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POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. MC2024–129 and CP2024–135]
New Postal Products
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Commission is noticing a
recent Postal Service filing for the
Commission’s consideration concerning
a negotiated service agreement. This
notice informs the public of the filing,
invites public comment, and takes other
administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due: December
29, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit
comments electronically should contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by
telephone for advice on filing
alternatives.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202–789–6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Docketed Proceeding(s)
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I. Introduction
The Commission gives notice that the
Postal Service filed request(s) for the
Commission to consider matters related
to negotiated service agreement(s). The
request(s) may propose the addition or
removal of a negotiated service
agreement from the Market Dominant or
the Competitive product list, or the
modification of an existing product
currently appearing on the Market
Dominant or the Competitive product
list.
Section II identifies the docket
number(s) associated with each Postal
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Service request, the title of each Postal
Service request, the request’s acceptance
date, and the authority cited by the
Postal Service for each request. For each
request, the Commission appoints an
officer of the Commission to represent
the interests of the general public in the
proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505
(Public Representative). Section II also
establishes comment deadline(s)
pertaining to each request.
The public portions of the Postal
Service’s request(s) can be accessed via
the Commission’s website (https://
www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of
the Postal Service’s request(s), if any,
can be accessed through compliance
with the requirements of 39 CFR
3011.301.1
The Commission invites comments on
whether the Postal Service’s request(s)
in the captioned docket(s) are consistent
with the policies of title 39. For
request(s) that the Postal Service states
concern Market Dominant product(s),
applicable statutory and regulatory
requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39
U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3030, and 39
CFR part 3040, subpart B. For request(s)
that the Postal Service states concern
Competitive product(s), applicable
statutory and regulatory requirements
include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633,
39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and
39 CFR part 3040, subpart B. Comment
deadline(s) for each request appear in
section II.
II. Docketed Proceeding(s)
Jennie L. Jbara,
Alternate Certifying Officer.
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Final Rules Relating to Non-Public Information,
June 27, 2018, Attachment A at 19–22 (Order No.
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International Product Change—Priority
Mail Express International, Priority Mail
International & First-Class Package
International Service Agreement
Postal ServiceTM.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Postal Service gives
notice of filing a request with the Postal
Regulatory Commission to add a Priority
Mail Express International, Priority Mail
International & First-Class Package
International Service contract to the list
of Negotiated Service Agreements in the
Competitive Product List in the Mail
Classification Schedule.
DATES: Date of notice: December 27,
2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher C. Meyerson, (202) 268–
7820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States Postal Service® hereby
gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C.
3642 and 3632(b)(3), on December 14,
2023, it filed with the Postal Regulatory
Commission a USPS Request to Add
Priority Mail Express International,
Priority Mail International & First-Class
Package International Service Contract
31 to Competitive Product List.
Documents are available at
www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2024–120
and CP2024–126.
SUMMARY:
Sarah Sullivan,
Attorney, Ethics & Legal Compliance.
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1. Docket No(s).: MC2024–129 and
CP2024–135; Filing Title: USPS Request
to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground
Advantage Contract 151 to Competitive
Product List and Notice of Filing
Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance
Date: December 20, 2023; Filing
Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR
3040.130 through 3040.135, and 39 CFR
3035.105; Public Representative:
Kenneth R. Moeller; Comments Due:
December 29, 2023.
This Notice will be published in the
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation
Adjustment
Railroad Retirement Board.
Notice announcing updated
penalty inflation adjustments for civil
monetary penalties for 2024.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As required by Section 701 of
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015,
entitled the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements
Act of 2015, the Railroad Retirement
Board (Board) hereby publishes its 2024
annual adjustment of civil penalties for
inflation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter J. Orlowicz, Senior Counsel,
Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North
Rush Street, Chicago, IL 60611–1275,
(312) 751–4922, TTD (312) 751–4701.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of
SUMMARY:
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2015, Public Law 114–74 (Nov. 2, 2015),
entitled the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements
Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act), amended the
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461
note) (Inflation Adjustment Act) to
require agencies to publish regulations
adjusting the amount of civil monetary
penalties provided by law within the
jurisdiction of the agency not later than
January 15th of every year.
For the 2024 annual adjustment for
inflation of the maximum civil penalty
under the Program Fraud Civil
Remedies Act of 1986, the Board applies
the formula provided by the 2015 Act
and the Board’s regulations at Title 20,
Code of Federal Regulations, Part 356.
In accordance with the 2015 Act, the
amount of the adjustment is based on
the percent increase between the
Consumer Price Index (CPI–U) for the
month of October preceding the date of
the adjustment and the CPI–U for the
October one year prior to the October
immediately preceding the date of the
adjustment. If there is no increase, there
is no adjustment of civil penalties. The
percent increase between the CPI–U for
October 2023 and October 2024, as
provided by Office of Management and
Budget Memorandum M–24–07
(December 19, 2023), is 1.03241 percent.
Therefore, the new maximum penalty
under the Program Fraud Civil
Remedies Act is $13,946 (the 2023
maximum penalty of $13,508 multiplied
by 1.03241, rounded to the nearest
dollar). The new minimum penalty
under the False Claims Act is $13,946
(the 2023 minimum penalty of $13,508
multiplied by 1.03241, rounded to the
nearest dollar), and the new maximum
penalty is $27,894 (the 2023 maximum
penalty of $27,018 multiplied by
1.03241, rounded to the nearest dollar).
The adjustments in penalties will be
effective December 27, 2023.
Dated: December 21, 2023.
By Authority of the Board.
Stephanie Hillyard,
Secretary to the Board.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–99211; File No. SR–MEMX–
2023–35]
Self-Regulatory Organizations; MEMX
LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate
Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule
Change To Amend the Exchange’s
Short Term Option Series Program
December 20, 2023.
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 December
15, 2023, MEMX LLC (‘‘Exchange’’) filed
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the
proposed rule change as described in
Items I and II below, which Items have
been prepared by the Exchange. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
change from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange is filing with the
Commission a proposed rule change to
expand the Exchange’s Short Term
Option Series Program as set forth in
Rule 19.5, Interpretation and Policy .05,
to permit the listing of two Wednesday
expirations for options on United States
Oil Fund, LP (‘‘USO’’), United States
Natural Gas Fund, LP (‘‘UNG’’), SPDR
Gold Shares (‘‘GLD’’), iShares Silver
Trust (‘‘SLV’’), and iShares 20+ Year
Treasury Bond ETF (‘‘TLT’’)
(collectively ‘‘Exchange Traded
Products’’ or ‘‘ETPs’’). The text of the
proposed rule change is provided in
Exhibit 5.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
Exchange 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. The
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant aspects of such
statements.
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A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The purpose of the proposed rule
change is to amend Rule 19.5,
Interpretation and Policy .05.
Specifically, the Exchange proposes to
expand the Short Term Option Series
Program to permit the listing of two
Wednesday expirations for options on
United States Oil Fund, LP (‘‘USO’’),
United States Natural Gas Fund, LP
(‘‘UNG’’), SPDR Gold Shares (‘‘GLD’’),
iShares Silver Trust (‘‘SLV’’), and
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
(‘‘TLT’’) (collectively ‘‘Exchange Traded
Products’’ or ‘‘ETPs’’). This is a
competitive filing that is based on a
proposal submitted from Nasdaq ISE,
LLC (‘‘Nasdaq ISE’’) and recently
approved by the Commission.3
Currently, as set forth in Rule 19.5,
Interpretation and Policy .05, after an
option class has been approved for
listing and trading on the Exchange, the
Exchange may open for trading on any
Thursday or Friday that is a business
day (‘‘Short Term Option Opening
Date’’) series of options on that class
that expire at the close of business on
each of the next five Fridays that are
business days and are not Fridays on
which monthly options series or
Quarterly Options Series expire
(‘‘Friday Short Term Option Expiration
Dates’’). The Exchange may have no
more than a total of five Friday Short
Term Option Expiration Dates (‘‘Short
Term Options Weekly Expirations’’). If
the Exchange is not open for business
on the respective Thursday or Friday,
the Short Term Option Opening Date for
Short Term Options Weekly Expirations
will be the first business day
immediately prior to that respective
Thursday or Friday. Similarly, if the
Exchange is not open for business on
the Friday that the Short Term Options
Weekly Expirations are set to expire, the
Short Term Option Expiration Date for
Short Term Options Weekly Expirations
will be the first business day
immediately prior to that Friday.
Additionally, the Exchange may open
for trading series of options on the
symbols provided in Table 1 of Rule
19.5, Interpretation and Policy .05(h)
that expire at the close of business on
each of the next two Mondays,
3 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 98905
(November 13, 2023) (SR–ISE–2023–11) (Order
Approving a Proposed Rule Change to Amend the
Short Term Option Series Program to Permit the
Listing of Two Wednesday Expirations for Options
on Certain Exchange Traded Products) (‘‘Nasdaq
ISE Approval’’).
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2023-28508]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment
AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board.
ACTION: Notice announcing updated penalty inflation adjustments for
civil monetary penalties for 2024.
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SUMMARY: As required by Section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of
2015, entitled the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015, the Railroad Retirement Board (Board) hereby
publishes its 2024 annual adjustment of civil penalties for inflation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter J. Orlowicz, Senior Counsel,
Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, IL 60611-
1275, (312) 751-4922, TTD (312) 751-4701.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of
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2015, Public Law 114-74 (Nov. 2, 2015), entitled the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015
Act), amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of
1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note) (Inflation Adjustment Act) to require
agencies to publish regulations adjusting the amount of civil monetary
penalties provided by law within the jurisdiction of the agency not
later than January 15th of every year.
For the 2024 annual adjustment for inflation of the maximum civil
penalty under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986, the Board
applies the formula provided by the 2015 Act and the Board's
regulations at Title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 356. In
accordance with the 2015 Act, the amount of the adjustment is based on
the percent increase between the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for the
month of October preceding the date of the adjustment and the CPI-U for
the October one year prior to the October immediately preceding the
date of the adjustment. If there is no increase, there is no adjustment
of civil penalties. The percent increase between the CPI-U for October
2023 and October 2024, as provided by Office of Management and Budget
Memorandum M-24-07 (December 19, 2023), is 1.03241 percent. Therefore,
the new maximum penalty under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act is
$13,946 (the 2023 maximum penalty of $13,508 multiplied by 1.03241,
rounded to the nearest dollar). The new minimum penalty under the False
Claims Act is $13,946 (the 2023 minimum penalty of $13,508 multiplied
by 1.03241, rounded to the nearest dollar), and the new maximum penalty
is $27,894 (the 2023 maximum penalty of $27,018 multiplied by 1.03241,
rounded to the nearest dollar). The adjustments in penalties will be
effective December 27, 2023.
Dated: December 21, 2023.
By Authority of the Board.
Stephanie Hillyard,
Secretary to the Board.
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