May 24, 2005 (Volume 70)

Federal Register May 24, 2005

View all documents issued on May 24, 2005. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

120 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on May 24, 2005

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 24, 2005
In accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended, this final rule adjusts civil monetary penalties imposed by agencies within USDA to incorporate an inflation adjustment.
Rule May 24, 2005

Exportation and importation of animals and animal products:

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We are amending the regulations concerning tuberculosis in cattle and bison by reducing, from 6 months to 60 days, the period following a whole herd test during which animals may be moved interstate from a modified accredited State or zone or from an...
Rule May 24, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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Due to technical errors, the following notice supersedes the original Request for Applications, published on May 6, 2005, for Research and Development Risk Management Research Partnerships at 70 FR 23969-23975. Overview: The purpose of the Risk Manag...
Notice May 24, 2005
This notice is issued to inform non-profit entities interested in applying for the 2005 Rural Cooperative Development Grant Program that two teleconferences will be held to discuss the 2005 Notice of Solicitation of Applications.
Notice May 24, 2005

Meetings:

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The Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, June 16, 2005. The meeting will be held at the PUD Auditorium, 307 West Cota Street, Shelton, Washington. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and end at approximately 3:30 p.m....
Notice May 24, 2005

Central Intelligence Agency logo Central Intelligence Agency

Privacy Act:

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The Central Intelligence Agency has undertaken and completed an Agency-wide review of its Privacy Act systems of records. As a result of this review, the Agency is publishing a complete set of revised Privacy Act systems of records notices. The Agenc...
Notice May 24, 2005

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published a document in the Federal Register on May 9, 2005, with an incorrect date for submitting written comments. The document advised interested parties of their inte...
Notice May 24, 2005

Export administration regulations:

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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is proposing to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by imposing a license requirement for exports and reexports of items controlled for missile technology (MT) reasons to Canada. To date, the EA...
Proposed Rule May 24, 2005

Fishery conservation and management:

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The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) is considering implementing management measures for the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) fishery off Washington, Oregon and California. This document announces a control date of April 8, 2005,...
Proposed Rule May 24, 2005
NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is transferring 8,206 lb (3,722 kg) of commercial summer flounder quota to the Commonwealth of Virginia from its 2005 quota. By this action, NMFS adjusts the quotas and announces the revised commercial...
Rule May 24, 2005
NMFS issues a final rule to implement Amendment 11 to the Fishery Management Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region (Amendment 11), which establish a limited entry system for pelagic longline vessels fishing in waters of the U.S. ex...
Rule May 24, 2005

Meetings:

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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, notice is hereby given that the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will meet Tuesday, June 14, 2005, from 8:30 a.m....
Notice May 24, 2005

Permits:

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NMFS announces that the Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant Regional Administrator) proposes to recommend that an EFP be issued in response to an application submitted by the Cornell Cooperati...
Notice May 24, 2005

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Corporation for National and Community Service logo Corporation for National and Community Service

Title Type Published
The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the "Corporation"), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and federal ag...
Notice May 24, 2005
The Corporation for National and Community Service (hereinafter the "Corporation"), has submitted the following public information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Pa...
Notice May 24, 2005

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
DoD has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 822 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004. Section 822 requires the Secretary of Defense to establish...
Rule May 24, 2005
DoD has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Sections 841 and 842 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005. Section 841 extends the length of the DoD Pilot Me...
Rule May 24, 2005
DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to update text pertaining to Government contract quality assurance requirements. This proposed rule is a result of a transformation initiative undertaken by DoD t...
Proposed Rule May 24, 2005
DoD has issued an interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to implement Section 801(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 and Section 854 of the National Defense Authorization Act...
Rule May 24, 2005

Education Department logo Education Department

Title Type Published
The Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice May 24, 2005
The Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement announces that, pursuant to legislation passed by Congress, educational institutions receiving Federal funding are required to hold an educational program pertaining to the United States C...
Notice May 24, 2005

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings; combined filing notices
Notice May 24, 2005
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings; combined filing notices
Notice May 24, 2005
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings; combined filing notices
Notice May 24, 2005
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice May 24, 2005

Power rate adjustments:

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This action is to revise the existing Parker-Davis Project (P- DP) Wholesale Firm Power Service Rate Schedule PD-F6 to include language pertinent to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund surcharge, which the Western Area Power Administratio...
Notice May 24, 2005

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing appro...
Notice May 24, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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This document provides notice of the availability of a Class Deviation from EPA's allotment formula for the awarding of Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 106 grants and also sets forth an alternative formula that will apply for the $9.92 million FY 2005...
Rule May 24, 2005

Hazardous waste:

Title Type Published
EPA is promulgating today the rulemaking extension proposed and published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2005 for the Project XL Final Rule for New York State Public Utilities; Hazardous Waste Management Systems (XL Rule) (70 FR 3501). The XL...
Rule May 24, 2005

Meetings:

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As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, gives notice of the first meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Detection and Quantitation Approaches and Uses in Clean...
Notice May 24, 2005

Solid waste:

Title Type Published
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (RCRA), authorizes EPA to grant approval to States to operate their underground storage tank programs in lieu of the Federal program. Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR)...
Rule May 24, 2005

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Title Type Published
The FDIC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the...
Notice May 24, 2005

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Truth in savings (Regulation DD):

Title Type Published
The Board is amending Regulation DD, which implements the Truth in Savings Act, and the staff commentary to the regulation, to address concerns about the uniformity and adequacy of information provided to consumers when they overdraw their deposit ac...
Rule May 24, 2005

General Services Administration logo General Services Administration

Acquisition regulations:

Title Type Published
The Department of State has cancelled the following Optional Form because of low demand in the Federal Supply Service: OF 194, Refusal Worksheet.
Notice May 24, 2005

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 24, 2005
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Notice May 24, 2005
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. F...
Notice May 24, 2005

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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This notice announces the establishment of the Medicaid Commission and discusses the group's purpose and charter. It also solicits nominations for members.
Notice May 24, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

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American Indian/Alaska Native Communities; health promotion and diabetes prevention projects; practical community environmental adaptation indicators
Notice May 24, 2005
Botswana et al.; HIV counseling and testing access and communications, prevention, and care
Notice May 24, 2005
Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, following lung cancer (1-American Cancer Society 2005, see Attachment D). Strong scientific evidence indicates that regular screening is effective in r...
Notice May 24, 2005
Ethiopia; information, education, and communication and behavioral change communication activities; expansion and support
Notice May 24, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Notice May 24, 2005
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice May 24, 2005
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice May 24, 2005
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice May 24, 2005
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice May 24, 2005
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice May 24, 2005
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice May 24, 2005
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice May 24, 2005
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice May 24, 2005
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice May 24, 2005
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice May 24, 2005
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice May 24, 2005
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Notice May 24, 2005
Scientific Review Center
Notice May 24, 2005
Scientific Review Center
Notice May 24, 2005
Vital and Health Statistics National Committee
Notice May 24, 2005
Vital and Health Statistics National Committee
Notice May 24, 2005

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Deepwater ports; license applications:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) announce that they have received an application for the licensing of a natural gas deepwater port, and that the application appears to contain the required information. This notice summarizes th...
Notice May 24, 2005

Drawbridge operations:

Title Type Published
The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the BNSF Railway Company Vertical Lift Span Bridge across Berwick Bay, mile 0.4, (Atchafalaya River, mile 17.5) at Morgan City...
Rule May 24, 2005
The Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District, has issued a temporary deviation from the regulation governing the operation of the CSX Transportation Railroad Bridge across the Pascagoula River, mile 1.5, at Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi. This...
Rule May 24, 2005

Flood elevation determinations:

Title Type Published
Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management me...
Proposed Rule May 24, 2005
Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management me...
Proposed Rule May 24, 2005
Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations and modified Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either...
Rule May 24, 2005
Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to s...
Rule May 24, 2005
Base (1% annual-chance) Flood Elevations and modified Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either...
Rule May 24, 2005
This interim rule lists communities where modification of the Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. New flood insurance premium rates will be calculated from the modified BFEs for...
Rule May 24, 2005
Technical information or comments are requested on the proposed Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and proposed BFE modifications for the communities listed below. The BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that the co...
Proposed Rule May 24, 2005
Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that each community is required either to adopt or to s...
Rule May 24, 2005

Ports and waterways safety; regulated navigation areas, safety zones, security zones, etc.:

Title Type Published
The Coast Guard is establishing temporary security zones in portions of the waters around Stapleton Homeport Pier in Upper New York Bay, as well as the New York City Passenger Ship Terminal and Intrepid Museum in the Hudson River and around each part...
Rule May 24, 2005
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the St. Johns River in Palatka, FL for the Blue Crab Festival. This rule is needed to protect participants, vendors, and spectators from the hazards associated with the launching of fireworks...
Rule May 24, 2005

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Title Type Published
We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have submitted the collection of information described below to OMB for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collected for the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wi...
Notice May 24, 2005
We (Fish and Wildlife Service) have submitted to OMB a request to renew approval for information collection associated with FWS Form 3-2197a (State Certification of Expenditures). We will use the information that we collect to determine if the States...
Notice May 24, 2005

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, 40 CFR 1508.22, and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), notice is herby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the San Diego County Department of Planni...
Notice May 24, 2005

Recreation management restrictions, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice, applicable to specified public lands administered by BLM's Moab Field Office, limits camping to developed sites and areas (developed campgrounds and designated camping sites), allows BLM to limit the size of designated camping and parkin...
Notice May 24, 2005
The Restriction Order prohibits building, maintaining, or using a fire or campfire within the Wallace Forest Conservation Area, described as all public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) located in T.50 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 31; T....
Notice May 24, 2005

Wild Bird Conservation Act:

Title Type Published
We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), give notice that we are reopening the comment period for the proposed rule to add blue- fronted amazon parrots (Amazona aestiva) from Argentina's sustainable- use management plan to the approved list of no...
Proposed Rule May 24, 2005

International Trade Commission logo International Trade Commission

Import investigations:

Title Type Published
China
Notice May 24, 2005

Justice Department logo Justice Department

Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act of 1990 and Protect Act; record-keeping and record inspection provisions:

Title Type Published
This rule amends the record-keeping and inspection requirements of 28 CFR part 75 to bring the regulations up to date with current law, to improve understanding of the regulatory system, and to make the inspection process effective for the purposes s...
Rule May 24, 2005

Legal Services Corporation logo Legal Services Corporation

Title Type Published
The Legal Services Corporation ("LSC" or "Corporation") is republishing for additional comment previously proposed amendments (with certain additional revisions) to its regulations relating to financial eligibility for LSC-funded legal services. The...
Proposed Rule May 24, 2005

N
National Science Foundation

Title Type Published
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13. This is the second notice; the first notice was published...
Notice May 24, 2005

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title Type Published
The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby informs potential respondents that an agency...
Notice May 24, 2005
Operating licenses, amendments; no significant hazards considerations; biweekly notices
Notice May 24, 2005

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Personnel Management Office logo Personnel Management Office

Title Type Published
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) seeks comments on its intention to request Office of Management and Budget clearance of three currently approved information collection...
Notice May 24, 2005
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a request for extension of two previously- approved information collections for which approval will...
Notice May 24, 2005
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for review of a revised info...
Notice May 24, 2005
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for review of a revised i...
Notice May 24, 2005
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget a request for review of an information...
Notice May 24, 2005

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Notice of an application under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "Act") for an exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act, under sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from section 17(a) of the Act, and under section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act to permit certain joint transactions.
Notice May 24, 2005

State Department logo State Department

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Overseas Schools Advisory Council
Notice May 24, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Administration, is issuing this notice in order to comply with the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and 42 U.S.C. 13218(b). The purpose of this notice is to announce the public availability of the Department of State'...
Notice May 24, 2005

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Deepwater ports; license applications:

No documents available.

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title Type Published
The FTA, in cooperation with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro-North Railroad (Metro-North) and the Westchester County Department of Transportation (WCDOT), intend to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal t...
Notice May 24, 2005

Motor vehicle safety standards:

Title Type Published
The Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act required that a safety rating for child restraints be established to provide practicable, readily understandable, and timely information to consumers. In addition, t...
Notice May 24, 2005

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 24, 2005
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...
Notice May 24, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 24, 2005
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice May 24, 2005
This document provides advance notice of proposed rulemaking for the issuance of regulations relating to the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program as authorized by 26 U.S.C. 45D. This document invites comments from the public on certain issues regard...
Proposed Rule May 24, 2005

Income taxes:

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This document contains proposed regulations explaining how to determine the attained age of an insured for purposes of testing whether a contract qualifies as a life insurance contract for Federal income tax purposes. This document also provides noti...
Proposed Rule May 24, 2005
In the Rules and Regulations section of this issue of the Federal Register, the IRS is issuing temporary regulations relating to the computation and allocation of the credit for increasing research activities for members of a controlled group of corp...
Proposed Rule May 24, 2005
This document contains temporary regulations relating to the computation and allocation of the credit for increasing research activities for members of a controlled group of corporations or a group of trades or businesses under common control. These...
Rule May 24, 2005
This document contains proposed regulations under section 1503(d) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) regarding dual consolidated losses. Section 1503(d) generally provides that a dual consolidated loss of a dual resident corporation cannot reduce th...
Proposed Rule May 24, 2005
This document withdraws the remaining portion of the notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register on June 3, 1971 (36 FR 10787) and contains proposed regulations relating to the tax treatment of certain transfers of partnership equ...
Proposed Rule May 24, 2005
This document sets forth an elective safe harbor for dealers in securities, dealers in commodities, and traders in securities and commodities that permits these taxpayers to make an election pursuant to which the values of positions reported on certa...
Proposed Rule May 24, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, June 8, 2005.
Notice May 24, 2005
An open meeting of the Wage & Investment Reducing Taxpayer Burden (Notices) Issue Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (via teleconference) has been cancelled. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas and suggestions on im...
Notice May 24, 2005

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to the...
Notice May 24, 2005
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to...
Notice May 24, 2005
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to...
Notice May 24, 2005
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501--3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below t...
Notice May 24, 2005

Medical benefits:

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is reinstating regulations that were inadvertently removed by a previous rulemaking. This final rule technical amendment corrects that error and restores the missing regulations.
Rule May 24, 2005

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Naval Research Advisory Council
Notice May 24, 2005

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