§  68.610   Database of terminal equipment.

   (a) The Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments shall operate
   and maintain a database of all approved terminal equipment. The
   database shall meet the requirements of the Federal Communications
   Commission and the U.S. Customs Service for enforcement purposes. The
   database shall be accessible by government agencies free of charge.
   Information in the database shall be readily available and accessible
   to the public, including individuals with disabilities, at nominal or
   no costs.

   (b) Responsible parties, whether they obtain their approval from a
   Telecommunications Certification Body or utilize the Supplier's
   Declaration of Conformity process, shall submit to the database
   administrator all information required by the Administrative Council
   for Terminal Attachments.

   (c) The Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments shall ensure
   that the database is created and maintained in an equitable and
   nondiscriminatory manner. The manner in which the database is created
   and maintained shall not permit any entity or segment of the industry
   to gain a competitive advantage.

   (d) The Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments shall file with
   the Commission, within 180 days of publication of these rules in the
   Federal Register, a detailed report of the structure of the database,
   including details of how the Administrative Council for Terminal
   Attachments will administer the database, the pertinent information to
   be included in the database, procedures for including compliance
   information in the database, and details regarding how the government
   and the public will access the information.