Report No. GN 97-9 GENERAL ACTION June 26, 1997 COMMISSION ADOPTS FY 1997 REGULATORY FEE SCHEDULE The Commission has revised its Schedule of Regulatory Fees in order to collect the $152,523,000 in regulatory fees that Congress has required it to collect for Fiscal Year 1997. The Commission's Regulatory Fees will recover the costs of enforcement, policy and rulemaking, international and user information activities for FY 1997. Additionally, the Commission has amended the Schedule in order to simplify and streamline the Fee Schedule and to clarify and/or revise certain payment procedures. The amount that Congress has required the FCC to collect in FY 1997 is nearly 21% more than the amount Congress designated for recovery for FY 1996. These changes will create a system that relies on cost- based fees for services, but the total revenue to be collected from a particular service category will not increase more than 25% over the amount that would have been collected if fees had not been cost-based. The Commission's adopted schedule reduces fees for services whose regulatory costs have declined and adjusts fees upward for services that have higher regulatory costs. These adjustments will allow for a more accurate assessment of regulatory fees. In addition, the methodology adopted in the Report and Order will ensure that consistent assessment methods are maintained from year to year. Fee payments must be received by the Commission during the period beginning September 15, 1997, and ending September 19, 1997 in order to avoid a 25% late penalty. Action by the Commission June 16, 1997, by Report and Order (FCC 97-215). Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello, Ness and Chong. - FCC - News Media contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418- 0500. Consumer contact: Martha Contee at (202) 418-0260. Office of Managing Director contact: Terry Johnson at (202) 418-0445. A chart comparing the FY 1996 and the FY 1997 schedules is attached. COMPARISON BETWEEN FY 1996 & FY 1997 REGULATORY FEES Fee Category Annual Regulatory Fee FY 1996 Annual Regulatory Fee FY 1997 PMRS (per license) (Formerly Land Mobile-Exclusive Use at 220-222 Mhz, above 470 Mhz, Base Station and SMRS) (47 CFR Part 90) 7 10 Microwave (per license) (47 CFR Part 101) 7 10 Marine (Ship) (per station) (47 CFR Part 80) 3 5 Marine (Coast) (per license) (47 CFR Part 80) 3 5 General Mobile Radio Service (per license) (47 CFR Part 95) 3 5 Land Mobile (per license) (all stations not covered by PMRS and CMRS) 3 5 Aviation (Aircraft) (per station) (47 CFR Part 87) 3 5 Aviation (Ground) (per license) (47 CFR Part 87) 3 5 Amateur Vanity Call Signs (per call sign) (47 CFR Part 97) 3 5 CMRS Mobile Services (per unit) (47 CFR Parts 20, 22, 24, 80 and 90) .17 .24 CMRS Messaging Services [formerly One Way Paging] (per unit) (47 CFR Parts 20, 22, and 90) .02 .03 Domestic Public Fixed Radio 155 See Microwave Multipoint Distribution Services (per call sign) (47 CFR Part 21) 155 215 AM Radio (47 CFR Part 73) Class A 1,250 See Radio Class B 690 See Radio Class C 280 See Radio Class D 345 See Radio Construction Permits 140 195 FM Radio (47 CFR Part 73) Classes C, C1, C2, B 1,250 See Radio Classes A, B1, C3 830 See Radio Construction Permits 690 950 TV (47 CFR Part 73) VHF Commercial Markets 1-10 32,000 35,025 Markets 11-25 26,000 28,450 Markets 26-50 17,000 18,600 Markets 51-100 9,000 9,850 Remaining Markets 2,500 2,725 Construction Permits 5,550 4,800 TV (47 CFR Part 73) UHF Commercial Markets 1-10 25,000 16,850 Markets 11-25 20,000 13,575 Markets 26-50 13,000 8,750 Markets 51-100 7,000 4,725 Remaining Markets 2,000 1,350 Construction Permits 4,425 2,975 Satellite Television Stations (All Markets) 690 950 Construction Permits - Satellite Television Stations 250 345 Low Power TV, TV/FM Translators & Boosters (47 CFR Part 74) 190 220 Broadcast Auxiliary (47 CFR Part 74) 35 25 Cable Antenna Relay Service (47 CFR Part 78) 325 65 Earth Stations (47 CFR Part 25) 370 515 Cable Television Systems (per subscriber) (47 CFR Part 76) .55 .54 Interstate Telephone Service Providers (per revenue dollar) .00098 .00116 Space Stations (per operational station in geosynchronous orbit) (47 CFR Part 25) also includes Direct Broadcast Satellite Service (per operational station) ( 47 CFR Part 100) 70,575 70,575 97,975 97,975 Low Earth Orbit Satellite (per operational system) (47 CFR Part 25) 97,725 135,675 International Bearer Circuits (per active 64KB circuit) 4 5 International Public Fixed (per call sign) (47 CFR Part 23) 225 310 International (HF) Broadcast (47 CFR Part 73) 280 390 Radio [AM & FM] (47 CFR Part 73) Group 1 2,000 Group 2 1,800 Group 3 1,600 Group 4 1,400 Group 5 1,200 Group 6 1,000 Group 7 800 Group 8 600 Group 9 400 Group 10 200