Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (TRACED Act)
| Published date | 04 January 2021 |
| Record Number | 2020-28612 |
| Section | Proposed rules |
| Court | Federal Communications Commission |
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lessen competition or create or maintain
a violation of the Federal antitrust laws;
(4) The Federal agency has given first
preference to any small business firms
submitting plans that are determined by
the agency to be within the capability of
the firms and as having equal or greater
likelihood as those from other
applicants to bring the invention to
practical application within a
reasonable time; and
(5) In the case of an invention covered
by a foreign patent application or
patent, the interests of the Federal
Government or United States industry
in foreign commerce will be enhanced.
(b) In addition to the provisions of
§ 404.5, the following terms and
conditions apply to exclusive, co-
exclusive and partially exclusive
licenses:
(1) The license shall be subject to the
irrevocable, royalty-free right of the
Government of the United States to
practice or have practiced the invention
on behalf of the United States and on
behalf of any foreign government or
international organization pursuant to
any existing or future treaty or
agreement with the United States.
(2) The license shall reserve to the
Federal agency the right to require the
licensee to grant sublicenses to
responsible applicants, on reasonable
terms, when necessary to fulfill health
or safety needs.
(3) The license shall be subject to any
licenses in force at the time of the grant
of the exclusive, co-exclusive or
partially exclusive license.
(4) The license may grant the licensee
the right to take any suitable and
necessary actions to protect the licensed
property, on behalf of the Federal
Government.
(c) Federal agencies shall maintain a
record of determinations to grant
exclusive, co-exclusive or partially
exclusive licenses.
§ 404.10 [Amended]
■22. Amend § 404.10 by removing ‘‘and
any sublicensee of record’’.
■23. Revise paragraphs (a) introductory
text, (a)(3), and (b) to read as follows:
§ 404.11 Appeals.
(a) The following parties may appeal
to the agency head or designee any
decision or determination concerning
the grant, denial, modification, or
termination of a license:
* * * * *
(3) A person who timely filed a
written objection in response to the
notice required by § 404.7 and who can
demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
Federal agency that such person may be
damaged by the agency action due to
being denied the opportunity to
promote the commercialization of the
invention.
(b) The Federal agency shall establish
appropriate procedures for considering
appeals under paragraph (a) of this
section.
■24. Revise § 404.14 to read as follows:
§ 404.14 Confidentiality of information.
35 U.S.C. 209(f) requires that any plan
submitted pursuant to § 404.8(a)(8) and
any report required by 35 U.S.C.
209(d)(2) shall be treated as commercial
or financial information obtained from a
person and privileged and confidential
and not subject to disclosure under 5
U.S.C. 552.
Kevin Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
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BILLING CODE 3510–13–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Parts 0 and 64
[EB Docket No. 20–374; FCC 20–174; FRS
17331]
Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall
Abuse Criminal Enforcement and
Deterrence Act (TRACED Act)
AGENCY
: Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION
: Proposed rule.
SUMMARY
: In this document, the
Commission proposes rules to
implement the Pallone-Thune
Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal
Enforcement and Deterrence Act
(TRACED Act) to streamline the process
by which private entities may submit
information to the Commission about
violations of the Communications Act.
DATES
: Comments are due on or before
February 3, 2021 and reply comments
are due on or before February 18, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: You may submit comments,
identified by EB Docket No. 20–374, by
any of the following methods:
•Electronic Filers: Comments may be
filed electronically using the internet by
accessing the ECFS: http://apps.fcc.gov/
ecfs/.
•Paper Filers: Parties who choose to
file by paper must file an original and
one copy of each filing. If more than one
docket or rulemaking number appears in
the caption of this proceeding, filers
must submit two additional copies for
each additional docket or rulemaking
number.
Filings can be sent by hand or
messenger delivery, by commercial
overnight courier, or by first-class or
overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All
filings must be addressed to the
Commission’s Secretary, Office of the
Secretary, Federal Communications
Commission.
•Commercial overnight mail (other
than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail
and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050
Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD
20701.
•U.S. Postal Service first-class,
Express, and Priority mail must be
addressed to 45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554.
•Effective March 19, 2020, and until
further notice, the Commission no
longer accepts any hand or messenger
delivered filings. This is a temporary
measure taken to help protect the health
and safety of individuals, and to
mitigate the transmission of COVID–19.
See FCC Announces Closure of FCC
Headquarters Open Window and
Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public
Notice, DA 20–304 (March 19, 2020),
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-
closes-headquarters-open-window-and-
changes-hand-delivery-policy.
People with Disabilities: Contact the
FCC to request reasonable
accommodations (accessible format
documents, sign language interpreters,
CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov
or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202–
418–0432.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: For
additional information on this
proceeding, contact Daniel Stepanicich
of the Telecommunications Consumers
Division, Enforcement Bureau, at
Daniel.Stepanicich@fcc.gov or (202)
418–7451.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: This is a
summary of the Commission’s Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 20–174, EB
Docket No. 20–374, adopted and
released on December 8, 2020. The full
text of this document is available for
public inspection online at https://
docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-
20-174A1.pdf. To request this document
in accessible formats for people with
disabilities (e.g., Braille, large print,
electronic files, audio format, etc.) or to
request reasonable accommodations
(e.g., accessible format documents, sign
language interpreters, CART, etc.), send
an email to FCC504@fcc.gov or call the
FCC’s Consumer and Governmental
Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530
(voice), (202) 418–0432 (TTY).
Synopsis
1. In this Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, the Federal
Communications Commission
(Commission) proposes to implement
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section 10(a) of the Pallone-Thune
Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal
Enforcement Act (TRACED Act).
Unlawful robocalls plague the American
public. Such calls are frequently
coupled with misleading or inaccurate
telephone numbers displayed as caller
ID information, an act known as
spoofing. Spoofed calls are often used to
facilitate fraudulent or other harmful
activities. Congress enacted the Pallone-
Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse
Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence
Act (TRACED Act) to aid efforts to curb
illegal robocalling. Congress recognized
the value of industry cooperation in
fighting unlawful spoofed robocalls and
took steps to formalize such
cooperation.
2. In particular, Congress sought to
enhance the ability of private entities to
convey concerns about calls and texts
that violate robocall or caller ID
spoofing restrictions. Specifically,
Congress directed the Commission to
establish regulations, no later than June
30, 2021, to create a process that
‘‘streamlines the ways in which a
private entity may voluntarily share
with the Commission information
relating to’’ a call or text message that
violates the law regarding robocalls or
spoofing. This Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking proposes and seeks
comment on rules to implement this
mandate. We propose to establish an
online web portal where private entities
may submit information about
violations of sections 227(b) and 227(e)
of the Communications Act. Under the
proposal, the Commission’s
Enforcement Bureau would monitor the
portal.
3. Definition of Private Entity. We
must first determine what constitutes a
‘‘private entity’’ for purposes of section
10 of the TRACED Act. Given the
breadth of the term ‘‘entity,’’ which
typically goes beyond just persons, we
propose to define ‘‘private entity’’ to
exclude only governments; in other
words, a private entity is anyone (an
individual, a company, an organization,
an association, etc.) that is not a public
entity. We note that Congress did not
define the term ‘‘private entity’’ in the
TRACED Act, but in other laws
Congress has defined ‘‘private entity’’ in
a similar manner. We seek comment on
our proposed interpretation, and
whether there is a basis for a different
interpretation of what constitutes a
private entity.
4. Streamlined Process. We propose to
create a mechanism for private entities
to submit information about suspected
robocall and spoofing violations directly
to the Enforcement Bureau. We propose
to create an online portal located on the
FCC website that the Enforcement
Bureau would monitor. We believe that
this will streamline the collection of
information pertaining to robocall and
spoofing violations, in conformance
with section 10(a) of the TRACED Act.
We seek comment on this proposal. We
propose that this mechanism will be in
addition to, and distinct from, the
informal complaint process that the
Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau manages. We anticipate that
private entities will use the portal to
submit information about suspected
robocall or spoofing violations (i.e.,
‘‘tips’’). Based on our experience, we
expect that the portal will be
particularly valuable to employees who
suspect that their company is violating
the law, and third parties who have
been disrupted by unlawful spoofers.
Consumers should continue to submit
complaints about robocalls and spoofed
calls through the Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau’s informal
consumer complaint process. We seek
comment on this proposal. We also seek
comment on alternative or additional
methods to streamline collection of
information from private entities for
potential enforcement of robocalling or
spoofing violations.
5. We propose that the online form
would require certain minimum
information, including the name of the
private entity, a point of contact, the
caller ID information displayed as well
as the phone numbers affected by the
robocalling incident, the date(s) and
time(s) of the relevant calls or texts, the
name of the private entity’s service
provider, and a description of the
problematic calls or texts. We propose
to allow private entities to submit
additional information. We invite input
on this proposal and seek comment on
what other information we should
require.
6. We further invite comment on
whether there are any regulatory or
statutory obligations or mandates that
we should consider in developing the
new streamlined process for collecting
information from private entities under
the definition we propose. Specifically,
are there any laws or regulations that
currently deter private entities from
sharing data with the Commission
regarding robocalls and spoofed calls
and texts? What confidentiality
assurances, if any, are necessary to
ensure that a private entity would not
open itself up to potential liability for
any such sharing.
7. What other incentives are needed to
encourage private entities to share
information with the Commission about
illegal robocalling or spoofing
campaigns in a timely manner? For
example, should we consider creating a
safe harbor for private entities that share
information through the web portal, and
if so, what should be the scope of any
such safe harbor? Would additional safe
harbor protections be necessary and
appropriate to encourage timely
reporting of violations? We invite
specific suggestions for safe harbors,
including our legal authority to adopt
such suggestions.
8. No Impact on Informal Consumer
Complaint Process. We note that our
actions here would not affect the
process by which a consumer submits
an informal complaint about a robocall
or spoofed call. The Commission
receives thousands of informal
consumer complaints a month involving
unwanted calls, including robocalls and
robotexts. The unwanted calls
complaint form asks for information
such as date and time of the incident,
caller ID information displayed,
telephone number where the unwanted
call was received, information about the
consumer’s telephone service, and a
description of the unwanted call. The
Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau uses this information to inform
Commission consumer protection
policies as well as for analytical and
consumer education purposes. It also
forwards these complaints to the
Enforcement Bureau, which may use
them to pursue enforcement actions. We
recognize that consumers might
mistakenly file complaints with the new
streamlined process rather than the
existing consumer complaint process. In
such cases, we propose that the
Enforcement Bureau will forward such
consumer complaints to the Consumer
and Governmental Affairs Bureau. And
to mitigate that impact, we propose that
the new portal clearly explain its
purpose and intended uses. We seek
comment on these proposals.
9. Initial Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis. As required by the Regulatory
Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended
(RFA), the Commission has prepared an
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
(IRFA) of the possible significant
economic impact on small entities by
the policies and rules addressed in the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Written
public comments are requested on the
IRFA. Comments must be identified as
responses to the IRFA and must be filed
by the deadlines for comments on the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The
Commission will send a copy of the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,
including this IRFA, to the Chief
Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration (SBA). In
addition, the Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking and IRFA (or summaries
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thereof) will be published in the Federal
Register.
10. In the Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, the Commission proposes
to streamline the process for private
entities to submit information to the
Commission about a violation of 47
U.S.C. 227(b) or 47 U.S.C. 227(e). The
Commission proposes to create a web
portal where private entities can submit
robocall violation information that will
be monitored and reviewed by the
Enforcement Bureau. Additionally, the
Commission proposes to define ‘‘private
entity’’ as any individual or entity other
than a public entity.
11. The proposed action is authorized
pursuant to sections 4(i) and 4(j) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), and
227, and section 10(a) of the Pallone-
Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse
Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence
Act, Public Law 116–105, 133 Stat.
3274.
12. The RFA directs agencies to
provide a description of, and where
feasible, an estimate of the number of
small entities that may be affected by
the proposed rules, if adopted. The RFA
generally defines the term ‘‘small
entity’’ as having the same meaning as
the terms ‘‘small business,’’ ‘‘small
organization,’’ and ‘‘small governmental
jurisdiction.’’ In addition, the term
‘‘small business’’ has the same meaning
as the term ‘‘small business concern’’
under the Small Business Act. A small
business concern is one that: (1) Is
independently owned and operated; (2)
is not dominant in its field of
operations; and (3) satisfies any
additional criteria established by the
SBA.
13. Small Business, Small
Organizations, and Small Governmental
Jurisdictions. Our action may, over time,
affect small entities that are not easily
categorized at present. We therefore
describe here, at the outset, three broad
groups of small entities that could
potentially be directly affected herein.
First, while there are industry specific
size standards for small businesses that
are used in the RFA, according to data
from the SBA’s Office of Advocacy, in
general a small business is an
independent business having fewer than
500 employees. These types of small
businesses represent 99.9 percent of all
businesses in the United States, which
translates to 30.7 million businesses.
14. Next, the type of small entity
described as a ‘‘small organization’’ is
generally ‘‘any not-for-profit enterprise
which is independently owned and
operated and is not dominant in its
field.’’ The Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) uses a revenue benchmark of
$50,000 or less to delineate its annual
electronic filing requirements for small
exempt organizations. Nationwide, for
tax year 2018, there were approximately
571,709 small exempt organizations in
the U.S. reporting revenues of $50,000
or less according to the registration and
tax data for exempt organizations
available from the IRS.
15. Finally, the small entity described
as a ‘‘small governmental jurisdiction’’
is defined generally as ‘‘governments of
cities, counties, towns, townships,
villages, school districts, or special
districts, with a population of less than
fifty-thousand.’’ The rules proposed in
this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
exclude public entities and therefore do
not apply to small governmental
jurisdictions.
16. The Commission does not expect
the rules proposed in the Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking will impose any
new and/or additional reporting or
recordkeeping and/or compliance
obligations on small entities. The
proposed web portal is a completely
voluntary process that small entities
may use to submit information about
robocall or spoofing violations. Small
entities are advised to retain copies of
their submissions to the Commission as
well any supporting documentation
should the Bureau wish to follow-up
with the complainant for more
information.
17. The RFA requires an agency to
describe any significant, specifically
small business, alternatives that it has
considered in reaching its proposed
approach, which may include the
following four alternatives (among
others): ‘‘(1) the establishment of
differing compliance or reporting
requirements or timetables that take into
account the resources available to small
entities; (2) the clarification,
consolidation, or simplification of
compliance and reporting requirements
under the rule for such small entities;
(3) the use of performance rather than
design standards; and (4) the exemption
from coverage of the rule, or any part
thereof, for such small entities.’’
18. Congress directed the Commission
to streamline the process for private
entities to submit information about
robocall violations. We determined that
creating a web portal would best meet
the Congressional mandate while also
placing as few burdens as possible on
private entities. Furthermore, the use of
the portal is entirely voluntary and does
not place any additional requirements
on small entities. We also considered
whether to make changes to the existing
Consumer Complaint Center, but we
determined that any such changes
would be disruptive and
counterproductive to consumers and
small entities. We propose to give
maximum flexibility to small entities as
they may still continue to submit
robocall complaints to the Consumer
Complaint Center. This flexibility limits
any undue burdens on small entities.
We seek comment on whether we
should consider any alternative
proposals to reduce the impact on small
entities.
19. Initial Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 Analysis. The Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking contains proposed new
information collection requirements.
The Commission, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
burdens, invites the general public and
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to comment on the information
collection requirements contained in
this document, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. In addition,
pursuant to the Small Business
Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public
Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4),
we seek specific comment on how we
might further reduce the information
collection burden for small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
20. Ex Parte Presentations—Permit-
But-Disclose. This proceeding shall be
treated as a ‘‘permit-but-disclose’’
proceeding in accordance with the
Commission’s ex parte rules. Persons
making ex parte presentations must file
a copy of any written presentation or a
memorandum summarizing any oral
presentation within two business days
after the presentation (unless a different
deadline applicable to the Sunshine
period applies). Persons making oral ex
parte presentations are reminded that
memoranda summarizing the
presentation must (1) list all persons
attending or otherwise participating in
the meeting at which the ex parte was
made, and (2) summarize all data
presented and arguments made during
the presentation. If the presentation
consisted in whole or in part of the
presentation of data or arguments
already reflected in the presenter’s
written comments, memoranda, or other
filing in the proceeding, the presenter
may provide citations to such data or
arguments in his or her prior comments,
memoranda, or other filings (specifying
the relevant page and/or paragraph
numbers where such data or arguments
can be found) in lieu of summarizing
them in the memorandum. Documents
shown or given to Commission staff
during ex parte meeting are deemed to
be written ex parte presentations and
must be filed consistent with section
1.1206(b) of the Commission’s rules. In
proceedings governed by section 1.49(f)
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of the Commission’s rules or for which
the Commission has made available a
method of electronic filing, written ex
parte presentations and memoranda
summarizing oral ex parte
presentations, and all attachments
thereto, must be filed through the
electronic comment filing system
available for that proceeding, and must
be filed in their native format (e.g., .doc,
.xml, .ppt, searchable.pdf). Participants
in this proceeding should familiarize
themselves with the Commission’s ex
parte rules.
List of Subjects in Parts 0 and 64
Authority delegations (Government
agencies), Telecommunications.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
Proposed Rules
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR
parts 0 and 64 as follows:
PART 0—COMMISSION
ORGANIZATION
■1. The authority citation for part 0
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j),
155, 225, and 409, unless otherwise noted.
■2. Amend § 0.111 by redesignating
paragraph (j) as paragraph (k) and
adding new paragraph (j) to read as
follows:
§ 0.111 Functions of the Bureau
* * * * *
(j) Collects and reviews information
received from private entities related to
violations of § 64.1200(a) and
§ 64.1604(a) of this title.
PART 64—MISCELLANEOUS RULES
RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS
■3. The authority citation for part 64
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 201,
202, 217, 218, 220, 225, 226, 227, 227b, 228,
251(e), 254(k), 262, 276, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616,
620, 1401–1473, unless otherwise noted; Pub.
L. 115–141, Div. P, sec. 503, 132 Stat. 348,
1091.
■4. Add § 64.1204 to read as follows:
§ 64.1204 Private entity submissions of
robocall violations.
(a) Any private entity may submit to
the Enforcement Bureau information
related to a call made in violation of
§ 64.1200(a).
(b) For the purposes of this section,
the term ‘‘private entity’’ shall mean any
individual or entity other than a public
entity.
■5. Add § 64.1606 to read as follows:
§ 64.1606 Private entity submissions of
spoofing violations.
(a) Any private entity may submit to
the Enforcement Bureau information
related to a call or text message for
which misleading or inaccurate caller
identification information was caused to
be transmitted in violation of
§ 64.1604(a).
(b) For the purposes of this section,
the term ‘‘private entity’’ shall mean any
individual or entity other than a public
entity.
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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
49 CFR Part 571
[Docket No. NHTSA–2020–0093]
RIN 2127–AL34
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards; Child Restraint Systems,
Incorporation by Reference
AGENCY
: National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION
: Proposed rule; extension of
comment period.
SUMMARY
: NHTSA has received petitions
asking the Agency to extend the
comment period for a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to update
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) No. 213, ‘‘Child restraint
systems.’’ The NPRM proposed to
incorporate a new test sled assembly to
conduct compliance tests of child
restraints and update a number of the
test procedures of the standard. The
comment period for the NPRM is
scheduled to end on January 4, 2021. In
response to petitions from the Juvenile
Products Manufacturers Association and
the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,
the Agency is extending the comment
period by 90 days.
DATES
: The comment period for the
NPRM published on November 2, 2020,
at 85 FR 69388, is extended to April 5,
2021.
ADDRESSES
: You may submit comments
to the docket number identified in the
heading of this document by any of the
following methods:
•Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
•Mail: Docket Management Facility,
M–30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground
Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
•Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 366–9332
before coming.
•Fax: 202–493–2251.
Regardless of how you submit your
comments, please mention the docket
number identified in the heading of this
document.
Instructions: For detailed instructions
on submitting comments and additional
information on the rulemaking process,
see the Public Participation heading of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section
of this document. Note that all
comments received will be posted
without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its
decision-making process. DOT posts
these comments, without edit, including
any personal information the
commenter provides, to
www.regulations.gov, as described in
the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–
14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
www.transportation.gov/privacy. In
order to facilitate comment tracking and
response, the Agency encourages
commenters to provide their name, or
the name of their organization; however,
submission of names is completely
optional. Whether or not commenters
identify themselves, all timely
comments will be fully considered.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to
www.regulations.gov, or the street
address listed above. To be sure
someone is there to help you, please call
(202) 366–9332 before coming. Follow
the online instructions for accessing the
dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: For
technical issues, you may call Cristina
Echemendia, Office of Crashworthiness
Standards (telephone: 202–366–6345)
(fax: 202–493–2990). For legal issues,
you may call Deirdre Fujita, Office of
Chief Counsel (telephone: 202–366–
5246) (fax: 202–366–3820). Address:
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Washington,
DC 20590.
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