The FCC submitted its controversial net neutrality regulations to two government agencies yesterday, setting the wheels in motion for the rules to go into effect.

The agency passed the regulations on a divided 3-2 vote in December, but the rules have not yet become effective because they have not been published in the Federal Register.

Once the FCC passes bureaucratic hurdles and publishes the rules in the Federal Register, the regulations will go into effect in 60 days, opening them for lawsuits.

Verizon has promised to re-file a lawsuit over the regulations once they are published. Its first lawsuit over the rules was tossed out for being premature.

On Thursday, the FCC filed an estimate of the regulation's paperwork burden with the Federal Register and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Once the Federal Register publishes the Paperwork Reduction Act estimate of the rules next week, the public will have 30 days to comment on the rules. From there, the OMB will determine whether the rules cause an unnecessary amount of paperwork for companies affected by the regulations. The agency is expected to approve the regulations, allowing them to be published in the Federal Register.

The FCC also came out with guidelines to help companies comply with the transparency rule in the net neutrality regulations, which requires broadband providers to inform customers of their network management practices, network speeds, pricing, privacy policies and other information about their Internet service.

The guidelines are intended to clarify reporting requirements after some broadband providers expressed confusion over the rules.

The FCC also said it was forming a net neutrality advisory committee comprised of a variety of stakeholders from across the telecommunications industry, including consumer advocates, engineers, network vendors, device manufacturers, broadband providers and content, application and service providers. The committee will help the FCC track developments "with respect to the freedom and openness of the Internet, in particular with respect to technical standards and issues relating to mobile broadband and specialized services."

The FCC is currently accepting nominees for the committee and is accepting applications until Sept. 1.