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affordable for low- and middle- income 

families? 

5. Do prepaid tuition plans assess a 

reasonable premium in exchange for 

reducing participant risks with respect 

to investment returns and increases in 

the cost of attending college? 

Alan B. Krueger, 

Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Suspicious Activity Report 

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection request (ICR) described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OTS 

is soliciting public comments on the 

proposal. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before August 27, 2009. A copy of this 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, can be obtained from 

RegInfo.gov at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to OMB and 

OTS at these addresses: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Desk Officer for OTS, U.S. 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to 

(202) 395–6974; and Information 

Collection Comments, Chief Counsel’s 

Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552, by fax to (202) 906–6518, or by 

e-mail to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet Site at 

http://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To 

make an appointment, call (202) 906– 

5922, send an e-mail to 

public.info@ots.treas.gov, or send a 

facsimile transmission to (202) 906– 

7755. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to obtain a copy 

of the submission to OMB, please 

contact Ira L. Mills at, 

ira.mills@ots.treas.gov (202) 906–6531, 

or facsimile number (202) 906–6518, 

Regulations and Legislation Division, 

Chief Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may 

not conduct or sponsor an information 

collection, and respondents are not 

required to respond to an information 

collection, unless the information 

collection displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. As part of the 

approval process, we invite comments 

on the following information collection. 

Title of Proposal: Suspicious Activity 

Report. 

OMB Number: 1550–0003. 

Form Number: 1601. 

Description: OTS and the bank 

regulators, including the Board, adopted 

the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) in 

1996 to simplify the process through 

which depository institutions (‘‘banks’’) 

inform their regulators and law 

enforcement about suspected criminal 

activity. The SAR was updated in 1999 

and again in 2003. 

In 1992, the Treasury Department was 

granted broad authority to require 

suspicious transaction reporting under 

the Bank Secrecy Act. See 31 U.S.C. 

5318(g). The Department of the 

Treasury’s Financial Crimes 

Enforcement Network, which has been 

delegated authority to administer the 

Bank Secrecy Act, joined with the bank 

regulators in 1996 in requiring, on a 

consolidated form (the SAR form), 

reports of suspicious transactions. See 

31 CFR 103.18(a). 

The filing of SARs is necessary to 

prevent and detect the laundering of 

money and other funds at banks. 

Banks are required to retain a copy of 

any SAR filed and supporting 

documentation for the filing of the SAR 

for five years. See 31 CFR 103.18(d), 31 

CFR 103.38 and 12 CFR 563.180(d)(6). 

These documents are necessary for 

criminal investigations and 

prosecutions. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

804. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

58,821. 

Estimated Burden Hours per 

Response: 1 hour for the report; 1.8 

hours for retention. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: On 

occasion. 

Estimated Total Burden: 164,698 

hours. 

Clearance Officer: Ira L. Mills, (202) 

906–6531, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552. 

Dated: July 21, 2009. 

Deborah Dakin, 

Acting Chief Counsel, Office of Thrift 

Supervision. 

[FR Doc. E9–17846 Filed 7–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6720–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Disability 

Compensation; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92– 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Advisory Committee on 

Disability Compensation will meet on 

August 10–11, 2009, in the Carlton 

Ballroom at the St. Regis Washington 

DC, 923 16th and K Streets, NW., from 

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on the maintenance and periodic 

readjustment of the VA Schedule for 

Rating Disabilities. The Committee is to 

assemble and review relevant 

information relating to the nature and 

character of disabilities arising from 

service in the Armed Forces, provide an 

ongoing assessment of the effectiveness 

of the rating schedule and give advice 

on the most appropriate means of 

responding to the needs of veterans 

relating to disability compensation. 

On August 10 and the morning of 

August 11, the Committee will receive 

briefings about studies on compensation 

for Veterans with service-connected 

disabilities and other Veteran benefits 

programs. On the afternoon of August 

11, the Committee will break into 

subcommittees to prepare 

recommendations. Time will also be 

allocated during the afternoon of August 

11 for receiving public comments. 

Public comments will be limited to 

three minutes each. Individuals wishing 

to make oral statements before the 

Committee will be accommodated on a 

first-come, first-served basis. 

Individuals who speak are invited to 

submit 1–2 page summaries of their 

comments at the time of the meeting for 

inclusion in the official meeting record. 

The public may submit written 

statements for the Committee’s review 

to Ms. Ersie Farber, Designated Federal 

Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs, 

Veterans Benefits Administration 

(211A), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420. Any member of 

the public wishing to attend the meeting 

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