Agencies and Commissions May 5, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In December 2008, the Board, OTS, and NCUA (collectively, the Agencies) exercised their authority under the Federal Trade Commission Act to issue a final rule prohibiting institutions from engaging in specific acts or practices in connection with consumer credit card accounts. The Agencies understand that clarification is needed regarding certain aspects of the final rule. Accordingly, in order to facilitate compliance, the Agencies propose to amend specific portions of the regulations and official staff commentary.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is temporarily amending the size eligibility criteria for loan assistance provided under its 7(a) Business Loan Program. This rule temporarily establishes the same alternative small business size standard that applies to SBA's Certified Development Company (CDC) Program. The U.S. Congress passed and the President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The purposes and goals of the Recovery Act are to promote economic recovery and to preserve and create jobs. SBA prepared this rule as an interim final rule, effective immediately, because it will help alleviate the pressing needs of many small businesses for financial assistance in the current economic environment.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services Administration will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve a new information collection requirement regarding an Online Citizen Survey.

In this document the Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB or Bureau), on

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Minnesota (FEMA-1830-DR), dated 04/09/2009 .

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Arkansas (FEMA- 1834-DR), dated 04/28/2009.

This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Florida (FEMA-1831-DR), dated 04/28/2009.

The General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) by

The National Science Foundation is announcing plans to request renewal of an annual Web-based collection for the Informal Science Education (ISE) Program. In accordance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing opportunity for public comment on this action. After obtaining and considering public comment, NSF will prepare the submission requesting OMB Clearance of this collection for no longer than 3 years.