14384 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 58 / Wednesday, March 26, 1997 / Proposed Rules

Security Act as amended by the

Personal Responsibility Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,

110 Stat. 2105 (1996), and new

programs or provisions enacted by

Congress or the States to replace or

modify these programs, including State

AFDC programs conducted under

Federal waiver authority;

(ii) all other provisions of the Personal

Responsibility Work Opportunity

Reconciliation Act of 1996, 110 Stat.

2105 (1996), except for the Child

Support provisions of Title III; and

(iii) General Assistance or similar

State means-tested programs conducted

by States or by counties with State

funding or under State mandates, and

new programs or provisions enacted by

States to replace or modify these

programs;

(2) Federal or State welfare system

does not include other public benefit

programs, unless changes to such

programs are part of a reform of the

AFDC or General Assistance programs.

(b) Reform of a Federal or State

welfare system as used in this part

means a legislative or administrative

effort to change key components of the

Federal or State welfare system,

including laws and regulations that

implement the changes.

(c) Existing law as used in this part

means Federal, State or local statutory

laws, ordinances or regulations having

the force and effect of law, which are

enacted to reform a Federal or State

welfare system.

§ 1639.3 Prohibition.

Except as provided in §§ 1639.4 and

1639.5, recipients may not initiate legal

representation, or participate in any

other way in litigation, lobbying or

rulemaking involving efforts to reform a

Federal or State welfare system.

Prohibited activities include

participation in:

(a) Litigation challenging laws or

regulations enacted as part of a reform

of a Federal or State welfare system.

(b) Rulemaking involving proposals

that are being considered to implement

a reform of a Federal or State welfare

system.

(c) Lobbying or other advocacy before

legislative or administrative bodies

undertaken directly or through

grassroots efforts involving pending or

proposed legislation that is part of a

reform of a Federal or State welfare

system.

(d) Litigation or other advocacy

undertaken with regard to the granting

or denying of State requests for Federal

waivers of Federal requirements for

AFDC.

§ 1639.4 Permissible representation of

eligible clients.

Recipients may represent an

individual eligible client who is seeking

specific relief from a welfare agency, if

such relief does not involve an effort to

amend or otherwise challenge existing

law in effect on the date of the initiation

of the representation.

§ 1639.5 Exceptions for public rulemaking

and responding to requests with non-LSC

funds.

Consistent with the provisions of 45

CFR 1612.6 (a)–(e), recipients may use

non-LSC funds to comment in a public

rulemaking proceeding or respond to a

written request for information or

testimony from a Federal, State or local

agency, legislative body, or committee,

or a member thereof, regarding an effort

to reform a Federal or State welfare

system.

§ 1639.6 Recipient policies and

procedures.

Each recipient shall adopt written

policies and procedures to guide its staff

in complying with this part.

Dated: March 21, 1997.

Victor M. Fortuno,

General Counsel.

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COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97–97, RM–9047]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Mt.

Juliet and Belle Meade, TN

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Mt.

Juliet Broadcasting, Inc., permittee of

Station WNPL(FM), Channel 294A, Mt.

Juliet, Tennessee, proposing the

reallotment of Channel 294A from Mt.

Juliet to Belle Meade, Tennessee, and

modification of Station WNPL(FM)’s

construction permit to specify Belle

Meade as its community of license.

Channel 294A can be allotted to Belle

Meade in compliance with the

Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements with a site

restriction of 13.6 kilometers. The

coordinates for Channel 294A at Belle

Meade are 36–11–08 NL and 86–45–15

WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before May 12, 1997, and reply

comments on or before May 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In

addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, or its counsel or consultant,

as follows: David E. Honig, Esq.,

Holland & Knight LLP, 2100

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 400,

Washington, DC 20037–3202 (Counsel

for Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

97–97, adopted March 12, 1997, and

released March 21, 1997. The full text

of this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC’s

Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M

Street, NW, Washington, DC. The

complete text of this decision may also

be purchased from the Commission’s

copy contractor, ITS, Inc., (202) 857–

3800, 2100 M Street, NW, Suite 140,

Washington, DC 20037.

Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to

this proceeding.

Members of the public should note

that from the time a Notice of Proposed

Rule Making is issued until the matter

is no longer subject to Commission

consideration or court review, all ex

parte contacts are prohibited in

Commission proceedings, such as this

one, which involve channel allotments.

See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules

governing permissible ex parte contacts.

For information regarding proper

filing procedures for comments, see 47

CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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