Agencies and Commissions September 4, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instructions on what happens to records when no longer needed for current Government business. They authorize the preservation of records of continuing value in the National Archives of the United States and the destruction, after a specified period, of records lacking administrative, legal, research, or other value. Notice is published for records schedules in which agencies propose to destroy records not previously authorized for disposal or reduce the retention period of records already authorized for disposal. NARA invites public comments on such records schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a).

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 45 Part 670 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of permit applications received.

In this notice of proposed rulemaking, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (``FDIC'') proposes to rescind and remove from the Code of Federal Regulations 12 CFR part 390, subpart K (``part 390, subpart K''), entitled ``Recordkeeping and Confirmation Requirements for Securities Transactions.'' This subpart was included in the regulations that were transferred to the FDIC from the Office of Thrift Supervision (``OTS'') on July 21, 2011, in connection with the implementation of applicable provisions of Title III of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act''). With few exceptions addressed below, the requirements for State savings associations in part 390, subpart K, are substantively similar to those in FDIC's 12 CFR part 344 (``part 344''), which also is entitled ``Recordkeeping and Confirmation Requirements for Securities Transactions'' and is applicable to State nonmember insured banks and foreign banks having an insured branch. The FDIC proposes to amend the definition section of part 344 to clarifying that part 344 applies to all insured depository institutions, including State savings associations, for which the FDIC is the appropriate Federal banking agency. The FDIC also proposes to amend part 344 to increase the number of transactions that all FDIC- supervised institutions may effect on behalf of customers under the small transaction exception from certain of the recordkeeping requirements (``Small Transaction Exception''). Upon removal of part 390, subpart K, and with the proposed changes to part 344, the recordkeeping and confirmation requirements for securities transactions for customers effected by all insured depository institutions for which the FDIC has been designated the appropriate federal banking agency will be found at part 344.

This Notice is to inform the public, in accordance with Section 3(c)(10) of the Charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (``Ex-Im Bank''), that Ex-Im Bank has received an application for final commitment for a long-term loan or financial guarantee in excess of $100 million (as calculated in accordance with Section 3(c)(10) of the Charter). Comments received within the comment period specified below will be presented to the Ex-Im Bank Board of Directors prior to final action on this Transaction.