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made to avoid a restriction under 

section 436. The information required 

under § 1.430(h)(2)–1(e) is required in 

order for a plan sponsor to make an 

election to use an alternative interest 

rate for purposes of determining a plan’s 

funding obligations under § 1.430(h)(2)– 

1. The information required under 

§§ 1.436–1(f) and 1.436–1(h) is required 

in order for a qualified defined benefit 

plan’s enrolled actuary to provide a 

timely certification of the plan’s 

adjusted funding target attainment 

percentage (AFTAP) for each plan year 

to avoid certain benefit restrictions. 

The Highway and Transportation 

Funding Act of 2014 (HATFA), Public 

Law 113–159, was enacted on August 8, 

2014, and was effective retroactively for 

single employer defined benefit pension 

plans, optional for plan years beginning 

in 2013 and mandatory for plan years 

beginning in 2014. 

Section 3608(b) of the Coronavirus 

Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 

(CARES Act), Public Law 116–136 

provides that for purposes of applying 

§ 436 of the Code (and § 206(g) of 

ERISA), a sponsor of a single-employer 

defined benefit pension plan may elect 

to treat the plan’s adjusted funding 

target attainment percentage (AFTAP) 

for the last plan year ending before 

January 1, 2020, as the AFTAP for plan 

years that include calendar year 2020. 

Notice 2020–61, in part, provides 

guidance on the rules relating to this 

election. 

Section 115(a) of the Setting Every 

Community Up for Retirement 

Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE 

Act), Division O of the Further 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, 

Public Law 116–94, added new 

§ 430(m) to the Code to permit the plan 

sponsor of a community newspaper 

plan under which no participant has 

had an increase in accrued benefit after 

December 31, 2017 to elect to have 

alternative minimum funding standards 

apply to the plan in lieu of the 

minimum funding requirements that 

would otherwise apply under § 430. 

Pursuant to § 430(m)(2), any election 

under § 430(m) will be made at such 

time and in such manner as prescribed 

by the Secretary, and once an election 

is made with respect to a plan year, it 

will apply to all subsequent plan years 

unless revoked with the consent of the 

Secretary. Notice 2020–60 provides 

guidance regarding this election. 

Regulation Project Number: REG– 

139236–07 (TD 9467). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households; Businesses or other forprofit organizations; Not-for profit 

institutions; and Federal, State, Local, or 

Tribal governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

81,020. 

Frequency of Response: On Occasion. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 81,020. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 

hour for TD 9467, 1 hour for Notice 

2020–61, 4 hours for Notice 2020–60. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 121,080 hours. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 

Dated: January 21, 2021. 

Molly Stasko, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

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UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION 

PLAN 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice; Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: January 28, 2021, from 

Noon to 3:00 p.m., Eastern time. 

PLACE: This meeting will be accessible 

via conference call and screen sharing. 

Any interested person may call 877– 

853–5247 (US toll free), 888–788–0099 

(US toll free), +1 929–205–6099 (US 

toll), or +1 669–900–6833 (US toll), 

Conference ID 981 5574 7617, to 

participate in the meeting. 

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors (the ‘‘Board’’) will continue its 

work in developing and implementing 

the Unified Carrier Registration Plan 

and Agreement. The subject matter of 

the meeting will include: 

Agenda 

I. Welcome and Call to Order—UCR 

Board Chair 

The UCR Board Chair will welcome 

attendees, call the meeting to order, call 

roll for the Board, confirm the presence 

of a quorum, and facilitate selfintroductions. 

II. Verification of Meeting Notice—UCR 

Executive Director 

The UCR Executive Director will 

verify publication of the meeting notice 

on the UCR website and distribution to 

the UCR contact list via email followed 

by subsequent publication of the notice 

in the Federal Register. 

III. Review and Approval of Board 

Agenda—UCR Board Chair 

For Discussion and Possible Action. 

Agenda will be reviewed and the 

Board will consider adoption. 

Ground Rules 

➢ Board actions taken only in 

designated areas on agenda 

IV. Approval of Minutes of the 

December 10, 2020 UCR Board 

Meeting—UCR Board Chair 

For Discussion and Possible Action. 

Draft Minutes of the December 10, 

2020 UCR Board meeting will be 

reviewed. The Board will consider 

action to approve. 

V. Re-Appointment and Appointment of 

UCR Board Members—UCR Board Chair 

and UCR Executive Director 

For Discussion and Possible Action. 

There are five members of the UCR 

Board of Directors whose terms expire 

on May 31, 2021. Four of these Directors 

have requested re-appointment for 

additional three-year terms. The 

remaining Director is willing to 

continue to serve until a successor is 

appointed. In addition, one Director 

from among the chief administrative 

officers of the state agencies responsible 

for overseeing administration of the 

UCR Agreement who is from the Federal 

Motor Carrier Service Administration’s 

Midwestern service area has tendered 

her resignation from the UCR Board 

effective February 19, 2021. The UCR 

Board will discuss re-appointments and 

appointments to the UCR Board for 

these positions and may take action to 

approve candidates for recommendation 

to the United States Department of 

Transportation. 

VI. Update on UCR Meeting Schedule 

for 2021—UCR Executive Director 

The UCR Executive Director will 

provide an update on the scheduled 

Board and Subcommittee meetings for 

2021. 

VII. Report of FMCSA—FMCSA 

Representative 

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA) will provide a 

report on any relevant activity. 

VIII. Updates Concerning UCR 

Legislation—UCR Board Chair 

The UCR Board Chair will call for any 

updates regarding UCR legislation since 

the last Board meeting. 

IX. Chief Legal Officer Report—UCR 

Chief Legal Officer 

The UCR Chief Legal Officer will 

provide an update on the status of the 

March 2019 data event, the Twelve 

Percent Logistics litigation, cease and 

desist letters sent to third party 

permitting service providers, and other 

matters. 

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X. Subcommittee Reports 

Audit Subcommittee—UCR Audit 

Subcommittee Chair 

A. Next Steps Regarding the 2019 Audit 

Deficiencies by Idaho and Utah—UCR 

Audit Subcommittee Chair 

The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair 

will discuss with the Board next steps 

regarding the 2019 Audit Deficiencies of 

Idaho and Utah. 

B. UCR Auditor Coordinator—UCR 

Audit Subcommittee Chair 

For Discussion and Possible Action. 

The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair 

will lead a discussion regarding the 

MCS–150 retreat audit program 

provided by UCR and the progress made 

with participating states. States may opt 

into the program. States will remain 

engaged in the audit process but may 

have a lesser burden of having to attend 

to unresponsive/unproductive retreat 

audits. 

C. NRS Testing—Penetration and 

Vulnerability Testing—UCR Technology 

Manager 

The UCR Technology Manager will 

discuss plans to conduct a protocol of 

tests of the National Registration System 

(NRS) to ensure that appropriate 

measures are taken to resist unwanted 

attacks against the NRS. A highly 

experienced and qualified contractor 

has been selected to provide the 

appropriate testing. 

Finance Subcommittee—UCR Finance 

Subcommittee Chair 

A. Certificate of Deposit Maturing on 

February 5, 2021—UCR Depository 

Manager 

For Discussion and Possible Action. 

The UCR Depository Manager will 

discuss the CD maturing on February 5, 

2021 and outline potential reinvestment opportunities to the Board. 

The UCR Board may take action to reinvest the funds. 

B. Review UCR Bank Balance Summary 

Report—UCR Depository Manager 

The UCR Depository Manager will 

review the UCR Bank Balance Summary 

Report as of December 31, 2020 and 

answer questions from the Board. 

C. Review 2020 Administrative 

Expenses Through December 31, 2020— 

UCR Depository Manager 

The UCR Depository Manager will 

present the administrative costs 

incurred for the period of January 1, 

2020 through December 31, 2020, 

compared to the budget for the same 

time-period, and discuss all significant 

variances. 

D. Status of 2020 and 2021 Registration 

Years Fee Collections and Compliance 

Percentages—UCR Depository Manager 

The UCR Depository Manager will 

provide updates on the results of 

collections and registration compliance 

rates for the 2020 and 2021 registration 

years. 

Education and Training 

Subcommittee—UCR Education and 

Training Subcommittee Chair 

• Update on Basic Audit Training 

Module and Flow Chart/Decision Tree— 

UCR Education and Training 

Subcommittee Chair 

The UCR Education and Training 

Subcommittee Chair will provide an 

update on the development of the Basic 

Audit Training Module and Flow Chart/ 

Decision Tree. 

XI. Contractor Reports—UCR Executive 

Director 

• UCR Executive Director 

The UCR Executive Director will 

provide a report covering recent activity 

for the UCR Plan. 

• DSL Transportation Services, Inc. 

DSL Transportation Services, Inc. will 

report on the latest data from the FARs 

program, discuss motor carrier 

inspection results, and other matters. 

• Seikosoft 

Seikosoft will provide an update on 

recent/new activity related to the NRS. 

• UCR Administrator Report 

(Kellen)—UCR Operations and 

Depository Managers 

The UCR Staff will provide its 

management report covering recent 

activity for the Depository, Operations, 

and Communications. 

XII. Other Business—UCR Board Chair 

The UCR Board Chair will call for any 

business, old or new, from the floor. 

XIII. Adjournment—UCR Board Chair 

The UCR Board Chair will adjourn the 

meeting. 

This agenda will be available no later 

than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, January 21, 

2021 at: https://plan.ucr.gov. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Elizabeth Leaman, Chair, Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors, (617) 305–3783, eleaman@

board.ucr.gov. 

Alex B. Leath, 

Chief Legal Officer, Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan. 

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