Agencies and Commissions July 19, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

National Science Board: Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice
Document Number: 2011-18323
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Notice
Document Number: 2011-18308
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Federal Register Notice
Document Number: 2011-18267
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Effective Date for Swap Regulation
Document Number: 2011-18248
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions
On June 17, 2011, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``CFTC'' or the ``Commission'') published for public comment in the Federal Register a proposed order that would grant, pursuant to the Commission's exemptive authority pursuant to the Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA''), certain temporary relief from the provisions of the CEA added or amended by title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act'') that reference one or more terms regarding entities or instruments that title VII requires be ``further defined,'' such as the terms ``swap,'' ``swap dealer,'' ``major swap participant,'' or ``eligible contract participant,'' to the extent that requirements or portions of such provisions specifically relate to such referenced terms and do not require a rulemaking. The CFTC also proposed to grant temporary relief from certain provisions of the CEA that will or may apply to certain agreements, contracts, and transactions in exempt or excluded commodities as a result of the repeal of various CEA exemptions and exclusions as of the general effective date set forth in section 754 of the Dodd-Frank Act, July 16, 2011. Upon consideration of the full record, the Commission has determined to issue this final exemptive order (``Final Order'') essentially as proposed, with appropriate or necessary modification or clarification.
Sunshine Act; Notice of Agency Meeting
Document Number: 2011-18243
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: National Credit Union Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting
Document Number: 2011-18218
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
SBA Council on Underserved Communities Meeting
Document Number: 2011-18209
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the location, date, time, and agenda for the first meeting of the SBA Council on Underserved Communities. The meeting will be open to the public.
Loan Policies and Operations; Loan Purchases From FDIC; Effective Date
Document Number: 2011-18192
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Farm Credit Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The Farm Credit Administration (FCA or Agency), through the FCA Board (Board), issued a final rule under part 614 on May 25, 2011 (76 FR 30246) amending our regulations on loan policies and operations. In accordance with 12 U.S.C. 2252, the effective date of the final rule is 30 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register during which either or both Houses of Congress are in session. Based on the records of the sessions of Congress, the effective date of the regulations is July 12, 2011.
Reporting Requirements for U.S. Providers of International Telecommunications Services
Document Number: 2011-18156
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) concludes that it should eliminate outdated and unnecessary reporting requirements related to international telecommunications traffic for which the burdens on U.S. international service providers outweigh the benefits. Specifically, the Commission finds four information collections are no longer necessary and removes them from its rules: The division of telegraph tolls report; the quarterly large carrier traffic report; the quarterly foreign- affiliated switched resale carrier report; and the circuit-addition report. The Commission also finds that the annual traffic and revenue reports and annual circuit status reports can be simplified by removing the requirement to separately report for off-shore U.S. points.
Reporting Requirements for U.S. Providers of International Telecommunications Services
Document Number: 2011-18153
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) is reviewing its reporting requirements for providers of international telecommunications services. The Commission proposes to amend its reporting requirements for providers of international telecommunications services and transmission facilities in order to simplify the filing of the annual traffic and revenue report and the annual circuit-status report and modernize the information collected under those reports. The Commission also proposes to amend its rules to create a new annual services report designed to obtain basic information about providers of international telecommunications services and to update contact information. The Commission also proposes to amend its rules to clarify the confidential treatment of certain disaggregated information reported under the traffic and revenue report and the circuit-status report. This action is part of the Commission's comprehensive review of its international reporting requirements and is intended to remove unnecessary information collections and tailor its information collections to the current state of the international telecommunications market.
Policies To Promote Rural Radio Service and To Streamline Allotment and Assignment Procedures
Document Number: 2011-18151
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection requirements contained in 47 CFR 73.7000, FCC Forms 301 and 340 and the AM Auction Section 307(b) Submissions. The information collection requirements were approved on July 5, 2011 and July 11, 2011 by OMB.
Meetings of Humanities Panel
Document Number: 2011-18117
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meetings of Humanities Panels will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506.
Submission for OMB Review; Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor
Document Number: 2011-18088
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB) will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding prohibition on acquisition of products produced by forced or indentured child labor.
Paper Clips From China
Document Number: 2011-18087
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Document Number: 2011-18081
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Certain Coenzyme Q10 Products and Methods of Making Same; Notice of Institution of Investigation; Institution of Investigation Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337
Document Number: 2011-18070
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on June 17, 2011, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Kaneka Corporation of Japan. Supplementary materials were filed on June 24 and 27, 2011. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain coenzyme Q10 products and methods of making same by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,910,340 (``the `340 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order and a cease and desist order.
In the Matter of Certain Univeral Serial Bus (“USB”) Portable Storage Devices, Including USB Flash Drives and Components Thereof; Notice of Institution of Investigation; Institution of Investigation Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337
Document Number: 2011-18049
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on June 14, 2011, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Trek 2000 International Ltd., of Singapore; Trek Technology (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. of Singapore; and S-Com System (S) Pte. Ltd. of Singapore. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain universal serial bus (``USB'') portable storage devices, including USB flash drives and components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,880,054 (``the `054 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 7,039,759 (``the `759 patent''); U.S. Patent No. D463,426 (``the `426 patent'') and U.S. Patent No. 7,549,161 (``the `161 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order and a cease and desist order.
In the Matter of Certain Digital Televisions and Components Thereof; Notice of Institution of Investigation Institution of Investigation Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337
Document Number: 2011-18047
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on June 16, 2011, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Vizio, Inc. of Irvine, California. Letters supplementing the complaint were filed on June 29 and July 6, 2011. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain digital televisions and components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,511,096 (``the `096 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 5,621,761 (``the `761 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 5,703,887 (``the `887 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 5,745,522 (``the `522 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 5,511,082 (``the `082 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists or is in the process of being established as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
Substantial Product Hazard List: Children's Upper Outerwear in Sizes 2T to 12 With Neck or Hood Drawstrings and Children's Upper Outerwear in Sizes 2T to 16 With Certain Waist or Bottom Drawstrings
Document Number: 2011-17961
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (``CPSIA''), authorizes the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (``Commission,'' ``CPSC,'' or ``we'') to specify, by rule, for any consumer product or class of consumer products, characteristics whose existence or absence shall be deemed a substantial product hazard under certain circumstances. We are issuing a final rule to determine that children's upper outerwear garments in sizes 2T to 12 or the equivalent, which have neck or hood drawstrings, and in sizes 2T to 16 or the equivalent, which have waist or bottom drawstrings that do not meet specified criteria, present substantial product hazards.
Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements
Document Number: 2011-17822
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Trade Commission (``Commission'' or ``FTC'') is amending the Hart-Scott-Rodino (``HSR'') Premerger Notification Rules (the ``Rules''), the Premerger Notification and Report Form (the ``Form'') and associated Instructions in order to streamline the Form and capture new information that will help the FTC and the Antitrust Division, Department of Justice (together the ``Agencies'') conduct their initial review of a proposed transaction's competitive impact. The FTC is making substantive and ministerial revisions, deletions and additions to streamline the Form and make it easier to prepare while focusing the Form on those categories of information the Agencies consider necessary for their initial review. The FTC is also amending certain Rules and parts of the Form and Instructions, as well as adding Items 4(d), 6(c)(ii) and 7(d), in order to capture additional information that would significantly assist the Agencies in their initial review. Finally, minor changes are being made to address minor omissions from the FTC's 2005 rulemaking involving unincorporated entities and to remove the reference to the 2001 transition period.
International Settlements Policy Reform
Document Number: 2011-17368
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Communications Commission proposes to remove the International Settlements Policy (ISP) from all U.S. international routes except Cuba. Eliminating the ISP will enable more market-based arrangements between U.S. and foreign carriers on all U.S. international routes. The Federal Communications Commission seeks comment on a proposal to enable the Commission to better protect U.S. consumers from the effects of anticompetitive conduct by foreign carriers in instances necessitating Commission intervention. Specifically, it seeks comments on proposals and issues regarding the application of the Commission's benchmarks policy.
Radio Broadcasting Services; Oklahoma and Texas
Document Number: 2011-17103
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Federal Communications Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document denies the Application for Review filed by Rawhide Radio, LLC, Capstar TX Limited Partnership, Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc., and CCB Texas Licenses, L.P. (``Joint Petitioners'') of the dismissal of a second alternative proposal to their Counterproposal in this proceeding because it was technically defective.
Rules Implementing Amendments to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940
Document Number: 2011-16318
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-07-19
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Securities and Exchange Commission is adopting new rules and rule amendments under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to implement provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. These rules and rule amendments are designed to give effect to provisions of Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Act that, among other things, increase the statutory threshold for registration by investment advisers with the Commission, require advisers to hedge funds and other private funds to register with the Commission, and require reporting by certain investment advisers that are exempt from registration. In addition, we are adopting rule amendments, including amendments to the Commission's pay to play rule, that address a number of other changes made by the Dodd-Frank Act.
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