An Information Collection Request (ICR) is a federal agency's request for approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to collect information from the public.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), agencies must justify why the information is needed and how it will be used.
Federal agencies are required to submit an ICR whenever they create, renew, modify, or discontinue an information collection. Each ICR includes a description of the collection,
supporting materials and documentation (such as forms, surveys, or scripts), and proof that the agency has met the requirements of the PRA.
The ICR is submitted to the The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within OMB for review and approval. OIRA grants approval for a maximum of three years, after
which the collection must be renewed through a new ICR submission.
ICRs are publicly available on RegInfo.gov, and additional guidance can be found in the FAQs.
Note: Presidential Action influences are notated for ICRs received between January 20, 2025 and July 19, 2025.
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| 202211-1225-002CF | SF-424 Discretionary--DOL Usage | DOL/DM | 2022-11-08 | 2025-11-30 | RCF Recertification
SF-424 Discretionary--DOL Usage
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| 202211-1505-003CF | Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA) grant program | TREAS/DO | 2022-11-08 | 2025-11-30 | RCF Recertification
Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA) grant program
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| 202211-1850-001CF | Request for Common Form Usage | ED/IES | 2022-11-08 | 2025-11-30 | RCF Recertification
Request for Common Form Usage
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| 202211-3150-001CF | Application for Federal Financial Assistance | NRC | 2022-11-08 | 2025-11-30 | RCF Recertification
Application for Federal Financial Assistance
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| 202211-3265-001CF | Request to use SF424 forms for EAC Grant Compliance | EAC | 2022-11-08 | 2025-11-30 | RCF Recertification
Request to use SF424 forms for EAC Grant Compliance
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| 202212-0570-001CF | SF 424, “Application for Federal Assistance” | USDA/RBS | 2023-01-25 | 2025-11-30 | RCF New
SF 424, “Application for Federal Assistance”
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| 202405-0660-001CF | Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) for NTIA Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program | DOC/NTIA | 2024-05-06 | 2025-11-30 | RCF New
Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) for NTIA Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program
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Authorizing Statutes
134 Stat. 3388 136 Stat. 1392 |
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| 202302-0660-001CF | Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) for NTIA Broadband Grant Programs | DOC/NTIA | 2023-08-09 | 2025-11-30 | RCF No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) for NTIA Broadband Grant Programs
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Authorizing Statutes
134 Stat. 1182 135 Stat. 429 |
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| 202406-0608-001 | BE-577, Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad--Transactions of U.S. Reporter With Foreign Affiliate Common Form | DOC/EASA | 2024-06-17 | 2025-11-30 | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
BE-577, Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad--Transactions of U.S. Reporter With Foreign Affiliate Common Form
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The Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad—Transactions of U.S. Reporter with Foreign Affiliate (Form BE-577) obtains quarterly data on transactions and positions between U.S.-owned foreign business enterprises and their U.S. parents. The data are essential for the preparation of the U.S. international transactions accounts, the national income and product accounts, the input-output accounts, and the international investment position of the United States. The data are needed to measure the size and economic significance of direct investment abroad, measure changes in such investment, and assess its impact on the U.S. and foreign economies. The survey is authorized by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. |
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| 202306-0572-001CF | SF 424, Application for Federal Assistance | USDA/RUS | 2023-06-29 | 2025-11-30 | RCF New
SF 424, Application for Federal Assistance
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| 202408-0572-004CF | SF- 424, “Application for Federal Assistance” (0572-0139) | USDA/RUS | 2024-09-12 | 2025-11-30 | RCF New
SF- 424, “Application for Federal Assistance” (0572-0139)
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| 202311-0551-001CF | SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance | USDA/FAS | 2023-11-22 | 2025-11-30 | RCF New
SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance
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| 202311-0551-005CF | SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance | USDA/FAS | 2023-11-22 | 2025-11-30 | RCF New
SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance
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| 202311-2900-002CF | SF-424 - Application for Federal Assistance | VA | 2023-11-08 | 2025-11-30 | RCF New
SF-424 - Application for Federal Assistance
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| 202311-2900-006CF | SF-424 - Application for Federal Assistance | VA | 2023-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | RCF New
SF-424 - Application for Federal Assistance
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| 202409-0960-004 | Fee Agreement for Representation before the Social Security Administration | SSA | 2024-09-26 | 2025-11-30 | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Fee Agreement for Representation before the Social Security Administration
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The Social Security Act requires individuals who represent a claimant before the agency and want to receive a fee for their services to obtain SSA’s authorization of the fee. One way to obtain the authorization is to submit the fee agreement to the agency either in writing or through using Form SSA-1693, Fee Agreement for Representation before the Social Security Administration. Since representatives currently use fee agreements which vary in length, content, and complexity, submission of a free-form fee agreement may cause delays in SSA’s review time. Therefore, SSA encourages respondents to use Form SSA-1693 to submit the information either using the paper form or the electronically submittable e1693 through SSA’s website. SSA uses the information from the SSA-1693 to review the request and authorize any fee to representatives who seek to charge and collect a fee from a claimant. The respondents are the representatives who help claimants through the application process, and the claimants who they represent. We are submitting this non-substantive change request to comply with the Final Rule for Changes to the Administrative Rules for Claimant Representation and Provisions for Direct Payment to Entities and due to the published increase in the fee cap for representatives. |
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| 202409-1110-001 | Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Enrollment/National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Electronic Check (E-Check) Enrollment Form and the Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Acknowledgement | DOJ/FBI | 2024-09-06 | 2025-11-30 | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Enrollment/National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Electronic Check (E-Check) Enrollment Form and the Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Acknowledgement
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The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 (Brady Act) requires the United States Attorney General to establish a NICS that any FFL may contact, by telephone or by other electronic means, for information to be supplied immediately, on whether receipt of a firearm to a prospective purchaser would violate state or federal law. FFLs must enroll in the NICS in order to legally conduct checks on the NICS. |
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| 202410-0584-002 | FNS Fast Track Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback | USDA/FNS | 2024-10-23 | 2025-11-30 | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
FNS Fast Track Clearance for the Collection of Routine Customer Feedback
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The purpose of this non-substantive change request is to request an increase in the overall burden estimates for this collection. This collection currently does not have enough responses to cover all of the submissions being made under this clearance. This collection of information is necessary to enable the Agency to garner customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with our commitment to improving service delivery. The information collected from our customers and stakeholders will help ensure that users have an effective, efficient, and satisfying experience with the agency's programs. This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders it will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of program management. |
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| 202410-0651-019 | Patent Cooperation Treaty | DOC/PTO | 2024-11-20 | 2025-11-30 | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Patent Cooperation Treaty
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This collection of information is required by the provisions of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), which became operational in June 1978 and is administered by the International Bureau (IB) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The provisions of the PCT have been implemented by the United States in Part IV of Title 35 of the U.S. Code (Chapters 35-37) and Subpart C of Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations (37 CFR 1.401-1.499). The purpose of the PCT is to provide a standardized filing format and procedure that allows an applicant to seek protection for an invention in several countries by filing one international application in one location, in one language, and paying one initial set of fees. The information in this collection is used by the public to submit a patent application under the PCT and by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to fulfill its obligation to process, search, and examine the application as directed by the treaty. The filing, search, written opinion, and publication procedures are provided for in Chapter I of the PCT. Additional procedures for a preliminary examination of PCT international applications are provided for in optional PCT Chapter II. Under Chapter I, an applicant can file an international application in the national or home office (Receiving Office (RO)) or the IB. The USPTO acts as the United States Receiving Office (RO/US) for international applications filed by residents and nationals of the United States. These applicants send most of their correspondence directly to the USPTO, but they may also file certain documents directly with the IB. The USPTO serves as an International Searching Authority (ISA) to perform searches and issues an international search report (ISR) and a written opinion on international applications. The USPTO also issues an international preliminary report on patentability (IPRP Chapter II) when acting as an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA). The RO reviews the application and, if it contains all of the necessary information, assigns a filing date to the application. The RO maintains the home copy of the international application and forwards the record copy of the application to the IB and the search copy to the ISA. The IB maintains the record copy of all international applications and publishes them 18 months after the earliest priority date, which is the earliest date for which a benefit is claimed. The ISA performs a search to determine whether there is any prior art relevant to the claims of the international application and will issue an international search report and written opinion as to whether each claim is novel, involves an inventive step, and is industrially applicable. The ISA then forwards the international search report and written opinion to the applicant and the IB. The IB will normally publish the application and search report 18 months after the priority date, unless early publication is requested by the applicant. Until international publication, no third person or national or regional office is allowed access to the international patent application unless so requested or authorized by the applicant. If the applicant wishes to withdraw the application (and does so before international publication), international publication does not take place. Under Chapter II of the Treaty, an applicant who has filed an international application in an RO can demand an international preliminary examination of the application by an IPEA, such as the USPTO. The Demand is made separately from the international application and contains prescribed particulars, language, and form. The International preliminary examination is a second evaluation of the potential patentability of the claimed invention, using the same standards on which the written opinion of the ISA was based. A copy of the examination report is sent to the applicant and to the IB. |
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| 202405-2501-003CF | SF424 - HUD NOFOs | HUD/HUDSEC | 2024-06-11 | 2025-11-30 | RCF New
SF424 - HUD NOFOs
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