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ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN—Continued
Annual
responses
Form No.
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
BA–11 (Internet)—Negative ........................................................................................................
329
15 ...................
82
Total ......................................................................................................................................
483
........................
189
Additional Information or Comments:
To request more information or to
obtain a copy of the information
collection justification, forms, and/or
supporting material, contact Dana
Hickman at (312) 751–4981 or
Dana.Hickman@RRB.GOV. Comments
regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Brian Foster,
Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North
Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–
1275 or emailed to Brian.Foster@rrb.gov.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Brian D. Foster,
Clearance Officer.
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Agency Forms Submitted for OMB
Review, Request for Comments
Summary: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding
an Information Collection Request (ICR)
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). Our
ICR describes the information we seek
to collect from the public. Review and
approval by OIRA ensures that we
impose appropriate paperwork burdens.
The RRB invites comments on the
proposed collection of information to
determine (1) the practical utility of the
collection; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden of the collection; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information that is the
subject of collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of collections on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments to the RRB or OIRA must
contain the OMB control number of the
ICR. For proper consideration of your
comments, it is best if the RRB and
OIRA receive them within 30 days of
the publication date.
Title and purpose of information
collection: Student Beneficiary
Monitoring; OMB 3220–0123. Under
provisions of the Railroad Retirement
Act (RRA), there are two types of benefit
payments that are based on the status of
a child being in full-time elementary or
secondary school attendance at age 18–
19: (1) A survivor child’s annuity
benefit under Section 2(d)(1)(iii) and (2)
an increase in the employee retirement
annuity under the Special Guaranty
computation as prescribed in section
3(f)(2) and 20 CFR 229.
The survivor student annuity is
usually paid by direct deposit to a
financial institution either into the
student’s checking or savings account or
into a joint bank account with a parent.
The requirements for eligibility as a
student are prescribed in 20 CFR 216.74,
and include students in independent
study and home schooling.
To help determine if a child is
entitled to student benefits, the RRB
requires evidence of full-time school
attendance. This evidence is acquired
through the RRB’s student monitoring
program, which utilizes the following
forms. Form G–315, Student
Questionnaire, obtains certification of a
student’s full-time school attendance as
well as information on the student’s
marital status, social security benefits,
and employment, which are needed to
determine entitlement or continued
entitlement to benefits under the RRA.
Form G–315A, Statement of School
Official, is used to obtain, from a school,
verification of a student’s full-time
attendance when the student fails to
return a monitoring Form G–315. Form
G–315A.1, School Official’s Notice of
Cessation of Full-Time School
Attendance, is used by a school to notify
the RRB that a student has ceased fulltime school attendance.
Previous Requests for Comments: The
RRB has already published the initial
60-day notice (82 FR 55426 on
November 21, 2017) required by 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited
no comments.
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Title: Student Beneficiary Monitoring.
OMB Control Number: 3220–0123.
Form(s) submitted: G–315, G–315a,
G–315a.1.
Type of request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected public: Individuals or
Households.
Abstract: Under the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA), a student benefit
is not payable if the student ceases fulltime school attendance, marries, works
in the railroad industry, has excessive
earnings or attains the upper age limit
under the RRA. The report obtains
information to be used to determine if
benefits should cease or be reduced.
Changes proposed: The RRB proposes
no changes to the forms in this
collection.
The burden estimate for the ICR is as
follows:
Annual
responses
Form No.
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
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G–315 ..........................................................................................................................................
G–315a ........................................................................................................................................
G–315a.1 .....................................................................................................................................
860
20
20
15
3
2
215
1
1
Total ......................................................................................................................................
900
........................
217
Additional Information or Comments:
Copies of the forms and supporting
documents can be obtained from Dana
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Hickman at (312) 751–4981 or
Dana.Hickman@RRB.GOV.
Comments regarding the information
collection should be addressed to Brian
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Foster, Railroad Retirement Board, 844
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois,
60611–1275 or Brian.Foster@rrb.gov and
to the OMB Desk Officer for the RRB,
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Fax: 202–395–6974, Email address:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Brian D. Foster,
Clearance Officer.
[Release No. 34–82543; File No. SR–OCC–
2018–003]
[FR Doc. 2018–01383 Filed 1–25–18; 8:45 am]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
Options Clearing Corporation; Notice
of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness
of Proposed Rule Change To Modify
OCC’s Rules Regarding the Exercise
Procedures for Certain Options on
Futures
BILLING CODE 7905–01–P
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Performance Review Board
Membership
January 19, 2018.
Office of Science and
Technology Policy.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Office of Science and
Technology Policy publishes the names
of the members selected to serve on its
SES Performance Review Board (PRB).
DATES: Membership is applicable on
January 22, 2018.
FOR FUTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Stacy L. Murphy, Operations Manager,
Office of Science and Technology
Policy, 1650 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20504. Telephone 202–
456–6123.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
4314(c) of Title 5, U.S.C. requires each
agency to establish, in accordance with
regulations prescribed by the Office of
Personnel Management, one or more
PRBs. The purpose of this PRB is to
review and make recommendations
concerning proposed performance
appraisals, ratings, bonuses, pay
adjustments, and other appropriate
personnel actions for incumbents of the
SES positions. The Board shall consist
of at least three members and more than
half of the members shall consist of
career appointees. The names and titles
of the PRB members are as follows:
´
Martha M. Gagne, Deputy Associate
Director, Management and
Administration, Office of National Drug
Council Policy;
Jon E. Rice, Associate Director, Office
of Policy, Research, and Budget, Office
of National Drug Council Policy;
Barbara A. Menard, Chief, Health,
Education, Veterans and Social
Programs, Office of Management and
Budget;
Fred L. Ames, Assistant United States
Trade Representative for
Administration, United States Trade
Representative.
Applicability Date: Membership is
applicable on the date of this notice.
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SUMMARY:
Ted Wackler,
Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Director.
[FR Doc. 2018–01331 Filed 1–25–18; 8:45 am]
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Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on January
11, 2018, The Options Clearing
Corporation (‘‘OCC’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule
change as described in Items I, II, and
III below, which Items have been
prepared by OCC. OCC filed the
proposed rule change pursuant to
Section 19(b)(3)(A) 3 of the Act and Rule
19b–4(f)(4)(ii) 4 thereunder so that the
proposal was effective upon filing with
the Commission. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
I. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the
Terms of Substance of the Proposed
Rule Change
This proposed rule change by OCC
concerns modifications to OCC’s Rules
regarding the exercise procedures for
certain options on futures in order to
conform to changes proposed by Nasdaq
Futures, Inc. (‘‘NFX’’), a futures market
for which OCC clears such contracts.
The proposed changes to OCC’s Rules
can be found in Exhibit 5 to the filing.
All terms with initial capitalization that
are not otherwise defined herein have
the same meaning as set forth in the ByLaws and Rules.5
II. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the
Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the
Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission,
OCC included statements concerning
the purpose of and basis for the
proposed rule change and discussed any
comments it received on the proposed
rule change. The text of these statements
may be examined at the places specified
in Item IV below. OCC has prepared
1 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(4)(ii).
5 OCC’s By-Laws and Rules can be found on
OCC’s public website: https://optionsclearing.com/
about/publications/bylaws.jsp.
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summaries, set forth in sections (A), (B),
and (C) below, of the most significant
aspects of these statements.
(A) Clearing Agency’s Statement of the
Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the
Proposed Rule Change
(1) Purpose
The purpose of this proposed rule
change is to amend OCC’s Rules to
permit a futures market that lists certain
options on futures to instruct OCC to:
(1) Eliminate a Clearing Member’s
ability to provide contrary instructions
with respect to such futures options,
and (2) permit automatic exercise of
futures options that are call options and
that settle at exactly the strike price for
the option (i.e., an ‘‘at-the-money’’
futures option). These amendments to
OCC’s Rules would accommodate
certain corresponding amendments to
the rules of NFX, for which OCC clears
relevant futures option contracts, and
would not apply to any options on
security futures to the extent OCC clears
such products in the future.6
Contrary Instructions
NFX has proposed to eliminate the
ability of the holders of certain futures
options contracts to provide ‘‘contrary
instructions’’ or ‘‘contrary exercises’’ to
the futures markets with respect to such
contracts.7 NFX has advised OCC that
the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.
(‘‘NYMEX’’) has already made
comparable changes to its rules for
certain comparable options traded on
NYMEX based on market feedback.8
NFX would like to replicate these
changes for the comparable options
contracts traded on NFX, none of which
are options on security futures.
A contrary instruction allows an
option holder to exercise an ‘‘out-of-themoney’’ option to receive the
underlying futures contract or to
abandon an ‘‘in-the-money’’ option.
Existing OCC Rule 1305 governs the
exercise procedures for American and
European-styled options on futures
cleared by OCC that settle into the
underlying futures contract.
Subparagraph (c) of Rule 1305 provides
6 Options on security futures currently do not
trade on the exchange for which OCC clears
security futures. The proposed rule change would
not apply to any securities, but rather futures
products (i.e., options on futures that are not
security futures) that are subject to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (‘‘CFTC’’). See infra note 16.
7 See SR–NFX–2017–56, filed December 15, 2017
with the CFTC.
8 See NYMEX Submission No. 17–272 filed July
21, 2017 with the CFTC. The filing also amended
the rules of the Commodity Exchange, Inc.
(‘‘COMEX’’) to make comparable changes for certain
options traded on COMEX.
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-01383]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review, Request for Comments
Summary: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding
an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Our ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public.
Review and approval by OIRA ensures that we impose appropriate
paperwork burdens.
The RRB invites comments on the proposed collection of information
to determine (1) the practical utility of the collection; (2) the
accuracy of the estimated burden of the collection; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information that is the
subject of collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
collections on respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments to the
RRB or OIRA must contain the OMB control number of the ICR. For proper
consideration of your comments, it is best if the RRB and OIRA receive
them within 30 days of the publication date.
Title and purpose of information collection: Student Beneficiary
Monitoring; OMB 3220-0123. Under provisions of the Railroad Retirement
Act (RRA), there are two types of benefit payments that are based on
the status of a child being in full-time elementary or secondary school
attendance at age 18-19: (1) A survivor child's annuity benefit under
Section 2(d)(1)(iii) and (2) an increase in the employee retirement
annuity under the Special Guaranty computation as prescribed in section
3(f)(2) and 20 CFR 229.
The survivor student annuity is usually paid by direct deposit to a
financial institution either into the student's checking or savings
account or into a joint bank account with a parent. The requirements
for eligibility as a student are prescribed in 20 CFR 216.74, and
include students in independent study and home schooling.
To help determine if a child is entitled to student benefits, the
RRB requires evidence of full-time school attendance. This evidence is
acquired through the RRB's student monitoring program, which utilizes
the following forms. Form G-315, Student Questionnaire, obtains
certification of a student's full-time school attendance as well as
information on the student's marital status, social security benefits,
and employment, which are needed to determine entitlement or continued
entitlement to benefits under the RRA. Form G-315A, Statement of School
Official, is used to obtain, from a school, verification of a student's
full-time attendance when the student fails to return a monitoring Form
G-315. Form G-315A.1, School Official's Notice of Cessation of Full-
Time School Attendance, is used by a school to notify the RRB that a
student has ceased full-time school attendance.
Previous Requests for Comments: The RRB has already published the
initial 60-day notice (82 FR 55426 on November 21, 2017) required by 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited no comments.
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Title: Student Beneficiary Monitoring.
OMB Control Number: 3220-0123.
Form(s) submitted: G-315, G-315a, G-315a.1.
Type of request: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected public: Individuals or Households.
Abstract: Under the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), a student
benefit is not payable if the student ceases full-time school
attendance, marries, works in the railroad industry, has excessive
earnings or attains the upper age limit under the RRA. The report
obtains information to be used to determine if benefits should cease or
be reduced.
Changes proposed: The RRB proposes no changes to the forms in this
collection.
The burden estimate for the ICR is as follows:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual Time Burden
Form No. responses (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-315........................................................... 860 15 215
G-315a.......................................................... 20 3 1
G-315a.1........................................................ 20 2 1
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Total....................................................... 900 .............. 217
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Additional Information or Comments: Copies of the forms and
supporting documents can be obtained from Dana Hickman at (312) 751-
4981 or [email protected].
Comments regarding the information collection should be addressed
to Brian Foster, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street,
Chicago, Illinois, 60611-1275 or [email protected] and to the OMB
Desk Officer for the RRB,
[[Page 3782]]
Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: [email protected].
Brian D. Foster,
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-01383 Filed 1-25-18; 8:45 am]
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