Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 231 / Tuesday, December 2, 2014 / Rules and Regulations 71319 

1On November 20, 2014, the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics announced that the CPI–U increased 1.7% 

over the last 12 months. 

dating the certification portion of the 

applicable EDR form; or 

(2) EDR certification only. A person 

submitting a completed EDR 

certification only must attest that they 

meet the conditions exempting them 

from submitting the entire EDR as 

described in the certification portion of 

the applicable EDR form and sign and 

date the certification portion of the 

form. 

(e) Verification of EDR data. (1) 

NMFS, the DCA, or the DDCA will 

conduct verification of information with 

a person required to submit the 

applicable EDR, or if applicable, that 

person’s designated representative. 

(2) The person required to submit the 

applicable EDR or designated 

representative, if applicable, must 

respond to inquiries by NMFS, the 

designated DCA, or the DDCA within 20 

days of the date of issuance of the 

inquiry. 

(3) The person required to submit the 

applicable EDR or designated 

representative, if applicable, must 

provide copies of additional data to 

facilitate data verification. NMFS, the 

DCA, or the DDCA may review and 

request copies of additional data 

provided by the person required to 

submit the applicable EDR form or 

designated representative, if applicable, 

including but not limited to, previously 

audited or reviewed financial 

statements, worksheets, tax returns, 

invoices, receipts, and other original 

documents substantiating the data 

submitted in an EDR form. 

(f) DCA authorization. Except for EDR 

data submitted as required under 

§ 679.94(a), the DCA is authorized to 

release unaggregated EDR data to 

authorized data users in blind data 

format only. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28093 Filed 12–1–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

37 CFR Part 381 

[Docket No. 14—CRB–0009–NCEB (2015 

COLA)] 

Cost of Living Adjustment for 

Performance of Musical Compositions 

by Colleges and Universities 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

announce a cost of living adjustment 

(COLA) of 2% in the royalty rates that 

colleges, universities, and other 

educational institutions not affiliated 

with National Public Radio pay for the 

use of published nondramatic musical 

compositions in the SESAC repertory 

for the statutory license under the 

Copyright Act for noncommercial 

broadcasting. 

DATES: Effective: January 2, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LaKeshia Keys, CRB Program Specialist, 

by telephone at (202) 707–7658 or by 

email at crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

118 of the Copyright Act, title 17 of the 

United States Code, creates a statutory 

license for the use of published 

nondramatic musical works and 

published pictorial, graphic, and 

sculptural works in connection with 

noncommercial broadcasting. 

On November 29, 2012, the Copyright 

Royalty Judges (Judges) adopted final 

regulations governing the rates and 

terms of copyright royalty payments 

under section 118 of the Copyright Act 

for the license period 2013–2017. See 77 

FR 71104. Pursuant to these regulations, 

on or before December 1 of each year, 

the Judges shall publish in the Federal 

Register a notice of the change in the 

cost of living for the rate codified at 

§ 381.5(c)(3) relating to compositions in 

the repertory of SESAC. The adjustment, 

fixed to the nearest dollar, shall be the 

greater of (1) ‘‘the change in the cost of 

living as determined by the Consumer 

Price Index (all consumers, all items) 

[CPI–U] . . . during the period from the 

most recent index published prior to the 

previous notice to the most recent index 

published prior to December 1, of that 

year,’’ 37 CFR 381.10(a), or (2) 2%. 37 

CFR 381.10(b), (c). 

The change in the cost of living as 

determined by the CPI–U during the 

period from the most recent index 

published before December 1, 2013, to 

the most recent index published before 

December 1, 2014, is 1.7%.1 In 

accordance with 37 CFR 381.10(b), the 

Judges announce that the cost of living 

adjustment for calendar year 2015 shall 

be 2%. Application of the 2% COLA to 

the current rate for the performance of 

published nondramatic musical 

compositions in the repertory of 

SESAC— $143 per station—results in an 

adjusted rate of $146 per station. 

List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 381 

Copyright, Music, Radio, Television, 

Rates. 

Final Regulations 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Judges amend part 381 of title 37 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations as follows: 

PART 381—USE OF CERTAIN 

COPYRIGHTED WORKS IN 

CONNECTION WITH 

NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL 

BROADCASTING 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 381 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 17 U.S.C. 118, 801(b)(1), and 

803. 

■ 2. Section 381.5 is amended by 

revising paragraph (c)(3)(iii) to read as 

follows: 

§ 381.5 Performance of musical 

compositions by public broadcasting 

entities licensed to colleges and 

universities. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(3) * * * 

(iii) 2015: $146 per station. 

* * * * * 

Dated: November 28, 2014. 

Jesse Feder, 

Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28457 Filed 11–28–14; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Part 12 

Technical Amendment for Information 

Collection Regarding Designee for 

Patient Personal Property 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule will add the 

Office of Management and Budget 

approval number for the new collection 

of information in the Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA) regulation that 

governs a competent veteran’s 

designation of a person to receive the 

veteran’s funds and personal effects in 

the event that such veteran was to die 

while in a VA field facility. 

DATES: This final rule is effective 

December 15, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristin J. Cunningham, Director, 

Business Policy, Chief Business Office 

(10NB6), Veterans Health 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20420, (202) 382–2508. 

This is not a toll free number. 

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