47402 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 156 / Wednesday, August 13, 2014 / Proposed Rules 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

25 CFR Part 169 

[Docket ID BIA–2014–0001; 

DR.5B711.IA000814] 

RIN 1076–AF20 

Rights-of-Way on Indian Land 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; Extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: On June 17, 2014, we 

published a proposed rule to revise 

regulations governing rights-of-way on 

Indian land. We have since received 

several requests for extension of the 

comment period. This notice extends 

the comment deadline by 45 days and 

announces the addition of a public 

hearing on the proposed rule. 

DATES: Comments on this rule must be 

received by October 2, 2014. The public 

hearing will be held on Wednesday, 

September 17, 2014, at 1 p.m. Eastern 

Time. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal rulemaking portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. The rule is listed 

under the agency name ‘‘Bureau of 

Indian Affairs.’’ The rule has been 

assigned Docket ID: BIA–2014–0001. 

• Email: consultation@bia.gov. 

Include the number 1076–AF20 in the 

subject line. 

• Mail or hand delivery: Ms. 

Elizabeth Appel, Office of Regulatory 

Affairs & Collaborative Action, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street 

NW., MS 3642, Washington, DC 20240. 

Include the number 1076–AF20 on the 

envelope. 

Please note that none of the following 

will be considered or included in the 

docket for this rulemaking: comments 

received after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES) or comments sent to 

an address other than those listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Elizabeth Appel, Director, Office of 

Regulatory Affairs & Collaborative 

Action, (202) 273–4680; 

elizabeth.appel@bia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On June 17, 2014, we published a 

proposed rule to comprehensively 

update and streamline the process for 

obtaining BIA grants of rights-of-way on 

Indian land. See 79 FR 34455. Since 

publication of the proposed rule, we 

have received several requests for 

extension of the comment period and 

the opportunity for additional public 

input. This notice extends the comment 

deadline by 45 days and announces a 

public hearing on this proposed rule. 

The public hearing will be held by 

teleconference on Wednesday, 

September 17, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., 

Eastern Time, at (888) 790–2010, 

passcode 1863865. 

The proposed rule, frequently asked 

questions, and other information are 

online at: http://www.bia.gov/

WhoWeAre/AS-IA/ORM/RightsofWay/

index.htm. 

Dated: August 8, 2014. 

Lawrence S. Roberts, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19165 Filed 8–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P 

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE 

ARTS 

45 CFR Part 1149 

RIN 3135–AA28 

Implementing the Program Fraud Civil 

Remedies Act 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Arts. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The National Endowment for 

the Arts (NEA) proposes rules to 

implement the Program Fraud Civil 

Remedies Act of 1986 (PFCRA). Any 

person who makes, submits, or presents 

a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim or 

written statement to the agency causing 

such fraudulent actions to occur is 

subject to civil penalties and 

assessments. The proposed rules 

authorize the NEA to impose civil 

penalties and assessments through 

administrative adjudication. The 

regulations also establish the procedures 

the NEA will follow in implementing 

the provisions of the PFCRA and 

specifies the hearing and appeal rights 

of persons subject to penalties and 

assessments under the PFCRA. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 12, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN 3135–AA28, by any of 

the following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

2. Email: generalcounsel@arts.gov. 

Include RIN 3135–AA28 in the subject 

line of the message. 

3. Fax: (202) 682–5572. 

4. Mail: Office of the General Counsel, 

National Endowment for the Arts, 400 

7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20506. 

5. Hand Delivery/Courier: Office of 

the General Counsel, National 

Endowment for the Arts, 400 7th Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20506. 

See the ‘‘Public Participation’’ 

heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document 

for addresses where you may submit 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Regulatory Information Number (RIN) 

for this rulemaking. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on submitting 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, including 

information on how to submit 

comments electronically, see the 

‘‘Public Participation’’ heading of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aswathi Zachariah, Office of the 

General Counsel, National Endowment 

for the Arts, 400 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20506, Telephone: 

202–682–5418. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In October 1986, Congress enacted the 

PFCRA, Public Law 99–509 (codified at 

31 U.S.C. 3801–3812). The PFCRA 

established an administrative remedy 

against any person who makes a false 

claim or written statement to any of 

certain Federal agencies and against any 

person causing such fraudulent actions. 

In brief, it requires the affected Federal 

agencies to follow certain procedures in 

recovering penalties and assessments 

against people who file false claims or 

statements for which the liability is 

$150,000 or less. Initially, the PFCRA 

did not apply to the NEA. However, 

pursuant to section 10 of the Inspector 

General Reform Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 

110–409), the scope of PFCRA’s 

coverage has been expanded to include 

NEA. 

The PFCRA requires each affected 

agency to promulgate rules and 

regulations necessary to implement its 

provisions. Following the PFCRA’s 

enactment, at the request of the 

President’s Council on Integrity and 

Efficiency (PCIE), an interagency task 

force was established under the 

leadership of the Department of Health 

and Human Services to develop model 

regulations for implementation of the 

PFCRA by all affected agencies. This 


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