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through (8) of this section, they may
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which include, but are not limited to:
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loans that cannot meet paragraphs (a)(1)
through (8) of this section must
demonstrate its ability by submitting
appropriate documentation, examples of
which include but are not limited to:
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(11) The financial requirements for
non-supervised lenders not covered in
paragraph (a)(8), must have:
(i) A minimum adjusted net worth of
$250,000, or $50,000 in working capital
plus one percent of the total volume in
excess of $25 million in guaranteed
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during the lender’s prior fiscal year, up
to a maximum required adjusted net
worth of $2.5 million, and
(ii) One or more lines of credit with
a minimum aggregate of one million
dollars.
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required by the Agency to be reviewed
every two years for lender participation
and,
(24) Provide evidence that principal
officers have a minimum of two years of
experience in originating or servicing
guaranteed mortgage loans as
recommended in OMB Circular A–129.
Subpart C—Loan Requirements
§ 3555.105
[Amended]
3. Amend § 3555.105 paragraph (b) by
removing paragraphs (b)(4) and (5) and
redesignating paragraph (b)(6) as (b)(4).
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(9) Applicants with delinquent child
support payments subject to collection
by administrative offset are ineligible
unless the payments are brought
current, the debt is paid in full, or
otherwise satisfied.
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Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
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BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 310
RIN 3084–AA98
Telemarketing Sales Rule Fees
Federal Trade Commission.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Federal Trade
Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) is
amending its Telemarketing Sales Rule
(‘‘TSR’’) by updating the fees charged to
entities accessing the National Do Not
Call Registry (the ‘‘Registry’’) as
required by the Do-Not-Call Registry Fee
Extension Act of 2007.
DATES: This final rule is effective
October 1, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Copies of this document are
available on the internet at the
Commission’s website: https://
www.ftc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ami
Joy Dziekan (202–326–2648), Bureau of
Consumer Protection, Federal Trade
Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Room CC–9225, Washington, DC
20580.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To comply
with the Do-Not-Call Registry Fee
Extension Act of 2007 (15 U.S.C. 6152)
(the ‘‘Act’’), the Commission is
amending the TSR by updating the fees
entities are charged for accessing the
Registry as follows: the revised rule
increases the annual fee for access to the
Registry for each area code of data from
$69 to $75 per area code; and increases
the maximum amount that will be
charged to any single entity for
accessing area codes of data from
$19,017 to $20,740. Entities may add
area codes during the second six months
of their annual subscription period and
the fee for those additional area codes
increases from $35 to $38.
These increases are in accordance
with the Act, which specifies that
beginning after fiscal year 2009, the
dollar amounts charged shall be
increased by an amount equal to the
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amounts specified in the Act, multiplied
by the percentage (if any) by which the
average of the monthly consumer price
index (for all urban consumers
published by the Department of Labor)
(‘‘CPI’’) for the most recently ended 12month period ending on June 30
exceeds the CPI for the 12-month period
ending June 30, 2008. The Act also
states any increase shall be rounded to
the nearest dollar and there shall be no
increase in the dollar amounts if the
change in the CPI since the last fee
increase is less than one percent. For
fiscal year 2009, the Act specified that
the original annual fee for access to the
Registry for each area code of data was
$54 per area code, or $27 per area code
of data during the second six months of
an entity’s annual subscription period,
and that the maximum amount that
would be charged to any single entity
for accessing area codes of data would
be $14,850.
The determination whether a fee
change is required and the amount of
the fee change involves a two-step
process. First, to determine whether a
fee change is required, we measure the
change in the CPI from the time of the
previous increase in fees. There was an
increase in the fees for fiscal year 2022.
Accordingly, we calculated the change
in the CPI since last year, and the
increase was 9.10 percent. Because this
change is over the one percent
threshold, the fees will change for fiscal
year 2023.
Second, to determine how much the
fees should increase this fiscal year, we
use the calculation specified by the Act
set forth above: the percentage change in
the baseline CPI applied to the original
fees for fiscal year 2009. The average
value of the CPI for July 1, 2007, to June
30, 2008y, was 211.702; the average
value for July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022,
was 296.311, an increase of 39.97
percent. Applying the 39.97 percent
increase to the base amount from fiscal
year 2009 leads to a $75 fee for access
to a single area code of data for a full
year for fiscal year 2023, an increase of
$6 from last year. The actual amount is
$75.42 but when rounded, pursuant to
the Act, $75 is the appropriate fee. The
fee for accessing an additional area code
for a half year increases by three dollars
to $38 (rounded from $37.71). The
maximum amount charged increases to
$20,740 (rounded from $20,739.95).
Administrative Procedure Act;
Regulatory Flexibility Act; Paperwork
Reduction Act. The revisions to the Fee
Rule are technical in nature and merely
incorporate statutory changes to the
TSR. These statutory changes have been
adopted without change or
interpretation, making public comment
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unnecessary. Therefore, the Commission
has determined that the notice and
comment requirements of the
Administrative Procedure Act do not
apply. See 5 U.S.C. 553(b). For this
reason, the requirements of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act also do not
apply. See 5 U.S.C. 603, 604.
Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, the Office of
Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’)
approved the information collection
requirements in the Amended TSR and
assigned the following existing OMB
Control Number: 3084–0169. The
amendments outlined in this Final Rule
pertain only to the fee provision
(§ 310.8) of the Amended TSR and will
not establish or alter any record
keeping, reporting, or third-party
disclosure requirements elsewhere in
the Amended TSR.
List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 310
Advertising, Consumer protection,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Telephone, Trade
practices.
Accordingly, the Federal Trade
Commission amends part 310 of title 16
of the Code of Federal Regulations as
follows:
PART 310—TELEMARKETING SALES
RULE
1. The authority citation for part 310
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 6101–6108; 15 U.S.C.
6151–6155.
2. In § 310.8, revise paragraphs (c) and
(d) to read as follows:
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§ 310.8 Fee for access to the National Do
Not Call Registry.
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(c) The annual fee, which must be
paid by any person prior to obtaining
access to the National Do Not Call
Registry, is $75 for each area code of
data accessed, up to a maximum of
$20,740; provided, however, that there
shall be no charge to any person for
accessing the first five area codes of
data, and provided further, that there
shall be no charge to any person
engaging in or causing others to engage
in outbound telephone calls to
consumers and who is accessing area
codes of data in the National Do Not
Call Registry if the person is permitted
to access, but is not required to access,
the National Do Not Call Registry under
47 CFR 64.1200, or any other Federal
regulation or law. No person may
participate in any arrangement to share
the cost of accessing the National Do
Not Call Registry, including any
arrangement with any telemarketer or
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service provider to divide the costs to
access the registry among various clients
of that telemarketer or service provider.
(d) Each person who pays, either
directly or through another person, the
annual fee set forth in paragraph (c) of
this section, each person excepted
under paragraph (c) from paying the
annual fee, and each person excepted
from paying an annual fee under
§ 310.4(b)(1)(iii)(B), will be provided a
unique account number that will allow
that person to access the registry data
for the selected area codes at any time
for the twelve month period beginning
on the first day of the month in which
the person paid the fee (‘‘the annual
period’’). To obtain access to additional
area codes of data during the first six
months of the annual period, each
person required to pay the fee under
paragraph (c) of this section must first
pay $75 for each additional area code of
data not initially selected. To obtain
access to additional area codes of data
during the second six months of the
annual period, each person required to
pay the fee under paragraph (c) of this
section must first pay $38 for each
additional area code of data not initially
selected. The payment of the additional
fee will permit the person to access the
additional area codes of data for the
remainder of the annual period.
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By direction of the Commission.
Joel Christie,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022–18772 Filed 8–30–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
22 CFR Part 41
[Public Notice: 11809]
RIN 1400–AE71
Visas: Eligibility for Diplomatic Visa
Issuance In the United States
Department of State.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This rule is promulgated to
add categories of nonimmigrants who
may be issued nonimmigrant visas in
the United States. This amendment will
add a limited category of nonimmigrants
who are born in the United States, but
not subject to the jurisdiction thereof, to
noncitizens maintaining A–1, A–2, C–2,
C–3, G–1, G–3, G–4, or NATO
nonimmigrant status and properly
classifiable as such. The goal of these
revisions is to codify the longstanding
policy allowing such children to be
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issued diplomatic visas domestically to
document their entitlement to A, C, G,
or NATO nonimmigrant status.
DATES: This rule is effective August 31,
2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrea Lage, Acting Senior Regulatory
Coordinator, Visa Services, Bureau of
Consular Affairs, 600 19th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20522, 202–485–7586,
VisaRegs@state.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
What changes to 22 CFR 41.111 does
the Department propose?
This rule amends the regulation
identifying categories of nonimmigrants
who may be issued nonimmigrant visas
in the United States, by adding a limited
category of nonimmigrants who are born
in the United States, but not subject to
the jurisdiction thereof, as they were
born to certain nonimmigrants
maintaining A–1, A–2, C–2, C–3, G–1,
G–3, G–4, or NATO status and properly
classifiable as such.
Prior to this amendment, the
regulation identifying categories of
noncitizens authorized to obtain
diplomatic nonimmigrant visas in the
United States limited issuance to
noncitizens ‘‘currently maintaining
status’’ and ‘‘properly classifiable’’ in
the A, C–2, C–3, G, or NATO
nonimmigrant visa categories, and
required that the noncitizens have
evidence that they have ‘‘been lawfully
admitted in that status or have, after
admission, had their classification
changed to that status’’ and their
‘‘period of authorized stay in the United
Sates in that status has not yet expired.’’
22 CFR 41.111(b)(1). The Department of
State determines whether a noncitizen
is maintaining A or G status, the most
common visa categories impacted for
purposes of the present rule. (See e.g.,
8 CFR 214.2(a)(1) and (g)(1), which
provide that A and G nonimmigrants are
admitted to the United States by the
Department of Homeland Security for
the ‘‘duration of the period for which
the alien continues to be recognized by
the Secretary of State as being entitled
to that status.’’) Noncitizens previously
admitted to the United States who are
seeking domestic visa issuance satisfy
the requirement, set out in the amended
regulation, that they have been
‘‘admitted [to the United States] in [A,
C, G, or NATO] status’’ or have ‘‘had
their classification changed to [A, C, G,
or NATO] status’’ by providing
documentation from the Department of
Homeland Security, such as an I–94.
Children born in the United States to
parents maintaining certain A or G
nonimmigrant status and benefiting
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 310
RIN 3084-AA98
Telemarketing Sales Rule Fees
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (the ``Commission'') is amending
its Telemarketing Sales Rule (``TSR'') by updating the fees charged to
entities accessing the National Do Not Call Registry (the ``Registry'')
as required by the Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007.
DATES: This final rule is effective October 1, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Copies of this document are available on the internet at the
Commission's website: https://www.ftc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ami Joy Dziekan (202-326-2648), Bureau
of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Room CC-9225, Washington, DC 20580.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To comply with the Do-Not-Call Registry Fee
Extension Act of 2007 (15 U.S.C. 6152) (the ``Act''), the Commission is
amending the TSR by updating the fees entities are charged for
accessing the Registry as follows: the revised rule increases the
annual fee for access to the Registry for each area code of data from
$69 to $75 per area code; and increases the maximum amount that will be
charged to any single entity for accessing area codes of data from
$19,017 to $20,740. Entities may add area codes during the second six
months of their annual subscription period and the fee for those
additional area codes increases from $35 to $38.
These increases are in accordance with the Act, which specifies
that beginning after fiscal year 2009, the dollar amounts charged shall
be increased by an amount equal to the amounts specified in the Act,
multiplied by the percentage (if any) by which the average of the
monthly consumer price index (for all urban consumers published by the
Department of Labor) (``CPI'') for the most recently ended 12-month
period ending on June 30 exceeds the CPI for the 12-month period ending
June 30, 2008. The Act also states any increase shall be rounded to the
nearest dollar and there shall be no increase in the dollar amounts if
the change in the CPI since the last fee increase is less than one
percent. For fiscal year 2009, the Act specified that the original
annual fee for access to the Registry for each area code of data was
$54 per area code, or $27 per area code of data during the second six
months of an entity's annual subscription period, and that the maximum
amount that would be charged to any single entity for accessing area
codes of data would be $14,850.
The determination whether a fee change is required and the amount
of the fee change involves a two-step process. First, to determine
whether a fee change is required, we measure the change in the CPI from
the time of the previous increase in fees. There was an increase in the
fees for fiscal year 2022. Accordingly, we calculated the change in the
CPI since last year, and the increase was 9.10 percent. Because this
change is over the one percent threshold, the fees will change for
fiscal year 2023.
Second, to determine how much the fees should increase this fiscal
year, we use the calculation specified by the Act set forth above: the
percentage change in the baseline CPI applied to the original fees for
fiscal year 2009. The average value of the CPI for July 1, 2007, to
June 30, 2008y, was 211.702; the average value for July 1, 2021, to
June 30, 2022, was 296.311, an increase of 39.97 percent. Applying the
39.97 percent increase to the base amount from fiscal year 2009 leads
to a $75 fee for access to a single area code of data for a full year
for fiscal year 2023, an increase of $6 from last year. The actual
amount is $75.42 but when rounded, pursuant to the Act, $75 is the
appropriate fee. The fee for accessing an additional area code for a
half year increases by three dollars to $38 (rounded from $37.71). The
maximum amount charged increases to $20,740 (rounded from $20,739.95).
Administrative Procedure Act; Regulatory Flexibility Act; Paperwork
Reduction Act. The revisions to the Fee Rule are technical in nature
and merely incorporate statutory changes to the TSR. These statutory
changes have been adopted without change or interpretation, making
public comment
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unnecessary. Therefore, the Commission has determined that the notice
and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act do not
apply. See 5 U.S.C. 553(b). For this reason, the requirements of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act also do not apply. See 5 U.S.C. 603, 604.
Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, the
Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') approved the information
collection requirements in the Amended TSR and assigned the following
existing OMB Control Number: 3084-0169. The amendments outlined in this
Final Rule pertain only to the fee provision (Sec. 310.8) of the
Amended TSR and will not establish or alter any record keeping,
reporting, or third-party disclosure requirements elsewhere in the
Amended TSR.
List of Subjects in 16 CFR Part 310
Advertising, Consumer protection, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Telephone, Trade practices.
Accordingly, the Federal Trade Commission amends part 310 of title
16 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:
PART 310--TELEMARKETING SALES RULE
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1. The authority citation for part 310 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 6101-6108; 15 U.S.C. 6151-6155.
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2. In Sec. 310.8, revise paragraphs (c) and (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 310.8 Fee for access to the National Do Not Call Registry.
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(c) The annual fee, which must be paid by any person prior to
obtaining access to the National Do Not Call Registry, is $75 for each
area code of data accessed, up to a maximum of $20,740; provided,
however, that there shall be no charge to any person for accessing the
first five area codes of data, and provided further, that there shall
be no charge to any person engaging in or causing others to engage in
outbound telephone calls to consumers and who is accessing area codes
of data in the National Do Not Call Registry if the person is permitted
to access, but is not required to access, the National Do Not Call
Registry under 47 CFR 64.1200, or any other Federal regulation or law.
No person may participate in any arrangement to share the cost of
accessing the National Do Not Call Registry, including any arrangement
with any telemarketer or service provider to divide the costs to access
the registry among various clients of that telemarketer or service
provider.
(d) Each person who pays, either directly or through another
person, the annual fee set forth in paragraph (c) of this section, each
person excepted under paragraph (c) from paying the annual fee, and
each person excepted from paying an annual fee under Sec.
310.4(b)(1)(iii)(B), will be provided a unique account number that will
allow that person to access the registry data for the selected area
codes at any time for the twelve month period beginning on the first
day of the month in which the person paid the fee (``the annual
period''). To obtain access to additional area codes of data during the
first six months of the annual period, each person required to pay the
fee under paragraph (c) of this section must first pay $75 for each
additional area code of data not initially selected. To obtain access
to additional area codes of data during the second six months of the
annual period, each person required to pay the fee under paragraph (c)
of this section must first pay $38 for each additional area code of
data not initially selected. The payment of the additional fee will
permit the person to access the additional area codes of data for the
remainder of the annual period.
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By direction of the Commission.
Joel Christie,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-18772 Filed 8-30-22; 8:45 am]
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