FCC Seeks Input on TV Reimbursement Form Simplification
Published Date: 2/24/2025
Notice
Summary
The FCC is checking in on a form that businesses and nonprofits use to get money back for TV broadcast moves. They want your thoughts on how to make the form easier and less time-consuming, especially for small businesses. If you have ideas, speak up by April 25, 2025, so the FCC can keep things smooth and fair without extra hassle or costs.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.
10-year document retention and burden estimates
If you receive payment from the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund, you must keep all relevant documents about construction or reimbursable changes for at least 10 years after the date you receive final payment and make them available upon request. The FCC estimates 10 respondents and 110 responses, 1–4 hours per response, 140 total annual hours, and $45,000 total annual cost; the collection is required to obtain or retain benefits and the PRA comments deadline is April 25, 2025.
File estimated relocation costs in 3 months
If you are a broadcast television station licensee or a multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) seeking reimbursement from the TV Broadcaster Relocation Fund, you must file an estimated-cost form no later than three months after the release of the Channel Reassignment Public Notice. If you request reimbursement for new equipment, you must explain why buying new equipment is reasonable instead of modifying current equipment, and you must update the form if circumstances change.
Provide invoices and actual-expense documentation
Entities that received an initial allocation from the Fund must provide the Commission with invoices, receipts, and other documentation of actual expenses when they complete construction or by a Media Bureau deadline before the end of the Reimbursement Period. If you have not finished construction by the Final Allocation Deadline, you must provide documentation of any remaining eligible expenses you expect to incur.
Final accounting and limited final-filing exemption
After you complete all construction or reimbursable changes, you must submit final expense documentation listing estimated and actual expenses as of a Media Bureau date. If you finished construction and already submitted all actual expense documentation by the Final Allocation Deadline, you do not need to file again at the final accounting stage.
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