93224 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 26, 2024 / Proposed Rules 

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 1653 

Alimony, Child support, Government 

employees, Pensions, Retirement. 

Ravindra Deo, 

Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the FRTIB proposes to amend 

5 CFR chapter VI as follows: 

PART 1653—COURT ORDERS AND 

LEGAL PROCESSES AFFECTING 

THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN ACCOUNTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1653 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8432d, 8435, 8436(b), 

8437(e), 8439(a)(3), 8467, 8474(b)(5) and 

8474(c)(1). 

■ 2. In § 1653.1, amend paragraph (b) by 

adding the definition of ‘‘Entitlement 

date’’ in alphabetical order, and revising 

the definition of ‘‘Payment date’’ to read 

as follows: 

§ 1653.1 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

* * * * * 

Entitlement date means the date 

determined in accordance with 

paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 1653.4. 

Payment date refers to the date on 

which a temporary account is 

established for the payee in the TSP. 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Amend § 1653.3 by revising 

paragraph (f)(4)(ii) to read as follows: 

§ 1653.3 Processing retirement benefits 

court orders. 

* * * * * 

(f) * * * 

(4) * * * 

(ii) The anticipated payment date; 

* * * * * 

■ 4. Amend § 1653.4 by revising 

paragraphs (a), (c), (d)(2), and (f) to read 

as follows: 

§ 1653.4 Calculating entitlements. 

(a) For purposes of computing the 

amount of a payee’s entitlement under 

this section, a participant’s TSP account 

balance will include any loan balance 

outstanding as of the entitlement date 

unless the court order provides 

otherwise. 

* * * * * 

(c) If the court order awards a 

percentage of an account but does not 

contain a specific date as of which to 

apply that percentage, the TSP record 

keeper will use the effective date of the 

court order. 

(d) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(2) The vested account balance on the 

payment date. 

* * * * * 

(f) The payee’s entitlement will be 

credited with TSP investment earnings 

as described: 

(1) The entitlement calculated under 

this section will not be credited with 

TSP investment earnings unless the 

court order specifically provides 

otherwise. The court order may not 

specify a rate for earnings. 

(2) If earnings are awarded, the TSP 

record keeper will calculate earnings by: 

(i) Identifying the beginning balance, 

ending balance, and the cash flows 

between the two balances over the 

period of time between the entitlement 

date and the payment date; 

(ii) Calculating the rate of return that 

increases (or reduces in the case of a 

loss) the balance at the beginning of the 

period, accounting for all cash flows, to 

equal the balance at the end of the 

period; and 

(iii) Multiplying the payee’s award 

amount by the resulting rate of return. 

* * * * * 

■ 5. Amend § 1653.5 by revising 

paragraphs (d) and (h) to read as 

follows: 

§ 1653.5 Payment. 

* * * * * 

(d) Payment will be made pro rata 

from the participant’s traditional and 

Roth balances. The distribution from the 

traditional balance will be further pro 

rated between the tax-deferred balance 

and tax-exempt balance. The payment 

from the Roth balance will be further 

pro rated between contributions in the 

Roth balance and earnings in the Roth 

balance. In addition, all payments will 

be distributed pro rata from all TSP core 

funds in which the participant’s account 

is invested. All pro rated amounts will 

be based on the balances in each fund 

or source of contributions on the 

payment date. The TSP record keeper 

will not honor provisions of a court 

order that require payment to be made 

from a specific TSP core fund, source of 

contributions, or balance. 

* * * * * 

(h) If the payee dies before a payment 

is disbursed from the TSP, payment will 

be made to the estate of the payee, 

unless otherwise specified by the court 

order. A distribution to the estate of a 

deceased court order payee will be 

reported as income to the decedent’s 

estate. If the participant dies before the 

payment date, the order will be honored 

so long as it is submitted to the TSP 

record keeper before the TSP account 

has been closed. 

* * * * * 

■ 6. Revise § 1653.14 to read as follows: 

§ 1653.14 Calculating entitlements. 

A qualifying legal process can only 

require the payment of a specified dollar 

amount from the TSP. Payment 

pursuant to a qualifying legal process 

will be calculated in accordance with 

§ 1653.4(a), (d), (f) and (g), except that 

the term ‘‘payment date’’ shall mean to 

the date the payment is disbursed from 

the TSP. 

■ 7. Revise § 1653.15 to read as follows: 

§ 1653.15 Payment. 

Payment pursuant to a qualifying 

legal process will be made in 

accordance with § 1653.5, except the 

term ‘‘payment date’’ shall mean to the 

date the payment is disbursed from the 

TSP. 

■ 8. Amend § 1653.34 by revising 

paragraph (d)(4)(ii) to read as follows: 

§ 1653.34 Processing Federal tax levies 

and criminal restitution orders. 

* * * * * 

(d) * * * 

(4) * * * 

(ii) The anticipated date of 

disbursement. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27484 Filed 11–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6760–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

11 CFR Part 112 

[Notice 2024–25] 

Contributions Through Untraceable 

Electronic Payment Methods 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Notification of availability of 

petition for rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Commission announces 

its receipt of a Petition for Rulemaking 

submitted by Ken Paxton, Attorney 

General of Texas. The Petition asks the 

Commission to amend its regulations 

concerning the use of credit cards to 

make contributions, to address the 

potential use of prepaid cards to 

circumvent contribution amount 

limitations and source prohibitions. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 27, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: All comments must be in 

writing. Commenters may submit 

comments electronically via the 

Commission’s website at https://

sers.fec.gov/fosers/, reference REG 

2024–08. 

Each commenter must provide, at a 

minimum, his or her first name, last 

name, city and state. All properly 

submitted comments, including 


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1 52 U.S.C. 30116(a); see also 11 CFR 110.1, 110.2. 

2 52 U.S.C. 30118, 30119, 30121; see also 11 CFR 

110.4, 110.9(a), 110.14(c)(2), 114.2, 115.2, 300.10. 

3 52 U.S.C. 30122; see also 11 CFR 110.4(b). 

4 52 U.S.C. 30104; 11 CFR 104.3, 104.8. 

5Petition at 1. 

6 Id. 

7Petition at 3. 

8Petition at 1. 

9Petition at 7. 

attachments, will become part of the 

public record, and the Commission will 

make comments available for public 

viewing on the Commission’s website 

and in the Commission’s Public Records 

Office. Accordingly, commenters should 

not provide in their comments any 

information that they do not wish to 

make public, such as a home street 

address, personal email address, date of 

birth, phone number, social security 

number, or driver’s license number, or 

any information that is restricted from 

disclosure, such as trade secrets or 

commercial or financial information 

that is privileged or confidential. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert M. Knop, Assistant General 

Counsel, or Joanna S. Waldstreicher, 

Attorney, 1050 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20463, (202) 694–1650 

or (800) 424–9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 22, 2024, the Commission 

received a Petition for Rulemaking 

(‘‘Petition’’) from Ken Paxton, Attorney 

General of Texas. The Petition asks the 

Commission to adopt two amendments 

to its regulations concerning the use of 

credit cards to make contributions, to 

address the potential use of prepaid 

cards to circumvent contribution 

amount limitations and source 

prohibitions. 

The Federal Election Campaign Act 

(the ‘‘Act’’) limits the total amount a 

contributor may contribute to any given 

political committee.1 The Act and 

Commission regulations also prohibit 

certain persons from making 

contributions at all.2 The Act and 

Commission regulations further prohibit 

any person from making a contribution 

in the name of another person.3 In 

addition, the Act and Commission 

regulations require political committees 

to disclose identifying information from 

each contributor, including name, 

address, and—in some cases—the 

contributor’s occupation and employer.4

The Petition asserts that ‘‘there has 

been substantial public reporting 

regarding potentially fraudulent 

transactions on political committee 

online platforms. Certain platforms 

appear to facilitate straw donor 

transactions, where a contributor 

disguises his identity by attributing his 

contribution to another, unaware 

person.’’ 5 The Petition further states 

that ‘‘prepaid cards are a favorite tool of 

fraudsters,’’ 6 and that ‘‘specific security 

measures can mitigate this problem,’’ 

such as comparing the identifying 

information supplied by contributors to 

the name, address, and other billing 

information on file with the issuer of the 

credit card used to make the 

contribution.7

Accordingly, the Petition states that 

‘‘new regulations governing electronic 

payment acceptance and related 

problems are critical to ensuring the 

integrity of campaign finance laws.’’ 8

The Petition asks the Commission to 

adopt two amendments to 11 CFR 

104.14: 

• Amend 104.14(b)(5) to provide that 

records for contributions made by 

credit, debit, prepaid, or gift card must 

include documentation confirming that 

a cross-check occurred between the 

contributor’s self-reported identifying 

information with the card issuing 

institution’s own information on the 

name and billing address of the 

cardholder. 

• Amend 104.14(e) to provide that 

contributions cannot be accepted from 

prepaid or gift cards unless the 

information from those prepaid or gift 

cards can be cross-checked with the 

card issuing institution to confirm the 

name and billing address required 

under paragraph (b)(5) of this rule.9

The Commission seeks comment on 

the Petition. The public may inspect the 

Petition on the Commission’s website at 

http://www.fec.gov/fosers/ (reference 

REG 2024–08). 

The Commission will not consider the 

Petition’s merits until after the comment 

period closes. If the Commission 

decides that the Petition has merit, it 

may begin a rulemaking proceeding. 

The Commission will announce any 

action that it takes in the Federal 

Register. 

Dated: November 19, 2024. 

On behalf of the Commission, 

Sean J. Cooksey, 

Chairman, Federal Election Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2024–2539; Project 

Identifier MCAI–2023–00971–E] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & 

Whitney Canada Corp. Engines 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to adopt a 

new airworthiness directive (AD) for 

certain Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. 

(P&WC) Model PW535E and PW535E1 

engines. This proposed AD was 

prompted by a manufacturer design 

review that indicated certain flange 

bolts securing the gas generator case and 

turbine support case are susceptible to 

cracking at their current low-cycle 

fatigue (LCF) life. This proposed AD 

would require repetitive borescope 

inspections (BSI) of the gas generator 

case to turbine support case retaining 

bolts for evidence of bolt cracks, bolt 

fracture, missing bolts, or loose bolts 

and replacement, if necessary, as 

specified in a Transport Canada AD, 

which is incorporated by reference. The 

FAA is proposing this AD to address the 

unsafe condition on these products. 

DATES: The FAA must receive comments 

on this NPRM by January 10, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 

11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

AD Docket: You may examine the AD 

docket at regulations.gov under Docket 

No. FAA–2024–2539; or in person at 

Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The AD docket 

contains this NPRM, the mandatory 

continuing airworthiness information 

(MCAI), any comments received, and 

other information. The street address for 

Docket Operations is listed above. 


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