsibility, Trucking and Freight Forwarding
Key Information
Authorizing Statutes
49 USC 13904 (View Law) 49 USC 13903 (View Law) 49 USC 13906 (View Law) 49 USC 13902 (View Law) 49 USC 13901 (View Law) Abstract
FMCSA is seeking approval of revision of the ICR. This ICR has two collection periods. The first period covers the six months prior to the implementation of the Broker and Freight Forward Financial Responsibility Final Rule. There are no changes to the respondents, responses, burden hours or annual burden costs for this period. The second collection period covers the 2.5 years following the implementation of the Broker and Freight Forward Financial Responsibility Final Rule. This collection period has 200,147 respondents, 290,345 responses, 49,722 annual burden hours and a total annual burden cost of $1,725,372. This program change increase, to the existing ICR of 283 hours is due to updates made to three forms, BMC-36, BMC-84, and BMC-85 due to the implementation of the Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility Final Rule. This ICR consists of 11 forms/ICs: IC-1, form BMC-91, IC-2: BMC-91X, IC-3: BMC-34, IC-4: BMC-82, IC-5: BMC-83, IC-6: BMC-84, IC-7: BMC-85, IC-8: BMC-35, IC-9: BMC-36, IC-10: BMC-IC-11: BMC-32. These mandatory forms are used annually for reporting purposes, by for-hire motor carriers, freight forwarders and brokers to meet the statutory requirement to submit evidence of financial responsibility prior to their registration by the FMCSA as condition for continuation of their registration. The ICR allows the FMCSA to ensure the public is protected and will be compensated for claims involving bodily injury and property damage, or loss or damage to household goods, respectively, within the limits prescribed by FMCSA. The ICR enforces the filing of surety bonds or trust fund agreements to help ensure that motor carriers and shippers are protected against non-performance of the broker’s or freight forwarder’s legal obligations. Insurance companies can be held liable for any damages that may occur to the public (up to the limits of the policy), and to supersede any exclusions or limitations which may be contained in the insured motor carrier’s or freight forwarder’s policy. Additionally, FMCSA can make a determination regarding whether an entity qualifies for the grant of self-insurance authority. |
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| 202511-0970-003 | Generic Performance Progress Reports | HHS/ACF | 2025-11-19 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Generic Performance Progress Reports
Key Information
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This information collection request (ICR) is for data collection under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Generic Program-Specific Performance Progress Report (PPR) (0970-0490). This overarching generic has allowed ACF program offices to collect performance and progress data from recipients who receive funding from ACF under a discretionary award. This information is required under 45 CFR 75.342, monitoring and reporting program performance; 45 CFR 75.301, performance measurement; and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (Pub.L. 111-352, Sec 12). |
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| 202507-1902-004 | FERC-725A, RD25-5 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System | FERC | 2025-07-30 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
FERC-725A, RD25-5 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System
Key Information
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The FERC 725A contains the Transmission Operations (TOP) standards and Interchange Scheduling and Coordination (INT) Standards that pertain to operation planning for transmission providers. TOP-001, TOP-002, TOP-003, TOP-010, INT-006, and INT-009. In this ICR, the Commission is approving TOP-003-7. |
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| 202509-0925-002 | Collection of grant and contract data that may be of interest to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and small businesses (OD/OALM) | HHS/NIH | 2025-09-30 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Collection of grant and contract data that may be of interest to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and small businesses (OD/OALM)
Key Information
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This is an extension request to continue to collect data past the current expiration date. This effort supports the NIH Path to Excellence and Innovation (PEI) Program formed in accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13779, The White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The HBCU pre-solicitation portal is a tool to collect NIH contracts and grants data that HBCUs and their business teaming partners may be interested in pursuing. The portal provides a streamlined platform for NIH funding opportunities that consolidate information from four different Federal websites. Additionally, this tool has a social networking component that creates a space for HBCUs and businesses to collaborate as they pursue of NIH funding opportunities. Through the collection and analysis of this information, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Program Office (SBPO) assists in strengthening HBCUs’ ability to equitably participate in Federal funding programs. |
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| 202508-0925-002 | Generic Clearance for National Cancer Institute (NCI) Resources, Software, and Data Sharing Forms | HHS/NIH | 2025-08-27 | Active | Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
Generic Clearance for National Cancer Institute (NCI) Resources, Software, and Data Sharing Forms
Key Information
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This is an information collection request for a reinstatement with change for three years. The purpose of the “Generic for National Cancer Institute (NCI) Resources, Software and Data Sharing Forms” is to provide a cloud-based data science infrastructure to test ideas quickly, respond to the project’s needs as they evolve, incorporate feedback from scientists for flexible, innovative research methods, and provide a foundation for the cancer research community to make new scientific discoveries. The cloud-based infrastructure will connect data sets with analytical tools and access to online workspaces, tools, and NCI resources to support of data sharing. Cloud-based data sharing and analysis is only possible when requests, or applications, are made to access, upload, store, and analyze cancer data and metainformation. |
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| 202509-1218-002 | Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (29 CFR Part 1904) | DOL/OSHA | 2025-09-11 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (29 CFR Part 1904)
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The OSH Act and 29 CFR Part 1904 prescribe that certain employers maintain records of job-related injuries and illnesses. The data are needed by OSHA to carry out intervention and enforcement activities to guarantee workers safe and healthful workplaces. The data are also needed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to produce national statistics on occupational injuries and illnesses. |
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| 202509-0925-001 | Conference, Meeting, Workshop, Registration and Challenges Generic Clearance (OD) | HHS/NIH | 2025-09-23 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Conference, Meeting, Workshop, Registration and Challenges Generic Clearance (OD)
Key Information
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This is an extension of a currently approved generic clearance which allows NIH to continue to request detailed information from organizations (universities, non-profits, etc.) when there is a need to gather information for various activities. This generic provides a quick and efficient process to create registration forms for NIH sponsored conference, meetings, workshops, poster sessions, presentations, panels, and website content. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) directly sponsors, organizes, and conducts research-related activities such as conferences, workshops, meetings, poster sessions, and training courses. These activities are designed to be relevant to the current state of research in each field or to the current state of participant’s research projects or careers, and other resource limitations and determine the number of possible participants. For such activities to be timely and to optimally use available resources to address needs and opportunities within the research community, it is necessary for NIH to have a means to register and select the most appropriate participants, according to the type or purpose of a given activity. |
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| 202508-0915-001 | NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program | HHS/HSA | 2025-08-13 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program
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The need and purpose of this information collection is to obtain information for Nurse Corps LRP applicants and participants. The information is used to consider an applicant for a Nurse Corps LRP contract award, and to monitor a participant’s compliance with the service requirements. Individuals must submit an application in order to participate in the program. The application asks for personal, professional, educational, and financial information required to determine the applicant's eligibility to participate in the Nurse Corps LRP. The semi-annual employment verification form asks for personal and employment information to determine if a participant is in compliance with the service requirements. Respondents include professional RNs or advanced practice RNs (i.e., nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse -0ecialists) who are interested in participating in the Nurse Corps LRP, and official representatives at their service sites. |
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| 202505-0608-002 | BE-13, Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States Common Form | DOC/EASA | 2025-09-08 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
BE-13, Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States Common Form
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The BE-13, Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, collects information on the acquisition and establishment of U.S. business enterprises by foreign investors and on expansions by existing U.S. affiliates of foreign companies. The data collected through the survey are used to measure the amount of new foreign direct investment in the United States and assess its impact on the U.S. economy. The survey also ensures complete coverage of BEA’s other foreign direct investment statistics. The survey is authorized by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act.Emergency Justfication:BEA is requesting emergency review due to extended review of the change to reporting requirements for this survey by OGC which lead to a significant decrease in burden. This extended review delayed publication of the final rule until less than 30 days before the current expiration date. |
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| 202504-1615-001 | Immigrant Petition for the Gold Card Program | DHS/USCIS | 2025-11-18 | Active | New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Immigrant Petition for the Gold Card Program
Key Information
Authorizing Statutes
15 USC 1524 (View Law) 8 USC 1101 (View Law) 8 USC 1153(b) (View Law) 8 USC 1151(d) (View Law) 8 USC 1103(a) (View Law) 8 USC 1153(a) (View Law) 15 USC 1552 (View Law) Abstract
A petitioner may file Form I-140G to request an employment-based immigrant visa under the Gold Card program established by Executive Order 14351, The Gold Card (Sep. 19, 2025). This data collection will be used to assess an alien’s eligibility for an available employment-based immigrant visa. The gift donation confers eligibility for either the first employment-based preference (EB-1) alien of extraordinary ability under section 203(b)(1)(A) of the Immigrant and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(1)(A); or, the second preference (EB-2) alien of exceptional ability under INA section 203(b)(2)(A), 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(2)(A) with a national interest waiver under INA section 203(b)(2)(B), 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(2)(B).Emergency Justfication:This emergency action is necessary to meet the Executive Order 14351 implementation date, within 90 days of September 19, 2025, specifically by December 18, 2025. Emergency approval of Form I-140G enables immediate collection of the standardized set of data necessary to properly assess eligibility, which also protects operational efficiency, national security, and financial integrity. Without an approved form and instructions to collect a standardized set of data, DHS and USCIS cannot intake, accept, receipt, or adjudicate an alien’s eligibility for an available employment-based first-preference or second-preference immigrant visa. In short, all the mechanisms are in place to immediately meet the current demand for the Gold Card, which could generate substantial revenue aimed at boosting commerce, and supporting American industries. Section 103(a)(3) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1103(a)(3), authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue forms, instructions, and guidance necessary to carry out the authority provided in section 103(a)(1) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1103(a)(1). If DHS were to adhere to the standard information collection clearance procedures, the Secretary of Homeland Security would be unable to implement the Gold Card Program within 90 days of September 19, 2025, specifically by December 18, 2025. Therefore, to bring this information collection into compliance with administration priorities and to meet the Executive Order 14351 implementation date, USCIS cannot comply with the normal clearance procedures under the PRA. Absent the collection of this critical information, public harm is reasonably likely to result. See 5 CFR 1320.13(a). |
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| 202504-0608-001 | Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States | DOC/EASA | 2025-09-10 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
Key Information
Abstract
The data collected on the BE-15 Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States provide a variety of measures of the overall operations of foreign-owned U.S. affiliates. The data are needed to measure the size and economic significance of foreign direct investment in the United States, measure changes in such investment, and assess its impact on the U.S. economy. |
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| 202503-1219-004 | Respirable Coal Mine Dust Sampling | DOL/MSHA | 2025-08-28 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Respirable Coal Mine Dust Sampling
Key Information
Abstract
Section 103(h) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), 30 U.S.C. § 813(h), authorizes MSHA to collect information necessary to carry out its duty to protect the safety and health of miners. Further, Section 101(a) of the Mine Act, 30 U.S.C. 811(a), authorizes the Secretary to develop, promulgate, and revise as may be appropriate, improved mandatory health or safety standards for the protection of life and prevention of injuries in coal or other mines. The existing standards provide that each coal mine operator sample bimonthly the designated occupations or work locations of the mine and submit these samples to MSHA for analysis to determine if the mine is complying with the applicable dust standards. |
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| 202412-1219-005 | Gamma Radiation Surveys | DOL/MSHA | 2025-08-28 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Gamma Radiation Surveys
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Regulations 30 CFR 57.5047 require records be kept of cumulative individual gamma radiation exposure to ensure that annual exposure does not exceed 5 Rems. It is intended to protect the health of workers in mines with radioactive ores. |
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| 202511-0970-002 | Refugee Data Submission System for Formula Funds Allocations (ORR–5) | HHS/ACF | 2025-11-18 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Refugee Data Submission System for Formula Funds Allocations (ORR–5)
Key Information
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The Refugee Data Submission System for Formula Funds Allocations and Service Analysis (ORR-5) is designed to satisfy the statutory requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Section 412(a)(3) of the INA (8 U.S.C. § 1522(a)(3)) requires that the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) make a periodic assessment of the needs of refugees for assistance and services and the resources available to meet those needs. In order to satisfy statutory requirements, ORR requires each state and replacement designee (hereinafter referred to as “states”) participating in the program to annually submit disaggregated individual records containing certain data elements for eligible ORR populations. ORR utilizes the data collected to assess the number of clients served in each state, resettlement assistance or services clients received, and to determine the corresponding Refugee Support Services (RSS) allocations. ORR also collects data elements to inform evidence-based policy making and program design. New data elements were added in 2021, including additional demographics, primary goals identified, and referrals made to assist clients work towards self-sufficiency, progress made towards achieving said goals, and employment status of employable clients 12 months post-enrollment. This was done to enable ORR and states to monitor implementation of the requirements put forth in ORR Policy Letter 19-07, which provides guidance on RSS family self-sufficiency plans. Individual level data collection enhances ORR and the states’ ability to make data-informed programmatic and policy decisions to strengthen services and best support refugee populations on their path to self-sufficiency and integration. In January 2025, the current Administration released multiple Executive Orders (EO) and memoranda requiring updates to information collections that request gender and/or gender identity, to only request “Sex” with the options Male/Female. Additionally, presidential actions focused on the removal of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)-specific activities. To be responsive to the new administration, ACF is submitting change requests for a number of implicated information collections. This request is specific to updates related to a recent presidential action, as detailed in the accompanying Justification for a NonSubstantive Change Memo. |
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| 202511-3060-014 | Sections 90.477(a), (b)(2), (d)(2), and (d)(3), Interconnected Systems | FCC | 2025-11-18 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Sections 90.477(a), (b)(2), (d)(2), and (d)(3), Interconnected Systems
Key Information
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47 CFR Sections 90.477(a), (b)(2), and (d)(2) permit land mobile licensees to employ interconnection on a non-profit, cost- shared basis and require that cost sharing records be maintained. This section describes requirements for interconnected licensees; interconnected cost-sharing licensees above 800 MHz; interconnected cost-sharing licensees below 800 MHz; and interconnected urban licensees. |
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| 202411-1545-006 | Request for Copy of Tax Return | TREAS/IRS | 2025-02-28 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Request for Copy of Tax Return
Key Information
Abstract
26 USC 7513 allows for taxpayers to request a copy of a tax return. Form 4506 is used by a taxpayer to request a copy of a Federal tax form. The information provided will be used for research to locate the tax form and to ensure that the requester is the taxpayer or someone authorized by the taxpayer. |
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| 202511-3245-001 | Review of 8(a) Business Development Program & Relevant Information | SBA | 2025-11-18 | Active | New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Review of 8(a) Business Development Program & Relevant Information
Key Information
Abstract
The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) must collect this information to examine participants in SBA’s program under 15 U.S.C. § 637 (the “8(a) program”) in response to urgent concerns regarding small business federal contracting and subcontracting compliance by businesses participating in the program, as well as other instances of waste, fraud and abuse in the same program. This information will be used to determine continued eligibility, program and contract term compliance, and to identify instances of fraud. SBA is authorized to collect this information as part of its general investigative authority under the Small Business Act (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 634(b)(11)).Emergency Justfication:See attached memo. The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) requests emergency processing under 5 CFR 1320.13 for a new Information Collection Request (“ICR”). SBA seeks approval by November 18, 2025, to enable immediate collection of business data relating to participants in SBA’s business development program under 15 U.S.C. § 637 (the “8(a) program” and such participants “8(a) participants”). This data is essential to the mission of the SBA in order to examine participants in the 8(a) program in response to urgent concerns regarding small business federal contracting and subcontracting compliance by businesses participating in the program as well as other documented instances of waste, fraud and abuse within the same program. 5 CFR 1320.13(a)(1)(ii). Recent government-wide investigations by the Department of Justice, the Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General, and the Government Accountability Office, coupled with recent public allegations of illegal conduct by an 8(a) participant, have exposed systemic risks within the 8(a) program that make the program particularly susceptible to waste, fraud, and abuse. For example, risks of improper pass-through contracting and noncompliance with FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, improper control of 8(a) firms, eligibility fraud, improper disbursements, and improper transfers of contractual responsibilities across the federal acquisition landscape have been identified. The absence of standardized, data-driven reporting on prime versus subcontractor labor utilization, for example, has been identified as a vulnerability throughout government. SBA’s request will increase visibility into the 8(a) program, strengthen internal surveillance and oversight of 8(a) participants, and reinforce public trust through proactive corrective measures. The public investigations and recent widespread reporting of the 8(a) program’s susceptibility to fraud mentioned above, together with the Department of Justice’s uncovering of a $550 million scandal involving 8(a) contracting at USAID, could jeopardize SBA’s efforts to investigate and counter fraud, waste and abuse in its 8(a) program, as explained further below. In particular, the recent publicity given to both fraud within the program and SBA’s efforts to address it have created a new urgency in requesting potential data essential to SBA’s mission and the integrity of the 8(a) program. The increased attention on the 8(a) program means that the use of normal clearance procedures is extremely likely to prevent or disrupt the collection of essential information that may be altered, destroyed or otherwise concealed by those seeking to evade enforcement. Because of these concerns and the identified systemic risks discussed above, the information must be collected prior to the expiration of the ordinary time periods for notice and comment. 5 CFR 1320.13(a)(1)(i). Delaying implementation until completion of normal Paperwork Reduction Act clearance procedures would undermine these efforts and perpetuate risk, including evidentiary spoliation risks, during active oversight investigations. 5 CFR 1320.13(a)(2)(iii). SBA’s ability to document 8(a) participant eligibility and compliance is essential to ensuring that small-business set-aside awards meet requirements and maintain program integrity. The requested emergency clearance will allow SBA to gather baseline data and support interagency coordination with OMB, Treasury and other federal agencies utilizing SBA’s 8(a) participants to inform a permanent, government-wide solution. |
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| 202511-3060-012 | Section 95.1015, Disclosure Policies | FCC | 2025-11-17 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Section 95.1015, Disclosure Policies
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The reporting requirement contained under Section 95.1015 is necessary to ensure that television stations that may be affected by harmful interference from Automated Maritime Telecommunications System (AMTS) operations are notified and that manufacturers of Low Power Radio Service (LPRS) include an informational statement regarding the use LPRS equipment. |
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| 202511-3060-011 | Section 95.861, Interference | FCC | 2025-11-17 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Section 95.861, Interference
Key Information
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This information will be used to monitor the co- and adjacent channel interference potential of proposed systems in the 218-219 MHz service, to identify methods being used to minimize interference, and show how the proposed systems will meet the service requirements set for in § 95.831 of the Commission's rules. |
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| 202511-3060-010 | Section 27.50, Power and Antenna Height Limits; and Section 27.602, Guard Band Manager Agreements | FCC | 2025-11-17 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Section 27.50, Power and Antenna Height Limits; and Section 27.602, Guard Band Manager Agreements
Key Information
Authorizing Statutes
Abstract
The FCC adopted allocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum band, which was reallocated pursuant to statutory requirements, in order to support the development of new services in the Lower 700 MHz Band while still protecting television operations that continue to occupy the band throughout the transition to digital television. |
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