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20/pdf/2018-15473.pdf. Federal Register, Vol. 83,   FHFA Requests Comment on
               No. 140, 07/20/2018, 34685-34698.                  Information Collections.

               Treasury Announces Bank Enterprise                 •   FHFA announced it seeks comment on the
               Award Program 2018 Funding Round.                     information collection titled Minority and
                                                                     Women Inclusion. FHFA also gave notice that it
               Treasury announced the fiscal year 2018 funding       sent the collection to OMB for review.
               round of the Bank Enterprise Award Program and        Comments are due 08/29/2018. The notice may
               invites applications. A table of significant dates for   be viewed at:
               applicants is included in the notice. The notice may
               be viewed at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-       https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-07-
               2018-07-23/pdf/2018-15618.pdf. Federal Register,      30/pdf/2018-16230.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.
               Vol. 83, No. 141, 07/23/2018, 34913-34925.            83, No. 146, 07/30/2018, 36591-36592.

               Treasury Requests Comment on                       •   FHFA announced it seeks comment on the
               Information Collection.                               information collection titled Minimum
                                                                     Requirements for Appraisal Management
               Treasury announced it seeks comment on the            Companies. FHFA also gave notice that it sent
               information collection titled U.S. Individual Income   the collection to OMB for review. Comments are
               Tax Return. Treasury also gave notice that it sent the   due 08/30/2018. The notice may be viewed at:
               collection to OMB for review. Comments are due        https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-07-
               09/18/2018. The notice may be viewed at:              31/pdf/2018-16350.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.
               https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-07-             83, No. 147, 07/31/2018, 36931-36935.
               20/pdf/2018-15627.pdf. Federal Register, Vol. 83,
               No. 140, 07/20/2018, 34698-34700.                  SBA Announces 504 Loan Program Rural
                                                                  Initiative.
               FHFA Repeals Definitions in Finance
               Board Regulations.                                 The Small Business Administration (SBA)
                                                                  announced the 504 Loan Program Rural Initiative
               The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is       Pilot Program (504 Rural Pilot). The 504 Rural Pilot
               repealing two parts of the Federal Housing Finance   waives the restrictions on the authority of Certified
               Board (Finance Board) regulations, which define    Development Companies (CDCs) to make 504 loans
               terms used in Finance Board regulations, and which   outside their Area of Operations to allow each CDC
               describe the process by which the Finance Board    to make loans for 504 Projects with an address
               conducted its monthly interest rate survey (MIRS).   located in any rural county if the 504 Project is
               The repealed definitions are either obsolete or    located in the same SBA Region in which the CDC is
               duplicate definitions that FHFA has previously     incorporated. The 504 Rural Pilot will be available
               adopted. The regulation relating to the MIRS has   from 07/19/2018 to 07/20/2020. The notice may be
               become outdated because it does not accurately     viewed at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-
               describe the manner in which FHFA currently        07-19/pdf/2018-15312.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.
               conducts the survey. The final rule also repeals a   83, No. 139, 07/19/2018, 34021-34022.
               number of subchapters of the Finance Board
               regulations that it had previously reserved, but which   SBA Issues Military Reservist Economic
               no longer serve any purpose because they include no   Injury Disaster Loans Interest Rate.
               regulatory text, corrects inaccurate cross-references
               in regulations described in this rulemaking, and   SBA publishes an interest rate for Military Reservist
               amends a table to update information relating to   Economic Injury Disaster Loans (13 CFR 123.512)
               information collections under the Paperwork        on a quarterly basis. The rate will be 3.675 for loans
               Reduction Act. The final rule is effective 09/10/2018.   approved on or after 07/27/2018. The notice may be
               The notice may be viewed at:                       viewed at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-
               https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-08-          07-23/pdf/2018-15650.pdf. Federal Register, Vol.
               09/pdf/2018-16972.pdf. Federal Register, Vol. 83,   83, No. 141, 07/23/2018, 34907.
               No. 154, 08/09/2018, 39323-39326.


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