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1Public Law 115–264, 132 Stat. 3676 (2018). 

2 17 U.S.C. 115(d). 

3 Id. 

14. Briefing by LSC Management 

Regarding Status of TN–4 Service 

Area 

15. Briefing by LSC Management 

Regarding Significant Grantee 

Oversight Activities 

16. Consider and Act on Motion to 

Adjourn the Meeting 

Monday, October 28, 2024 

Start Time 12:30 p.m. ET 

Finance Committee 

Open to the Public 

1. Approval of Agenda 

2. Approval of the Minutes of the 

Finance Committee’s Open Session 

Meeting on July 11, 2024 

3. Approval of the Minutes of the 

Finance Committee’s Open Session 

Meeting on July 22, 2024 

4. Approval of the Minutes of the 

Finance Committee’s Closed 

Session Meeting on July 22, 2024 

5. Approval of the Minutes of the 

Finance Committee’s Closed 

Session Meeting on September 23, 

2024 

6. Presentation of LSC’s Preliminary 

Financial Results for Fiscal Year 

2024 

7. Report on status of Fiscal Year 2025 

Appropriation and Disaster 

Supplemental Request 

8. Presentation of Fiscal Year 2025 

Management and Grants Oversight 

Budget 

9. Consider and Act on Resolution 

#2024–XXX: Temporary Operating 

Budget and Special Circumstance 

Operating Authority for Fiscal Year 

2025 

10. Update on Fiscal Year 2026 Budget 

Request 

11. Public Comment 

12. Consider and Act on Other Business 

13. Consider and Act on Motion to 

Adjourn the Meeting 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 

Start Time 8:30 a.m. ET 

Board of Directors 

Open to the Public 

1. Pledge of Allegiance 

2. Approval of Agenda 

3. Announcement of Results of Recent 

Notational Votes 

a. Resolution #2024–007: Ratifying the 

Collective Bargaining Agreement 

through 2028 

b. Resolution #2024–008: 

Authorization to Enter into Line of 

Credit Agreement (FY 2024) 

4. Approval of Minutes of the Board’s 

Open Session Meeting on July 24, 

2024 

5. Consider and Act on Resolution 

#2024–XXX: In Memoriam of 

Phyllis J. Holmen 

6. Chairman’s Report 

7. Members’ Reports 

8. President’s Report 

9. Briefing on LSC’s Office Relocation 

10. Briefing on Grantee Activity Reports 

11. Inspector General’s Report 

12. Consider and Act on the Report of 

the Delivery of Legal Services 

Committee (Meeting held October 

7) 

13. Consider and Act on the Report of 

the Operations and Regulations 

Committee (Meeting held October 

7) 

14. Consider and Act on the Report of 

the Governance and Performance 

Review Committee (Meeting held 

October 8) 

15. Consider and Act on the Report of 

the Institutional Advancement 

Committee (Meeting held October 

15) and Communications 

Subcommittee (Meeting held 

October 7) 

16. Consider and Act on the Report of 

the Audit Committee 

17. Consider and Act on the Report of 

the Finance Committee 

a. Consider and Act on Resolution 

#2024–XXX: Temporary Operating 

Budget and Special Circumstance 

Operating Authority for Fiscal Year 

2025 

18. Public Comment 

19. Consider and Act on Other Business 

20. Consider and Act on Whether to 

Authorize a Closed Session of the 

Board to Address Items Listed 

Below 

Portions Closed to the Public 

21. Approval of Minutes of the Board’s 

Closed Session Meeting on July 24, 

2024 

22. Management Briefing 

23. Inspector General’s Briefing 

24. General Counsel’s Report on Outside 

Counsel Expenditures and 

Litigation Report 

25. Consider and Act on General 

Counsel’s Report on Potential and 

Pending Litigation Involving Legal 

Services Corporation 

26. Consider and Act on List of 

Prospective Leaders Council and 

Emerging Leaders Council Invitees 

27. Consider and Act on Motion to 

Adjourn the Meeting 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Jessica Wechter, Special Assistant to the 

President, at (202) 295–1626. Questions 

may also be sent by electronic mail to 

wechterj@lsc.gov. 

Non-Confidential Meeting Materials: 

Non-confidential meeting materials will 

be made available in electronic format at 

least 24 hours in advance of the meeting 

on the LSC website, at https://

www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/board-meetingmaterials. 

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b.) 

Dated: October 16, 2024. 

Stefanie Davis, 

Deputy General Counsel, Legal Services 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24380 Filed 10–17–24; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 7050–01–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Office 

[Docket No. 2024–6] 

Notice of Intent To Audit 

AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library 

of Congress. 

ACTION: Public notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Copyright Office is 

announcing receipt of a notice of intent 

to conduct an audit pursuant to the 

section 115 blanket license. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rhea Efthimiadis, Assistant to the 

General Counsel, by email at meft@

copyright.gov or telephone at 202–707– 

8350. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Orrin 

G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music 

Modernization Act (the ‘‘MMA’’) 

substantially modified the compulsory 

‘‘mechanical’’ license for reproducing 

and distributing phonorecords of 

nondramatic musical works under 17 

U.S.C. 115.1 It did so by switching from 

a song-by-song licensing system to a 

blanket licensing regime that became 

available on January 1, 2021 (the 

‘‘license availability date’’), 

administered by a mechanical licensing 

collective (the ‘‘MLC’’) designated by 

the Copyright Office (the ‘‘Office’’).2

Digital music providers (‘‘DMPs’’) are 

able to obtain this new statutory 

mechanical blanket license (the 

‘‘blanket license’’) to make digital 

phonorecord deliveries of nondramatic 

musical works, including in the form of 

permanent downloads, limited 

downloads, or interactive streams 

(referred to in the statute as ‘‘covered 

activity’’ where such activity qualifies 

for a blanket license), subject to various 

requirements, including reporting and 

payment obligations.3 The MLC is 

tasked with collecting royalties from 

DMPs under the blanket license and 


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4 Id. 

5 Id. at 115(d)(4)(D). 

6 Id. at 115(d)(3)(L). 

7 Id. at 115(d)(3)(L)(i)(IV), (d)(4)(D)(i)(IV). 

8 Id. at 115(d)(3)(L)(i)(IV), (d)(4)(D)(i)(IV). 

distributing them to musical work 

copyright owners.4

In connection with the new blanket 

license, the MMA also provides for 

certain audit rights. Under the MMA, 

the MLC may periodically audit DMPs 

operating under the blanket license to 

verify the accuracy of royalty payments 

made by DMPs to the MLC.5 Likewise, 

musical work copyright owners may 

periodically audit the MLC to verify the 

accuracy of royalty payments made by 

the MLC to copyright owners.6 To 

commence an audit, a notice of intent to 

conduct an audit must be filed with the 

Office and delivered to the party(ies) 

being audited.7 The Office must then 

cause notice to be published in the 

Federal Register within 45 days of 

receipt.8

On September 16, 2024, the Office 

received a notice of intent to conduct an 

audit of the MLC from 500DEGREEZ 

ENTERTAINMENT for the period of 

January 26, 2018, through August 26, 

2024. A copy of the notice will be made 

available on the Office’s website at 

https://copyright.gov/musicmodernization/audits/. 

Dated: October 16, 2024. 

Suzy Wilson, 

General Counsel and Associate Register of 

Copyrights. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24280 Filed 10–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–30–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts 

30–Day Notice for the ‘‘Applications 

From Students for Agency Initiatives 

Poetry Out Loud or the Musical 

Theater Songwriting Challenge for 

High School Students’’ 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Arts, National Foundation on the Arts 

and the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed collection; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The National Endowment for 

the Arts (NEA), as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, conducts a 

preclearance consultation program to 

provide the general public and federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. This program 

helps to ensure that requested data is 

provided in the desired format; 

reporting burden (time and financial 

resources) is minimized; collection 

instruments are clearly understood; and 

the impact of collection requirements on 

respondents is properly assessed. 

Currently, the NEA is soliciting 

comments concerning the proposed 

information collection of: Applications 

from Students for Agency Initiatives 

Poetry Out Load or the Musical Theater 

Songwriting Challenge for High School 

Students.’’ A copy of this ICR, with 

applicable supporting documentation, 

may be obtained by visiting 

www.Reginfo.gov. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments November 20, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

National Endowment for the Arts, Office 

of Management and Budget, Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Travis, 202–682–5001, travisd@

arts.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: (1) 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; (2) 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; (3) 

Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(4) Could help minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of electronic submission of 

responses through Grants.gov. 

Agency: National Endowment for the 

Arts. 

Title: ‘‘Applications from Students for 

Agency Initiatives Poetry Out Loud or 

the Musical Theater Songwriting 

Challenge for High School Students.’’ 

OMB Number: TBD. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected public: Individuals. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

300. 

Total burden hours: 300 hours. 

Total annualized capital/startup 

costs: 0. 

Total annual costs (operating/ 

maintaining systems or purchasing 

services): $3,725. 

Dated: October 15, 2024. 

David Travis, 

Guidelines and Panel Operations Specialist, 

National Endowment for the Arts. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24115 Filed 10–18–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7537–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Advisory Committee for Technology, 

Innovation and Partnerships: Notice of 

Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, as amended), the National Science 

Foundation (NSF) announces the 

following meeting: 

NAME AND COMMITTEE CODE: Advisory 

Committee for Technology, Innovation 

and Partnerships (#84684) (Hybrid). 

DATE AND TIME: November 15, 2024; 12 

p.m.–4 p.m. (Eastern). 

PLACE: NSF, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, VA 22314 (Hybrid). 

The meeting will be hybrid, with 

some Advisory Committee members 

participating in person and others 

participating virtually. Members of the 

public can view the meeting virtually. 

To attend the virtual meeting, please 

send your request for the virtual 

meeting link to the following email: 

afenzel@nsf.gov. 

TYPE OF MEETING: Open. 

CONTACT PERSONS: Chaitanya Baru, 

Senior Advisor, National Science 

Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Alexandria, VA 22314; Telephone: (703) 

292–8050. 

Additional meeting information, an 

updated agenda, and registration 

information will be posted on the AC’s 

website at https://new.nsf.gov/tip/tipadvisory-commitee. 

PURPOSE OF MEETING: To provide advice 

to the National Science Foundation 

concerning implementation of the 

provisions of the CHIPS and Science 

Act of 2022, Public Law 117–167, 

pertaining to the Directorate for 

Technology, Innovation and 

Partnerships (TIP), along with other 

related policies and activities of the 

Foundation. 

Agenda 

Friday, November 15, 2024 

• Welcome and overview of the TIP 

Advisory Committee’s charge 

• Introduction to TIP, including current 

portfolio of investments and 

partnerships 

• Strategic recommendations for TIP 

• Next steps and closing remarks 


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