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9 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).

10 In approving this proposed rule change, the

Commission notes that it has considered the

proposed rule’s impact on efficiency, competition,

and capital formation. 15 U.S.C. 78c(f).

11 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

12 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

13 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).

14 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

15 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

statements with respect to the proposed

rule change that are filed with the

Commission, and all written

communications relating to the

proposed rule change between the

Commission and any person, other than

those that may be withheld from the

public in accordance with the

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be

available for inspection and copying in

the Commission’s Public Reference

Room. Copies of such filing will also be

available for inspection and copying at

the principal office of the Amex. All

submissions should refer to the File No.

SR–Amex–2001–04 and should be

submitted by June 13, 2001.

IV. Commission’s Findings and Order

Granting Accelerated Approval of

Proposed Rule Change

After careful review, the Commission

finds that the proposed rule change, as

amended, is consistent with the

requirements of the Act and the rules

and regulations thereunder applicable to

a national securities exchange, and in

particular, the requirements of section

6(b)(5) of the Act.9 Specifically, the

Commission finds that the proposal to

provide an alternate eligibility criteria

for Component Securities received as

part of a distribution or as a result of a

merger, consolidation, corporate

combination or other event to remain in

the trust will prevent fraudulent and

manipulative acts and practices,

promote just and equitable principles of

trade, facilitate transactions in

securities, remove impediments to and

perfect the mechanism of a free and

open market and a national market

system and, in general, protect investors

and the public interest, and is not

designed to permit unfair

discrimination between customers,

issuers, brokers or dealers.10

The Amex has requested that the

proposed rule change be given

accelerated approval pursuant to section

19(b)(2) of the Act.11

The Commission finds good cause for

approving the proposed rule change

prior to the thirtieth day after the date

of publication of the notice of filing

thereof in the Federal Register pursuant

to section 19(b)(2).12 There are TIRs

currently listed and trading that have

adopted the revised distribution

provisions and such distributed or

exchange securities may have or will

shortly become Component Securities in

one or more trusts issuing TIRs.

Accordingly, the Commission finds that

it is consistent with section 6(b)(5) of

the Act 13 to approve the proposal on an

accelerated basis to accommodate such

possibility.

It Is Therefore Ordered, pursuant to

section 19(b)(2) of the Act,14 that the

proposed rule change (SR–Amex–2001–

04) and Amendment No. 1 are hereby

approved on an accelerated basis.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.15

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Small Business Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Reporting

Requirements Submitted for OMB

Review.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35), agencies are required to

submit proposed reporting and

recordkeeping requirements to OMB for

review and approval, and to publish a

notice in the Federal Register notifying

the public that the agency has made

such a submission.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

June 22, 2001. If you intend to comment

but cannot prepare comments promptly,

please advise the OMB Reviewer and

the Agency Clearance Officer before the

deadline.

Copies: Request for clearance (OMB

83–1), supporting statement, and other

documents submitted to OMB for

review may be obtained from the

Agency Clearance Officer.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments

concerning this notice to: Agency

Clearance Officer, Jacqueline White,

Small Business Administration, 409 3rd

Street, SW., 5th Floor, Washington, D.C.

20416; and OMB Reviewer, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

D.C. 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jacqueline White, Agency Clearance

Officer, (202) 205–7044.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Other funding under the SBDC

Umbrella.

No: 2186.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Description of Respondents: SBA

Business Development Centers.

Annual Responses: 58.

Annual Burden: 29.

Jacqueline White,

Chief, Administrative Information Branch.

[FR Doc. 01–13009 Filed 5–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Office of the Commissioner; Benefit

Adjustments Pursuant to Public Law

106–554

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Pub. L. 106–554 authorizes

Federal agencies to compensate

beneficiaries, to the extent practicable

and feasible, for any shortfall in benefits

that may have been caused by an error

that affected the Consumer PriceIndex

starting in 1999. This index, produced

by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the

Department of Labor, was slightly

understated for certain months in

1999.Pursuant to Pub. L. 106–554, the

Commissioner has determined that

some recipients of Social Security and

Supplemental Security Income benefits

did experience a shortfall in payments

in 2000 and 2001 due to the Consumer

PriceIndex error. This is because the

2.4-percent cost-of-living increase,

promulgated in the Federal Register on

October 25, 1999, would have been 2.5

percent in the absence of the 1999

Consumer Price Index error.

Accordingly, the Commissioner has

proposed, and the Office of Management

and Budget has approved, a plan for

making the appropriate compensation

payments under Pub. L. 106–554.By

August 1, 2001, we will make a onetime payment that compensates for the

entire shortfall experienced in months

prior to August 2001. Benefits paid in

August 2001 and later will be adjusted

as if the Consumer Price Index error had

not occurred. In this notice we are

announcing the appropriate bases and

formulas we will use to compute

benefits to be paid in August 2001 and

thereafter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeffrey L. Kunkel, Office of the Chief

Actuary,Social Security Administration,

6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21235, (410) 965–3013.