---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 61.16"
title: "47"
number: "61.16"
heading: "Base documents."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/61.16"
---

# §61.16. Base documents.

- (a) The Base Document is a complete tariff which incorporates all effective revisions, as of the last day of the preceding month. The Base Document should be submitted with a cover letter as specified in [§ 61.15(i)](/cfr/47/61.15.md?p=i) and identified as the Monthly Updated Base Document.
- (b) If there have been revisions that became effective up to and including the last day of the preceding month, a new Base Document must be submitted within the first five business days of the current month that will incorporate those revisions.

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 43211, July 20, 2011]

### Source

Source: 63 FR 35540, June 30, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 201-205, 403, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 40869, Oct. 18, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 43211, July 20, 2011]