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25 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written 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 Web site viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549 on official 

business days between the hours of 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the Exchange. All comments 

received will be posted without change; 

the Commission does not edit personal 

identifying information from 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File Number SR– 

NASDAQ–2016–012, and should be 

submitted on or before March 10, 2016. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.25

Robert W. Errett, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03268 Filed 2–17–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No: SSA–2016–0003] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Request and 

Comment Request 

The Social Security Administration 

(SSA) publishes a list of information 

collection packages requiring clearance 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) in compliance with 

Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 

1, 1995. This notice includes revisions 

of OMB-approved information 

collections. 

SSA is soliciting comments on the 

accuracy of the agency’s burden 

estimate; the need for the information; 

its practical utility; ways to enhance its 

quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to 

minimize burden on respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. Mail, email, or 

fax your comments and 

recommendations on the information 

collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer 

and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at 

the following addresses or fax numbers. 

(OMB) 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax: 

202–395–6974, Email address: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

(SSA) 

Social Security Administration, 

OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance 

Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 

Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 

21235, Fax: 410–966–2830, Email 

address: OR.Reports.Clearance@

ssa.gov, 

Or you may submit your comments 

online through www.regulations.gov, 

referencing Docket ID Number [SSA– 

2016–0003]. 

I. The information collections below 

are pending at SSA. SSA will submit 

them to OMB within 60 days from the 

date of this notice. To be sure we 

consider your comments, we must 

receive them no later than April 18, 

2016. Individuals can obtain copies of 

the collection instruments by writing to 

the above email address. 

1. Request to be Selected as a Payee— 

20 CFR 404.2010–404.2055, 416.601– 

416.665—0960–0014. SSA requires an 

individual applying to be a 

representative payee for a Social 

Security beneficiary or Supplemental 

Security Income (SSI) recipient to 

complete Form SSA–11–BK. SSA 

obtains information from applicant 

payees regarding their relationship to 

the beneficiary; personal qualifications; 

concern for the beneficiary’s well-being; 

and intended use of benefits if 

appointed as payee. The respondents 

are individuals; private sector 

businesses and institutions; and State 

and local government institutions and 

agencies applying to become 

representative payees. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMB 

approved information collection. 

Individuals and Households (90%): 

Modality of completion Number of 

responses 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

Representative Payee System (RPS) ............................................................. 1,438,200 1 11 263,670 

Paper Version .................................................................................................. 91,800 1 11 16,830 

Total .......................................................................................................... 1,530,000 ........................ ........................ 280,500 

Private Sector (9%): 

Modality of completion Number of 

responses 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

Representative Payee System (RPS) ............................................................. 149,940 1 11 27,489 

Paper Version .................................................................................................. 3,060 1 11 561 

Total .......................................................................................................... 153,000 ........................ ........................ 28,050 

State/Local/Tribal Government (1%): 

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Modality of completion Number of 

responses 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

Representative Payee System (RPS) ............................................................. 16,660 1 11 3,054 

Paper Version .................................................................................................. 340 1 11 62 

Total .......................................................................................................... 17,000 ........................ ........................ 3,116 

Grand Total ....................................................................................... 1,700,000 ........................ ........................ 311,666 

2. Application for Benefits Under the 

Italy-U.S. International Social Security 

Agreement—20 CFR 404.1925—0960– 

0445. As per the November 1, 1978 

agreement between the United States 

and Italian Social Security agencies, 

residents of Italy filing an application 

for U.S. Social Security benefits directly 

with one of the Italian Social Security 

agencies must complete Form SSA– 

2528. SSA uses Form SSA–2528 to 

establish age, relationship, citizenship, 

marriage, death, military service, or to 

evaluate a family bible or other family 

record when determining eligibility for 

benefits. The Italian Social Security 

agencies assist applicants in completing 

Form SSA–2528, and then forward the 

application to SSA for processing. The 

respondents are individuals living in 

Italy who wish to file for U.S. Social 

Security benefits. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

responses 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

SSA–2528 ........................................................................................................ 300 1 20 100 

3. Child Care Dropout 

Questionnaire—20 CFR 404.211(e)(4)— 

0960–0474. If individuals applying for 

Title II disability benefits care for their 

own or their spouse’s children under 

age 3, and have no steady earnings 

during the time they care for those 

children, they may exclude that period 

of care from the disability computation 

period. We call this the child-care 

dropout exclusion. SSA uses the 

information from Form SSA–4162 to 

determine if an individual qualifies for 

this exclusion. Respondents are 

applicants for Title II disability benefits. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

responses 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

SSA–4162 ........................................................................................................ 2,000 1 5 167 

4. Certification of Contents of 

Document(s) or Record(s)—20 CFR 

404.715—0960–0689. SSA established 

procedures for individuals to provide 

the evidence necessary to establish their 

rights to Social Security benefits. 

Examples of such evidence categories 

include age, relationship, citizenship, 

marriage, death, and military service. 

Form SSA–704 allows SSA employees; 

State record custodians; and other 

custodians of evidentiary documents to 

certify and record information from 

original documents and records under 

their custodial ownership to establish 

these types of evidence. SSA uses Form 

SSA–704 in situations where 

individuals cannot produce the original 

evidentiary documentation required to 

establish benefits eligibility. The 

respondents are State record custodians 

and other custodians of evidentiary 

documents. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

responses 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

SSA–704 .......................................................................................................... 176 1 10 29 

5. Supplemental Security Income 

Wage Reporting (Telephone and 

Mobile)—20 CFR 416.701–732—0960– 

0715. SSA requires SSI recipients to 

report changes which could affect their 

eligibility for, and the amount of, their 

SSI payments, such as changes in 

income, resources, and living 

arrangements. SSA’s SSI Telephone 

Wage Reporting (SSITWR) and SSI 

Mobile Wage Reporting (SSIMWR) 

enable SSI recipients to meet these 

requirements via an automated 

mechanism to report their monthly 

wages by telephone and mobile 

application, instead of contacting their 

local field offices. The SSITWR allows 

callers to report their wages by speaking 

their responses through voice 

recognition technology, or by keying in 

responses using a telephone key pad. 

The SSIMWR allows recipients to report 

their wages through the mobile wage 

reporting application on their 

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smartphone. SSITWR and SSIMWR 

systems collect the same information 

and send it to SSA over secure 

channels. To ensure the security of the 

information provided, SSITWR and 

SSIMWR ask respondents to provide 

information SSA can compare against 

our records for authentication purposes. 

Once the system authenticates the 

identity of the respondents, they can 

report their wage data. The respondents 

are SSI recipients, deemors, or their 

representative payees. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

responses 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

Training/Instruction* ......................................................................................... 79,000 1 35 46,083 

SSITWR ........................................................................................................... 37,000 12 5 37,000 

SSIMWR .......................................................................................................... 42,000 12 3 25,200 

Total .......................................................................................................... 79,000 ........................ ........................ 108,283 

* The same 79,000 respondents complete the training as well as one modality of collection, therefore the actual total number of respondents 

remains 79,000. 

II. SSA submitted the information 

collections below to OMB for clearance. 

Your comments regarding the 

information collections would be most 

useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 

days from the date of this publication. 

To be sure we consider your comments, 

we must receive them no later than 

March 21, 2016. Individuals can obtain 

copies of the OMB clearance packages 

by writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@

ssa.gov. 

1. Application for Widow’s or 

Widower’s Insurance Benefits—20 CFR 

404.335–404.338, & 404.603—0960– 

0004. Section 2029(e) and 202(f) of the 

Social Security Act (Act) set forth the 

requirements for entitlement to 

widow(er)’s benefits, including the 

requirements to file an application. For 

SSA to make a formal determination for 

entitlement to widow(er)’s benefits, we 

use the Form SSA–10–BK to determine 

whether an applicant meets the 

statutory and regulatory conditions for 

entitlement to widow(er)’s Title II 

benefits. SSA employees interview 

individuals applying for benefits either 

face-to-face or via telephone and enter 

the information on the paper form or 

into the Modernized Claims System 

(MCS). The respondents are applicants 

for widow(er)’s benefits. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

responses 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

SSA–10–BK paper version .............................................................................. 2,045 1 15 511 

SSA–10–BK MCS version ............................................................................... 453,509 1 14 105,819 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 455,554 ........................ ........................ 106,330 

2. Employer Verification of Records 

for Children Under Age Seven—20 CFR 

404.801–404.803, 404.821–404.822— 

0960–0505. SSA discovered as many as 

70 percent of the wage reports we 

receive for children under age seven are 

actually the earnings of someone other 

than the child. To ensure we credit the 

correct person with the reported 

earnings, SSA verifies wage reports for 

children under age seven with the 

children’s employers before posting to 

the earnings record. SSA uses Form 

SSA–L3231–C1, Request for Employer 

Information, for this purpose. The 

respondents are employers who report 

earnings for children under age seven. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

responses 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

SSA–L3231–C1 ............................................................................................... 20,000 1 10 3,333 

3. Wage Reports and Pension 

Information—20 CFR 422.122(b)—0960– 

0547. Pension plan administrators 

annually file plan information with the 

Internal Revenue Service, which then 

forwards the information to SSA. SSA 

maintains and organizes this 

information by plan number, plan 

participant’s name, and Social Security 

number. Under section 1131(a) of the 

Act, pension plan participants are 

entitled to request this information from 

SSA. The Wage Reports and Pension 

Information regulation, under 20 CFR 

422.122(b) of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, stipulates that before SSA 

disseminates this information, the 

requestor must first submit a written 

request with identifying information to 

SSA. The respondents are requestors of 

pension plan information. 

This is a correction notice: SSA 

published the incorrect burden, 

information for this collection at 80 FR 

75484, on 12/2/15. We are correcting 

this error here. 

Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection. 

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Modality of completion Number of responses 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

Requests for pension plan information ............................................................ 580 1 30 290 

Dated: February 12, 2016. 

Naomi R. Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03380 Filed 2–17–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 9449] 

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public 

Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting 

The U.S. Advisory Commission on 

Public Diplomacy will hold a public 

meeting from 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 

a.m., Tuesday, March 8, 2016 in Room 

106 of the Dirksen Senate Office 

Building, at the corner of First Street 

and Constitution Ave. NE., Washington, 

DC 20002. 

The meeting’s topic will be 

‘‘Reassessing Global Countering Violent 

Extremism Strategy’’ and will feature 

the head of the new Global Engagement 

Center at the U.S. Department of State. 

Other representatives from the State 

Department will be in attendance. 

This meeting is open to the public, 

members and staff of Congress, the State 

Department, Defense Department, the 

media, and other governmental and 

non-governmental organizations. To 

attend and make any requests for 

reasonable accommodation, email 

pdcommission@state.gov by 5 p.m. on 

Thursday, March 3, 2016. Please arrive 

for the meeting by 9:45 a.m. to allow for 

a prompt meeting start. 

The United States Advisory 

Commission on Public Diplomacy 

appraises U.S. Government activities 

intended to understand, inform, and 

influence foreign publics. The Advisory 

Commission may conduct studies, 

inquiries, and meetings, as it deems 

necessary. It may assemble and 

disseminate information and issue 

reports and other publications, subject 

to the approval of the Chairperson, in 

consultation with the Executive 

Director. The Advisory Commission 

may undertake foreign travel in pursuit 

of its studies and coordinate, sponsor, or 

oversee projects, studies, events, or 

other activities that it deems desirable 

and necessary in fulfilling its functions. 

The Commission consists of seven 

members appointed by the President, by 

and with the advice and consent of the 

Senate. The members of the 

Commission represent the public 

interest and are selected from a cross 

section of educational, communications, 

cultural, scientific, technical, public 

service, labor, business, and 

professional backgrounds. Not more 

than four members are from any one 

political party. The President designates 

a member to chair the Commission. 

The current members of the 

Commission are: Mr. William Hybl of 

Colorado, Chairman; Ambassador 

Lyndon Olson of Texas, Vice Chairman; 

Mr. Sim Farar of California, Vice 

Chairman; Ambassador Penne KorthPeacock of Texas; Ms. Lezlee Westine of 

Virginia; and Anne Terman Wedner of 

Illinois. One seat on the Commission is 

currently vacant. 

To request further information about 

the meeting or the U.S. Advisory 

Commission on Public Diplomacy, you 

may contact its Executive Director, 

Katherine Brown, at BrownKA4@

state.gov. 

Dated: February 4, 2016. 

Katherine Brown, 

Executive Director, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03374 Filed 2–17–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–45–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Delegation of Authority 250–1: Further 

Assignment of Functions Under the 

Bipartisan Congressional Trade 

Priorities and Accountability Act of 

2015 (the ‘‘Act’’) to Other Departments 

and Agencies of the Executive Branch 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Further assignment of functions. 

SUMMARY: The Act specifically granted 

the President certain authorities and 

assigned the President certain functions 

related to agreements covered by the 

Act’s provisions. In Executive Order No. 

13701, the President assigned certain of 

these functions to the Secretary of State 

and provided guidance for performing 

those functions, including the further 

assignment of functions to officers of 

any other department or agency within 

the Executive Branch. This notice 

informs the public of the Secretary of 

State’s further assignment of certain 

functions. This notice does not create 

any right or benefit, substantive or 

procedural, enforceable at law or equity 

by a party against the United States, its 

departments, agencies, instrumentalities 

or entities, its officers or employees, or 

any other person. 

DATES: These actions were effective on 

the signature date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tiffany Prather, PratherTA@state.gov; 

Tel: (202) 647–4548. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Further Assignment of Functions 

Pursuant to section 1(c)(i) of 

Executive Order No. 13701, the 

Secretary of State hereby, as set forth 

below, further assigns certain functions 

of the Secretary of State under the 

Order. Departments and agencies shall 

carry out those functions in a manner 

that is supportive of agreements subject 

to the Act. 

The functions of the President under 

section 102(c)(2) of the Act with respect 

to establishing consultative mechanisms 

assigned to the Secretary of State are 

further assigned to the United States 

Trade Representative, and shall be 

carried out jointly by the Secretary of 

State and the United States Trade 

Representative. Such consultative 

mechanisms are those established 

through trade agreements subject to the 

Act. This further assignment is without 

prejudice to the Secretary of State’s 

responsibility for coordinating the 

operation of such mechanisms and 

obtaining the advice and assistance of 

any other agency as necessary and 

appropriate. 

Dated: February 11, 2016. 

John Kerry, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03376 Filed 2–17–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 4)] 

Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures— 

Productivity Adjustment 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Proposed Railroad Cost 

Recovery Procedures Productivity 

Adjustment. 

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