Notice of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) Credit Reduction Applicable in 2018, 59418-59419 [2018-25456]
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pursuant to section 131 of the Trade Act
of 1974, requested that the Commission
provide a report containing its advice as
to the probable economic effect of
providing duty-free treatment for
imports of currently dutiable products
from the EU on (i) industries in the
United States producing like or directly
competitive products, and (ii)
consumers. The USTR asked that the
Commission’s analysis consider each
article in chapters 1 through 97 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTS) for which U.S.
tariffs will remain, taking into account
implementation of U.S. commitments in
the World Trade Organization. The
USTR asked that the advice be based on
the HTS in effect during 2018 and trade
data for 2017.
In addition, the USTR requested that
the Commission prepare an assessment,
as described in section
105(a)(2)(B)(i)(III) of the Bipartisan
Congressional Trade Priorities and
Accountability Act of 2015, of the
probable economic effects of eliminating
tariffs on imports from the EU of those
agricultural products described in the
list attached to the USTR’s request letter
on (i) industries in the United States
producing the products concerned, and
(ii) the U.S. economy as a whole. The
USTR’s request letter and list of
agricultural products are posted on the
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the USTR requested that the
Commission assume that the United
Kingdom will no longer be a Member
State of the EU. The USTR indicated
that those sections of the Commission’s
report that relate to the advice and
assessment of probable economic effects
will be classified. The USTR also
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will provide its report to USTR as soon
as possible, which is March 19, 2019.
Public Hearing: A public hearing in
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be held at the U.S. International Trade
Commission Building, 500 E Street SW,
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on Tuesday, December 18, 2018.
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December 6, 2018, in accordance with
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submissions must conform to the
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Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8
and the Commission’s Handbook on
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all of the confidential business
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this investigation in the report it sends
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By order of the Commission.
Issued: November 20, 2018.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Notice of the Federal Unemployment
Tax Act (FUTA) Credit Reduction
Applicable in 2018
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Sections 3302(c)(2)(A) and
3302(d)(3) of the FUTA provide that
employers in a State that has
outstanding advances under Title XII of
the Social Security Act on January 1 of
two or more consecutive years are
subject to a reduction in credits
otherwise available against the FUTA
tax for the calendar year in which the
most recent such January 1 occurs, if
advances remain on November 10 of
that year. Further, Section 3302(c)(2)(C)
of FUTA provides for an additional
credit reduction for a year if a State has
outstanding advances on five or more
SUMMARY:
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consecutive January firsts and has a
balance on November 10 for such years.
Section 3302(c)(2)(C) also provides for
waiver of this additional credit
reduction and substitution of the credit
reduction provided in Section
3302(c)(2)(B) if a state meets certain
conditions.
California and the United States
Virgin Islands were potentially liable for
the additional credit reduction under
Section 3302(c)(2)(C) of FUTA and
applied for the available waiver. It has
been determined that each one met all
of the criteria of the section necessary to
qualify for the waiver of the additional
credit reduction. Further, the additional
credit reduction of Section 3302(c)(2)(B)
is zero for California and the Virgin
Islands for 2018. California repaid its
outstanding advances prior to November
10, 2018; hence there will be no FUTA
credit reduction for the State’s
employers. Employers in the Virgin
Islands will have no additional credit
reduction applied for calendar year
2018. However, as a result of having
outstanding advances on each January 1
of 2010 through 2018 as well as on
November 10, 2018, employers in the
Virgin Islands are subject to a FUTA
credit reduction of 2.4 percent in 2018.
Molly E. Conway,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Request for Letters of Intent To Apply
for 2019 Pro Bono Innovation Fund
Grants
Legal Services Corporation.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Legal Services
Corporation (LSC) issues this Notice
describing the conditions for submitting
a Letters of Intent (LOI) to Apply for
2019 Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants.
This notice and application information
are posted at www.lsc.gov/pbifgrants.
DATES: Letters of Intent must be
submitted by Wednesday, January 23,
2019 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: Letters of Intent must be
submitted electronically through https://
lscgrants.lsc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
more information about current Pro
Bono Innovation Fund projects, please
contact Mytrang Nguyen, Program
Counsel, (202) 295–1564 or nguyenm@
lsc.gov. For general questions about the
Pro Bono Innovation Fund application
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process, please email
probonoinnovation@lsc.gov. For
technical questions or issues with the
LSC Grants online application system,
please email techsupport@lsc.gov.
The Legal
Services Corporation (LSC) issues this
Notice describing the conditions for
submitting a Letter of Intent to Apply
(LOI) for 2019 Pro Bono Innovation
Fund grants. This notice and
application information are posted at
www.lsc.gov/pbifgrants.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
Since 2014, Congress has provided an
annual appropriation to LSC ‘‘for a Pro
Bono Innovation Fund.’’ See, e.g.,
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017,
Public Law 115–31, 131 Stat. 135
(2017). LSC requested these funds for
grants to ‘‘develop, test, and replicate
innovative pro bono efforts that can
enable LSC grantees to expand clients’
access to high quality legal assistance.’’
LSC Budget Request, Fiscal Year 2014 at
26 (2013). The grants must involve
innovations that are either ‘‘new ideas’’
or ‘‘new applications of existing best
practices.’’ Id. Each grant would ‘‘either
serve as a model for other legal services
providers to follow or effectively
replicate a prior innovation. Id. The
Senate Appropriations Committee
explained that these funds ‘‘will support
innovative projects that promote and
enhance pro bono initiatives throughout
the Nation,’’ and the House
Appropriations Committee directed LSC
‘‘to increase the involvement of private
attorneys in the delivery of legal
services to [LSC-eligible] clients.’’
Senate Report 114–239 at 123 (2016),
House Report 113–448 at 85 (2014).
LSC sought these funds based on the
2012 recommendation of the LSC Pro
Bono Task Force. Since its inception,
the Pro Bono Innovation Fund has
advanced LSC’s goal of increasing the
quantity and quality of legal services by
funding projects that more efficiently
and effectively involve pro bono
volunteers in serving the critical unmet
legal needs of LSC-eligible clients. In
2017, LSC built on these successes by
creating three funding categories to
better focus on innovations serving
unmet and well-defined client needs
(Project Grants), on building
comprehensive and effective pro bono
programs through new applications of
existing best practices (Transformation
Grants), and on providing continued
development support for the most
promising innovations (Sustainability
Grants).
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II. Funding Opportunities Information
A. Eligible Applicants
To be eligible for the Pro Bono
Innovation Fund’s Project,
Sustainability, and Transformation
grants, Applicants must be current
grantees of LSC Basic Field-General,
Basic Field-Migrant, or Basic FieldNative American grants. In addition,
Sustainability Grant Applicants must
also be a former or current Pro Bono
Innovation Fund grantee from the FY17
grant making cycle.
B. Pro Bono Innovation Fund Purpose
and Key Goals
Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants
develop, test, and replicate innovative
pro bono efforts that can enable LSC
grantees to use pro bono volunteers to
serve larger numbers of low-income
clients and improve the quality and
effectiveness of the services provided.
The key goals of the Pro Bono
Innovation Fund are to:
1. Address gaps in the delivery of
legal services to low-income people;
2. Engage more lawyers and other
volunteers in pro bono service;
3. Develop, test, and replicate
innovative pro bono efforts.
C. Funding Opportunities
1. Project Grants
The goal of Pro Bono Innovation Fund
Project Grants is to leverage volunteers
to meet a critical, unmet and welldefined client need. Consistent with the
key goals of the Pro Bono Innovation
Fund, applicants are encouraged to
focus on engaging volunteers to increase
free civil legal aid for low-income
Americans by proposing new, replicable
ideas. Applicants are strongly
encouraged to research prior successful
Pro Bono Innovation Fund projects and
Sustainability Grants to replicate, adapt,
or create enhancements to prior
effective pro bono projects. LSC will be
particularly receptive to applications
that propose to replicate projects LSC
has previously funded with
‘‘Sustainability’’ Grants. Our
Sustainability Grants have included:
• Community-based partnerships,
like the Medical-Legal Partnership of
Community Legal Aid, Inc. (MA) or the
school-based clinic of Legal Aid of West
Virginia, Inc., that work with law firms
to provide legal services where clients
are located;
• Court-based partnerships, like those
at Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc., and
Legal Services Law Line of Vermont,
Inc., that use pro bono volunteers to
provide same-day, in-court
representation and legal assistance;
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) Credit
Reduction Applicable in 2018
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Sections 3302(c)(2)(A) and 3302(d)(3) of the FUTA provide that
employers in a State that has outstanding advances under Title XII of
the Social Security Act on January 1 of two or more consecutive years
are subject to a reduction in credits otherwise available against the
FUTA tax for the calendar year in which the most recent such January 1
occurs, if advances remain on November 10 of that year. Further,
Section 3302(c)(2)(C) of FUTA provides for an additional credit
reduction for a year if a State has outstanding advances on five or
more
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consecutive January firsts and has a balance on November 10 for such
years. Section 3302(c)(2)(C) also provides for waiver of this
additional credit reduction and substitution of the credit reduction
provided in Section 3302(c)(2)(B) if a state meets certain conditions.
California and the United States Virgin Islands were potentially
liable for the additional credit reduction under Section 3302(c)(2)(C)
of FUTA and applied for the available waiver. It has been determined
that each one met all of the criteria of the section necessary to
qualify for the waiver of the additional credit reduction. Further, the
additional credit reduction of Section 3302(c)(2)(B) is zero for
California and the Virgin Islands for 2018. California repaid its
outstanding advances prior to November 10, 2018; hence there will be no
FUTA credit reduction for the State's employers. Employers in the
Virgin Islands will have no additional credit reduction applied for
calendar year 2018. However, as a result of having outstanding advances
on each January 1 of 2010 through 2018 as well as on November 10, 2018,
employers in the Virgin Islands are subject to a FUTA credit reduction
of 2.4 percent in 2018.
Molly E. Conway,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-25456 Filed 11-21-18; 8:45 am]
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