Agencies and Commissions July 23, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This Notice establishes implementing procedures for a special election concerning multiemployer plan status that may be made under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended by the Pension Protection Act of 2006. Under these procedures, an eligible plan may elect to be a multiemployer plan for all purposes under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

This final rule amends NASA regulations by removing from NASA grant officers responsibility for submitting Individual Procurement Action Reports (NF 507) for all grant and cooperative agreement actions. This rule also removes the ``Individual Procurement Action Report (NASA Form 507)''.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dated 07/12/2007. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 07/05/2007. Effective Date: 07/12/2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 09/10/2007. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/14/2008.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Kansas (FEMA-1711-DR), dated 07/05/ 2007. Incident: Severe storms and flooding. Incident Period: 06/26/2007 and continuing. Effective Date: 07/13/2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 09/04/2007. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/07/2008.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma (FEMA-1712-DR), dated 07/07/ 2007. Incident: Severe Storms, flooding, and tornadoes. Incident Period: 06/10/2007 and continuing. Effective Date: 07/13/2007. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 09/05/2007. EIDL Loan Application Deadline Date: 04/07/2008.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is issuing final regulations concerning the procedures used to collect debts that are owed to the NLRB. These final regulations conform to the legislative changes enacted in the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA) and the amended procedures presented in the Federal Claims Collection Standards (FCCS) issued by the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). This final action is intended to improve the NLRB's collection of debts owed to the United States.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning Subcontractor Payments. A request for public comments was published in the Federal Register at 72 FR 19187, April 17, 2007. No comments were received. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.