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

1 On 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]

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**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.** 
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(c) * * * (3) * * * (iii) 2015: $146 per station.

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Dated: November 28, 2014. Jesse Feder, Copyright Royalty Judge. [FR Doc. 2014–28457 Filed 11–28–14; 4:15 pm]

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**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.