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Previous ICR	202305-3060-022

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The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB or Bureau) is submitting a non-substantive change request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to establish mandatory electronic filing of System Security and Integrity Policies and Procedures (SSI Plans) by covered entities under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) through the new CALEA Electronic Filing System (CEFS) (OMB Control No. 3060-0809). CEFS requires users to register with and use the Commission Registration System (OMB Control Nos. 3060-0917 and 3060-0918) and to electronically file Requests for Confidential Treatment (OMB Control No. 3060-0862). When mandatory electronic filing becomes effective, SSI Plans will be required to be submitted electronically through CEFS: https://www.fcc.gov/cefs. When mandatory electronic filing becomes effective, paper versions of SSI Plans will no longer be accepted. Section 1.20005 of the Commission’s rules will be updated to reflect this change. Other than mandatory electronic filing, there are no other changes to this information collection. PSHSB issued the order to amend section 1.20005 to establish mandatory filing and the new rule will become effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. This information that applicants (entities) submit on FCC Form 161 is used to change or update information in the CORES system for entity's name, address, Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), telephone number, email, fax, contact representative address, telephone number, email and fax. The Commission Registration System (CORES) assigns each entity doing business with the Commission a FCC Registration Number (FRN). The FRN is used to collect and to report any delinquent amounts arising from such applicant's (entity's) relationship with the FCC. The respondents are anyone doing business with the FCC. Please see the non-substantive change request justification for the reasoning behind this submission to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval.

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Previous ICR	202211-2590-001

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The Federal Housing Finance Agency uses the information to determine if Federal Home Loan Bank members satisfy the statutory and regulatory community support requirements. Only members meeting the requirements may access long-term advances.

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Previous ICR	202411-0915-001

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Health Center Program-specific forms provide information essential for application evaluation, funding and designation recommendation and approval, monitoring, and ensuring compliance with Health Center Program legislative and regulatory requirements. The forms are/will be used by existing health centers and other organizations to apply for grant and non-grant opportunities, renew grant or non-grant designation, and change scope of project.

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Previous ICR	202402-0960-002

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State disability determinations services collect the information SSA needs to administer our disability program. For the purposes of this ICR, we divide this information into three categories: 1) consultative examinations (a/b/c); 2) medical evidence of record; and 3) pain/other symptoms/impairment. Respondents are individuals, private sector, and State and local governments. We are submitting a Change Request to add a new language and telephone script to obtain consent to receive scheduling reminders about SSA appointments via email and text messaging.

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Previous ICR	202211-0960-002

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Title VIII of the Act requires SSA to pay a monthly benefit to qualified World War II veterans who reside outside the United States. When an SVB overpayment occurs, the beneficiary can request a waiver of recovery of the overpayment, or a change in the repayment rate, using Form SSA-2032-BK. Respondents are beneficiaries who have overpayments on their Title VIII record and wish to file a claim for waiver of recovery or change in repayment rate. We are submitting this non-substantive change request for removal of the signature requirement from this form.

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I. Abstract The Census Bureau plans to request clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of information related to a field test of the Current Population Survey (CPS) in calendar year 2025. The CPS has been the source of official government statistics on employment and unemployment since 1942. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Census Bureau jointly sponsor the basic monthly survey. The Census Bureau also prepares and conducts all the field work. The CPS collects labor force information for the civilian noninstitutional population including employment status, number of hours worked, job search activities, earnings, duration of unemployment, and the industry and occupation classification of the job held the previous week. Data for the CPS are currently collected by Census field interviewers via in-person interviews or by telephone. The 2025 Field Test’s goal is to test the use of an internet self-response method to measure its success as a possible method of contact and interviewing with the goal of review accuracy, reporting, and representativeness. In addition, should it prove as a viable response method, the goal is to experiment with timing and contacts in order to refine procedures that best fit the needs of CPS. This is the first of two major field tests with the second in 2026, and an ultimate goal to phase in changes to the survey in 2027. II. Method of Collection The 2025 field test is planned for April 2025 until November 2025. The goal is to replicate the expected mode interaction of adding a self-response mode as close as possible to a production environment. The first interview will be conducted via computer-assisted person interview (CAPI) mode, and most cases will be followed up for three months with a mix of Internet Self Response and CAPI follow-up based on the previous month’s interview results and data reported. All cases will be in sample for four months. In addition, some cases will be put on hold for two months and then interviewed again in order to replicate the break in a normal CPS in a shorter interval. In addition, we will conduct experiments such as question wording, contact methods, and timing of mode switching in order to measure the best method to encourage response by internet mode and the best wording for accurate self response reporting.

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Previous ICR	202206-0920-004

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The goal of this study is to collect data on the burden of work-related injuries and psychosocial stress among applied behavior analysis workers in the United States by administering a web-based, direct contact, one-time survey to applied behavior analysis workers. Data will be analyzed using chi-square tests, analysis of variance, and generalized linear models, as appropriate. The results of the survey will be used to identify objectives and priorities for intervention research to improve the safety of the workplace, reduce injury, and improve the well-being of applied behavior analysis workers. This change request makes minor changes.

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Previous ICR	202102-1625-008

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In accordance with Title 46 CFR Parts 10, 11, 12, 13, and 16, the collection of this information is necessary to determine competency, character & physical qualifications for the issuance of a Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) or Medical Certificate.

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Previous ICR	202305-3235-009

Federal Register Notices

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Form S-1 under the Securities Act is used by issuers who are not eligible to use other forms to register offering of their securities.

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Previous ICR	202303-3235-011

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Form S-4 is the form used for registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of securities issued in business combination transactions.

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SPD-15 Implementation	Yes
Previous ICR	202407-0920-007

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The main goal of the National Firefighter Registry (NFR), according to the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018, is, “to develop and maintain a voluntary registry of firefighters to collect relevant health and occupational information of such firefighters for purposes of determining cancer incidence.” This Non-Substantive Change Request is submitted for the following reason(s): 1) Modification of R/E question to follow the recently released Statistical Policy Directive 15 (SPD-15) Standard in the NFR Enrollment Questionnaire; 2) Removal of three questions in the Enrollment Questionnaire that are being asked exclusively in the User Profile; and 3) Modification of Sex question to conform to EO 14168. There is no change to the burden hours approved for this data collection.

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Previous ICR	202210-0651-002

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The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), Public Law 112–29 § 32 (2011) directs the USPTO to work with and support intellectual property law associations across the country in the establishment of pro bono programs designed to assist financially under-resourced independent inventors and small businesses (also referred to as “regional hubs”). To support this, the USPTO works with and supports various non-profit organizations to operate a series of autonomous regional hubs that endeavor to match low-income inventors with volunteer patent practitioners across the United States. The regional hubs comprise law schools, bar associations, innovation/entrepreneurial organizations, and arts-focused lawyer referral services that are strategically located to provide access to patent pro bono services across all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. To support the purposes described above, the Patent Pro Bono Survey collects information regarding the activity of the regional hubs. The USPTO works with the Pro Bono Advisory Council (PBAC) to determine what information is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of each regional hub’s operations. The PBAC is a well-established group of patent practitioners and thought leaders in intellectual property who provide support and guidance to the regional hubs across the country. The data collected provides the USPTO with valuable information, including the number of inventor inquiries, referral sources, number of pro bono applicants successfully matched with patent practitioners, and types of patent filings. The USPTO, PBAC, and the regional hubs, are responsible for the quarterly collection of this data. The USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), collaborates with the PTAB Bar Association (PTAB Bar Assoc.), a non-profit organization focused on helping secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution of every PTAB proceeding and serves the public by coordinating pro bono opportunities. The PTAB and the PTAB Bar Assoc. established a national clearinghouse that acts as a matchmaker to connect under-resourced inventors with volunteer patent practitioners across the United States for assistance in preparing and arguing ex parte appeals before the PTAB. The PTAB Bar Assoc.’s national clearinghouse provides nationwide access to legal representation for pro bono ex parte appeal services. The PTAB Pro Bono Program supports the purposes described above by facilitating the availability of pro bono services for proceedings before the PTAB, which the USPTO believes can help reduce the financial burden on under-resourced inventors seeking ex parte appeal assistance, especially those impacted by the pandemic.

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Previous ICR	202208-0920-004

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The National HIV Behavioral Surveillance system (NHBS) is a supplemental surveillance project designed to describe the HIV prevalence and behaviors related to HIV acquisition and prevention among the three populations at highest risk for HIV in the United States: men who have sex with men, persons who inject drugs, and heterosexually active persons at increased risk for HIV infection. For this Revision, interview data collection instruments were revised and the number of health departments participating in the NHBS System will decrease, in addition to other minor changes.

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Previous ICR	202303-3235-018

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Form F-4 is used by foreign private issuers to register securities in business combinations, reorganizations and exchange offers pursuant to the federal securities laws.

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Previous ICR	202006-1902-002

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[The formerly separate IC for time zone information has been rolled into the main IC for FERC-920. Commission Order of 6/18/2020:FERC revises its Electric Quarterly Report (EQR, FERC-920) reporting requirements to require time zone information to be reported in connection with transmission capacity reassignments. The Commission clarifies the information that should be reported in the EQR with respect to ancillary services, including black start service, and tariff-related information. Note that the added hours of burden are added to the current EQR filing requirements, and burden related to one-time implementation and ongoing maintenance are averaged over Years 1-3. After Year 3, the added burden due to time zone information, will be 0.5 hrs. per quarterly response per respondent. There are not any additional responses (with this added burden slightly increasing the existing burden per response), however splitting this requirement into a new IC displays an added 34 responses.] General Background on EQR: EQR information allows the Commission and the public to gain a more complete picture of interstate wholesale electric power and transmission markets by providing information concerning price formation and market concentration in these markets. Public access to power sales and transmission-related information in the EQR improves market participants’ ability to assess supply and demand fundamentals and to price interstate wholesale electric market transactions. This, in turn, results in greater market confidence, lower transaction costs, and ultimately supports competitive markets. In addition, the data filed in the EQR strengthens the Commission’s ability to exercise its oversight and enforcement responsibilities of wholesale electric and electric power transmission rates in accordance with the Federal Power Act. Without this information, the Commission would lack some of the data it needs to examine and approve or modify electric rates. It also strengthens the Commission’s ability to identify potential exercises of market power or manipulation and to better evaluate the competitiveness of interstate wholesale electric markets.

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Previous ICR	201909-1870-001

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The collection, use, and reporting of education data is an integral component of the mission of the U.S. Department of Education. The Department has collected civil rights data about the nation’s public schools via the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) since 1968. For school years 2009–10 and 2011–12, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the CRDC as part of the EDFacts information collection (1875-0240). EDFacts, a Department initiative to put performance data at the center of ED's policy, management, and budget decision-making processes for all preschool-grade 12 education programs, has transformed the way in which ED collects and uses data. For school years 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, and 2020–21, the Office for Civil Rights cleared the CRDC as a separate collection from EDFacts while maintaining its transformative data collection policies and practices. As with previous CRDC collections, the purpose of the 2021–22 and 2023–24 CRDCs is to obtain vital data related to the civil rights laws’ requirement that public local educational agencies (LEAs) and elementary and secondary schools provide equal educational opportunity. ED has analyzed the uses of many data elements collected in the 2015–16 and 2017−18 CRDCs and sought advice from experts across ED to refine, improve, and where appropriate, add or remove data elements from the collection. ED also made the CRDC data definitions and metrics consistent with other mandatory collections across ED wherever possible. The Department seeks OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act to collect from LEAs the elementary and secondary education data described in the sections of Attachment A. ED requests that LEAs and other stakeholders review and comment on the proposed changes (detailed in Supporting Statement A, Attachments A-1, A-2, A-3, and A-4, and Attachment B), and respond to the directed questions found in Attachment A-5.

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Previous ICR	201912-0960-007

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State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies submit Form SSA–199 to SSA to obtain reimbursement of costs incurred for providing VR services. SSA requires state VR agencies to submit reimbursement claims for the following categories: (1) Claiming reimbursement for VR services provided; (2) certifying adherence to cost containment policies and procedures; and (3) preparing causality statements. The respondents mail the paper copy of the SSA 199 to SSA for consideration and approval of the claim for reimbursement of cost incurred for SSA beneficiaries. For claims certifying adherence to cost containment policies and procedures, or for preparing causality statements, state VR agencies submit written requests as stipulated in SSA’s regulations within the Code of Federal Regulations. In most cases, SSA requires adherence to cost containment policies and procedures as well as causality statements prior to determining whether to reimburse the state VR agencies. SSA uses the information on the SSA-199, along with the written documentation, to determine whether or not, and how much, to pay the state VR agencies under SSA’s VR program. Respondents are state VR agencies who offer vocational and employment services to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income recipients.

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Previous ICR	201904-0960-003

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SSA uses the Representative Payee Evaluation Report, Form SSA-624-F5, as a documentation tool for interviews with, and evaluations of, representative payees. SSA requires our field offices (FO) to conduct a face-to-face interview with the representative payee using Form SSA-624-F5 when: (1) SSA finds the payee’s responses on SSA-required annual accounting reports [Forms SSA-623, SSA 6230, and SSA-6234 (OMB No. 0960 0068)] unacceptable, and we cannot resolve them; (2) the payee fails to complete SSA’s initial and second request for an annual accounting report; or (3) assessing the representative payee’s continued suitability. In addition to the representative payee, we also interview the beneficiary or SSI recipient, and custodian (if other than the payee) to confirm information the payee provides, and to ensure the payee is meeting the beneficiary’s or SSI recipient’s current needs (face to-face interview not required). The respondents are individuals or organizations serving as representative payees for individuals receiving Title II benefits or Title XVI payments who fail to comply with SSA’s statutory annual reporting requirement, SSA beneficiaries or recipients, and third-party custodians.

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Previous ICR	201608-2070-001

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The information collection activity consists of activity-driven reporting and recordkeeping requirements for those who intend to conduct research for submission to EPA under the pesticide laws. If such research involves intentional dosing of human subjects, these individuals (respondents) are required to submit study protocols to EPA and a cognizant local Human Subjects IRB before such research is initiated so that the scientific design and ethical standards that will be employed during the proposed study may be reviewed and approved. Also, respondents are required to submit information about the ethical conduct of completed research that involved human subjects when such research is submitted to EPA.

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Previous ICR	201811-0960-004

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SSA conducts interviews with centenary Title II beneficiaries and Title XVI recipients, and Medicare Non-Utilization Project (MNUP) beneficiaries age 90 and older to: (1) Assess if the beneficiaries are still living; (2) prevent fraud through identity misrepresentation; and (3) evaluate the well-being of the recipients. SSA field office personnel obtain the information through one-time, in-person interviews with the centenarians and MNUP beneficiaries. If the centenarians and MNUP beneficiaries have representatives or caregivers, SSA personnel invite them to the interviews. During these interviews, SSA employees make overall observations of the centenarians, MNUP beneficiaries, and their representative payees (if applicable). The interviewer uses the appropriate Development Worksheet as a guide for the interview, in addition to documenting findings during the interview. Non-completion of the Worksheets, or refusal of the interviews, will result in the suspension of the centenarians’ or MNUP beneficiaries’ payments. SSA conducts the interviews either over the telephone or through a face-to-face discussion with the respondents. Respondents are SSI recipients or Social Security beneficiaries 100 years old or older; MNUP beneficiaries; their representative payees; or their caregivers.

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Previous ICR	201907-2502-007

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This information is collected from OHF staff, mortgagees, mortgagors, contractors and agents to manage and monitor the application, procedure, project administration, and initial/final endorsement of projects undertaken by Office of Hospital Facilities.

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Previous ICR	201906-3235-015

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Rule 201 is a short sale-related circuit breaker rule that, when triggered by an intra-day decline in the price of a covered security of 10% or more from the prior day’s closing price for the covered security as determined by the covered security’s listing market, will apply for the remainder of the day and the following day a price test restriction that restricts short sales at or below the current national best bid for the particular covered security. Rule 200(g) will add a new marking requirement of “short exempt.” In particular, if the broker-dealer chooses to rely on its own determination that it is submitting the short sale order to the trading center at a price that is above the current national best bid at the time of the submission, or to rely on an exception specified in the rule, it must mark the order as “short exempt.”

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Previous ICR	201904-1513-002

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Under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 5111–5114 and 7652(g), persons using distilled spirits to produce medicines, medicinal preparations, food products, flavors, flavoring extracts, or perfume may claim drawback (refund) of all but $1.00 per proof gallon of the Federal excise tax paid on the distilled spirits used to make such nonbeverage products, subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. As required by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) regulations in 27 CFR parts 17 and 26, when submitting nonbeverage product drawback claims to TTB, respondents are required to report certain supporting data regarding the distilled spirits used and the products produced, using form TTB F 5154.2. TTB uses the collected information to ensure that drawback of Federal excise tax is provided only to eligible entities.

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Previous ICR	201908-1513-009

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The Federal Alcohol Administration Act (FAA Act) at 27 U.S.C. 205(e) authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations regarding the labeling of distilled spirits products to prevent consumer deception, to provide the consumer with adequate information as to the identity and quality of such products, and to require a statement of composition in certain cases of distilled spirits produced by blending or rectification or if neutral spirits were used in the product’s production. In addition, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 5222(c), 5223, and 5232, authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations regarding the removal and addition of extraneous substances to distilling materials or the redistillation of domestic and imported spirits. Under those authorities, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) regulations in 27 CFR parts 5, 19, and 26 require proprietors to obtain TTB approval of formulas for distilled spirits products when operations such as blending, mixing, purifying, refining, compounding, or treating, change the character, composition, class, or type of the spirits. Most respondents now use TTB's Formulas Online (FONL) online system, or its paper equivalent, TTB F 5100.51, to file such formulas, but TTB continues to allow respondents to file distilled spirits formulas using the legacy form, TTB F 5110.38, which is approved under this control number. Respondents use this form to list ingredients, and, in some cases, the process used to produce the product. TTB uses the collected information to determine if a distilled spirits product meets the applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

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The data collection described in this submission includes state- and district-level surveys for the National Evaluation of Title III Implementation. This study is designed to provide information to policymakers, administrators, and educators about state and local practices for serving English learners (ELs), both through implementation of Title III, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and more generally. The surveys will collect information on criteria for identifying and reclassifying ELs, instructional models and strategies for ELs, strategies for promoting EL teacher quality, and supports for EL parents and families.