16116 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 53 / Monday, March 19, 2012 / Notices 

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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