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dealing with financial companies
should be created.
Section 217 of the Dodd-Frank Act
requires the Board, in consultation with
the AOUSC, to conduct a study
regarding international coordination
relating to the resolution of systemic
financial companies under the
Bankruptcy Code and applicable foreign
law (the ‘‘Section 217 Study’’). Section
217 specifies four specific issues that
are to be included in the Section 217
Study. These issues generally are: (1)
Whether international coordination
exists, (2) the facilitation of such
international coordination; (3) the
barriers to such coordination; and (4)
the ways to improve such coordination.
II. Solicitation for Comments on the
Bankruptcy Studies
To assist the Board in conducting the
Section 216 Study and the Section 217
Study, the Board seeks public comment
on the following questions:
1. With respect to the Section 216
Study, how should the Board address
the following areas, taking into account
among other things the enactment of
Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act?
(i) The effectiveness of chapter 7 and
chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in
facilitating the orderly resolution or
reorganization of systemic financial
companies;
(A) The key factors and
considerations that should be taken into
account in assessing the ‘‘effectiveness’’
of the Bankruptcy Code in facilitating
the orderly resolution or reorganization
of systemic financial companies;
(B) The key factors and considerations
that should be taken into account in
assessing whether the Bankruptcy Code
is effective in facilitating the ‘‘orderly’’
resolution or reorganization of systemic
financial companies;
(C) The extent to which the
effectiveness of the Bankruptcy Code in
facilitating the orderly resolution or
reorganization of ‘‘systemic financial
companies’’ differs from the
effectiveness of the Bankruptcy Code in
facilitating the orderly resolution or
reorganization of non-systemic financial
companies;
(ii) Whether a special financial
resolution court or panel of special
masters or judges should be established
to oversee cases involving financial
companies to provide for the resolution
of such companies under the
Bankruptcy Code, in a manner that
minimizes adverse impacts on financial
markets without creating moral hazard;
(A) The ‘‘adverse impacts on financial
markets’’ that would be minimized by
the establishment of such a court or
panel;
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(B) How establishing such a court or
panel would minimize ‘‘moral hazard;’’
(C) The key factors and considerations
that should be taken into account in
assessing whether the establishment of
such a court or panel would minimize
such adverse impacts without creating
such moral hazard;
(iii) Whether amendments to the
Bankruptcy Code should be adopted to
enhance the ability of the Code to
resolve financial companies in a manner
that minimizes adverse impacts on
financial markets without creating
moral hazard;
(A) The ‘‘adverse impacts on financial
markets’’ that would be minimized by
amendments to the Bankruptcy Code;
(B) How such amendments would
minimize ‘‘moral hazard;’’
(C) The specific amendments to the
Bankruptcy Code that would minimize
such adverse impacts without creating
such moral hazard;
(D) The key factors and considerations
that should be taken into account in
assessing whether such amendments to
the Bankruptcy Code would minimize
such adverse impacts without creating
such moral hazard;
(iv) Whether amendments should be
made to the Bankruptcy Code, the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and
other insolvency laws to address the
manner in which qualified financial
contracts of financial companies are
treated;
(A) The specific amendments to the
Bankruptcy Code, the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act, and other insolvency
laws that might be made to address the
manner in which qualified financial
contracts of financial companies are
treated;
(B) The key factors and considerations
that should be taken into account in
assessing whether such amendments to
the Bankruptcy Code, the Federal
Deposit Insurance Act, and other
insolvency laws should be made;
(C) The key factors and considerations
that should be taken into account in
assessing the likely outcome of making
or not making such amendments;
(v) The implications, challenges, and
benefits to creating a new chapter or
subchapter of the Bankruptcy Code to
deal with financial companies;
(A) The key factors and
considerations that should be taken into
account in assessing whether a new
chapter or subchapter of the Bankruptcy
Code should be created to deal with
financial companies;
(B) The benefits that might result from
the creation of a new chapter or
subchapter of the Bankruptcy Code to
deal with financial companies;
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(C) The extent to which such benefits
would not be likely to be obtained
without creating such a new chapter or
subchapter;
(D) The challenges that might be faced
by creating a new chapter or subchapter
of the Bankruptcy Code to deal with
financial companies; and
(E) The key factors and considerations
that should be taken into account in
assessing the likely outcome of creating
or not creating a new chapter or
subchapter of the Bankruptcy Code to
deal with financial companies.
2. With respect to the Section 217
Study, how should the Board address
the following areas?
(i) The extent to which international
coordination currently exists;
(ii) Current mechanisms and
structures for facilitating international
cooperation;
(iii) Barriers to effective international
coordination; and
(iv) ways to increase and make more
effective international coordination of
the resolution of financial companies, so
as to minimize the impact on the
financial system without creating moral
hazard.
3. With respect to both the Section
216 Study and the Section 217 Study:
(i) Any studies, research, empirical
data or other information supporting
any comments on any of the foregoing
questions, where available; and
(ii) Any additional factors or
considerations that should be taken into
account in either the Section 216 Study
or the Section 217 Study.
By order of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, April 20, 2011.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2011–9986 Filed 4–28–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000–0155; Docket 2011–
0079; Sequence 13]
Information Collection; Prohibition on
Acquisition of Products Produced by
Forced or Indentured Child Labor
Department of Defense (DOD),
General Services Administration (GSA),
and National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
AGENCY:
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Notice of request for comments
regarding an extension to an existing
OMB clearance.
ACTION:
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.
DATES: Submit comments on or before:
June 28, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
identified by Information Collection
9000–0155 by any of the following
methods:
• Regulations.gov: https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit comments
via the Federal eRulemaking portal by
inputting ‘‘Information Collection 9000–
0155’’ under the heading ‘‘Enter
Keyword or ID’’ and selecting ‘‘Search’’.
Select the link ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ that
corresponds with ‘‘Information
Collection 9000–0155’’. Follow the
instructions provided at the ‘‘Submit a
Comment’’ screen. Please include your
name, company name (if any), and
‘‘Information Collection 9000–0155’’ on
your attached document.
• Fax: 202–501–4067.
• Mail: General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
(MVCB), 1275 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20417. ATTN: Hada
Flowers/IC 9000–0155.
Instructions: Please submit comments
only and cite Information Collection
9000–0155, in all correspondence
related to this collection. All comments
received will be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal and/or business
confidential information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Clare McFadden, Procurement Analyst,
Acquisition Policy Division, GSA (202)
501–0044 or e-mail
clare.mcfadden@gsa.gov.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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A. Purpose
This information collection complies
with Executive Order 13126, Prohibition
on Acquisition of Products Produced by
Forced or Indentured Child Labor,
signed by the President on June 12,
1999. Executive Order 13126 requires
that this prohibition be enforced within
the federal acquisition system by means
of: (1) A provision that requires the
contractor to certify to the contracting
officer that the contractor or, in the case
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of an incorporated contractor, a
responsible official of the contractor has
made a good faith effort to determine
whether forced or indentured child
labor was used to mine, produce, or
manufacture any product furnished
under the contract and that, on the basis
of those efforts, the contractor is
unaware of any such use of child labor;
and (2) A provision that obligates the
contractor to cooperate fully in
providing reasonable access to the
contractor’s records, documents,
persons, or premises if reasonably
requested by authorized officials of the
contracting agency, the Department of
the Treasury, or the Department of
Justice, for the purpose of determining
whether forced or indentured child
labor was used to mine, produce, or
manufacture any product furnished
under the contract.
The information collection
requirements of the Executive Order are
evidenced via the certification
requirements delineated at FAR
22.1505, 52.212–3, 52.222–18, and
52.222–19.
To eliminate some of the
administrative burden on offerors who
must submit the same information to
various contracting offices, the Civilian
Agency Acquisition Council and the
Defense Acquisition Regulations
Council (Councils) decided to amend
the Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) to require offerors to submit
representations and certifications
electronically via the Business Partner
Network (BPN), unless certain
exceptions apply. Online
Representations and Certifications
Application (ORCA) is the specific
application on the BPN to replace the
paper based Representations and
Certifications (Reps and Certs) process.
The change to the FAR is being
accomplished by FAR Case 2002–024.
The clearance associated with this case
referenced this OMB Control No. 9000–
0155 and reduced the hours of burden
by 35%—attributable to mandated use
of ORCA. This reduction is already
reflected in the figures below.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 500.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Hours per Response: 0.325.
Total Burden Hours: 162.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals:
Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from
the General Services Administration,
Regulatory Secretariat Branch (MVCB),
1275 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20417, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please
cite OMB Control No. 9000–0155,
Prohibition on Acquisition of Products
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Produced by Forced or Indentured Child
Labor, in all correspondence.
Dated: April 19, 2011.
Millisa Gary,
Acting Director, Office of Governmentwide
Acquisition Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000–0025; Docket 2011–
0079; Sequence 10]
Federal Acquisition Regulation;
Information Collection; Trade
Agreements Certificate
Department of Defense (DOD),
General Services Administration (GSA),
and National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public
comments regarding an extension to an
existing OMB clearance.
AGENCY:
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
concerning trade agreements certificate.
Public comments are particularly
invited on: Whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of functions of the FAR,
and whether it will have practical
utility; whether our estimate of the
public burden of this collection of
information is accurate, and based on
valid assumptions and methodology;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways in which we can
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, through the use of appropriate
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
June 28, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
identified by Information Collection
9000–0025 by any of the following
methods:
• Regulations.gov: https://
www.regulations.gov. Submit comments
via the Federal eRulemaking portal by
inputting ‘‘Information Collection 9000–
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[OMB Control No. 9000-0155; Docket 2011-0079; Sequence 13]
Information Collection; Prohibition on Acquisition of Products
Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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ACTION: Notice of request for comments regarding an extension to an
existing OMB clearance.
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SUMMARY: 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.
DATES: Submit comments on or before: June 28, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Information Collection 9000-
0155 by any of the following methods:
Regulations.gov: https://www.regulations.gov. Submit
comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by inputting ``Information
Collection 9000-0155'' under the heading ``Enter Keyword or ID'' and
selecting ``Search''. Select the link ``Submit a Comment'' that
corresponds with ``Information Collection 9000-0155''. Follow the
instructions provided at the ``Submit a Comment'' screen. Please
include your name, company name (if any), and ``Information Collection
9000-0155'' on your attached document.
Fax: 202-501-4067.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat (MVCB), 1275 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20417. ATTN:
Hada Flowers/IC 9000-0155.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite Information
Collection 9000-0155, in all correspondence related to this collection.
All comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or business
confidential information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Clare McFadden, Procurement
Analyst, Acquisition Policy Division, GSA (202) 501-0044 or e-mail
clare.mcfadden@gsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Purpose
This information collection complies with Executive Order 13126,
Prohibition on Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured
Child Labor, signed by the President on June 12, 1999. Executive Order
13126 requires that this prohibition be enforced within the federal
acquisition system by means of: (1) A provision that requires the
contractor to certify to the contracting officer that the contractor
or, in the case of an incorporated contractor, a responsible official
of the contractor has made a good faith effort to determine whether
forced or indentured child labor was used to mine, produce, or
manufacture any product furnished under the contract and that, on the
basis of those efforts, the contractor is unaware of any such use of
child labor; and (2) A provision that obligates the contractor to
cooperate fully in providing reasonable access to the contractor's
records, documents, persons, or premises if reasonably requested by
authorized officials of the contracting agency, the Department of the
Treasury, or the Department of Justice, for the purpose of determining
whether forced or indentured child labor was used to mine, produce, or
manufacture any product furnished under the contract.
The information collection requirements of the Executive Order are
evidenced via the certification requirements delineated at FAR 22.1505,
52.212-3, 52.222-18, and 52.222-19.
To eliminate some of the administrative burden on offerors who must
submit the same information to various contracting offices, the
Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition
Regulations Council (Councils) decided to amend the Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) to require offerors to submit representations and
certifications electronically via the Business Partner Network (BPN),
unless certain exceptions apply. Online Representations and
Certifications Application (ORCA) is the specific application on the
BPN to replace the paper based Representations and Certifications (Reps
and Certs) process. The change to the FAR is being accomplished by FAR
Case 2002-024. The clearance associated with this case referenced this
OMB Control No. 9000-0155 and reduced the hours of burden by 35%--
attributable to mandated use of ORCA. This reduction is already
reflected in the figures below.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 500.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Hours per Response: 0.325.
Total Burden Hours: 162.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat Branch (MVCB), 1275 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20417, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please
cite OMB Control No. 9000-0155, Prohibition on Acquisition of Products
Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor, in all correspondence.
Dated: April 19, 2011.
Millisa Gary,
Acting Director, Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. 2011-10289 Filed 4-28-11; 8:45 am]
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