Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. ...

Federal Communications Commission FCC 02-64We therefore declined to require broadcast stations and cable systems to upgrade existing EASequipment to add the new codes. Instead, we opted to permit them to upgrade their existing equipmenton a voluntary basis until the equipment is replaced. We believe that this approach promotes publicsafety by enhancing state and local EAS without imposing additional costs or burdens on broadcaststations and cable systems that may have the undesired effect of reducing voluntary participation in stateand local EAS activities. In addition, we declined to adopt several other proposals, including a proposalto revise several existing event codes, due to concerns that they would impose substantial costs onbroadcast stations and cable systems.Report to Congress: The Commission will send a copy of this Report and Order, including this FRFA,in a report to Congress pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(1)(A). Inaddition, the Commission will send a copy of this Report and Order, including the FRFA, to the ChiefCounsel for Advocacy for the Small Business Administration. A copy of the Report and Order andFRFA (or summaries thereof) will also be published in the Federal Register. See 5 U.S.C. § 604(b).56