Distribution of 2014 Cable Royalty Funds, 10281-10282 [2016-04274]
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Title: On the Road to Retirement
Surveys.
Type of Review: New collection of
information.
OMB Number: 1210–NEW.
Respondents: (Annual) 4,963.
Year when Pretesting and Pre-survey
occur: 10,390.
Year 1 of Survey: 4,500.
Year 2 of Survey: 4,075.
Number of Annual Responses: 19,607.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,319
hours.
Total Annualized Capital/Startup
Costs: $0.
Total Annual Costs: $0.
Description: The Department is
planning to undertake a long-term
research study to develop a panel that
will track U. S. households over several
years in order to collect data and answer
important research questions on how
retirement planning strategies and
decisions evolve over time. Relatively
little is known about how people make
planning and financial decisions before
and during retirement. A major hurdle
to retirement research is the lack of data
on how people make these decisions
related to retirement. Gaining insight
into Americans’ decision-making
processes and experiences will provide
policy-makers and the research
community with valuable information
that can be used to guide future policy
and research.
This investigation will explore a set of
research questions on retirement
savings, investment, and drawdown
behavior by conducting a study that
tracks retirees and future retirees over
an extended period. Household reports
of such items as retirement account
contributions and investment
allocations will be combined with
survey responses on planning methods
and strategies and on financial advice
received to perform a cross-sectional
analysis, conditional on other
respondent attributes. Multiple waves of
data drawn from various surveys will be
utilized to analyze how retirement
planning strategies, decisions, and
outcomes evolve over time.
Prior to administering the surveys, the
data collection instruments will be
pretested via cognitive interviews, pilot
surveys, and debriefing of respondents
to the pilot surveys.
I. Focus of Comments
The Department is particularly
interested in comments that:
• Evaluate whether the collections of
information are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
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information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., by permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the ICRs for OMB approval
of the extension of the information
collection; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Joseph S. Piacentini,
Director, Office of Policy and Research,
Employee Benefits Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016–04315 Filed 2–26–16; 8:45 am]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket No. 16–CRB–0009–CD (2014)]
Distribution of 2014 Cable Royalty
Funds
Copyright Royalty Board,
Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice requesting comments.
AGENCY:
The Copyright Royalty Judges
solicit comments on a motion of Phase
I claimants for partial distribution of
2014 cable royalty funds.
DATES: Comments are due on or before
March 30, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Interested claimants must
submit comments to only one of the
following addresses. Unless responding
by email or online, claimants must
submit an original, five paper copies,
and an electronic version on a CD.
Email: crb@loc.gov; or
U.S. mail: Copyright Royalty Board,
P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 20024–
0977; or
Overnight service (only USPS Express
Mail is acceptable): Copyright Royalty
Board, P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC
20024–0977; or
Commercial courier: Address package
to: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of
Congress, James Madison Memorial
Building, LM–403, 101 Independence
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559–
6000. Deliver to: Congressional Courier
Acceptance Site, 2nd Street NE., and D
Street NE., Washington, DC; or
Hand delivery: Library of Congress,
James Madison Memorial Building, LM–
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LaKeshia Keys, Program Specialist, by
telephone at (202) 707–7658 or email at
crb@loc.gov.
Each year
cable systems must submit royalty
payments to the Register of Copyrights
as required by the statutory license set
forth in section 111 of the Copyright Act
for the retransmission to cable
subscribers of over-the-air television
and radio broadcast signals. See 17
U.S.C. 111(d). The Copyright Royalty
Judges (Judges) oversee distribution of
royalties to copyright owners whose
works were included in a qualifying
transmission and who timely filed a
claim for royalties. Allocation of the
royalties collected occurs in one of two
ways.
In the first instance, the Judges may
authorize distribution in accordance
with a negotiated settlement among all
claiming parties. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(A).
If all claimants do not reach agreement
with respect to the royalties, the Judges
must conduct a proceeding to determine
the distribution of any royalties that
remain in controversy. 17 U.S.C.
111(d)(4)(B). Alternatively, the Judges
may, on motion of claimants and on
notice to all interested parties, authorize
a partial distribution of royalties,
reserving on deposit sufficient funds to
resolve identified disputes. 17 U.S.C.
111(d)(4)(C), 801(b)(3)(C).
On February 5, 2016, representatives
of the Phase I claimant categories (the
‘‘Phase I Claimants’’) 1 filed with the
Judges a motion requesting a partial
distribution amounting to 60% of the
2014 cable royalty funds pursuant to
section 801(b)(3)(C) of the Copyright
Act. 17 U.S.C. 801(b)(3)(C). That section
requires that, before ruling on the
motion, the Judges publish a notice in
the Federal Register seeking responses
to the motion for partial distribution to
ascertain whether any claimant entitled
to receive the subject royalties has a
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1 The self-identified ‘‘Phase I Claimants’’ are
Program Suppliers; Joint Sports Claimants; Public
Television Claimants; National Association of
Broadcasters; American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers; Broadcast Music, Inc.;
SESAC, Inc.; Canadian Claimants Group; National
Public Radio; and Devotional Claimants. In what
has been known as Phase I of a cable royalty
distribution proceeding, the Judges allocate
royalties among certain categories of claimants
whose broadcast programming has been
retransmitted by cable systems. The ‘‘Phase I
Claimants’’ who are the moving parties in this
requested partial distribution represent traditional
claimant categories. The Judges have not and do not
by this notice determine the universe of claimant
categories for 2014 cable retransmission royalties.
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reasonable objection to the requested
distribution.
Accordingly, this Notice seeks
comments from interested claimants on
whether any reasonable objection exists
that would preclude the distribution of
60% of the 2014 cable royalty funds to
the Phase I Claimants. Parties objecting
to the partial distribution must advise
the Judges of the existence and extent of
all objections by the end of the comment
period. The Judges will not consider any
objections with respect to the partial
distribution motion that come to their
attention after the close of the comment
period.
The Judges have caused the Motion of
the Phase I Claimants for Partial
Distribution to be posted on the
Copyright Royalty Board Web site at
https://www.loc.gov/crb.
Suzanne M. Barnett,
Chief U.S. Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2016–04274 Filed 2–26–16; 8:45 am]
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION
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Sunshine Act Meeting
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS:
Mississippi River Commission
TIME AND DATE: 9:00 a.m., April 11, 2016.
PLACE: On board MISSISSIPPI V at City
Front, Cairo, Illinois.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: (1)
Summary report by President of the
Commission on national and regional
issues affecting the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers and Commission programs
and projects on the Mississippi River
and its tributaries; (2) District
Commander’s overview of current
project issues within the St. Louis and
Memphis Districts; and (3) Presentations
by local organizations and members of
the public giving views or comments on
any issue affecting the programs or
projects of the Commission and the
Corps of Engineers.
TIME AND DATE: 9:00 a.m., April 12, 2016.
PLACE: On board MISSISSIPPI V at
Beale Street Landing, Memphis,
Tennessee.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: (1)
Summary report by President of the
Commission on national and regional
issues affecting the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers and Commission programs
and projects on the Mississippi River
and its tributaries; (2) District
Commander’s overview of current
project issues within the Memphis
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District; and (3) Presentations by local
organizations and members of the
public giving views or comments on any
issue affecting the programs or projects
of the Commission and the Corps of
Engineers.
TIME AND DATE: 9:00 a.m., April 13, 2016.
PLACE: On board MISSISSIPPI V at City
Front, Lake Providence, Louisiana
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: (1)
Summary report by President of the
Commission on national and regional
issues affecting the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers and Commission programs
and projects on the Mississippi River
and its tributaries; (2) District
Commander’s overview of current
project issues within the Vicksburg
District; and (3) Presentations by local
organizations and members of the
public giving views or comments on any
issue affecting the programs or projects
of the Commission and the Corps of
Engineers.
TIME AND DATE: 9:00 a.m., April 15, 2016.
PLACE: On board MISSISSIPPI V at City
Dock, New Orleans, Louisiana.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: ((1)
Summary report by President of the
Commission on national and regional
issues affecting the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers and Commission programs
and projects on the Mississippi River
and its tributaries; (2) District
Commander’s overview of current
project issues within the New Orleans
District; and (3) Presentations by local
organizations and members of the
public giving views or comments on any
issue affecting the programs or projects
of the Commission and the Corps of
Engineers.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Mr. Charles A. Camillo, telephone 601–
634–7023.
Charles A. Camillo,
Director, Mississippi River Commission.
[FR Doc. 2016–04490 Filed 2–25–16; 4:22 pm]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meeting
February 29, March 7, 14, 21, 28,
April 4, 2016.
PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference
Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland.
STATUS: Public and Closed.
DATE:
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Thursday, March 3, 2016
9:30 a.m. Briefing on NRC
International Activities (Closed—
Ex. 1&9).
Friday, March 4, 2016
10:00 a.m. Meeting with Advisory
Committee on Reactor Safeguards
(Public Meeting); (Contact: Mark
Banks: 301–415–3718)
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/.
Week of March 7, 2016—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of March 7, 2016.
Week of March 14, 2016—Tentative
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
9:00 a.m. Briefing on Power Reactor
Decommissioning Rulemaking
(Public Meeting); (Contact: Jason
Carneal: 301–415–1451).
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/.
Thursday, March 17, 2016
9:30 a.m. Meeting with the Advisory
Committee on the Medical Uses of
Isotopes (Public Meeting); (Contact:
Douglas Bollock: 301–415–6609)
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/.
Week of March 21, 2016—Tentative
There are no meetings scheduled for
the week of March 21, 2016.
Week of March 28, 2016—Tentative
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
9:30 a.m. Briefing on Project Aim
(Public Meeting); (Contact: Janelle
Jessie: 301–415–6775)
This meeting will be webcast live at
the Web address—https://www.nrc.gov/.
Week of April 4, 2016—Tentative
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
3:00 p.m. Discussion of Management
and Personnel Issues (Closed—Ex.
2&6).
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
9:30 a.m. Briefing on Security Issues
(Closed Ex. 1).
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016
9:30 a.m. Briefing on Threat
Environment Assessment (Closed
Ex. 1)
The schedule for Commission
meetings is subject to change on short
notice. For more information or to verify
the status of meetings, contact Denise
McGovern at 301–415–0681 or via email
at Denise.McGovern@nrc.gov.
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 39 (Monday, February 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10281-10282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04274]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket No. 16-CRB-0009-CD (2014)]
Distribution of 2014 Cable Royalty Funds
AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice requesting comments.
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SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges solicit comments on a motion of
Phase I claimants for partial distribution of 2014 cable royalty funds.
DATES: Comments are due on or before March 30, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Interested claimants must submit comments to only one of the
following addresses. Unless responding by email or online, claimants
must submit an original, five paper copies, and an electronic version
on a CD.
Email: crb@loc.gov; or
U.S. mail: Copyright Royalty Board, P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC
20024-0977; or
Overnight service (only USPS Express Mail is acceptable): Copyright
Royalty Board, P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 20024-0977; or
Commercial courier: Address package to: Copyright Royalty Board,
Library of Congress, James Madison Memorial Building, LM-403, 101
Independence Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559-6000. Deliver to:
Congressional Courier Acceptance Site, 2nd Street NE., and D Street
NE., Washington, DC; or
Hand delivery: Library of Congress, James Madison Memorial
Building, LM-401, 101 Independence Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559-
6000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaKeshia Keys, Program Specialist, by
telephone at (202) 707-7658 or email at crb@loc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year cable systems must submit royalty
payments to the Register of Copyrights as required by the statutory
license set forth in section 111 of the Copyright Act for the
retransmission to cable subscribers of over-the-air television and
radio broadcast signals. See 17 U.S.C. 111(d). The Copyright Royalty
Judges (Judges) oversee distribution of royalties to copyright owners
whose works were included in a qualifying transmission and who timely
filed a claim for royalties. Allocation of the royalties collected
occurs in one of two ways.
In the first instance, the Judges may authorize distribution in
accordance with a negotiated settlement among all claiming parties. 17
U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(A). If all claimants do not reach agreement with
respect to the royalties, the Judges must conduct a proceeding to
determine the distribution of any royalties that remain in controversy.
17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(B). Alternatively, the Judges may, on motion of
claimants and on notice to all interested parties, authorize a partial
distribution of royalties, reserving on deposit sufficient funds to
resolve identified disputes. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(C), 801(b)(3)(C).
On February 5, 2016, representatives of the Phase I claimant
categories (the ``Phase I Claimants'') \1\ filed with the Judges a
motion requesting a partial distribution amounting to 60% of the 2014
cable royalty funds pursuant to section 801(b)(3)(C) of the Copyright
Act. 17 U.S.C. 801(b)(3)(C). That section requires that, before ruling
on the motion, the Judges publish a notice in the Federal Register
seeking responses to the motion for partial distribution to ascertain
whether any claimant entitled to receive the subject royalties has a
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reasonable objection to the requested distribution.
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\1\ The self-identified ``Phase I Claimants'' are Program
Suppliers; Joint Sports Claimants; Public Television Claimants;
National Association of Broadcasters; American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers; Broadcast Music, Inc.; SESAC, Inc.; Canadian
Claimants Group; National Public Radio; and Devotional Claimants. In
what has been known as Phase I of a cable royalty distribution
proceeding, the Judges allocate royalties among certain categories
of claimants whose broadcast programming has been retransmitted by
cable systems. The ``Phase I Claimants'' who are the moving parties
in this requested partial distribution represent traditional
claimant categories. The Judges have not and do not by this notice
determine the universe of claimant categories for 2014 cable
retransmission royalties.
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Accordingly, this Notice seeks comments from interested claimants
on whether any reasonable objection exists that would preclude the
distribution of 60% of the 2014 cable royalty funds to the Phase I
Claimants. Parties objecting to the partial distribution must advise
the Judges of the existence and extent of all objections by the end of
the comment period. The Judges will not consider any objections with
respect to the partial distribution motion that come to their attention
after the close of the comment period.
The Judges have caused the Motion of the Phase I Claimants for
Partial Distribution to be posted on the Copyright Royalty Board Web
site at https://www.loc.gov/crb.
Suzanne M. Barnett,
Chief U.S. Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2016-04274 Filed 2-26-16; 8:45 am]
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