Agencies and Commissions June 12, 2018 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a revision of a currently approved public information collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number, and no person is required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. Comments concerning the accuracy of the burden estimates and any suggestions for reducing the burden should be directed to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to request renewal of the National Survey of College Graduates (OMB Control Number 3145-0141). In accordance with the requirements 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 that OMB approve clearance of this collection for three years.

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the National Council on the Arts will be held. Open to the public on a space available basis.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app 2) and implementing regulation 41 CFR 101-6, NARA announces the following committee meeting.

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has renewed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee charter. The FOIA Advisory Committee is a Federal advisory committee established in accordance with section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to advise NARA's Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) on improvements to the FOIA and to study the current FOIA landscape across the executive branch.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has rescinded its Revised Policy Statement on ``Interagency Coordination of Formal Corrective Action by the Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies'' dated February 20, 1997. To assure onging coordination, the Board, the FDIC, and the OCC (collectively, ``the Federal Banking Agencies'' or ``FBAs'') are issuing this policy statement concerning Federal Banking Agency coordination of formal corrective action.

DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide guidance to DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, consistent with a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 that addresses the exception from certified cost or pricing data requirements when price is based on adequate price competition.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services announces the following information collection has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. This notice proposes the clearance of the instructions for the IMLS Museum Grants for African American Culture Program/Native American Native Hawaiian Program Notice of Funding Opportunity. A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.

Pursuant to Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (``Dodd-Frank Act''), as amended by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015 (``FAST Act''), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') is amending the Commission's regulations relating to access to swap data held by swap data repositories (``SDRs''). The amendments implement pertinent provisions of the FAST Act and make associated changes to the Commission's regulations governing the grant of access to swap data to certain foreign and domestic authorities by SDRs, as well as changes to certain other regulations unrelated to such access.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or ``CFTC'') is proposing to amend the de minimis exception within the ``swap dealer'' definition in the Commission's regulations by: Setting the aggregate gross notional amount threshold for the de minimis exception at $8 billion in swap dealing activity entered into by a person over the preceding 12 months; excepting from consideration when calculating the aggregate gross notional amount of a person's swap dealing activity for purposes of the de minimis threshold: Swaps entered into with a customer by an insured depository institution in connection with originating a loan to that customer; swaps entered into to hedge financial or physical positions; and swaps resulting from multilateral portfolio compression exercises; and providing that the Commission may determine the methodology to be used to calculate the notional amount for any group, category, type, or class of swaps, and delegating to the Director of the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (``DSIO'') the authority to make such determinations (collectively, the ``Proposal''). In addition, the Commission is seeking comment on the following additional potential changes to the de minimis exception: Adding a minimum dealing counterparty count threshold and a minimum dealing transaction count threshold; excepting from consideration when calculating the aggregate gross notional amount for purposes of the de minimis threshold swaps that are exchange-traded and/or cleared; and excepting from consideration when calculating the aggregate gross notional amount for purposes of the de minimis threshold swaps that are categorized as non- deliverable forward transactions.