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request to approve the collection of

information discussed below.

The survey is called the Securities

and Exchange Commission Survey on

Reciprocal Subpoena Enforcement. The

staff created the survey pursuant to a

Congressional directive in the Securities

Litigation Uniform Standards Act of

1998 (‘‘1998 Act’’). The 1998 Act

requires the Commission, in

consultation with state securities

commissions (or similar agencies) to

‘‘seek to encourage the adoption of State

laws providing for reciprocal

enforcement by State securities

commissions of subpoenas issued by

another State securities commission.

* * *.’’ The 1998 Act further requires

the SEC to submit a report to Congress

by November 2000 which identifies the

states that have adopted such laws,

describes the actions the Commission

and the state commissions have taken to

promote such laws, and identifies any

further actions the Commission

recommends for such purposes.

The survey seeks information

regarding (1) the states’ laws authorizing

providing assistance to other states with

subpoenas, (2) the states’ experiences in

seeking assistance from other states with

their subpoenas, (3) the states’

experiences in requesting assistance

from other states with their subpoenas

and (4) each state’s proposals and

suggestions regarding reciprocal

subpoena enforcement. The

Commission will use the information

gathered in the survey to write the

report to Congress.

The survey will be sent to all of the

states, the District of Columbia and

Puerto Rico. It is estimated that there

will be approximately 52 respondents to

the survey and that each full response

will take approximately 30 minutes.

Thus, the total reporting burden of the

survey will be about 26 hours. The

survey is voluntary and may be

completed at the option of the recipient.

Responses will not be kept confidential.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor,

and a person is not required to respond

to, a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control

number.

General comments regarding the

above information should be directed to

the following persons: (i) Desk Officer

for the Securities and Exchange

Commission, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10102,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503; and (ii) Michael

E. Bartell, Associate Executive Director,

Office of Information Technology,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC

20549. Comments must be submitted to

OMB within 30 days of this notice.

Dated: April 11, 2000.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the Government in the

Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the

Securities and Exchange Commission

will hold the following meetings during

the week of April 24, 2000.

Commissioner Carey, as duty officer,

determined that no earlier notice thereof

was possible.

An open meeting will held on

Tuesday, April 25, 2000 at 10 a.m. in

Room 1C30.

The subject matter of the open

meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April

25, 2000 at 10:00 a.m. will be: The

Commission will consider issuance of

an interpretive release providing

guidance on the application of the

federal securities laws to electronic

media, including updating previous

guidance on the use of electronic media

to deliver documents under the federal

securities laws and related matters. For

further information, please contact P.J.

Himelfarb or Mark A. Borges at (202)

942–2900.

A closed meeting will be held on

Thursday April 27, 2000 at 11:00 a.m.

Commissioners, Counsel to the

Commissioners, the Secretary to the

Commission, and recording secretaries

will attend the closed meeting. Certain

staff members who have an interest in

the matters may also be present.

The General Counsel of the

Commission, or his designee, has

certified that, in his opinion, one or

more of the exemptions set forth in 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), (8), (9)(A) and (10)

and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(4), (8), (9)(A) and

(10), permit consideration for the

scheduled matters at the closed meeting.

The subject matter of the closed

meeting scheduled Thursday, April 27,

2000 will be:

Institution and settlement of injunctive

actions; and

Institution and settlement of

administrative proceedings of an

enforcement nature.

At times, changes in Commission

priorities require alterations in the

scheduling of meeting items. For further

information and to ascertain what, if

any, matters have been added, deleted

or postponed, please contact:

The Office of the Secretary at (202)

942–7070.

Dated: April 19, 2000.

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

[Declaration of Disaster #3249]

State of Alabama

Calhoun and Jefferson Counties and

the contiguous counties of Bibb, Blount,

Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair,

Shelby, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, and

Walker in the State of Alabama

constitute a disaster area due to

damages caused by severe storms and

tornadoes that occurred on April 2–3,

2000. Applications for loans for

physical damage as a result of this

disaster may be filed until the close of

business on June 12, 2000 and for

economic injury until the close of

business on January 16, 2001 at the

address listed below or other locally

announced locations: U.S. Small

Business Administration, Disaster Area

2 Office, One Baltimore Place, Suite

300, Atlanta, GA 30308.

The interest rates are:

Percent

For Physical Damage:

Homeowners with credit

available elsewhere ........... 7.625

Homeowners without credit

available elsewhere ........... 3.812

Businesses with credit available elsewhere ................... 8.000

Businesses and non-profit organizations without credit

available elsewhere ........... 4.000

Others (including non-profit

organizations) with credit

available elsewhere ........... 6.750

For Economic Injury

Businesses and small agricultural cooperatives without

credit available elsewhere 4.000

The numbers assigned to this disaster

are 324912 for physical damage and

9H0800 for economic injury.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: April 13, 2000.

Aida Alvarez,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 00–10021 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

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