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FCA Adjusts Civil Monetary Penalties.
               SBA Requests Comment on Community
               Advantage Pilot Program.                           The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) has
                                                                  issued a final rule implementing inflation
               SBA has issued a notice requesting comment on      adjustments to civil monetary penalties. The
               an information collection submitted to SBA by      final rule is effective 01/31/2017. The final rule
               lenders that are applying for participation in     may be viewed at:
               SBA’s Community Advantage Pilot Program.           https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-
               SBA uses the information to evaluate the           31/pdf/2017-01065.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.
               lenders’ eligibility and qualifications for        82, No. 19, 01/31/2017, 8807-8809.
               participation in the pilot program.  Comments
               are due 03/27/2017. The notice may be viewed       FCA Issues Market Access Agreement.
               at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-
               25/pdf/2017-01585.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.      FCA has announced that it has approved the
               82, No. 15, 01/25/2017, 8484.                      Draft Third Amended and Restated Market
                                                                  Access Agreement (Draft Third Restated MAA)
               FSA Requests Comment on Information                proposed to be entered into by all of the banks of
               Collections.                                       the Farm Credit System (System or FCS) and
                                                                  the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding
               •       The Farm Service Agency (FSA) has          Corporation. The Draft Third Restated MAA
               issued a notice to announce it seeks comment on    sets forth the rights and responsibilities of each
               the information collection titled Farm Loan        of the parties when the condition of a System
               Programs, General Program Administration.          bank falls below pre-established financial
               FSA is also giving notice that it has sent the     thresholds. The revisions are minor, consisting
               collection to OMB for review. Comments are         primarily of replacing references to the previous
               due 03/14/2017. The notice may be viewed at:       FCA regulatory capital standards with references
               https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-          to the new FCA regulatory capital standards that
               13/pdf/2017-00650.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.      became effective on January 1, 2017, as well as
               82, No. 9, 01/13/2017, 4281.                       updating addresses. Therefore, FCA has
                                                                  determined to approve the Draft Third Restated
               •       FSA has issued a notice to announce it     MAA without a request for comments prior to
               seeks comment on the information collection        approval; FCA will, however, review and
               titled Farm Loan Programs – Direct Loan            consider any subsequent comments it receives.
               Servicing – Regular. FSA is also giving notice     Comments are due 02/17/2017. The notice may
               that it has sent the collection to OMB for review.   be viewed at:
               Comments are due 03/20/2017. The notice may        https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-
               be viewed at:                                      18/pdf/2017-01054.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.
               https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-          82, No. 11, 01/18/2017, 5565-5576.
               19/pdf/2017-01071.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.
               82, No. 12, 01/19/2017, 6484.                      FCA Issues Correction to Market Access
                                                                  Agreement.
               •       FSA has issued a notice to announce it
               seeks comment on the information collection        FCA has issued a correction to its notice
               titled Guaranteed Farm Loans. FSA is also          appearing in the Federal Register on January 18,
               giving notice that it has sent the collection to   2017 by inserting a minor term and phrase that
               OMB for review. Comments are due                   were inadvertently omitted in the Draft Third
               03/20/2017. The notice may be viewed at:           Restated Market Access Agreement which was
               https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-          included in the notice. The correction may be
               19/pdf/2017-01072.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.      viewed at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-
               82, No. 12, 01/19/2017, 6484-6485.                 2017-01-26/pdf/2017-01760.pdf. Federal
                                                                  Register, Vol. 82, No. 16, 01/26/2017, 8519.

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