97-4057. The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995: Covered Officials

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4057]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995: Covered Officials

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is adding to its list 
of ``covered officials'', for purposes of the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
of 1995, the NRC's Chief Information Officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In late 1995, President Clinton signed into law the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (the ``Act''), which requires some individuals 
and entities who lobby ``covered'' Federal officials to register with 
Congress and to file semiannual reports describing their lobbying 
activities.
    For purposes of the Act, the NRC had determined that ``covered'' 
officials at the NRC were limited to Members of the Commission and 
their personal staffs, the Inspector General, the Executive Director 
for Operations, the General Counsel, and the Directors of the Offices 
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 
and Nuclear Regulatory Research. See Federal Register of February 1, 
1996 (61 FR 3737).
    As a result of the enactment of the Information Technology 
Management Reform Act of 1996, the position of Chief Information 
Officer (CIO) was created for 22 named executive-branch agencies, 
including the NRC. The NRC has determined that the NRC's CIO is a 
``covered'' official for purposes of the Act. Therefore, the NRC is 
adding the NRC's CIO to its list of ``covered officials''.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Urban, Office of the General 
Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555-
0001, telephone [phone].

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 11th day of February, 1997.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John C. Hoyle,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 97-4057 Filed 2-18-97; 8:45 am]
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