Non-substantive Change Request Justification

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July 31, 2026
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
OMB Control Number:  3060-0600 
Requested Action: Non-substantive change/non-material change request
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FCC Form 175, Application to Participate in an FCC Auction, is used by the public to apply to participate in Federal Communications Commission (Commission) auctions for wireless licenses or broadcast construction permits.  The information collection requirements reported under OMB 3060-0600 implement the Commission’s competitive bidding authority under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Communications Act), and the Commission’s competitive bidding rules.  

On July 31, 2026, the Commission’s Office of Economics (OEA) and Analytics and Media Bureau (MB) released a Public Notice (DA 26-798) adopting the procedures for Auction 114, an upcoming auction of FM broadcast construction permits (Auction 114 Procedures Public Notice).  

The non-substantive/non-material change for which the Commission requests Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval is a certification requirement on FCC Form 175 for applicants seeking to participate in Auction 114 that is substantively similar to the certification that was required for applicants seeking to participate in Auction 110.

In May 2021, OEA and WTB released a Public Notice (DA 21-567) adopting an additional certification requirement for applicants seeking to participate in an auction for wireless licenses in the 3.45-3.55 GHz band (Auction 110), which required that in addition to making the certifications already required by the Commission’s rules in its FCC Form 175 auction application, each Auction 110 applicant also certify that it had read the public notice adopting procedures for the auction and had familiarized itself both with the auction procedures and with the requirements for obtaining a license and operating facilities in the 3.45-3.55 GHz band.  The Commission subsequently requested and received approval from OMB to include this additional certification on the Certify & Submit page of FCC Form 175.

The same type of additional certification requirement adopted for Auction 110 was also later adopted for applicants seeking to participate in the Commission’s auction of construction permits for full power television stations (Auction 112) (see DA 22-125), in the Commission’s auction of wireless licenses in the 2.5 GHz band (Auction 108) (see FCC 22-24), and in the Commission’s auction of wireless licenses in the AWS-3 bands (Auction 113) (see DA 25-1075).  The Commission submitted separate non-substantive/no material change requests to OMB in advance of Auctions 112, 108, and 113 to include the additional certification on FCC Form 175 for these auctions, which were approved by OMB.  

In the Auction 114 Procedures Public Notice, OEA and MB adopted the same type of additional certification requirement for applicants seeking to participate in Auction 114 that had been adopted for Auction 110, Auction 112,  Auction 108, and Auction 113 applicants.  As noted above, the certification that will be used on FCC Form 175 for Auction 114 is substantively similar to what was used for Auction 110 and approved under OMB 3060-0600, and the wording of the certification that will used on the form for Auction 114 will be identical to the Auction 110 certification other than a non-substantive change to reference the particular authorizations available in Auction 114 (i.e., construction permits for FM broadcast stations). 

The Commission has included as part of this non-substantive change request a screenshot of the version of the certification that will be displayed on the Certify & Submit page of FCC Form 175 for Auction 114.

There is no change to the estimated burden hours or costs to respondents associated with this non-substantive change.  Similarly, there is no change to Commission’s estimated burden hours or costs associated with this non-substantive change.