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Editor's Note: The Clearinghouse summary of federal register highlights is not intended to give notice to readers of comment periods but rather to note important final rules. Publication time does not permit us to give sufficient notice of comment periods except where the period is unusually long. Readers are advised to consult the newsletters of the various LSC back-up centers for more up-to-date information.

CONSUMER

Electronic Fund Transfer Act. The Electronic Fund Transfer Act governs any transfer of funds that is electronically initiated and that debits or credits a consumer's account. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is revising the official staff commentary to Regulation E (which implements the Act) to provide guidance to financial institutions. The commentary applies and interprets the requirements of Regulation E and is a substitute for individual staff interpretations of the regulation. These final revisions at 12 C.FR. Part 205 were effective April 1, 1987. 52 Fed. Reg. 10734 (Apr. 3, 1987).

Equal Credit Opportunity Act. The Equal Credit Opportunity Act makes it unlawful for creditors to discriminate in any aspect of a credit transaction on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, receipt of public assistance, or the exercise of rights under the Consumer Credit Protection Act. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is revising the official staff commentary to Regulation B (which implements the Act). The commentary applies and interprets the requirements of Regulation B and is a substitute for individual staff interpretations of the regulation. These final revisions at 12 C.FR. Part 202 were effective April 1, 1987. 52 Fed. Reg. 10732 (Apr. 3, 1987).

Redepositing Checks Returned for Insufficient Funds. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has approved a proposal to allow Federal Reserve banks to offer a redeposit service for low-dollar cash items that are being returned to them for insufficient funds. Many banks routinely redeposit such cash items returned to them for insufficient funds, because a large proportion of these items are paid on their second presentment. The banks find this practice to be simpler and less expensive than returning the items to their depositing customers. This notice was effective March 30, 1987. 52 Fed. Reg. 10812 (Apr. 3, 1987).

Truth in Lending Act. The Truth in Lending Act governs consumer credit transactions and is implemented by Regulation Z. The Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve System is publishing changes to the official staff commentary to the regulation at 12 C.FR. Part 226. The commentary applies and interprets the requirements of Regulation Z and is a substitute for individual staff interpretations of the regulation. Inquiries concerning real estate-secured extensions of credit are addressed by several revisions, one of which clarifies the rules that apply when a creditor adds a security interest in the consumer's principal dwelling to a transaction that was previously exempt from the regulation. Among other things, the update clarifies the exception from the finance charge for participation or membership fees, and clarifies the prohibition against offsetting a consumer's credit card indebtedness with funds from a deposit account held with a credit card issuer. The final official staff interpretation was effective April 1, 1987, but compliance is optional until October 1, 1987. 52 Fed. Reg. 10875 (Apr. 6, 1987).

Interest Rate on Overdue Debts. HHS shall charge an annual rate of interest of 14.25 percent on overdue debts for the quarter ended December 31, 1986. The Secretary of the Treasury fixed this rate after taking into consideration private consumer rates of interest prevailing during this quarter. 52 Fed. Reg. 11548 (Apr. 9, 1987).

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

VISTA Literacy Corps Projects. Applications for funds for FY 1987 for new VISTA Literacy Corps grants, authorized by section 109 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1986, must be received by July 15, 1987. The statutory purpose of the VISTA Literacy Corps is to use VISTA Volunteers to mobilize local, state, federal, and private sector financial and voluntary resources to attack the problem of illiteracy, particularly within lowincome areas throughout the United States. 52 Fed. Reg. 12946 (Apr. 20, 1987).

EDUCATION

Byrd Scholarship Program. The Secretary of Education establishes procedures to administer those aspects of the Robert C. Byrd Honors

Scholarship Program in FY 1987 that, due to superseding statutory provisions in the FY 1987 Continuing Appropriations Act, are not governed by provisions of the program statute (Title IV, Part A, Subpart 6 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended). Under the program, the Secretary makes available, through grants to the states, scholarships to outstanding high school graduates for the first year of study at institutions of higher education. This notice was to take effect either May 21, 1987, or later if the Congress took certain adjournments. 52 Fed. Reg. 10920 (Apr. 6, 1987).

Head Start Name and Logo. The Administration for Children, Youth and Families authorizes local Head Start grantees and delegate agencies to use the Head Start name and logo without approval on promotional items designed to inform the local community of Head Start activities. Unauthorized users must submit requests to manufacture, sell, or distribute items bearing the Head Start name or logo at least 60 days prior to the anticipated date of sale or distribution. This notice was effective April 6, 1987. 52 Fed. Reg. 10951 (Apr. 6, 1987).

Endowment Challenge Grant Program. The Secretary of Education issues final regulations to amend the Endowment Challenge Grant Program at Parts C and D of Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, in accordance with the Higher Education Amendments of 1986. Under the program, the Secretary awards grants to eligible institutions of higher education to enable them to establish or increase endowment funds. The 1986 legislation amends 34 C.FR. Part 628 in areas such as adding a funding preference for recipients of Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program grants, and removing appropriation setasides for junior and community colleges and historically black colleges and universities. These final regulations were to take effect either May 26, 1987, or later if the Congress took certain adjournments. 52 Fed. Reg. 11257 (Apr. 8, 1987).

FOOD PROGRAMS

Reestablishing Eligibility for Food Stamps. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) published

a final rule at 51 Fed. Reg. 47386 (Dec. 31, 1986) implementing the work-related amendments made to the Food Stamp Act of 1977 by the Food Security Act of 1985. The amendments require that each state have implemented by April 1, 1987, an employment and training program, pending approval by the FNS. FNS is adding language inadvertently omitted from the regulatory language of the final rule about its intent to permit eligibility to be reestablished if the household member who committed the violation complies with the requirement that has been violated. This final rule at 7 C.FR. Parts 272 and 273 was effective April 7, 1987. 52 Fed. Reg. 11021 (Apr. 7, 1987).

National School Lunch Program. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) prohibits a school or school food authority participating in the National School Lunch Program from contracting with a food service company to provide a la carte food service unless such company agrees to offer free, reduced-price, and full-price, reimbursable meals to all children. FNS is implementing a provision of the School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments of 1986. This final rule at 7 C.FR. Part 210 was effective April 8, 1987. 52 Fed. Reg. 11186 (Apr. 8, 1987).

Food Stamp Program Revisions. The Food and Nutrition Service is issuing as a final rule an interim rule that it published at 51 Fed. Reg. 6511 (Feb. 25, 1986). The interim rule implemented Food Stamp Program provisions contained in the Food Security Act of 1985 that allow (1) publicly operated community mental health centers that conduct residential programs for drug addicts and/or alcoholics under Part B of Title XIX of the Public Health Service Act to participate in the Food Stamp Program; (2) certain federally insured credit unions to redeem food stamps; and (3) farm self-employment losses to be offset against other household income. This final action at 7 C.FR. Parts 271, 272, 273, 274, and 278 is effective retroactive to February 25, 1986. 52 Fed. Reg. 11811 (Apr. 13, 1987).

Electronic Benefit Transfer in the Food Stamp Program. The Food and Nutrition Service is amending its general notice for the electronic benefit transfer (EBT) alternative issuance demonstration project in Reading, Pennsylvania, to extend project operations for one year. This demonstration provides for a new benefit issuance instrument in the Food Stamp Program instead of food coupons, which saves banks and retailers time because they do not have to process coupons. The EBT service population may be expanded to include all Berks County, Pennsylvania, program participants. The continuing project is being conducted under the research, demonstration, and evaluation authority of section 17 of the 1977 Food Stamp Act, as amended. This notice was effective April 14, 1987. 52 Fed. Reg. 12041 (Apr. 14, 1987).

Child Nutrition Programs. The Food and Nutrition Service announces its annual adjustments to the income eligibility guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free or reduced-price meals or free milk for the period from July 1, 1987, through June 30, 1988. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and centers participating in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, Special Milk Program for Children, and Child Care Food Program; and by commodity schools. The annual adjustments are made pursuant to section 9 of the National School Lunch Act. 52 Fed. Reg. 12950 (Apr. 20, 1987).

GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES

Access to Federal Regulations. The Office of the Federal Register is publishing a list of libraries where the Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations are available for examination free of charge. The Office's list will be updated annually unless public interest requires more frequent publication. 52 Fed. Reg. 10854 (Apr. 3, 1987).

Cumulative Report on Deferrals. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget submits this report giving the status as of April 1, 1987, of 57 deferrals contained in the five special messages of FY 1987. The President transmitted these messages to the Congress on September 26, and December 15, 1986; and January 5, January 28, and March 4, 1987. 52 Fed. Reg. 12494 (Apr. 16, 1987).

HANDICAPPED PERSONS

Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap. This final rule implements section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, by requiring the Department of Labor to ensure that its programs and activities do not discriminate against qualified handicapped persons. It sets forth standards for what constitutes discrimination on the basis of mental or physical handicap, provides definitions of "handicapped person" and "qualified handicapped person," and establishes a complaint mechanism for resolving allegations of discrimination. This final rule at 29 C.FR. Part 33 was effective May 11, 1987. 52 Fed. Reg. 11600 (Apr. 9, 1987).

Special Recreation Programs. The Secretary of Education announces a final annual funding priority for grants for initiating special recreation programs for handicapped individuals. Applications under this priority must propose recreational programs that provide the opportunity for handicapped individuals to have contact with nonhandicapped peers during at least part of the recreational program. The goal of this contact is to eventually integrate individuals with handicaps into existing community rec

reational programs that serve nonhandicapped persons. This priority was to take effect either May 26, 1987, or later if Congress took certain adjournments. 52 Fed. Reg. 11800 (Apr. 10, 1987).

HEALTH

Medicare Coverage of Heart Transplants. The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) extends Medicare coverage to heart transplants when furnished by facilities that meet specific criteria, including the criteria for selecting patients who qualify for coverage. HCFA is extending coverage to heart transplants based on the results of the National Heart Transplant Study and HCFA's subsequent determination that heart transplants are a medically reasonable and necessary service when specific criteria are met. This notice was effective April 6, 1987, and permits, under certain circumstances, coverage of heart transplants retroactive to October 17, 1986, which was the date of publication of the proposed notice. 52 Fed. Reg. 10935 (Apr. 6, 1987).

Medicare Reasonable Charge for Item or Service. The Health Care Financing Administration is adding certain items of durable medical equipment, medical supplies, and prosthetic devices to the items already subject to the lowest charge level for determining reasonable charge payments. The Medicare reasonable charge for the item or service may not exceed the lowest charge level at which the item or service is widely and consistently available in a locality when, in the judgment of the Secretary of HHS, a specified medical service, supply, or piece of equipment generally does not vary significantly in quality from one supplier to another. This final notice applies to items supplied on or after May 20, 1987. 52 Fed. Reg. 12969 (Apr. 20, 1987).

HOUSING

Rehabilitation Loan Program. The Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development gave notice at 47 Fed. Reg. 33324 (July 26, 1982) that it was redelegating authority to execute written instruments relating to the rehabilitation loan program of section 312 of the Housing Act of 1964. This amendment adds to the officials with this authority the Director of the Rehabilitation Loans and Homesteading Division, removes the reference to the Deputy Director of the Office of Urban Rehabilitation, and supersedes previous redelegations. 52 Fed. Reg. 10952 (Apr. 6, 1987).

Rental Rehabilitation Program. HUD is suspending 24 C.FR. § 511.32, which contains the procedures and criteria for performance adjustments to formula allocations under the Rental Rehabilitation Program. Under section 17(b) (2)(B) of the United States Housing Act of

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