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Small Business Investment Companies: Passive Business Expansion and Technical Clarifications
Document Number: 2016-31291
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-12-28
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is revising the regulations for the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program to expand permitted investments in passive businesses and provide further clarification with regard to investments in such businesses. SBICs are generally prohibited from investing in passive businesses under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended (Act). SBIC program regulations provide for two exceptions that allow an SBIC to structure an investment utilizing a passive small business as a pass-through. The first exception provides conditions under which an SBIC may structure an investment through up to two levels of passive entities to make an investment in a non-passive business that is a subsidiary of the passive business directly financed by the SBIC. The second exception, prior to this final rule, enabled a partnership SBIC, with SBA's prior approval, to provide financing to a small business through a passive, wholly-owned C corporation (commonly known as a blocker corporation), but only if a direct financing would cause the SBIC's investors to incur Unrelated Business Taxable Income (UBTI). This final rule clarifies several aspects of the first exception and in the second exception eliminates the prior approval requirement and expands the purposes for which a blocker corporation may be formed. The final rule also adds new reporting and other requirements for passive investments to help protect SBA's financial interests and ensure adequate oversight and makes minor technical amendments. Finally, this rule makes a conforming change to the regulations regarding the amount of leverage available to SBICs under common control. This change is necessary for consistency with the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, which increased the maximum amount of such leverage to $350 million.
Transamerica Funds, et al.; Notice of Application
Document Number: 2016-31290
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-28
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Ares Capital Corporation, et al.; Notice of Application
Document Number: 2016-31289
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-28
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Virtus Alternative Solutions Trust, et al.; Notice of Application
Document Number: 2016-31288
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-28
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Changes to Exchange Act Registration Requirements To Implement Title V and Title VI of the JOBS Act; Correction
Document Number: 2016-31286
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-12-28
Agency: Securities and Exchange Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This document makes technical corrections to a rule that was published in the Federal Register on May 10, 2016 (81 FR 28689). The Commission adopted revisions to Rule 12g-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'') in light of the statutory changes made by Title V and Title VI of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act and Title LXXXV of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act. This document is being published to correct language in that rule to more precisely reflect the holder of record threshold established by Exchange Act Section 12(g)(1).
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2016-31269
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-28
Agency: National Credit Union Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, on or after the date of publication of this notice.
2017 Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) Mileage Reimbursement Rates; 2017 Standard Mileage Rate for Moving Purposes
Document Number: 2016-31264
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-28
Agency: General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions
GSA is required by statute to set the mileage reimbursement rate for privately owned automobiles (POA) as the single standard mileage rate established by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In addition, the IRS' mileage rate for medical or moving purposes is used to determine the POA rate when a Government-furnished automobile is authorized. This IRS rate also establishes the standard mileage rate for moving purposes as it pertains to official relocation. Finally, GSA's annual privately owned airplane and motorcycle mileage reimbursement rate reviews have resulted in new CY 2017 rates. GSA conducts independent airplane and motorcycle studies that evaluate various factors, such as the cost of fuel, the depreciation of the original vehicles costs, maintenance and insurance, and/or by applying consumer price index data. FTR Bulletin 17-02 establishes and announces the new CY 2017 POV mileage reimbursement rates for official temporary duty and relocation travel ($0.535 per mile for POAs, $0.17 per mile for POAs when a Government furnished automobile is authorized, $1.15 per mile for privately owned airplanes, $0.505 per mile for privately owned motorcycles, and $0.17 per mile for moving purposes), pursuant to the process discussed above. This notice of subject bulletin is the only notification to agencies of revisions to the POV mileage rates for official travel, and relocation, other than the changes posted on GSA's Web site.
Projects Approved for Consumptive Uses of Water
Document Number: 2016-31260
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-28
Agency: Susquehanna River Basin Commission, Agencies and Commissions
This notice lists the projects approved by rule by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission during the period set forth in ``DATES.''
Rules of Practice and Procedure
Document Number: 2016-31240
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-12-28
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is adjusting the maximum amount of each civil money penalty (CMP) within its jurisdiction to account for inflation. This action is required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Adjustment Act). The FDIC is also amending its rules of practice and procedure to correct a technical error from the previous inflation-adjustment rulemaking.
Presidential Records
Document Number: 2016-31011
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2016-12-28
Agency: National Archives and Records Administration, Agencies and Commissions
We are proposing to revise this regulation to reflect changes instituted by the Presidential and Federal Records Acts Amendments of 2014 (2014 Amendments). These Amendments in part added new requirements to the Presidential Records Act (PRA), which went into effect in 2014 and remain in effect, even without this proposed regulatory revision. The proposed changes make clear that, when we maintain electronic Presidential records on behalf of the President before the President's term of office expires, the President retains exclusive control over the records. In addition, the proposed changes establish procedures that we will follow to notify an incumbent President and former President when we propose to disclose Presidential records to the public, Congress, the courts, or the incumbent President under the provisions of the PRA allowing for access to Presidential records otherwise subject to restrictions. We began the regulatory revision process in response to the 2014 Amendments and issue this updated regulation to reduce confusion about access to Presidential records in light of these recent changes in the law.
Office of Government Information Services
Document Number: 2016-31010
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2016-12-28
Agency: National Archives and Records Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The Open Government Act of 2007 created the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) within the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). OGIS has three statutorily defined functions: OGIS offers mediation services to help resolve FOIA disputes; reviews agency FOIA policies, procedures and compliance; and identifies procedures and methods for improving compliance under the FOIA. This proposed rule sets out the implementing guidance and procedures by which OGIS carries out its statutory mission, and explains OGIS's role in the FOIA process.
Recordkeeping Requirements for Qualified Financial Contracts
Document Number: 2016-30734
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2016-12-28
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions
The FDIC proposes to amend its regulations regarding Recordkeeping Requirements for Qualified Financial Contracts (``Part 371''), which require insured depository institutions (``IDIs'') in a troubled condition to keep records relating to qualified financial contracts (``QFCs'') to which they are party. The proposed rule would expand the scope of QFC records required to be maintained by an IDI that is subject to the FDIC's recordkeeping requirements and that has total consolidated assets equal to or greater than $50 billion or is a member of a corporate group where one or more affiliates is subject to the QFC recordkeeping requirements set forth in the regulations adopted by the Department of the Treasury (a ``full scope entity''); for all other IDIs subject to the FDIC's QFC recordkeeping requirements, add and delete a limited number of data requirements and make certain formatting changes with respect to the QFC recordkeeping requirements; require full scope entities to keep QFC records of certain of their subsidiaries; and include certain other changes, including changes that would provide additional time for certain IDIs in a troubled condition to comply with the regulations.
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2016-31348
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-27
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Document Number: 2016-31329
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-27
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Agencies and Commissions
GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE ACT MEETING NOTICE
Document Number: 2016-31295
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-27
Agency: International Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
Privacy Act of 1974: System of Records
Document Number: 2016-31209
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-27
Agency: National Credit Union Administration, Agencies and Commissions
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is proposing to establish a new system of records.
Arts Advisory Panel Meetings
Document Number: 2016-31191
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-27
Agency: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Agencies and Commissions, National Endowment for the Arts
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that one meeting of the Arts Advisory Panel to the National Council on the Arts will be held by teleconference as follows:
Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company
Document Number: 2016-31179
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-27
Agency: Federal Reserve System, Agencies and Commissions
Notice of Permits Issued Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
Document Number: 2016-31154
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-27
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.
Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
Document Number: 2016-31153
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-27
Agency: National Science Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
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 671 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of permit applications received.
NASA Advisory Council; Science Committee Earth Science Subcommittee; Meeting.
Document Number: 2016-31141
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-27
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Agencies and Commissions
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces a meeting of the Earth Science Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). This Subcommittee reports to the Science Committee of the NAC. The meeting will be held for the purpose of soliciting, from the scientific community and other persons, scientific and technical information relevant to program planning.
National Small Business Development Centers Advisory Board
Document Number: 2016-31135
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-27
Agency: Small Business Administration, Agencies and Commissions
The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the location, date, time and agenda for the 2nd and 3rd quarter meetings of the Federal Advisory Committee for the Small Business Development Centers Program. The meetings will be open to the public; however, advance notice of attendance is required.
Regulations Implementing the Freedom of Information Act
Document Number: 2016-31133
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-12-27
Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (``OSHRC'') revises its regulations implementing the Freedom of Information Act (``FOIA''). These revisions account for statutory amendments included in the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 (``FOIA Improvement Act''), as well as the addition of procedures pertaining to confidential commercial information and preservation of records, clarifications of existing procedures, and updates to contact information.
Turn Inc., Analysis of Proposed Consent Order To Aid Public Comment
Document Number: 2016-31132
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-27
Agency: Federal Trade Commission, Agencies and Commissions
The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices. The attached Analysis to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle these allegations.
Submission for OMB Review; Payment of Subcontractors
Document Number: 2016-31130
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-12-27
Agency: Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Agencies and Commissions, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning Payment of Subcontractors.
Collection of Claims
Document Number: 2016-31125
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-12-27
Agency: African Development Foundation, Agencies and Commissions
The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) is revising its regulations on collection of claims in accordance with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA), as implemented by the Department of Justice (Justice) and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) in the revised Federal Claims Collection Standards (FCCS). The FCCS prescribes the standards that Federal agencies must use in the administrative collection, offset, compromise, and suspension or termination of collection activity for civil claims of money, funds, or property as defined by law.
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