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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 2 p.m., Monday, October

20, 1997.

PLACE: 1155 21st St. NW., Washington,

D.C., 9th Fl. Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Adjudicatory Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secrtary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–25199 Filed 9–18–97; 11:28 am]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m., Monday,

October 6, 1997.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Fl. Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Adjudicatory Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–25200 Filed 9–18–97; 11:28 am]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m., Friday,

October 14, 1997.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Fl. Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Adjudicatory Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–25201 Filed 9–18–97; 11:28 am]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

‘‘FEDERAL REGISTER’’ CITATION OF

PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT: 62 FR 46484.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF

MEETING: 10:00 p.m., Thursday,

September 25, 1997.

CHANGES IN THE MEETING: The

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission has cancelled the closed

meeting to discuss Enforcement Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–25259 Filed 9–18–97; 2:33 pm]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m., Wednesday,

October 8, 1997.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C., 9th Floor Conference Room.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Enforcement Matters.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jean A. Webb, 202–418–5100.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 97–25260 Filed 9–18–97; 2:33 pm]

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Privacy Act of 1974: System of

Records

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Amendment of system of

records to include new routine uses.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11)), the

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission is issuing notice of its

intent to amend the system of records

entitled CFTC–5, Employee Personnel/

Payroll Records, to include new routine

uses required by the Personal

Responsibility and Work Opportunity

Reconciliation Act of 1996.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before October 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Jean A. Webb, Secretary,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street NW., Washington, DC

20581. Comments may also be sent via

the Internet to secretary@cftc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stacy Dean Yochum, Office of the

Executive Director, (202) 418–5157, or

Glynn L. Mays, Office of General

Counsel, (202) 418–5120, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20581.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Additions to Routine Use

Pursuant to Pub. L. 104–193, the

Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

(‘‘the Act’’), the Commodity Futures

Trading Commission will disclose data

from CFTC–5, Employee Personnel/

Payroll Records, to the Office of Child

Support Enforcement, Administration

for Children and Families, Department

of Health and Human Services, for use

in its Federal Parent Locator System

(FPLS) and Federal Tax Offset System,

DHHS/OCSE No. 09–90–0074.

Information on the FPLS and Federal

Tax Offset System was last published in

the Federal Register on July 25, 1996

(61 FR 38754).

FPLS is a computerized network

through which States may request

location information from Federal and

State agencies to find non-custodial

parents and/or their employers for the

purpose of establishing paternity and

securing support. The Act amended 42

U.S.C. 653(n) to require quarterly wage

reporting to the FPLS by federal

employers of the name, social security

number, and quarterly wages of each

employee, effective October 1, 1997.

The Act also added a new section, 42

U.S.C. 653a, which requires federal

employers to provide information to the

National Directory of New Hires

established by 42 U.S.C. 653. Federal

employers must report the name,

address, and social security number of

a new employee to the National

Directory of New Hires effective October

1, 1997. Pursuant to the amendments to

42 U.S.C. 653 made by the Act, the

enlarged FPLS will include the National

Directory of New Hires, a database

containing information on employees

commencing employment, quarterly

wage data on private and public sector

employees, and information on

unemployment compensation benefits,

all effective October 1, 1997.

Also in accordance with the Act,

effective October 1, 1998, the FPLS will
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be expanded to include a Federal Case

Registry. The Federal Case Registry will

contain abstracts on all participants in

child support enforcement cases. When

the Federal Case Registry is

implemented, its files will be matched

on an ongoing basis against the National

Directory of New Hires to determine if

an employee is a participant in a child

support case anywhere in the country.

If the FPLS identifies a person as a

participant in a State child support case,

that State will be notified of the

participant’s current employer. State

requests to the FPLS for location

information will also continue to be

processed after October 1, 1998.

The data to be disclosed by the

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission to the FPLS include: name,

address, social security number, and

quarterly wages. In addition, names and

social security numbers submitted by

the Commodity Futures Trading

Commission to the FPLS will be

disclosed by the Office of Child Support

Enforcement to the Social Security

Administration for verification to ensure

that the social security number provided

is correct.

The data disclosed by the Commodity

Futures Trading Commission to the

FPLS will also be disclosed by the

Office of Child Support Enforcement to

the Secretary of the Treasury for use in

verifying claims for the advance

payment of the earned income tax credit

or to verify a claim of employment on

a tax return.

II. Compatibility of Proposed Routine

Use

The Commodity Futures Trading

Commission is amending these routine

uses in accordance with the Privacy Act

(5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3)). The Privacy Act

permits the disclosure of information

about individuals without their consent

for a routine use where the information

will be used for a purpose which is

compatible with the purpose for which

the information was originally collected.

The Office of Management and Budget

has indicated that a ‘‘compatible use’’ is

a use which is necessary and proper.

See OMB Guidelines, 51 FR 18982,

18985 (1986). Since the proposed uses

of the data are required by Pub. L. 104–

193, they are clearly necessary and

proper uses, and, therefore, compatible

uses under the Privacy Act.

III. Effect of Proposed Changes on

Individuals

The CFTC will disclose information

under the propose routine uses only as

required by Pub. L. 104–193 and as

permitted by the Privacy Act. Disclosure

will be handled through the agency’s

personnel/payroll system provider, the

National Finance Center of the

Department of Agriculture.

Accordingly, CFTC–5, Employee

Personnel and Payroll Records, most

recently published in the Federal

Register on Thursday, August 21, 1997

(62 FR 44442, 44446) is amended as set

forth below.

* * * * *

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

a. In response to legitimate requests,

this information may be provided to

other federal agencies for the purpose of

hiring or retaining employees, and may

be provided to other prospective

employers, to the extent that the

information is relevant to the

prospective employer’s decision in the

matter.

b. The information may be provided

to the Justice Department, the Office of

Personnel Management or other federal

agencies, or used by the Commission in

connection with any investigation or

administrative or legal proceeding

involving any violation of federal law or

regulation thereunder.

c. Certain information will be

provided, as required by law, to the

Office of Child Support Enforcement,

Administration for Children and

Families, Department of Health and

Human Services Federal Parent Locator

System (FPLS) and Federal Tax Offset

System to enable state jurisdictions to

locate individuals and identify their

income sources to establish paternity,

establish and modify orders of support,

and for enforcement action.

d. Certain information will be

provided, as required by law, to the

Office of Child Support Enforcement for

release to the Social Security

Administration for verifying social

security numbers in connection with the

operation of the FPLS by the Office of

Child Support Enforcement.

e. Certain information will be

provided, as required by law, to the

Office of Child Support Enforcement for

release to the Department of Treasury

for purposes of administering the

Earned Income Tax Credit Program

(Section 32, Internal Revenue Code of

1986) and verifying a claim with respect

to employment in a tax return.

* * * * *

Issued in Washington, DC, on September

16, 1997, by the Commission.

Catherine D. Dixon,

Assistant Secretary of the Commission.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Personnel and Readiness).

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the

Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel

and Readiness) announces the following

proposed reinstatement of a public

information collection and seeks public

comment for the provisions thereof.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions to the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of burden of the

proposed information collection; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received November 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

the Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Personnel and

Readiness)(Force Management

Policy)(Military Personnel Policy)/

Accession Policy, ATTN: LTC Michael

Ostroski, Room 2B271, 4000 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–4000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request more information on this

proposed information collection or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instruments,

please write to the above address or call

at (703) 695–5529.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Request for Reference, DD

Form 370, OMB Control Number: 0704–

0167.

Needs and Uses: This information

collection requirement is necessary to

obtain personal reference data, in order

to request a waiver, on a military

applicant who has committed a civil or

criminal offense and would otherwise

be disqualified for entry to the Armed

Forces of the United States. The DD

Form 370 is used to obtain reference

information evaluating the character,

work habits, and attitudes of a applicant