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B-336011 Feb 27, 2024 1 (2024-02-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaopyc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-336011 February 27, 2024 The Honorable Maria Cantwell Chair The Honorable Ted Cruz Ranking Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers Chair The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr. Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Federal Communications Commission: Video Relay Service Compensation Formula 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 (FCC) entitled Video Relay Service Compensation Formula (FCC 23-78). We received the rule on September 28, 2023.1 It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on October 19, 2023. 88 Fed. Reg. 71994. The effective date is December 18, 2023. According to FCC, to ensure that the providers of Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) are compensated for the provision of Video Relay Service, this final rule adopts a formula to compensate such providers from the Interstate TRS Fund (TRS Fund) for the provision of service for the next five-year compensation period. Enclosed is our assessment of FCC's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. If you have any questions about this report or wish to contact GAO officials responsible for the evaluation work relating to the subject matter of the rule, please contact Shari Brewster, Assistant General Counsel, at (202) 512-6398. Shirley A. Jones Managing Associate General Counsel 1 The rule was published in the Federal Register under a different title than the title used in the agency's submission to us. The different title created a processing error on our end which delayed issuance of this major rule report.

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