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1 15 U.S.C. 80a–1. 

2For example, fund directors must approve 

investment advisory and distribution contracts. See 

15 U.S.C. 80a–15(a), (b), and (c). 

3 Investment Company Act Release No. 4 (Oct. 29, 

1940) [5 FR 4316 (Oct. 31, 1940)]. Note that rule 0–

1 was originally adopted as rule N–1. 

SUMMARY: Under the provision of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), agencies are required to 

publish a Notice in the Federal Register 

notifying the public, that the Agency is 

preparing an information collection 

request for OMB review, approval, and 

request public review and comment on 

the submission. Comments are being 

solicited on the need for the 

information, the accuracy of the 

Agency’s burden estimate; the quality, 

practical utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

minimize the reporting burden, 

including automated collection 

techniques by use of other forms of 

technology. The proposed form under 

review is summarized below. 

DATES: Comments must be received 

within 60 calendar days of publication 

of this Notice. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the subject form 

and the request for review prepared for 

submission to OMB may be obtained 

from the Agency submitting officer. 

Comments on the form should be 

submitted to the Agency Submitting 

Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: Essie 

S. Bryant, Records Management Officer, 

Overseas Private Investment 

Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20527; 202–336–

8563. 

OMB Reviewer: David Rostker, Office 

of Information and Regulator Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Docket 

Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20503; (202) 395–

3897. 

Summary Form Under Review 

Type of Request: Renewal/Revision. 

Title: Expedited Screening 

Questionnaire On-Lending 

Transactions. 

Form Number: OPIC–168. 

Frequency of Use: Once per investor 

per project. 

Type of Respondents: Business or 

other institution (except farms); 

individuals. 

Description of Affected Public: U.S. 

companies or citizens investing 

overseas. 

Reporting Hours: 4.0 hours per 

project. 

Number of Responses: 300 per year. 

Federal Cost: $17,000 per year. 

Authority for Information Collection: 

Sections 231, 234(a), 239(d), and 240A 

of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

as amended. 

Abstract (Needs and Uses): The 

application is the principal document 

used by OPIC to determine the 

investor’s and the project’s eligibility for 

debt financing, assess the environmental 

impact and developmental effects of the 

project, measure the economic effects 

for the U.S. and the host country’s 

economy, and collect information for 

underwriting analysis. 

Dated: January 24, 2006. 

Eli Landy, 

Senior Counsel for Administrative Law, 

Department of Legal Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 06–931 Filed 1–31–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3210–01–M 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Sunshine Act Meeting; Board of 

Governors 

TIMES AND DATES: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, 

February 7, 2006; 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., 

Wednesday, February 8, 2006. 

PLACE: Washington, DC, at U.S. Postal 

Service Headquarters, 475 L’Enfant 

Plaza, SW., in the Benjamin Franklin 

Room. 

STATUS: February 7—10:30 a.m. 

(Closed); February 8—8:30 a.m. (Open); 

February 8—10 a.m. (Closed). 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Tuesday, February 7 at 10:30 a.m. 

(Closed) 

1. Strategic Planning. 

2. Financial Update. 

3. Rate Case Planning. 

4. Labor Negotiations Planning. 

5. Negotiated Service Agreement. 

6. Capital Investment—Remote 

Encoding System. 

7. Personnel Matters and 

Compensation Issues. 

Wednesday, February 8 at 8:30 a.m. 

(Open) 

1. Minutes of the Previous Meeting, 

January 10, 2006. 

2. Remarks of the Postmaster General 

and CEO Jack Potter. 

3. Appointment of Members to Board 

Committees and Committee Reports. 

4. Capital Investment—Flats 

Sequencing System and Delivery Point 

Packager Research & Development 

Modification. 

5. Quarterly Report on Financial 

Performance. 

6. Tentative Agenda for the March 28, 

2006, meeting in Washington, DC. 

Wednesday, February 8 at 10 a.m. 

(Closed) (If Needed) 

1. Continuation of Tuesday’s closed 

session agenda. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

William T. Johnstone, Secretary of the 

Board, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant 

Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20260–

1000. Telephone (202) 268–4800. 

William T. Johnstone, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–995 Filed 1–30–06; 3:33 pm] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–M 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of Filings and 

Information Services, Washington, DC 

20549. 

Extension: Rule 0–1; SEC File No. 270–472; 

OMB Control No. 3235–0531. 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 350l et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

requests for extension of the previous 

approved collections of information 

discussed below. 

The Investment Company Act of 1940 

(the ‘‘Act’’) 1 establishes a 

comprehensive framework for regulating 

the organization and operation of 

investment companies (‘‘funds’’). A 

principal objective of the Act is to 

protect fund investors by addressing the 

conflicts of interest that exist between 

funds and their investment advisers and 

other affiliated persons. The Act places 

significant responsibility on the fund 

board of directors in overseeing the 

operations of the fund and policing the 

relevant conflicts of interest.2

In one of its first releases, the 

Commission exercised its rulemaking 

authority pursuant to sections 38(a) and 

40(b) of the Act by adopting rule 0–1 [17 

CFR 270.0–1].3 Rule 0–1, as 

subsequently amended on numerous 

occasions, provides definitions for the 

terms used by the Commission in the 

rules and regulations it has adopted 

pursuant to the Act. The rule also 

contains a number of rules of 

construction for terms that are defined 

either in the Act itself or elsewhere in 

the Commission’s rules and regulations. 

Finally, rule 0–1 defines terms that 

serve as conditions to the availability of 


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