Each fiscal year, the FCC is required to collect regulatory fees in an amount equal to its annual salaries and expenses appropriation by the end of September. The Commission has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing and seeking comment on the regulatory fees and methodology to assess and collect $390,192,000 in congressionally required regulatory fees for FY 2025. This year, the NPRM seeks comment on proposed regulatory fees for space and earth station fee payors under both existing and proposed methodologies. Additionally, the Commission proposes to continue the Commission’s past practice of calculating television broadcaster regulatory fees using its methodology of population-based full-service broadcast television regulatory fees.
