Agencies and Commissions April 25, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announces a meeting of the Search for Earth-Like Planets Strategic Roadmap Committee.

In accordance with the requirement of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) is publishing notice of its amendment of its systems of records entitled ``The Location and Collection System'', No. 09-90-0074.

This document provides the public notice of the delegations of authority for lender oversight and enforcement activities by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to the Associate Administrator for the Office of Lender Oversight, the Lender Oversight Committee, and the Associate Deputy Administrator for Capital Access.

The Commission is publishing for comment a proposed new rule under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act''), which would define the term ``nationally recognized statistical rating organization'' (``NRSRO''). The proposed definition contains three components that must each be met in order for a credit rating agency to be an NRSRO. The Commission is also providing interpretations of the proposed definition of the term ``NRSRO.'' Defining the term ``NRSRO'' and providing interpretations of the definition would increase transparency with regard to the NRSRO concept.

The Board of Governors is amending appendix A of Regulation CC to delete the reference to the Salt Lake City branch office of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and reassign the Federal Reserve routing symbols currently listed under that office to the Denver branch office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. These amendments will ensure that the information in appendix A accurately describes the actual structure of check processing operations within the Federal Reserve System.

The Federal Election Commission is announcing public hearings on the following rulemakings: The proposed revision to the Commission's regulations on candidate solicitation at State, district and local party fundraising events; the proposed revision of the definition of ``agent'' for the Commission's regulations on non-Federal funds and coordinated and independent expenditures; and the proposed revision to the Commission's regulations on payroll deductions by member corporations for contributions to a trade association's separate segregated fund. The Commission plans to consider final rules for these three rulemakings in an open session scheduled for June 23, 2005.