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Rule 17a–8 under the Act exempts

from the prohibitions of section 17(a)

mergers, consolidations, or purchases or

sales of substantially all of the assets of

registered investment companies that

are affiliated persons solely by reason of

having a common investment adviser,

common directors/trustees, and/or

common officers, provided that certain

conditions set forth in the rule are

satisfied.

3. Applicants believe that they may

not rely on rule 17a–8 because the

Funds may be affiliated for reasons

other than those set forth in the rule.

Dreyfus, a wholly owned subsidiary of

Mellon Bank, serves as investment

adviser to both Funds. Mellon Bank

directly or indirectly owns with power

to vote approximately 71% of the

outstanding shares of the Acquired

Fund and approximately 92% of the

outstanding shares of the Acquiring

Fund. Because of this ownership, the

Acquiring Fund may be deemed an

affiliated person of an affiliated person

of the Acquired Fund and vice versa

under sections 2(a)(3)(B) and 2(a)(3)(C)

of the Act.

4. Section 17(b) of the Act provides

that the SEC may exempt a transaction

from the provisions of section 17(a) if

the terms of the proposed transaction,

including the consideration to be paid,

are reasonable and fair and do not

involve overreaching on the part of any

person concerned, and that the

proposed transaction is consistent with

the policy of each registered investment

company concerned and with the

general purposes of the Act.

5. Applicants submit that the terms of

the Reorganization satisfy the standards

set forth in section 17(b), Applicants

note that the Boards, including the

disinterested directors, found that

participation in the Reorganization is in

the best interests of each Fund and that

the interests of the existing shareholders

of each Fund will not be diluted as a

result of the Reorganization. Applicants

also note that the exchange of the

Acquired Fund’s shares for the

Acquiring Fund’s shares will be based

on the Fund’s relative net asset values

and that the Reorganization will be

effected on a tax-free basis.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Investment Management, pursuant to

delegated authority.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Dos. 98–14186 Filed 5–28–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Information Collection Activities:

Comment Requests

This notice lists information

collection packages that will require

submission to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB), as well as

information collection packages

submitted to OMB for clearance, in

compliance with PL. 104–13 effective

October 1, 1995, The Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. The information

collection(s) listed below have been

submitted to OMB:

1. Representative Payee Evaluation

Report—0960–0069. The information on

Form SSA–624 is used by SSA to

accurately account for the use of Social

Security benefits and Supplemental

Security Income (SSI) payments

received by representative payees on

behalf of an individual. The

respondents are individuals and

organizations, who (as representative

payees) received Form SSA–623/6230

and failed to respond, provided

unacceptable responses which cannot

be resolved or reported a change in

custody.

Number of Respondents: 250,000

Frequency of Response: 1

Average Burden Per Response: 30

minutes

Estimated Average Burden: 125,000

hours

2. Request for Address Information

from Motor Vehicles Records; and

Request for Address Information from

Employment Commissions Records—

0960–0341. The information on Forms

SSA–L711 and L712 is used by SSA to

determine the current address for

missing debtors. The respondents are

State agencies who have entered into

agreements with SSA to provide the

requested information.

SSA–L711 SSA–L712

Number of Respondents.1,300 ....... 1,100.

Frequency of Response.1 .............. 1.

Average Burden

Per Response.

2 minutes 2 minutes.

Estimated Annual

Burden.

43 hours .. 37 hours.

3. Disability Report—0960–0579. The

information collected on Form SSA–

3368 is needed for the determination of

disability by the State Disability

Determination Services. The

information will be used to develop

medical evidence and to assess the

alleged disability. The respondents are

applicants for disability benefits.

Number of Respondents: 2,438,500

Frequency of Response: 1

Average Burden Per Response: 30

minutes

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,219,250

hours

4. Work History Report—0960–0578.

The information collected on Form

SSA–3369 is needed for the

determination of disability by the State

Disability Determination Services. The

respondents are applicants for disability

benefits. The information will be used

to document an individual’s past work

history.

Number of Respondents: 1,000,000

Frequency of Response: 1

Average Burden Per Response: 30

minutes

Estimated annual Burden: 500,000

hours

5. Medical History and Disability

Report, Disabled Child-0960–0577. The

information collected on Form SSA–

3820 is needed for the determination of

disability by the State Disability

Determination Services. The SSA–3820

will be used to obtain various types of

information about a child’s condition,

his/her treating sources and/or other

medical sources of evidence. The

respondents are applicants for disability

benefits.

Number of Respondents: 523,000

Frequency of Response: 1

Average Burden Per Response: 40

minutes

Estimated Annual Burden: 348,667

hours

6. Child-Care Dropout

Questionnaire—0960–0474. The

information on Form SSA–4162 is used

by SSA to determine whether zero

earnings years can be dropped out when

computing a claimant’s benefit. The

respondents are applicants for Disability

Insurance benefits, who may qualify for

a higher primary insurance amount

because of having a child in care for

certain years.

Number of Respondents: 2,000

Frequency of Response: 1

Average Burden Per Response: 5

minutes

Estimated Average Burden: 167 hours

Written comments and

recommendations regarding the

information collection(s) should be

directed within 30 days to the OMB

Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance

Officer at the following addresses:

(OMB)

Office of Management and Budget,

OIRA, Attn: Laura Oliven, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10230,

725 17th St., NW., Washington, D.C.

20503.
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(SSA)

Social Security Administration,

DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W.

Brickenkamp, 1–A–21 Operations Bldg.,

6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD

21235.

To receive a copy of any of the forms

or clearance packages, call the SSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965–

4145 or write to him at the address

listed above.

Dated: May 21, 1998.

Frederick W. Brickenkamp,

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–14263 Filed 5–28–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–29–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Public Affairs

[Public Notice #2826]

Advisory Committee on Historical

Diplomatic Documentation Notice of

Charter Renewal and Meeting

The Advisory Committee on

Historical Diplomatic Documentation

renewed its charter on March 18, 1998.

This Advisory committee will continue

to make recommendations to the

Historian and the Department on all

aspects of the Foreign Relation’s

program as well on the Department of

State’s responsibility under the statute

to open its 30-year old and older records

for public review at the National

Archives and Record Administration.

The Committee consists of nine

members drawn from among historians,

political scientists, archivists,

international lawyers and other social

scientists who are distinguished in the

field of U.S. Foreign Relations.

The Committee will meet next in the

Department of State, 2201 ‘‘C’’ Street

NW, Washington, DC, June 23–24, 1998,

in Conference Room 1205. Procedures

for declassification of Department

records and problems relating to the

preparation of the Foreign Relations of

the United States documentary series

will be discussed at the meeting.

The Committee will meet in open

session from 9 a.m. through Noon on

Tuesday, June 23, 1998. The remainder

of the Committee’s sessions from 1:45

p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, 1998 until 5

p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 1998 will

be closed in accordance with Section

10(d) of the Foreign Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463). The

agenda calls for discussions involving

consideration of matters not subject to

public disclosure under 5 U.S.C.

552b(c)(1), and the public interest

requires that such activities be withheld

from disclosure.

Entry to the building is controlled and

will be facilitated by advance

arrangements. Members of the public

desiring access to the open session

should, by Thursday, June 18, 1998,

notify Gloria Walker, (202) 663–1124,

Office of the Historian, of their name,

Social Security number, date of birth,

professional affiliation, address, and

telephone number in order to arrange

admittance. This includes both

government and non-government

admittance. All attendees must use the

‘‘C’’ Street entrance. One of the

following valid ID’s will be required for

admittance: any U.S. driver’s license

with photo, a passport, or a U.S.

Government agency ID.

Questions concerning the meeting

should be directed to William Z. Slany,

Executive Secretary, Advisory

Committee on Historical Diplomatic

Documentation, Department of State,

Office of the Historian, Washington, DC,

20520, telephone (202) 663–1123, (email pahistoff@panet.us-state.gov).

Dated: May 14, 1998.

William Z. Slany,

Executive Secretary, Office of the Historian.

[FR Doc. 98–14262 Filed 5–28–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Notice of the Initiation of a Railroad

Research and Development Grant

Program in Cooperation with

Academic Research Institutions

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of initiation of grant

program and funds availability.

SUMMARY: FRA announces the initiation

of a railroad research and development

grant program in cooperation with

academic research institutions

(‘‘Program’’). This Program is intended

to foster long-range enhancement of

FRA’s program of research in support of

rail transportation by developing

cooperative research relationships

between the FRA and selected

university research organizations. The

FRA seeks, via this announcement, to

identify specific academic research

institutions (broadly referred to

hereinafter as universities) that may

have expertise useful in complementing

the established research program of

FRA’s Office of Research and

Development (OR&D). Selected

universities will be expected to buttress

FRA’s current research program that

now operates principally in

coordination with non-academic

entities.

Funding Authority and Related

Information

This program is being undertaken

utilizing funds in the Department of

Transportation and Related Agencies

Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1998

(Pub. L. 105–66), dated October 27,

1997. FRA anticipates awarding a small

number of grants (whose combined

value is not to exceed approximately

$1,000,000, in the aggregate, in Fiscal

Year 1998) for approved university

research. Applicants are also

encouraged to consider sharing the cost

of their proposed projects or identifying

in-kind contributions. The FRA intends

to focus the initial funding associated

with this notice on various research and

development (R&D) areas of interest

relating to or under the general heading

of rail safety. In the event future

appropriated funds are authorized for

the Program, FRA may, at its discretion,

provide additional funding for research.

Such future grants may focus on rail

safety or other rail and adjunct

transportation research areas, such as

traffic control and intelligent

transportation systems.

Eligible Participants

Accredited universities, colleges,

major academic research institutions,

and other public or private academic

institutions of higher learning. All

otherwise eligible entities must also

have demonstrable specialized expertise

in rail transportation research, and have

a minimum of five years of railroad or

rail-related research experience.

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities (HBCUs) and Minority

Institutions (MIs) fitting this description

are encouraged to apply. However, no

portion of this Program will be set aside

exclusively for HBCUs and MIs.

Exchanges and Points of Contact

Exchanges of information between

interested parties and the Government,

prior to submission of an application for

consideration under the Program, are

strongly encouraged. Such informal

exchanges may provide prospective

applicants with preliminary information

on the Government’s level of interest in

prospective works or projects or on the

availability of funds. Any exchanges of

information must be consistent with all

applicable statutory or regulatory

procurement integrity requirements.

Technical inquiries regarding this notice

may be directed to: Dr. Magdy El-Sibaie,