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36602 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 145 / Monday, July 29, 2019 / Notices 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2019–16029 Filed 7–26–19; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

[Notice 2019–10] 

Policy Statement Regarding a Program 

for Requesting Consideration of Legal 

Questions by the Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Policy statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Election 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) adopted a 

program on August 1, 2011, providing 

for a means by which persons and 

entities may have a legal question 

considered by the Commission earlier in 

both the report review process and the 

audit process. On October 23, 2013, the 

Commission revised this policy to 

provide an alternative electronic means 

to file a request with the Commission. 

On May 13, 2016, the Commission 

further revised this policy to clarify that 

requests for consideration must be 

submitted to the Commission Secretary 

to ensure that such requests are 

processed in a timely manner, and to 

build five business days into the 

program to allow time for the informal 

resolution of matters. The Commission 

is now republishing the policy to reflect 

the Commission’s new mailing address. 

The Commission, however, is not 

making any substantive changes to the 

policy published on May 13, 2016. 

DATES: This address change is effective 

July 29, 2019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Lorenzo Holloway, Assistant General 

Counsel, or Margaret Forman, Attorney, 

1050 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20463, (202) 694–1650 or (800) 424– 

9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

1, 2011, the Commission adopted a 

program providing for a means by 

which persons and entities may have a 

legal question considered by the 

Commission earlier in both the report 

review process and the audit process. 

Specifically, when the Office of 

Compliance (‘‘OC’’) (which includes the 

Reports Analysis Division and the Audit 

Division) requests that a person or entity 

take corrective action during the report 

review or audit process, if the person or 

entity disagrees with the request based 

upon a material dispute on a question 

of law, the person or entity may seek 

Commission consideration of the issue 

pursuant to this procedure. The October 

23, 2013 revision of the program was 

identical to that August 1, 2011 

program, except that it provided 

alternative means to file a request with 

the Commission. This change was made 

to address and clarify timeliness issues 

due to delays in the processing and 

receipt of requests mailed to the 

Commission, by encouraging requests to 

be filed electronically by email. The 

May 13, 2016 program revised the 

October 23, 2013 program by clarifying 

that requests for consideration must be 

submitted to the Commission Secretary 

to ensure that such requests are 

processed in a timely manner, and 

building five business days into the 

program to allow time for the informal 

resolution of matters. The Commission 

is now republishing the policy in order 

to update the Commission’s address 

following its move to a new location in 

March 2018. The new address is 1050 

First Street NE, Washington DC 20463. 

The policy statement regarding this 

program is reprinted in its entirety, 

below. 

I. Procedures 

Within 15 business days of a 

determination by the Reports Analysis 

Division or Audit Division that a person 

or entity remains obligated to take 

corrective action to resolve an issue that 

has arisen during the report review or 

audit process, the person or entity may 

seek Commission consideration if a 

material dispute on a question of law 

exists with respect to the recommended 

corrective action.1 A ‘‘determination’’ 

for purposes of triggering the 15 

business days is either: (1) Notification 

to the person or entity of legal guidance 

prepared by the Office of General 

Counsel (‘‘OGC’’) at the request of the 

Reports Analysis Division 

recommending the corrective action; or 

(2) the end of the Committee’s Audit 

Exit Conference response period. 

Any request for consideration by a 

Committee during the report review 

process or the audit process shall be 

limited to questions of law on material 

issues, when: (1) The legal issue is 

novel, complex, or pertains to an 

unsettled question of law; (2) there has 

been intervening legislation, 

rulemaking, or litigation since the 

Commission last considered the issue; 

or (3) the request to take corrective 

action is contrary to or otherwise 

inconsistent with prior Commission 

matters dealing with the same issue. 

1 Many disputes involving corrective action 

requests hinge on questions of fact rather than 

questions of law, and thus are not appropriate for 

this procedure. 

The request must specify the question of 

law at issue and why it is subject to 

Commission consideration. It should 

discuss, when appropriate, prior 

Commission matters raising the same 

issue, relevant court decisions, and any 

other analysis of the issue that may 

assist the Commission in its decision 

making. The Commission will not 

consider factual disputes under this 

procedure, and any requests for 

consideration other than on questions of 

law on material issues will not be 

granted. 

All requests, including any extension 

requests, must be received by the 

Commission within 15 business days of 

the determination of corrective action. 

All requests must be directed to the 

attention of the Commission Secretary. 

Requestors may submit requests 

electronically via email. If a Requestor 

chooses to submit a request 

electronically via email, the email must 

be sent to LegalRequestProgram@ 

fec.gov. Requestors are encouraged to 

submit comments electronically to 

ensure timely receipt and consideration. 

Alternatively, requests may be 

submitted in paper form. Paper requests 

must be sent to the Federal Election 

Commission, Attn.: Commission 

Secretary, 1050 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20463. Requestors are 

advised that if they submit a request, 

electronically or otherwise, to a 

different address than designated in this 

Policy, the processing of the request 

may be delayed. Upon receipt of a 

request, the Commission Secretary shall 

forward a copy of any request to each 

Commissioner, the General Counsel, 

and the Staff Director. 

Any request for an extension of time 

to file will be considered on a case-bycase basis and will only be granted if 

good cause is shown, and the 

Commission approves the extension 

request by four affirmative votes within 

five business days of receipt of the 

extension request. Within five business 

days of notification to the 

Commissioners of a request for 

consideration of a legal question, if two 

or more Commissioners agree that the 

Commission should consider the 

request, OGC may, at that time, attempt 

to resolve the matter informally over the 

course of five business days. Within 15 

business days from the date upon which 

OC and OGC conclude that the matter 

cannot be resolved informally, or from 

the expiration of the five business day 

period, whichever occurs first, OGC will 

prepare and circulate a recommendation 

in accordance with all applicable 

Commission Directives. If the matter is 

resolved informally, OC and OGC will 

notify the Commission that the matter 

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has been resolved, and notify the 

Requestor in writing of the notification 

to the Commission. Informal resolution 

of a matter does not prevent the 

Requestor from seeking Commission 

consideration, in an additional or 

subsequent determination, subject to the 

requirements of this program. 

After the recommendation is 

circulated for a Commission vote, in the 

event of an objection, the matter shall be 

automatically placed on the next 

meeting agenda consistent with the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(g), and 

applicable Commission regulations, 11 

CFR part 2. However, if within 60 

business days of the filing of a request 

for consideration, the Commission has 

not resolved the issue or provided 

guidance on how to proceed with the 

matter by the affirmative vote of four or 

more Commissioners, the OC may 

proceed with the matter. After the 60 

business days has elapsed, any 

requestor will be provided a copy of 

OGC’s recommendation memorandum 

and an accompanying vote certification, 

or if no such certification exists, a cover 

page stating the disposition of the 

memoranda. Confidential information 

will be redacted as necessary. 

After the request review process has 

concluded, or a Final Audit Report has 

been approved, a copy of the request for 

consideration, as well as the 

recommendation memorandum and 

accompanying vote certification or 

disposition memorandum, will be 

placed with the Committee’s filings or 

audit documents on the Commission’s 

website within 30 days. These materials 

will also be placed on the Commission’s 

web page dedicated to legal questions 

considered by the Commission under 

this program. 

This procedure is not intended to 

circumvent or supplant the Advisory 

Opinion process provided under 52 

U.S.C. 30108 and 11 CFR part 112. 

Accordingly, any legal issues that 

qualify for consideration under the 

Advisory Opinion process are not 

appropriate for consideration under this 

new procedure. Additionally, this 

policy statement does not supersede the 

procedures regarding eligibility and 

entitlement to public funds set forth in 

Commission Directive 24 and 11 CFR 

9005.1, 9033.4, 9033.6 or 9033.10. 

II. Annual Review 

No later than July 1 of each year, the 

OC and OGC shall jointly prepare and 

distribute to the Commission a written 

report containing a summary of the 

requests made under the program over 

the previous year and a summary of the 

Commission’s consideration of those 

requests and any action taken thereon. 

The annual report shall also include the 

Chief Compliance Officer’s and the 

General Counsel’s assessment of 

whether, and to what extent, the 

program has promoted efficiency and 

fairness in both the Commission’s report 

review process and in the audit process, 

as well as their recommendations, if 

any, for modifications to the program. 

The Commission may terminate or 

modify this program through additional 

policy statements at any time by an 

affirmative vote of four of its members. 

Dated: July 23, 2019. 

On behalf of the Commission. 

Ellen Weintraub, 

Chair, Federal Election Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2019–15988 Filed 7–26–19; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The applications will also be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than August 22, 

2019. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Mark A. Rauzi, Vice 

President), 90 Hennepin Avenue, 

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480–0291: 

1. Frandsen Financial Corporation, 

Arden Hills, Minnesota; to acquire 100 

percent of the voting shares of Peoples 

Bank Midwest, Hayward, Wisconsin. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, July 23, 2019. 

Yao-Chin Chao, 

Assistant Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2019–15976 Filed 7–26–19; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project 

‘‘Evaluating and Implementing the Six 

Building Blocks Team Approach to 

Improve Opioid Management in Primary 

Care.’’ In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, AHRQ 

invites the public to comment on this 

proposed information collection. This 

proposed information collection was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on April 12, 2019, and allowed 

60 days for public comment. AHRQ did 

not receive any substantive comments. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by 30 days after date of 

publication. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk 

Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by 

email at OIRA_submission@ 

omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk 

officer). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: