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1 65 FR 10428 (February 28, 2000).

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 310

Notice of 30-Day Extension in

Comment Period in the Review of the

Telemarketing Sales Rule

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Rule review, notice of extension

of comment period.

SUMMARY: The Federal Trade

Commission (‘‘the Commission’’ or

‘‘FTC’’) has extended the comment

period by which comments must be

submitted concerning the review of its

Telemarketing Sales Rule (‘‘the Rule’’ or

‘‘TSR’’). This document informs

prospective commenters of the change

and sets a new date of May 30, 2000, for

the end of the comment period.

DATES: Written comments will be

received until the close of business on

May 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Six paper copies of each

paper and/or written comment should

be submitted to the Office of the

Secretary, Federal Trade Commission,

Room 159, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20580. If possible,

comments should also be submitted in

electronic form. To encourage prompt

and efficient review and dissemination

of the comments to the public, all

comments should also be submitted, if

possible, in electronic form, on either a

51⁄4 or a 31⁄2 inch computer disk, with

a label on the disk stating the name of

the commenter and the name and

version of the word processing program

used to create the document. (Programs

based on DOS are preferred. Files from

other operating systems should be

submitted in ASCII text format to be

accepted.) Individual members of the

public filing comments need not submit

multiple copies or comments in

electronic form. Alternatively, the

Commission will accept papers and

comments submitted to the following

email address: tsr@ftc.gov, provided the

content of any papers or comments

submitted by email is organized in

sequentially numbered paragraphs. All

submissions should be identified as

‘‘Telemarketing Review—Comment.

FTC File No. P994414.’’

Papers and written comments will be

available for public inspection in

accordance with the Freedom of

Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, and

Commission regulations, 16 CFR 4.9, on

normal business days between the hours

of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in Room 130,

Federal Trade Commission, 600

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20580. The

Commission will make this notice and,

to the extent possible, all papers or

comments received in response to this

notice available to the public through

the Internet at the following address:

www.ftc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Catherine Harrington-McBride (202)

326–2452, email cmcbride@ftc.gov;

Karen Leonard (202) 326–3597, email

kleonard@ftc.gov; or Carole Danielson

(202) 326–3115, email

cdanielson@ftc.gov, Division of

Marketing Practices, Bureau of

Consumer Products, Federal Trade

Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 28, 2000, the Commission

published a request for comment on its

Telemarketing Sales Rule.1 The

Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and

Abuse Prevention Act (‘‘the

Telemarketing Act’’ or ‘‘the Act’’)

directed the Commission to promulgate

rules to protect consumers from

deceptive telemarketing practices and

other abusive telemarketing activities. In

response to this directive, the

Commission adopted the TSR, which

requires telemarketers to make specific

disclosures of material information;

prohibits misrepresentations; sets limits

on the times telemarketers may call

consumers; prohibits calls to a

consumer who has asked not be called

again; and sets payment restrictions for

the sale of certain goods and services.

The comment period is currently

scheduled to close on April 27, 2000.

Several stakeholders that participated

in the original rulemaking proceeding

and in the recent public forum focusing

on the Rule’s do-not-call provision have

expressed concern that there will not be

sufficient time before April 27 to

complete their responses to the

Commission’s Request for Comment.

They have asked that the comment

period be extended to complete their

data collection. The Commission is

mindful of the need to deal with this

matter expeditiously. However, the

Commission also is aware that the

issues raised are complex and believes

that the enhancement of the record that

will be achieved by extending the

comment period far outweighs any harm

that might be caused by the delay.

Accordingly, the Commission has

decided to extend the comment period

to May 30, 2000. This extension will

provide sufficient time for commenters

to prepare useful comments. This

extension will not affect the date of the

public forum to discuss the TSR’s

provisions nor the date by which

applications to participate in the forum

must be received. The public forum will

continue to be held on July 27–28, 2000,

and notification of interest in

participating in the forum must be

submitted in writing on or before June

16, 2000, to Carole I. Danielson,

Division of Marketing Practices, Federal

Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20580.

List of Subjects in 16 CFR 310

Telemarketing, Trade practices.

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1601–1608.

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

20 CFR Part 335

RIN 3220–AB44

Sickness Benefits

AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Railroad Retirement

Board (Board) hereby proposes to

amend its regulations under the

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act

(RUIA) to permit a ‘‘nurse practitioner’’

to execute a statement of sickness in

support of payments of sickness benefits

under the RUIA. The Board does not

currently accept statements executed by

a nurse practitioner, which in some

cases may delay payment of benefits.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to the Secretary to the Board,

Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North

Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael C. Litt, General Attorney, (312)

751–4929, TDD (312) 751–4701.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

335.2(a)(2) of the Board’s regulations

provides that in order to be entitled to

sickness benefits under the RUIA, a

claimant must provide a ‘‘statement of

sickness’’. Section 335.3(a) of this part

lists the individuals from whom the

Board will accept a statement of

sickness. That list does not currently

include nurse practitioners. Nurse

practitioners offer health care to people

throughout the United States. Their

practice emphasizes health promotion

and maintenance, disease prevention,

and the diagnosis and management of

acute and chronic diseases. Nurse

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practitioners are registered nurses with

advanced education and clinical

expertise that qualifies them to diagnose

and treat illnesses and injuries. Under

current regulations, the Board does not

accept a statement of sickness or

supplemental statement of sickness

from a nurse practitioner. A claimant

who submits a statement of sickness

signed by a nurse practitioner is

informed that the statement may not be

accepted and is required to get a new

one signed by an individual listed in

§ 335.3(a). This is administratively

costly and delays the payment of

sickness benefits. Thus, the Board

proposes to add ‘‘nurse practitioner’’ to

the list of individuals from whom it will

accept a statement of sickness.

The Board, with the concurrence of

the Office of Management and Budget,

has determined that this is not a

significant regulatory action for

purposes of Executive Order 12866.

Therefore, no regulatory analysis is

required. The information collections

contemplated by this part have been

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget under control number 3220–

0039.

List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part 335

Railroad employees, Railroad

unemployment insurance, Reporting

and recordkeeping requirements.

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, the Railroad Retirement

Board proposes to amend title 20,

chapter II of the Code of Federal

Regulations as follows:

PART 335—SICKNESS BENEFITS

1. The authority citation for part 335

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 362(i) and 362(l).

2. Section 335.3 is amended as

follows: remove ‘‘or’’ at the end of

paragraph (a)(9), remove the period and

add ‘‘; or’’ at the end of paragraph

(a)(10), and add a new paragraph (a)(11)

to read as follows:

§ 335.3 Execution of statement of sickness

and supplemental doctor’s statement.

(a) * * *

(11) A nurse practitioner.

* * * * *

Dated: April 28, 2000.

By Authority of the Board.

Beatrice Ezerski,

Secretary to the Board.

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BILLING CODE 7905–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Parts 16 and 900

[Docket No. 99N–4578]

RIN 0910–AB98

State Certification of Mammography

Facilities; Correction

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is correcting a

proposed rule that appeared in the

Federal Register of March 30, 2000 (65

FR 16847). The document proposes to

implement the ‘‘States as certifiers

provisions’’ of the Mammography

Quality Standards Act of 1992 (the

MQSA). In the March 30, 2000,

proposed rule, there were two incorrect

references to the provisions of the

MQSA being implemented. This

document corrects those errors.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ruth A. Fischer, Center for Devices and

Radiological Health (HFZ–240), Food

and Drug Administration, 1350 Piccard

Dr., Rockville, MD 20850, 301–594–

3332, FAX 301–594–3306.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc.

00–7653, appearing on page 16847 in

the Federal Register of March 30, 2000,

the following corrections are made:

1. On page 16847, in the first column,

under the SUMMARY, in line 3, ‘‘patient

notification’’ is corrected to read ‘‘States

as certifiers’’.

2. On page 16848, in the first column,

the heading in section D, ‘‘The Patient

Notification Provisions’’ is corrected to

read ‘‘The States as Certifiers

Provisions’’.

Dated: April 15, 2000.

Linda S. Kahan,

Deputy Director for Regulations Policy, Center

for Devices and Radiological Health.

[FR Doc. 00–11330 Filed 5–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

37 CFR Part 202

[Docket No. RM 95–7B]

Registration of Claims to Copyright,

Group Registration of Photographs

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of

Congress.

ACTION: Proposed regulations with

request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Copyright Office of the

Library of Congress is proposing

regulations to facilitate group

registration of published photographs.

These proposed regulations differ

significantly from regulations proposed

earlier in this rulemaking proceeding, as

they require the deposit of the actual

photographic images, rather than merely

written identifying descriptions, for

registration purposes and as they

pertain only to published photographs.

This option for group registration of

photographs is available only for

registration of works by an individual

photographer which are published

within one calendar year. In addition,

the Office also proposes to liberalize the

deposit requirements for groups of

unpublished photographs registered as

unpublished collections. The Office is

seeking comments only on these

proposals.

DATES: Written comments on the

proposed regulations should be received

on or before June 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: If sent BY MAIL, an original

and 15 copies of written comments

should be addressed to David O. Carson,

General Counsel, Copyright GC/I&R,

P.O. Box 70400, Southwest Station,

Washington, DC 20024. If delivered by

hand, an original and 15 copies should

be brought to: Office of the Copyright

General Counsel, James Madison

Memorial Building, Room LM–403, 101

Independence Avenue, SE.,

Washington, DC 20559.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Carson, General Counsel, or

Patricia L. Sinn, Senior Attorney

Advisor, Telephone: (202) 707–8380.

Fax: (202) 707–8366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

Registration of a copyright can be

made at any time during the term of

statutory protection; however, with the

exception of a three-month grace period

dating from first publication, the law

prohibits the award of statutory

damages or attorney’s fees where a work

has not been registered before

infringement occurs. 17 U.S.C. 412.

Under the 1976 Copyright Act, as

amended, an applicant may register a

claim in an original work of authorship

with the Copyright Office by submitting

a completed application, a fee, and a

deposit of copies of the work to be

registered. The nature of the copy to be

deposited is set out in the statute in

general terms, e.g., one complete copy

or phonorecord of an unpublished work,