FCC Releases November Open Meeting Tentative Agenda

On October 25, 2023, the FCC released the Tentative Agenda for the November Open Meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 10:30 AM.  The following items are tentatively scheduled for Commission consideration:

1. Preventing Digital Discrimination – The Commission will consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish a framework to facilitate equal access to broadband internet access service by preventing digital discrimination of access and seek additional comment on matters pertaining to the Commission’s administration of Section 60506 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and our efforts to facilitate equal access. (GN Docket No. 22-69) (FACT SHEET)
2. Empowering Survivors of Domestic Violence – The Commission will consider a Report and Order that would adopt rules to implement the Safe Connections Act of 2022 to help survivors of domestic violence and similar crimes separate lines from shared mobile accounts that include their abusers, protect the privacy of calls made by survivors to domestic abuse hotlines, and support survivors who face financial hardship through the Commission’s affordability programs. (WC Docket Nos. 22-238, 11-42, 21-450) (FACT SHEET)
3. Understanding Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Robocalls and Robotexts – The Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry seeking to better understand the implications of Artificial Intelligence technologies as part of the Commission’s ongoing efforts to protect consumers from unwanted and illegal telephone calls and text messages under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). (CG Docket No. 23-362) (FACT SHEET)
4. Protecting Consumers from SIM Swapping and Port-Out Fraud – The Commission will consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would adopt rules to protect consumers from SIM swap and port-out fraud, two fraudulent practices that bad actors use to take control of consumers’ cell phones, and would also seek comment on whether to harmonize the Commission’s existing requirements governing customer access to customer proprietary network information with the new SIM change authentication and protection measures in the Report and Order. (WC Docket No. 21-341) (FACT SHEET)
5. Amending Amateur Radio Rules for Greater Flexibility in Data Communications – The Commission will consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would eliminate the symbol rate (also known as baud rate) limitation and establish a bandwidth limitation that would provide flexibility to use modern digital emissions, thereby promoting innovation and experimentation in the amateur service. The item would also propose the removal the baud rate limitation in several additional bands. (WT Docket No. 16-239) (FACT SHEET)
6. Reducing Regulatory Requirements for Rural Provider of Long-Distance Access Service – The Commission will consider a Declaratory Ruling and Memorandum Opinion and Order that would grant the Minnesota Independent Equal Access Corporation (MIEAC) relief from dominant carrier regulation with respect to its provision of centralized equal access (CEA) service, and regulate MIEAC as a non-dominant competitive LEC for this service going forward. In light of declining demand, intervening exchange access service regulatory reforms, and technological changes in the voice services marketplace generally, dominant carrier regulation of MIEAC’s CEA service is no longer necessary to serve the public interest. (WC Docket No. 22-407) (FACT SHEET)
7. Enforcement Bureau Action – The Commission will consider an enforcement action.
8. Enforcement Bureau Action – The Commission will consider an enforcement action.
9. Enforcement Bureau Action – The Commission will consider an enforcement action.

Chairwoman Rosenworcel also released a blog post on the agenda.

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