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B-331583 1 (2019-11-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeaka0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G &0 U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-331583 November 20, 2019 The Honorable Roger Wicker Chairman The Honorable Maria Cantwell Ranking Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. Chairman The Honorable Greg Walden Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representative Subject: Federal Communications Commission: Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment 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 (Commission) entitled Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment (WT Docket No. 17-79). We received the rule on October 25, 2019. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on November 5, 2019. 84 Fed. Reg. 59567. The effective date of the rule is December 5, 2019. The final rule repeals a section of the Commission's rules implementing the small wireless facilities exemption and deletes a cross-reference to that section contained elsewhere in the Commission's rules. The Congressional Review Act (CRA) requires a 60-day delay in the effective date of a major rule from the date of publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). The 60-day delay in effective date can be waived, however, if the agency finds for good cause that delay is impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest, and the agency incorporates a statement of the findings and its reasons in the rule issued. 5 U.S.C. § 808(2). Here, the Commission identified good cause to waive the 60-day delay because, according to the Commission, this ministerial order merely implements the mandate of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the Commission lacks discretion to depart from this mandate.

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