Agencies and Commissions August 11, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) has approved the FedNow\SM\ Service as described in this announcement. The FedNow Service is a new interbank 24x7x365 real-time gross settlement service with clearing functionality to support instant payments in the United States. The new service will support banks' provision of end-to-end instant payment services and will provide infrastructure to promote ubiquitous, safe, and efficient instant payments in the United States.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is considering granting a request for a class waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule (NMR) for surgical beds. A search of the Federal marketplace revealed there are no small business manufacturers that can manufacture and supply necessary surgical beds to the Federal government. If granted, the class waiver would allow otherwise qualified regular dealers to supply the waived item, regardless of the business size of the manufacturer, on a Federal contract set aside for small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), women-owned small business (WOSB), economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB), historically underutilized business zones (HUBZone), or participants in the SBA's 8(a) Business Development (BD) program.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Wisconsin dated 08/04/2020. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 06/28/2020 through 07/01/2020.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Minnesota dated 08/03/2020. Incident: Civil Unrest. Incident Period: 05/27/2020 through 06/08/2020.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an existing information collection requirement regarding OMB Control No: 3090-0118; Standard Form 94, Statement of Witness.

The Advisory Committees on Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Rules have proposed amendments to the following rules: Appellate Rule: 25 Bankruptcy Rules: Restyled Rules Parts I and II; Rules 1007, 1020, 2009, 2012, 2015, 3002, 3010, 3011, 3014, 3016, 3017.1, 3017.2 (new), 3018, 3019, 5005, 7004, and 8023; and Official Forms 101, 122B, 201, 309E-1, 309E-2, 309F-1, 309F-2, 314, 315, and 425A Civil Rules: Rule 12 and Supplemental Rules for Social Security Review Actions Under 42 U.S.C. 405(g) Criminal Rule: 16 The text of the proposed rules and the accompanying committee notes, along with the related forms, will be posted by August 14, 2020, on the Judiciary's website at: https://www.uscourts.gov/rules-policies/ proposed-amendments-published-public-comment. All written comments and suggestions with respect to the proposed amendments may be submitted on or after the opening of the period for public comment on August 14, 2020, but no later than February 16, 2021. Written comments must be submitted electronically, following the instructions provided on the website. All comments submitted will be posted on the website and available to the public. Remote public hearings via video or telephone conference are scheduled on the proposed amendments as follows: Appellate Rules on October 19, 2020 and January 4, 2021; Bankruptcy Rules on January 7, 2021 and January 29, 2021; Civil Rules on November 10, 2020 and January 22, 2021; and Criminal Rules on November 4, 2020 and January 25, 2021. Those wishing to testify must contact the Secretary of the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure by email at: RulesCommittee_Secretary@ao.uscourts.gov, at least 30 days before the hearing.

Pursuant to section 189.a.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is publishing this regular biweekly notice. The Act requires the Commission to publish notice of any amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, and grants the Commission the authority to issue and make immediately effective any amendment to an operating license or combined license, as applicable, upon a determination by the Commission that such amendment involves no significant hazards consideration (NSHC), notwithstanding the pendency before the Commission of a request for a hearing from any person. This biweekly notice includes all amendments issued, or proposed to be issued, from July 14, 2020, to July 27, 2020. The last biweekly notice was published on July 28, 2020.