47 U.S.C. § 646 — Other provisions
submitted 92 years ago by Pub. L. 116-130 to r/title-47-TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 255 words · no verdicts yet
This section exempts an initial rulemaking from OMB review and exempts required Commission actions from the Paperwork Reduction Act. It assigns the subchapter’s responsibilities to the Commission and requires annual reports.
(a) OMB. Despite any other law, the initial rulemaking required by section 642(a)(1) is exempt from Office of Management and Budget review.
(b) PRA. Subchapter I of title 44, chapter 35, commonly called the “Paperwork Reduction Act,” does not apply to rulemaking or another Commission action required by this subchapter.
(c) Execution of responsibilities. Except for the provisions concerning an entity other than the Universal Service Administrative Company in sections 642(a)(2)(B), 642(b)(1)(A)(ii), and 644(c), (d), and (e), the Commission, including its offices, must carry out the responsibilities assigned to it under this subchapter and may not delegate them to a third party, including that company.
(d) Reporting. Each fiscal year, the Commission must report to the named Senate and House committees on implementation of this subchapter and enforcement during the preceding fiscal year.
(e) Rule of construction. If, before March 23, 2020, the Commission took an action that wholly or partly implements this subchapter, it need not reconsider the action to the extent it is consistent with this subchapter.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the initial rule making required under section 642(a)(1) of this title shall be exempt from review by the Office of Management and Budget.
Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44 (commonly known as the “Paperwork Reduction Act”) shall not apply to any rule making or other action by the Commission required under this subchapter.
Except, with respect to an entity that is not the Universal Service Administrative Company, as provided in section 642(a)(2)(B) of this title, section 642(b)(1)(A)(ii) of this title, and subsections (c), (d), and (e) of section 644 of this title, the Commission—
including the offices of the Commission, shall carry out the responsibilities assigned to the Commission under this subchapter; and
may not delegate any of the responsibilities assigned to the Commission under this subchapter to any third party, including the Universal Service Administrative Company.
Each fiscal year, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that summarizes the implementation of this subchapter and associated enforcement activities conducted during the previous fiscal year.
If the Commission, before March 23, 2020, has taken an action that, in whole or in part, implements this subchapter, the Commission shall not be required to revisit such action to the extent that such action is consistent with this subchapter.
Source credit: (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title VIII, § 806, as added Pub. L. 116–130, § 2, Mar. 23, 2020, 134 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 117–58, div. F, title I, § 60102(h)(2)(E)(ii), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1198.)
- 1934Enacted · Pub. L. 116-130 · 134 Stat. 238
- 2021Amended · Pub. L. 117-58 · 135 Stat. 1198
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