35282 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 119 / Friday, June 20, 2014 / Rules and Regulations 

§ 232.301 EDGAR Filer Manual. 

Filers must prepare electronic filings 

in the manner prescribed by the EDGAR 

Filer Manual, promulgated by the 

Commission, which sets out the 

technical formatting requirements for 

electronic submissions. The 

requirements for becoming an EDGAR 

Filer and updating company data are set 

forth in the updated EDGAR Filer 

Manual, Volume I: ‘‘General 

Information,’’ Version 17 (June 2014). 

The requirements for filing on EDGAR 

are set forth in the updated EDGAR Filer 

Manual, Volume II: ‘‘EDGAR Filing,’’ 

Version 27 (June 2014). Additional 

provisions applicable to Form N–SAR 

filers are set forth in the EDGAR Filer 

Manual, Volume III: ‘‘N–SAR 

Supplement,’’ Version 3 (June 2014). All 

of these provisions have been 

incorporated by reference into the Code 

of Federal Regulations, which action 

was approved by the Director of the 

Federal Register in accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR Part 51. You 

must comply with these requirements in 

order for documents to be timely 

received and accepted. You can obtain 

paper copies of the EDGAR Filer 

Manual from the following address: 

Public Reference Room, U.S. Securities 

and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street 

NE., Room 1543, Washington, DC 

20549, on official business days 

between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 

3:00 p.m. Electronic copies are available 

on the Commission’s Web site. The 

address for the Filer Manual is http://

www.sec.gov/info/edgar.shtml. You can 

also inspect the document at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For 

information on the availability of this 

material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, 

or go to: http://www.archives.gov/

federal_register/code_of_federal_

regulations/ibr_locations.html. 

By the Commission. 

Dated: June 16, 2014. 

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–14417 Filed 6–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

22 CFR Part 34 

[Public Notice 8771] 

RIN 1400–AD60 

Debt Collection 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State 

(hereinafter, ‘‘State’’ or ‘‘the 

Department’’) is amending its debt 

collection regulations to permit debt 

notices to be sent by electronic mail to 

certain debtors and to reflect a change 

in federal law, which authorizes the 

offset of Federal non-tax payments to 

collect delinquent federal debt without 

regard to the amount of time the debt 

has been delinquent. 

DATES: This rule will become effective 

on June 20, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Amory, Office of the Legal 

Adviser, United States Department of 

State (843)746–0558, AmoryEA@

state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

This rule amends State’s debt 

collection regulations found at 22 CFR 

part 34 to permit debt notices to be sent 

by electronic mail and to reflect the 

2008 amendment to 31 U.S.C. 3716(e), 

which authorizes the offset of Federal 

non-tax payments to collect delinquent 

federal debt without regard to the 

amount of time the debt has been 

delinquent. 

State’s regulations at 22 CFR 34.8(a) 

and 34.13 currently require that debt 

collection notices be hand-delivered or 

sent by first class mail. In some 

situations, sending debt notices by 

email is a more effective and efficient 

means of ensuring actual receipt of the 

notice by the debtor in a timely manner. 

For example, for a debtor who is a 

current State employee and, therefore, 

has been assigned a State email account, 

the delivery of a notification via that 

email account will allow the debtor to 

receive the notice more quickly, 

reliably, and conveniently than if it 

were sent by first class mail. This is 

especially true for employees serving 

overseas for whom it takes longer to 

receive first class mail. 

With modernization of State’s 

information systems, State is able to 

verify the delivery of notices sent to its 

own email addresses, rather than first 

class mail. Notice by email may also be 

a more effective and efficient means of 

notifying a debtor who is a State 

contractor or a vendor who uses email 

regularly to communicate with State 

(e.g., when submitting invoices). In 

these situations, it is in the interest of 

both parties for State to have the ability 

to utilize email for purposes of debt 

collection notification. 

22 CFR 34.10(7) currently refers to the 

ten-year limitation on the offset of 

Federal nontax debts in order to collect 

delinquent Federal debts, which was 

eliminated by Section 14219 of the 

Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 

2008, Public Law 110–234. This statute 

amended 31 U.S.C. 3716(e) to provide 

that no limitation on the period within 

which an offset may be initiated or 

taken, pursuant to that section, shall be 

effective. This proscription is 

mandatory; therefore, State must amend 

its regulations to remove the 10-year 

cutoff. 

Regulatory Analysis 

Administrative Procedure Act: This 

rulemaking is exempt from the noticeand-comment provisions of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) 

under the ‘‘good cause’’ exemption of 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B). The Department 

finds that, given the Congressional 

mandate to eliminate the limitation on 

the period within which an offset may 

be initiated or taken, notice and public 

comment on this rulemaking are 

unnecessary. Further, the rules affecting 

the method by which the Department 

provides debt collection notice to its 

employees relate solely to agency 

procedure and practice (5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(3)(A)). This rule is effective upon 

publication, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3). 

Regulatory Flexibility Act: The 

Department, in accordance with the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 

et seq.), has reviewed this regulation 

and, by approving it, certifies that this 

final rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

Unfunded Mandated Reform Act of 

1995: This rule will not result in the 

expenditure by State, local and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100 million or more 

in any one year and it will not 

significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments. Therefore, no actions were 

deemed necessary under the provisions 

of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995. 

Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Act of 1996: This rule is 

not a major rule as defined by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement Act of 

1996 in 5 U.S.C. 804. 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563: 

The Department does not consider this 

rule to be a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ under Executive Order 12866, 

section 3(f), Regulatory Planning and 

Review. In addition, the Department is 

exempt from Executive Order 12866 

except to the extent that it is 

promulgating regulations in conjunction 

with or interrelated to a domestic 

agency that are significant regulatory 

actions. The Department has 

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ensure its consistency with the 

regulatory philosophy and principles set 

forth in Executive Order 12866. This 

rulemaking updating the provisions of 

22 CFR part 34 is part of the Department 

of State’s retrospective review, 

mandated by EO 13563. The benefit of 

the rulemaking is that in certain 

instances email notification of debt 

provides a more effective and efficient 

delivery mechanism than first class 

mail. This is particularly the case for the 

Department’s global and mobile 

workforce. Postage costs are also 

eliminated by leveraging the 

Department’s messaging system in lieu 

of first class mail delivery. 

Executive Order 12988: The 

Department has reviewed this regulation 

in light of sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform, to eliminate ambiguity, 

minimize litigation, establish clear legal 

standards, and reduce burden. 

Executive Orders 13132 and 12372: 

This regulation will not have substantial 

direct effects on the States, the 

relationship between the National 

Government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. Therefore, the 

Department determines that this rule 

does not have sufficient federalism 

implications to require consultations or 

warrant the preparation of a federalism 

summary impact statement. The 

regulations implementing Executive 

Order 12372 regarding 

intergovernmental consultation on 

federal programs and activities do not 

apply to this regulation. 

Executive Order 13175: The 

Department has determined that this 

rulemaking will not have tribal 

implications, will not impose 

substantial direct compliance costs on 

Indian tribal governments, and will not 

pre-empt tribal law. Accordingly, the 

requirements of Executive Order 13175 

do not apply to this rulemaking. 

Paperwork Reduction Act: This rule 

does not impose any new or revised 

reporting or recordkeeping requirements 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act, 

44 U.S.C. chapter 35. 

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 34 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Claims, Debts, Garnishment 

of wages, Government employee, 

Hearing and appeal procedures, Pay 

administration, Salaries, Wages. 

Accordingly, for the reasons stated in 

the preamble, 22 CFR part 34 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 34—DEBT COLLECTION 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 34 is 

revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3701–3719; 5 U.S.C. 

5514; 31 CFR part 285; 31 CFR parts 900– 

904; 5 CFR part 550, subpart K. 

■ 2. Revise paragraph (a) of § 34.8 to 

read as follows: 

§ 34.8 Notice and demand for payment. 

(a) STATE shall promptly hand 

deliver, send by first class mail to the 

debtor’s most current address in the 

records of STATE, or, in appropriate 

circumstances, send by electronic mail 

to the debtor’s most current address in 

the records of STATE, at least one 

written notice. Written demand under 

this subpart may be preceded by other 

appropriate actions under this part and 

or the FCCS, including but not limited 

to actions taken under the procedures 

applicable to administrative offset, 

including salary offset. 

* * * * * 

§ 34.7 [Amended] 

■ 3. Remove paragraph (a)(7) from 

§ 34.7. 

■ 4. Revise the introductory text of 

§ 34.13 to read as follows: 

§ 34.13 Notice requirements before offset. 

Except as provided in § 34.16, salary 

offset deductions will not be made 

unless STATE first provides the 

employee with a written notice that he/ 

she owes a debt to the Federal 

Government at least 30 calendar days 

before salary offset is to be initiated. 

When STATE is the creditor agency, 

this notice of intent to offset an 

employee’s salary shall be handdelivered or sent by electronic mail to 

the employee’s STATE issued electronic 

mail address and will state: 

* * * * * 

Dated: May 30, 2014. 

Patrick F. Kennedy, 

Under Secretary of State for Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–14505 Filed 6–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–37–P 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

22 CFR Part 235 

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Loan 

Guarantees Issued Under the Further 

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014— 

Standard Terms and Conditions 

AGENCY: Agency for International 

Development (USAID). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This regulation prescribes the 

procedures and standard terms and 

conditions applicable to loan guarantees 

to be issued for the benefit of the 

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan pursuant 

Section 7041(g)(1)(A) of the Department 

of State, Foreign Operations, and 

Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

2014. 

DATES: Effective June 19, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D. 

Bruce McPherson, Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Agency for International 

Development, Washington, DC 20523– 

6601; tel. 202–712–1611, fax 202–216– 

3055. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Section 7041(g)(1)(A) of the 

Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2014 (Div. K, Pub. 

L. 113–76), the United States of 

America, acting through the U.S. 

Agency for International Development, 

may issue certain loan guarantees 

applicable to sums borrowed by the 

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (the 

‘‘Borrower’’), not exceeding an aggregate 

total of U.S. $1.25 billion in principal 

amount. Upon issuance, the loan 

guarantees shall ensure the Borrower’s 

repayment of 100% of principal and 

interest due under such loans and the 

full faith and credit of the United States 

of America shall be pledged for the full 

payment and performance of such 

guarantee obligations. 

This rulemaking document is not 

subject to rulemaking under 5 U.S.C. 

553 or to regulatory review under 

Executive Order 12866 because it 

involves a foreign affairs function of the 

United States. The provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) do not apply. 

List of subjects in 22 CFR Part 235 

Foreign aid, Foreign relations, 

Guaranteed loans, Loan programsforeign relations. 

Authority and Issuance 

Accordingly, a new Part 235 is added 

to Title 22, Chapter II, of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, as follows: 

PART 235—HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF 

JORDAN LOAN GUARANTEES ISSUED 

UNDER THE FURTHER CONTINUING 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014, DIV. F, 

PUB. L. 113–6—STANDARD TERMS 

AND CONDITIONS 

Sec. 

235.1 Purpose. 

235.2 Definitions. 

235.3 The Guarantee. 

235.4 Guarantee eligibility. 

235.5 Non-impairment of the Guarantee. 


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