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Auction Financial Module, however,
will not be considered the date of
receipt by the winning bidder for
purposes of implementing the
Commission’s rules. Instead, the
winning bidder will be considered to
have received its payment five (5)
business days after the date of the Ready
to Pay Public Notice stating that the
incentive payment for a particular
station with a winning bid is ready to
be disbursed.
9. The U.S. Treasury has authority to
offset federal payments, including
incentive payments, based on
information not available to the
Commission. Consequently, the Auction
Payments component of the CORES
Incentive Auction Financial Module
cannot report information regarding any
such offsets. A winning bidder needing
information regarding any discrepancy
between the amount of its winning bid
and the incentive payment received that
is not accounted for by offsets or
withholdings identified by the
Commission must seek the information
directly from the U.S. Treasury by
calling 1–800–304–3107. Hearing
impaired callers may use the Federal
Relay Service by dialing 1–800–877–
8339 to reach a communications
assistant who will dial the toll free
number.
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III. Processing Reimbursement
Payments
A. Tracking Reimbursement Payments
10. The Commission does not control
the precise date on which the U.S.
Treasury makes each reimbursement
payment or when each reimbursement
payment is received in the account
identified by the Eligible Entity or
becomes available to the account holder.
After a payment is in fact made, the
Auction Payments component of the
CORES Incentive Auction Financial
Module separately will report the U.S.
Treasury scheduled disbursement date
for the payment being made. That date
is provided for purposes of tracking
payments. The Auction Payments
component of the CORES Incentive
Auction Financial Module will also
show the 399 file number, reference
code, and the amount that the FCC
requested be disbursed with respect to
the Facility ID/File Number.
11. The U.S. Treasury has authority to
offset federal payments, including
reimbursement payments, based on
information not available to the
Commission. Consequently, the Auction
Payments component of the CORES
Incentive Auction Financial Module
cannot report information regarding any
such offsets. An Eligible Entity needing
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information regarding any discrepancy
between its approved reimbursement
payment and the amount it actually
received must seek the information
directly from the U.S. Treasury by
calling 1–800–304–3107. Hearing
impaired callers may use the Federal
Relay Service by dialing 1–800–877–
8339 to reach a communications
assistant who will dial the toll free
number.
B. Effects of Ownership Changes
12. Given that the Commission will be
processing reimbursement payments for
several years after the release of the
Closing and Reassignment Public
Notice, a licensee may assign or transfer
a reassigned station before it has
received all of its reimbursement
allotment. If any reassigned station is
the subject of a transaction (i.e.,
assignment or transfer of control) that is
consummated after the release of the
Closing and Reassignment Public Notice
and results in a new FRN for that station
(i.e., results in a new FRN-Facility ID
relationship), FCC staff will deactivate
the bank account information associated
with the station’s pre-consummation
FRN, and will hold the station’s inprocess reimbursement payment(s), if
any, upon acceptance of the
consummation. Once a reimbursement
payment has been processed (i.e.,
submitted to the U.S. Treasury for
disbursement) a freeze will not preclude
transmittal of the processed payment.
To facilitate future reimbursement
payments, the assignee must file a new
reimbursement request and timely
submit a new FCC Form 1876, along
with a bank account verification letter
or redacted bank statement that
confirms ownership of the bank
account. Any delay in submission of a
new FCC Form 1876 may cause a delay
in the disbursement of a reimbursement
payment as directed by the assignee.
13. The assignee also must submit
bank account information in the
Auction Bank Accounts component of
the CORES Incentive Auction Financial
Module even if the bank account
information has not changed as a result
of the ownership change. None of the
station’s payment information
associated with the pre-consummation
FRN will transfer over to the station’s
post-consummation FRN in the Auction
Payments component of the CORES
Incentive Auction Financial Module.
Any pre-consummation payment
information will, however, remain
available to any authorized users via the
pre-consummation FRN account.
Therefore, the assignor and assignee
should address in any transaction
agreement the responsibilities and
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expectations of each party with respect
to reimbursement payments, use of the
FRN accounts related to the transferred
or assigned station(s), and any related
matters.
14. Reimbursement payments will be
disbursed only to an Eligible Entity—
reimbursement payments will not be
disbursed to third parties. As a result,
once the assignment or transfer of a
reassigned station has been
consummated, reimbursement payments
will only be disbursed to the assignee or
transferee. Because an assignment or
transfer of control application could be
granted and the parties could
consummate the transaction while a
reimbursement request is pending, we
strongly encourage licensees of
reassigned stations to account for this
possibility in their transaction
agreements and to consider the status of
pending reimbursement requests when
deciding to consummate a transaction.
Failure to do so may result in a delay
in grant of the assignment or transfer of
control application and/or delay the
Commission’s reimbursement process.
15. Prior to granting and/or accepting
consummation of a post-auction
transaction involving one or more
reassigned stations, the Media Bureau
will provide additional procedural
guidance to the parties involved in the
transaction.
Federal Communications Commission.
Gary D. Michaels,
Deputy Chief, Auctions and Spectrum Access
Division, WTB.
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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meeting
Federal Election Commission.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
at 10:00 a.m. and its continuation at the
conclusion of the open meeting on April
27, 2017.
PLACE: 999 E Street NW., Washington,
DC.
STATUS: This meeting was closed to the
public.
AGENCY:
DATE AND TIME:
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE OF PREVIOUS
ANNOUNCEMENT: 82 FR 18644.
The April 25th
meeting was postponed to April 26th.
THIS MEETING ALSO DISCUSSED:
Information the premature disclosure of
which would be likely to have a
considerable adverse effect on the
implementation of a proposed
Commission action.
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CHANGE IN THE MEETING:
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PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:
Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone:
(202) 694–1220.
Dayna C. Brown,
Secretary and Clerk of the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
[Document Identifier CMS–10418]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing
an opportunity for the public to
comment on CMS’ intention to collect
information from the public. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the
PRA), federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information (including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information) and to allow
60 days for public comment on the
proposed action. Interested persons are
invited to send comments regarding our
burden estimates or any other aspect of
this collection of information, including
any of the following subjects including
the necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions,
the accuracy of the estimated burden,
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected
and the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
DATES: Comments must be received by
July 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: When commenting, please
reference the document identifier or
OMB control number. To be assured
consideration, comments and
recommendations must be submitted in
any one of the following ways:
1. Electronically. You may send your
comments electronically to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for ‘‘Comment or
Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’
to find the information collection
document(s) that are accepting
comments.
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2. By regular mail. You may mail
written comments to the following
address: CMS, Office of Strategic
Operations and Regulatory Affairs,
Division of Regulations Development,
Attention: Document Identifier/OMB
Control Number llll, Room C4–26–
05, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore,
Maryland 21244–1850.
To obtain copies of a supporting
statement and any related forms for the
proposed collection(s) summarized in
this notice, you may make your request
using one of following:
1. Access CMS’ Web site address at
https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-andGuidance/Legislation/Paperwork
ReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing.html.
2. Email your request, including your
address, phone number, OMB number,
and CMS document identifier, to
Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov.
3. Call the Reports Clearance Office at
(410) 786–1326.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Reports Clearance Office at (410) 786–
1326.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Contents
This notice sets out a summary of the
use and burden associated with the
following information collections. More
detailed information can be found in
each collection’s supporting statement
and associated materials (see
ADDRESSES).
CMS–10418 Medical Loss Ratio
Annual Reports, MLR Notices, and
Recordkeeping Requirements
Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520), federal agencies must obtain
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor.
The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is
defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) and includes agency requests
or requirements that members of the
public submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to a third party.
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA
requires federal agencies to publish a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension or reinstatement of an existing
collection of information, before
submitting the collection to OMB for
approval. To comply with this
requirement, CMS is publishing this
notice.
1. Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a currently
approved collection; Title of
Information Collection: Annual MLR
and Rebate Calculation Report and MLR
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Rebate Notices; Use: Under Section
2718 of the Affordable Care Act and
implementing regulation at 45 CFR part
158, a health insurance issuer (issuer)
offering group or individual health
insurance coverage must submit a report
to the Secretary concerning the amount
the issuer spends each year on claims,
quality improvement expenses, nonclaims costs, Federal and State taxes
and licensing and regulatory fees, the
amount of earned premium, and
beginning with the 2014 reporting year,
the amounts related to the transitional
reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk
adjustment programs established under
sections 1341, 1342, and 1343,
respectively, of the Affordable Care Act.
An issuer must provide an annual rebate
if the amount it spends on certain costs
compared to its premium revenue
(excluding Federal and States taxes and
licensing and regulatory fees) does not
meet a certain ratio, referred to as the
medical loss ratio (MLR). Each issuer is
required to submit annually MLR data,
including information about any rebates
it must provide, on a form prescribed by
CMS, for each State in which the issuer
conducts business. Each issuer is also
required to provide a rebate notice to
each policyholder that is owed a rebate
and each subscriber of policyholders
that are owed a rebate for any given
MLR reporting year. Additionally, each
issuer is required to maintain for a
period of seven years all documents,
records and other evidence that support
the data included in each issuer’s
annual report to the Secretary. Under
Section 1342 of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act and
implementing regulation at 45 CFR part
153, issuers of qualified health plans
(QHPs) must participate in a risk
corridors program. A QHP issuer will
pay risk corridors charges or be eligible
to receive payments based on the ratio
of the issuer’s allowable costs to the
target amount. Each QHP issuer is
required to submit an annual report to
CMS concerning the issuer’s allowable
costs, allowable administrative costs,
premium, and proportion of market
premium in QHPs. Risk corridors
premium information that is specific to
an issuer’s QHPs is collected through a
separate plan-level data form, which is
included in this information collection.
Additionally, each QHP issuer is
required to maintain for a period of ten
years all documents, records and other
evidence sufficient to enable the
evaluation of the issuer’s compliance
with applicable risk corridors standards.
Based upon CMS’ experience in the
MLR data collection and evaluation
process, CMS is updating its annual
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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. and its
continuation at the conclusion of the open meeting on April 27, 2017.
PLACE: 999 E Street NW., Washington, DC.
STATUS: This meeting was closed to the public.
FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE OF PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT: 82 FR 18644.
CHANGE IN THE MEETING: The April 25th meeting was postponed to April
26th.
THIS MEETING ALSO DISCUSSED: Information the premature disclosure of
which would be likely to have a considerable adverse effect on the
implementation of a proposed Commission action.
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PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: Judith Ingram, Press Officer,
Telephone: (202) 694-1220.
Dayna C. Brown,
Secretary and Clerk of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017-08912 Filed 4-28-17; 11:15 am]
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