Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 22 / Thursday, February 4, 2021 / Notices 8223 

1The Participating Parties are American Society 

of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Broadcast 

Music, Inc., Canadian Claimants Group (by 

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), Devotional 

Claimants (Crystal Cathedral Ministries, et al.), 

Global Music Rights, LLC, Joint Sports Claimants, 

Motion Picture Association, Commercial Television 

Claimants (through the National Association of 

Broadcasters), NPR Claimants (through National 

Public Radio, Inc.), NCTA—The Internet & 

Television Association, Public Television Claimants 

(through Public Broadcasting Service), and SESAC 

Performing Rights, LLC. 

2The Judges assume that the Participating Parties’ 

reference to 37 CFR 256.2(c) & (d), which was a 

Copyright Office regulation relating to the Judges’ 

predecessor, is intended to refer to paragraphs (c)– 

(d) of 37 CFR 387, which the Judges adopted at the 

conclusion of the last cable rate proceeding. See 81 

FR 62812 (Sept. 13, 2016) and 81 FR 24523–24 

(Apr. 26, 2016). 

3The Judges also received a petition to participate 

from Circle God Network Inc. (through David 

Powell), which the Judges concluded failed to state 

why it believed it had a significant interest in the 

proceeding. The Judges subsequently rejected Mr. 

Powell’s petition to participate, Order Rejecting 

David Powell’s Petition to Participate and 

Permitting Filing of an Amended Petition (Oct. 20, 

2020), and later dismissed Mr. Powell from the 

proceeding. Order Dismissing David Powell (Nov. 5, 

2020). 

Board name and the docket number for 

this proceeding. All comments received 

will be posted without change to eCRB 

at https://app.crb.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to eCRB at 

https://app.crb.gov and perform a case 

search for docket 20–CRB–0008–CA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita Blaine, Program Specialist, by 

telephone at (202) 707–7658, or by 

email at crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 26, 2021, the Copyright Royalty 

Judges (Judges) received a Joint Notice 

of Settlement of Participating Parties 1

informing the Judges that they have 

agreed not to seek a quinquennial 

adjustment in the existing Section 111 

royalty rates or gross receipts limitations 

pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 804(b)(1)(A)–(B) 

for the 2020–2025 period. As a result, 

the Participating Parties request that the 

Judges terminate this proceeding 

without making any changes in (1) the 

royalty rates currently set forth in 17 

U.S.C. 111(d)(1)(B) and 37 CFR 

256.2(c)–(d); 2 and (2) the gross receipts 

limitations set forth in 17 U.S.C. 

111(d)(1)(E)–(F). Joint Notice at 2. The 

Judges hereby publish the proposed 

settlement and request comments from 

interested parties as required by 17 

U.S.C. 801(b)(7)(A). 

Section 111 of the Copyright Act 

grants a statutory copyright license to 

cable television systems for the distant 

retransmission of over-the-air television 

and radio broadcast stations to their 

subscribers. 17 U.S.C. 111(c). In 

exchange for the license, cable operators 

submit to the Copyright Office 

semiannually royalty payments and 

statements of account detailing their 

retransmissions. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(1). 

The Copyright Office deposits the 

royalties into the United States Treasury 

for later distribution to copyright 

owners of the broadcast programming 

that the cable systems retransmit. 17 

U.S.C. 111(d)(2). 

A cable system calculates its royalty 

payments in accordance with the 

statutory formula described in 17 U.S.C. 

111(d)(1). Royalty rates are based upon 

a cable system’s gross receipts from 

subscribers who receive retransmitted 

broadcast signals. For rate calculation 

purposes, cable systems are divided into 

three tiers (small, medium, and large) 

based on their gross receipts. 17 U.S.C. 

111(d)(1)(B) through (F). Both the 

applicable rates and the tiers are subject 

to adjustment. 17 U.S.C. 801(b)(2). 

Every five years persons with a 

significant interest in the royalty rates 

may file petitions to initiate a 

proceeding to adjust the rates. 17 U.S.C. 

804(a)–(b). No person with a significant 

interest filed a petition to initiate a 

proceeding in 2020. Therefore, the 

Judges initiated a rate adjustment 

proceeding by publishing a notice and 

request for petitions to participate in the 

Federal Register. 85 FR 34467 (June 4, 

2020). The Judges accepted the petitions 

to participate of each of the 

Participating Parties and commenced a 

Voluntary Negotiation Period (VNP). 

Notice of Participants, Commencement 

of Voluntary Negotiation Period, and 

Scheduling Order (Oct. 20, 2020).3 In 

response to that Notice and Order, the 

Participating Parties have notified the 

Judges that they have agreed not to seek 

a quinquennial adjustment in the 

existing Section 111 royalty rates or 

gross receipts limitations pursuant to 17 

U.S.C. 804(b)(1)(A)–(B) for the 2020– 

2025 period. They request that the 

Judges terminate this proceeding 

without making any changes in the 

applicable royalty rates and gross 

receipts limitations. 

Section 801(b)(7)(A) allows for the 

adoption of rates and terms negotiated 

by ‘‘some or all of the participants in a 

proceeding at any time during the 

proceeding’’ provided the parties submit 

the negotiated rates and terms to the 

Judges for approval. That provision 

directs the Judges to provide those who 

would be bound by the negotiated rates 

and terms an opportunity to comment 

on the agreement. Unless a participant 

in a proceeding objects and the Judges 

conclude that the agreement does not 

provide a reasonable basis for setting 

statutory rates or terms, the Judges 

adopt the negotiated rates and terms. 17 

U.S.C. 801(b)(7)(A). 

If the Judges adopt the proposed rates 

and terms pursuant to this provision for 

the 2020–2025 rate period, the adopted 

(and thus, existing) rates and terms and 

gross receipts limitations will continue 

to be binding on all cable systems that 

retransmit distantly over-the-air 

television and radio broadcast stations 

to their subscribers and on all copyright 

owners of the broadcast programming 

that the cable systems retransmit during 

the license period 2020–2025. 

Interested parties may comment and 

Participating Parties may object to the 

proposed settlement referenced in this 

notice. See 17 U.S.C. 801(b)(7)(A). Such 

comments and objections, if any, must 

be submitted no later than February 25, 

2021. 

Dated: January 29, 2021. 

Jesse M. Feder, 

Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. 

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Revisions of Rescissions Proposals 

Pursuant to the Congressional Budget 

and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 

AGENCY: Executive Office of the 

President, Office of Management and 

Budget. 

ACTION: Notice of revisions to 

rescissions proposed pursuant to the 

Congressional Budget and 

Impoundment Control Act of 1974. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 1014(d) of 

the Congressional Budget and 

Impoundment Control Act of 1974, 

OMB is issuing a supplementary special 

message from the President in regard to 

the rescissions proposals that were 

previously transmitted to the Congress 

on January 14, 2021 under section 

1012(a) of that Act. The supplementary 

special message was transmitted to the 

Congress on January 31, 2021. The 

supplementary special message reports 

the withdrawal of all 73 proposals. 

DATES: The Congress was notified on 

January 31, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: This supplementary special 

message is available on-line on the OMB 

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8224 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 22 / Thursday, February 4, 2021 / Notices 

omb/supplementals-amendments-andreleases/. 

Robert Fairweather, 

Acting Director. 

Dear Madam President: (Dear Madam 

Speaker:) 

In accordance with section 1014(c) of the 

Congressional Budget and Impoundment 

Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 685(c)), I am 

withdrawing 73 proposed rescissions 

previously transmitted to the Congress. 

The withdrawals are for the Departments of 

Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, 

Health and Human Services, Homeland 

Security, the Interior, Justice, Labor, State, 

and the Treasury, as well as the African 

Development Foundation, the Commission of 

Fine Arts, the Corporation for National and 

Community Service, the District of Columbia, 

the Environmental Protection Agency, the 

Inter-American Foundation, the Millennium 

Challenge Corporation, the National 

Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, 

the National Gallery of Art, the Peace Corps, 

the Presidio Trust, the United States Agency 

for International Development, the United 

States Army Corps of Engineers, the 

Woodrow Wilson International Center for 

Scholars, and the Legislative Branch. 

The details of the rescission withdrawals 

are contained in the attached report. 

Sincerely, 

Joseph R. Biden Jr. 

Rescission proposals nos. R21–1 

through R21–73 

SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT 

Report Pursuant to Section 1014(c) of 

the Congressional Budget and 

Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 

U.S.C. 685(c)) 

This report updates Rescission 

proposals R21–1 through R21–73, which 

were transmitted to the Congress on 

January 14, 2021. 

This report withdraws all of the 

rescission proposals transmitted on 

January 14, 2021. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02320 Filed 2–3–21; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SECURITY COMMISSION 

ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 

[Docket No.: 1–2021–03] 

National Security Commission on 

Artificial Intelligence; Notice of 

Extension of Federal Advisory 

Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: National Security Commission 

on Artificial Intelligence. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of Federal 

Advisory Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Security 

Commission on Artificial Intelligence 

(the ‘‘Commission’’) is publishing this 

notice to announce the administrative 

extension of an asynchronous Federal 

Advisory Committee meeting and paper 

review process. The meeting will be 

closed to the public. 

DATES: Closed to the public, the 

asynchronous meeting date is extended 

from February 14, 2021 to February 28, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Angela Ponmakha, 703–614–6379 

(Voice), nscai-dfo@nscai.gov. Mailing 

address: Designated Federal Officer, 

National Security Commission on 

Artificial Intelligence, 2530 Crystal 

Drive, Box 45, Arlington, VA 22202. 

Website: https://www.nscai.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

referred to in the Commission’s original 

Federal Register notice (85 FR 76613), 

the meeting and paper review process 

are being held to consider the 

Commission’s draft classified annex. 

Due to circumstances beyond the 

control of the Commission—including 

travel and social distancing restrictions 

on in-person meetings imposed by the 

COVID–19 pandemic—the Commission 

will be unable to complete the review 

process of the classified annex. As such, 

the Commission is administratively 

extending the asynchronous meeting 

period previously scheduled to end on 

or about February 14, 2021 by two 

weeks, to February 28, 2021. As 

described in the original notice, 

individual commissioners or small 

groups of commissioners may meet with 

Commission staff during this period of 

time to review, discuss, and deliberate 

specifically on the Commission’s draft 

classified annex. All materials and 

discussions are expected to be 

classified. 

Meeting Accessibility: In accordance 

with Section 10(d) of the FACA, NSCAI 

has determined the series of meetings 

and paper approval process will be 

closed to the public. Specifically, the 

Commission’s Committee Management 

Officer, in consultation with the General 

Services Administration’s Secretariat 

and Office of General Counsel, has 

determined in writing that the meetings 

will be closed to the public because they 

will consider matters covered by 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). The determination is 

based on the consideration that it is 

expected that discussions throughout 

the course of each meeting and the 

paper approval process will involve 

classified matters of national security 

concern. Such classified material is so 

intertwined with the unclassified 

material that it cannot be reasonably 

segregated into separate discussions 

without defeating the effectiveness and 

meaning of the overall meetings. To 

permit the meetings to be open to the 

public would preclude discussion of 

such matters and would greatly 

diminish the ultimate utility of the 

Commission’s findings and 

recommendations to the Congress and 

the President. 

Written Statements: Written 

comments may be submitted to the 

Commission at any time regarding its 

mission or in response to the stated 

agenda of planned meetings via email 

to: nscai-dfo@nscai.gov in either Adobe 

Acrobat or Microsoft Word format. The 

DFO will compile all written 

submissions and provide them to the 

Commissioners for consideration. Please 

note that all submitted comments will 

be treated as public documents and will 

be made available for public inspection, 

including, but not limited to, being 

posted on the Commission’s website. 

Dated: January 29, 2021. 

Michael Gable, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02261 Filed 2–3–21; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

The National Science Board’s 

Committee on Strategy, pursuant to NSF 

regulations, the National Science 

Foundation Act, and the Government in 

the Sunshine Act, hereby gives notice of 

the scheduling of a teleconference for 

the transaction of National Science 

Board business, as follows: 

TIME AND DATE: Monday, February 8, 

2021, from 10:00–11:00 a.m. EST. 

PLACE: This meeting will be held by 

teleconference through the National 

Science Foundation. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda 

of the teleconference is: Chair’s opening 

remarks, discussion of the next NSF 

strategic plan. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Point of contact for this meeting is: 

Kathy Jacquart, kjacquar@nsf.gov, 703/ 

292–7000. To listen to this 

teleconference, members of the public 

must send an email to 

nationalsciencebrd@nsf.gov at least 24 

hours prior to the teleconference. The 

National Science Board Office will send 

requesters a toll-free dial-in number. 

Meeting information and updates may 

be found at https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/ 

meetings/index.jsp. Please refer to the 

National Science Board website at 


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