16594 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 60 / Monday, March 30, 2015 / Proposed Rules 

1Messrs. Robert F. Bauer, Allen Dickerson, 

Benjamin L. Ginsberg, Donald F. McGahn II, 

Laurence E. Gold, Robert D. Lenhard, and Bradley 

A. Smith. 

Background 

On January 2, 2015, we published in 

the Federal Register (80 FR 6 through 

13, Docket No. APHIS–2014–0018) a 

proposal to amend the regulations in 9 

CFR subchapters B and C. 

We proposed to amend the 

regulations in part 51 of subchapter B 

and several parts of subchapter C to, 

among other things, replace references 

to ‘‘approved livestock facilities,’’ 

‘‘approved stockyards’’ and 

‘‘specifically approved stockyards’’ with 

the term ‘‘approved livestock marketing 

facilities.’’ 

We proposed to amend the 

regulations in § 71.20, which provide 

the conditions under which the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) of the United States 

Department of Agriculture may approve 

a livestock facility to receive livestock 

that are moved interstate under 

conditions that are afforded only to such 

approved facilities. The current 

regulations in that section require the 

person legally responsible for the dayto-day operations of the facility to 

execute an agreement with APHIS 

regarding the manner in which the 

facility will operate, if approved. The 

provisions of the agreement are 

currently set forth in the regulations. 

We proposed to remove the terms of 

the agreement from the regulations, and 

place them instead in a document titled 

‘‘The Approved Livestock Marketing 

Facility Agreement,’’ which we would 

maintain on the Internet. We also 

proposed to update the terms of the 

agreement and to make other 

amendments to § 71.20 that would 

update and clarify the section’s content. 

We proposed to revise § 86.4 in order 

to clarify the conditions under which 

cattle and bison may be moved 

interstate to an approved livestock 

marketing facility without official 

identification. We also proposed to 

revise § 86.5 in order to clarify the 

conditions under which cattle or bison 

may be moved interstate to an approved 

livestock facility without an 

accompanying interstate certificate of 

veterinary inspection or owner-shipper 

statement. 

Comments on the proposed rule were 

required to be received on or before 

March 3, 2015. We are reopening the 

comment period on Docket No. APHIS– 

2014–0018. The comment period will 

now close on April 15, 2015. We will 

also accept all comments received 

between March 4, 2015 (the day after 

the close of the original comment 

period) and the date of this notice. This 

action will allow interested persons 

additional time to prepare and submit 

comments. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301–8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 

2.80, and 371.4. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of 

March 2015. 

Jere L. Dick, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

11 CFR Part 111 

[Notice 2015–05] 

Rulemaking Petition: Administrative 

Fines Program and Commission Forms 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Rulemaking Petition: Notice of 

availability. 

SUMMARY: On January 23, 2015, the 

Federal Election Commission received a 

Petition for Rulemaking asking the 

Commission to expand its 

Administrative Fines Program and to 

revise and update several Commission 

forms and their instructions. The 

Commission seeks comments on this 

petition. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 29, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: All comments must be in 

writing. Commenters are encouraged to 

submit comments electronically via the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.fec.gov/fosers, reference REG 

2015–01, or by email to 

FinesAndForms@fec.gov. Alternatively, 

commenters may submit comments in 

paper form, addressed to the Federal 

Election Commission, Attn.: Robert M. 

Knop, Assistant General Counsel, 999 E 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20463. 

Each commenter must provide, at a 

minimum, his or her first name, last 

name, city, state, and zip code. All 

properly submitted comments, 

including attachments, will become part 

of the public record, and the 

Commission will make comments 

available for public viewing on the 

Commission’s Web site and in the 

Commission’s Public Records room. 

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: Mr. 

Robert M. Knop, Assistant General 

Counsel, Mr. Neven F. Stipanovic, 

Attorney, or Ms. Holly Ratliff, Office of 

General Counsel, 999 E Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20463, (202) 694–1650 

or (800) 424–9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 23, 2015, the Federal Election 

Commission received a Petition for 

Rulemaking from seven attorneys 1

(collectively ‘‘petitioners’’) regarding the 

Commission’s Administrative Fines 

Program (‘‘AFP’’) and several of the 

Commission’s forms and their 

accompanying instructions. Under the 

AFP, the Commission assesses civil 

monetary penalties for late filing and 

failure to file certain reports as required 

by 52 U.S.C. 30104(a) (formerly 2 U.S.C. 

434(a)) (requiring political committee 

treasurers to report receipts and 

disbursements within certain time 

periods). 11 CFR 111.30; see also 52 

U.S.C. 30109(a)(4)(C) (formerly 2 U.S.C. 

437g(a)(4)(C)). If the Commission 

determines that such a violation has 

occurred, it may assess a civil monetary 

penalty according to the AFP penalty 

schedules at 11 CFR 111.43–.44. 

In December 2013, Congress 

authorized the Commission to expand 

the scope of the AFP to encompass 

reporting violations for reports filed 

under 52 U.S.C. 30104(c) (formerly 2 

U.S.C. 434(c)) (certain independent 

expenditure reports), 52 U.S.C. 30104(e) 

(formerly 2 U.S.C. 434(e)) (certain 

federal election activity reports), 52 

U.S.C. 30104(f) (formerly 2 U.S.C. 

434(f)) (electioneering communications 

reports), 52 U.S.C. 30104(g) (formerly 2 

U.S.C. 434(g)) (24- and 48-hour 

independent expenditure reports), 52 

U.S.C. 30104(i) (formerly 2 U.S.C. 

434(i)) (bundled contribution reports), 

and 52 U.S.C. 30105 (formerly 2 U.S.C. 

437) (certain convention reports). See 

Public Law 113–72, 127 Stat. 1210 

(2013). The petitioners ask the 

Commission to conduct a rulemaking to 

expand the scope of the AFP to these 

additional categories of reporting 

violations, using an approach that 

considers the criteria in the penalty 

schedule found at 11 CFR 111.43 

(election sensitivity, level of activity, 

number of days late, and number of 

previous violations) and similar factors 

but eschews a strict formulaic penalty. 

The petitioners also ask the 

Commission to revise several of its 


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forms and their instructions. The 

proposals are divided into five 

categories, wherein the petitioners ask 

the Commission to: (1) Eliminate the 

need for ‘‘sophisticated accounting 

techniques’’ by ‘‘add[ing] a single, 

streamlined page to Form 3X for 

reporting all in-kind contributions’’ and 

‘‘clarify[ing] that committees need only 

engage in best efforts to reasonably 

ascertain the value of expenditures 

subject to 24- and 48-hour reports’’; (2) 

revise the forms to ‘‘reflect the existence 

of independent-expenditure only 

committees’’; (3) revise the forms to 

‘‘reflect the existence of Carey funds’’; 

(4) revise the forms to ‘‘recognize that 

corporations and labor organizations 

may make contributions to IE PACs’’; 

and (5) revise the forms to ‘‘confine 

Form 3X to nonconnected committees 

and separate segregated funds, create a 

separate reporting form for political 

party committees, and thoroughly 

redesign Form 3X.’’ 

The Commission seeks comments on 

the petition. The public may inspect the 

Petition for Rulemaking on the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.fec.gov/fosers, or in the 

Commission’s Public Records Office, 

999 E Street NW., Washington, DC 

20463, Monday through Friday, from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. Interested persons may 

also obtain a copy of the petition by 

dialing the Commission’s Faxline 

service at (202) 501–3413 and following 

its instructions. Request document 

#277. 

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. 

On behalf of the Commission. 

Dated: March 24, 2015. 

Ann M. Ravel, 

Chair, Federal Election Commission. 

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

11 CFR Part 115 

[Notice 2015–06] 

Rulemaking Petition: Federal 

Contractors 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Rulemaking Petition: Notice of 

availability. 

SUMMARY: On November 18, 2014, the 

Federal Election Commission received a 

Petition for Rulemaking from Public 

Citizen. The petitioner asks the 

Commission to amend its regulations 

regarding federal contractors to include 

certain factors for determining whether 

entities of the same corporate family are 

distinct business entities for purposes of 

the prohibition on contributions by 

federal contractors. The Commission 

seeks comments on this petition. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 29, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: All comments must be in 

writing. Commenters are encouraged to 

submit comments electronically via the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.fec.gov/fosers, reference REG 

2014–09, or by email to 

ContractorPetition@fec.gov. 

Alternatively, commenters may submit 

comments in paper form, addressed to 

the Federal Election Commission, Attn.: 

Amy L. Rothstein, Assistant General 

Counsel, 999 E Street NW., Washington, 

DC 20463. 

Each commenter must provide, at a 

minimum, his or her first name, last 

name, city, state, and zip code. All 

properly submitted comments, 

including attachments, will become part 

of the public record, and the 

Commission will make comments 

available for public viewing on the 

Commission’s Web site and in the 

Commission’s Public Records room. 

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: Mrs. 

Amy L. Rothstein, Assistant General 

Counsel, or Mr. Neven F. Stipanovic, 

Attorney, 999 E Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20463, (202) 694–1650 

or (800) 424–9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 18, 2014, the Commission 

received a Petition for Rulemaking from 

Public Citizen regarding part 115 of the 

Commission’s regulations. Part 115 

prohibits federal contractors from 

making contributions or expenditures to 

any political party, political committee, 

or federal candidate, or to any person 

for any political purpose or use. 11 CFR 

115.2(a); see also 52 U.S.C. 30119(a)(1) 

(formerly 2 U.S.C. 441c(a)(1)). Part 115 

further prohibits any person from 

knowingly soliciting a contribution from 

any federal contractor. 11 CFR 115.2(c); 

see also 52 U.S.C. 30119(a)(2) (formerly 

2 U.S.C. 441c(a)(2)). The petitioner asks 

the Commission to amend 11 CFR part 

115 to include certain factors for 

determining whether entities of the 

same corporate family are distinct 

business entities for purposes of these 

prohibitions. The Commission seeks 

comments on the petition. 

The public may inspect the Petition 

for Rulemaking on the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.fec.gov/fosers, or 

in the Commission’s Public Records 

Office, 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20463, Monday through Friday, from 

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Interested persons may 

also obtain a copy of the petition by 

dialing the Commission’s Faxline 

service at (202) 501–3413 and following 

its instructions. Request document 

#276. 

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. 

On behalf of the Commission, 

Dated: March 24, 2015. 

Ann M. Ravel, 

Chair, Federal Election Commission. 

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NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

12 CFR Part 701 

RIN 3133–AE39 

Federal Credit Union Ownership of 

Fixed Assets 

AGENCY: National Credit Union 

Administration (NCUA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The NCUA Board (Board) is 

issuing for public comment this 

proposed rule (2015 proposal) to amend 

its regulation governing federal credit 

union (FCU) ownership of fixed assets. 

To provide regulatory relief to FCUs, the 

2015 proposal eliminates a provision in 

the current fixed assets rule that 

established a five percent aggregate limit 

on investments in fixed assets for FCUs 

with $1,000,000 or more in assets. It 

also eliminates the provisions in the 

current fixed assets rule relating to 

waivers from the aggregate limit. 

Further, instead of applying the 

prescriptive aggregate limit provided by 

regulation in the current fixed assets 

rule, the Board proposes to oversee FCU 

ownership of fixed assets through the 


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