72434 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 232 / Monday, December 5, 2005 / Notices 

1Copies of the Minutes of the Federal Open 

Market Committee Meeting on November 1, 2005, 

which includes the domestic policy directive issued 

at the meeting, are available upon request to the 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 

Washington, DC 20551. The minutes are published 

in the Federal Reserve Bulletin and in the Board’s 

annual report. 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

Web site at http://www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than December 30, 

2005. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480-0291: 

1. BV Bancshares, Inc., Minneapolis, 

Minnesota; to become a bank holding 

company by acquiring 100 percent of 

the voting shares of Stonebridge Bank, 

Minneapolis, Minnesota, a de novo 

bank. 

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198-0001: 

1. United Bancorporation of 

Wyoming, Inc., Jackson, Wyoming; to 

acquire 100 percent of the voting shares 

of First National Bank Holding 

Company, Inc., and thereby indirectly 

acquire voting shares of First National 

Bank of Pinedale, both in Pinedale, 

Wyoming. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 30, 2005. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E5–6841 Filed 12–2–05; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Federal Open Market Committee; 

Domestic Policy Directive of November 

1, 2005 

In accordance with § 271.25 of its 

rules regarding availability of 

information (12 CFR part 271), there is 

set forth below the domestic policy 

directive issued by the Federal Open 

Market Committee at its meeting held 

on November 20, 2005.1

The Federal Open Market Committee 

seeks monetary and financial conditions 

that will foster price stability and 

promote sustainable growth in output. 

to further its long-run objectives, the 

Committee in the immediate future 

seeks conditions in reserve markets 

consistent with increasing the federal 

funds rate to an average of around 4 

percent. 

The vote encompassed approval of the 

paragraph below for inclusion in the 

statement to be released shortly after the 

meeting: 

The Committee perceives that, with 

appropriate monetary policy action, the 

upside and downside risks to the attainment 

of both sustainable growth and price stability 

should be kept roughly equal. With 

underlying inflation expected to be 

contained, the Committee believes that 

policy accommodation can be removed at a 

pace that is likely to be measured. 

Nonetheless, the Committee will respond to 

changes in economic prospects as needed to 

fulfill its obligation to maintain price 

stability. 

By order of the Federal Open Market 

Committee, November 28, 2005. 

Vincent R. Reinhart, 

Secretary, Federal Open Market Committee. 

[FR Doc. 05–23622 Filed 12–2–05; 8:45am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–0169; 60- 

day notice] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of a 

proposed collection for public 

comment. Interested persons are invited 

to send comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Regular Clearance, Extension 

of a currently approved collection. 

Title of Information Collection: 

Uniform Administrative Requirements 

for Grantors and Cooperative 

Agreements to State and Local 

Governments. 

Form/OMB No.: OS–0990–0169. 

Use: Pre-Award, Post-Award, and 

subsequent reporting and record 

keeping requirements are necessary to 

award, monitor, close out and manage 

grant programs, ensure minimum fiscal 

control and accountability for Federal 

funds and deter fraud, waste and abuse. 

Frequency: Reporting, on occasion. 

Affected Public: State, local or tribal 

government. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

4,000. 

Total Annual Responses: 4,000. 

Average Burden Per Response: 1 hour. 

Total Annual Hours: 280,000. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access the HHS Web 

site address at http://www.hhs.gov/ 

oirm/infocollect/pending/ or e-mail your 

request, including your address, phone 

number, OMB number, and OS 

document identifier, to 

naomi.cook@hhs.gov, or call the Reports 

Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be 

received within 60 days, and directed to 

the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at 

the following address: Department of 

Health and Human Services, Office of 

the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for 

Budget, Technology, and Finance, 

Office of Information and Resource 

Management, Attention: Naomi Cook 

(0990–0169), Room 531–H, 200 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20201. 

Dated: November 23, 2005. 

Robert E. Polson, 

Office of the Secretary, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E5–6809 Filed 12–2–05; 8:45 am] 

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