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EDGAR Web sites. The final rule is effective       17/pdf/2017-00797.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.
               02/08/2017. The final rule may be viewed at:       82, No. 10, 01/17/2017, 4967-4971.
               https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-02-
               08/pdf/2017-02455.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.      NCUA Issues Interim Final Rule Adjusting Civil
               82, No. 25, 02/08/2017, 9680-9681.                 Monetary Penalties.

               SEC Requests Comment on Joint Standards for        The National Credit Union Administration
               Assessing the Diversity Policies and Practices of   (NCUA) has issued an interim final rule
               Entities Regulated by the Agencies.                amending its regulations to adjust the maximum
                                                                  amount of each civil monetary penalty within its
               SEC has issued a notice to announce it seeks       jurisdiction to account for inflation. Comments
               comment on the information collection titled       are due 02/22/2017. The interim final rule is
               Joint Standards for Assessing the Diversity        effective 01/23/2017. The interim final rule may
               Policies and Practices of Entities Regulated by    be viewed at:
               the Agencies. SEC is also giving notice that it    https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-
               has sent the collection to OMB for review.         23/pdf/2017-00473.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.
               Comments are due 03/27/2017. The notice may        82, No. 13, 01/23/2017, 7637-7641.
               be viewed at:
               https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-          NCUA Issues Advanced Notice of Proposed
               24/pdf/2017-01566.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.      Rulemaking on Alternative Capital.
               82, No. 14, 01/24/2017, 8248-8249.
                                                                  NCUA has issued advanced notice of proposed
               FASB Issues Notice of Federal Financial            rulemaking to solicit comments on alternative
               Accounting Standards on Insurance Programs.        forms of capital federally insured credit unions
                                                                  could use in meeting capital standards required
               The Financial Accounting Standards Board           by statute and regulation. Alternative capital
               (FASB) has issued a notice of its Statement of     includes two different categories: Secondary
               Federal Financial Accounting Standards 51,         capital and supplemental capital. Secondary
               Insurance Programs. The notice may be viewed       capital is currently permissible under the Federal
               at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-      Credit Union Act only for low-income
               31/pdf/2017-02028.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.      designated credit unions to issue and to be
               82, No. 19, 01/31/2017, 8830-8831.                 counted toward both the net worth ratio and the
                                                                  risk-based net worth requirement of NCUA’s
               VA Announces Availability of Funds.                prompt corrective action standards. NCUA is
                                                                  considering changes to the secondary capital
               The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has        regulation for low-income designated credit
               announced the availability of funds for the        unions. There are no other forms of alternative
               Specially Adapted Housing Assistive                capital currently authorized. However, NCUA is
               Technology (SAHAT) Grant Program for fiscal        also considering whether or not to authorize
               year (FY) 2017. The objective of the grant is to   credit unions to issue supplemental capital
               encourage the development of new assistive         instruments that would only count toward the
               technologies for specially adapted housing.        risk-based net worth requirement. Comments are
               Registration will be available at                  due 05/09/2017. The notice may be viewed at:
               www.Grants.gov. VA strongly recommends             https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-02-
               referring to the Loan Guaranty—Specially           08/pdf/2017-01713.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.
               Adapted Housing Assistive Technology Grant         82, No. 25, 02/08/2017, 9691-9702.
               Program final rule (38 CFR 36.4412).
               Comments are due 03/14/2017. The notice may        ATBCB Finalizes Rule on Information and
               be viewed at:                                      Communication Technology Standards and
               https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-          Guidelines.


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