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Application Package for Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions (HBGI) (1894-0001)

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The Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions (HBGI) Program provides grants to assist institutions in establishing and strengthening their physical plants, development offices, endowment funds, academic resources and student services so that they may continue to participate in fulfilling the goal of equality of educational opportunity in graduate education. Since OMB’s last review and approval of the package, the application has been updated to include only the program-specific forms required for this collection. All standard forms that have already been approved by OMB and are not unique to this information collection, as well as additional information not directly related to the program-specific forms associated with this program, have been removed from the collection.

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN	View Notice
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Authorizing Statutes

20 USC Title III, Part B, Section 326	View Law

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OFAC Sanctions Compliance Program (SCP) for Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuers (PPSIs)

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This information collection request is submitted to request approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new OMB control number for the specific, new information collection and recordkeeping requirements for permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSI). PPSIs will be required to maintain an effective sanctions compliance program (SCP) under a proposed rulemaking to implement provisions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act), 12 U.S.C. 5901–5916, of July 18, 2025, issued jointly by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) within the Department of the Treasury. Pursuant to the GENIUS Act, OFAC is proposing new regulations that would add a new part 502 under 31 CFR chapter V. Section 502 would set forth the recordkeeping, reporting and other information collection requirements for PPSIs to develop and maintain an effective SCP. Even though the SCP will require five categories of elements, only internal controls (maintaining a copy of PPSI’s SCP in writing to be made available to OFAC upon request and providing a PPSI certification to OFAC upon request) and maintaining the records of results from testing and auditing and any enhancements identified for the SCP will be covered by this information collection. However, the internal controls time and cost burden are part of overall anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) internal controls and are therefore accounted for under FinCEN’s requested new OMB control number 1506-XXXX. Other information collection and recordkeeping requirements pursuant to any OFAC sanctions program are approved by OMB under control number 1505-0164 and contained in § 501.901 of OFAC’s Reporting, Procedures and Penalties Regulations (31 CFR part 501), which pertains to the operation of the various economic sanctions programs administered by OFAC under 31 CFR chapter V.

Federal Register Notices

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Authorizing Statutes

12 USC 5901-5916	View Law

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Essential Health Benefits in Alternative Benefit Plans, Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes, and Premiums and Cost Sharing; Exchanges: Eligibility and Enrollment (CMS-10468)

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, enacted on March 23, 2010, and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, Public Law 111-152, enacted on March 30, 2010 (collectively, “Affordable Care Act”), expands access to health insurance for individuals and employees of small businesses through the establishment of new Affordable Insurance Exchanges (Exchanges), including the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP). The Exchanges, which became operational on January 1, 2014, enhanced competition in the health insurance market, expanded access to affordable health insurance for millions of Americans, and provided consumers with a place to easily compare and shop for health insurance coverage. Benefit Plans, Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes, and Premiums and Cost Sharing; Exchanges: Eligibility and Enrollment (CMS-2334-F) address: (1) standards related to notices, (2) procedures for the verification of enrollment in an eligible employer-sponsored plan and eligibility for qualifying coverage in an eligible employer-sponsored plan; and (3) other eligibility and enrollment provisions to provide detail necessary for state implementation. The submission seeks OMB approval of the information collection requirements Sections 1311(b) and 1321(b) of the Affordable Care Act provide that each state has the opportunity to establish an Exchange that (1) facilitates the purchase of insurance coverage by qualified individuals through QHPs; (2) assists qualified employers in the enrollment of their employees in QHPs; and (3) meets other standards specified in the Affordable Care Act. Section 1311(k) of the Affordable Care Act specifies that Exchanges may not establish rules that conflict with or prevent the application of regulations promulgated by the Secretary. Section 1311(d) of the Affordable Care Act describes the minimum functions of an Exchange, including the certification of QHPs.

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Authorizing Statutes

Pub.L. 111 - 148 1311	View Law

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West Coast Fisheries Participation Survey

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This request is for a revision and extension of an existing information collection. This survey updates the 2023 survey to remove a question regarding identity in underserved groups and provide multiple choice answer options for two questions that were previously open-ended in order to reduce response time. The overall purpose of collecting these data is to develop stakeholder-based societal inputs relative to fisheries participation, but these survey data will also increase the capacity of NOAA to respond effectively to relevant mandates and executive orders that guide social science activities within the National Marine Fisheries Service (NEPA, MFCMA and its National Standard 8, and Executive Order (EO) 12898).

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16 USC 1801 et seq.	View Law

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Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Highway Routing

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This request for an ICR extension consists of mandatory reporting. State and Indian tribes are required to provide information to the FMCSA identifying all non-radioactive hazardous materials routing designations (highways) which exist within their jurisdictions. FMCSA requires that States and Indian tribes notify the FMCSA if they establish, modify, maintain, or enforce non-radioactive hazardous materials highway routing designations, so that FMCSA can then publish the information in the Federal Register and on the FMCSA website at: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov. FMCSA estimates there will be an average of one response every two years per State/U.S. Territory/Indian tribe and FMCSA publishes this information annually so carriers of placarded non-radioactive hazardous materials will have knowledge of the restrictions. Several States the District of Columbia, an Indian tribe, and U.S. Territories have designated/restricted highway routes and/or imposed restrictions or limitations affecting the highway transportation of certain hazardous materials. While these localized routing designations are intended to improve safety, the proliferation of uncoordinated State and local routing designations could impede the free flow of commerce, have little or no demonstrable positive effect on public safety, and result in the exportation of risk from one jurisdiction to another. The FMCSA estimates that 100% of the States and Indian tribes that are providing the information do so electronically. States that are presently restricting/designating routes are using various technologies to collect and organize this information. The FMCSA utilizes a computer system to store and retrieve the routing information. This enables FMCSA to provide routing information as mandated by statute.

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49 USC 5112	View Law

49 USC 5125	View Law

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Rule 22e-4 (17 CFR 270.22e-4) under the Investment Company Act 0f 1940, Investment Company Liquidity Risk Management Programs

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Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 requires an open-end management investment companies (but not money market funds) and an exchange-traded fund that redeems in kind to establish a written liquidity risk management program that is designed to assess and manage the fund's liquidity risk. The requirements under rule 22e-4 that a fund and In-Kind ETF, as applicable, adopt a written liquidity risk management program, report to the board, maintain a written record of how the highly liquid investment minimum was determined and written policies and procedures for responding to a shortfall of the fund’s highly liquid investment minimum, which includes reporting to the fund’s board of directors (for funds that do not primarily hold highly liquid investments), establish written policies and procedures regarding how the fund will engage in redemptions in kind, and retain certain other records are all collections of information under the PRA. In addition, the requirement under rule 22e-4 that the principal underwriter or depositor of a UIT assess the liquidity of the UIT on or before the date of the initial deposit of portfolio securities into the UIT and retain a record of such determination for the life of the UIT, and for five years thereafter, is also a collection of information under the PRA. The respondents to rule 22e-4 are open-end management investment companies (including, under certain circumstances, In-Kind ETFs but excluding money market funds), and the principal underwriters or depositors of UITs under certain circumstances. Compliance with rule 22e-4 is mandatory. The information collection requirements of rule 22e-4 are designed to ensure that funds maintain comprehensive, written liquidity risk management programs that promote compliance with the federal securities laws and protect investors. The information collections also assist the Commission’s examination staff in assessing the adequacy of funds’ liquidity risk management programs and identifying weaknesses in a fund’s liquidity risk management if violations occur or are uncorrected.

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Authorizing Statutes

15 USC 80a	View Law

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Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and Veterans' Preference Eligibility

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Title 38 U.S.C. Section 4322 of USERRA authorizes the Secretary of Labor (through the Veterans' Employment and Training Service) to investigate claims by individuals who believe their USERRA rights have been violated. The information is used to determine eligibility of veterans complaints to reemployment rights they are seeking as well as to state alleged violations by employers of the pertinent statutes and request assistance in obtaining appropriate reemployment benefits. The Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA) of 1998, P.L. 105-339, 112 Stat. 3182, contained in Title 5 U.S.C. § 3330a-3330(b), provides assistance to preference eligible individuals who believe their rights under the veterans' preference laws and the Veterans Benefit Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law No: 110-389) have been violated. Section 3 of the VEOA provides the Secretary of Labor similar authority to investigate complaints brought by preference eligibles. The collection instrument completed by claimants contains the information required and needed for the Department to determine initial eligibility of the claimant.

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38 USC 4301	View Law

Pub.L. 110 - 389 312	View Law

5 USC 3330a	View Law

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Data Security Requirements for Accessing Restricted Data

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The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (44 U.S.C. 3583) mandates that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) establish a standard application process (SAP) for requesting access to certain confidential data assets. While the adoption of the SAP is required for statistical agencies and units designated under the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018 (CIPSEA), it is recognized that other agencies and organizational units within the Executive Branch may benefit from the adoption of the SAP to accept applications for access to confidential data assets. The SAP is to be a process through which agencies, the Congressional Budget Office, State, local, and Tribal governments, researchers, and other individuals, as appropriate, may apply to access confidential data assets held by a federal statistical agency or unit for the purposes of developing evidence. With the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy (ICSP) as advisors, the entities upon whom this requirement is levied are working with the SAP Project Management Office (PMO) and with OMB to implement the SAP. The SAP Portal is to be a single web-based common application designed to collect information from individuals requesting access to confidential data assets from federal statistical agencies and units. BJS makes the microdata it is required to protect as confidential available to approved researchers through a restricted access setting via its official criminal justice data archive. As a Federal Statistical Agency, BJS adheres to the SAP requirements and BJS restricted (confidential) microdata are available for discovery and application via the SAP Portal. In late 2022, the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), in its role as the SAP PMO, published a 60-day Federal Register Notice (87 FR 53793) and 30-day Federal Register Notice (87 FR 66754) announcing plans to collect information through the SAP Portal. This collection request was submitted to the OMB as a Common Form in late 2022; the OMB control number for SAP Portal information collection is 3145-0271 and the expiration date is 12/31/2025.

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34 USC 10132	View Law

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Peace Corps Awareness and Affinity: National Survey of U.S. Adults

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The Peace Corps’ Office of Communications will use the information collected by the Peace Corps Awareness and Affinity: National Survey of U.S. Adults to help assess the effectiveness of the national awareness and recruitment campaign to meet the Administration's goal of 8,000 Peace Corps Volunteers by 2030. The survey will also collect information to help broaden the pool of potential Volunteers. This information collection will also be used to gather information and insights to identify key audience segments and help ensure the efficiency and success of future marketing efforts. The Office of Communications will conduct this survey twice.

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Pub.L. 87 - 293 2509	View Law

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Procedures for Requests from Tribal Lead Agencies to use Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Funds for Construction or Major Renovation of Child Care Facilities

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The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act allows Tribal Lead Agencies to use Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) funds for construction or major renovation of child care facilities. The CCDBG Act requires a Tribal Lead Agency, including one that has consolidated its CCDF program into an approved Plan under the Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act of 2017, also known as P.L. 102-477, to first request and receive approval from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) before using CCDF funds for construction or major renovation. CCDBG requires ACF to develop and implement uniform procedures for the solicitation and consideration of such requests. This Program Instruction (PI) sets forth the uniform procedures. The Office of Child Care (OCC) proposes extending approval of the information collection with changes, significantly reducing the burden for Tribal Lead Agencies and clarifying requirements.

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Authorizing Statutes

42 USC 9858c (6)	View Law

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Generic Clearance for 2024-2026 IMLS Grant Application Forms

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To facilitate the administration of the IMLS application and review processes for its discretionary grants and cooperative agreements, the agency uses standardized application forms for eligible libraries, museums, and other organizations to apply to its funding opportunities. The forms submitted for public review in this Notice are the IMLS Library-Discretionary Program Information Form, the IMLS Museum Program Information Form, the IMLS Supplementary Information Form, and the IMS Budget From. The IMLS Library-Discretionary Program Information Form, the IMLS Museum Program Information Form, the IMLS Supplementary Information Form, and the IMLS Budget From are each included in one or more of the Grants.gov application packages associated with IMLS grant programs’ Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs). These forms automatically transmit data into IMLS’s electronic grants management system, eGMS, through a system-to-system interface. This action is to renew the forms and instructions associated with all IMLS NOFOs from fiscal year (FY) 2027 through FY 2029.

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EERE Small Businesses and Startups Impact Evaluation Data Collection

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This package requests approval for information collection from small businesses that have applied for funding through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s ( EERE’s) financial assistance offerings, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants and prizes between 2008 and 2024, to collect information that will serve as inputs to a program evaluation study that will evaluate the impacts of EERE’s funding on small businesses. The results of this evaluation study will be used by DOE leadership to understand the impact to date and opportunities for improvement in financial awards provided to small businesses. This is planned to be a one-time information collection effort.

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Pub.L. 97 - 219 Small Business Innovation	View Law

42 USC 7133	View Law

Pub.L. 115 - 345 Foundations for Evidence-based	View Law

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Native American Language (NAL@ED) Application Package (1894-0001)

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The Office of Indian Education (OIE) of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) requests an extension of the information collection clearance for the Native American Language Program Grant Application (ALN84.415B), a competitive grant program authorized under Title VI, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA). The grant applications submitted for this program are evaluated on the basis of how well an applicant addresses the selection criteria and are used to determine applicant eligibility and amount of award for projects selected for funding. The criteria are not expected to change prior to a future competition.

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20 USC 7423	View Law

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Value Analysis: Clean Fuel Production Credit - 45Z

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DOE seeks to collect information from fuel producers in order to provide an emissions value that a producer may use to petition the Internal Revenue Service for a Provisional Emissions Rate needed to claim the section 45Z tax credit. DOE will share relevant information collected with one or more National Laboratories as needed so those Laboratories can perform the required emissions analysis. Likely respondents include owners of qualified facilities as defined in section 45Z.

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Pub.L. 117 - 169 45z	View Law

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Protecting National Security Through FCC Programs

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Providers of advanced communications services are prohibited from using Universal Service Fund (USF) monies to purchase, maintain, improve, modify, obtain, or otherwise support any equipment or services produced or provided by a company that poses a national security threat to the integrity of communications networks or the communications supply chain. Pursuant to the Supply Chain Reimbursement Program, the Commission has established requirements for the removal, replacement, and disposal of covered communications equipment and services that pose a national security risk.

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47 USC 1603-1604	View Law

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Information collections contained in Modernizing Materials Licensing Proposed Rule, 10 CFR Parts 30, 37, 40, 51, 70, 72, and 140

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PROPOSED RULE: Information collections contained in Modernizing Materials Licensing Proposed Rule, 10 CFR Parts 30, 37, 40, 51, 70, 72, and 140 The proposed rule would revise information collection related to materials licensing. Major changes would include eliminating the nine-month advance application requirement for facility construction in 10 CFR parts 30, 40, and for some facilities under 10 CFR part 70, and allowing construction to begin at the applicant’s risk for most materials facility types; introducing a new exemption in 10 CFR part 37 for large components and robust structures containing category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material, with new recordkeeping for exemption documentation; streamlining and clarifying application content and reporting requirements in 10 CFR part 70, especially for spent fuel reprocessing facilities; shifting certain annual and biennial reporting requirements in 10 CFR part 72 to recordkeeping only, and adjusting notification and registration deadlines for spent fuel storage; and establishing new documentation requirements in 10 CFR part 140 for spent fuel reprocessing facility licensees (liability insurance and indemnification for reprocessing facilities). These changes collectively would reduce unnecessary regulatory burden, clarify ambiguous requirements, and improve the efficiency and practical utility of NRC’s information collections, ensuring that the agency would continue to receive essential information for effective oversight while minimizing paperwork burdens on regulated entities. NOTE: Because this rule results in a net reduction in the number of responses, but an overall increase in burden, the data fields in the submission reflect a nominal entry of 1 response. Please refer to the supporting statement and burden tables for the actual burden estimates. In addition, the cost to the government is a savings of $23,100, but 0 has been entered in the field, as it does not allow a negative response.

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[IRA Collection] Manufacturer Submission of Average Sales Price (ASP) Data for Medicare Part B Drugs and Biological and Supporting Regulations (CMS-10110)

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Section 1847A of the Social Security Act requires that the Medicare Part B payment amounts for covered drugs and biologicals not paid on a cost or prospective payment basis be based upon manufacturers’ average sales price data submitted quarterly to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The reporting requirements are specified in 42 CFR part 414, subpart J.

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Authorizing Statutes

Pub.L. 117 - 169 11001	View Law

42 USC 1395u(o)	View Law

42 USC 1395(a)(1)(S)	View Law

42 USC 1395w-3	View Law

Pub.L. 108 - 17 303	View Law

18 Stat. 1847

19 Stat. 1927

42 USC 1395w–3a	View Law

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Initial Plan Data Collection to Support QHP Certification and other Financial Management and Exchange Operations (CMS-10433)

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As required by the CMS-9989-F: Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans; Exchange Standards for Employers ("Exchange rule"), each Exchange must assume responsibilities related to the certification and offering of Qualified Health Plans ("QHP"). To offer insurance through an Exchange, a health insurance issuer must have its health plans certified as QHPs by the Exchange. A QHP must meet certain minimum certification standards, such as network adequacy, actuarial value standards, and the offering of the essential health benefits (EHB). The Exchange is responsible for ensuring that QHPs meet these minimum certification standards as described in the Exchange rule under 45 CFR 155 and 156, based on the Affordable Care Act, as well as other requirements determined by the Exchange.

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Pub.L. 111 - 148 1343, 1401-1402	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 148 1411-1412	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 148 1301-1304, 1311-1312	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 148 1321-1322	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 148 1324, 1341	View Law

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National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS)

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Title IV, Part G of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, (HEA) as further amended by the 1998 Amendments to the HEA (P.L. 105-244) section 485B, requires the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) to establish a National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) that contains information about Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loans, Federal Perkins loans (including National Direct Student Loans and National Defense Student Loans), William D. Ford Federal Direct Student loans (Direct Loan), Federally Insured Student Loans (FISL) and Federal Grants including Pell Grants, Academic Competitiveness Grants (ACG), Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grants (IASG), National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grants. NSLDS is operated out of Federal Student Aid (FSA) and is used for research, policy analysis, monitoring student enrollment, identifying loan holders and servicers, calculating default rates, monitoring program participants, and verifying student aid eligibility. This is a request for a reinstatement without change of the current information collection and burden assessed to 1845-0035.

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20 USC 1087	View Law

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Law School Clinic Certification Program

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Public Law 113–227 (Dec. 16, 2014) requires the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to establish regulations and procedures for application to, and participation in, the USPTO Law School Clinic Certification Program (LSCCP). The LSCCP Program allows students enrolled in a participating law school’s clinic to practice patent or trademark law before the USPTO under the direct supervision of a faculty clinic supervisor. Each clinic provides legal services on a pro bono basis for clients who qualify for assistance from the law school’s clinic. By drafting, filing, and prosecuting patent and trademark applications, students gain valuable experience that would otherwise be unavailable to them while in law school. The program also facilitates the provision of pro bono services to trademark and patent applicants who lack the financial resources necessary for traditional legal representation. In 2020, there were 60 law schools participating. This information collection covers the applications from law schools that wish to enter the program, faculty advisors who seek to become a faculty clinic supervisor, and students who seek to participate in this program. The information collection also includes the required biannual reports from participating law school clinics and biennial renewals required by the program as well as the request to make special under the Law School Clinic Certification Program, which allows a limited number of applications per semester to be advanced out of turn (accorded special status) for examination if the applicant makes the appropriate showing, to provide law students with practical experience as they will be more likely to receive substantive examination of applications within the school year that the application is filed.

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Pub.L. 113 - 227 1	View Law

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Survey of State Government Research & Development

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The Survey of State Government Research and Development (SGRD) provides comprehensive, uniform statistics regarding the extent of research and development (R&D) activity performed and funded by departments and agencies in each of the nation's 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The Census Bureau conducts this survey on behalf of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES). NCSES sponsors surveys of R&D activities of businesses, government, higher education, and other private nonprofit organizations. The results of these surveys provide a consistent information base for both federal and state government officials, industry professionals, and researchers to use in formulating public policy and planning in science and technology. These surveys allow for the analysis of current and historical trends of R&D in the U.S. and in international comparisons of R&D with other countries. The data collected from the SGRD fills a void that previously existed for collection of R&D activities. Although NCSES conducted periodic data collections of state government R&D in 1995, 1988 and 1987, more frequent collection was necessary to account for the changing dynamic of state governments’ role in performing and funding R&D and their role as fiduciary intermediaries of federal funds for R&D. The survey is a census of state government departments, agencies, commissions, public authorities, and other dependent entities as defined by the Census Bureau’s Census of Governments program, that performed or funded R&D activities in a given fiscal year.

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13 USC 8(b)	View Law

42 USC 1861-1876	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 358 505	View Law

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WIC Tribal Organizations and U.S. Territories Study

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This study aims to inform FNS about variations in operations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) among Tribal Organizations, U.S. territories, and geographic States administering the program as local and State agencies.

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Third Party Servicer Data Collection

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The Department is seeking a reinstatement with change of information collection 1845-0130, covering a Third-Party Servicer Data Inquiry form. This form collects information from third party servicers. The HEA allows institutions of higher education to outsource aspects of their participation in Title IV programs. Any individual or entity that contracts with or performs work on behalf of an institution to administer any aspect of that institution’s responsibilities required under the Title IV programs is defined as a third-party servicer. The Title IV regulations authorize the Department to provide oversight of third-party servicers, which are subject to the highest standard of care and diligence in their administration of Title IV programs. (34 CFR 668.2) The information collected through the Third-Party Servicer Data Inquiry form allows the Department to identify institutions of higher education that are failing to report or incorrectly reporting third-party servicer information; to monitor and enforce third-party servicer compliance with annual audit requirements; to identify other persons or organizations that contract with a third-party servicer to assist with any aspect of the administration of a Title IV program on behalf of the third-party servicer or its clients; and to effectively coordinate third-party servicer program review assessments

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20 USC 1094	View Law

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Request for Information Concerning Portfolio Financing

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SBA Form 857 is used by an SBIC examiner as part of an examination of an SBIC. In advance of the scheduled on-site part of the exam, the SBA examiner mails the form directly to a sample of portfolio concerns (usually 5 to 10 small businesses) that received financing by the SBIC being examined

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Schedule 13E-4F

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Abstract

Schedule 13E-4F (17 CFR 240.13e-102) may be used by a Canadian foreign private issuer to make a cash tender or exchange offer for the Canadian issuer’s own securities if less than 40 percent of the class of securities subject to the offer is held by U.S. holders. Schedule 13E-4F, along with the other forms and schedules under the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system, is designed to facilitate cross-border transactions in securities of Canadian issuers. Schedule 13E-4F is designed to provide U.S. investors in relevant Canadian securities with adequate information concerning the cash tender or exchange offer, the Canadian foreign private issuer, and the securities subject to the offer so that investors can make informed voting and investment decisions.

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN	View Notice
30-Day FRN	View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

15 USC 77g, 77j, 77s(a)	View Law

15 USC 78c, 78l, 78m, 78n, 78o(d)	View Law

15 USC 78w(a), 78ll	View Law

15 USC 80a-8, 80a-24, 80a-29, 80a-37	View Law

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