47 CFR § 1.1151 - Authority to prescribe and collect regulatory fees.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t47/s1.1151"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "47 CFR § 1.1151 - Authority to prescribe and collect regulatory fees."
title_number: 47
title_name: "Telecommunication"
section_number: "1.1151"
section_name: "Authority to prescribe and collect regulatory fees."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "1"
part_name: "PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 47 U.S.C. 1754, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1"
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# 1.1151 Authority to prescribe and collect regulatory fees.
Authority to impose and collect regulatory fees is contained in section 9 of the Communications Act, as amended by sections 101-103 of title I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-141, 132 Stat. 1084), 47 U.S.C. 159, which directs the Commission to prescribe and collect annual regulatory fees to recover the cost of carrying out the functions of the Commission.
[87 FR 56554, Sept. 14, 2022]