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insurance contracts, and to Qualified

Plans; (b) differences in tax treatment or

other considerations may cause the

interests of various Variable Contract

owners participating in an Insurance

Products Fund and the interests of

Qualified Plans investing in that

Insurance Product Fund to conflict; and

(c) the Board will monitor the Insurance

Product Fund for any material conflicts

and determine what action, if any,

should be taken.

10. Each Insurance Products fund will

comply with all provisions of the 1940

Act requiring voting by shareholders

(for these purposes, the persons having

a voting interest in shares of the

Insurance Products Fund). In particular,

each such Insurance Products Fund

either will provide for annual

shareholder meetings (except insofar as

the Commission may interpret Section

16 of the 1940 Act not to require such

meetings) or comply with section 16(c)

of the 1940 Act (although none of the

Insurance Products Fund shall be one of

the trusts described in section 16(c) of

the 1940 Act), as well as with sections

16(a) of the 1940 Act and, if and when

applicable, section 16(b) of the 1940

Act. Further, each insurance Products

Fund will act in accordance with the

Commission’s interpretation of the

requirements of section 16(a) with

respect to periodic elections of Board

members and with whatever rules the

Commission may promulgate with

respect thereto.

11. If and to the extent that Rules 6e–

2 and 6e–3(T) are amended, or Rule 6e–

3 under the 1940 Act is adopted, to

provide exemptive relief from any

provision of the 1940 Act, or the rules

promulgated thereunder, with respect to

mixed or shared funding, on terms and

conditions materially different from any

exemptions granted in the Order

requested in this Application, then the

Insurance Products Funds and/or

Participants, as appropriate, shall take

such steps as may be necessary to

comply with Rules 6e–2 and 6e–3(T), as

amended, and Rule 6e–3, as adopted, to

the extent such Rules are applicable.

12. The Participants, at least annually,

shall submit to the Board such reports,

materials, or data as the Board may

reasonably request so that such Board

may fully carry out the obligations

imposed upon them by the conditions

stated in this Application. Such reports,

materials, and data shall be submitted

more frequently if deemed appropriate

by the applicable Board. The obligations

of the Participants to provide these

reports, materials, and data to the

Boards shall be a contractual obligation

of all Participants under the agreements

governing their participation in the

Insurance Products Funds.

13. If a Qualified Plan or Qualified

Plan participant should become an

owner of 10% or more of the assets of

an Insurance Products Fund, such

Qualified Plan will execute a fund

participation agreement which includes

the conditions set forth herein to the

extent applicable. A Qualified Plan or

Qualified Plan participant will execute

an application containing an

acknowledgment of this condition upon

such plan’s initial purchase of shares of

any Insurance Products Fund.

Conclusion

For the reasons stated above,

Applicants believe that the requested

exemptions, in accordance with the

standards of section 6(c) of the 1940

Act, are appropriate in the public

interest and consistent with the

protection of investors and the purposes

fairly intended by the policy and

provisions of the 1940 Act.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Investment Management, pursuant to

delegated authority.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–16417 Filed 6–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Request and

Comment Request

In compliance with Public Law 104–

13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995, SSA is providing notice of its

information collections that require

submission to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB). SSA is soliciting

comments on the accuracy of the

agency’s burden estimate; the need for

the information; its practical utility;

ways to enhance its quality, utility and

clarity; and on ways to minimize burden

on respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

I. The information collections listed

below will be submitted to OMB within

60 days from the date of this notice.

Therefore, comments and

recommendations regarding the

information collections would be most

useful if received by the Agency within

60 days from the date of this

publication. Comments should be

directed to the SSA Reports Clearance

Officer at the address listed at the end

of this publication. You can obtain a

copy of the collection instruments by

calling the SSA Reports Clearance

Officer on (410) 965–4145, or by writing

to him at the address listed at the end

of this publication.

1. Application for Lump Sum Death

Payment—0960–0013. The information

collected on form SSA–8 by the Social

Security Administration is required to

authorize payment of a lump-sum death

benefit to a widow, widower, or

children as defined in Section 202(i) of

the Social Security Act. The

respondents are widows, widowers or

children who apply for a lump-sum

death payment.

Number of respondents ................ 43,850

Frequency of response ................. 1

Average burden per response ...... 10 mins.

Estimated annual burden ............. 7308 hrs.

2. Application for Special Age 72-orOver Monthly Payments—0960–0096.

Form SSA–19–F6 is needed by the

Social Security Administration (SSA) to

determine whether an individual is

entitled to Special Age-72 payments.

Eligibility requirements will be

evaluated by the data collected on this

form. The respondents are individuals

who attained age 72 before 1972.

Number of respondents ................ 10

Frequency of response ................. 1

Average burden per response ...... 20 mins.

Estimated annual burden ............. 3 hrs.

3. Request for Self-Employment

Information, Request for Employee

Information, Request for Employer

Information—0960–0508. SSA needs the

information collected on Forms SSA–

L2765, SSA–L3365 and SSA–L4002 in

order to credit the reported earnings to

the proper earnings record. When W–2

wage data for an individual cannot be

identified, the data are placed in the

earnings suspense file, and SSA sends

decentralized correspondence (DECOR)

to the employee (in certain instances to

the employer) in an attempt to obtain

his/her correct name and SSN. The

respondents are employees, employers

or self-employed individuals being

requested to furnish additional

information for individuals for whom

earnings were reported.

Number of respondents ............ 3,000,000

Frequency of response ............. 1

Average burden per response .. 10 mins.

Estimated annual burden ......... 500,000 hrs.

4. State Agency Report of Obligations

for SSA Disability Programs—0960–

0421. The data collected on Form SSA–

4513 are necessary for detailed analysis

and evolution of costs incurred by

Disability Determination Services (DDS)

in making disability determinations for

SSA. The data collected also help to

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determine funding levels for each DDS.

The respondents are DDSs, which are

the State agencies that have the

responsibility for making disability

determinations for SSA.

Number of respondents ................ 54

Frequency of response ................. 4

Average burden per response ...... 60 mins.

Estimated annual burden ............. 216 hrs.

5. Statement For Determining

Continuing Eligibility or Supplemental

Security Income Payments—0960–0416.

Form SSA–8203–BK (printed in both

English and Spanish) is used by SSA for

high-error-profile (HEP)

redeterminations. It is completed in

field offices by personal contact (face-toface or telephone interview) and is not

supposed to be mailed to recipients to

be completed and returned. The form is

used only when a systems limitation

prevents the interview from being

conducted using the automated

Modernized SSI Claim System. A tearoff sheet (Pages 7 and 8 of the form) is

given to recipients at the conclusion of

a face-to-face interview or is mailed to

recipients at the completion of the

telephone interview. The tear-off

includes information about how, what,

when, where, and why Supplemental

Security Income (SSI) recipients report

when there is a change in income,

resources, or living arrangements. The

respondents are recipients of title XVI

SSI benefits.

Number of respondents ............ 920,000

Frequency of response ............. 1

Average burden per response .. 17 mins.

Estimated annual burden ......... 260,667 hrs.

II. The information collections listed

below have been submitted to OMB for

clearance. Written comments and

recommendations on the information

collections would be most useful if

received within 30 days from the date

of this publication. Comments should be

directed to the SSA Reports Clearance

Officer and the OMB Desk Officer at the

addresses listed at the end of this

publication. You can obtain a copy of

the OMB clearance packages by calling

the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on

(410) 965–4145, or by writing to him. 1. Supplement to Claim of Person

Outside the United States—0960–0051.

The information collected on Form

SSA–21 is used by the Social Security

Administration (SSA) to determine

continuing entitlement to Social

Security benefits and the proper benefit

amounts of alien beneficiaries living

outside the United States (U.S.). It is

also used to determine whether benefits

are subject to withholding tax. The

respondents are comprised of

individuals entitled to Social Security

benefits, who are, will be, or have been

residing outside the U.S.

Number of respondents ................ 35,000

Frequency of response ................. 1

Average burden per response ...... 5 mins.

Estimated annual burden ............. 2,917 hrs.

2. Statement of Care and

Responsibility for Beneficiary—0960–

0109. SSA uses Form SSA–788 to select

the most qualified representative payee

who will apply the benefits in the

beneficiary’s best interests. The

respondents are individuals who have

custody of a beneficiary where someone

else has filed to be the beneficiary’s

payee.

Number of respondents ............ 130,000

Frequency of response ............. 1

Average burden per response .. 10 mins.

Estimated annual burden ......... 21,667 hrs.

(SSA Address)—Social Security

Administration, DCFAM, Attn:

Frederick W. Brickenkamp, 6401

Security Blvd., 1–A–21 Operations

Bldg., Baltimore, MD 21235. (OMB Address)—Office of

Management and Budget, OIRA, Attn:

Desk Officer for SSA, New Executive

Office Building, Room 10230, 725 17th

St., NW, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: June 23, 2000.

Frederick W. Brickenkamp,

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–16407 Filed 6–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3342]

Bureau of Educational and Cultural

Affairs Request for Proposals: College

and University Affiliations Program

SUMMARY: The Office of Global

Educational Programs of the Bureau of

Educational and Cultural Affairs in the

Department of State announces an open

competition for an assistance award

program. Accredited, post-secondary

educational institutions meeting the

provisions described in IRS regulation

26 CFR 1.5019(C) may apply to pursue

institutional or departmental objectives

in partnership with foreign counterpart

institutions with support from the

College and University Affiliations

Program. These objectives should

support the overall goal of the Program:

to strengthen mutual understanding and

cooperation among U.S. and foreign

educational institutions on specified

themes of common interest to the

United States and to the participating

colleges and universities. The means for

achieving the objectives of the applicant

and its partner(s) may include teaching,

scholarship, and outreach to

professionals and other members of the

communities served by the participating

institutions.

Program Overview

Underlying the specific institutional

objectives of projects funded by this

program should be the goals of

encouraging the growth of freedom and

democracy, economic stability and

prosperity, or environmental

cooperation. Innovative strategies to

address these underlying concerns in

the pursuit of clearly defined

institutional objectives are encouraged.

Outreach from academic institutions to

larger communities of citizens and

practitioners to extend understanding

about these issues is also encouraged.

The Bureau supports institutional

linkages in higher education through the

College and University Affiliations

Program, for which this Request for

Proposals invites applications for

funding in FY2001. The College and

University Affiliations Program operates

in cooperation with the Fulbright Senior

Scholar Program; the U.S. institutions of

current and former participants in the

Fulbright Program are encouraged to

apply. Other college and university

teachers and administrators with

knowledge of educational institutions in

other countries are also encouraged to

build on this knowledge with support

from the Bureau through the College

and University Affiliations Program.

Separate Requests for Proposals for

institutional linkages in higher

education with the New Independent

States of the former Soviet Union (N.I.S.

College and University Partnerships

Program and the N.I.S. Community

College Partnerships Program) are being

published this fiscal year. For further

information about these N.I.S. programs,

refer to the ‘‘Foreign Country and

Location Eligibility’’ section of this

solicitation.

Applicant Objectives

While the benefits of the project to

each of the participating institutions

may differ significantly in nature and

scope, proposals should outline wellreasoned strategies leading to specific

objectives for each participating U.S.

and foreign department or institution as

a whole.

For example, proposals may describe

the parameters and possible content of

new courses, new research or teaching

capacities or methodologies, new or