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16. Department of Transportation, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration (DAA–0416–2015–0009, 

1 item, 1 temporary item). Master files 

of an electronic information system 

used to track fuel economy data for 

vehicles and manufacturers. 

Laurence Brewer, 

Chief Records Officer for the U.S. 

Government. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16913 Filed 8–7–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

Solicitation of Nominations for 

Appointment to the Advisory 

Committee of the Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation (PBGC) is soliciting 

nominations for appointment to the 

Advisory Committee of the PBGC. 

DATES: Nominations must be received 

on or before September 24, 2018. Please 

allow three weeks for regular mail 

delivery to PBGC. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations must be 

submitted to Judith Larsen, Office of the 

Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation, 1200 K Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20005–4026, or as 

email attachments to 

OfficeOfTheDirector@pbgc.gov. If 

sending electronically, please use an 

attachment in Word or pdf format. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 

(PBGC or the Corporation) administers 

the pension plan termination insurance 

program under Title IV of the Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 

(ERISA). Section 4002(h) of ERISA 

provides for the establishment of an 

Advisory Committee to the Corporation. 

The Advisory Committee consists of 

seven members appointed by the 

President from among individuals 

recommended by the PBGC Board of 

Directors, which consists of the 

Secretaries of Labor, Treasury, and 

Commerce. The Advisory Committee 

members are as follows: 

• Two representatives of employee 

organizations; 

• Two representatives of employers 

who maintain pension plans; and 

• Three representatives of the general 

public. 

No more than four members of the 

Committee shall be members of the 

same political party. Anyone currently 

subject to federal registration 

requirements as a lobbyist is not eligible 

for appointment. 

Advisory Committee members must 

have experience with employee 

organizations, employers who maintain 

defined benefit pension plans, the 

administration or advising of pension 

plans, or in related fields. Appointments 

are for three-year terms. Some of the 

appointments may serve unexpired 

terms that have less than three years 

remaining. Reappointments are possible 

but are subject to the appointment 

process. 

The Advisory Committee’s prescribed 

duties include advising the Corporation 

as to its policies and procedures relating 

to investment of moneys, and other 

issues as the Corporation may request or 

as the Advisory Committee determines 

appropriate. The Advisory Committee 

meets at least six times each year. At 

least one meeting is a joint meeting with 

the PBGC Board of Directors. 

By February 19, 2019, the terms of all 

of the Advisory Committee members 

will have expired. Therefore, PBGC is 

seeking nominations for all of the seats. 

PBGC is committed to equal 

opportunity in the workplace and seeks 

a broad-based and diverse Advisory 

Committee. 

If you or your organization wants to 

nominate one or more people for 

appointment to the Advisory Committee 

to represent any of the interest groups 

specified above, you may submit 

nominations to PBGC. Nominations may 

be in the form of a letter, resolution or 

petition, signed by the person making 

the nomination or, in the case of a 

nomination by an organization, by an 

authorized representative of the 

organization. PBGC encourages you to 

include additional supporting letters of 

nomination. PBGC will not consider 

self-nominees who have no supporting 

letters. Please do not include any 

information that you do not want 

publicly disclosed. 

Nominations, including supporting 

letters, should: 

• State the person’s qualifications to 

serve on the Advisory Committee 

(including any specialized knowledge or 

experience relevant to the nominee’s 

proposed Advisory Committee 

position); 

• State that the candidate will accept 

appointment to the Advisory Committee 

if offered; 

• Include which of the positions 

(representing interest group) the 

candidate is being nominated to fill; 

• Include the nominee’s full name, 

work affiliation, mailing address, phone 

number, and email address; 

• Include the nominator’s full name, 

mailing address, phone number, and 

email address; and 

• Include the nominator’s signature, 

whether sent by email or otherwise. 

PBGC will contact nominees for 

information on their political affiliation 

and their status as registered lobbyists. 

Nominees should be aware of the time 

commitment for attending meetings and 

actively participating in the work of the 

Advisory Committee. Historically, this 

has meant a commitment of at least 15 

days per year. PBGC has a process for 

vetting nominees under consideration 

for appointment. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

William Reeder, 

Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

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BILLING CODE 7709–02–P 

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Excepted Service 

AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice identifies 

Schedule A, B, and C appointing 

authorities applicable to a single agency 

that were established or revoked from 

March 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Senior Executive Resources Services, 

Senior Executive Services and 

Performance Management, Employee 

Services, (202) 606–2246. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 5 CFR 213.103, 

Schedule A, B, and C appointing 

authorities available for use by all 

agencies are codified in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR). Schedule A, 

B, and C appointing authorities 

applicable to a single agency are not 

codified in the CFR, but the U.S. Office 

of Personnel Management (OPM) 

publishes a notice of agency-specific 

authorities established or revoked each 

month in the Federal Register at 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/. OPM also 

publishes an annual notice of the 

consolidated listing of all Schedule A, 

B, and C appointing authorities, current 

as of June 30, in the Federal Register. 

Schedule A 

No schedule A Authorities to report 

during March 2018. 

Schedule B 

No schedule B Authorities to report 

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Schedule C 

The following Schedule C appointing 

authorities were approved during March 

2018. 

Agency name Organization name Position title Authorization 

No. Effective date 

Department of Agriculture ............... Office of Forest Service ................. Senior Advisor ................................ DA180127 03/08/2018 

Office of Farm Service Agency ...... State Executive Director—Delaware.DA180140 03/23/2018 

Office of Rural Housing Service ..... Confidential Assistant ..................... DA180150 03/28/2018 

Office of the Secretary ................... Director of Advance ........................ DA180151 03/28/2018 

Staff Assistant ................................ DA180143 03/29/2018 

Office of Communications .............. Advance Lead ................................ DA180152 03/29/2018 

Department of Commerce ............... Office of the Director ...................... Chief of Congressional Affairs ....... DC180090 03/12/2018 

Office of the Chief of Staff ............. Confidential Assistant ..................... DC180104 03/19/2018 

Office of Patent and Trademark ..... Chief Communications Officer ....... DC180114 03/20/2018 

Office of the Under Secretary ........ Senior Advisor ................................ DC180100 03/29/2018 

Department of Defense ................... Office of the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense (Legislative Affairs).

Director of Strategic Communications for Legislative Affairs.DD180067 03/16/2018 

Special Assistant (Legislative Affairs).DD180074 03/22/2018 

Office of the Secretary ................... Director of Communications ........... DD180072 03/29/2018 

Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) Office of 

the Under Secretary of Defense 

(Policy).

Director of Operations for Research and Engineering.

Special Assistant for Homeland 

Defense and Defense Support of 

Civil Authorities.

DD180065 

DD180066 

03/16/2018 

03/19/2018 

Office of Washington Headquarters 

Services.

Defense Fellow (2) ......................... DD180060 

DD180076 

03/16/2018 

03/28/2018 

Department of the Air Force ........... Office of the Secretary ................... Special Assistant and Speechwriter DF180016 03/29/2018 

Department of the Navy .................. Office of the Under Secretary of 

the Navy.

Special Assistant for Financial 

Management and Comptroller.

DN180014 03/16/2018 

Department of Energy ..................... Office of Public Affairs .................... Associate Deputy Press Secretary DE170191 03/01/2018 

Office of Economic Impact and Diversity.Special Advisor ............................... DE180033 03/12/2018 

Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy.Senior Advisor ................................ DE180060 03/23/2018 

Environmental Protection Agency ... Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and 

Intergovernmental Relations.

Special Advisor ............................... EP180026 03/01/2018 

Federal Trade Commission ............. Office of the Chairman ................... Director, Office of Policy Planning FT180001 03/29/2018 

Director, Office of Public Affairs ..... FT180002 03/29/2018 

General Services Administration ..... Office of the Administrator ............. Confidential Assistant ..................... GS180023 03/13/2018 

Department of Health and Human 

Services.

Office of Administration for Children and Families.Policy Advisor ................................. DH180059 03/06/2018 

Office of Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight.Policy Advisor ................................. DH180082 03/08/2018 

Office of Centers for Medicare and 

Medicaid Services.

Senior Advisor for Medicare ...........

Special Assistant ............................

DH180064 

DH180088 

03/06/2018 

03/23/2018 

Office of Indian Health Service ...... Senior Advisor ................................ DH180054 03/06/2018 

Office for Civil Rights ..................... Senior Advisor for Conscience Protection.DH180065 03/06/2018 

Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Health.

Executive Director, President’s 

Council on Fitness, Sports, and 

Nutrition.

DH180057 03/06/2018 

Advisor ............................................ DH180086 03/08/2018 

Senior Policy Advisor ..................... DH180103 03/29/2018 

Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Legislation.

Senior Advisor ................................ DH180084 03/22/2018 

Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Public Affairs.

Director of Communications ...........

Assistant Speechwriter ...................

DH180072 

DH180078 

03/19/2018 

03/27/2018 

Office of the Secretary ................... Advisor ............................................ DH180095 03/29/2018 

Department of Homeland Security .. Office of the Under Secretary for 

National Protection and Programs Directorate.

Director of Public Affairs ................ DM180097 03/06/2018 

Office of the Chief of Staff ............. Deputy White House Liaison .......... DM180109 03/13/2018 

Office of Countering Weapons of 

Mass Destruction.

Director for Countering Weapons 

of Mass Destruction Policy and 

Plans.

DM180119 03/16/2018 

Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Public Affairs.

Press Assistant ............................... DM180124 03/16/2018 


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Agency name Organization name Position title Authorization 

No. Effective date 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development.

Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations.Advisor for Intergovernmental Relations.DU180042 03/13/2018 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Congressional Relations.

DU180051 03/19/2018 

Office of Public Affairs .................... Director of Speechwriting for Program and Policy.DU180043 03/27/2018 

Department of the Interior ............... Secretary’s Immediate Office ......... Speechwriter ................................... DI180034 03/01/2018 

Secretary’s Immediate Office ......... Deputy White House Liaison .......... DI180035 03/08/2018 

Office of Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management.

Advisor ............................................ DI180032 03/23/2018 

Department of Justice ..................... Office of Legislative Affairs ............ General Attorney (2) ....................... DJ180058 03/08/2018 

DJ180059 03/08/2018 

Office of the Attorney General ....... Senior Policy Advisor ..................... DJ180071 03/22/2018 

Office of Justice Programs ............. Senior Advisor ................................ DJ180042 03/23/2018 

Office of Public Affairs .................... Program Event Press Specialist .... DJ180061 03/28/2018 

Department of Labor ....................... Office of Public Affairs .................... Senior Advisor for Digital Strategy DL180054 03/22/2018 

Press Assistant ............................... DL180057 03/27/2018 

Office of Public Liaison .................. Special Assistant ............................ DL180053 03/27/2018 

Office of Management and Budget Office of General Counsel .............. Confidential Assistant ..................... BO180011 03/19/2018 

Office of National Drug Control Policy.Office of Public Affairs .................... Public Affairs Specialist (Program 

Support).

QQ180004 03/22/2018 

Office of Personnel Management ... Office of the Director ...................... Special Assistant ............................ PM180017 03/22/2018 

Congressional, Legislative, and 

Intergovernmental Affairs.

Legislative Director ......................... PM180015 03/27/2018 

Small Business Administration ........ Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs.Special Advisor ............................... SB180021 03/16/2018 

Social Security Administration ........ Office of the Commissioner ............ Confidential Assistant ..................... SZ180022 03/01/2018 

Department of State ........................ Office of the Chief of Protocol ........ Assistant Chief of Protocol for 

Ceremonials.

DS180025 03/01/2018 

Chief of Staff .................................. DS180034 03/01/2018 

Bureau of International Organizational Affairs.Senior Advisor ................................ DS180035 03/06/2018 

Office of Policy Planning ................ Senior Advisor ................................ DS180031 03/08/2018 

Bureau of Economic and Business 

Affairs.

Special Assistant ............................ DS180033 03/20/2018 

Office of Global Women’s Issues ... Special Assistant ............................ DS180039 03/27/2018 

Department of Transportation ......... Office of Chief Information Officer Special Assistant ............................ DT180037 03/15/2018 

Office of the Administrator ............. Director of Governmental Affairs .... DT180009 03/23/2018 

Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Budget and Programs.

Special Assistant ............................ DT180032 03/23/2018 

Office of the Secretary ................... Special Assistant ............................ DT180034 03/23/2018 

Special Assistant for Advance (2) .. DT180035 03/23/2018 

DT180036 03/23/2018 

Department of Veterans Affairs ...... Office of the Secretary and Deputy Senior Advisor for Investigations ... DV180022 03/05/2018 

The following Schedule C appointing 

authorities were revoked during March 

2018. 

Agency name Organization name Title Request No. Date vacated 

Department of Agriculture ............... Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Congressional Relations.

Confidential Assistant ..................... DA180019 03/03/2018 

Department of Commerce ............... Office of Assistant Secretary for 

Global Markets.

Special Advisor for Select United 

States of America.

DC170147 03/17/2018 

Office of International Trade Administration.Confidential Assistant ..................... DC170118 03/03/2018 

Office of Scheduling and Advance Deputy Director of Advance ........... DC170079 03/02/2018 

Office of the Chief of Staff ............. Scheduler ....................................... DC170146 03/03/2018 

Scheduling Assistant ...................... DC170139 03/03/2018 

Confidential Assistant ..................... DC170062 03/31/2018 

Office of the General Counsel ....... Senior Counsel to the General 

Counsel.

DC170095 03/31/2018 

Office of the Under Secretary ........ Senior Advisor for Advance ........... DC180004 03/17/2018 

Office of Patent and Trademark Office.Deputy Chief Communications Officer for Strategic Communications.DC170077 03/31/2018 

Senior Advisor ................................ DC170088 03/31/2018 


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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 15 U.S.C. 78a. 

3 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

4The Trust has filed a registration statement on 

Form S–1 under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 

U.S.C. 77a), dated July 2, 2018 (File No. 333– 

226034) (the ‘‘Registration Statement’’). The 

description of the operation of the Trust and the 

Shares herein is based, in part, on the Registration 

Statement. 

5Commodity-Based Trust Shares are securities 

issued by a trust that represents investors’ discrete 

identifiable and undivided beneficial ownership 

interest in the commodities deposited into the 

Trust. 

Agency name Organization name Title Request No. Date vacated 

Office of the Secretary of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense (Legislative Affairs).

Special Assistant to the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense (Legislative 

Affairs) for Installations, Environment, and Energy.

DD170153 03/03/2018 

Department of Education ................ Office of Communications and Outreach.Communications Director ............... DB170122 03/03/2018 

Department of Energy ..................... Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.

Senior Advisor ................................ DE170090 03/02/2018 

Office of Public Affairs .................... Press Assistant ............................... DE170125 03/03/2018 

Department of Health and Human 

Services.

Office of the Assistant Secretary of 

Health.

Liaison to the Veterans Administration.DH170137 03/16/2018 

Special Advisor ............................... DH170277 03/17/2018 

Office of Indian Health Service ...... Senior Advisor to the Director, Indian Health Service.DH170299 03/17/2018 

Office of the General Counsel ....... Advisor and Legal Counsel ............ DH170334 03/17/2018 

Office of the Secretary ................... Policy Advisor for Health Policy ..... DH170262 03/17/2018 

Special Assistant ............................ DH170244 03/17/2018 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services.

Director of Strategic Communications.DH180025 03/18/2018 

Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Legislation.

Advisor ............................................ DH180007 03/30/2018 

Department of State ........................ Office of the Chief of Protocol ........ Senior Protocol Officer ................... DS170177 03/03/2018 

Department of the Treasury ............ Department of the Treasury ........... Speechwriter ................................... DY170067 03/03/2018 

Environmental Protection Agency ... Office of the Administrator ............. Senior Advisor to the Administrator 

for Agriculture Policy.

EP180001 03/04/2018 

Office of the Associate Administrator for Congressional and 

Intergovernmental Relations.

Special Assistant to the Office of 

Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations.

EP170078 03/17/2018 

General Services Administration ..... Office of the Administrator ............. Senior Advisor for Administrative 

Services.

GS170025 03/30/2018 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration.

Office of Communications .............. Social Media Specialist .................. NN180004 03/17/2018 

Small Business Administration ........ Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs.Legislative Assistant ....................... SB170011 03/17/2018 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O. 

10577, 3 CFR, 1954–1958 Comp., p. 218. 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. 

Jeff T.H. Pon, 

Director. 

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BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–83765; File No. SR– 

NYSEArca–2018–55] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE 

Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Proposed 

Rule Change To List and Trade Shares 

of the GraniteShares Gold MiniBAR 

Trust 

August 2, 2018. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) 1 of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,3

notice is hereby given that, on July 19, 

2018, NYSE Arca, Inc. (the ‘‘Exchange’’ 

or ‘‘NYSE Arca’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(the ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule 

change as described in Items I and II 

below, which Items have been prepared 

by the self-regulatory organization. The 

Commission is publishing this notice to 

solicit comments on the proposed rule 

change from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to list and 

trade shares of GraniteShares Gold 

MiniBAR Trust under NYSE Arca Rule 

8.201–E (‘‘Commodity-Based Trust 

Shares’’). The proposed change is 

available on the Exchange’s website at 

www.nyse.com, at the principal office of 

the Exchange, and at the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

self-regulatory organization included 

statements concerning the purpose of, 

and basis for, the proposed rule change 

and discussed any comments it received 

on the proposed rule change. The text 

of those statements may be examined at 

the places specified in Item IV below. 

The Exchange has prepared summaries, 

set forth in sections A, B, and C below, 

of the most significant parts of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and the 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The Exchange proposes to list and 

trade shares (‘‘Shares’’) of the 

GraniteShares Gold MiniBAR Trust 

under NYSE Arca Rule 8.201–E.4 Under 

NYSE Arca Rule 8.201–E, the Exchange 

may propose to list and/or trade 

pursuant to unlisted trading privileges 

(‘‘UTP’’) ‘‘Commodity-Based Trust 

Shares.’’ 5

The Trust will not be registered as an 

investment company under the 


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