Federal Register/Vol. 86, No. 9/Thursday, January 14, 2021/Notices
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 9 / Thursday, January 14, 2021 / Notices 3215 ADDRESSES: Written comments and Title: Request for Advance or SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: recommendations for proposed Reimbursement Web Form. 1. Background on NEH’s New information collection requests should OMB Number: 3137–NEW. Restrictions on Lobbying Regulation be sent within 30 days of publication of Frequency: Annual. this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ Affected Public: Library and Museum On April 21, 2020, NEH published an do/PRAMain. Find this particular funding awardees. interim final rule implementing the information collection request by Number of Respondents: 5,000. 2015 Act (28 U.S.C. 2461 note) and selecting ‘‘Institute of Museum and Average Minutes per Response: 60 adjusting the civil penalties found in its Library Services’’ under ‘‘Currently minutes. New Restrictions on Lobbying Under Review,’’ then check ‘‘Only Show Total Estimated Number of Annual regulation (45 CFR 1168) pursuant to ICR for Public Comment’’ checkbox or Burden Hours: 5,000. the 2015 Act.1 The interim final rule mail to Office of Information and Cost Burden (dollars): $145,500.00. incorporated the initial ‘‘catch up’’ Regulatory Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk Total Federal Costs: $43,750.00. adjustment and the annual adjustment Officer for Education, Office of for 2020. NEH announced in its interim Dated: January 8, 2021. Management and Budget, Room 10235, final rule that, for all future adjustments Washington, DC 20503, 202–395–7316. Kim Miller, to penalties under its New Restrictions FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Senior Grants Management Specialist, on Lobbying regulation required by the Connie Bodner, Ph.D., Director of Grants Institute of Museum and Library Services. 2015 Act, NEH will publish a Notice in Policy and Management, Office of [FR Doc. 2021–00586 Filed 1–13–21; 8:45 am] the Federal Register to notify the public Grants Policy and Management, BILLING CODE 7036–01–P of the updated penalty amounts no later Institute of Museum and Library than January 15 of each year. Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza North SW, NEH published a final rule on June Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024– NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES 11, 2020, adopting the interim final rule 2135. Dr. Bodner can be reached by without change.2 telephone at 202–653–4636 or by email National Endowment for the 2. 2021 Adjustment to Civil Penalties at [email protected]. Office hours are Humanities from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T., Monday Under NEH’s New Restrictions on Lobbying Regulation through Friday, except Federal holidays. Civil Penalty Adjustments for 2021 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The For 2020, the penalty range for AGENCY: National Endowment for the Institute of Museum and Library violations under NEH’s New Humanities; National Foundation on the Services is the primary source of federal Restrictions on Lobbying regulation was Arts and the Humanities. support for the nation’s libraries and a minimum of $20,489 and a maximum museums. We advance, support, and ACTION: Notice of civil penalty of $204,892.3 Therefore, the new, post- empower America’s museums, libraries, adjustments for 2021. adjustment minimum penalty for 2021 and related organizations through grant under NEH’s New Restrictions on SUMMARY: making, research, and policy The National Endowment for Lobbying regulation is $20,489 × development. Our vision is a nation the Humanities (NEH) is giving notice of 1.01182 = $20,731.18 which rounds to where museums and libraries work the adjusted maximum and minimum $20,731. together to work together to transform civil monetary penalties that it may impose for violations of its New The new, post-adjustment maximum the lives of individuals and penalty for 2021 under NEH’s New communities. To learn more, visit Restrictions on Lobbying, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Restrictions on Lobbying regulation is www.imls.gov. × Adjustment Act Improvements Act of $204,892 1.01182 = $207,313.823, Current Actions: The purpose of this which rounds to $207,314. These post- collection is to administer the IMLS 2015 (the 2015 Act). The updated penalty amounts are adjusted for adjustment penalties are less than 250 process by which IMLS awardees percent of the pre-adjustment penalties, request advance or reimbursement inflation and are effective from January 15, 2021 through January 14, 2022. so they do not implicate the post- payments. The proposed form will be adjustment amount limitation in the DATES: embedded in the electronic grants The updated civil penalties in 2015 Act. management system that the agency this notice are applicable to penalties uses to monitor and service all active assessed on or after January 15, 2021 if Thus, the range of penalties under awards during the period of the associated violations occurred after NEH’s New Restrictions on Lobbying performance and through closeout. November 2, 2015. regulation, for the purposes of the 2021 adjustment, is a minimum of $20,731 The 60-day notice for the IMLS Grant FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: and a maximum of $207,314. Application Forms was published in the Elizabeth Voyatzis, Deputy General Federal Register on October 22, 2020, Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 1 85 FR 22025. (85 FR 67379). No comments were National Endowment for the 2 85 FR 35566. received. Humanities, 400 7th Street SW, Room 3 Table 1 details the annual adjustments to New Agency: Institute of Museum and 4060, Washington, DC 20506; (202) 606– Restrictions on Lobbying Civil Monetary Penalties Library Services. 8322; [email protected]. for years 2016–2021. VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:43 Jan 13, 2021 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\14JAN1.SGM 14JAN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 3216 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 9 / Thursday, January 14, 2021 / Notices TABLE 1—ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS TO NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES, 2016–2021 Applicable Baseline penalty multiplier based New baseline Year range on percent penalty range increase in CPI–U 2016 ............................................................................................................... $10,000–$100,000 4 1.89361 $18,936–$189,361 2017 ............................................................................................................... $18,936–$189,361 5 1.01636 $19,246–$192,459 2018 ............................................................................................................... $19,246–$192,459 6 1.02041 $19,639–$196,387 2019 ............................................................................................................... $19,639–$196,387 7 1.02522 $20,134–$201,340 2020 ............................................................................................................... $20,134–$201,340 8 1.01764 $20,489–$204,892 2021 ............................................................................................................... $20,489–$204,892 9 1.01182 $20,731–$207,314 manipulative, or deceptive practice SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE Dated: January 8, 2021. under the federal securities laws, unless COMMISSION Caitlin Cater, a record is made of the transaction [Release Nos. 33–10919; 34–90882; File No. Attorney-Advisor, National Endowment for immediately by the broker-dealer. The 265–32] the Humanities. record must include (a) the name of the [FR Doc. 2021–00582 Filed 1–13–21; 8:45 am] customer, (b) the name, amount, and SEC Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee BILLING CODE 7536–01–P price of the security, and (c) the date and time when such transaction took AGENCY: Securities and Exchange place. The Commission estimates that Commission. 362 respondents collect information SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACTION: Notice of meeting. COMMISSION related to approximately 400,000 transactions annually under Rule 15c1– SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange [SEC File No. 270–146, OMB Control No. 7 and that each respondent would Commission Small Business Capital 3235–0134] spend approximately 5 minutes on the Formation Advisory Committee, Submission for OMB Review; collection of information for each established pursuant to Section 40 of Comment Request transaction, for approximately 33,333 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as aggregate hours per year (approximately added by the SEC Small Business Upon Written Request, Copies Available 92.1 hours per respondent). Advocate Act of 2016, is providing From: U.S. Securities and Exchange notice that it will hold a public meeting An agency may not conduct or Commission, Office of FOIA Services, by videoconference. The public is Washington, DC 20549–2736 sponsor, and a person is not required to invited to submit written statements to respond to, a collection of information the Committee. Extension: under the PRA unless it displays a Rule 15c1–7 DATES: The meeting will be held on currently valid OMB control number. Notice is hereby given that pursuant Friday, January 29, 2021, from 10:00 The public may view background to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (ET) and will be open documentation for this information (‘‘PRA’’) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the to the public. Written statements should collection at the following website: Securities and Exchange Commission be received on or before January 29, (‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the www.reginfo.gov. Find this particular 2021. Office of Management and Budget information collection by selecting ADDRESSES: The meeting will be (‘‘OMB’’) a request for approval of ‘‘Currently