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OGC-96-28 1 (1996-07-24)

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GAO            United States
               General Accounting Office
               Washington, D.C. 20548

               Office of the General Counsel



               B-272533.1



               July 24, 1996

               The Honorable Larry Pressler
               Chairman
               The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings
               Ranking Minority Member
               Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
               United States Senate

               The Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.
               Chairman
               The Honorable John D. Dingell
               Ranking Minority Member
               Committee on Commerce
               House of Representatives

               Subject: Federal Communications Commission: Assessment and Collection of
                         Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 1996


               Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on
               a major rule promulgated by the Federal Communications Commission, entitled
               Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 1996 (MD Docket
               No. 96-84, FCC 96-295). We received the rule on July 10, 1996. It was published in
               the Federal Register as a final rule on July 12, 1996. 61 Fed. Reg. 36629.

               The Commission's Report and Order adopts rule changes to revise its Schedule of
               Regulatory Fees in order to recover the costs specified by Congress for its
               enforcement, policy and rulemaking, international activities, and user information
               services. 47 U.S.C. § 159(a).

               Section 9 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, provides for the annual
               assessment and collection of regulatory fees. 47 U.S.C. § 159(b)(2).  For fiscal
               year 1996, Congress determined that the Commission should recover $126,400,000 in
               costs, an amount 8.6 percent higher than required in fiscal year 1995.


GAO/OGC-96-28

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