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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

[Docket: RITA 2008–0002 BTS Paperwork 

Reduction Notice] 

Agency Information Collection; 

Activity Under OMB Review; Report of 

Extension of Credit to Political 

Candidates—Form 183 

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, the Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics invites the 

general public, industry and other 

governmental parties to comment on the 

continuing need and usefulness of BTS 

collecting reports from air carriers on 

the aggregated indebtedness balance of 

a political candidate or party for Federal 

office. The reports are required when 

the aggregated indebtedness is over 

$5,000 on the last day of a month. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by May 17, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

RITA 2008–0002 by any of the following 

methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Identify docket number, 

BTS 2008–0002, at the beginning of 

your comments, and send two copies. 

To receive confirmation that DOT 

received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may access all comments received 

by DOT at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments are posted electronically 

without charge or edits, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit http:// 

DocketInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Gorham, Office of Airline Information, 

RTS–42, Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

Street SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

(202) 366–4406. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Approval No. 2138–0016. 

Title: Report of Extension of Credit to 

Political Candidates—Form 183 14 CFR 

Part 374a. 

Form No.: 183. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Certificated air carriers. 

Number of Respondents: 2 (Monthly 

Average). 

Number of Responses: 24. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Total Annual Burden: 24 hours. 

Needs and Uses: The Department uses 

this form as the means to fulfill its 

obligation under the Federal Election 

Campaign Act of 1971 (the Act). The 

Act’s legislative history indicates that 

one of its statutory goals is to prevent 

candidates for Federal political office 

from incurring large amounts of 

unsecured debt with regulated 

transportation companies (e.g. airlines). 

This information collection allows the 

Department to monitor and disclose the 

amount of unsecured credit extended by 

airlines to candidates for Federal office. 

All certificated air carriers are required 

to submit this information. 

The Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires 

a statistical agency to clearly identify 

information it collects for non-statistical 

purposes. BTS hereby notifies the 

respondents and the public that BTS 

uses the information it collects under 

this OMB approval for non-statistical 

purposes including, but not limited to, 

publication of both Respondent’s 

identity and its data, submission of the 

information to agencies outside BTS for 

review, analysis and possible use in 

regulatory and other administrative 

matters. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 13, 

2012. 

Pat Hu, 

Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6529 Filed 3–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

[Docket No. BPD–2012–001] 

Public Input on the Development and 

Potential Issuance of Treasury Floating 

Rate Notes 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Financial Markets, 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

information. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Treasury 

(‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized under 

Chapter 31 of Title 31, United States 

Code, to issue United States obligations 

and to offer them for sale under such 

terms and conditions as the Secretary 

may prescribe. The Department of the 

Treasury (‘‘Treasury’’) is requesting 

comments on the potential issuance of 

a floating rate note. Treasury is 

particularly interested in comments 

concerning the demand for the product, 

how the security should be structured, 

its liquidity, and any operational issues 

that should be considered relating to the 

issuance of this type of debt. Treasury 

has not made a decision to issue floating 

rate notes. Treasury will continue to 

weigh the relative merits of issuing 

floating rate notes, and comments 

received as part of this Request for 

Information will serve as valuable input 

into this decision. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 18, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, in accordance 

with the instructions. Comments will be 

available at http://www.regulations.gov 

as submitted, unless modified for 

technical reasons. Accordingly, your 

comments will not be edited to remove 

any identifying or contact information. 

You may download this Request for 

Information from http:// 

www.regulations.gov or the Bureau of 

the Public Debt’s Web site at http:// 

www.treasurydirect.gov. You may also 

send paper comments to Department of 

the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt, 

Government Securities Regulations 

Staff, 799 9th Street NW., Washington, 

DC 20239–0001. Comments received 

will be available for public inspection 

and copying at the Treasury Department 


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Library, Main Treasury Building, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20220. To visit the library, call (202) 

622–0990 for an appointment. In 

general, comments received, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, are part of the public record 

and are available to the public. Do not 

submit any information in your 

comments or supporting materials that 

you consider confidential or 

inappropriate for public disclosure. 

Responses should also include: 

(1) The data or rationale, including 

examples, supporting any opinions or 

conclusions; (2) alternative approaches 

and options that should be considered, 

if any; and, (3) any specific comments 

regarding general terms and conditions 

for the sale and issuance of floating rate 

notes. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori 

Santamorena, Executive Director; Kurt 

Eidemiller, Associate Director; or Kevin 

Hawkins, Government Securities 

Advisor; Department of the Treasury, 

Bureau of the Public Debt, Government 

Securities Regulations Staff, (202) 504– 

3632. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Treasury continually seeks ways to 

minimize borrowing costs, better 

manage its liability profile, enhance 

market liquidity, and expand the 

investor base in Treasury securities. To 

help meet these objectives, Treasury 

announced at its February 2012 

Quarterly Refunding that it continues to 

study the possibility of issuing floating 

rate notes (FRNs), a security with a 

return that is indexed and periodically 

reset. Examining alternative forms and 

structures of debt issuance is consistent 

with Treasury’s mission of financing the 

government at the lowest cost over time. 

Treasury has discussed the issuance of 

FRNs with the Treasury Borrowing 

Advisory Committee (TBAC), which is a 

federal advisory committee sponsored 

by the Securities Industry and Financial 

Markets Association (SIFMA), and with 

the primary dealers. These discussions 

have provided a significant amount of 

constructive feedback. However, prior to 

making a decision, Treasury is soliciting 

a broader range of input from a variety 

of market participants on demand for 

the product and its liquidity, as well as 

structural and operational issues that 

Treasury should consider. 

II. Solicitation for Comments 

Commenters are invited to submit 

views on the following questions: 

1. Would FRNs attract new investors 

into the Treasury market for a sustained 

period of time? 

2. Would a Treasury FRN help meet 

the investment needs of retail and 

institutional investors? 

3. How liquid would you expect FRNs 

to be in the secondary markets? 

4. What is the ideal structure for a 

Treasury FRN? 

a. What is the ideal final maturity for 

a Treasury FRN? 

b. What are the pros and cons of using 

the following reference rates for a 

Treasury FRN: Treasury bills, a Treasury 

general collateral-based repurchase 

agreement (‘‘repo’’) rate, and the federal 

funds effective rate? Are there any other 

reference rates that merit consideration? 

c. What would be the appropriate 

coupon payment frequency of a 

Treasury FRN? 

5. What changes to trading, settlement 

and accounting systems would be 

needed to accommodate FRNs? 

6. Are there any other operational 

issues that Treasury should be aware of 

when deciding on whether to issue 

FRNs? 

7. Given the above considerations, are 

FRNs a useful debt management tool 

that Treasury should consider? 

Mary J. Miller, 

Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6662 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–39–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions (CDFI) Fund, a wholly 

owned government corporation within 

the Department of the Treasury, is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

CDFI Program Application. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before May 18, 2012 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Ruth 

Jaure, CDFI Program Manager, at the 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of 

the Treasury, 601 13th Street NW., Suite 

200 South, Washington, DC 20005, by 

email to cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov or by 

facsimile to (202) 622–7754. Please note 

this is not a toll free number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

CDFI Program Application may be 

obtained from the CDFI Program page of 

the CDFI Fund’s Web site at http:// 

www.cdfifund.gov. Requests for 

additional information should be 

directed to Ruth Jaure, CDFI Program 

Manager, Community Development 

Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury, 601 13th 

Street NW., Suite 200 South, 

Washington, DC 20005, or call (202) 

622–9156. Please note this is not a toll 

free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: CDFI Program Application. 

OMB Number: 1559–0021. 

Abstract: The Community 

Development Financial Institutions 

(CDFI) Program was established by the 

Riegle Community Development and 

Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to 

use Federal resources to invest in and 

build the capacity of CDFIs to serve lowincome people and communities lacking 

adequate access to affordable financial 

products and services. Through the 

CDFI Program, the CDFI Fund provides: 

(1) Financial Assistance (FA) awards to 

CDFIs that have Comprehensive 

Business Plans for creating 

demonstrable community development 

impact through the deployment of 

credit, capital, and financial services 

within their respective Target Markets 

or the expansion into new Investment 

Areas, Low-Income Targeted 

Populations, or Other Targeted 

Populations, and (ii) Technical 

Assistance (TA) grants to CDFIs and 

entities proposing to become CDFIs in 

order to build their capacity to better 

address the community development 

and capital access needs of their 

existing or proposed Target Markets 

and/or to become certified CDFIs. The 

regulations governing the CDFI Program 

are found at 12 CFR part 1805 and 

provide guidance on evaluation criteria 

and other requirements of the CDFI 

Program. 

The questions that the application 

contains, and the information generated 

thereby, will enable the CDFI Fund to 

evaluate applicants’ activities and 

determine the extent of applicants’ 

eligibility for a CDFI Program award. 

Failure to collect this information could 

result in improper uses of Federal 

funds. 

Current Actions: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 


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