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I to lilt <br />lore the <br />hedeci. <br />-ared to <br />White <br />recog* <br />sld been <br />reduce <br />billion <br />y, and <br />le SM. <br />David <br />dralion <br />elimi- <br />micipal <br />cits of <br />' ,n in <br />I.1 <br />Donald Regan <br />;nds time period <br />ent on cable regs <br />majority of communities and would im- <br />pose inappropriate restrictions on cities <br />— <br />in those few cases in which rate regula- <br />Glm. <br />tion is permitted." Beals said. <br />ne pe- <br />The deadline originally set by the FCC <br />in the <br />for receipt of comments in this <br />Imple. <br />rulemaking proceeding was)an. 14. As a <br />e new <br />result of this change in deadline by the <br />1984 <br />FCC, cities interested in responding to <br />the FCC's Notice of Proposed <br />Beals <br />Rulem eking (NPR) now have an sddi. <br />Bill es- <br />tional two weeks in which to submit <br />elation <br />comments to the FCC. <br />lowed <br />The extension was granted in response <br />once- <br />to a request from the National Cable <br />o par. <br />Television Association to divide the pro• <br />cum- <br />ceedolg into two separate proceedings <br />(i.e., bifurcate the proceeding) by taking <br />uhibit <br />immediate action on certain regulations <br />s in a <br />See p. 8, col. I <br />Jvl Plnr e110 MwW M'UIOIy - nu,l n"I <br />be enough to meet the dehcit reduction <br />targets Dole has set. <br />Dole hopes to be able to provide a list <br />of Ihe+e elimination and cut options to <br />Senate Republicans today as part of an <br />effort to find an additional $25 billion <br />worth of savings for fiscal year 1986. <br />Most of these proposed options are ones <br />already in the White House cuts —in- <br />cluding, for instance, the elimination of <br />operating assistance for public transpor- <br />tation. <br />Altogether, the options would achieve <br />deeper cuts than necessary to reach the <br />See p.11, col. I <br />NLC seeks comments <br />on IRS 'benefit' rules <br />National League of Cities is work• <br />ing in cunjunction with the Govern• <br />ment finance Officers Association and <br />the International City Management <br />Association to examine and interpret <br />new Internal Revenue Service regula- <br />tions which extend the rules on em- <br />ployer -provided automobile reporting <br />and wuhhoUng requirements. <br />NLC also is requesting comment <br />and concerns from city officials in re- <br />gard to the rules which detail means <br />by which to calculate the "fair market <br />value" of tumble noncesh benefits, <br />such as the personal use by a munici- <br />pal employee of a city -owned vehicle. <br />The working group from tires- orga- <br />nizations is coordinating comments <br />and testimony to submit to the Inter- <br />nal Revenue Service. <br />Temporary regulations pertaining <br />to the new IRS rules were printed in <br />the Federal Register on Oct. 24, 1984, <br />and Jan. 7, 1985. ❑ <br />