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question may be clarified as to how to 

categorize such transactions. 

Section II: Debit Card Transactions 

Small issuer exemption: Transactions 

using card of exempt vs. non-exempt 

issuers—The Board proposes to revise 

this section by deleting line item 1e.1 

(Volume and Value), All settled 

purchase transactions between (January 

1, 2011–September 30, 2011), as this 

timeframe is no longer relevant. 

Subsequent line items 1e.2 and 1e.3 

would be renumbered as 1e.1 and 1e.2. 

Transactions using card of exempt vs. 

non-exempt issuers (January 1, 2011– 

September 30, 2011)—The Board 

proposes to revise this section by 

deleting line items 1f through 1f.2 as 

this timeframe is no longer relevant. 

Subsequent line items would be 

renumbered accordingly. 

General-use prepaid card exemption: 

Exempt vs. non-exempt general-use 

prepaid card transactions and Generaluse prepaid card exemption: 

Interchange fees on exempt vs. nonexempt card transactions—The Board 

proposes to revise line items 1g and 2i 

by requiring networks to allocate 

volume, value, and interchange fee 

revenue for exempt general-use prepaid 

card transactions between transactions 

using prepaid cards issued by exempt 

(small) issuers (adding line items 1g.1.1 

and 2i.1.1) and transactions using 

prepaid cards issued by non-exempt 

issuers (adding line items 1g.1.2 and 

2i.1.2). Currently, payment card 

networks are required to allocate 

volume and value of general-use 

prepaid card transactions, and 

associated interchange fee revenue, 

between exempt and non-exempt 

general-use prepaid card transactions 

and interchange fees. Under Regulation 

II, a general-use prepaid card 

transaction may be exempt from the 

interchange fee standards either because 

the card is issued by an issuer that 

qualifies for the small issuer exemption 

or because the card qualifies for the 

prepaid card exemption, irrespective of 

the size of the issuer. The proposed 

break-out of these data would allow the 

Board to determine which type of 

exemption applies to each exempt 

transaction, thus improving 

interpretation of these data. 

Small issuer exemption: Interchange 

fees on transactions using card of 

exempt vs. non-exempt issuers—The 

Board proposes to revise this section by 

deleting line items 2g.1, All interchange 

fees paid to issuers between (January 1, 

2011–September 30, 2011), and 2g.3, 

Interchange fees paid to non-exempt 

issuers between (October 1, 2011– 

December 31, 2011), as these timeframes 

are no longer relevant. Subsequent line 

item 2g.2 would be renumbered as 2g.1. 

Interchange fees on transactions using 

card of exempt vs. non-exempt issuers 

(January 1, 2011–September 30, 2011)— 

The Board proposes to revise this 

section by deleting line items 2h 

through 2h.2 as this timeframe is no 

longer relevant. Subsequent line items 

would be renumbered accordingly. 

Small issuer exemption: Network fees 

received from exempt vs. non-exempt 

issuers—The Board proposes to revise 

this section by deleting line items 3c.1, 

All network fees received from issuers 

that settled between January 1, 2011– 

September 30, 2011, and line items 3d 

through 3d.2, as these timeframes are no 

longer relevant. Subsequent line items 

would be renumbered 3c.1 and 3c.2. 

Small issuer exemption: Payments 

and incentives paid to exempt vs. nonexempt issuers—The Board proposes to 

revise this section by deleting line items 

4c.1, All payments and incentives paid 

to issuers between January 1, 2011– 

September 30, 2011, and line items 4d 

through 4d.2, as these timeframes are no 

longer relevant. Subsequent line items 

would be renumbered 4c.1 and 4c.2. 

General Instructions 

Response Confidentiality and 

Burden—The Board proposes to revise 

the confidentiality statement to indicate 

that the Board may release some 

information identified by network, 

rather than in the aggregate, by total, or 

as an average. The Board currently 

publishes this information only at the 

aggregate levels across networks for 

signature, PIN, and total debit card 

transactions: The percent of total 

number of transactions for exempt and 

non-exempt issuers; the percent of total 

value of transactions for exempt and 

non-exempt issuers; and the average 

transaction value for exempt, nonexempt, and all issuers. This 

information can already be calculated at 

the network level from the information 

the Board currently releases on average 

interchange fees. Network-specific 

information may be useful to issuers 

(both exempt and non-exempt) and 

merchants in choosing payment card 

networks in which to participate and to 

policymakers in assessing the effect of 

Regulation II on the level of interchange 

fees received by exempt and nonexempt 

issuers over time. The existing 

confidentiality statement provides that 

only the average interchange fees for 

exempt and non-exempt issuers would 

be released by network. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 15, 2013. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8501] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘The 

Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in 

Ancient Times’’ Formerly Titled ‘‘The 

Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in 

Biblical Times’’ 

ACTION: Notice, correction. 

SUMMARY: On October 12, 2011, notice 

was published on page 63341 of the 

Federal Register (volume 76, number 

197) of determinations made by the 

Department of State pertaining to the 

exhibition ‘‘The Dead Sea Scrolls: Life 

and Faith in Biblical Times.’’ The 

referenced notice was corrected on 

October 19, 2012, by a notice published 

on pages 64373–64374 of the Federal 

Register (volume 77, number 203) to 

change the exhibition name to ‘‘The 

Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in 

Ancient Times’’ and to include 

additional objects as part of the 

exhibition. The October 19, 2012, notice 

referenced above was corrected on 

March 15, 2013, by a notice published 

on page 16565 of the Federal Register 

(volume 78, number 51) to include an 

additional object as part of the 

exhibition. The March 15, 2013, notice 

referenced above was corrected on April 

25, 2013, by a notice published on page 

24462 of the Federal Register (volume 

78, number 80) to include additional 

objects in the exhibition. Today’s notice 

is being issued to include additional 

objects in the exhibition. Notice is 

hereby given of the following 

determinations: Pursuant to the 

authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority 

No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as 

appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 

257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby 

determine that the additional objects to 

be included in the exhibition ‘‘The Dead 

Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient 

Times,’’ imported from abroad for 

temporary exhibition within the United 

States, are of cultural significance. The 


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additional objects are imported 

pursuant to loan agreements with the 

foreign owner or custodian. I also 

determine that the exhibition or display 

of the additional exhibit objects at the 

Leonardo Museum, Salt Lake City, UT, 

from on or about November 23, 2013, 

until on or about April 27, 2014, and at 

possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these Determinations 

be published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the additional exhibit objects, contact 

Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office 

of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6467). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: October 11, 2013. 

Evan M. Ryan, 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2013–24510 Filed 10–17–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8502] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Ileana 

Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New’’ 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000, 

I hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Ileana 

Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New,’’ 

imported from abroad for temporary 

exhibition within the United States, are 

of cultural significance. The objects are 

imported pursuant to loan agreements 

with the foreign owners or custodians. 

I also determine that the exhibition or 

display of the exhibit objects at the 

Museum of Modern Art, New York, New 

York, from on or about December 21, 

2013, until on or about April 21, 2014, 

and at possible additional exhibitions or 

venues yet to be determined, is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these Determinations 

be published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Paul W. 

Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6469). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: October 11, 2013. 

Evan M. Ryan, 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

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