Emergency Justification Letter

Federal Communications Commission
45 L Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20554
Ilune

I0,2022

Mr. Alexander Hunt
Chief, Information Policy Branch
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
725 I7'h Sfteet, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20503
Dear Mr. Hunt
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) requests Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval to submit the information collection described herein under the "emergency processing"
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (5 CFR 1320.13). The Commission is
requesting clearance for a new information collection. We respectfully request OMB approval for this
revision no later than 37 davs after it is received at OMB.

Unwanted and illegal robocalls have long been the Federal Communication Commission's
("Commission") top source of consumer complaints and one of the Commission's top consumer
protection priorities. Foreign-originated robocalls represent a significant portion ofillegal robocalls, and
gateway providers serve as a critical choke-point for reducing the number of illegal robocalls received by
American consumers. Inthe Gateway Provider Report and Order, the Commission took steps to prevent
these foreign-originated illegal robocalls from reaching consumers and to help track these cal1s back to
the source.r Along with further extension of the Commission's caller ID authentication requirements2 and
Robocall Mitigation Database filing requirements,3 the Commission adopted several robocall mitigation
requirements, including a requirement for gateway providers to respond to traceback within 24 hours,a
mandatory blocking requirements,5 a "know your upstream provider" requirement,6 and a general
mitigation requirement.T Accordingly, the Commission seeks OMB approval for a new information
collection for the traceback rules.

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Advanced Methods to Target and Eliminate Llnlawful Robocalls, Call Authentication Trust Anchor, CG Docket No.
l7-59, WC Docket No. 17-97, Sixth Report and Order and Seventh Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in CG
Docket No. 17-59 & Fifth Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Fifth Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking in WC Docket No. 17-97, FCC 22-37 (rel. May 20,2022) (Gateway Provtder Order).
2

Id. atparas. 51-63.

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Id. atparas.34-50.

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Id. atparas.65-71.

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Id. atparas.T2-95.

6

Id. at paras. 96-101.

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Id. atparas 102-108.

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