Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers, Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support

This submission is being made for a non-substantive change to an existing information collection pursuant to 44 U.S.C. § 3507. The Commission inadvertently omitted FCC Forms 497, 5631, and field descriptions for Form 481 in its submission which was approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on June 15, 2020. We request that the current FCC Forms 481, 497, and 5631 be included in the 3060-0819 Information Collection approved by OMB on June 15, 2020. Revisions to FCC Form 481 were approved under OMB Control Number 3060-0986 (Notice of OMB Action received June 15, 2020), and the revised form was inadvertently omitted from this collection. Although the revision to this collection approved by OMB in June referenced updated burden estimates for Form 481, the revised form was not included with the submission. Similarly, the revisions to this collection referenced the updated burden estimates for FCC Forms 497 and 5631. However, the forms were not included with the submission. There were no substantive changes to the forms. We request that the omitted forms be uploaded so there is a complete inventory of the forms associated with this collection. This revision implements the requirements of the 2019 Lifeline Order. The Commission provides updates to the number of respondents for most of the existing information collection requirements, thus increasing the total burden hours for some requirements and decreasing the total burden hours for other requirements. The Commission is also making revisions to remove references to the LBP designation process and revisions to reflect process changes for enrollment representative registration and ETC biannual audits.

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