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FCC Schedule for Rulemaking Implementing The Communications Decency Act
The FCC announced a schedule for promulgating regulations implementing the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Communications Decency Act was number 28 on that schedule. The FCC did not pursued this rulemaking. The following is from the FCC announcement:
Issues/FCC Bureas
28. Obscene or Harassing Use of Telecom. Facilities
CCB [Common Carrier Bureau]
[OGC] [Office of General Counsel]
Statutory Requirements/Deadlines
Pursuant to section 223, FCC may describe measures which are reasonable, effective, and appropriate to restrict access to prohibited communications. (83)
FCC shall have no enforcement authority over the failure to utilize such measures. FCC shall not endorse specific products relating to such measures. (83)
FCC Proceedings
Section 223 Measures
Timetable
NOI [Notice of Inquiry] Third Quarter 1996
Policy Statement First Quarter 1997
