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FNS 775 EmpowHR/Person Model Non-Employee Data Sheet

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The collection of the data such as full legal name, address, phone, social security number, birthdate, place of birth, country of citizenship is required to input into the USDA system of record, Empower Human Resources (EmpowHR), so that upon submission, it conforms to the data requirements set forth by USAccess. Please see Appendix B FNS 775 EmpowHR/Person Model which shows the required biographic data to be collected for system input. Legal authority for gathering of data fields mentioned above comes from the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (Appendix A Legal Authority). The Directive references HSPD-12 as the chosen standard for data collection for employees and contractors. HSPD-12 was issued on August 12, 2004 and calls for a mandatory, government-wide standard for secure and reliable ID for all of its employees and contractors to access federally-controlled facilities and networks. Based upon this directive, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) developed Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS Pub) 201. USDA’s LincPass card is designed to link a person’s identity to an ID credential and the credential to a person’s ability to physically and logically access federally controlled buildings and information systems, respectively. Authorizing statute includes 731.106(c)(2).

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Revision of the Hawaiian and Territorial Fruits and Vegetables Regulations

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The purpose of this collection is to prevent the spread of plant pests and diseases in the United States. This collection simplifies and expedites the processes for approving certain regulated articles for interstaste movement to pest-free areas.

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7 USC 7701 et seq.	View Law

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Performance Evaluation Studies on Wastewater Laboratories (Renewal)

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Discharge Monitoring Report-Quality Assurance (DMR-QA) study program participation is mandatory for major and selected minor National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit holders in accordance with Clean Water Act Section 308. The DMR-QA study program is designed to evaluate the analytical ability of the laboratories that perform chemical, microbiological and whole effluent toxicity (WET) analyses required in the NPDES permits for reporting results in Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMR). Under DMR-QA, the permit holder is responsible for having their in-house and/or contract laboratories perform proficiency tests and submit results for grading by proficiency test (PT) providers. Graded results are transmitted by either the permittee or PT provider to the appropriate federal or state NPDES regulatory authority. Permit holders are responsible for submitting corrective action reports to the appropriate regulatory authority when results are unsatisfactory.

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33 USC 1251	View Law

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Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgment Statement of Unregistered Pesticides (Renewal)

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This ICR addresses the information collection activities associated with the mandate in section 17(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), which requires an exporter of any pesticide not registered under FIFRA section 3 or sold under FIFRA section 6(a)(1) to obtain a signed statement from the foreign purchaser acknowledging that the purchaser is aware that the pesticide is not registered for use in, and cannot be sold in, the United States. A copy of this statement, which is known as the Foreign Purchaser Acknowledgement Statement, or FPAS, must be transmitted by EPA to the Designated National Authority or appropriate official of the government in the importing country. This information is submitted to EPA via mail or electronically through the Central Data Exchange (CDX) in the form of annual or per-shipment statements. EPA maintains original records and transmits copies, along with an explanatory letter, via email to appropriate government officials of the countries that are importing the pesticide. In addition to the export notification for unregistered pesticides, FIFRA requires that all exported pesticides include appropriate labeling. There are different requirements for registered and unregistered products. The export labeling requirements meet the definition of third-party notification. This ICR includes burden estimates for the FPAS requirement for unregistered pesticides, as well as the labeling requirement for all exported pesticides, both registered and unregistered. The burden estimates for export labeling requirements have been consolidated in this ICR since the implementation of the 1993 pesticide export policy governing the export of pesticides, devices, and active ingredients used in producing pesticides, codified in 40 CFR part 168, subpart D.

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7 USC 1360	View Law

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Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, Fair Value

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Rule 2a-5 provides requirements for determining in good faith the fair value of the investments of a registered investment company or companies that have elected to be treated as business development companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940 for purposes of section 2(a)(41) of the Investment Company Act and rule 2a-4 thereunder.

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15 USC 80a-8	View Law

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Requirements for Designating Housing Projects Plan

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This information collection is required by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) will submit an application which is composed of an Allocation Plan and a Supportive Services Plan to designate a project for occupancy by elderly and disabled families. HUD will use the information in the Plans to evaluate a PHA's request for designated housing.

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42 USC 1437e Section 7	View Law

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Student Support Services Annual Performance Report

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Student Support Services (SSS) program grantees must submit the Annual Performance Report (APR) annually. The reports are used to evaluate grantees' performance for substantial progress, respond to Government Performance and Results Act requirements, and award prior experience points at the end of each project (budget) period. The Department also aggregates the data to provide descriptive information on the projects and to analyze the impact of the SSS program on the academic progress of participating students. Total burden hours have been adjusted to reflect an increase in the size of the reporting universe. In addition, the collection has been updated to include the Competitive Preference Priorities used in the Fiscal Year 2025 competition for new awards. No change in burden is associated with this update.

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Pub.L. 102 - 325 402D	View Law

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Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Facilities (Renewal)

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Under the authority of sections 3004, 3005, 3008 and 3010 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revised the RCRA hazardous waste permitting program to allow a “standardized permit”. The standardized permit is available to facilities that generate hazardous waste and routinely manage the waste on-site in non-thermal units such as tanks, containers, and containment buildings. In addition, the standardized permit is available to facilities that receive hazardous waste generated off-site by a generator under the same ownership as the receiving facility and then store or non-thermally treat the hazardous waste in containers, tanks, or containment buildings. The RCRA standardized permit consists of two components: a uniform portion that is included in all cases, and a supplemental portion that the Director of a regulatory agency would include at his or her discretion. The uniform portion would consist of terms and conditions, relevant to the unit(s) at the permitted facility, and would be established on a national basis.

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42 USC 6925	View Law

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Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) Program Annual Performance Report

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Veterans Upward Bound (VUB), one of the U.S. Department of Education’s Upward Bound programs, is designed to motivate and assist veterans in developing academic and other requisite skills necessary for acceptance and success in a program of postsecondary education. The program provides assessment and enhancement of basic skills through counseling, mentoring, tutoring and academic instruction in the core subject areas. The primary goal of the program is to increase the rate at which participants enroll in and complete postsecondary education programs. All Veterans Upward Bound projects must provide instruction in mathematics through pre-calculus, laboratory science, foreign language, composition, and literature. Projects may also provide short-term remedial or refresher courses for veterans who are high school graduates but have delayed pursuing postsecondary education. Projects are also expected to assist veterans in securing support services from other locally available resources such as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, veterans’ associations, and other state and local agencies that serve veterans. The Department’s annual performance report (APR) for VUB collects each current grantee’s data at the participant level on services and performance over the course of a year. The Department uses the information conveyed in the performance report to assess a grantee’s progress in meeting its approved goals and objectives and to evaluate a grantee’s prior experience in accordance with the program regulations in 34 CFR 645.32. Grantees’ annual performance reports also provide information on the outcomes of projects’ work and of the VUB program as a whole. In addition, APR data allows the Department to respond to the reporting requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act.

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Pub.L. 110 - 315 402A	View Law

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Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program Annual Performance Report

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Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program grantees must submit the Annual Performance Report each year. The reports are used to evaluate grantees' performance for substantial progress, respond to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), and award prior experience points at the end of each project (budget) period. The Department also aggregates the data to provide descriptive information on the projects and to analyze the impact of the McNair Program on the academic progress of participating students.

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Pub.L. 102 - 325 402E	View Law

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Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Disclosure Requirements (Renewal)

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This ICR will cover the information collection activities associated with the reporting and recordkeeping requirements for sellers, lessors, and their agents disclosure activities in target housing including the allowance of up to ten days for an optional risk assessment or inspection before being obligated under purchase or lease contract.

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42 USC 4852d	View Law

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Certification of Identity

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This form is used to identity individuals requesting records on self or another individual under the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. Section 552a(i)(3) and in accordance with the provisions of 28 C.F.R., Section 16.41(d). The component is converting this ICR into a common form.

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5 USC 552	View Law

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Research Permit and Reporting System Applications and Reports (36 CFR 2.1 and 2.5)

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NPS policy requires anyone conducting research or collecting specimens in a national park - other than NPS employees working on official duties - to obtain an NPS scientific research and collecting permit. These permits are required because federal regulations (36 CFR 2.1 and 36 CFR 2.5) protect park resources and govern how research and specimen collection may occur. NPS uses a permitting system for scientific research and collecting. People who want to conduct natural or social science research in a park submit either Form 10 741A (Scientific Research and Collecting Permit Application) or Form 10 741B (Science Education Permit Application). Permit holders must then report their work using the Investigator’s Annual Report (Form 10 226), the Field Work Check in Report (Form 10 741C), and the Field Work Check out Report (Form 10 741D)

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54 USC 100101	View Law

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54 USC 100705	View Law

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Pale Cyst Nematode

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The purpose of this collection is prevent the spread of the pale cyst nematode via potatoes, soil, and other host material to noninfested areas of the United States.

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7 USC 77001-7772	View Law

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FERC-725E: Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Western Electric Coordinating Council (RD26-5)

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RD26-5 Retirement of BAL-002-WECC-3 (Contingency Reserve) - requires balancing authorities and reserve sharing groups to document compliance with the contingency reserve requirements described in the standard. The retirement of Regional Reliability Standard BAL-002-WECC-3 would increase the availability of reserves currently held as excess Contingency Reserves to better support system operations and manage variable generation concerns.30 Retirement would also increase the restoration timeframe for Contingency Reserves after a contingency event occurs and increase an entity’s ability to secure additional resources. Bulk-Power System reliability would continue to be maintained through the continent-wide Reliability Standard BAL-002-3 by requiring sufficient Contingency Reserves are maintained and a restoration timeframe that is compatible with market scheduling practices. FERC-725E is the information collection that is required to implement the statutory provisions of section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824o). Section 215 of the FPA buttresses the Commission's efforts to strengthen the reliability of the interstate grid through the grant of new authority by providing for a system of mandatory Reliability Standards developed by the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO). The FERC 725E information collection pertains specifically to the Western Electric Coordinating Council (WECC). WECC promotes bulk electric system reliability in the Western Interconnection. WECC is the Regional Entity responsible for compliance monitoring and enforcement. In addition, WECC provides an environment for the development of Reliability Standards and the coordination of the operating and planning activities of its members as set forth in the WECC Bylaws. For the purposes of the extension, the following standards will remain unchanged: BAL-004-WECC-3 (Automatic Time Error Correction) - requires balancing authorities to document that time error corrections and primary inadvertent interchange payback were conducted according to the requirements in the standard. FAC-501-WECC-2 (Transmission Maintenance) - requires transmission owners with certain transmission paths to have a transmission maintenance and inspection plan and to document maintenance and inspection activities according to the plan. IRO-006-WECC-3 (Qualified Transfer Path Unscheduled Flow (USF) Relief) - requires balancing authorities and reliability coordinators to document actions taken to mitigate unscheduled flow. VAR-501-WECC-4 (Power System Stabilizers (PSS)) requires the Western Interconnection is operated in a coordinated manner under normal and abnormal conditions by establishing the performance criteria for WECC power system stabilizers.

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16 USC 824o	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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Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or Privacy Act (PA) Request (VA Form 20-10206)

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VA Form 20-10206 is used by VA to gather the necessary information to fulfill claimants’ requests to access Federal agency records and requests for access to records based on name or another personal identifier. Without this information, VA would not be able to efficiently process FOIA and PA requests in a standardized manner. As such, requests from claimants and stakeholders vary in nature and in scope.

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38 USC 5102(b)	View Law

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38 USC 501	View Law

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Passive Enrollment Processes for D-SNPs (CMS-10953)

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CMS can passively enroll certain dually eligible individuals currently enrolled in an integrated D-SNP into another integrated D-SNP, after consulting with the State Medicaid agency that contracts with the D-SNP or other integrated managed care plan, when CMS determines that the passive enrollment will promote continuity of care and integrated care. D-SNPs will be required to provide noticing to enrollees who are moved from an expiring D-SNP to a gaining D-SNP. This noticing will include two notices to individuals. The D-SNP must provide the first notice no fewer than 60 calendar days prior to the enrollment effective date and the second notice no fewer than 30 days prior to the enrollment effective date.

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42 USC 1851(c)(1)	View Law

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Rule 19b-7 and Form 19b-7

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The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, established a procedure for Security Futures Product Exchanges and Limited Purpose National Securities Associations to provide notice of proposed rule changes relating to certain matters. Rule 19b-7 and Form 19b-7 implemented this procedure. Subsequently approved rule changes require Self-Regulatory Organizations to electronically file proposed rule changes submitted pursuant to Section 19(b)(7)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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15 USC 78s(b)(7)	View Law

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Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Program: Communications and Marketing Provisions (CMS-10837)

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The statutory provisions help ensure Medicare beneficiaries are informed and protected when making an election to enroll in an MA (including MAPD) or Part D plan. We believe the regulations strengthen CMS’ ability to ensure that MA and Part D marketing to beneficiaries is not misleading, inaccurate, or confusing. Additionally, under 42 CFR 417.428, most marketing requirements in subpart V of part 422 also apply to section 1876 cost plans.

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42 USC 1851(h) and (j)	View Law

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42 USC 1860D-1(b)(1)(B)(vi)	View Law

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42 USC 1860D-4(l)	View Law

42 USC 1860D-12(b)(3)(D)	View Law

42 USC 1876(i)(3)(D)	View Law

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CFM Stakeholder Feedback Survey

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As part of CFM's focus on quality assurance and continuous improvement, CFM leadership established the Stakeholder Feedback Program to solicit input from affected stakeholders, identify challenges, and implement improvements to enhance CFM's service delivery. The Stakeholder Feedback Program’s vision is to improve overall project quality and delivery using near real-time stakeholder feedback.

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Notice to the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS F-7 Notice)

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The FMCS F-7 Notice Submission Form, (FMCS Form F-7), is used to facilitate a reporting requirement to FMCS by labor or management practitioners under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), 29 U.S.C. 158(d)(3), in an effort to utilize federal mediation to prevent or minimize disruption to the community that could arise from a labor/management dispute.

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29 USC 172	View Law

29 USC 158 (d)	View Law

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Application for Designation as National Recreation Trail or National Water Trail

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The purpose of this information collection is to assist the National Park Service (NPS) in submitting suitable trails or trail systems to the Secretary of the Interior for designation as National Recreation Trails (NRTs), and in recommending exemplary water trails to the Secretary of the Interior for designation as National Water Trails (NWTs) to be included in the National Water Trails System (NWTS). The NPS administers the NRT program by authority of section 4 of the National Trails System Act (16 USC 1243). Secretarial Order No. 3319 established National Water Trails as a class of National Recreation Trails and directed that such trails collectively be considered in a National Water Trails System. National Recreation Trail designation provides national recognition to local and regional trails or trail systems, acknowledging local and state efforts to build and maintain viable trails and trail systems. This recognition function is shared by the Secretary of Agriculture (for trails on National Forest lands and waters) and the Secretary of the Interior (for all other trails). The National Water Trails System is focused on building a national network of exceptional water trails that can be sustained by an ever growing and vibrant water trail community. The NWTS connects Americans to the nation’s waterways and strengthens the conservation and restoration of those waterways. Best management practices provide high quality water-based outdoor recreational opportunities.

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16 USC 1243	View Law

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Service Request Form

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FMCS’ authorizing statute requires private sector parties whose collective bargaining contract is unsettled or being modified to file a form which FMCS uses to proffer services. However, no form is statutorily required by similarly-situated parties in the public or federal sectors. Prior to this, the requests for services in these sectors came to various people at FMCS in various departments by various methods, leading to sometimes inefficient administration of services. This form is required to allow FMCS to streamline services and to receive sufficient information to proffer services.

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29 USC 173	View Law

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Data for Payment of Retired Personnel

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To collect information needed to establish a retired/retainer pay account for members of the Uniformed Services who are retiring or reaching the age of eligibility to receive retired pay. This includes designation of beneficiaries for unpaid retired pay, state tax withholding election, lump sum of retired pay election, information on dependents, and election of Survivor Benefit Plan coverage.

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10 USC Section 1415	View Law

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