Sec. 43.82  International circuit status reports.

    (a) Each facilities-based common carrier engaged in providing 
international telecommunications service between the area comprising the 
continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and off-shore U.S. points and 
any country or point outside that area shall file a circuit status 
report with the Chief, International Bureau, not later than March 31 
each year showing the status of its circuits used to provide 
international services as of December 31 of the preceding calendar year.
    (b) The information contained in the reports shall include the total 
number of activated and the total number of idle circuits by the 
categories of submarine cable, satellite and terrestrial facilities to 
geographic points outside the United States for the services designated 
by the Chief, International Bureau.
    (c) The information required under this section shall be furnished 
in conformance with instructions and reporting requirements prepared 
under the

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direction of the Chief, International Bureau, prepared and published as 
a manual.
    (d) Authority is hereby delegated to the Chief, International Bureau 
to prepare instructions and reporting requirements for the filing of the 
annual international circuit status reports.

[ 60 FR 51368 , Oct. 2, 1995]