Section 713 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), 47 U.S.C. § 613, which was added pursuant to section 305 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, requires the Commission to prescribe rules and implementation schedules for closed captioning of video programming. In enacting section 713, Congress generally required that video programming be closed captioned, regardless of distribution technology, to ensure access to persons who are deaf and hard of hearing. On February 20, 2014, the Commission adopted Closed Captioning of Video Programming; Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc. Petition for Rulemaking, CG Docket No. 05-231, Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 29 FCC Rcd 2221 (2014), published at 79 FR 17911 (March 31, 2014) (Closed Captioning Quality Report and Order). The purpose of this submission is to extend the collection for the closed captioning rules (found in 47 C.F.R. § 79.1), add the collections adopted in the Closed Captioning Quality Report and Order, and update the estimates of existing burdens that were included in the March 2014 Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
US Code:
47 USC 613
Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
The Commission has program changes to this information collection. These program changes are due to the adoption of the information collection requirements that are contained in the Commission's Closed Captioning Quality Report and Order. Therefore, the program changes are as follows: +11,710 respondents, +1,086,862 responses, +1,139,410 hours and +$6,284,400.00 to the annual cost burden.
The Commission also had adjustments to this information collection. These adjustments were due to the Commission reevaluating the burden and cost for various existing information collection requirements. These adjustments are as follows: -1,754 to the number of respondents, -4,849 to the number of annual responses, -15,847 to the annual burden hours and -$1,569,720.00 to the annual cost burden.
$320,707
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Eliot Greenwald 202 418-2235
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Supporting Statement OMB 3060-0761 (2014).doc
Section 79.1, Closed Captioning