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fixed income securities, pursuant to §

225.28(b)(7(ii) of the Board’s Regulation

Y; and investment advisory activities,

especially advice with respect to real

estate equity and debt investments,

pursuant to § 225.28(b)(6) of the Board’s

Regulation Y.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, December 19, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–33637 Filed 12-24-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

[Docket No. R–0997]

Treatment of U.S. Companies

Operating in Government Debt Market

in the Netherlands

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Notice of study and request for

comment.

SUMMARY: Under the Primary Dealers

Act of 1988, which became effective on

August 23, 1989, the Federal Reserve

may not designate or permit the

continuation of the designation of any

person of a foreign country as a primary

dealer in government debt instruments

if such foreign country does not accord

to U.S. companies the same competitive

opportunities in the underwriting and

distribution of government debt

instruments issued by such country as

such country accords to its domestic

companies. Pursuant to this Act, the

Federal Reserve is reviewing the

government debt market of the

Netherlands and requests public

comment on the treatment of U.S.

companies with respect to the

Netherlands’ government debt market,

focusing in particular on the treatment

of U.S. companies relative to domestic

firms.

DATE: Comments must be received by

February 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments, which should

refer to Docket No. R–0997, may be

mailed to the Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,

D.C. 20551, to the attention of Mr.

William W. Wiles, Secretary. Comments

addressed to the attention of Mr. Wiles

may also be delivered to the Board’s

mailroom between 8:45 a.m. and 5:15

p.m. weekdays and to the security

control room outside of those hours.

Both the mailroom and the security

control room are accessible from the

courtyard entrance on 20th Street

between Constitution Avenue and C

Street, NW. Comments will be available

for inspection and copying by members

of the public in the Freedom of

Information Office, Room MP–500,

between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

weekdays, except as provided in section

261.8 of the Board’s Rules Regarding the

Availability of Information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen O’Day, Associate General

Counsel (202/452–3786), or Ann

Misback, Managing Senior Counsel

(202/452–3788), Legal Division; or Larry

Promisel, Senior Advisor (202/452–

3533), Division of International Finance;

Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System. For the hearing

impaired only, Telecommunication

Device for the Deaf (TDD), Diane Jenkins

(202/452–3544), Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C

Streets NW., Washington, D.C. 20551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Primary Dealers Act of 1988 (‘‘Act’’), 22

U.S.C. §§ 5341–5342, the Federal

Reserve may not permit a person of a

foreign country to act as a primary

dealer in U.S. government securities if

the person’s home country does not

accord U.S. companies the same

competitive opportunities as the foreign

country accords domestic companies in

underwriting and distributing

government debt obligations of such

foreign country. A ‘‘person of a foreign

country’’ includes any foreign

individual or company that directly or

indirectly controls a primary dealer.

A subsidiary of a bank organized in

the Netherlands proposes to be

designated as a primary dealer in U.S.

government securities. Accordingly, in

order to make the determination

required by the Act, the Federal Reserve

is undertaking a study of the

government debt market of the

Netherlands to determine whether U.S.

companies are accorded national

treatment in their access to that market.

The Federal Reserve would welcome

the views of U.S. firms or other persons

on the specific respects in which U.S.

companies are accorded, or are not

accorded, the same competitive

opportunities in the underwriting and

distribution of Dutch government debt

instruments as the Netherlands accords

to Dutch domestic companies. All such

comments, which should be submitted

by February 27, 1998, would be

considered in the context of the study

of this market.

By order of the Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System, December 19, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–33652 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Heart, Lung, and Blood

Institute; Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request, The

Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities

Study

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of

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

Reduction Act of 1995, the National

Heat, Lung, and Blood Institute

(NHLBI), the National Institutes of

Health (NIH) has submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) a

request to review and approve the

information collection listed below.

This proposed information collection

was previously published in the Federal

Register on April 10, 1997 and allowed

60-days for public comment. No public

comments were received. The purpose

of this notice is to allow an additional

30 days for public comment.

5 CFR 1320.5 (General requirements)

Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements: Finale Rule requires that

the agency inform the potential persons

who are to respond to the collection of

information that such persons are not

required to respond to the collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

This information is required to be stated

in the 30-day Federal Register Notice.

Proposed Collection

Title: The Atherosclerosis Risk in

Communities (ARIC) Study. Type of

Information Collection Request:

Revision of a currently approved

collection (OMB No. 0925–0281). Need

and Use of Information Collection: This

project involves a physical examination

and a survey of an additional sample of

45–64 year old persons living in the

same communities as the original ARIC

Study participant. Information from this

sample and from the original cohort

collected 10 years earlier will be used to

assess temporal trends in selected

atherosclerosis risk factor domains.

Frequency of Response: The recruited

individuals will participate in a home

interview and an in-clinic examination.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households. Type of Respondents:

Adults 45–64 years old. The annual

reporting burden is an follows:

Estimated Number of Respondents:

8356; Estimated Number of Responses

per Respondent: 4.071; Average Burden

Hours per Response: 0.5211; and

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours

Requested: 17,726. The cost to the

respondents consists of their time; time