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Advocacy of the Small Business

Administration for comment on its

impact on small business.

Drafting Information

The principal author of these

regulations is Kenneth Christman,

Office of Assistant Chief Counsel

(Financial Institutions and Products).

However, other personnel from the IRS

and Treasury Department participated

in their development.

List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1

Income taxes, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements.

Adoption of Amendments to the

Regulations

Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is

amended as follows:

PART 1—INCOME TAXES

Paragraph 1. The authority citation

for part 1 continues to read in part as

follows:

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *

§ 1.6049–7 [Amended]

Par. 2. In § 1.6049–7, paragraph (g) is

removed.

John M. Dalrymple,

Acting Deputy Commissioner of Internal

Revenue.

Approved: June 1, 2000.

Jonathan Talisman,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.

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BILLING CODE 4830–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

43 CFR Part 12

RIN 1090–AA67

Administrative and Audit

Requirements and Cost Principles for

Assistance Programs

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This action finalizes an

interim rule the Department of the

Interior (Department) published in

response to the issuance of Executive

Order 13043 of April 16, 1997,

‘‘IncreasingSeat Belt Use in the United

States’’ (Order). Under Section 1(c), after

the date of the Order, each Federal

agency was required to seek to

encourage contractors, subcontractors,

and grantees to adopt and enforce onthe-job seat belt policies and programs

for their employees when operating

company-owned, rented, or personally

owned vehicles. Section 2 of the Order

directed all agencies of the executive

branch to promulgate rules and take

other appropriate measures within their

existing programs to further the policies

of the Order.

The Department published an interim

final rule on December 27, 1999,

because there had been no governmentwide implementation of this policy.

This final rule applies to grants and

cooperative agreements awarded by the

Department, and provides a regulatory

basis for the inclusion of a provision in

grants and cooperative agreements

awarded by the Department.

In the event that the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) chooses

to implement this requirement through

the issuance of a government-wide

directive, the Department will revise

this regulation, as appropriate.

DATES: Effective July 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Debra E. Sonderman, (Director,Office of

Acquisition and Property Management),

(202) 208–6431.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

16, 1997, Executive Order 13043,

‘‘Increasing Seat Belt Use in the United

States,’’ was signed by President

Clinton. Section 1(c) directed each

Federal agency, in contracts,

subcontracts, and grants entered into

after the date of the Order, to encourage

contractors, subcontractors, and

grantees to adopt and enforce on-the-job

seat belt policies and programs for their

employees when operating companyowned, rented, or personally-owned

vehicles. Section 2 directed all agencies

of the executive branch to promulgate

rules and take other appropriate

measures within their existing programs

to further the policies of the Order.

The Department is revising Subpart A

of 43 CFR part 12, to implement the

requirements of the Executive Order for

grants/cooperative agreements awarded

by bureaus/offices. The requirements

also apply to subawards made under a

grant or cooperative agreement.

OMB generally publishes governmentwide administrative requirements for

grants and cooperative agreements and

agencies implement these requirements

in regulations. Agencies have not been

officially notified by OMB that they

intend to publish government-wide

requirements to implement the Order.

Because of the need to implement the

Order’s requirements, the Department is

publishing this regulation to cover the

Department’s awards of grants and

cooperative agreements. Through this

regulation the Department will include

a provision in grants and cooperative

agreements awarded by the Department

encouraging recipients to adopt and

enforce on-the-job seat belt use policies

and programs consistent with the Order.

For those bureaus/offices within the

Department which prefer to simply

reference this rule as 43 CFR part 12,

inclusion of the specific provision will

not be required.

Compliance With Laws, Executive

Orders, and Department Policy

This document was not subject to

review by the Office of Management and

Budget under Executive Order 12866.

This rule will not have an effect of

$100 million or more on the economy.

It will not adversely affect in a material

way the economy, productivity,

competition, jobs, the environment,

public health or safety, or State, local,

or tribal governments or communities.

This rule will not create a serious

inconsistency or otherwise interfere

with an action taken or planned by

another agency.

This rule does not alter the budgetary

effects or entitlements, grants, user fees,

or loan programs or the rights or

obligations of their recipients.

This rule does not raise novel legal or

policy issues.

The Department certifies that this rule

will not have a significant economic

effect on a substantial number of small

entities under the Regulatory Flexibility

Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). The

Department has determined that this

rule will not have a significant

economic impact on small entities since

any efforts undertaken by grantees to

implement the requirements of the

Order are not expected to have a

significant economic impact and no

additional costs will be imposed as a

result of this rule. Most grantees

probably already have programs in place

to conduct education and awareness

programs about the importance of

wearing seat belts and the consequences

of not wearing them.

This rule is not a major rule under 5

U.S.C. 804(2), the Small Business

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act.

This rule:

a. Does not have an annual effect on

the economy of $100 million or more.

Most grantees probably already have

programs in place to conduct education

and awareness programs about the

importance of wearing seat belts and the

consequences of not wearing them.

b. Will not cause a major increase in

costs or prices for consumers,

individual industries, Federal, State, or

local government agencies, or

geographic regions. Grantees are being

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job seat belt use policies and programs

and no additional costs are expected to

be imposed.

c. Does not have significant adverse

effects on competition, employment,

investment, productivity, innovation, or

the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to

compete with foreign-based enterprises.

This determination is based on the fact

that the provision simply encourages

Federal grantees to adopt and enforce

on-the-job seat belt use policies and

programs for their employees when

operating company-owned, rented, or

personally owned vehicles. Federal

grantees are also encouraged to conduct

education, awareness, and other

appropriate programs for their

employees about the importance of

wearing seat belts and the consequences

of not wearing them.

This rule does not impose an

unfunded mandate on State, local, or

tribal governments or the private sector

of more than $100 million per year. This

rule does not have a significant or

unique effect on State, local, or tribal

governments or the private sector.

Grantees are being encouraged to adopt

and enforce on-the-job seat belt use

policies and programs and no additional

costs are expected to be imposed. Most

grantees probably already have

programs in place to conduct education

and awareness programs about the

importance of wearing seat belts and the

consequences of not wearing them. No

additional costs are expected to be

imposed. A statement containing the

information required by the Unfunded

Mandates Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1531 et

seq.) was not required.

In accordance with Executive Order

12630, this rule does not have

significant takings implications. A

takings implication assessment is not

required. No takings of personal

property will occur as a result of this

rule.

In accordance with Executive Order

13132, this rule does not have sufficient

federalism implications to warrant the

preparation of a Federalism Assessment.

Awards to governmental entities are

governed by 43 CFR part 12, Subpart C.

Under section 12.76, a State is required

to ensure that every purchase order or

other contract includes any clauses

required by Federal statutes and

executive orders and their

implementing regulations. Therefore,

this requirement is not considered to be

interference by the Federal Government

with State rights as described in

Executive Order 13132. A Federalism

Assessment is not required.

In accordance with Executive Order

12988, the Office of the Solicitor

determined that this rule does not

unduly burden the judicial system and

meets the requirements of sections 3(a)

and 3(b)(2) of the Order.

This regulation does not require an

information collection from 10 or more

parties and a submission under the

Paperwork Reduction Act was not

required. An OMB form 83–I was not

required.

This rule does not constitute a major

Federal action significantly affecting the

quality of the human environment. A

detailed statement under the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 was

not required.

Analysis of Comments

One public comment was received in

response to the publication of the

interim final rule. A respondent from

the State of Ohio commented that the

rule was an arbitary, unnecessary and

unwarranted intrusion by the federal

government to affect behavior in an area

tangential, at best, to its constitutional

responsibilities. The commenter

recommended that the rule be

withdrawn so that federal employees

could focus on their real and important

work. The Department is publishing the

regulation because of the requirement in

Section 2 of the Order which directed

all agencies of the executive branch to

promulgate rules to further the policies

of the Order.

An internal commenter objected to

the requirement to include the manual

add-in provision in their grants and

cooperative agreements and asked that

Section 12.2 (e)(3) and its provision be

deleted entirely since it was redundant

and unnecessary. This comment was the

only one received of this nature and to

accommodate their concerns, the final

rule will allow either the inclusion of

the provision or a reference to the

applicability of 43 CFR part 12.

List of Subjects in 43 CFR Part 12

Administrative practice and

procedure, Contract programs,

Cooperative agreements, Grant

programs, Grants administration,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Accordingly, the interim rule

amending 43 CFR part 12 which was

published at 64 FR 72287 on December

27, 1999, is adopted as a final rule

without change.

Dated: May 31 2000.

Lisa Guide,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and

International Affairs.

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BILLING CODE 4310–RF–U

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 52

[CC Docket No. 99–200; FCC 00–104]

Numbering Resource Optimization

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This document implements

numbering resource optimization

measures which will minimize the

negative impact on consumers of

premature area code exhausts; ensure

sufficient access to numbering resources

for all service providers to enter into or

to compete in telecommunications

markets; avoid, at least delay, exhaust of

the NANP and the need to expand the

NANP; impose the least societal cost

possible, and ensure competitive

neutrality, while obtaining the highest

benefit; ensure that no class of carrier or

consumer is unduly favored or

disfavored by our optimization efforts,

and minimize the incentives for carriers

to build and carry excessively large

inventories of numbers.

DATES: The rules in this document are

effective July 17, 2000, except for

§ 52.15(f) which contains information

collection requirements that have not

been approved by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB). The

Federal Communications Commission

will publish a document in the Federal

Register announcing the effective date

of § 52.15(f).

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Secretary, 445 12th Street,

SW, Room TW–B204F, Washington, DC

20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Aaron Goldberger, (202) 418–2320 or

email at agoldberg@fcc.gov or Cheryl

Callahan at (202) 418–2320 or

ccallaha@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Report

and Order adopted on March 17, 2000,

and released on March 31, 2000. The

full text of this Report and Order is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC Reference Center, 445 12th Street,

SW, Washington, DC 20554. The

complete text may also be obtained

through the world wide web, at http://

www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/CommonCarrier/

Orders, or may be purchased from the

Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20036.