Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 127 / Friday, June 30, 2000 / Notices 40727

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Customs Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Revision to

a Privacy Act System of Records

Routine Use.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5

U.S.C. 552a, the U.S. Customs Service

gives notice of an alteration to the

system of records, Treasury/Customs

.244—Treasury Enforcement

Communications System (TECS).

DATES: Comments must be received no

later than July 31, 2000. This altered

system of records will be effective

August 9, 2000, unless comments are

received which result in a contrary

determination.

ADDRESSES: Comments (preferably in

triplicate) may be submitted to the

Office of Regulations and Rulings,

Disclosure Law Branch, U.S. Customs

Service, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,

Washington, DC 20229. Comments will

be available for inspection and copying

at the Disclosure Law Branch, 1300

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee

Kramer, Chief Disclosure Law Branch,

Office of Regulations and Rulings, U.S.

Customs Service, Room 3.4C, Ronald

Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20229, (202)

927–1251.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice

adding a routine use to Treasury/

Customs .244—Treasury Enforcement

Communications System (TECS) was

published on March 25, 1999, at 64 FR

14500. The revision to routine use (6)

will clear up any uncertainty caused by

the current wording of the routine use

and more clearly describe the direct

exchange of the information to NCMEC.

The altered system of records report,

as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the

Privacy Act, has been submitted to the

Committee on Government Reform in

the House of Representatives, the

Committee on Governmental Affairs in

the Senate, and the Office of

Management and Budget, pursuant to

Appendix I to OMB Circular A–130,

‘‘Federal Agency Responsibilities for

Maintaining Records About

Individuals,’’ dated February 8, 1996.

The alteration to routine use (6) found

in Treasury/Customs .244—Treasury

Enforcement Communications System

(TECS) is as follows:

Treasury/Customs .244

SYSTEM NAME:

Treasury Enforcement

Communications System (TECS)—

Treasury/Customs.

* * * * *

DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE:

Delete the current language of routine

use (6) and insert the following:

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

* * * * *

(6) To provide passenger archive

information and other TECS data

relevant to the National Center for

Missing and Exploited Children

(NCMEC) investigation through

Department of the Treasury law

enforcement officers to personnel of the

NCMEC to assist in investigations of

missing or exploited children.

* * * * *

Dated: June 22, 2000.

Shelia Y. McCann,

Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration).

[FR Doc. 00–16533 Filed 6–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4820–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

Renegotiation Board Interest Rate;

Prompt Payment Interest Rate;

Contract Disputes Act

AGENCY: Bureau of the Public Debt,

Fiscal Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: For the period beginning July

1, 2000 and ending on December 31,

2000 the prompt payment interest rate

is 7.25 per centum per annum.

ADDRESSES: Comments or inquiries may

be mailed to Eleanor Farrar, Team

Leader, Debt Accounting Branch, Office

of Public Debt Accounting, Bureau of

the Public Debt, Parkersburg, West

Virginia, 26106–1328. A copy of this

Notice will be available to download

from the http://

www.publicdebt.treas.gov.

DATES: This notice announces the

applicable interest rate for the July 1,

2000 to December 31, 2000 period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie Brown, Debt Accounting

Branch Manager, Office of Public Debt

Accounting, Bureau of the Public Debt,

Parkersburg, West Virginia 26106–1328,

(304) 480–5181, Eleanor Farrar, Team

Leader, Debt Accounting Branch, Office

of Public Debt Accounting, Bureau of

the Public Debt, (304) 480–5166,

Edward C. Gronseth, Deputy Chief

Counsel, Office of the Chief Counsel,

Bureau of the Public Debt, (304) 480–

3692, or Robin E. Dunlop, AttorneyAdviser, Office of the Chief Counsel,

Bureau of the Public Debt, (304) 480–

3698.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Although

the Renegotiation Board is no longer in

existence, other Federal Agencies are

required to use interest rates computed

under the criteria established by the

Renegotiation Act of 1971 Sec. 2, Pub.L.

92–41, 85 Stat. 97. For example, the

Contract Disputes Act of 1978 Sec. 12,

Pub.L. 95–563, 92 Stat. 2389 and the

Prompt Payment Act of 1982 Sec. 2,

Pub.L. 97–177, 96 Stat. 85 provide for

the calculation of interest due on claims

at a rate established by the Secretary of

the Treasury pursuant to 31 U.S.C.

3902(a).

Therefore, notice is given that, the

Secretary of the Treasury has

determined that the rate of interest

applicable, for the period beginning July

1, 2000 and ending on December 30,

2000, is 7.25 per centum per annum.

This rate is determined pursuant to the

above mentioned sections for the

purpose of said sections.

Dated: June 27, 2000.

Donald V. Hammond,

Fiscal Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–16796 Filed 6–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–39–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision

Proposed Agency Information

Collection Activities; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, invites the general public and

other Federal agencies to comment on

proposed and continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Today, the Office of

Thrift Supervision within the

Department of the Treasury solicits

comments on the OTS Notice of Hiring

or Indemnifying Senior Executive

Officers.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before August 29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Manager,

Dissemination Branch, Information