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DC School Choice Incentive Program

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The DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) is currently authorized under the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR). Under the SOAR Act, the US Department of Education awards a grant to a non-profit to administer scholarships to students who reside in the District of Columbia and come from households whose incomes do not exceed 185% of the poverty line (300% of the poverty line for returning students). The current administrator of the OSP is Serving Our Children (SOC). Under the law, priority is given to siblings of students in the program, and students who are currently attending low-performing schools, as defined by Title I. To assist in the student selection and assignment process, the information collected is used to determine the eligibility of those students who are interested in the available scholarships.

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Pub.L. 108 - 199 3	View Law

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[Medicaid] Limitations on Provider Related Donations and Health Care Related Taxes; Medicaid and Supporting Regulations in 42 CFR 433.68 and 433.74 (CMS-R-148)

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This information collection is necessary to ensure compliance with Sections 1903 and 1923 of the Social Security Act for the purpose of preventing payment of FFP on amounts prohibited by statute.

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42 USC 433	View Law

42 USC 433.	View Law

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Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs (SPF Rx)

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The SPF-Rx program is designed to address nonmedical use of prescription drugs as well as opioid overdoses by raising awareness about the dangers of sharing medications and by working with pharmaceutical and medical communities. The SPF-Rx program aims to promote collaboration between states/tribes and pharmaceutical and medical communities to understand the risks of overprescribing to youth age 12–17 and adults 18 years of age and older and enhance capacity for and access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) data for prevention purposes.

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42 USC 516	View Law

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Public Housing Flat Rent Exception Request Market Analysis

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In 2023, the form was updated to reduce the burden on PHAs and to reduce the number of corrections needed after submission. The updated form includes a tab for written justifications that are required by Notice PIH 2022-33 (first established in Notice PIH 2021-27) and allows the justifications to be included directly on the market analysis form. The “cable in rent” amenity was removed, and an amenity category was added for washer and dryer connections (“washer/dryer hook-up”). Additional updates were made to the formulas in the form that allow HUD to automatically calculate the difference in age between the PHA units and market rate units as well as indicate when an amenity is over the threshold allotted in Notice PIH 2022-33. The addition of these formulas reduces the requirement for HUD to manually tabulate the monetary values associated with unit age differences. Typographical errors and formatting inconsistencies were also corrected. The revised form was implemented for the FY23, FY24, and FY25 flat rent exception request cycles. HUD is adjusting the average number of respondents and hourly cost per response to reflect the average level of submissions in FY2023, FY2024, and FY2025. No changes are being made to the form with this renewal. HUD uses the information from the current form (flat rent market analysis) to collect data from PHAs that compares the proposed flat rent for public housing units with the Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in their city or metropolitan area and those in neighboring cities. The information collected is used for data reference purposes by PHAs that are proposing to set their units’ rents lower than 80 percent of the FMR. PHAs are then able to justify the change in rent of public housing units, and the data collected determines if HUD will approve the flat rent exception request. The information collected on the flat rent market analysis form tabulates a comprehensive list of unique unit characteristics applicable to PHAs with similar and varying units based on bedroom size, amenities, services and utilities. This information is contained in one form to streamline the process and reduce the need for redundant data collection across multiple forms and agencies. Since many PHAs lack the ability to obtain such data independently, a central collection method is essential.

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42 USC 1437z2	View Law

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FEMA Reasonable Accommodation Medical Request Form

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FEMA’s new form supports a fair, efficient, and consistent process for evaluating employee requests for reasonable accommodations. It ensures that medical information is collected by license health care providers, helping the agency make informed decisions. FEMA is streamlining the process by ensuring that all necessary and relevant information is consistently captured. By providing a clear and uniform structure, it enhances efficiency for employees and licensed health care providers, while reducing the potential for delays caused by incomplete or insufficient submissions of medical documentation.

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29 USC 701	View Law

5 USC 552a	View Law

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NCA Pre-Need Burial Planning

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VA has responded to a growing interest from Veterans and their family members to plan for their burial needs prior to death. This service is in line with VA's core values to provide services in a caring manner and to alleviate distress, along with improving our performance through the use of innovative technologies. The PreNeed evaluation achieves the goal of getting benefit data to users more quickly.

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38 USC 2402	View Law

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Regional Innovation Cluster Onboarding Form

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SBA is standardizing membership onboarding for Regional Innovation Clusters. The standardized membership information will enable SBA to more rigorously track small business support across individual RICs and the overall program.

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VA MATIC Enrollment/Change (VA Form 29-0165)

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VA Form 29-0165 is used by the insured to change the account number and/or bank from which a deduction was previously authorized. The information requested is authorized by law, 38 U.S.C. 1908.

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38 USC 1908	View Law

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FEMA-Administered Disaster Case Management (DCM)

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This collection tool will primarily be used as a guide to support FEMA-administered Disaster Case Management (DCM) case managers by outlining the allowable data elements they can collect from survivors on behalf of FEMA. While there will be a paper collection tool, the case managers will primarily be using the tool as a reference of data elements they can collect, and using their own case management database systems to guide the order in which the elements are collected. The elements within the tool are used to assess, screen, and refer disaster survivors to available resources that address their specific disaster-related unmet needs. Case managers then take the information from the intake form and manually upload the data into their secured case management database. Prior to any data collection, survivors will complete and sign a FEMA-administered DCM Consent Form, authorizing FEMA, or its agent, to collect data from the survivor in order to effectively provide case management services.

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42 USC 5189d	View Law

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Examination for Housebound Status or Permanent Need for Regular Aid and Attendance (VA Form 21-2680)

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VA Form 21-2680 is used to determine eligibility for the aid and attendance and/or housebound benefits. The purpose of this examination is to record manifestations and findings pertinent to the question of whether the claimant is housebound (confined to the home or immediate premises) or in need of the regular aid and attendance of another person. The report should be in sufficient detail for the VA decision makers to determine the extent that disease or injury produces physical or mental impairment, that loss of coordination or enfeeblement affects the ability: to dress and undress; to feed themselves; to attend to the wants of nature; or keep themselves ordinarily clean and presentable. Findings should be recorded to show whether the claimant is blind or bedridden. Whether the claimant seeks housebound or aid and attendance benefits, the report should reflect how well they ambulate, where they go, and what they are able to do during a typical day. Without this information, entitlement to these benefits cannot be determined.

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38 USC 1521(e)	View Law

38 USC 1114	View Law

38 USC 1115(1)(e)	View Law

38 USC 1311(d)	View Law

38 USC 1541(d)	View Law

38 USC 1541(e)	View Law

38 USC 1521(d)	View Law

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Information collections contained in 10 CFR Part 37 for Modernizing Requirements Relating to Physical Protection of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material Rule

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PROPOSED RULE: MODERNIZING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF CATEGORY 1 AND CATEGORY 2 QUANTITIES OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PROPOSED RULE NOTE: This proposed rule is part of the NRC’s rulemaking efforts under Executive Order 14300. Although the rule affects existing information collections, the current submission requests a new, temporary clearance number. After the final rule is published, the associated burden will be transferred to the respective existing clearance numbers, and this temporary clearance will be discontinued. The NRC is conducting a review and wholesale revision of its regulations. As part of this initiative, the NRC is proposing to revise its regulations to remove unnecessary requirements relating to physical protection of category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive material. The proposed rule would remove the requirement for licensees to submit oath or affirmation certifications for reviewing officials to the NRC, as well as eliminate the 10-year reinvestigation mandate. Additionally, the required coordination frequency with LLEAs would be reduced from at least every 12 months to at least every 3 years, or when licensees make changes to the facility design or operation that adversely affect the potential vulnerability of the licensee’s material to theft, sabotage or diversion. Lastly, the obligation to maintain a maintenance and testing program, including related recordkeeping, would also be eliminated.

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Affordable Care Act Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Procedures for Non-grandfathered Group Health Plans and Issuers and Individual Market Issuers (CMS-10338)

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These interim final regulations set forth rules implementing revisions to the Public Health Service (PHS) Act section 2719 for internal claims and appeals and external review processes to implement Section 110 of the No Surprises Act (NSA), which protects participants, beneficiaries, and enrollees in group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage from receiving surprise medical bills when they receive emergency services, non-emergency services from non-participating providers at participating facilities, and air ambulance services, under certain circumstances. Specifically Section 110 of the NSA amends section 2719 of the PHS Act to require the external review process to apply to participants, beneficiaries, and enrollees of such plans with respect to any adverse determination by a plan or issuer under section 2799A-1 or 2799A-2 of the PHS Act. These protections also extend to grandfathered plans.

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45 USC 147.136	View Law

Pub.L. 110 - 110 No Surprises Act	View Law

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JADE Act Questionnaire

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The Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1101, sets out application and eligibility requirements for aliens seeking to obtain nonimmigrant and immigrant visas. Grounds for the ineligibility of certain individuals to receive a visa or to be admitted to the United States are detailed in INA section 212(a), 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a) and other statutes.

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COPS Progress Report

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Under the Violent Crime and Control Act of 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office requires programmatic progress reports from active COPS grantees in order to monitor each program, project or activity funded by the COPS Office.

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Provider Network Coverage Data Collection (CMS-10594)

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Proposed §156.230(e)(1) would require that QHP issuers make a good faith effort to provide written notice of discontinuation of a provider 30 days prior to the effective date of the change or otherwise as soon as practicable, to enrollees who are patients seen on a regular basis by the provider or who receive primary care from the provider whose contract is discontinuing. This is a third-party disclosure requirement. CMS is not proposing to collect this notice from QHP issuers in FFMs, therefore we are not specifying ways in which we will use the data. The purpose of this notice is to provide consumers information on when their providers will no longer be available in-network in their QHP. In proposed 156.230(f)(2), we require QHP issuers to provide a notice to enrollees of the possibility of out-of-network charges from an out-of-network provider in an in-network setting at least 10 calendar days prior to the service being provided to avoid counting the out-of-network costs against to the annual limitation on cost sharing.

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Pub.L. 111 - 156 1311	View Law

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Creditable Coverage Disclosure to CMS OnLine Form and Instructions (CMS-10198)

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Information collection requirements will ensure that entities that currently provide prescription drug benefits to any Medicare Part D eligible individual disclose to CMS whether the prescription drug benefit that they offer is creditable coverage. The disclosure is required to be provide annually and upon any change that affects whether the coverage is creditable prescription drug coverage. This collection also provides creditable coverage disclosure instructions for entities complying with these infromation collection request.

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1 Stat. 1860

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[NCEZID] Laboratory Response Network

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The Laboratory Response Network is an integrated national and international network of laboratories that can respond to suspected acts of biological, chemical, or radiological terrorism and other public health emergencies. Member laboratories submit information regarding the testing capabilities of the laboratory; report all biological and chemical testing results; and participate in Proficiency Testing Challenges or Validation. The goal of the study is to identify gaps in preparedness for biological threats and emerging infectious diseases. The data will be used to develop strategies, policies, and operating procedures for responding to biological threat emergencies. The LRN website, Results Messenger data exchange application, and Special Data Calls Questionnaires are methods used to collect data from member laboratories. There is a reduction in Burden Hours from the previously approved collection due to a decrease in participating laboratories. In this revision, the burden has been reduced by the continued expansion of LRN laboratories implementing HL7 reporting and decreasing the need for manual entry to Results Messenger. The number of data elements collected for the LRN Data Exchange has also been reduced. Numerical test results (i.e. Ct values) or a sample conclusion are no longer collected. As part of laboratory qualification data collection, the ability to add program feedback was added. Burden was further reduced by re-evaluating the burden calculation based upon requirements LRN places upon the member laboratories versus the requirements of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations and other quality management programs place upon the laboratories. In the instance of proficiency tests and challenge panels, the analysis of these samples is required by CLIA and/or other quality management systems implemented locally.

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42 USC 241	View Law

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Northeast Multispecies Reporting Requirements

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This is a request for a rule-related (0648-BN23) revision and extension of OMB Control No. 0648-0605. This revision request makes the following changes: ● Removal of weekly annual catch entitlement (ACE) reporting requirements for sectors (50 CFR 648.87(b)(1)(v)(B)); ● Removal of the option to increase the frequency of ACE reporting requirements for sectors when the balance of remaining ACE is low, as specified in the sector operations plan and approved by NMFS (50 CFR 648.87(b)(1)(v)(B)); ● Removal of the requirement for sectors to include in their operations plan a list of all Federal and state permits held by persons participating in the sector, including an indication for each permit whether it is enrolled and will actively fish in a sector, or will be subject to the provisions of the common pool (50 CFR 648.87(b) (2) (ii)). These collections are necessary to carry out the requirements of the groundfish fishery as specified by the Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Removal of the above requirements is intended to reduce the administrative burden on sectors, without negatively affecting the availability of information for analyzing the impacts of sectors, monitoring against the objectives of the FMP, or evaluating current management programs and future management proposals.

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Annual Information Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan

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This information collection relates to section 104 of ERISA, which requires administrators of employee benefit pension and welfare plans (collectively referred to as employee benefit plans) to file returns or reports annually with the federal government. The Form 5500 return/reports are the principal source of information and data available to the Department, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the Agencies) concerning the operation of employee benefit plans. For this reason, the Form 5500 constitutes an integral part of the Agencies' enforcement, research, and policy formulation programs. The Department has received approval from OMB for this ICR under OMB Control No. 1210-0110.

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Pub.L. 116 - 94 O	View Law

29 USC 1023	View Law

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Transparency in Pricing Information (CMS-10715)

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The information collection requirements contained in the proposed rule titled “Transparency in Coverage,” published November 27, 2019 (84 FR 65464), would require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering coverage in the individual and group markets to disclose to a participant, beneficiary, or enrollee (or an authorized representative on behalf of such individual), the estimated cost-sharing liability for covered items or services from a particular provider or providers, thereby allowing a participant, beneficiary, or enrollee to obtain an accurate estimate and understanding of their potential out-of-pocket expenses and to effectively shop for covered items and services. Group health plans and health insurance issuers would be required to make such information available through a self-service tool on an internet website. The self-service tool must provide the information through real-time responses and allow users to search for cost-sharing information for covered items and services. The self-service tool must also allow users to input information necessary to learn the out-of-network allowed amount for a covered item or service and have the capability to refine and reorder results. Group health plans and health insurance issuers would also be required to make this information available as a disclosure in written form. Both the self-service tool and the paper disclosure would be required to include several disclaimer statements relevant to information provided through the disclosure and could be provided by using a model notice developed by the Departments. Additionally, group health plans and health insurance issuers would be subject requirements to disclose in-network provider negotiated rates and historical payment data for allowed amounts for covered items and services furnished by out-of-network providers through two digital files in a machine-readable format to be specified by the Departments. The Negotiated Rate file and the Allowed Amount file must be posted publicly on an internet website.

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45 USC 156.220	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 148 1311(e)(3)	View Law

45 USC 155.1040(a)-(c)	View Law

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Rule 32a-4 (17 CFR Sec. 270.32a-4) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, "Independent Audit Committees"

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Rule 32a-4 (17 CFR 270.32a-4) exempts a fund from the requirements of section 32(a)(2) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 -- that shareholders ratify or reject the selection of the fund's independent public accountant -- if, among other things, the fund has an audit committee composed wholly of independent directors and the fund has adopted an audit committee charter that meets the rule’s requirements. Rule 32a-4 includes an internal recordkeeping requirement regarding the fund’s audit committee charter and any modification to the charter.

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15 USC 80a	View Law

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Rule 15b11-1 and Form BD-N: Application for Registration as a Notice Registered Broker-Dealer

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Form BD-N is used by futures commission merchants (FCMs) and introducing brokers (IBs) that are registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to register by notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) as broker-dealers for the purpose of effecting transactions in security futures products. Form BD-N is used to elicit basic identification information, as well as information that allows the Commission staff to ensure that the FCMs and IBs meet the statutory conditions to register by notice pursuant to Section 15(b)(11) of the Exchange Act. Form BD-N is also used to amend a previously filed Forms BD-N.

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15 USC 78o(a), 78o(b), 78q(a), and 78	View Law

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Rule 10b5-1

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Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides corporate insiders—executives, directors, employees and issuers themselves—an affirmative defense to insider trading if they trade shares of their own companies pursuant to a binding contract, instruction, or written plan that meets certain conditions set forth in the rule.

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15 USC 80a-8, 80a-20(a), 80a-24(a)	View Law

15 USC 80a-29, 80a-37	View Law

15 USC 77c(b), 77f, 77g, 77j, 77q,	View Law

15 USC 77s(a), 77z-3	View Law

15 USC 78c, 78i, 78j, 78l, 78m, 78n,	View Law

15 USC 78o(d), 78t-1, 78u, 78w(a)	View Law

15 USC 78mm	View Law

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Trust Indenture Act Rules 7a-15 through 7a-37

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Rules 7a-15 through 7a-37 (17 CFR 260.7a-15 through 7a-37) under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (“TIA”) set forth requirements governing applications for exemption filed pursuant to Section 304(c) or 304(d) of the TIA, applications for qualification of indentures filed pursuant to Section 307 of the TIA, statements of eligibility and qualification of trustees filed pursuant to Section 305, 307 or 310(a) of the TIA, applications for the stay of the trustee’s duty to resign filed pursuant to Section 310(b) of the TIA, and reports filed pursuant to Section 314(a) of the TIA. Rules 7a-15 through 7a-37 do not impose any information collection requirements. Rather, they set forth guidelines as to how to present information required by various TIA forms. The information required by the TIA forms is necessary to determine whether the requirements of the TIA are satisfied.

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Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Registration

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The purpose of this request is to renew the currently OMB approved ICR and update the annual burden hour estimate. On December 16, 2015, FMCSA published a final rule entitled “Electronic Logging Devices and Hours of Service Supporting Documents,” (80 FR 78292) that established minimum performance and design standards for hours-of-service (HOS) ELDs; requirements for the mandatory use of these devices by drivers currently required to prepare HOS records of duty status (RODS); requirements concerning HOS supporting documents; and measures to address concerns about harassment resulting from the mandatory use of ELDs. To ensure consistency among ELD vendors and devices, detailed functional specifications were published as part of the December 2015 final rule. Each ELD vendor developing an ELD technology must register online at a secure FMCSA website where the ELD provider can securely certify that its ELD is compliant with the functional specifications. Each ELD vendor must certify that each ELD model and version has been sufficiently tested to meet the functional requirements in the rule under the conditions in which the ELD would be used. A motor carrier required to use an ELD must use only an ELD that is listed on FMCSA’s registered ELD list, accessible through the Agency’s Web site in accordance with 49 CFR 395.22. ELD providers are required to self-certify and register their devices with FMCSA online via an application Form MCSA-5893, “Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Vendor Registration and Certification.” Once completed, FMCSA will issue a unique identification number that the provider will embed in their device(s). The collection is mandatory reporting, where the ELD providers are expected report four times a year and will register an average of 2 devices. FMCSA maintains a list on their website of the current ELD vendors and devices that have been certified (by the vendors) to meet the technical specifications. The information is necessary for fleets and drivers to easily find a compliant ELD for their use in meeting the FMCSA regulation requiring the use of ELDs. Estimates of the number of respondents and responses has resulted in a program adjustment increase of an estimated annual 19 respondents, a decrease of 318 responses, and a decrease of 79 burden hours.

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49 USC 31136	View Law

49 USC 31502	View Law

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