Report No. DC 96-29        ACTION IN DOCKET CASE              April 9, 1996


       COMMISSION PROPOSES AMENDMENTS TO SCHEDULE OF REGULATORY FEES
                           (MD DOCKET NO. 96-84)

     The FCC is seeking comment on its proposed Fiscal Year (FY)
1996 Schedule of Regulatory Fees.   The amount that the Congress
requires the FCC to collect in regulatory fees for FY 1996 is
$116,400,000--the same amount it required the FCC to recover
through regulatory fees in FY 1995.  As a result, most of the
proposed fees do not change substantially from FY 1995.

     Some adjustments to individual fees are necessary due to a
reallocation of revenue requirements resulting from a number of
factors including changes in the estimated number of payment
units within most fee categories, a modification which lengthened
the license term in one fee category, and the addition of two new
fee categories.  

     The proposed amendment of the Schedule of Regulatory Fees
will affect FCC permittees, licensees and other regulatees in the
cable, common carrier, mass media, wireless telecommunications,
and international services.

     Comments are requested on alternative methods of assessing
the regulatory fees to recover the total amount that the Congress
has required the FCC to collect for FY 1996.

     Action by the Commission April 5, 1996, by Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 96-153).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners
Quello, Ness, and Chong, with Commissioner Quello issuing a
statement.
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