FCC Announces Comment Dates for the Martha Wright-Reed Act

The Federal Communications Commission' Wireline Competition Bureau announced that comments in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on issues related to the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2022 are due no later than May 8, 2023, and reply comments are due no later than June 6, 2023. The Notice, which seeks comment on matters related to implementing the new Act and establishing just and reasonable rates and charges for incarcerated people’s communications services, requires that comments and reply comments be filed no later than 30 days and 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. On April 7, 2023, the Federal Register published a summary of the Notice, establishing May 8, 2023, as the deadline for comments and June 6, 2023, as the deadline for reply comments.