In a move aligned with its broader deregulation agenda, the Federal Communications Commission said it would delete 21 rules and regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations as part of its ongoing deregulatory push.
The action is tied to the commission’s In re: Delete, Delete, Delete docket, which Chair Brendan Carr announced in March and has since invited public input on deregulation ideas as the administration seeks to fulfill executive orders to reduce regulatory burdens.
The FCC noted that the deletions come “without going through years of unnecessary legal procedures” and follow a string of earlier removals, including nearly 400 rules deleted last month and 386 wireline rules deleted in September.
The agency explained that the rules being removed are those that are sunset by operation of law or govern an expired event, meaning they are moot or redundant in practice. One proposed cut references a board that has not existed in more than a decade, while another rule became moot in 2012 with the creation of FirstNet.
Public input into the deregulation docket remains open, and officials emphasized that the goal is to simplify the CFR at scale, reducing regulatory friction across the communications landscape while preserving essential authorities.
