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There is the additional question of what to do with mine-affected non-signatories , some due to recent use ( for example , the Democratic Republic of Congo ) . Because this may raise issues for plans and participants , the PBGC is specifically soliciting public comment on : the assumptions the PBGC should use to value its lump sums after 2000 , how long the PBGC should continue to calculate and publish its existing lump sum interest rates , if it were to discontinue their use , and any potential actions that the PBGC could take to lessen the potential consequences that would arise if the PBGC were to discontinue use - - or calculation and publication as well as use - - of its existing lump sum interest rates . Since use of non-command detonated directional fragmentation mines is not permitted under the treaty , States Parties should report on the number of such mines kept in stock , and the steps that have been taken to ensure that they can be used only in command detonated mode . These might include recommendations in areas such as use of the " Separate " and / or " Combined " data collection formats , wording and terminology , data storage conventions , certain aspects of IPEDS ( and other ) reporting , analytic treatment of the new racial and ethnic data , and methods for properly comparing old and new data series . The Lords also initiate some legislation ( usually relatively uncontroversial government bills ) If legislation started in the House of Commons after it has been rejected by the Lords , the Commons can piush it through using the Parliament Act. There are , they contend , alternative means of preserving conversational privacy , such as use of digital wireless telephones . The PBGC is soliciting comments on ( 1 ) the assumptions the PBGC should use to value its lump sums after 2000 , ( 2 ) how long the PBGC should continue to calculate and publish its existing lump sum interest rates , if it were to discontinue their use , and ( 3 ) any potential actions that the PBGC could take to lessen the potential consequences that would arise if the PBGC were to discontinue use - - or calculation and publication as well as use - - of its existing lump sum interest rates . In reaching a decision about which items to add and delete , NCES took into account whether items are critical to federal reporting mandates ( e.g ., Title IV , Title VI , Title IX , and Student Right to Know ) , whether requested data are readily available from institutions , what the anticipated uses would be , and the overall size of the spring collection . Since use of directional fragmentation mines is permitted under the treaty only in command detonated mode , States Parties should report on the number of such mines kept in stock , and the steps that have been taken to ensure that they can be used only in command detonated mode .