4366 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 17 / Thursday, January 26, 2006 / Notices 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Notice of Proposals to Engage in 

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or 

to Acquire Companies that are 

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking 

Activities 

The companies listed in this notice 

have given notice under section 4 of the 

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12 

CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to 

acquire or control voting securities or 

assets of a company, including the 

companies listed below, that engages 

either directly or through a subsidiary or 

other company, in a nonbanking activity 

that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y 

(12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has 

determined by Order to be closely 

related to banking and permissible for 

bank holding companies. Unless 

otherwise noted, these activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Each notice is available for inspection 

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. 

The notice also will be available for 

inspection at the offices of the Board of 

Governors. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

question whether the proposal complies 

with the standards of section 4 of the 

BHC Act. Additional information on all 

bank holding companies may be 

obtained from the National Information 

Center website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding the applications must be 

received at the Reserve Bank indicated 

or the offices of the Board of Governors 

not later than February 21, 2006. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: 

1. Marquette National Corporation, 

Chicago, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent 

of the voting shares of Hemlock Federal 

Financial Corporation, Oak Forest, 

Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire 

Hemlock Federal Bank for Savings, Oak 

Forest, Illinois, and thereby engage in 

operating a savings association, 

pursuant to section 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of 

Regulation Y. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 23, 2006. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E6–957 Filed 1–25–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Interest Rate on Overdue 

Debts 

Section 30.13 of the Department of 

Health and Human Services’ claims 

collection regulations (45 CFR part 30) 

provides that the Secretary shall charge 

an annual rate of interest as fixed by the 

Secretary of the Treasury after taking 

into consideration private consumer 

rates of interest prevailing on the date 

that HHS becomes entitled to recovery. 

The rate generally cannot be lower than 

the Department of Treasury’s current 

value of funds rate or the applicable rate 

determined from the ‘‘Schedule of 

Certified Interest Rates with Range of 

Maturities.’’ This rate may be revised 

quarterly by the Secretary of the 

Treasury and shall be published 

quarterly by the Department of Health 

and Human Services in the Federal 

Register. 

The Secretary of the Treasury has 

certified a rate of 117⁄8% for the quarter 

ended December 31, 2005. This interest 

rate will remain in effect until such time 

as the Secretary of the Treasury notifies 

HHS of any change. 

Dated: January 19, 2006. 

Sheila Conley, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Finance. 

[FR Doc. 06–727 Filed 1–25–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4150–04–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Program Support Center 

Use of Federal Real Property To Assist 

the Homeless 

AGENCY: Program Support Center, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed policy 

change; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Title V of the McKinneyVento Homeless Assistance Act, 42 

U.S.C. 11411 (Title V) authorizes the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

(the Secretary) to make suitable Federal 

properties categorized as excess or 

surplus available to representatives of 

persons experiencing homelessness as a 

permissible use in the protection of 

public health. The Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) is 

requesting comment on its proposal to 

revise its current policy under Title V to 

include permanent supportive housing 

as an allowable use of surplus real 

property to assist persons experiencing 

homelessness. The purpose of this 

proposed change is to increase the 

housing and service opportunities 

available to communities as they 

respond to homelessness, and is 

consistent with efforts within the 

Federal, state, and local governments, 

and communities themselves, to end 

chronic homelessness. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

February 27, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to John G. 

Hicks, Chief, Space Management 

Branch, Division of Property 

Management, Administration 

Operations Service, Program Support 

Center, Room 5B–41, Parklawn 

Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 

Maryland 20857. Comments may also be 

submitted electronically, either via the 

Federal rulemaking public portal 

http://www.regulations.gov or by emailing comments to rpb@psc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

G. Hicks, Chief, Space Management 

Branch; Telephone number (301) 443– 

2001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The HHS Program Support Center 

(PSC) administers the Federal Real 

Property Assistance Program, the 

program that governs the transfer of 

surplus Federal real property for public 

health purposes under Title 40, section 

550 of the United States Code, ‘‘Public 

Buildings, Property, and Works,’’ and 

the transfer of excess and surplus 

Federal Real Property pursuant to Title 

V. 

Under Title V of the McKinney Act, 

a representative of persons experiencing 

homelessness may submit an 

application to the Secretary of HHS to 

acquire suitable excess or surplus 

Federal real property for use in the 

assistance of persons experiencing 

homelessness. In 1991, HHS, the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD), and the General 

Services Administration (GSA) jointly 

published a regulation implementing 

the provisions of Title V, codified at 45 

CFR part 12a (the joint regulation). Title 

V authorizes the Secretary to make 

property in these categories available to 

representatives of persons experiencing 

homelessness, by lease or deed, as a 

public health use pursuant to 

subsections (a) to (d) of section 550 of 

Title 40, United States Code. In 

accordance with subsection (d) of Title 

40, the Secretary may propose to sell or 

lease property assigned to the Secretary 

for use in the protection of the public 

health, including research. To 

implement both Title V and section 550 

of Title 40, the Secretary determines 


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