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private sector, of $100 million or more 

(adjusted annually for inflation) in any 

one year. This final rule will have no 

such effect on State, local, and tribal 

governments, or on the private sector. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance program number and title for 

this final rule are as follows: 64.024 VA 

Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem 

Program; 64.033 VA Supportive 

Services for Veteran Families Program. 

List of Subjects 

38 CFR Part 61 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Alcohol abuse, Alcoholism, 

Day care, Dental health, Drug abuse, 

Government contracts, Grant 

programs—health, Grant programs— 

veterans, Health care, Health facilities, 

Health professions, Health records, 

Homeless, Mental health programs, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Travel and transportation 

expenses, Veterans. 

38 CFR Part 62 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Day care, Disability benefits, 

Government contracts, Grant 

programs—health, Grant programs— 

social services, Grant programs— 

transportation, Grant programs— 

veterans, Grants—housing and 

community development, Heath care, 

Homeless, Housing, Housing assistance 

payments, Indian—lands, Individuals 

with disabilities, Low and moderate 

income housing, Manpower training 

program, Medicare, Medicaid, Public 

assistance programs, Public housing, 

Relocation assistance, Rent subsidies, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Rural areas, Social 

security, Supplemental security income 

(SSI), Travel and transportation 

expenses, Unemployment 

compensation, Veterans. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. Gina 

S. Farrisee, Deputy Chief of Staff, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 

approved this document on October 2, 

2017, for publication. 

Dated: October 31, 2017. 

Michael Shores, 

Director, Office of Regulation Policy & 

Management, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, we are amending 38 CFR 

parts 61 and 62 as follows: 

PART 61—VA HOMELESS PROVIDERS 

GRANT AND PER DIEM PROGRAM 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 61 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 2001, 2002, 

2011, 2012, 2061, 2064. 

■ 2. Amend § 61.1 by revising the 

definition of ‘‘Veteran’’ to read as 

follows: 

§ 61.1 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

Veteran means a person who served 

in the active military, naval, or air 

service, regardless of length of service, 

and who was discharged or released 

therefrom. Veteran excludes a person 

who received a dishonorable discharge 

from the Armed Forces or was 

discharged or dismissed from the 

Armed Forces by reason of the sentence 

of a general court-martial. The length of 

service restrictions under 38 U.S.C. 

5303A do not apply. 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Amend § 61.33 by revising 

paragraph (b) introductory text and 

adding paragraph (b)(3) to read as 

follows: 

§ 61.33 Payment of per diem. 

* * * * * 

(b) Rate of payments for individual 

veterans. Except as provided in 

paragraph (b)(3) of this section, the rate 

of per diem for each veteran in 

supportive housing shall be the lesser 

of: 

* * * * * 

(3) For a veteran who is placed in 

housing that will become permanent 

housing for that veteran upon 

termination of supportive housing 

services, the rate of payment shall be the 

lesser of 150 percent of the current VA 

state home program per diem rate for 

domiciliary care, as set by the Secretary 

under 38 U.S.C. 1741(a)(1) or the daily 

cost of care estimated pursuant to 

paragraph (b)(1) of this section. 

* * * * * 

PART 62—SUPPORTIVE SERVICES 

FOR VETERAN FAMILIES PROGRAM 

■ 4. The authority citation for part 62 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 2044, and as 

noted in specific sections. 

■ 5. Amend § 62.2 by revising the 

definition of ‘‘Veteran’’ to read as 

follows: 

§ 62.2 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

Veteran means a person who served 

in the active military, naval, or air 

service, regardless of length of service, 

and who was discharged or released 

therefrom. Veteran excludes a person 

who received a dishonorable discharge 

from the Armed Forces or was 

discharged or dismissed from the 

Armed Forces by reason of the sentence 

of a general court-martial. The length of 

service restrictions under 38 U.S.C. 

5303A do not apply. 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Chapter I 

[FRL–9970–25–OP] 

Final Report on Review of Agency 

Actions That Potentially Burden the 

Safe, Efficient Development of 

Domestic Energy Resources Under 

Executive Order 13783 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final report; notification of 

availability. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing the 

availability of its Final Report on 

Review of Agency Actions that 

Potentially Burden the Safe, Efficient 

Development of Domestic Energy 

Resources Under Executive Order 

13738. 

DATES: November 3, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Samantha Dravis, Office of Policy, Mail 

Code 1803–A, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

Telephone: 202–564–4332; email 

address: PolicyOffice@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

28, 2017, President Trump signed 

Executive Order 13783, Promoting 

Energy Independence and Economic 

Growth. The Executive Order 

establishes a national policy to promote 

the clean and safe development of 

domestic energy resources while 

avoiding unnecessary regulatory 

burdens. It directs federal agencies to 

‘‘review all existing regulations, orders, 


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guidance documents, policies, and any 

other similar agency actions 

(collectively, ‘‘agency actions’’) that 

potentially burden the development or 

use of domestically produced energy 

resources[.]’’ 1 The Executive Order also 

orders the EPA to review specific rules. 

As part of E.O. 13783, agencies are to 

develop a report detailing this review 

that includes recommendations for 

reducing unnecessary regulatory 

burdens. The EPA’s final report is 

available at https://www.epa.gov/lawsregulations/regulatory-reform. 

Dated: October 30, 2017. 

E. Scott Pruitt, 

Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 13–249; FCC 17–119] 

Revitalization of the AM Radio Service 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This document amends 

certain Commission rules applying to 

AM broadcast stations using directional 

antenna arrays. AM directional antenna 

arrays are multiple-tower installations 

designed to direct radio energy 

primarily in certain directions in order 

to avoid interfering with other AM 

broadcast stations. Approximately 40 

percent of all AM broadcasters use 

directional arrays during some part of 

the broadcast day. These rule 

amendments are intended to decrease 

the burdens and expense of installing 

and maintaining directional arrays, 

especially for AM broadcasters using 

Method of Moments (MoM) modeling 

for proofs of performance of their 

directional arrays. 

DATES: Effective December 4, 2017, 

except for the amendments to 47 CFR 

73.151(c)(1)(ix) and (x) and (c)(3), 47 

CFR 73.154(a), and 47 CFR 73.155, 

which contain new or modified 

information collection requirements that 

require approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 

and which will become effective after 

the Commission publishes a document 

in the Federal Register announcing 

such approval and the relevant effective 

date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Doyle, Chief, Media Bureau, 

Audio Division, (202) 418–2700 or 

Peter.Doyle@fcc.gov; Thomas Nessinger, 

Senior Counsel, Media Bureau, Audio 

Division, (202) 418–2700 or 

Thomas.Nessinger@fcc.gov. 

For additional information concerning 

the Paperwork Reduction Act 

information collection requirements 

contained in this document, contact 

Cathy Williams at 202–418–2918, or via 

the Internet at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Third 

Report and Order (Third R&O), FCC 17– 

119, adopted September 22, 2017, and 

released September 25, 2017. The full 

text of this document is available for 

public inspection and copying during 

regular business hours in the FCC 

Reference Center, 445 Twelfth Street 

SW., Room CY–A257, Portals II, 

Washington, DC 20554. To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (Braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice), 202– 

418–0432 (TTY). 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

Analysis 

The Third R&O contains new and 

modified information collection 

requirements subject to the PRA (Pub. L. 

104–13, 109 Stat 163 (1995) (codified in 

44 U.S.C. 3501–3520)). It will be 

submitted to the OMB for review under 

section 3507(d) of the PRA. OMB, the 

general public, and other Federal 

agencies will be invited to comment on 

the new or modified information 

collection requirements contained in 

this proceeding in a separate Federal 

Register notice. 

Synopsis 

1. In the Third R&O, the Commission 

adopted many of the proposals set forth 

in the Further Notice of Proposed Rule 

Making in this proceeding (FCC 15–142, 

30 FCC Rcd 12145 (2015)) (AMR 

FNPRM). Specifically, the Commission 

modified the partial proof of 

performance rules to reduce the expense 

and burden of such proofs, and made a 

number of changes to the rules and 

policies surrounding Method of 

Moments (MoM) modeling, also to 

reduce burdens on broadcasters using 

AM directional antenna arrays. 

2. Partial proof of performance 

measurements are currently required for 

AM stations using directional antennas 

whenever the licensee has reason to 

believe that the radiated fields may be 

exceeding the limits for which the 

station is authorized. Such 

measurements are also required 

whenever minor directional antenna 

system repairs are made that result in 

certain changes to the station’s licensed 

operating parameters. Some 

commenters, in response to the original 

Notice of Proposed Rule Making in this 

proceeding (FCC 13–139, 28 FCC Rcd 

15221 (2013)) (AMR NPRM) requested 

that the current rule governing partial 

proof of performance field strength 

measurements for AM directional 

antenna arrays, 47 CFR 73.154, be 

modified to require measurements only 

on radials containing a monitoring 

point. Currently, the rule requires field 

strength measurements on radials from 

the latest complete field strength proof 

of performance that are adjacent to the 

monitored radials, if the array has fewer 

than four monitored radials, in addition 

to measurements on monitored radials. 

Commenters claimed that eliminating 

the requirement to take measurements 

on non-monitored radials will reduce 

the cost to maintain AM directional 

antenna systems without affecting 

authorized service. The Commission 

proposed in the AMR FNPRM to require 

measurements only on radials 

containing a monitoring point. 

3. The Commission adopted the rule 

change as proposed in the AMR 

FNPRM. Many commenters stated that a 

partial proof of performance measuring 

only the monitored radials will 

adequately demonstrate that the 

directional pattern is properly adjusted, 

and would result in cost savings to AM 

broadcasters. Other commenters noted 

that radials containing a monitor point 

provide the best indication of a station’s 

directional pattern condition. Although 

some commenters favored a return to 

the prior rule requiring ten field 

strength measurements along each 

radial containing a monitoring point, 

compared to the current rule requiring 

at least eight such measurements, the 

Commission’s experience showed that 

the eight-point partial proof minimum is 

sufficient to evaluate antenna system 

performance, and that returning to the 

10-point minimum would only increase 

the burden on AM broadcasters in 

exchange for little more in the way of 

useful data. The Commission therefore 

rejected the request to require 10 field 

strength measurements, and adopted 

this rule change as proposed. 

4. Since the Commission first 

permitted MoM computer modeling to 

verify AM directional antenna 

performance, over 220 MoM directional 

antenna proofs of performance have 

been prepared and submitted to the 

Commission in support of AM station 

applications for license. This analysis 


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