2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is being provided that the Securities and Exchange Commission Asset Management Advisory Committee (``AMAC'') will hold a public meeting on December 1, 2020, by remote means. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. (ET) and will be open to the public via webcast on the Commission's website at www.sec.gov. Persons needing special accommodations to take part because of a disability should notify the contact person listed below. The public is invited to submit written statements to the Committee. The meeting will include a discussion of matters in the asset management industry relating to the Private Investments Subcommittee; the ESG Subcommittee, including potential recommendations from that Subcommittee; and the Diversity & Inclusion Subcommittee, including a panel discussion on improving diversity and inclusion. The meeting will also include a discussion of AMAC's administrative matters during a portion of the meeting that will not be open to the public.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is establishing in regulation its processes and procedures for issuing guidance documents. This final rulemaking will implement the mandates of Executive Order 13891, Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents.

This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's regulation on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single- Employer Plans to prescribe certain interest assumptions under the regulation for plans with valuation dates in December 2020. These interest assumptions are used for paying certain benefits under terminating single-employer plans covered by the pension insurance system administered by PBGC.

The Commission is recognizing a recently filed Postal Service notice concerning minor classification changes to the Mail Classification Schedule related to International Mail. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Science Committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Committee reports to the NAC. The meeting will be held for the purpose of soliciting, from the scientific community and other persons, scientific and technical information relevant to program planning.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of New York dated 11/6/2020. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 08/24/2020.

The invention listed below is owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and is available for licensing to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Foreign patent applications are filed on selected inventions to extend market coverage for companies and may also be available for licensing.

We are announcing a meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress. The committee advises NARA on the full range of programs, policies, and plans for the Center for Legislative Archives in the Office of Legislative Archives, Presidential Libraries, and Museum Services (LPM).

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, AmeriCorps is proposing a new information collection.

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DoD has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of North Dakota (FEMA-4565-DR), dated October 2, 2020, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Florida (FEMA-4564-DR), dated September 23, 2020, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Alabama (FEMA-4563-DR), dated September 20, 2020, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Oregon (FEMA-4562-DR), dated September 15, 2020, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of California (FEMA-4558-DR), dated August 22, 2020, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of North Carolina (FEMA-4543-DR), dated May 8, 2020, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of North Carolina (FEMA-4412-DR), dated January 31, 2019, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of Mississippi (FEMA-3548-EM), dated October 8, 2020, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of Florida (FEMA-3546-EM), dated September 15, 2020, and related determinations.

This notice amends the notice of an emergency declaration for the State of North Carolina (FEMA-3534-EM), dated August 2, 2020, and related determinations.

Effective September 2018, the U.S. Trade Representative imposed additional duties on goods of China with an annual trade value of approximately $200 billion as part of the action in the Section 301 investigation of China's acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation. The U.S. Trade Representative initiated a product exclusion process in June 2019, and interested persons have submitted requests for the exclusion of specific products. This notice announces the U.S. Trade Representative's determination to make one technical amendment to a previously announced exclusion.