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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2014-12-24.xml --- 79 247 Wednesday, December 24, 2014 Contents Administrative Administrative Conference of the United States NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery, 77441 2014-30058 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Food Safety and Inspection Service See Foreign Agricultural Service See Forest Service Centers Disease Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 77495-77496 2014-30083 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 77496-77498 2014-30026 2014-30027 Children Children and Families Administration RULES Standards To Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment Involving Unaccompanied Children, 77768-77800 2014-29984 Coast Guard Coast Guard PROPOSED RULES Safety Zones:

Annual Events, Captain of the Port Lake Michigan Zone, 77415-77424 2014-30104 Commerce Commerce Department See Economic Development Administration See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 77453-77454 2014-30180 Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency RULES Credit Risk Retention, 77602-77766 2014-29256 Council Environmental Council on Environmental Quality NOTICES Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines:

Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies, 77460-77461 2014-30170 Guidance: Federal Departments and Agencies on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA Reviews, 77802-77831 2014-30035 Defense Department Defense Department NOTICES Meetings: Independent Review Panel on Military Medical Construction Standards, 77461-77462 2014-30159 Disability Disability Employment Policy Office NOTICES Charter Amendments: Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals With Disabilities, 77528-77529 2014-30138 Meetings:

Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals With Disabilities, 77529-77530 2014-30137 Economic Development Economic Development Administration NOTICES Trade Adjustment Assistance Eligibility; Petitions, 77454 2014-30188 Education Department Education Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Evaluation of the Comprehensive Technical Assistance Centers, 77462-77463 2014-30152 Impacts of a Detailed Checklist on Formative Feedback to Teachers, 77462 2014-30153 Employment and Training Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Worker Adjustment Assistance Eligibility;

Amended Certifications: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., et al., Milwaukee, WI, 77530 2014-30166 SMC Electrical Products, Inc., et al., Barboursville, WV, 77530 2014-30165 Whirlpool Corp., et al., Fort Smith, AK, 77530-77531 2014-30164 Worker Adjustment Assistance Eligibility; Certifications: Plexus Corp., Neenah Operations, et al., Neenah, WI, 77531 2014-30163 Worker Adjustment Assistance Eligibility; Investigations, 77532 2014-30167 Worker and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance Eligibility;

Determinations, 77532-77533 2014-30168 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings: Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico, 77463 2014-30173 President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 77463-77464 2014-30175 Requests for Information: Excess Uranium Management; Effects of DOE Transfers of Excess Uranium on Domestic Uranium Mining, Conversion, and Enrichment Industries, 77464-77465 2014-30177 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Greenhouse Gas Reporting Programs:

Addition of Global Warming Potentials to the General Provisions and Amendments and Confidentiality Determinations for Fluorinated Gas Production; Correction, 77391 2014-30178 Identification of Nonattainment Classification and Deadlines for Submission of State Implementation Plans: Provisions for the 1997 Fine Particle (PM <sup>2.5</sup> and 2006 PM <sup>2.5</sup> NAAQS; Correction, 77389-77391 2014-30231 Pesticide Tolerances: Zeta-cypermethrin, 77391-77394 2014-29788 Tolerance Requirements;

Exemptions: Beauveria bassiana strain ANT-03, 77395-77396 2014-30212 NOTICES Benefits of Neonicotinoid Seed Treatment to Soybean Production: Reopening of Comment Period, 77477 2014-30089 Registration Review Final and Interim Decisions, 77477-77480 2014-30214 Registration Review Proposed Interim Decisions, 77480-77483 2014-30088 Registration Reviews: Draft Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessments, 77483-77485 2014-29882 Requests for Nominations: Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee, 77485-77486 2014-30229 Environmental Quality Council See Council on Environmental Quality Executive Office of the President See Council on Environmental Quality See Presidential Documents Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness Directives:

Alpha Aviation Concept Limited Airplanes, 77374-77376 2014-29833 Pratt and Whitney Division Turbofan Engines; Correction, 77384-77385 2014-30283 The Boeing Company Airplanes, 77376-77384 2014-30131 2014-30132 PROPOSED RULES Aircraft Dispatcher Certification Courses: Establishment of Policy, 77413-77414 2014-30221 Airworthiness Directives: International Aero Engines AG Turbofan Engines, 77411-77413 2014-30194 NOTICES Meetings: Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics Special Committee 213, Enhanced Flight Vision Systems/Synthetic Vision Systems, 77594 2014-30262 Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics Special Committee 222, 77593-77594 2014-30260 Requests for Nominations:

Membership in the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee, 77594-77595 2014-30263 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 77486-77488 2014-30077 2014-30078 Federal Deposit Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation RULES Credit Risk Retention, 77602-77766 2014-29256 NOTICES Charter Renewals: Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion, 77488 2014-30150 Federal Election Federal Election Commission RULES Aggregate Biennial Contribution Limits, 77373-77374 2014-30222 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Applications:

Kaiser-Frontier Midstream, LLC, 77466-77467 2014-30053 Southern Natural Gas Co., LLC, 77465-77466 2014-30052 Combined Filings, 2014-30191 2014-30204 77467-77470 2014-30205 2014-30207 Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Pepperell Hydroelectric Project; Pepperell Hydro Company, LLC, 77470-77471 2014-29708 Filings: Meserve, Richard A., 77471 2014-30192 Southwestern Power Administration, 77472 2014-30046 Western Area Power Administration, 77471-77472 2014-30043 2014-30044 2014-30045 Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:

Cottonwood Solar, LLC, 77474-77475 2014-30051 Crawfordsville Energy, LLC, 77473 2014-30050 Entergy Nuclear Generation Co., et al., 77472-77473 2014-30190 North Energy Power, LLC, 77474 2014-30049 Pacific Crest Power, LLC, 77474 2014-30047 Ridgetop Energy, LLC, 77473-77474 2014-30048 Requests Under Blanket Authorizations: Cadeville Gas Storage, LLC, 77476 2014-30055 Trailblazer Pipeline Co., LLC, 77475 2014-30054 Staff Attendances, 77476 2014-30206 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES ET-Plus Guardrail End Terminal, 77595-77596 2014-30081 Federal Housing Finance Agency Federal Housing Finance Agency RULES Credit Risk Retention, 77602-77766 2014-29256 Federal Railroad Federal Railroad Administration RULES Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents for Calendar Year 2015, 77397-77399 2014-30113 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System RULES Credit Risk Retention, 77602-77766 2014-29256 Financial Crimes Financial Crimes Enforcement Network NOTICES Requests for Nominations:

Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group, 77599 2014-29846 Financial Stability Financial Stability Oversight Council NOTICES Asset Management Products and Activities, 77488-77495 2014-30255 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration RULES Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption: Advantame, 77385-77387 2014-30144 Medical Device Classification Procedures: Reclassification Petition: Content and Form; Technical Amendment, 77387-77388 2014-30141 PROPOSED RULES Guidance:

Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products from Adipose Tissue: Regulatory Considerations, 77414-77415 2014-30142 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Vouchers, 77498 2014-30154 Veterinary Feed Directive, 77498-77500 2014-30157 Authorizations of Emergency Use of In Vitro Diagnostic Devices for Detection of Ebola Zaire Virus; Availability, 77500-77515 2014-30108 Guidance:

Bioequivalence Recommendations for Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Extended-Release Oral Suspension, 77515-77516 2014-30109 Meetings: General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee, 77516 2014-30149 Food Safety Food Safety and Inspection Service NOTICES Meetings: National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection, 77441-77443 2014-30219 Foreign Agricultural Foreign Agricultural Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 77443-77444 2014-30183 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Assessment Reports of Ecological, Social, and Economic Sustainability, Conditions, and Trends: Rio Grande National Forest, 77444-77445 2014-30189 Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Big Bar Ranger District, CA, Burnt Ranch Fire Resilient Community Project, 77449-77453 2014-30182 Intermountain Region, Payette National Forest, Council Ranger District, ID, Middle Fork Weiser River Landscape Restoration Project, 77447-77448 2014-30193 King Fire Restoration Project, Eldorado National Forest, Placer and El Dorado Counties, CA, 77445-77447 2014-30158 Geological Geological Survey NOTICES Federal Geographic Data Committee Geographic Information Framework Data Standards:

Public Review of the Draft Part 2, Digital Orthoimagery, 77522-77523 2014-30117 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Children and Families Administration See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee, 77495 2014-30237 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard Housing Housing and Urban Development Department RULES Credit Risk Retention, 77602-77766 2014-29256 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Congregate Housing Services Program, 77519 2014-30066 Management Reviews of Multifamily Housing Programs, 77518 2014-30250 Report of Additional Classification and Rate, 77517-77518 2014-30246 Federal Property Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless, 77519-77521 2014-29681 Interior Interior Department See Geological Survey See Land Management Bureau NOTICES Request for Nominees: U.S. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Advisory Committee, 77521-77522 2014-30220 Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service RULES Filing of Form 5472, 77388-77389 2014-30200 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Termination of the Suspension Agreement on Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products from the Russian Federation, 77455-77457 2014-30234 Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Turkey, 77454-77455 2014-30208 Export Trade Certificates of Review, 77457-77458 2014-30211 Meetings: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee, 77458-77459 2014-30251 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide from Australia and China, 77525-77526 2014-30161 Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Snowmobiles with Engines Having Exhaust Temperature-Controlled Engine Technology and Components Thereof, 77526 2014-30162 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 77526-77527 2014-30292 Labor Department Labor Department See Disability Employment Policy Office See Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Delegation of Authority and Assignment of Responsibility;

Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, 77527-77528 2014-30224 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 77523-77524 2014-30171 Meetings: Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council, 77524 2014-30147 Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council, 77524-77525 2014-30198 Southwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council, 77524 2014-30146 Plats of Surveys: Colorado, 77525 2014-30134 Morris K. Morris K. and Stewart L.

Udall Foundation NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 77534 2014-30145 National Archives National Archives and Records Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 77534-77535 2014-30242 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Exclusive Licenses: Anti-tyrosine Kinase-like Orphan Receptor 1 Immunotoxins for the Treatment of Human Cancers, 77517 2014-30259 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Vessel Monitoring Systems:

Requirements for Enhanced Mobile Transceiver Unit and Mobile Communication Service Type-Approval, 77399-77410 2014-30151 PROPOSED RULES Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic: Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 16, 77425-77426 2014-30160 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program, 77427-77440 2014-30155 Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries:

Amendment 14 to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan, 77426 2014-30268 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Permits for Incidental Taking of Endangered or Threatened Species, 77459-77460 2014-30181 Meetings: Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee, 77460 2014-30213 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 77535 2014-30038 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 77535-77537 2014-30098 2014-30101 Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Plant Operations and Fire Protection, 77537 2014-30209 Peace Peace Corps NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 77537-77538 2014-30187 Postal Regulatory Postal Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Periodic Reporting, 77424-77425 2014-30111 Postal Service Postal Service NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 77538 2014-30140 Product Changes:

Priority Mail Express Negotiated Service Agreement, 77538 2014-30143 Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement, 77538 2014-30139 Presidential Documents Presidential Documents EXECUTIVE ORDERS Government Agencies and Employees: Rates of Pay; Adjustment (EO 13686), 77361-77372 2014-30363 Ukraine, Crimea Region; Blocking Property and Transactions (EO 13685), 77357-77359 2014-30323 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Credit Risk Retention, 77602-77766 2014-29256 NOTICES Applications:

Forum Funds II and Acuitas Investments, LLC, 77538-77542 2014-30129 Forum Funds II and CVR Portfolio Funds, LLC, 77542-77545 2014-30130 SSgA Funds Management, Inc., et al., 77545-77548 2014-30128 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: BATS Exchange, Inc., 77552-77555, 77557-77573, 77576-77577 2014-30119 2014-30123 2014-30127 BATS Y-Exchange, Inc., 77548-77550, 77555-77557 2014-30118 2014-30124 BOX Options Exchange, LLC, 77579-77583 2014-30121 ICE Clear Credit, LLC, 77578-77579 2014-30120 NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC, 77587-77588 2014-30122 New York Stock Exchange, LLC, 77573-77575 2014-30126 NYSE Arca, Inc., 77583-77586 2014-30105 NYSE MKT, LLC, 77550-77552 2014-30125 Trading Suspension Orders:

Treaty Energy Corp., 77588 2014-30296 Small Business Small Business Administration NOTICES Conflict of Interest Exemptions: Escalate Capital Partners SBIC I, L.P., 77589 2014-30148 State Department State Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Training/Internship Placement Plan, 77589 2014-30238 Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibitions: Latin America in Construction — Architecture 1955-1980, 77590 2014-30235 Designations as Global Terrorists:

Ajnad Misr a.k.a. Egypts Soldiers, et al., 77590 2014-30215 Ibrahim al-Rubaysh a.k.a. Ibrahimj Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh, et al., 77590 2014-30217 Meetings: Shipping Coordinating Committee, 77591 2014-30236 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Acquisition Exemptions: Peru Land Acquisition 2, LLC from Rail Line of the City of Peru, IL., 77597 2014-30201 Exemptions for Transactions within a Corporate Family: Pioneer Railcorp, Pioneer Railroad Services, Inc., and Decatur Junction Railway Co., 77597 2014-30202 Leases and Operation Exemptions:

Illinois Railway, LLC from Rail Line of Peru Land Acquisition 2, LLC, 77598 2014-30203 Susquehanna Susquehanna River Basin Commission NOTICES Actions Taken at December 5, 2014, Meeting, 77591-77592 2014-30197 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Federal Railroad Administration See Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 77592-77593 2014-30100 Treasury Treasury Department See Comptroller of the Currency See Financial Crimes Enforcement Network See Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 77598-77599 2014-30097 2014-30185 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Eligibility Verification Reports, 77599-77600 2014-30056 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 77602-77766 2014-29256 Federal Housing Finance Agency, 77602-77766 2014-29256 Federal Reserve System, 77602-77766 2014-29256 Housing and Urban Development Department, 77602-77766 2014-29256 Securities and Exchange Commission, 77602-77766 2014-29256 Treasury Department, Comptroller of the Currency, 77602-77766 2014-29256 Part III Health and Human Services Department, Children and Families Administration, 77768-77800 2014-29984 Part IV Council on Environmental Quality, 77802-77831 2014-30035 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this page for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted public laws.

To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents LISTSERV electronic mailing list, go to http://listserv.access.gpo.gov and select Online mailing list archives, FEDREGTOC-L, Join or leave the list (or change settings); then follow the instructions. 79 247 Wednesday, December 24, 2014 Rules and Regulations FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 11 CFR Part 110 [Notice 2014-16] Aggregate Biennial Contribution Limits AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Commission is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that removed regulatory limits on the aggregate amounts that an individual may contribute to federal candidates and political committees in each two-year election cycle.

The Commission is taking this action in light of the Supreme Court's recent decision in *McCutcheon* v. *FEC,* which held that the aggregate contribution limits are unconstitutional. DATES: Effective December 24, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Amy L. Rothstein, Assistant General Counsel, or Mr. Theodore M. Lutz, Attorney, 999 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20463,

(202)694-1650 or

(800)424-9530. Documents relating to the rulemaking record are available on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.fec.gov/fosers* (REG 2014-07 Removal of Aggregate Contribution Limits (McCutcheon)). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Federal Election Campaign Act, 52 U.S.C. 30101-45 (formerly 2 U.S.C. 431-55) (“FECA”), imposes limits on the aggregate amounts that an individual may contribute to federal candidates, political parties, and other political committees during a two-year election cycle. 52 U.S.C. 30116(a)(3) (formerly 2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)). The Commission had implemented FECA's aggregate limits in its regulations at 11 CFR 110.5. On April 2, 2014, the United States Supreme Court held that the aggregate contribution limits are unconstitutional. *McCutcheon* v. *FEC,* 572 U.S. __, 134 S. Ct. 1434

(2014)(plurality op.). On October 17, 2014, the Commission published an interim rule to conform its regulations to the *McCutcheon* decision. *See* Aggregate Biennial Contribution Limits, 79 FR 62335 (Oct. 17, 2014). In its interim rule, the Commission deleted 11 CFR 110.5 and made technical and conforming changes to 11 CFR 110.1(c), 110.14(d) and (g), 110.17(b), and 110.19. 1 *Id.* The Commission sought comments on these changes. 1 In an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published on the same day, the Commission requested comment on whether to begin a rulemaking to revise other regulations in light of certain language from the *McCutcheon* decision. *See* Aggregate Biennial Contribution Limits, 79 FR 62361 (Oct. 17, 2014). That notice will remain open for comment until January 15, 2015. *Id.* The Commission published the interim rule without advance notice and comment because it fell under the “good cause” exception of the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). The revisions were necessary to conform the Commission's regulations to the Supreme Court's holding that the statutory aggregate limits are unconstitutional. *See McCutcheon,* 134 S. Ct. at 1442. Because this action did not involve any Commission discretion or policy judgments, notice and comment were unnecessary. 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), (d)(3). A pre-publication notice and comment period would also have been contrary to the public interest because the 2014 election campaigns for federal office were ongoing, and so the delay that would have resulted from such a period might have caused confusion among the public as to the enforceability of the regulations addressed in the interim rule. For the same reasons, the revisions fell within the “good cause” exception to the APA's delayed effective date provision and the requirements of the Congressional Review Act. 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), 808(2). Moreover, because the interim rule was exempt from the APA's notice and comment procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b), the Commission was not required to conduct a regulatory flexibility analysis under 5 U.S.C. 603 or 604. *See* 5 U.S.C. 601(2), 604(a). Nor was the Commission required to submit these revisions for congressional review under FECA. *See* 52 U.S.C. 30111(d)(1),

(4)(formerly 2 U.S.C. 438(d)(1), (4)) (providing for congressional review when Commission “prescribe[s]” a “rule of law”). Accordingly, the revisions were effective upon publication in the **Federal Register** — that is, on October 17, 2014. Explanation and Justification FECA imposes two types of limits on the amount that individuals may contribute in connection with federal elections. The “base limits” restrict how much an individual may contribute to a particular candidate or political committee per election or calendar year. *See* 52 U.S.C. 30116(a)(1) (formerly 2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)). The “aggregate limits” restrict the amounts that an individual may contribute to all candidate committees, political party committees, and other political committees in each two-year election cycle. *See* 52 U.S.C. 30116(a)(3) (formerly 2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)). Under the aggregate limits, as indexed for inflation in the 2013-14 election cycle, an individual could contribute up to $48,600 to candidates and their authorized committees, and up to $74,600 to other political committees, of which no more than $48,600 could be contributed to political committees other than national party committees. *See* Price Index Adjustments for Contribution and Expenditure Limitations and Lobbyist Bundling Disclosure Threshold, 78 FR 8530, 8532 (Feb. 6, 2013). On April 2, 2014, the Supreme Court held that the aggregate contribution limits at 52 U.S.C. 30116(a)(3) (formerly 2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)) are unconstitutional. *See McCutcheon,* 134 S. Ct. at 1442, 1450-59. The Court's decision did not affect the base limits. *See id.* at 1442. Accordingly, in the interim rule, the Commission removed the regulation at 11 CFR 110.5 that implemented FECA's aggregate contribution limits. The Commission also made technical and conforming amendments to 11 CFR 110.1(c)(3) (contributions to party committees), 110.14(d)(1) (contributions to delegates), 110.14(g)(2) (contributions to delegate committees), 110.17(b) (price index increases), and 110.19 (contributions by minors). The Commission received three comments on the interim rule. One commenter argued in favor of “limiting contributions that can be made by one person/corporation” and by non-profit organizations. A second commenter urged the Commission to evaluate “anti-corruption and small donation/public financing proposals,” including those at the state and local levels, and to “petition the Congress and the Administration for a change.” In response, the Commission notes that, as explained above, the revisions made in the interim rule were necessary to conform the Commission's regulations to the Supreme Court's holding in *McCutcheon, see* 134 S. Ct. at 1442, and did not involve any Commission discretion or policy judgments. The Commission is considering whether to commence a separate rulemaking to address other issues related to the *McCutcheon* decision. *See supra* n.1. A third comment, filed by a national party committee, supported the revisions made in the interim rule. The commenter agreed that the changes made in the interim rule were necessary to conform Commission regulations to the *McCutcheon* decision, and the commenter stated that the interim rule “completely implements the *McCutcheon* decision.” 2 2 Additionally, the comment asked the Commission to take action in several other rulemakings that are unrelated to the final rule addressed here and to refrain from further revising its regulations in light of the *McCutcheon* decision. Accordingly, after consideration of the comments, and for the reasons set forth above and in the interim rule, the Commission is adopting, as a final rule and without change, the revisions made to Commission regulations by the interim rule. List of Subjects in 11 CFR Part 110 Campaign funds, Political committees and parties. PART 110—CONTRIBUTION AND EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS Accordingly, the interim rule amending 11 CFR part 110, which was published at 79 FR 62335 on October 17, 2014, is adopted as a final rule without change. On behalf of the Commission, Dated: December 18, 2014. Lee E. Goodman, Chairman, Federal Election Commission. [FR Doc. 2014-30222 Filed 12-23-14; 8:45 am]

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