Sunshine Act Meetings, 64630-64631 [2018-27317]

Download as PDF 64630 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 241 / Monday, December 17, 2018 / Notices investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act. C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others The Exchange has neither solicited nor received written comments on the proposed rule change. IV. Solicitation of Comments III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action Because the proposed rule change does not: (i) Significantly affect the protection of investors or the public interest; (ii) impose any significant burden on competition; and (iii) become operative for 30 days from the date on which it was filed, or such shorter time as the Commission may designate, it has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 39 and Rule 19b– 4(f)(6) thereunder.40 The Exchange has asked the Commission to waive the 30-day operative delay so that the proposal may become operative immediately upon filing. The Commission notes that BZX is requesting approval to list a series of Managed Fund Shares that was previously approved by the Commission to list and trade, and is currently listed and traded, on Arca and that the Exchange has represented that this proposal is substantively identical to the Prior Proposal, and the issuer represents that all material representations contained within the Prior Proposal remain true.41 Accordingly, the Commission believes that the proposal raises no new or novel regulatory issues and that waiver of the 30-day operative delay is consistent with the protection of investors and the public interest. The Commission therefore waives the 30-day operative delay and designates the proposed rule change to be operative upon filing.42 At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule change, the Commission summarily may temporarily suspend such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of 39 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b– 4(f)(6)(iii) requires a self-regulatory organization to give the Commission written notice of its intent to file the proposed rule change, along with a brief description and text of the proposed rule change, at least five business days prior to the date of filing of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time as designated by the Commission. The Exchange has satisfied this requirement. 41 See supra note 7. 42 For purposes only of waiving the 30-day operative delay, the Commission has also considered the proposed rule’s impact on efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 40 17 VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:17 Dec 14, 2018 Jkt 247001 Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods: For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.43 Eduardo A. Aleman, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–27206 Filed 12–14–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Electronic Comments Sunshine Act Meetings • Use the Commission’s internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/ rules/sro.shtml); or • Send an email to rule-comments@ sec.gov. Please include File Number SRCboeBZX–2018–085 on the subject line. TIME AND DATE: Paper Comments • Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549–1090. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–CboeBZX–2018–085. This file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission’s internet website (https://www.sec.gov/ rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for website viewing and printing in the Commission’s Public Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549 on official business days between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All comments received will be posted without change. Persons submitting comments are cautioned that we do not redact or edit personal identifying information from comment submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make available publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR–CboeBZX–2018–085 and should be submitted on or before January 7, 2019. PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, the Securities and Exchange Commission will hold an Open Meeting on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. PLACE: The meeting will be held in Auditorium LL–002 at the Commission’s headquarters, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549. STATUS: This meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. (ET) and will be open to the public. Seating will be on a first-come, firstserved basis. Visitors will be subject to security checks. The meeting will be webcast on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The subject matters of the Open Meeting will be the Commission’s consideration of: • Whether to approve the 2019 budget of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the related annual accounting support fee for the Board under Section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. • Whether to issue a Request for Comment on the nature and content of quarterly reports and earnings releases issued by reporting companies. • Whether to adopt Rule of Practice 194 pursuant to Section 15F(b)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. • Whether to propose rules under Section 15F(i)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that would require security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants to comply with certain risk mitigation techniques with respect to portfolios of security-based swaps not submitted for clearing to a central counterparty. • Whether to adopt rules to implement Section 955 of the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act by requiring disclosure about the ability of a company’s employees or directors to hedge or offset any decrease in the market value of equity securities granted as compensation to, or held directly or indirectly by, an employee or director. 43 17 E:\FR\FM\17DEN1.SGM CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 17DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 241 / Monday, December 17, 2018 / Notices • Whether to propose a new rule and rule amendments to allow funds to acquire shares of other funds (i.e., ‘‘fund of funds’’ arrangements), including arrangements involving exchange-traded funds, without first obtaining exemptive orders from the Commission. At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in the scheduling of meeting items. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: For further information and to ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted, or postponed; please contact Brent J. Fields from the Office of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400. Dated: December 12, 2018. Brent J. Fields, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–27317 Filed 12–13–18; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION [Docket No. SSA–2018–0061] Agreement on Social Security Between the United States and Slovenia; Entry Into Force AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA). ACTION: Notice. We are giving notice that an agreement coordinating the United States (U.S.) and Slovenian social security programs will go into force effective on February 1, 2019. The Agreement with Slovenia, which was signed on January 17, 2017, is similar to U.S. social security agreements already in force with 28 other countries— Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea (South), Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay. Section 233 of the Social Security Act authorizes agreements of this type. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Like the other agreements, the U.S.-Slovenian Agreement eliminates dual social security coverage. This situation exists when a worker from one country works in the other country and has coverage under the social security systems of both countries for the same work. Without such agreements in force, when dual coverage occurs, the worker, the worker’s employer, or both may be required to pay social security contributions to the two countries amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:17 Dec 14, 2018 Jkt 247001 simultaneously. Under the U.S.Slovenian Agreement, a worker who is sent by an employer in one country to work in the other country for 5 or fewer years remains covered only by the sending country. The Agreement includes additional rules that eliminate dual U.S. and Slovenian coverage in other work situations. The Agreement also helps eliminate situations where workers suffer a loss of benefit rights because they have divided their careers between the two countries. Under the Agreement, workers may qualify for partial U.S. benefits or partial Slovenian benefits based on combined (totalized) work credits from both countries. Persons who wish to receive copies of the agreement or who want more information about its provisions may write to the Social Security Administration, Office of Data Exchange, Policy Publications, and International Negotiations, 4700 Annex Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235 or visit the Social Security website at www.socialsecurity.gov/international. The full text of the agreement and its accompanying administrative arrangement are available at https:// www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_ Texts/slovenia.html. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security. [FR Doc. 2018–27166 Filed 12–14–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4191–02–P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD [Docket No. AB 33 (Sub–No. 336X)] Union Pacific Railroad Company— Abandonment Exemption—in Douglas County, Neb. On November 27, 2018, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) filed with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) a petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to abandon an approximately 0.28-mile rail line known as the Omaha Belt Industrial Lead, extending from milepost 485.55 near Grover Street to milepost 485.27, the point switch on the Wimmer Wye just west of Dahlman Avenue, all in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb. (the Line). The Line traverses United States Postal ZIP Codes 68105 and 68107. UP states that it seeks to abandon the Line and sell the track and property to Darling Ingredients, the only shipper on the Line, which plans to use the track and property to support expansion of its plant, and that UP will continue to serve PO 00000 Frm 00116 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 64631 Darling Ingredients in substantially the same manner as it does today. According to UP, based on the information in its possession, the Line does not contain federally granted rights-of-way, and any documentation in UP’s possession will be made available promptly to those requesting it. The interest of railroad employees will be protected by the conditions set forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad— Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). By issuing this notice, the Board is instituting an exemption proceeding pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final decision will be issued by March 15, 2019. Any offer of financial assistance (OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will be due no later than 10 days after service of a decision granting the petition for exemption.1 Each OFA must be accompanied by a $1,800 filing fee. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). All interested persons should be aware that, following abandonment, the Line may be suitable for other public use, including interim trail use. Any request for a public use condition under 49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be due no later than January 3, 2019. Each trail request must be accompanied by a $300 filing fee. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(27). All filings in response to this notice must refer to Docket No. AB 33 (Sub-No. 336X) and must be sent to: (1) Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001; and (2) Jeremy M. Berman, Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1400 Douglas Street, MS #1580, Omaha, NE 68179. Replies to the petition are due on or before January 3, 2019. Persons seeking further information concerning abandonment procedures may contact the Board’s Office of Public Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and Compliance (OPAGAC) at (202) 245– 0238 or refer to the full abandonment regulations at 49 CFR part 1152. Questions concerning environmental issues may be directed to the Board’s 1 The Board modified its OFA procedures effective July 29, 2017. Among other things, the OFA process now requires potential offerors in all abandonment and discontinuance proceedings to file a formal expression of intent to file an offer. The process also requires potential offerors, in their formal expression of intent, to make a preliminary financial responsibility showing based on a calculation using information contained in the carrier’s filing and publicly available information. See Offers of Financial Assistance, EP 729 (STB served June 29, 2017); 82 FR 30,997 (July 5, 2017). E:\FR\FM\17DEN1.SGM 17DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 241 (Monday, December 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64630-64631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27317]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meetings

Time and Date: Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of 
the Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94-409, the Securities and 
Exchange Commission will hold an Open Meeting on Wednesday, December 
19, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.

Place: The meeting will be held in Auditorium LL-002 at the 
Commission's headquarters, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549.

Status: This meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. (ET) and will be open to 
the public. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. 
Visitors will be subject to security checks. The meeting will be 
webcast on the Commission's website at www.sec.gov.

Matters to Be Considered: The subject matters of the Open Meeting will 
be the Commission's consideration of:
     Whether to approve the 2019 budget of the Public Company 
Accounting Oversight Board and the related annual accounting support 
fee for the Board under Section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     Whether to issue a Request for Comment on the nature and 
content of quarterly reports and earnings releases issued by reporting 
companies.
     Whether to adopt Rule of Practice 194 pursuant to Section 
15F(b)(6) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
     Whether to propose rules under Section 15F(i)(2) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that would require security-based swap 
dealers and major security-based swap participants to comply with 
certain risk mitigation techniques with respect to portfolios of 
security-based swaps not submitted for clearing to a central 
counterparty.
     Whether to adopt rules to implement Section 955 of the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act by requiring 
disclosure about the ability of a company's employees or directors to 
hedge or offset any decrease in the market value of equity securities 
granted as compensation to, or held directly or indirectly by, an 
employee or director.

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     Whether to propose a new rule and rule amendments to allow 
funds to acquire shares of other funds (i.e., ``fund of funds'' 
arrangements), including arrangements involving exchange-traded funds, 
without first obtaining exemptive orders from the Commission.
    At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in 
the scheduling of meeting items.

Contact Person for More Information: For further information and to 
ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted, or postponed; 
please contact Brent J. Fields from the Office of the Secretary at 
(202) 551-5400.

    Dated: December 12, 2018.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-27317 Filed 12-13-18; 11:15 am]
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