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Previous ICR	202202-1140-001

Federal Register Notices

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ATF uses ATF Form 8620.69, Request for Temporary Eligibility to Hold a Sensitive Position, to notify candidates of the option to receive temporary employment after a certain stage in the background check process and request their decision. ATF also uses the form to collect information to determine if the candidate (respondent) can be granted temporary eligibility to hold a sensitive position prior to completion and adjudication of their full background investigation.

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Previous ICR	202207-3133-002

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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The NCUA issued regulation under 12 CFR part 702, subpart E, “Capital Planning and Stress Testing” regarding capital planning and stress testing for federally insured credit unions with $10 billion or more in assets and supervised by Office of National Examinations and Supervision (covered credit unions). The rule authorizes covered credit unions to conduct stress tests in accordance with the NCUA’s requirements. Section 702.506 provides for the necessary requirements for those credit unions to conduct supervisory stress tests. The ‘‘NCUA Template - Large Credit Union Data Collection’’ was developed for the credit unions to provide NCUA with the specific data needed to evaluate their internal assessments of capital adequacy and to ensure their capital resources are sufficient.

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Previous ICR	202011-3133-001

Federal Register Notices

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Subpart D of Part 702 addresses limits on loans to other credit unions; an expansion of the borrowing rule to clarify that federal credit unions (FCUs) can borrow from any source; revisions to the risk-based capital (RBC) rule, and the payout priorities in an involuntary liquidation rule to account for Subordinated Debt and Grandfathered Secondary Capital; and cohering changes to part 741 to account for the other changes proposed in this rule that apply to federally insured, state-chartered credit unions (FISCUs). The borrowing authority granted to FCUs by the FCU Act, along with FCUs’ statutory authority to enter into contracts and exercise incidental powers necessary or required to enable the FCUs to effectively carry on their business, supports the legal analysis that FCUs are authorized to incur indebtedness through the issuance of debt securities of the type contemplated by this proposed rule. This rule would permit LICUs, Complex Credit Unions, and New Credit Unions to issue Subordinated Debt Notes for purposes of regulatory capital treatment. It contains a series of requirements in respect of the Subordinated Debt and Subordinated Debt Note, disclosures and offering materials, repayment (including prepayment), and regulatory capital treatment.

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Previous ICR	202111-2900-008

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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VA Form 21-686c is used to gather the necessary information to determine eligibility for additional benefits for dependents. Without this information, entitlement to these benefits could not be determined.

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Previous ICR	202207-1218-001

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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The purpose of this standard and its information collection requirements is to provide protection for workers from the adverse effects associated with occupational exposure to coke oven emissions. Employers must monitor worker exposure, reduce worker exposure to permissible exposure limits, and provide medical examinations and other information to workers pertaining to coke oven emissions.

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Previous ICR	202207-1218-002

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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The standard requires employers to train employees about the hazards of lead, monitor employee exposure, provide medical surveillance, and maintain accurate records of employee exposure to lead. These records will be used by employers, employees, physicians and the Government to ensure that employees are not harmed by exposure to lead in the workplace.

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Previous ICR	202206-0970-001

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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Section 412(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 612(a)(2)), as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, created a new tribal work activities program – the Native Employment Works (NEW) program. The NEW program began July 1, 1997. The NEW program plan guidance for Tribes that do not include their NEW programs in Public Law 102-477 projects, and the NEW program report document contain requirements for information needed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to evaluate and approve plans for funding and to monitor and measure program performance. Eligible Indian tribes and Alaska Native entities must submit program plans (generally once every three years) in order to receive NEW program grants. The plan describes how the grantee will administer and operate its NEW program. NEW grantees must submit program reports annually, providing information on activities and services provided, characteristics of NEW program clients, and program outcomes achieved. The NEW program final regulations (45 CFR Part 287- Attachment A) contain requirements for program plans and program reports. In these regulations, sections 287.70 through 287.110 apply to NEW plans, and sections 287.150 through 287.170 apply to NEW reports. These requirements are reflected in the program plan guidance documents and program report document. The version of these documents for which we now seek approval replaces previous versions. There are minor changes in both documents: (1) the Annual report includes some clarifications on instructions; (2) the Program Plan Guidance includes a change in the directions for submitting a NEW Plan.

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Previous ICR	202503-0970-013

Federal Register Notices

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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) requests an extension of the generic Disaster Information Collection Form. Under this generic clearance, ACF currently has Disaster Information Collection Forms tailored for each of the following five ACF offices or programs: the Children’s Bureau, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program, the Office of Child Care, the Office of Head Start, and the Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Program. ACF also has a standard Disaster Information Collection Form (Services for Planning Emergency Action and Response Form) that can be used as-is, or tailored by program offices to create their own form for submission under this generic. This request is to continue use of those forms and extend approval of the overarching generic to allow for potential new submissions over the next three years. There are no substantive changes to the overarching generic or the forms approved under this generic.

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Previous ICR	202407-0610-001

Federal Register Notices

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The reason for revision request is the current survey requests information regarding current and past activities over the past year. This information was important to capture as a starting point before program implementation. Respondents will now begin program implementation, and it is important to request information on activities on a more regular basis, therefore, the survey requests information on a semi-annual basis. EDA is also requesting the survey be conducted for 10 years. The reasoning for this long duration is the program goal is to support the development of globally competitive Tech Hubs within ten years. This duration is necessary to allow for time for the positive impacts of the funding and activities to be fully realized. To effectively administer and monitor its economic development assistance programs, EDA collects certain information from applications for, and recipients of, EDA investment assistance. Under the EDA Regional Technology and Innovation Hub Program, award recipients are required to submit identified program metrics and information to ensure that EDA regional development investments are evidence-based and data-driven, and accountable to participants and the public. EDA will require information from the 31 Designated Tech Hubs recipients also known as the consortia leads. This collection instrument will provide more granular information on the current status of Tech Hub programs and activities. Tech Hubs Designees will submit data one time to determine a baseline status. Furthermore, the data collected, and the tools created will help inform economic development practices at EDA, paving the way for future programming.

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SPD-15 Implementation	Yes
Previous ICR	202402-0938-010

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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The Minimum Data Set (MDS) is a uniform instrument used in every Medicare/Medicaid certified nursing home in the United States to assess resident condition. It was developed in response to the Landmark Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report on Nursing Home Quality in 1987 where the MDS was seen as a critical component in efforts to improve the quality of care in nursing homes. The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA 1987) also set forth new provisions for Medicare and Medicaid related to new standards for care in the nursing home setting. From its inception, the MDS was intended to serve several purposes: (1) Collect data to inform care plans (2) To generate quality indicators to evaluate nursing homes and guide improvement interventions (3) To serve as a data source for nursing home payment systems. Pursuant to sections 4204(b) and 4214(d) of OBRA 1987, the current requirements related to the submission and retention of resident assessment data are not subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), but it has been determined that requirements for SNF staff performing, encoding and patient assessment data necessary administer the payment rate methodology described in 413.337, are subject to the PRA. The SNF QRP was established in CMS-1622-F (August 4, 2015; 80 FR 46390) and began collecting data from SNFs in fiscal year (FY) 2016 using the MDS. As described in section 1899B (b)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (the Act), SNFs are required to submit standardized patient assessment data with respect to the following categories: • Functional Status • Cognitive Function • Special Services, Treatments, and Interventions • Medical Conditions and Comorbidities • Impairments • Other categories deemed necessary and appropriate by the Secretary Both the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) in the SNF PPS and the SNF QRP collect data through the MDS 3.0. The PDPM was described and adopted for SNFs and Swing Beds in CMS-1696-F (August 8, 2018; 83 FR 39162). This package is a request for a revision to the current Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment instrument for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF). This package represents a request from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement the MDS 3.0 v1.18.11 beginning October 1, 2023 to October 1, 2026 in order to meet the requirements of policies finalized in the Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) final rule (CMS-1718-F, RIN 0938-AT75). A PRA package was submitted at the time of the finalized policies and approved on 11/22/2019, but the compliance date for the finalized policies (10/01/2020) was delayed due to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). Please note, however, the burden was never retracted, and the implementation of the instrument was simply delayed. While there has been no change in assessment-level burden since the approval of the MDS 3.0 v1.17.2, there has been a change in total burden since 2019 when the package was originally approved due to a decrease in the number of MDS assessments completed and a change in the hourly rate for clinicians completing the assessment.

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Previous ICR	202412-1210-005

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), codified as part 7 of title I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), was enacted to improve the portability and continuity of health care coverage for participants and beneficiaries of group health plans. HIPAA also added section 101(g) to ERISA, providing the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) with authority to require, by regulation, multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) as defined in section 3(40) of ERISA, that offer or provide coverage for medical benefits but which are not group health plans (non-plan MEWAs), to report annually for the purpose of determining compliance with part 7 requirements. While the statutory authority was directed at non-plan MEWAs, based on the authority in ERISA sections 101(g), 505, and 734, the Department of Labor (Department) in 2003 promulgated a regulation at 29 CFR 2520.101-2 that required the administrators of both plan MEWAs and non-plan MEWAs that offer or provide coverage for medical benefits, as well certain entities that claim not to be a MEWA solely due to the exception in section 3(40)(A)(i) of ERISA (referred to as “Entities Claiming Exception” or “ECEs”), to file the Form M-1 on an annual basis (Form M-1 annual report). The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (these are collectively known as the “Affordable Care Act” or “ACA”) amended section 101(g) of ERISA to require non-plan MEWAs that provide benefits consisting of medical care to register with the Secretary before operating in a State. In 2011, the Department amended the Form M-1 reporting regulations to enact the ACA required provisions by requiring all MEWAs (plan and non-plan MEWAs) that offer or provide coverage for medical benefits and ECEs to register with the Secretary upon occurrence of certain registration events, such as prior to operating in a State, in addition to continued reporting on an annual basis regarding compliance with part 7 of ERISA.

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Previous ICR	202206-1210-006

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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Section 203A(a) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (and the implementing SEC regulations) provides thresholds for when investment advisers must register with the SEC or with one or more states To qualify as investment manager under ERISA, investment advisers that register with a state, rather than with the SEC, must satisfy ERISA's section 3(38) requirement to file a copy of the State registration with the Department by electronically registering through the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD). This is a centralized electronic filing system operated by the SEC in conjunction with State securities regulation authorities. Because the IARD was established by the SEC and the states, and made mandatory for advisers required to file with SEC, and because all States permit filing through IARD even for advisers who do not file with SEC, the Department determined that use of the IARD would eliminate the duplication of filing paper copies of State registration forms with the Department and facilitate creation of a uniform and efficient “one-stop” filing system for state-registered filings by advisers who wished to meet the “investment manager” definition of ERISA section 3(38).

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Previous ICR	202206-1205-004

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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The UCX law (5 U.S.C. 8521-8523) requires state workforce agencies (SWAs) to administer the UCX program in accordance with the same terms and conditions of the paying state's unemployment insurance law, which apply to unemployed claimants who worked in the private sector. Each state agency needs to obtain certain military service information on claimants filing for UCX benefits to enable them to determine his/her eligibility for benefits.

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SPD-15 Implementation	Yes
Previous ICR	202504-0938-001

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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Administration of In-center Hemodialysis CAHPS(ICH CAHPS) survey by more than 5,700 Medicare-certified ESRD facilities is required as part of the value-based purchasing program for payments under the Medicare program, as described in the 2016 proposed and final ESRD Prospective System Payment Update Rules published in the Federal Register on July 1, 2015, and November 6, 2015, respectively. Value-based purchasing promotes CMS’ goals: better healthcare for individuals; better care for populations and communities; and, lower costs through improvement. Beginning in CY2014, ICH facilities are required to contract with a CMS-approved survey vendor to implement the survey; the CMS-approved vendor shall follow a set of standardized survey administration procedures developed for the national implementation. Survey results from the national implementation will be publicly reported on the DFC website on www.medicare.gov.

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Previous ICR	202401-2060-001

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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This ICR covers provisions under the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act of 2020 that establish limits on total U.S. production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs or regulated substances). To implement the AIM Act, EPA is establishing control measures for individual companies. In accordance with the rulemaking Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Establishing the Allowance Allocation and Trading Program under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, reporters are required to electronically report data to EPA.

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Previous ICR	202206-1210-011

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (PTE) 88-59, which amended and replaced PTE 82-87, allows employee benefit plans to participate in several different types of residential mortgage financing transactions, provided certain conditions are met. The five categories of transactions permitted under the exemption are: (1) issuance of commitments for the provision of mortgage financing to purchasers of residential dwelling units; (2) receipt by a plan of a fee for the issuance of the commitments; (3) the actual making or purchase of a mortgage loan or participation interest therein pursuant to the commitment; (4) the direct making or purchase of an mortgage loan or participation interest therein without the precondition of a commitment; and (5) the sale, exchange or transfer of a mortgage loan or participation interest therein prior to the maturity date of the instrument, provided that the ownership interest sold, exchanged, or transferred represents the plan's entire interest in such investment. Among other conditions, the exemption requires a plan to maintain for the duration of any loan made pursuant to this exemption all records necessary to determine whether conditions of the exemption have been met and to make such records available for examination on request by any trustee, investment manager, participant or beneficiary of the plan, or agents of the Department or the IRS.

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Previous ICR	202205-0938-008

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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42 CFR 460.190 and 460.192 described CMS’s regulatory authority to monitor, through audit or other means, the Programs for All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly (PACE). This monitoring includes review of books, contracts, medical records, patient care documentation and any other records that pertain to any aspect of services performed, reconciliation of benefit liabilities, and determination of amounts payable. CMS developed a strategy to address our oversight and audit responsibilities. We have combined both the trial year and ongoing audit protocols into one universal audit protocol that is streamlined and outcomes based to reduce the financial and administrative burdens for both CMS and PACE organizations.

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Previous ICR	202201-1240-001

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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The Carrier's Report of Issuance of Policy (Form LS-570) is used by authorized insurance carriers to report the policy of insurance issued for each insured employer. This form is to be sent to the Deputy Commissioner in the compensation district indicated by the employer's address. Section 32(a) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 USC 932(a)), requires every employer to secure the payment of such compensation with any insurance company authorized by the Secretary, to insure payment of compensation under this Act or receiving authorization from the Secretary to pay such compensation directly.

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Previous ICR	202109-2127-004

Federal Register Notices

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) seeks the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) approval on the reinstatement of a currently approved information collection (OMB Control Number: 2127-0629) to obtain vehicle information for the general public in support of the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). The information collection requests responses from major motor vehicle manufacturers about the crashworthiness, crash avoidance, and other capabilities of their vehicle models. The collection is voluntary and conducted annually. The information is primarily used to provide information to consumers. It is also used to address consumer inquiries as well as for internal agency analyses. This reinstatement of a currently approved information collection request includes the statutory addition of information about advanced crash avoidance technologies and vulnerable road user safety and the corresponding increase associated with the total annual burden hours. This reinstatement increases the total annual burden hours by 7,005 hours from when this Information Collection Request was last approved (from 1,995 hours to 9,000 hours).

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Previous ICR	202206-3090-001

Federal Register Notices

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The information being collected is required by General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) clause 552.238-82, Modifications (Federal Supply Schedule). The clause requires contractors who have a MAS contract to request a contract modification by submitting information to the contracting officer. At a minimum, each contract modification request covered by this clause is to include an explanation for the request and supporting information. The clause has an Alternate I and Alternate II as well. The basic clause applies to MAS contracts that are not subject to transactional data reporting and covers the following types of requests for contract modification: additional items/additional SINs, deletions, and price reductions. Alternate I is pretty much the same as the basic clause with exception to paragraph (e) being revised to reflect a MAS contractor accepting eMod. Alternate II applies to MAS contracts subject to transactional data reporting and covers the following types of requests for contract modification: additional items/additional SINs and deletions.

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Previous ICR	202204-3090-001

Federal Register Notices

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GSAR clause 552.211-77, Packing List, and its Alternate I, list the requirements for packing lists or other suitable shipping documents when products are being acquired. The information is used to verify order placement and to obtain shipping information (e.g., identify the products included within the shipment). Providing this type of information is a normal commercial practice. The GSAR clause and its Alternate require contractors to provide the cardholder name, telephone number and the term “Credit Card” when a Government commercial credit card is being used.

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Previous ICR	202406-1894-002

Federal Register Notices

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Section 3505(a)(2) of the PRA of 1995 provides the OMB Director authority to approve the streamlined clearance process proposed in this information collection request. This information collection request was originally approved by OMB in January of 1997. This information collection streamlines the clearance process for all discretionary grant information collections which do not fit the generic application process. The streamlined clearance process continues to reduce the clearance time for the U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) discretionary grant information collections by two months or 60 days. This is desirable for two major reasons: it would allow ED to provide better customer service to grant applicants and help meet ED's goal for timely awards of discretionary grants. §3474.20(d) adds the requirement for grantees to develop a dissemination plan for copyrighted work under open licensing. Information contained in the narrative of an application will be captured in the Evidence of Effectiveness Form.

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Previous ICR	202204-1122-003

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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The Consolidated Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Assault and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (hereinafter referred to as the Consolidated Youth Program) was authorized in FY 2012 by federal appropriations acts, which consolidated four previously authorized and appropriated programs into one comprehensive program. The four programs included in these consolidations were Services to Advocate for and Respond to Youth (Youth Services), Assist Children and Youth Exposed to Violence (CEV), Engaging Men and Youth in Preventing Domestic Violence (EMY), and Supporting Teens through Education and Prevention (STEP).

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Previous ICR	202207-3038-006

Federal Register Notices

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On July 21, 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) went into effect. Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act amended the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) to create a regulatory framework for swaps. Section 723 of Title VII amended Section 2 of the CEA to provide that rules adopted by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“Commission” or “CFTC”) to implement Section 2 shall provide for the reporting of data relating to both: (i) swaps entered into before the date of enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, the terms of which have not expired as of the date of enactment of that Act (“pre-enactment swaps”) and (ii) swaps entered into on or after the date of enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act and prior to the compliance date specified in Commission swap data reporting rules implementing Section 2(h)(5)(B) (“transition swaps”). On June 12, 2012, the Commission adopted regulation 46, which imposes recordkeeping and reporting requirements relating to pre-enactment and transition swaps (collectively, “historical swaps”). This renewal concerns the existing collections of information required by 17 CFR Part 46. CFTC regulation 46 imposes recordkeeping and reporting requirements, relating to historical swaps, on the following entities: swap dealers (“SDs”), major swap participants (“MSPs”), and counterparties to swaps who are neither SDs nor MSPs (“non-SD/MSP counterparties”). Section 46.2 requires affected entities to keep certain records relating to historical swaps; Section 46.3 requires affected entities to make an initial data report regarding historical swaps to a swap data repository (“SDR”) and make on-going reports to a SDR for certain historical swaps throughout the existence of the swaps; Section 46.11 requires affected entities to report errors and omissions in data previously reported regarding historical swaps to a SDR.

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Previous ICR	202205-3235-045

Federal Register Notices

Authorizing Statutes

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Rule 12d3-1 (17 CFR 270.12d3-1) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) creates exemptions that allow registered investment companies ("funds") to acquire securities issued by persons engaged in securities-related businesses, which would otherwise be prohibited under Section 12(d)(3) of the Act. The rule permits funds to invest in companies that derive 15 percent or less of their gross revenues from securities activities without ownership limits, and allows investments in companies deriving more than 15 percent from securities activities subject to specific ownership caps (no more than 5 percent of any equity class, 10 percent of debt securities, and 5 percent of the fund's total assets in any single issuer), while prohibiting investments in securities issued by the fund's promoters, underwriters, investment advisers, or their affiliates, except for subadviser securities under strict conditions requiring advisory contract provisions that prevent consultation between subadvisers and limit their advisory responsibilities to discrete portfolio portions. The SEC needs this information to monitor compliance with these investment restrictions and ensure proper fund governance, using the collected data for regulatory oversight, examination, and enforcement purposes. This regulation primarily imposes recordkeeping requirements and internal governance obligations on investment companies, with information maintained for internal compliance purposes and made available to the SEC during examinations, while fund shareholders and the public benefit from the enhanced investor protections these restrictions provide.