Agencies and Commissions July 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the ``Commission'') is adopting a new rule under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act''), establishing a standard of conduct for broker- dealers and natural persons who are associated persons of a broker- dealer (unless otherwise indicated, together referred to as ``broker- dealer'') when they make a recommendation to a retail customer of any securities transaction or investment strategy involving securities (``Regulation Best Interest''). Regulation Best Interest enhances the broker-dealer standard of conduct beyond existing suitability obligations, and aligns the standard of conduct with retail customers' reasonable expectations by requiring broker-dealers, among other things, to: Act in the best interest of the retail customer at the time the recommendation is made, without placing the financial or other interest of the broker-dealer ahead of the interests of the retail customer; and address conflicts of interest by establishing, maintaining, and enforcing policies and procedures reasonably designed to identify and fully and fairly disclose material facts about conflicts of interest, and in instances where we have determined that disclosure is insufficient to reasonably address the conflict, to mitigate or, in certain instances, eliminate the conflict. The standard of conduct established by Regulation Best Interest cannot be satisfied through disclosure alone. The standard of conduct draws from key principles underlying fiduciary obligations, including those that apply to investment advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (``Advisers Act''). Importantly, regardless of whether a retail investor chooses a broker-dealer or an investment adviser (or both), the retail investor will be entitled to a recommendation (from a broker-dealer) or advice (from an investment adviser) that is in the best interest of the retail investor and that does not place the interests of the firm or the financial professional ahead of the interests of the retail investor.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, CNCS is soliciting comments concerning its proposed renewal of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Member Experience Survey. The AmeriCorps NCCC Member Experience Survey is completed by AmeriCorps members who have been a part of an AmeriCorps NCCC team. AmeriCorps NCCC is a full-time, residential, national service program whose mission is to strengthen communities and develop leaders through team-based national and community service. A copy of the information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed in the addresses section of this notice.

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities will hold a meeting of the Arts and Artifacts Domestic Indemnity Panel.

The Commission will consider a Report and Order that would allow for more efficient and effective use of 2.5 GHz spectrum by increasing flexibility for existing Educational Broadband Service licensees and providing new opportunities for rural Tribal Nations and other entities to access unused portions of the band. 2..................... OFFICE OF ECONOMICS & TITLE: Incentive Auction ANALYTICS. of Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service Licenses in the Upper 37 GHz, 39 GHz, and 47 GHz Bands for Next- Generation Wireless Services (AU Docket No. 19-59). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Public Notice that would establish application and bidding procedures for Auction 103, the incentive auction of Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service licenses in the Upper 37 GHz, 39 GHz, and 47 GHz bands. 3..................... WIRELINE COMPETITION. TITLE: Promoting Access to Connected Care Services (WC Docket No. 18-213). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would propose a Connected Care Pilot providing Universal Service Fund support to health care providers to defray the costs of broadband service to enable low-income patients and veterans to access telehealth services. (WC Docket No. 18-213). 4..................... WIRELINE COMPETITION. TITLE: Improving Competitive Broadband Access to Multiple Tenant Environments (GN Docket No. 17-142; MB Docket No. 17-91) SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Declaratory Ruling that would take steps to promote facilities-based broadband deployment and competition in apartments, condominiums, office buildings, and other multiple tenant environments. 5..................... WIRELINE COMPETITION. TITLE: Business Data Services in an Internet Protocol Environment; Petition of USTelecom for Forbearance Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 160(c) to Accelerate Investment in Broadband and Next- Generation Networks (WC Docket Nos. 16-143, 05- 25; GN Docket No. 13-5; RM-10593; WC Docket No. 18-141). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider (1) a Report and Order on Remand that would grant price cap carriers relief from ex ante pricing regulation of their lower speed Time Division Multiplexing transport business data services nationwide; and (2) a Memorandum Opinion and Order that would partially grant USTelecom's request for forbearance from DS1 and DS3 transport unbundling obligations for price cap carriers. 6..................... MEDIA................ TITLE: Modernizing Children's Television Programming Rules (MB Docket Nos. 18-202, 17- 105). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider (1) a Report and Order that would modernize children's television programming rules and provide broadcasters greater flexibility in meeting their children's programming obligations; and (2) a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would seek additional comment on special efforts by broadcasters to produce or support Core Programming. 7..................... MEDIA................ TITLE: Electronic Delivery of Carriage Election Notices (MB Docket Nos. 17-317, 17- 105). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider (1) a Report and Order that would modernize the carriage election notice provisions in Part 76 of the FCC's Rules; and (2) a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would seek comment on applying these new procedures to entities that are not required to maintain online public inspection files. 8..................... MEDIA................ TITLE: Electronic Delivery of Notices to Broadcast Television Stations (MB Docket Nos. 19-165, 17-105). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would propose to modernize certain cable and satellite television provider notice provisions in Part 76 of the FCC's Rules by requiring certain notices to be delivered to broadcasters by email.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is publishing a list of rules to be reviewed pursuant to Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The list is published to provide the public with notice that these rules are scheduled for review by the agency and to invite public comment on whether the rules should be continued without change, or should be amended or rescinded to minimize any significant economic impact of the rules upon a substantial number of small entities.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing four exemptions requested by Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company (Maine Yankee). The requested exemptions are from NRC regulations that require compliance with the terms, conditions, and specifications of Certificate of Compliance (CoC) No. 1015 for the NAC-UMS[supreg] spent fuel storage system at Maine Yankee's Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). Maine Yankee currently stores sixty NAC- UMS[supreg] System canisters under Amendment No. 5 to CoC No. 1015. In order to adopt Amendment No. 6 to CoC No. 1015, Maine Yankee is requesting the reissuance of the four previously approved exemptions.

Notice of this new Unique Entity ID for Federal awards management includes the final technical specification for the identifier standard. IAE is hosting a meeting to provide information on the new Unique Entity ID standard. The meeting is open to current and potential federal awardees (contracts, grants, loan recipients, etc.) and the public.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of NEBRASKA (FEMA-4420-DR), dated 04/05/2019. Incident: Severe Winter Storm, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Incident Period: 03/09/2019 through 04/01/2019.

This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of IOWA (FEMA-4421-DR), dated 03/23/2019. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 03/12/2019 through 06/15/2019.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) is requesting nominations for membership on the Climate-Related Market Risk Subcommittee (Subcommittee) under the Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC). The MRAC is a discretionary advisory committee established by the Commission in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is amending its Privacy Act regulation to exempt a system of records that supports a program of insider threat detection and data loss prevention.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will convene a teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) on July 24, 2019, to discuss the NRC's Abnormal Occurrence Criteria and the ACMUI subcommittee's report on a draft guidance document. Meeting information, including a copy of the agenda and publicly available handouts, will be available at https:// www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/acmui/meetings/2019.ht ml. The agenda and handouts may also be obtained by contacting Ms. Kellee Jamerson using the contact information below. Date and Time for Open Session: July 24, 2019, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Date and Time for Closed Session: July 24, 2019, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (EST). This session will be closed to discuss information of which the premature disclosure would likely significantly frustrate implementation of a proposed agency action. Public Participation: Any member of the public who wishes to participate in the open session of the teleconference should contact Ms. Jamerson using the contact information below or may register for the GoToWebinar at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 1516330288686216460 for the July 24, 2019, meeting.

We are announcing 2019's annual Chief FOIA Officers' Council meeting, co-chaired by the Director of OGIS and the Director of OIP.

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.