[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 77 (Thursday, April 20, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 21140-21141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9911]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Labor-Management Standards

29 CFR Part 403

RIN 1215-AB29


Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports

AGENCY: Office of Labor-Management Standards, Employment Standards 
Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to information contained in 
the final rule published on December 21, 1999 (64 FR 71622). That final 
rule made several technical changes to the annual financial reporting 
forms filed by labor organizations and to the Department of Labor's 
regulations in which the reporting forms are prescribed.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay H. Oshel, Chief, Division of 
Interpretations and Standards, Office of Labor-Management Standards, 
Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-
5605, Washington, DC 20210, (202) 693-0123 (this is not a toll-free 
number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final rule that is the subject of this 
correction made a number of minor and technical changes to the annual 
financial reporting forms filed by labor organizations under the Labor-
Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended (Forms LM-
2, LM-3, and LM-4), and to the regulations in which the reporting forms 
are prescribed, 29 CFR part 403. The annual financial reports are also 
filed by federal sector labor organizations pursuant to the regulations 
implementing the standards of conduct provisions of the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C. 7120, and the Foreign Service Act of 1980, 
22 U.S.C. 1017. The purposes of the final rule were to (1) give notice 
that the Department has redesigned the reporting forms so that they can 
be optically scanned and made available on the Internet, and (2) revise 
the Department's regulations accordingly.
    Two inadvertent errors were made in the ``Supplementary 
Information'' portion of the final rule of December 21, 1999. First, in 
describing the impact of the effective date of January 1, 2000 on the 
reporting requirements, it was incorrectly stated (on page 71623, in 
the first paragraph of the first column) that ``labor organizations 
will file the new reporting forms and format for fiscal years beginning 
on and after January 1, 2000.'' However, the effective date of January 
1, 2000 means that the newly redesigned reporting forms are to be used 
by labor organizations for fiscal years ending on and after January 1, 
2000 rather than for fiscal years beginning on and after January 1, 
2000. Thus, for example, for a labor organization whose fiscal year 
ends March 31, 2000, the annual financial report is due 90 days 
thereafter (June 29, 2000) using the newly redesigned reporting forms.
    The second inadvertent error in the ``Supplementary Information'' 
portion of the final rule is that the number of pages in the old and 
the redesigned Form LM-3 were incorrectly stated (on page 71622, in the 
second full paragraph of the second column). Form LM-3 had been two 
pages (not four), and is now four pages (not eight).
    There were also two errors in the text of the revised regulation, 
29 CFR 403.4(b), which deals with the simplified format which a parent 
body may use to fulfill the reporting obligation of its subordinate 
local labor organizations which have no assets, liabilities, receipts, 
or disbursements. On page 71624, in the third line of the penultimate 
paragraph of the second column, the reference to ``29 CFR 403.4(b)(3) 
(i)-(vi)'' should have been to ``29 CFR 403.4(b)(3) (i)-(v)''. Finally, 
in the ninth line of that paragraph the word ``and'' should have been 
inserted before ``(v)''.

Need for Correction

    As published, the final rule inadvertently contains incorrect 
information which needs to be corrected.

Publication in Final

    The undersigned has determined that this rulemaking need not be 
published as a proposed rule, as generally required by the 
Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 553. This rulemaking makes 
technical and nonsubstantive corrections and imposes no additional 
burden on the public. Consequently, there is good cause for finding 
that notice and public procedure is unnecessary and contrary to the 
public

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interest, pursuant to section 553(b)(B) of the APA.

Effective Date

    The undersigned has determined that good cause exists for waiving 
the customary requirement for delay in the effective date of a final 
rule for 30 days following its publication since this rule makes 
technical and minor corrections to a final rule which is already in 
effect. See 5 U.S.C. 553(d). Therefore, this final rule correction is 
effective on the same date as the final rule which is being corrected, 
January 1, 2000.

Administrative Requirements

A. Executive Order 12866

    The Department of Labor has determined that this rule is not a 
significant regulatory action as defined in section 3(f) of Executive 
Order 12866 in that it will not (1) have an annual effect on the 
economy of $100 million or more, or adversely affect in a material way 
the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, 
the environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal 
governments or communities, (2) create a serious inconsistency or 
otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another agency, 
(3) materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user 
fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients 
thereof, or (4) raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal 
mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in 
Executive Order 12866.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    Because a notice of proposed rulemaking is not required for this 
rule under 5 U.S.C. 553(b), the requirements of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., pertaining to regulatory 
flexibility analysis do not apply. See 5 U.S.C. 601(2). Therefore, a 
regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This rule contains no additional information collection 
requirements. The information collection requirements in the 
regulations to which this rule makes technical corrections have been 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB control number 
1215-0188).

D. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

    The Department has determined that this final rule is not a ``major 
rule'' requiring prior approval by the Congress and the President 
pursuant to the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 
1996 (5 U.S.C. 804), because it is not likely to result in (1) an 
annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more, (2) a major 
increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, 
Federal, State, or local government agencies, or geographic regions, or 
(3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, 
productivity, innovation, or the ability of United States-based 
enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and 
export markets.
    Further, since the Department has determined, for good cause, that 
publication of a proposed rule and solicitation of comments on this 
rule is not necessary, under 5 U.S.C. 808(2), this final rule is 
effective as of the date of the final rule which is being corrected, 
January 1, 2000, as stated previously in this notice.

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    For purposes of Section 2 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 
1995, 2 U.S.C. 1532, as well as Executive Order 12875 (58 FR 58093, 
October 28, 1993), this rule does not include any federal mandate that 
may result in increased expenditures by State, local and tribal 
governments, or increased expenditures by the private sector of more 
than $100 million.

F. Federalism

    The Department has reviewed this rule in accordance with Executive 
Order 13132 regarding federalism, and has determined that it does not 
have ``federalism implications.'' The rule does not ``have substantial 
direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the national 
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government.''

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 403

    Labor unions, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on December 21, 1999 of the final rule 
which was the subject of FR Doc. 99-33044, is corrected as follows:
    1. On page 71622, in the second full paragraph that begins in the 
second column, the phrase ``eight pages instead of four for Form LM-3'' 
is corrected to read ``four pages instead of two for Form LM-3.''

    2. On page 71623, in the first paragraph of the first column, the 
phrase ``labor organizations will file the new reporting forms and 
format for fiscal years beginning on and after January 1, 2000'' is 
corrected to read ``labor organizations will file the new reporting 
forms and format for fiscal years ending on and after January 1, 
2000.''


Sec. 403.4  [Corrected]

    3. On page 71624, in the second column, in the third line of the 
paragraph which begins ``Each document attached * * *'', the reference 
to ``29 CFR 403.4(b)(3) (i)-(vi)'' is corrected to read ``29 CFR 
403.4(b)(3) (i)-(v)''.

    4. On page 71624, in the second column, in the ninth line of the 
paragraph which begins ``Each document attached * * *'', the word 
``and'' is inserted after ``period;'' and before ``(v)''.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 14th day of April, 2000.
Bernard E. Anderson,
Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-9911 Filed 4-19-00; 8:45 am]
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