Agencies and Commissions April 8, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'') is soliciting public comment on an application by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (``FCA'') requesting that, pursuant to rule 3a71-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act''), the Commission determine that registered security-based swap dealers and registered major security-based swap participants (together, ``SBS Entities'') that are not U.S. persons and that are subject to certain regulation in the United Kingdom (``UK'') may comply with certain requirements under the Exchange Act via compliance with corresponding requirements of the UK. The Commission also is soliciting comment on a proposed Order providing for conditional substituted compliance in connection with the application.

This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Alabama dated 04/01/2021. Incident: Tornado. Incident Period: 01/25/2021 through 01/26/2021.

The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices. The attached Analysis of Proposed Consent Orders to Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft complaint and the terms of the consent ordersembodied in the consent agreementsthat would settle these allegations.

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.

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.

The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of expedited reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act'') to determine whether revocation of the countervailing and antidumping duty orders on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.

The Commission hereby gives notice of the institution of investigations and commencement of preliminary phase antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-667 and 731-TA-1559 (Preliminary) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act'') to determine whether there is a reasonable indication that an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of imports of organic soybean meal from India, provided for in subheading number 1208.10.00 and heading number 2304.00.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, that are alleged to be sold in the United States at less than fair value and alleged to be subsidized by the Government of India. Unless the Department of Commerce (``Commerce'') extends the time for initiation, the Commission must reach a preliminary determination in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations in 45 days, or in this case by May 17, 2021. The Commission's views must be transmitted to Commerce within five business days thereafter, or by May 24, 2021.

The United States International Trade Commission (Commission) is adopting as a final rule the interim rule published on July 10, 2020, with one amendment. The rule concerns the practices and procedures for investigations of United States-Mexico cross-border long-haul trucking services (cross-border long-haul trucking services) provided for in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Implementation Act (the Act).

This document contains a correction to the final regulation related to the Securitization Safe Harbor Rule which was published in the Federal Register on March 4, 2020.