Agencies and Commissions February 7, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Mississippi dated 01/31/2019 . Incident: Severe Weather and Flooding. Incident Period: 12/27/2018 through 12/28/2018.

As mandated by provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act (``the Act''), the Federal Election Commission (``the Commission'') is adjusting certain contribution and expenditure limitations and the lobbyist bundling disclosure threshold set forth in the Act, to index the amounts for inflation. Additional details appear in the supplemental information that follows.

The purpose of this Agreement is to ensure that applicants for SBA Disaster Assistance Loan Programs and DHS/FEMA's Other Needs Assistance and Housing Assistance Grant programs do not receive a duplication of benefits for the same disaster.

As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission's burden estimate; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) published a document in the Federal Register of November 15, 2018, concerning request for public comment on its submission to the Office of Management and Budget for their review of the 2019 National Survey of College Graduates. The notice was published with the incorrect name of the requested information collection.

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection requirements associated with the Commission's Second Report and Order (Second R&O) and Third Report and Order (Third R&O), GN Docket No. 14- 177, WT Docket No. 10-112, FCC 17-152 and FCC 18-73. This document is consistent with the Second R&O and Third R&O, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date of the information collection requirements.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Integrated Circuits and Products Containing the Same, DN 3358. Due to delays caused by the lapse in appropriations on December 22, 2018, the Commission has determined to extend the deadlines for comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's filing submitted pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, a voluntary survey of the foreign exchange and derivatives markets, the Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity (FR 3036; OMB 7100-0285).

In this document, the Commission announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved, for a period of three years, the information collection associated with the Commission's revised pole attachment complaint rules. This document is consistent with Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment, Third Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling, FCC 18-111, which stated that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date of the revised rules.

The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act) requires the Federal Communications Commission to amend its forfeiture penalty rules to reflect annual adjustments for inflation in order to improve their effectiveness and maintain their deterrent effect. The Inflation Adjustment Act provides that the new penalty levels shall apply to penalties assessed after the effective date of the increase, including when the penalties whose associated violation predate the increase.