Change Requests

What is an ICR?

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.

When are they submitted?

Federal agencies are required to submit an ICR whenever they create, renew, modify 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.

Where to find an ICR?

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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Title
Reference Number
OMB Control Number
Agency
Received
Concluded
Action
Status
Request Type
Presidential Action

Title:

Personnel Vetting Questionnaire (PVQ)

Reference Number:

202506-3471-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

LOC/USCO

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire (PVQ)

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Reference Number:

202506-3440-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

ODNI

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Request for OMB personnel vetting questionnaire form

Reference Number:

202506-3320-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

MKU-SLUF

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
Request for OMB personnel vetting questionnaire form

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Personnel Vetting Questionnaire (PVQ)

Reference Number:

202506-3117-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

ITC

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire (PVQ)

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Reference Number:

202506-3124-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

MSPB

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Reference Number:

202506-3209-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

OGE

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

USAGM RCF - OPM Security Questionnaire

Reference Number:

202506-3112-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

USAGM

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
USAGM RCF - OPM Security Questionnaire

Key Information

Authorizing Statutes

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Personnel Vetting Questionnaire (PVQ)

Reference Number:

202506-3150-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

NRC

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire (PVQ)

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Reference Number:

202506-3147-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

NTSB

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

EPA use of Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Reference Number:

202506-2090-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

EPA/AdmO

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
EPA use of Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Water Use Data Acquisition

Reference Number:

202309-1028-001

Omb Control Number:

-

Agency:

DOI/GS

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

None

Action:

None

Status:

Received in OIRA

Request Type:

New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Water Use Data Acquisition

Key Information

Abstract

This notice identifies an information collection activity that the USGS Water Availability and Use Science Program has submitted to OMB for approval to collect information on the use of water resources in the United States. The information is used by USGS scientists to estimate water use in several categories including (but not limited to) public-supply, domestic, irrigation, thermoelectric-cooling, industrial, mining, aquaculture, and livestock applications. USGS national water-use estimates are disseminated to stakeholders and the general public on an on-going basis and fulfill requirements of the SECURE Water Act. The information also supports regional and national water availability studies in the United States. The USGS has produced estimates of annual water use by category aggregated at the county and state level every five years since 1950. Models will be used to produce estimates beginning in year 2020, made at a higher temporal and spatial resolution than previous estimates. Model estimates are dependent on validation using the data collected nationally for specific water-use facilities. USGS Water-Use Specialists will request reported water-use data annually from non-federal agencies. This collection also aims to request data from facilities on an ad-hoc basis to acquire data for categories of use or locations where state-reported data are not sufficient for estimating water use. Respondents can provide relevant data in a variety of electronic formats, usually via websites, file sharing, or email. Information will also be gathered on the water-use data-delivery needs of USGS water-use stakeholders and other end-users.

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Authorizing Statutes

42 USC 109B
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Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Reference Number:

202506-0705-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

DOD/OUSDI

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Reference Number:

202506-0412-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

AID

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Personnel Vetting Questionnaire (PVQ)

Reference Number:

202506-0414-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

MCC

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire (PVQ)

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Reference Number:

202506-0690-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

DOC/OS

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Reference Number:

202506-0420-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

PEACE

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Personnel Vetting Questionnaire (PVQ) for USDA

Reference Number:

202506-0503-001CF

Omb Control Number:

3206-0279

Agency:

USDA/AgSEC

Received:

2025-06-09

Concluded:

2025-06-09

Action:

Approved

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF Recertification
Personnel Vetting Questionnaire (PVQ) for USDA

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Remotely Administered Psychoacoustic Test for Advanced Air Mobility Noise Human Response

Reference Number:

202505-2700-005

Omb Control Number:

2700-0196

Agency:

NASA

Received:

2025-06-08

Concluded:

2025-07-10

Action:

Approved with change

Status:

Active

Request Type:

New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Remotely Administered Psychoacoustic Test for Advanced Air Mobility Noise Human Response

Key Information

Abstract

This information collection is for conducting a sound response laboratory test, which is called a psychoacoustic test, to better understand human noise response to passenger and equivalent cargo carrying Advanced AirMobility (AAM) aircraft. These AAM aircraft are expected to takeoff and land in closer proximity to communities than conventional aircraft. The aircraft are being designed to use multiple electrically driven rotors. Different AAM aircraftare unique in their design and geometric placement of rotors around the aircraft. The unique propulsion systems of AAM aircraft means that the sounds they produce will also be unique compared to conventional aircraft. Yet, insufficient data exists on how humans will respond to AAM aircraft noise. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) seeks to gather data on the human noise response to AAM aircraft through the Varied AAM Noise and Geographic Area Response Difference (VANGARD) laboratory test. The VANGARD test will play electronically stored sounds of different single AAM aircraft flyovers to test participants and ask for their annoyance response to each sound. The VANGARD test is one of many initial psychoacoustic tests being planned to gather data for research purposes on AAM vehicle noise response. VANGARD test objectives are not designed to affect existing or proposed aircraft operations, and its objectives are not designed to affect noise policy. One aspect of the VANGARD test that is different from many other psychoacoustic tests on AAM vehicle noise is that it will be conducted using an online test application and gather human response data from geographically diverse participants. By addressing insufficient data on AAM aircraft noise response, VANGARD test results will allow subsequent studies on human noise response to AAM aircraft to be more informed in their design and test objectives.

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Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation

Reference Number:

202502-2528-001

Omb Control Number:

2528-0339

Agency:

HUD/PD&R

Received:

2025-06-06

Concluded:

2025-07-18

Action:

Approved without change

Status:

Active

Request Type:

Revision of a currently approved collection
Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation

Key Information

Abstract

Section 239 of the Fiscal Year 2016 Appropriations Act, P.L. 114-113 (2016 MTW Expansion Statute), authorizes HUD to expand the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration program from the current size of 39 Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to an additional 100 agencies over a period of 7 years. The Statute directs HUD to add new MTW PHAs in cohorts, with each cohort testing a specific policy change so that HUD can conduct a rigorous evaluation of that policy’s effects. A copy of the relevant section of law authorizing the Department to undertake “such programs of research, studies, testing, and demonstration relating to the mission and programs of the Department” (12 USC 1701z-1 et seq.) is included as Appendix H. The second cohort of MTW Expansion PHAs will test alternative ways of setting rents in the public housing and housing choice voucher programs. The traditional rent policy (the Brooke rent) typically sets each household’s rent at 30 percent of their adjusted monthly income. This rent policy is administratively complex and burdensome for PHAs and assisted households. The Brooke rent is hypothesized to be a disincentive for households to increase their earnings, as $100 dollars of increased income would result in $30 of increased rent. In this project—the Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration (STRD)—PHAs will implement alternative rents that might be easier to administer and might incentivize assisted households to increase their earnings. Five PHAs will implement a stepped rent, under which a household’s rent will increase modestly each year regardless of their income. Five PHAs will implement a tiered rent, under which households are assigned to income-based tiers and rents are set based on the tier. Both policies will enable households to increase their income without causing an immediate rent increase. Both policies include hardship provisions to prevent high rent burdens. And both policies include less frequent income reexaminations, to reduce the amount of PHA staff time required to administer the program. The STRD will be implemented as a randomized controlled trial (RCT); eligible households (limited to non-elderly, non-disabled households) will be randomly assigned to the new rent policy, or to remain on the traditional rent policy. This design is the gold standard for program evaluation and will enable HUD to conclude whether the new rent policies caused any differences observed between the two groups over time. HUD’s evaluation is expected to last 6 years. HUD has contracted with MDRC to carry out the first phase of HUD’s evaluation, to launch the STRD and lay the foundation for a long-term evaluation. HUD has also allocated resources to support software modifications required by the PHAs to implement the STRD Demonstration. This new information collection has the following components in this collection, all of which are necessary for the evaluation to succeed.

Federal Register Notices

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Authorizing Statutes

12 USC 1701z-1
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Presidential Action:

-

Title:

HHS SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance Burden Collection

Reference Number:

202506-2133-001CF

Omb Control Number:

4040-0004

Agency:

DOT/MARAD

Received:

2025-06-06

Concluded:

2025-06-12

Action:

Approved without change

Status:

Active

Request Type:

RCF New
HHS SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance Burden Collection

Key Information

Presidential Action:

-

Title:

National Consumer Complaint Database (NCCDB)

Reference Number:

202503-2126-001

Omb Control Number:

2126-0067

Agency:

DOT/FMCSA

Received:

2025-06-06

Concluded:

2025-09-16

Action:

Approved without change

Status:

Active

Request Type:

Revision of a currently approved collection
National Consumer Complaint Database (NCCDB)

Key Information

Abstract

FMCSA is seeking approval of a revision of the “National Consumer Complaint Database (NCCDB)" ICR. FMCSA is modernizing its NCCDB complaint system and expanding the program. The six current collection instruments are being combined in one, central collection that can accommodate a total of 12 complaint categories. FMCSA maintains online information and resources to assist consumers, drivers, and others associated with the motor carrier industry to file complaints regarding household goods carriers, third party intermediaries (brokers and freight forwarders) and their financial responsibility providers, hazardous material (HM) carriers, property carriers, cargo tank facilities, and passenger carriers. The respondents of the collection therefore are the public, consumers, drivers, and the motor carrier industry. The NCCDB allows the public and FMCSA staff to submit complaints using an online form which lists individual violations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety, Hazardous Material, and Commercial Regulations. The collection is voluntary and is one of reporting and disclosure. The purpose of the collection is to collect data by this system for FMCSA enforcement staff and state agencies to, among other things: help improve motor carrier safety enforcement; improve consumer protection by ensuring that moving companies use fair business practices; and identify and address passenger carrier discrimination and service issues. There is no determined collection frequency, the information is collected as needed. Complainants may visit the NCCDB online at http://nccdb.fmcsa.dot.gov, where they will be guided through the process of filing a complaint. The information reported and disclosed is information concerning the incident(s) that lead to different types of complaints concerning truck safety, moving companies, brokers, violations of the American Disabilities Act, bus safety, bus service, cargo tank facilities, and/or hazardous materials regulations. The online interface then leads them through the process by soliciting information about the incident giving rise to the complaint, contact information for the complainant (for follow up purposes), and company information. They also have the ability to upload supporting files/documents if any exist. DOT receives the information. At the end of the process, each complaint is submitted to the NCCDB, where it is directed to the proper FMCSA or DOT office for investigation.

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Authorizing Statutes

Pub.L. 109 - 59 119 Stat. 1144
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Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Single Family Mortgage Insurance on Hawaiian Homelands

Reference Number:

202505-2502-013

Omb Control Number:

2502-0358

Agency:

HUD/OH

Received:

2025-06-06

Concluded:

2025-07-18

Action:

Approved without change

Status:

Active

Request Type:

Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
Single Family Mortgage Insurance on Hawaiian Homelands

Key Information

Abstract

This information collection documents the native status of Hawaiian borrowers to meet statutory requirements of the Single-Family Mortgage Insurance program for Hawaiian Homelands and to assist borrowers in resolving defaults.

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Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Notices Following a Substantial Cessation of Operations

Reference Number:

202506-1212-004

Omb Control Number:

1212-0073

Agency:

PBGC

Received:

2025-06-06

Concluded:

2025-06-10

Action:

Approved without change

Status:

Active

Request Type:

No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Notices Following a Substantial Cessation of Operations

Key Information

Abstract

Section 4062(e) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) imposes reporting obligations in the event of a “substantial cessation of operations.” This form series is used to fulfill these reporting obligations.

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Authorizing Statutes

29 USC 1362
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Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Patent Reexaminations, Supplemental Examinations, and Post Patent Submissions

Reference Number:

202506-0651-001

Omb Control Number:

0651-0064

Agency:

DOC/PTO

Received:

2025-06-06

Concluded:

2025-06-13

Action:

Approved without change

Status:

Active

Request Type:

No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Patent Reexaminations, Supplemental Examinations, and Post Patent Submissions

Key Information

Abstract

The USPTO is required by 35 U.S.C. 131 and 151 to examine applications and, when appropriate, allow applications and issue them as patents. Chapter 30 of Title 35 U.S.C. provides that any person at any time may file a request for reexamination by the USPTO of any claim of a patent on the basis of prior art cited under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 301. Once initiated, the reexamination proceedings under Chapter 30 are substantially ex parte and do not permit input from third parties. The regulations outlining ex parte reexaminations are found at 37 CFR 1.510-1.570. In addition, 35 U.S.C. 257 permits a patent owner to request supplemental examination of a patent by the USPTO to consider, reconsider, or correct information believed to be relevant to the patent. The regulations outlining supplemental examination are found at 37 CFR 1.601-1.625. The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act terminated inter partes reexamination effective September 16, 2012. However, inter partes reexamination proceedings based on inter partes reexamination requests filed before September 16, 2012, continue to be prosecuted. Therefore, this information collection continues to include items related to the prosecution of inter partes reexamination proceedings. The regulations outlining inter partes reexamination are found at 37 CFR 1.903-1.959. The provisions of 35 U.S.C. 301 and 37 CFR 1.501 govern the ability of a person to submit into the file of an issued patent (1) prior art consisting of patents or printed publications which the person making the submission believes to have a bearing on the patentability of any claim of the issued patent and (2) statements of the owner of the issued patent filed in a proceeding before a Federal court or the USPTO in which the owner of the issued patent took a position on the scope of any claim of the issued patent. This information collection covers information contained in: (1) requests for ex parte reexamination, (2) requests for supplemental examination, (3) submissions made by patent owners and third-party requesters related to the prosecution of an ex parte or inter partes reexamination proceeding, (4) information submitted by the public to aid in ascertaining the patentability and/or scope of the claims of the issued patent, and (5) information submitted by patent owners regarding a position taken before the USPTO or a Federal court regarding the scope of any claim in their issued patent. The USPTO’s use of the statements of the patent owners ((5) above) will be limited to determining the meaning of a patent claim in ex parte reexamination proceedings that already have been ordered and in inter partes review and post grant review proceedings that already have been instituted. The purpose of this information collection is to facilitate requests for ex parte reexamination and supplemental examination, to facilitate prosecution of reexamination and reissue proceedings, and to ensure that the associated documentation is submitted to the USPTO, and to permit relevant post-patent prior art and claim scope information to be entered into a patent file.

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Authorizing Statutes

Pub.L. 112 - 29 12
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Presidential Action:

-

Title:

Patent Processing

Reference Number:

202506-0651-003

Omb Control Number:

0651-0031

Agency:

DOC/PTO

Received:

2025-06-06

Concluded:

2025-06-13

Action:

Approved without change

Status:

Active

Request Type:

No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Patent Processing

Key Information

Abstract

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is required by 35 U.S.C. § 131 to examine an application for patent and, when appropriate, issue a patent. Also, the USPTO is required to publish patent applications, with certain exceptions, promptly after the expiration of a period of 18 months from the earliest filing date for which a benefit is sought under Title 35, United States Code ("eighteen-month publication"). Certain situations may arise which require that additional information be supplied in order for the USPTO to further process the patent or application. The USPTO administers the statutes through various sections of the rules of practice in 37 CFR Part 1. During the processing of an application for a patent, the applicant or applicant’s representative may be required to submit additional information to the USPTO concerning the examination of a specific application. The specific information required to be submitted includes: requests for extension of time, abandonment of applications and the revival of abandoned applications, disclaimers, appeals, petitions, expedited examination of design applications, requests for continued examinations, request to inspect, copy, and access patent applications, and transmittal forms. The information in this collection can be used by the USPTO to continue the processing of the patent or application to ensure that applicants are complying with the patent regulations and to aid in the prosecution of the application.

Federal Register Notices

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Authorizing Statutes

Pub.L. 112 - 29 1
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Presidential Action:

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