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software firms, service bureaus and 

electronic transmitters, as an 

application to participate in the 

electronic filing program covering 

individual income tax returns. 

Respondents: Business and other forprofit institutions. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 50,000 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1538. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Notice 97–34, Information 

Reporting on Transactions With Foreign 

Trusts and on Large Foreign Gifts. 

Description: This notice provides 

guidance on the foreign trust and 

foreign gift information reporting 

provisions contained in the Small 

Business Job Protection Act of 1996. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit institutions. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,750 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–0892. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Report of Cash Payment Over 

$10,000 Received in a Trade or 

Business. 

Form: 8300. 

Description: Anyone in a trade or 

business who, in the course of such 

trade or business, receives more than 

$10,000 in cash or foreign currency in 

one or more related transactions must 

report it to the IRS and provide a 

statement to the payor. Any transaction 

must report be reported under Title 31 

on Form 4789 is exempted from 

reporting the same transaction on Form 

8300. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit institutions. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 87,757 

hours. 

Clearance Officer: Glenn P. Kirkland, 

(202) 622–3428, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt, 

(202) 395–7316, Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Robert Dahl, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E6–14467 Filed 8–29–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

[INTL–64–93] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

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 take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning an 

existing final regulation, INTL–64–93 

(TD 8611). Conduit Arrangements 

Regulations (§§ 1.881–4 and 1.6038A–

3). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 30, 2006 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the regulations should be 

directed to Larnice Mack at Internal 

Revenue Service, room 6512, 1111 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20224, or at (202) 622–3179, or 

through the internet at 

(Larnice.Mack@irs.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Conduit Arrangements 

Regulations. 

OMB Number: 1545–1440. 

Regulation Project Number: INTL–64–

93. 

Abstract: This regulation provides 

rules that permit the district director to 

recharacterize a financing arrangement 

as a conduit arrangement. The 

recharacterization will affect the amount 

of U.S. withholding tax due on 

financing transactions that are part of 

the financing arrangement. This 

regulation affects withholding agents 

and foreign investors who engage in 

multi-party financing arrangements. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

this existing regulation. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,000. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 10,000. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: August 11, 2006. 

Glenn Kirkland, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E6–14419 Filed 8–29–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans’ Disability Benefits 

Commission; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Veterans’ Disability Benefits 

Commission has scheduled a meeting 

for September 13–15, 2006, in the 

Ballroom of the Beacon Hotel, 1615 

Rhode Island Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. The meeting will begin 

8:30 a.m. each day. on September 13, 

the meeting will end at 5 p.m., on 

September 14 at 4:30 p.m., and on 

September 15 at 12 noon. the meeting is 

open to the public. 

The purpose of the Commission is to 

carry out a study of the benefits under 

the laws of the United States that are 

provided to compensate and assist 

veterans and their survivors for 

disabilities and deaths attributable to 

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The agenda for September 13 will 

include updates on the progress of the 

studies being conducted by the Institute 

of Medicine (IOM) and the Center for 

Naval Analyses (CNA). CNA will also 

present a report of its review of lump 

sum payments as an option for 

disability compensation. There will be a 

presentation by the Veterans Health 

Administration on environmental and 

deployment health issues related to 

presumption of service connection and 

an overview by Commission staff of the 

Bradley Commission report. 

The agenda for September 14 will 

include a briefing on the Army’s Battle 

Mind Training program and discussions 

of the 2006 Older Americans Report and 

the aging veteran population, as well as 

initial draft issue papers by Commission 

staff. Commissioners Cassiday and 

McGinn will provide a summary of their 

regional team site visits to the Pacific 

Northwest and New England. There will 

also be time set aside on Thursday 

afternoon, September 14, for public 

comments. 

On September 15, the Commission 

will receive an update on the VA–DoD 

Information Technology (IT) initiatives 

in various stages of development or 

implementation to foster 

interoperability between the two 

agencies’ health IT systems. 

Certification and training for VA 

Compensation and Pension examiners 

and the use of templates for these exams 

will also be addressed. 

Interested persons may attend and 

present oral statements to the 

Commission on Thursday, September 

14. Oral presentations will be limited to 

five minutes or less, depending on the 

number of participants. Interested 

parties may also provide written 

comments for review by the 

Commission prior to the meeting or at 

any time, by e-mail to 

veterans@vetscommission.intranets.com 

or by mail to Mr. Ray Wilburn, 

Executive Director, Veteran’s Disability 

Benefits Commission, 1101 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 5th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20004. 

Dated: August 23, 2006. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–7219 Filed 8–29–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Voluntary Service National Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Executive Committee of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs 

Voluntary Service (VAVS) National 

Advisory Committee (NAC) will meet 

October 12–13, 2006, at the Omni 

William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania. The sessions will begin at 

8:30 a.m. each day and end at 5 p.m. on 

October 12 and at 12 noon on October 

13. The meeting is open to the public. 

The NAC consists of 63 national 

organizations and advises the Secretary, 

through the Under Secretary for Health, 

on the coordination and promotion of 

volunteer activities within VA health 

care facilities. The Executive Committee 

consists of 19 representatives from the 

NAC member organizations and acts as 

the NAC governing body during the 

period between NAC annual meetings. 

On October 12, agenda topics will 

include NAC goals and objectives, 

minutes of the May 2006 meeting, 

Veterans Health Administration update, 

VAVS update of the Voluntary Service 

program’s progress, concerns since the 

May 2006 NAC annual meeting, Parke 

Board update, evaluations of the May 

2006 annual meeting and plans for 2007 

NAC annual meeting, to include 

workshops and plenary sessions. 

On October 13, agenda topics will 

include 2008 NAC annual meeting 

planning, recommendations from May 

2006 NAC annual meeting, 

subcommittee reports, standard 

operating procedure revisions, new 

business and Executive Committee 

appointments. 

No time will be allocated at this 

meeting for receiving oral presentations 

from the public. However, interested 

persons may either attend or file 

statements with the Committee. Written 

statements may be filed either before the 

meeting or within 10 days after the 

meeting and addressed to: Ms. Laura 

Balun, Designated Federal Officer, 

Voluntary Service Office (10C2), 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420. Ms. Balun can be contacted by 

phone at (202) 273–8952. 

Dated: August 23, 2006. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–7222 Filed 8–29–06; 8:45 am] 

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