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20See id. 

21See id. at 41078. 

22See id. See also Section 907.00 of the NYSE 

Listed Company Manual and Nasdaq Rule IM– 

5900–7. 

23 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(8). 

24 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

25 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2) and (f)(4). 

5Each capitalized term not otherwise defined 

herein has its respective meaning as set forth in the 

Rules, By-Laws and Organization Certificate of DTC 

(the ‘‘DTC Rules’’), available at http://

www.dtcc.com/legal/rules-and-procedures.aspx and 

the DTC Distributions Service Guide (‘‘Distributions 

Guide’’), available at http://www.dtcc.com/∼/ 

media/Files/Downloads/legal/service-guides/ 

Service%20Guide%20Distributions.pdf. 

6The Distributions Service includes DTC’s 

announcement, collection, allocation and reporting 

of dividend, interest and certain principal payments 

on behalf of Participants holding Securities at DTC. 

See Distributions Guide, supra note 1 at 9. 

7 Distribution Events covered by Announcements 

include cash dividends, interest, principal, capital 

gains, sale of rights on American depositary 

receipts, return of capital, dividend with option, 

stock splits, stock dividends, automatic dividend 

reinvestments, spinoffs, rights distributions, pay in 

kind, and liquidation. Distributions Guide, supra 

note 1 at 12. 

8Available at http://www.dtcc.comn/media/Files/ 

Downloads/legal/fee-guides/dtcfeeguide.pdf?la=en. 

9See Distributions Guide, supra note 5 at 9. 

10The Record Date is the date set by an issuer of 

a security by which an investor must own the 

security in order to be eligible to receive an 

upcoming distribution. 

11See Distributions Guide, supra note 5 at 11–13. 

services as a condition to listing.20 The 

Commission believes that these 

representations should additionally 

help to ensure that individual listed 

companies are not given specially 

negotiated deals, through Exchange 

subsidized discounts on products and 

services from third-party vendors, to list 

or remain listed that would raise unfair 

discrimination issues under the Act . 

The Commission believes that the 

Exchange is responding to competitive 

pressures in the market for listings in 

making this proposal. Specifically, the 

Exchange stated in its proposal that it 

expects to face competition as a new 

entrant in the market for exchange 

listings and that it believes the 

complimentary products and services 

that it offers to listed companies will 

facilitate its ability to attract and retain 

listings.21 In particular, the Exchange 

states that it expects to face significant 

competition from the New York Stock 

Exchange (‘‘NYSE’’) and the Nasdaq 

Stock Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’) for 

listings, both of which offer 

complimentary products and services to 

listed companies.22 Accordingly, the 

Commission believes that the proposed 

rule reflects the current competitive 

environment for exchange listings 

among national securities exchanges, 

and is appropriate and consistent with 

Section 6(b)(8) of the Act.23

IV. Conclusion 

It is therefore ordered, pursuant to 

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,24 that the 

proposed rule change (SR–IEX–2017– 

20), be, and hereby is, approved. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.25

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22644 Filed 10–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–81871; File No. SR–DTC– 

2017–018] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The 

Depository Trust Company; Notice of 

Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of 

Proposed Rule Change To Amend the 

DTC Distributions Guide Relating to 

Announcements and Tax Treatment of 

Certain Corporate Action Events and 

To Amend the DTC Fee Schedule 

October 13, 2017. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on October 

2, 2017, The Depository Trust Company 

(‘‘DTC’’) filed with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) 

the proposed rule change as described 

in Items I, II and III below, which Items 

have been prepared by the clearing 

agency. DTC filed the proposed rule 

change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) 

of the Act 3 and Rules 19b–4(f)(2) and 

(f)(4) thereunder.4 The Commission is 

publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the proposed rule change 

from interested persons. 

I. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the 

Terms of Substance of the Proposed 

Rule Change 

The proposed rule change 5 would (i) 

revise the Distributions Guide to (A) 

enhance the DTC Announcements 

feature (‘‘Announcements’’) within the 

DTC Distributions Service 

(‘‘Distributions Service’’) 6 by adding 

new corporate action events that do not 

involve the payment of funds or 

distribution of Securities through DTC, 

but which may result in a taxable event 

for holders (‘‘Tax Event’’), as a type of 

distribution covered by Announcements 

(‘‘Distribution Event’’) 7 and (B) make 

technical and conforming changes 

relating to U.S. tax withholding and 

information reporting performed by 

DTC with respect to Tax Events; and (ii) 

add a fee relating to the announcement 

of Tax Events (‘‘New Fee’’) to the DTC 

Fee Schedule (‘‘Fee Schedule’’),8 as 

discussed below. 

II. Clearing Agency’s Statement of the 

Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the 

Proposed Rule Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

clearing agency included statements 

concerning the purpose of and basis for 

the proposed rule change and discussed 

any comments it received on the 

proposed rule change. The text of these 

statements may be examined at the 

places specified in Item IV below. The 

clearing agency has prepared 

summaries, set forth in sections A, B, 

and C below, of the most significant 

aspects of such statements. 

(A) Clearing Agency’s Statement of the 

Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the 

Proposed Rule Change 

1. Purpose 

The proposed rule change would (i) 

revise the Distributions Guide to (A) 

enhance Announcements by adding Tax 

Events as a Distribution Event and (B) 

make technical and conforming changes 

relating to U.S. tax withholding and 

information reporting performed by 

DTC with respect to Tax Events; and (ii) 

add the New Fee to the Fee Schedule, 

as discussed below. 

A. Distributions Service 

Announcements Feature 

The Distributions Service includes the 

announcement, collection, allocation 

and reporting by DTC, on behalf of its 

Participants, of dividend, interest and 

principal payments for Eligible 

Securities held by Participants at DTC. 

This centralized processing provides 

efficiency for Participants for their 

receipt of (i) payment information and 

(ii) payments on Distribution Events, 

from multiple issuers and agents.9 In 

this regard, Announcements provides 

Participants with information pertaining 

to their record date (‘‘Record Date’’) 10

positions for Distribution Events.11 This 


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12The Payable Date is a date established by an 

issuer on which a distribution to holders will be 

paid by the issuer. 

13 26 U.S.C. 305(c). 

14Under Section 305(c), a change in the 

conversion ratio or conversion price or a similar 

transaction is treated ‘‘as a distribution [by the 

issuer] with respect to any shareholder whose 

proportionate interest in the earnings and profits or 

assets of the corporation is increased by such 

change.’’ Id. 

15Such a convertible debt Security provides for 

a Conversion Rate Adjustment so that the 

conversion rate is changed if a distribution is made 

on the issuer’s common stock. Generally, the 

primary purpose of a Convertible Rate Adjustment 

is to prevent the holder of a convertible debt 

Security from being diluted upon a distribution to 

the shareholders by adjusting the conversion rate on 

the stock to increase the number of shares that the 

debt holder can obtain in a conversion of the bond 

to shares of the issuer. 

16Such a distribution based on dividend 

payments made to common shareholders will be 

considered to be deemed distribution to 

bondholders even before the bondholders convert 

the debt to equity. 

17Supra note 14. 

18 IRS–2016–0016–0001. 81 FR 21795 (April 13, 

2016) (REG–133673–15). 

19 In connection with their use of DTC’s services, 

Participants must comply with all applicable laws, 

including, but not limited to all applicable laws 

relating to taxation. See Rule 2, Section 8, supra 

note 5. 

20See Distributions Guide, supra note 5 at 32. 

21 Id. at 34, 36, and 37 

22 15 U.S.C. 78q–1(b)(3)(D). 

23 15 U.S.C. 78q–1(b)(3)(F). 

24Supra note 22. 

information facilitates Participants’ 

ability to reconcile their records with 

DTC before the payable date (‘‘Payable 

Date’’).12

B. Internal Revenue Code Section 305(c) 

Section 305(c) of the Internal Revenue 

Code 13 (‘‘Section 305(c)’’) states that 

holders of convertible securities may be 

deemed to have received a dividend 

because of a corporate action on 

common stock into which the 

convertible security may be converted.14

In the most frequent scenario relevant 

to Distribution Events, an issuer that 

pays a cash dividend to its shareholders 

may trigger an increase to the 

conversion rate (‘‘Convertible Rate 

Adjustment’’) 15 on a convertible debt 

Security. Under Section 305(c), this 

Convertible Rate Adjustment is 

considered as a deemed distribution.16

This deemed distribution under Section 

305(c) 17 may be subject to tax reporting 

by Participants, and if the convertible 

debt Securities are held by non-U.S. 

persons, the appropriate tax 

withholding. 

In April 2016, the U.S. Treasury 

released proposed regulations to 

provide guidance to financial 

institutions regarding their withholding 

and reporting obligations.18 The 

regulations also require issuers of 

convertible securities to provide the 

amount and the timing of deemed 

distributions under Section 305(c) to the 

holders of convertible securities, i.e., 

DTC. Despite this reporting 

requirement, holders may not be 

directly informed of changes that have 

occurred in the instrument’s conversion 

ratio or the amount of the resulting 

‘‘deemed’’ distribution that may result 

in a tax withholding obligation for them. 

A lack of information relating to these 

deemed distributions and other Tax 

Events may affect Participants’ ability to 

comply with applicable Federal tax 

withholding requirements and 

applicable DTC Rules requirements 

relating to the use of DTC services.19

C. Proposed Enhancement to 

Announcements Feature 

Pursuant to the proposed rule change, 

in order to facilitate Participants’ ability 

to comply with the requirements 

described above, DTC would revise the 

Distributions Guide to allow it to source 

information on Section 305(c) deemed 

distributions and other Tax Events for 

Securities on Deposit at DTC directly 

from issuers, and then provide the Tax 

Event information to Participants. DTC 

would distribute the Tax Event 

information for a deemed distribution in 

the same standardized manner that DTC 

uses to announce distributions. In this 

regard, DTC would revise the text of the 

Distributions Guide to (i) add Tax 

Events as a Distribution Event covered 

by the functionality described in the 

Distributions Guide and (ii) add a new 

section titled ‘‘Tax Event 

Announcements’’ to (a) describe and 

define Tax Events and Tax Event 

Announcements and (b) describe the 

systemic data fields (‘‘Fields’’) that DTC 

would use to provide relevant Tax Event 

information for a Security to 

Participants, including: (1) ‘‘Event 

Type’’ to be shown as ‘‘Tax Event,’’ (2) 

‘‘Sub Event Type,’’ which would be 

used to classify the type of Tax Event, 

(3) Payable Date, (4) Record Date, (5) 

‘‘Cash Rate,’’ to provide the amount of 

the deemed distribution, and (6) 

‘‘Comments,’’ which would be used to 

provide any other pertinent information 

regarding the Tax Event. 

D. Proposed New Fee 

Pursuant to the Fee Schedule, DTC 

charges fees to Participants for the 

processing of corporate action events. 

Fees are established to offset the cost of 

processing all aspects of the applicable 

corporate action event, including the 

announcement processing, the actual 

processing of payments, and bookentries associated with the corporate 

action. Pursuant to the proposed rule 

change, the Fee Schedule would be 

revised so that a Participant that holds 

Securities subject to a Tax Event would 

be charged flat fee of $40 per 

announcement. The proposed New Fee 

would align DTC’s revenue with costs 

for retrieving Tax Event information 

from issuers and announcing that 

information to Participants, as 

proposed. The New Fee would be added 

to the Fee Schedule underneath the 

heading for U.S. Tax Withholding, 

which is a feature of the Distributions 

Service, for reference purposes so that it 

would be located on the Fee Schedule 

in the same place as other fees charged 

for tax-related processing performed by 

DTC. 

E. Processing of Tax Withholding and 

Information Reporting 

DTC performs adjustments for 

entitlement and allocation activity that 

is outside of traditional pay date 

allocations. This includes activity 

tracking for stock loans, repos, and due 

bill fail tracking.20 With respect to tax 

treatment of such adjustments, currently 

the text of the Distributions Guide refers 

to DTC’s performance of U.S. tax 

withholding and information reporting 

for credit adjustments that occur with 

respect to Participant positions in their 

DTC accounts.21 The proposed rule 

change would modify the applicable 

text with respect to the tax treatment 

described within the Due Bill Fail 

Tracking System, Stock Loan Income 

Tracking System and Repurchase 

Agreement (REPO) Tracking System 

subsections of the Adjustments Section 

of the Distributions Guide, to state that 

such withholding and reporting would 

also be performed related to Tax Events. 

F. Implementation Timeframe 

The proposed rule change would be 

implemented on October 2, 2017. 

2. Statutory Basis 

DTC believes that the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the 

requirements of the Act, and the rules 

and regulations thereunder applicable to 

DTC, in particular Sections 

17A(b)(3)(D) 22 and 17A(b)(3)(F) 23 of the 

Act. 

Section 17A(b)(3)(D) of the Act 24

requires that the rules of the clearing 

agency provide for the equitable 

allocation of reasonable dues, fees, and 

other charges among its participants. 

DTC believes that the proposed New Fee 

would be equitably allocated among 

Participants because each Participant 

holding Securities subject to Tax Events 

would be charged the same New Fee 


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25Supra note 23. 

26 15 U.S.C. 78q–1(b)(3)(F). 

27See supra note 19. 

28Supra note 23. 

29 15 U.S.C. 78q–1(b)(3)(F). 

30 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

31 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f). 

amount per Announcement. DTC 

believes that the proposed New Fee 

would be reasonable because it would 

allow DTC to align its revenue with its 

costs of providing important Tax Event 

information through Announcements to 

Participants, which information is 

needed by them to facilitate their 

compliance with applicable tax 

withholding obligations, as described 

above. Therefore, DTC believes that the 

proposed rule change is consistent with 

Section 17A(b)(3)(D) of the Act, cited 

above. 

Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act 25

requires, inter alia, that the rules of the 

clearing agency be designed to promote 

the prompt and accurate clearance and 

settlement of securities transactions.26

As described above, the proposed rule 

change would enhance the Distributions 

Service to include the distribution of 

Announcements for Tax Events to 

Participants. As described above, by 

providing for the distribution of Tax 

Event information to Participants, the 

proposed rule change would facilitate 

Participants’ ability to comply with 

their Federal tax withholding 

obligations. This would further facilitate 

Participant’s ability to continue to 

maintain Eligible Securities subject to 

Tax Events on Deposit at DTC and make 

use of DTC’s book-entry transfer and 

settlement services with respect to those 

Securities, in accordance with DTC 

Rules requirements relating to the use of 

DTC services by Participants.27

Therefore, by facilitating Participant’s 

ability to continue to use DTC’s bookentry transfer and settlement services at 

DTC with respect to Eligible Securities 

that are subject to Tax Events, the 

proposed rule change would promote 

the prompt and accurate clearance and 

settlement of securities transactions, 

consistent with the requirements of the 

Act, in particular Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of 

the Act, cited above. 

Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act 28

requires, inter alia, that the rules of the 

clearing agency be designed to promote 

the prompt and accurate clearance and 

settlement of securities transactions.29

As described above, the proposed rule 

change would enhance the Distributions 

Service to include the distribution of 

Announcements for Tax Events to 

Participants. As described above, by 

providing for the distribution of Tax 

Event information to Participants, the 

proposed rule change would facilitate 

Participants’ ability to comply with 

their Federal tax withholding 

obligations. This would further facilitate 

Participant’s ability to continue to 

maintain Eligible Securities subject to 

Tax Events on Deposit at DTC and make 

use of DTC’s book-entry transfer and 

settlement services with respect to those 

Securities. Therefore, by facilitating 

Participant’s ability use DTC’s bookentry transfer and settlement services at 

DTC with respect to Eligible Securities 

that are subject to Tax Events, the 

proposed rule change would promote 

the prompt and accurate clearance and 

settlement of securities transactions, 

consistent with the requirements of the 

Act, in particular Section 17A(b)(3)(F) of 

the Act, cited above. 

(B) Clearing Agency’s Statement on 

Burden on Competition 

DTC does not believe that the 

proposed rule change proposing to 

amend the Distributions Guide to 

provide for the announcement of Tax 

Events would have any impact, or 

impose any burden, on competition, 

because the information that would be 

provided to Participants in this regard is 

necessary for Participants to receive in 

order to be able to accurately perform 

tax accounting for their positions held at 

DTC, and maintain compliance with 

their tax withholding requirements, as 

described above. The addition of the 

New Fee could have an impact on 

competition because only those 

Participants that hold Securities subject 

to Tax Events would be charged the 

New Fee. To the extent the proposed 

rule change to add the New Fee to the 

Fee Schedule would provide for a 

burden on competition, DTC believes it 

would be necessary and appropriate 

under the Act because the New Fee is 

required to cover the cost of providing 

the Tax Event information to 

Participants, which information is 

necessary for Participants to receive in 

order to facilitate their compliance with 

their tax withholding obligations. 

(C) Clearing Agency’s Statement on 

Comments on the Proposed Rule 

Change Received From Members, 

Participants, or Others 

DTC has not received or solicited any 

written comments relating to this 

proposal. DTC will notify the 

Commission of any written comments 

received by DTC. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change, and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing rule change has become 

effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) 

of the Act 30 and paragraph (f) of Rule 

19b–4 thereunder.31 At any time within 

60 days of the filing of the proposed rule 

change, the Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number 

SR–DTC–2017–018 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–DTC–2017–018. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

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 the 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of DTC and on DTCC’s Web site 

(http://dtcc.com/legal/sec-rulefilings.aspx). All comments received 

will be posted without change; the 


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32 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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–DTC– 

2017–018 and should be submitted on 

or before November 9, 2017. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.32

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22643 Filed 10–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #15352 and #15353; 

California Disaster Number CA–00279] 

Presidential Declaration of a Major 

Disaster for the State of California 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of California 

(FEMA–4344–DR), dated 10/12/2017. 

Incident: Wildfires. 

Incident Period: 10/08/2017 and 

continuing. 

DATES: Issued on 10/12/2017. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 12/11/2017. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 07/12/2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

A. Escobar, Office of Disaster 

Assistance, U.S. Small Business 

Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., 

Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, 

(202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

10/12/2017, applications for disaster 

loans may be filed at the address listed 

above or other locally announced 

locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties (Physical Damage and 

Economic Injury Loans): Sonoma 

Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury 

Loans Only): 

California: Lake, Marin, Mendocino, 

Napa, Solano. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners With Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 3.500 

Homeowners Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 1.750 

Businesses With Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 6.610 

Businesses Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 3.305 

Non-Profit Organizations With 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 2.500 

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.500 

For Economic Injury: 

Businesses & Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 3.305 

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 2.500 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 153525 and for 

economic injury is 153530. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Rafaela Monchek, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22673 Filed 10–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10175] 

Foreign Affairs Policy Board Charter 

Renewal 

In accordance with the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App., the Department of State 

announces the Charter of the Foreign 

Affairs Policy Board, established July 

2011, was renewed for a two year 

period. The Board is established under 

the general authority of the Secretary of 

State and the Department of State set 

forth in title 22 of the United States 

Code, in particular Section 2656 of that 

Title, and consistent with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 

U.S.C., Appendix). The Foreign Affairs 

Policy Board was established to provide 

the Secretary of State, the Deputy 

Secretary of State, and the Director of 

Policy Planning with independent, 

informed advice and opinions 

concerning matters of U.S. foreign 

policy. It is comprised of twenty-five 

distinguished U.S. citizens from the 

private sector, nongovernmental 

organizations, think tanks, and 

academia. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adam Lusin, 202–647–0724, 

LusinAW2@state.gov. 

Dated: July 17, 2017. 

Adam W. Lusin, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received for publication by the Office of the 

Federal Register on October 16, 2017. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22675 Filed 10–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Thirty Seventh RTCA SC–216 

Aeronautical Systems Security Plenary 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Thirty Seventh RTCA SC–216 

Aeronautical Systems Security Plenary. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

Thirty Seventh RTCA SC–216 Plenary. 

This is a subcommittee to RTCA. 

DATES: This meeting will be held 

December 11–15, 2017 09:00 a.m.–5:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: 

Embraer Engineering and Technology 

Center, 1400 General Aviation Drive, 

Melbourne, Florida 32935. Preregistration is required. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karan Hofmann at khofmann@rtca.org 

or 202–330–0680, or The RTCA 

Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 

910, Washington, DC, 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 

833–9434, or Web site at http://

www.rtca.org. Registration is required 

and seating is limited. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of the Thirty 

Seventh RTCA SC–216 Plenary. The 

agenda will include the following: 

Monday, December 11, 2017—9:00 

a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

1. Welcome and Administrative 

Remarks 

2. Introductions 

3. Agenda Review 

4. Meeting-Minutes Review 

5. Review Joint Action List 

6. Continuation of Plenary or Working 

Group Sessions 

Tuesday, December 12, 2017—9:00 

a.m.–5:00 p.m. 


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