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Issuer receiving such payments on at

least a quarterly basis;

(3) It is not ‘‘leveraged’’ as described

in subsection III.FF.(4);

(4) It does not incorporate any

provision which would cause a

unilateral alteration in any provision

described in subsections III.JJ.(1)–(3)

without the consent of the Trustee;

(5) It is entered into by the Issuer with

an Eligible Swap Counterparty; and

(6) It has a notional amount that does

not exceed either: (i) the principal

balance of the class of Securities to

which such agreement or arrangement

relates, or (ii) the portion of the

principal balance of such class

represented solely by those types of

corpus or assets of the Issuer referred to

in subsections III.B.(1), (2) and (3).

IV. Modifications

For the Underwriter Exemptions

provided to Residential Funding

Corporation, Residential Funding

Mortgage Securities, Inc., et al. and GE

Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. and

GECC Capital Markets (the Applicants)

(PTEs 94–29 and 94–73, respectively);

A. Section III.A. of this exemption is

modified to read as follows:

A. ‘‘Security’’ means:

(1) A pass-through certificate or trust

certificate that represents a beneficial

ownership interest in the assets of an

Issuer which is a Trust and which

entitles the holder to payments of

principal, interest and/or other

payments made with respect to the

assets of such Trust; or

(2) A security which is denominated

as a debt instrument that is issued by,

and is an obligation of, an Issuer; with

respect to which (i) one of the

Applicants or any of its Affiliates is the

Sponsor, [and] an entity which has

received from the Department an

individual prohibited transaction

exemption relating to Securities which

is similar to this exemption, is the sole

underwriter or the manager or comanager of the underwriting syndicate

or a selling or placement agent or (ii)

one of the Applicants or any of its

Affiliates is the sole underwriter or the

manager or co-manager of the

underwriting syndicate, or a selling or

placement agent.

B. Section III.C. of this exemption is

modified to read as follows:

C. Underwriter means:

(1) An entity defined as an

Underwriter in subsection III.C.(1) of

each of the Underwriter Exemptions

that are being amended by this

exemption. In addition, the term

Underwriter includes Ironwood Capital

Partners Ltd., Deutsche Bank AG, New

York Branch and Deutsche Morgan

Grenfell/C.J. Lawrence Inc.; ABN AMRO

and Credit Lyonnais Securities, Inc.

(which received the approval of the

Department to engage in transactions

substantially similar to the transactions

described in the Underwriter

Exemptions pursuant to PTE 96–62);

(2) Any person directly or indirectly,

through one or more intermediaries,

controlling, controlled by or under

common control with such entity;

(3) Any member of an underwriting

syndicate or selling group of which a

person described in subsections III.C.(1)

or (2) above is a manager or co-manager

with respect to the Securities; or

(4) Any entity which has received

from the Department an individual

prohibited transaction exemption

relating to Securities which is similar to

this exemption.

I. Effective Date

This exemption is effective for

transactions occurring on or after

August 23, 2000, except as otherwise

provided in section I.C., subsection

II.A.(4)(b), and section III.JJ. of the

exemption. Section I.C., relating to the

defeasance of mortgage obligations, is

applicable to transactions occurring on

or after January 1, 1999; subsection

II.A.(4)(b) is applicable to transactions

occurring on or after January 1, 1998;

and section III.JJ., relating to Eligible

Yield Supplement Agreements

involving notional principal contracts,

is applicable to transactions occurring

on or after April 7, 1998.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this day of

November, 2000.

Ivan L. Strasfeld,

Director of Exemption, Determinations,

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration,

U.S. Department of Labor.

[FR Doc. 00–28855 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–29–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

[Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2000–

55; Exemption Application No. D–10863, et

al.]

Grant of Individual Exemptions;

Country Securities Corporation

(Countrywide)

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Grant of individual exemptions.

SUMMARY: This document contains

exemptions issued by the Department of

Labor (the Department) from certain of

the prohibited transaction restrictions of

the Employee Retirement Income

Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the

Code).

Notices were published in the Federal

Register of the pendency before the

Department of proposals to grant such

exemptions. The notices set forth a

summary of facts and representations

contained in each application for

exemption and referred interested

persons to the respective applications

for a complete statement of the facts and

representations. The applications have

been available for public inspection at

the Department in Washington, DC. The

notices also invited interested persons

to submit comments on the requested

exemptions to the Department. In

addition the notices stated that any

interested person might submit a

written request that a public hearing be

held (where appropriate). The

applicants have represented that they

have complied with the requirements of

the notification to interested persons.

No public comments and no requests for

a hearing, unless otherwise stated, were

received by the Department.

The notices of proposed exemption

were issued and the exemptions are

being granted solely by the Department

because, effective December 31, 1978,

section 102 of Reorganization Plan No.

4 of 1978, 5 U.S.C. App. 1 (1996),

transferred the authority of the Secretary

of the Treasury to issue exemptions of

the type proposed to the Secretary of

Labor.

Statutory Findings

In accordance with section 408(a) of

the Act and/or section 4975(c)(2) of the

Code and the procedures set forth in 29

CFR Part 2570, Subpart B (55 FR 32836,

32847, August 10, 1990) and based upon

the entire record, the Department makes

the following findings:

(a) The exemptions are

administratively feasible;

(b) They are in the interests of the

plans and their participants and

beneficiaries; and

(c) They are protective of the rights of

the participants and beneficiaries of the

plans.

Countrywide Securities Corporation

(Countrywide) Located in Calabasas,

California

[Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2000–55;

Exemption Application No. D–10863]

Exemption

I. Transactions

A. Effective January 28, 2000, the

restrictions of sections 406(a) and 407(a)

of the Act, and the taxes imposed by

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1Section I.A. provides no relief from sections

406(a)(1)(E), 406(a)(2) and 407 for any person

rendering investment advice to an Excluded Plan

within the meaning of section 3(21)(A)(ii) and

regulation 29 CFR 2510.3–21(c).

2For purposes of this exemption, each plan

participating in a commingled fund (such as a bank

collective trust fund or insurance company pooled

separate account) shall be considered to own the

same proportionate undivided interest in each asset

of the commingled fund as its proportionate interest

in the total assets of the commingled fund as

calculated on the most recent preceding valuation

date of the fund.

3 In the case of a private placement memorandum,

such memorandum must contain substantially the

same information that would be disclosed in a

prospectus if the offering of the certificates were

made in a registered public offering under the

Securities Act of 1933. In the Department’s view,

the private placement memorandum must contain

sufficient information to permit plan fiduciaries to

make informed investment decisions. For purposes

of this exemption, references to ‘‘prospectus’’

include any related prospectus supplement thereto,

pursuant to which certificates are offered to

investors.

section 4975(a) and (b) of the Code by

reason of section 4975(c)(1)(A) through

(D) of the Code, shall not apply to the

following transactions involving trusts

and certificates evidencing interests

therein:

(1) The direct or indirect sale,

exchange or transfer of certificates in the

initial issuance of certificates between

the sponsor or underwriter and an

employee benefit plan when the

sponsor, servicer, trustee or insurer of a

trust, the underwriter of the certificates

representing an interest in the trust, or

an obligor is a party in interest with

respect to such plan;

(2) The direct or indirect acquisition

or disposition of certificates by a plan in

the secondary market for such

certificates; and

(3) The continued holding of

certificates acquired by a plan pursuant

to subsection I.A.(1) or (2).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, section

I.A. does not provide an exemption from

the restrictions of sections 406(a)(1)(E),

406(a)(2) and 407 for the acquisition or

holding of a certificate on behalf of an

Excluded Plan by any person who has

discretionary authority or renders

investment advice with respect to the

assets of that Excluded Plan.1

B. Effective January 28, 2000, the

restrictions of sections 406(b)(1) and

406(b)(2) of the Act, and the taxes

imposed by section 4975(a) and (b) of

the Code by reason of section

4975(c)(1)(E) of the Code, shall not

apply to:

(1) The direct or indirect sale,

exchange or transfer of certificates in the

initial issuance of certificates between

the sponsor or underwriter and a plan

when the person who has discretionary

authority or renders investment advice

with respect to the investment of plan

assets in the certificates is (a) an obligor

with respect to 5 percent or less of the

fair market value of obligations or

receivables contained in the trust, or (b)

an affiliate of a person described in (a);

if:

(i) The plan is not an Excluded Plan;

(ii) Solely in the case of an acquisition

of certificates in connection with the

initial issuance of the certificates, at

least 50 percent of each class of

certificates in which plans have

invested is acquired by persons

independent of the members of the

Restricted Group and at least 50 percent

of the aggregate interest in the trust is

acquired by persons independent of the

Restricted Group;

(iii) A plan’s investment in each class

of certificates does not exceed 25

percent of all of the certificates of that

class outstanding at the time of the

acquisition; and

(iv) Immediately after the acquisition

of the certificates, no more than 25

percent of the assets of a plan with

respect to which the person has

discretionary authority or renders

investment advice are invested in

certificates representing an interest in a

trust containing assets sold or serviced

by the same entity.2 For purposes of this

paragraph B.(1)(iv) only, an entity will

not be considered to service assets

contained in a trust if it is merely a

subservicer of that trust;

(2) The direct or indirect acquisition

or disposition of certificates by a plan in

the secondary market for such

certificates, provided that the conditions

set forth in paragraphs B.(1)(i), (iii) and

(iv) are met; and

(3) The continued holding of

certificates acquired by a plan pursuant

to subsection I.B.(1) or (2).

C. Effective January 28, 2000, the

restrictions of sections 406(a), 406(b)

and 407(a) of the Act, and the taxes

imposed by section 4975(a) and (b) of

the Code by reason of section 4975(c) of

the Code, shall not apply to transactions

in connection with the servicing,

management and operation of a trust,

provided:

(1) Such transactions are carried out

in accordance with the terms of a

binding pooling and servicing

agreement; and

(2) The pooling and servicing

agreement is provided to, or described

in all material respects in, the

prospectus or private placement

memorandum provided to investing

plans before they purchase certificates

issued by the trust.3

Notwithstanding the foregoing,

section I.C. does not provide an

exemption from the restrictions of

section 406(b) of the Act, or from the

taxes imposed by reason of section

4975(c) of the Code, for the receipt of a

fee by a servicer of the trust from a

person other than the trustee or sponsor,

unless such fee constitutes a ‘‘qualified

administrative fee’’ as defined in section

III.S.

D. Effective January 28, 2000, the

restrictions of sections 406(a) and 407(a)

of the Act, and the taxes imposed by

sections 4975(a) and (b) of the Code by

reason of sections 4975(c)(1)(A) through

(D) of the Code, shall not apply to any

transactions to which those restrictions

or taxes would otherwise apply merely

because a person is deemed to be a party

in interest or disqualified person

(including a fiduciary) with respect to a

plan by virtue of providing services to

the plan (or by virtue of having a

relationship to such service provider

described in section 3(14)(F), (G), (H) or

(I) of the Act or section 4975(e)(2)(F),

(G), (H) or (I) of the Code), solely

because of the plan’s ownership of

certificates.

II. General Conditions

A. The relief provided under Part I is

available only if the following

conditions are met:

(1) The acquisition of certificates by a

plan is on terms (including the

certificate price) that are at least as

favorable to the plan as they would be

in an arm’s-length transaction with an

unrelated party;

(2) The rights and interests evidenced

by the certificates are not subordinated

to the rights and interests evidenced by

other certificates of the same trust;

(3) The certificates acquired by the

plan have received a rating from a

Rating Agency (as defined in section

III.W.) at the time of such acquisition

that is in one of the three highest

generic rating categories;

(4) The trustee is not an affiliate of

any other member of the Restricted

Group. However, the trustee shall not be

considered to be an affiliate of a servicer

solely because the trustee has succeeded

to the rights and responsibilities of the

servicer pursuant to the terms of a

pooling and servicing agreement

providing for such succession upon the

occurrence of one or more events of

default by the servicer;

(5) The sum of all payments made to

and retained by the underwriters in

connection with the distribution or

placement of certificates represents not

more than reasonable compensation for

underwriting or placing the certificates;

the sum of all payments made to and

retained by the sponsor pursuant to the

assignment of obligations (or interests

therein) to the trust represents not more

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than the fair market value of such

obligations (or interests); and the sum of

all payments made to and retained by

the servicer represents not more than

reasonable compensation for the

servicer’s services under the pooling

and servicing agreement and

reimbursement of the servicer’s

reasonable expenses in connection

therewith;

(6) The plan investing in such

certificates is an ‘‘accredited investor’’

as defined in Rule 501(a)(1) of

Regulation D of the Securities and

Exchange Commission under the

Securities Act of 1933; and

(7) In the event that the obligations

used to fund a trust have not all been

transferred to the trust on the closing

date, additional obligations as specified

in subsection III.B.(1) may be transferred

to the trust during the pre-funding

period (as defined in section III.BB.) in

exchange for amounts credited to the

pre-funding account (as defined in

section III.Z.), provided that:

(a) The pre-funding limit (as defined

in section III.AA.) is not exceeded;

(b) All such additional obligations

meet the same terms and conditions for

eligibility as those of the original

obligations used to create the trust

corpus (as described in the prospectus

or private placement memorandum and/

or pooling and servicing agreement for

such certificates), which terms and

conditions have been approved by a

Rating Agency. Notwithstanding the

foregoing, the terms and conditions for

determining the eligibility of an

obligation may be changed if such

changes receive prior approval either by

a majority of the outstanding

certificateholders or by a Rating Agency;

(c) The transfer of such additional

obligations to the trust during the prefunding period does not result in the

certificates receiving a lower credit

rating from a rating agency upon

termination of the pre-funding period

than the rating that was obtained at the

time of the initial issuance of the

certificates by the trust;

(d) The weighted average annual

percentage interest rate (the average

interest rate) for all of the obligations in

the trust at the end of the pre-funding

period will not be more than 100 basis

points lower than the average interest

rate for the obligations which were

transferred to the trust on the closing

date;

(e) In order to ensure that the

characteristics of the receivables

actually acquired during the prefunding period are substantially similar

to those which were acquired as of the

closing date, the characteristics of the

additional obligations will be either

monitored by a credit support provider

or other insurance provider which is

independent of the sponsor, or an

independent accountant retained by the

sponsor will provide the sponsor with a

letter (with copies provided to the

Rating Agency, the underwriter and the

trustees) stating whether or not the

characteristics of the additional

obligations conform to the

characteristics of such obligations

described in the prospectus, private

placement memorandum and/or pooling

and servicing agreement. In preparing

such letter, the independent accountant

will use the same type of procedures as

were applicable to the obligations which

were transferred as of the closing date;

(f) The pre-funding period shall be

described in the prospectus or private

placement memorandum provided to

investing plans; and

(g) The trustee of the trust (or any

agent with which the trustee contracts

to provide trust services) will be a

substantial financial institution or trust

company experienced in trust activities

and familiar with its duties,

responsibilities and liabilities as a

fiduciary under the Act. The trustee, as

the legal owner of the obligations in the

trust, will enforce all the rights created

in favor of certificateholders of such

trust, including employee benefit plans

subject to the Act.

B. Neither any underwriter, sponsor,

trustee, servicer, insurer, nor any

obligor, unless it or any of its affiliates

has discretionary authority or renders

investment advice with respect to the

plan assets used by a plan to acquire

certificates, shall be denied the relief

provided under Part I, if the provision

of subsection II.A.(6) above is not

satisfied with respect to acquisition or

holding by a plan of such certificates,

provided that (1) such condition is

disclosed in the prospectus or private

placement memorandum; and (2) in the

case of a private placement of

certificates, the trustee obtains a

representation from each initial

purchaser which is a plan that it is in

compliance with such condition, and

obtains a covenant from each initial

purchaser to the effect that, so long as

such initial purchaser (or any transferee

of such initial purchaser’s certificates) is

required to obtain from its transferee a

representation regarding compliance

with the Securities Act of 1933, any

such transferees will be required to

make a written representation regarding

compliance with the condition set forth

in subsection II.A.(6) above.

III. Definitions

For purposes of this exemption:

A. ‘‘Certificate’’ means:

(1) A certificate—

(a) That represents a beneficial

ownership interest in the assets of a

trust; and

(b) That entitles the holder to passthrough payments of principal, interest,

and/or other payments made with

respect to the assets of such trust; or

(2) A certificate denominated as a

debt instrument—

(a) That represents an interest in a

Real Estate Mortgage Investment

Conduit (REMIC) or a Financial Asset

Securitization Investment Trust (FASIT)

within the meaning of section 860D(a)

or section 860L, respectively, of the

Code; and

(b) That is issued by, and is an

obligation of, a trust;

with respect to certificates defined in (1)

and (2) above for which Countrywide or

any of its affiliates is either (i) the sole

underwriter or the manager or comanager of the underwriting syndicate,

or (ii) a selling or placement agent.

For purposes of this exemption,

references to ‘‘certificates representing

an interest in a trust’’ include

certificates denominated as debt which

are issued by a trust.

B. ‘‘Trust’’ means an investment pool,

the corpus of which is held in trust and

consists solely of:

(1) (a) Secured consumer receivables

that bear interest or are purchased at a

discount (including, but not limited to,

home equity loans and obligations

secured by shares issued by a

cooperative housing association); and/or

(b) Secured credit instruments that

bear interest or are purchased at a

discount in transactions by or between

business entities (including, but not

limited to, qualified equipment notes

secured by leases, as defined in section

III.T); and/or

(c) Obligations that bear interest or are

purchased at a discount and which are

secured by single-family residential,

multi-family residential and commercial

real property (including obligations

secured by leasehold interests on

commercial real property); and/or

(d) Obligations that bear interest or

are purchased at a discount and which

are secured by motor vehicles or

equipment, or qualified motor vehicle

leases (as defined in section III.U); and/

or

(e) ‘‘Guaranteed governmental

mortgage pool certificates,’’ as defined

in 29 CFR 2510.3–101(i)(2); and/or

(f) Fractional undivided interests in

any of the obligations described in

clauses (a)–(e) of this section B.(1);

(2) Property which had secured any of

the obligations described in subsection

B.(1);

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(3)(a) Undistributed cash or temporary

investments made therewith maturing

no later than the next date on which

distributions are to be made to

certificateholders; and/or

(b) Cash or investments made

therewith which are credited to an

account to provide payments to

certificateholders pursuant to any yield

supplement agreement or similar yield

maintenance arrangement to

supplement the interest rates otherwise

payable on obligations described in

subsection III.B.(1) held in the trust,

provided that such arrangements do not

involve swap agreements or other

notional principal contracts; and/or

(c) Cash transferred to the trust on the

closing date and permitted investments

made therewith which:

(i) are credited to a pre-funding

account established to purchase

additional obligations with respect to

which the conditions set forth in clauses

(a)–(g) of subsection II.A.(7) are met

and/or;

(ii) are credited to a capitalized

interest account (as defined in section

III.X.); and

(iii) are held in the trust for a period

ending no later than the first

distribution date to certificateholders

occurring after the end of the prefunding period.

For purposes of this clause (c) of

subsection III.B.(3), the term ‘‘permitted

investments’’ means investments which

are either: (i) Direct obligations of, or

obligations fully guaranteed as to timely

payment of principal and interest by the

United States, or any agency or

instrumentality thereof, provided that

such obligations are backed by the full

faith and credit of the United States or

(ii) have been rated (or the obligor has

been rated) in one of the three highest

generic rating categories by a rating

agency; are described in the pooling and

servicing agreement; and are permitted

by the rating agency; and

(4) Rights of the trustee under the

pooling and servicing agreement, and

rights under any insurance policies,

third-party guarantees, contracts of

suretyship, yield supplement

agreements described in clause (b) of

subsection III.B.(3) and other credit

support arrangements with respect to

any obligations described in subsection

III.B.(1).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the

term ‘‘trust’’ does not include any

investment pool unless: (i) The

investment pool consists only of assets

of the type described in clauses (a)

through (f) of subsection III.B.(1) which

have been included in other investment

pools, (ii) certificates evidencing

interests in such other investment pools

have been rated in one of the three

highest generic rating categories by a

Rating Agency for at least one year prior

to the plan’s acquisition of certificates

pursuant to this exemption, and (iii)

certificates evidencing interests in such

other investment pools have been

purchased by investors other than plans

for at least one year prior to the plan’s

acquisition of certificates pursuant to

this exemption.

C. ‘‘Underwriter’’ means:

(1) Countrywide;

(2) Any person directly or indirectly,

through one or more intermediaries,

controlling, controlled by or under

common control with Countrywide; or

(3) Any member of an underwriting

syndicate or selling group of which

Countrywide or a person described in

(2) is a manager or co-manager with

respect to the certificates.

D. ‘‘Sponsor’’ means the entity that

organizes a trust by depositing

obligations therein in exchange for

certificates.

E. ‘‘Master Servicer’’ means the entity

that is a party to the pooling and

servicing agreement relating to trust

assets and is fully responsible for

servicing, directly or through

subservicers, the assets of the trust.

F. ‘‘Subservicer’’ means an entity

which, under the supervision of and on

behalf of the master servicer, services

obligations contained in the trust, but is

not a party to the pooling and servicing

agreement.

G. ‘‘Servicer’’ means any entity which

services obligations contained in the

trust, including the master servicer and

any subservicer.

H. ‘‘Trustee’’ means the trustee of the

trust, and in the case of certificates

which are denominated as debt

instruments, also means the trustee of

the indenture trust.

I. ‘‘Insurer’’ means the insurer or

guarantor of, or provider of other credit

support for, a trust. Notwithstanding the

foregoing, a person is not an insurer

solely because it holds securities

representing an interest in a trust which

are of a class subordinated to certificates

representing an interest in the same

trust.

J. ‘‘Obligor’’ means any person, other

than the insurer, that is obligated to

make payments with respect to any

obligation or receivable included in the

trust. Where a trust contains qualified

motor vehicle leases or qualified

equipment notes secured by leases,

‘‘obligor’’ shall also include any owner

of property subject to any lease included

in the trust, or subject to any lease

securing an obligation included in the

trust.

K. ‘‘Excluded Plan’’ means any plan

with respect to which any member of

the Restricted Group is a ‘‘plan sponsor’’

within the meaning of section 3(16)(B)

of the Act.

L. ‘‘Restricted Group’’ with respect to

a class of certificates means:

(1) Each underwriter;

(2) Each insurer;

(3) The sponsor;

(4) The trustee;

(5) Each servicer;

(6) Any obligor with respect to

obligations or receivables included in

the trust constituting more than 5

percent of the aggregate unamortized

principal balance of the assets in the

trust, determined on the date of the

initial issuance of certificates by the

trust; or

(7) any affiliate of a person described

in (1)–(6) above.

M. ‘‘Affiliate’’ of another person

includes:

(1) Any person directly or indirectly,

through one or more intermediaries,

controlling, controlled by, or under

common control with such other

person;

(2) Any officer, director, partner,

employee, relative (as defined in section

3(15) of the Act), a brother, a sister, or

a spouse of a brother or sister of such

other person; and

(3) Any corporation or partnership of

which such other person is an officer,

director or partner.

N. ‘‘Control’’ means the power to

exercise a controlling influence over the

management or policies of a person

other than an individual.

O. A person will be ‘‘independent’’ of

another person only if:

(1) Such person is not an affiliate of

that other person; and

(2) The other person, or an affiliate

thereof, is not a fiduciary who has

investment management authority or

renders investment advice with respect

to any assets of such person.

P. ‘‘Sale’’ includes the entrance into a

forward delivery commitment (as

defined in section Q below), provided:

(1) The terms of the forward delivery

commitment (including any fee paid to

the investing plan) are no less favorable

to the plan than they would be in an

arm’s-length transaction with an

unrelated party;

(2) The prospectus or private

placement memorandum is provided to

an investing plan prior to the time the

plan enters into the forward delivery

commitment; and

(3) At the time of the delivery, all

conditions of this exemption applicable

to sales are met.

Q. ‘‘Forward delivery commitment’’

means a contract for the purchase or

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sale of one or more certificates to be

delivered at an agreed future settlement

date. The term includes both mandatory

contracts (which contemplate obligatory

delivery and acceptance of the

certificates) and optional contracts

(which give one party the right but not

the obligation to deliver certificates to,

or demand delivery of certificates from,

the other party).

R. ‘‘Reasonable compensation’’ has

the same meaning as that term is

defined in 29 CFR 2550.408c–2.

S. ‘‘Qualified Administrative Fee’’

means a fee which meets the following

criteria:

(1) The fee is triggered by an act or

failure to act by the obligor other than

the normal timely payment of amounts

owing in respect of the obligations;

(2) The servicer may not charge the

fee absent the act or failure to act

referred to in (1);

(3) The ability to charge the fee, the

circumstances in which the fee may be

charged, and an explanation of how the

fee is calculated are set forth in the

pooling and servicing agreement; and

(4) the amount paid to investors in the

trust will not be reduced by the amount

of any such fee waived by the servicer.

T. ‘‘Qualified Equipment Note

Secured By A Lease’’ means an

equipment note:

(1) Which is secured by equipment

which is leased;

(2) Which is secured by the obligation

of the lessee to pay rent under the

equipment lease; and

(3) With respect to which the trust’s

security interest in the equipment is at

least as protective of the rights of the

trust as would be the case if the

equipment note were secured only by

the equipment and not the lease.

U. ‘‘Qualified Motor Vehicle Lease’’

means a lease of a motor vehicle where:

(1) The trust owns or holds a security

interest in the lease;

(2) The trust owns or holds a security

interest in the leased motor vehicle; and

(3) The trust’s security interest in the

leased motor vehicle is at least as

protective of the trust’s rights as would

be the case if the trust consisted of

motor vehicle installment loan

contracts.

V. ‘‘Pooling and Servicing

Agreement’’ means the agreement or

agreements among a sponsor, a servicer

and the trustee establishing a trust. In

the case of certificates which are

denominated as debt instruments,

‘‘Pooling and Servicing Agreement’’ also

includes the indenture entered into by

the trustee of the trust issuing such

certificates and the indenture trustee.

W. ‘‘Rating Agency’’ means Standard

& Poor’s Structured Rating Group,

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., Duff &

Phelps Credit Rating Co., Fitch IBCA,

Inc., or their successors;

X. ‘‘Capitalized Interest Account’’

means a trust account: (i) Which is

established to compensate

certificateholders for shortfalls, if any,

between investment earnings on the prefunding account and the pass-through

rate payable under the certificates; and

(ii) which meets the requirements of

clause (c) of subsection III.B.(3).

Y. ‘‘Closing Date’’ means the date the

trust is formed, the certificates are first

issued and the trust’s assets (other than

those additional obligations which are

to be funded from the pre-funding

account pursuant to subsection II.A.(7))

are transferred to the trust.

Z. ‘‘Pre-Funding Account’’ means a

trust account: (i) Which is established to

purchase additional obligations, which

obligations meet the conditions set forth

in clauses (a)–(g) of subsection II.A.(7);

and (ii) which meets the requirements of

clause (c) of subsection III.B.(3).

AA. ‘‘Pre-Funding Limit’’ means a

percentage or ratio of the amount

allocated to the pre-funding account, as

compared to the total principal amount

of the certificates being offered which is

less than or equal to 25 percent.

BB. ‘‘Pre-Funding Period’’ means the

period commencing on the closing date

and ending no later than the earliest to

occur of: (i) The date the amount on

deposit in the pre-funding account is

less than the minimum dollar amount

specified in the pooling and servicing

agreement; (ii) the date on which an

event of default occurs under the

pooling and servicing agreement; or (iii)

the date which is the later of three

months or 90 days after the closing date.

CC. ‘‘Countrywide’’ means

Countrywide Securities Corporation and

its affiliates.

The Department notes that this

exemption is included within the

meaning of the term ‘‘Underwriter

Exemption’’ as it is defined in section

V(h) of Prohibited Transaction

Exemption 95–60 (60 FR 35925, July 12,

1995), the Class Exemption for Certain

Transactions Involving Insurance

Company General Accounts at (see 60

FR 35932).

For a more complete statement of the

fact and representations supporting the

Department’s decision to grant this

exemption, refer to the notice of

proposed exemption published on

September 19, 2000 at 65 FR 56720.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary

Lefkowitz of the Department, telephone

(202) 219–8881. (This is not a toll-free

number.)

Journal Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings

Plan (the Plan) Located in Trenton,

New Jersey

[Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2000–56;

Exemption Application No. D–10781]

Exemption

The restrictions of 406(a) and

406(b)(1), 406(b)(2), and 406(b)(3) of the

Act and the sanctions resulting from the

application of section 4975 of the Code,

by reason of section 4975(c)(1)(A)

through (F) of the Code, shall not apply

to: (a) The receipt by certain affiliates

and predecessors of Journal Register

East, Inc. (JRE), by Bank of America NA.

(the successor in interest to Boatmen’s

Trust Company) (the Bank), and by

certain individuals alleged in a

complaint to have been or to be

fiduciaries of the Plan (collectively, the

Defendants) of releases signed by

participants in the Plan, in which such

participants waive their rights to sue in

connection with the acquisition and

retention in such participants’ accounts

in the Plan of interests in certain

guaranteed investment contracts (GICs)

issued by Confederation Life Insurance

Company (CLI); and (b) the payment by

the corporate Defendants of a settlement

amount to be allocated to the accounts

of participants in the Plan in exchange

for release from liability obtained from

such participants; provided that the

following conditions are satisfied:

(a) The payment of the settlement

amount is a one-time cash transaction;

(b) Each participant whose account in

the Plan has an interest in the GICs

decides whether, in exchange for the

settlement amount, to waive his or her

right to sue in connection with the

acquisition and retention in such

participant’s account in the Plan of

interests in such GICs; or to opt out of

such settlement and retain all such

rights and causes of action;

(c) Pursuant to the terms of the

settlement, the account of each

participant in the Plan who waives his

or her right to sue receives an amount

of the settlement proceeds in proportion

to the interest each such account has in

the GICs;

(d) Pursuant to the terms of the

settlement, the corporate Defendants are

responsible for paying the attorneys’

fees to the law firm representing the

plaintiffs (the Plaintiffs);

(e) A portion of the fees that would

have been due and payable to the

Plaintiffs’ attorneys will be withheld

from the settlement proceeds by JRE, an

employer of employees covered by the

Plan, and paid to the Plaintiffs’ in cash

based on each Plaintiff’s share of the

amount of the settlement proceeds

allocated to all of the Plaintiffs;

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(f) Notwithstanding the waiver by any

participant of his or her right to sue, the

Plan does not release any claims,

demands, and/or causes of action which

it may have in connection with the

acquisition and retention in

participants’ accounts in the Plan of

interests in the GICs;

(g) No expenses are incurred by the

Plan as a result of the settlement;

(h) The Plaintiffs’ attorneys and each

participant who signs the release and

waives his or her right to sue will

monitor the payment of the settlement

proceeds by the corporate Defendants

and the allocation of the proper

amounts into such participants’

accounts in the Plan, in order to ensure

compliance with the terms of the

settlement agreement; and

(i) All terms and conditions of the

transaction are no less favorable than

those obtainable at arm’s length with

unrelated third parties.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This exemption is

effective upon the date that the

Defendants enter into a settlement of the

lawsuit with the Plaintiffs.

Written Comments

In the Notice of Proposed Exemption

(the Notice), the Department of Labor

(the Department) invited all interested

persons to submit written comments

and requests for a hearing on the

proposed exemption. As set forth in the

Notice, interested persons consisted of

all participants and beneficiaries in the

Plan who have an interest in the GICs.

The deadline for submission of such

comments was within forty-five (45)

days of the date of the publication of the

Notice in the Federal Register on

September 7, 2000. All comments and

requests for a hearing were due on

October 23, 2000.

On September 25, 2000, the applicant

informed the Department in writing

that, with the exception of seven (7)

former participants in the Plan,

notification had been sent to all

interested persons by first class mail to

the last known address. In a letter dated

September 29, 2000, the applicant

notified the Department that, as of

September 27, 2000, a copy of the

Notice had been sent to all former

participants in the Plan who had not

received the earlier mailing. In order to

allow all interested parties to have the

full comment period after receiving the

Notice, the Department required, and

the applicants agreed to, an extension of

the deadline when comments would be

due on the proposed exemption.

Accordingly, all comments and requests

for a hearing were due on October 30,

2000.

During the comment period, the

Department received no requests for a

hearing. However, the Department

received two (2) comment letters in

which interested persons informed the

Department of factual changes to the

Summary of Facts and Representations

(SFR) in the Notice. In this regard, in a

letter, dated September 12, 2000, the

attorney for Boatman’s Trust Company

informed the Department that, effective

March 13, 1998, Boatman’s Trust

Company had merged with Bank of

America NA (formerly known as

NationsBank, NA). The attorney advised

the Department that Bank of America

NA at the time of the merger assumed

all of the obligations of Boatman’s Trust

Company, including those obligations

under the terms of the settlement

agreement. The Department

acknowledges the merger of Boatman’s

Trust Company with Bank of America

NA. and has amended the operant

language of this exemption to reflect

such change.

In a letter dated October 30, 2000, the

attorney for the Plaintiffs informed that

Department that the correct name of the

labor organization mentioned in the SFR

on page 54304, column 3, lines 35–36 of

the Notice is the Woonsocket

Newspaper Guild CWA/TNG Local

31182, AFL–CIO. The Department

acknowledges the correct name of the

labor organization and has included

such information in the record of the

exemption application.

After giving full consideration to the

entire record, including the written

comments, the Department has decided

to grant the exemption. In this regard,

the comment letters submitted to the

Department have been included as part

of the public record of the exemption

application. The complete application

file, including all supplemental

submissions received by the

Department, is made available for public

inspection in the Public Documents

Room of the Pension Welfare Benefits

Administration, Room N–5638, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

For a more complete statement of the

facts and representations supporting the

Department’s decision to grant this

exemption refer to the Notice of

Proposed Exemption published on

September 7, 2000, at 65 FR 54303.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Angelena C. Le Blanc of the Department,

telephone (202) 219–8883 (this is not a

toll-free number).

Sun Life Assurance Company of

Canada (Sun Life) Located in Toronto,

Ontario, Canada

[Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2000–57;

Exemption Application No. D–10814]

Exemption

Section I. Covered Transactions

The restrictions of section 406(a) of

the Act and the sanctions resulting from

the application of section 4975 of the

Code, by reason of section 4975(c)(1)(A)

through (D) of the Code, shall not apply,

effective March 22, 2000, to the (1)

receipt of common stock (Common

Shares) issued by Sun Life Financial

Services of Canada, Inc., the holding

company for Sun Life; or (2) the receipt

of cash (Cash) or policy credits (Policy

Credits), by or on behalf of any eligible

policyholder (the Eligible Policyholder)

of Sun Life which is an employee

benefit plan (the Plan), subject to

applicable provisions of the Act and/or

the Code, including any Eligible

Policyholder which is a Plan established

by Sun Life or an affiliate for their own

employees (the Sun Life Plans), in

exchange for such Eligible

Policyholder’s membership interest in

Sun Life, in accordance with the terms

of a plan of conversion (the Conversion

Plan) adopted by Sun Life and

implemented under the insurance laws

of Canada and the State of Michigan.

This exemption is subject to the

conditions set forth below in Section II.

Section II. General Conditions

(a) The Conversion Plan was

implemented in accordance with

procedural and substantive safeguards

that were imposed under the insurance

laws of Canada and the State of

Michigan and was subject to review

and/or approval in Canada by the Office

of the Superintendent of Financial

Institutions (OSFI) and the Minister of

Finance (the Canadian Finance

Minister) and, in the State of Michigan,

by the Commissioner of Insurance (the

Michigan Insurance Commissioner).

(b) OSFI, the Canadian Finance

Minister and the Michigan Insurance

Commissioner reviewed the terms of the

options that were provided to Eligible

Policyholders of Sun Life as part of their

separate reviews of the Conversion Plan.

In this regard,

(1) OFSI (i) authorized the release of

the Conversion Plan and all information

to be sent to Eligible Policyholders; (ii)

oversaw each step of the conversion

process (the Conversion); and (iii) made

a final recommendation to the Canadian

Finance Minister on the Conversion

Plan.

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(2) The Canadian Finance Minister, in

his sole discretion, could consider such

factors as whether: (i) the Conversion

Plan was fair and equitable to Eligible

Policyholders; (ii) whether the

Conversion Plan was in the best

interests of the financial system in

Canada; and (iii) sufficient steps had

been taken to inform Eligible

Policyholders of the Conversion Plan

and of the special meeting on the

Conversion.

(3) The Michigan Insurance

Commissioner made a determination

that the Conversion Plan was (i) fair and

equitable to all Eligible Policyholders

and (ii) consistent with the

requirements of Michigan law.

(4) Both the Canadian Finance

Minister and the Michigan Insurance

Commissioner concurred on the terms

of the Conversion Plan.

(c) Each Eligible Policyholder had an

opportunity to vote to approve the

Conversion Plan after full written

disclosure was given to the Eligible

Policyholder by Sun Life.

(d) One or more independent

fiduciaries of a Plan that was an Eligible

Policyholder received Common Shares,

Cash or Policy Credits pursuant to the

terms of the Conversion Plan and

neither Sun Life nor any of its affiliates

exercised any discretion or provided

‘‘investment advice,’’ as that term is

defined in 29 CFR 2510.3–21(c), with

respect to such acquisition.

(e) After each Eligible Policyholder

was allocated 75 Common Shares,

additional consideration was allocated

to an Eligible Policyholder who owned

an eligible policy based on an actuarial

formula that took into account such

factors as the total cash value, the base

premium and the duration of such

eligible policy. The actuarial formula

was reviewed by the Canadian Finance

Minister and the Michigan Insurance

Commissioner.

(f) With respect to a Sun Life Plan,

where the consideration was in the form

of Cash or Common Shares, an

independent Plan fiduciary—

(1) Determined that the Conversion

Plan was in the best interest of the Sun

Life Plans and their participants and

beneficiaries;

(2) Voted for the Conversion Plan on

behalf of the Sun Life Plans;

(3) Received either Common Shares or

Cash on behalf of a Sun Life Plan;

(4) Determined that the transactions

did not violate the investment objectives

and policies of the Sun Life Plans;

(5) Negotiated on behalf of the

contributory Sun Life Plans and

determined a reasonable allocation of

proceeds between Sun Life and the

participants in the Sun Life Plans; and

(6) Took (and will continue to take

until the proposed exemption becomes

final) all actions that were (or will be)

necessary and appropriate to safeguard

the interests of the Sun Life Plans.

(g) All Eligible Policyholders that

were Plans participated in the

transactions on the same basis within

their class groupings as other Eligible

Policyholders that were not Plans.

(h) No Eligible Policyholder paid any

brokerage commissions or fees to Sun

Life or its affiliates in connection with

their receipt of Common Shares or with

respect to the implementation of the

initial public offering in which an

Eligible Policyholder could elect to sell

such Common Shares for cash.

(i) All of Sun Life’s policyholder

obligations will remain in force and will

not be affected by the Conversion Plan.

Section III. Definitions

For purposes of this exemption:

(a) The term ‘‘Sun Life’’ means Sun

Life Assurance Company of Canada and

any affiliate of Sun Life as defined in

paragraph (b) of this Section III.

(b) An ‘‘affiliate’’ of Sun Life

includes—

(1) Any person directly or indirectly

through one or more intermediaries,

controlling, controlled by, or under

common control with Sun Life; (For

purposes of this paragraph, the term

‘‘control’’ means the power to exercise

a controlling influence over the

management or policies of a person

other than an individual.) or

(2) Any officer, director or partner in

such person.

(c) The term ‘‘Eligible Policyholder’’

means a policyholder who—

(i) On January 27, 1998 (the Eligibility

Day) was the owner of a voting policy;

(ii) Was the holder of a voting policy

issued by Sun Life, if the policy was

applied for by that person on or before

the Eligibility Day and the application

was received by Sun Life within a

period specified by Sun Life in the

Conversion Plan;

(iii) Was the holder of a voting policy,

issued to the holder by Sun Life, that

lapsed before Sun Life’s Eligibility Day

and was reinstated during the period

beginning on the Eligibility Day and

ending 90 days before the day on which

Sun Life’s Special Meeting was held; or

(iv) Was named by Sun Life in its

Conversion Plan as an Eligible

Policyholder under subsection 4(4) of

the Conversion Regulations.

(d) The term ‘‘Policy Credit’’ means—

(1) For an individual or joint ordinary

life insurance policy, an increase in the

paid-up dividend additional cash value

or dividend accumulation value;

(2) For a policy that is in force as

extended term life insurance pursuant

to a nonforfeiture provision of a life

insurance policy, an extension of the

coverage expiry date;

(3) For a policy which is a deferred

annuity certificate, an increase in the

deferred annuity payment; and

(4) For a policy which is an

individual accumulation annuity, an

increase in the account value.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This exemption is

effective as of March 22, 2000.

For a more complete statement of the

facts and representations supporting the

Department’s decision to grant this

exemption, refer to the notice of

proposed exemption that was published

on September 7, 2000 at 65 FR 54307.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Jan D. Broady of the Department,

telephone (202) 219–8881. (This is not

a toll-free number.)

General Information

The attention of interested persons is

directed to the following:

(1) The fact that a transaction is the

subject of an exemption under section

408(a) of the Act and/or section

4975(c)(2) of the Code does not relieve

a fiduciary or other party in interest or

disqualified person from certain other

provisions to which the exemptions

does not apply and the general fiduciary

responsibility provisions of section 404

of the Act, which among other things

require a fiduciary to discharge his

duties respecting the plan solely in the

interest of the participants and

beneficiaries of the plan and in a

prudent fashion in accordance with

section 404(a)(1)(B) of the Act; nor does

it affect the requirement of section

401(a) of the Code that the plan must

operate for the exclusive benefit of the

employees of the employer maintaining

the plan and their beneficiaries;

(2) These exemptions are

supplemental to and not in derogation

of, any other provisions of the Act and/

or the Code, including statutory or

administrative exemptions and

transactional rules. Furthermore, the

fact that a transaction is subject to an

administrative or statutory exemption is

not dispositive of whether the

transaction is in fact a prohibited

transaction; and

(3) The availability of these

exemptions is subject to the express

condition that the material facts and

representations contained in each

application accurately describes all

material terms of the transaction which

is the subject of the exemption.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 219 / Monday, November 13, 2000 / Notices 67781

Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of

November, 2000.

Ivan Strasfeld,

Director of Exemption Determinations,

Pension and Welfare Benefits,

Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.

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BILLING CODE 4510–29–P

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Agency Report Forms Under OMB

Review

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration (NASA).

[Notice 00–135]

ACTION: Notice of Agency Report Forms

Under OMB Review.

SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent burden, invites the

general public and other Federal

agencies to take this opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–13; 44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This information

is used to determine whether the

requested license should be granted.

DATES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposal for

the collection of information should be

received within 60 days of this notice.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to Mr. Brian Dunbar, Code

PM, National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, Washington, DC 20546.

All comments will become a matter of

public record and will be summarized

in NASA’s request for OMB approval.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Carmela Simonson, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, (202) 358–1223.

Reports

Title: Voluntary Response Survey of

NASA Internet Customers

OMB Number: 2700–.

Type of review: New.

Need and Uses: NASA is seeking

input from Internet users that they will

use to redesign the NASA Home Page,

the NASA-wide Search Engine and

other Internet offerings so that the

NASA Web is more customer-focused

and provides users with the information

they are seeking more quickly.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Number of Respondents: 100.

Responses Per Respondent: 4.

Annual Responses: 400.

Hours Per Request: 15 min.

Annual Burden Hours: 100.

Frequency of Report: quarterly.

Dr. David B. Nelson,

Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of

the Administrator.

[FR Doc. 00–28955 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION

ADMINISTRATION

Notice of Meetings

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday,

November 16, 2000.

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA

22314–3428.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 1. Appeals

from Two (2) Federal Credit Unions of

the Regional Directors’ Denials of

Conversion from a Multiple Common

Bond to a Community Charter.

2. Advance Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking: Part 704, NCUA’s Rules

and Regulations, Corporate Credit

Unions.

3. Proposed Rule: Amendments to

Part 721, NCUA’s Rules and

Regulations, Federal Credit Union

Insurance and Group Purchasing

Activities.

4. NCUA’s 2001 Annual Performance

Plan.

5. Proposed Information Systems and

Technology Examination Program

(ISTEP).

6. NCUA’s 2001/2002 Operating

Budget.

7. Proposed Operating Fee Scale.

RECESS: 11:15 a.m.

TIME AND DATE: 11:30 a.m., Thursday,

November 16, 2000.

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA

22314–3428.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 1.

Administrative Action under Part 704 of

NCUA’s Rules and Regulations. Closed

pursuant to exemption (8).

2. One (1) Personnel Matter. Closed

pursuant to exemptions (2) and (6).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Becky Baker, Secretary of the Board,

Telephone 703–518–6304.

Becky Baker,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–29105 Filed 11–8–00; 3:58 pm]

BILLING CODE 7535–01–M

NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

Agency Information Collections

Activities; Submission for OMB

Review, Comment Request;

Technology Survey for Libraries and

Museums

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and

Library Services.

ACTION: Notice of requests for new

information collection approval.

SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and

Library Services announces the

following information collection has

been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget for review and

approval in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Currently, the Institute of Museum and

Library Services is soliciting comment

concerning extending collection

entitled, Technology Survey for

Libraries and Museums. A copy of this

proposed form, with applicable

supporting documentation, may be

obtained by calling the Institute of

Museum and Library Services, Director

of Public and Legislative Affairs, Mamie

Bittner at (202) 606–8339. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TTY/TDD) may call (202)

606–8636.

DATES: Comments must be received by

December 13, 2000. The OMB is

particularly interested in comments

which:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Mamie

Bittner, Director of Legislative and

Public Affairs, Institute of Museum and

Library Services, 1100 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Room 510, Washington, DC

20506.