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Swap Data Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

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Section 2(a)(13)(G) of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) requires that all swaps, whether cleared or uncleared, must be reported to SDRs. CEA section 21(b) directs the Commission to prescribe standards for swap data recordkeeping and reporting, which are to apply to both registered entities and counterparties involved with swaps. The Commission established these regulations in part 45 of the Commission’s regulations. The regulations establish swap reporting and recordkeeping requirements for swap execution facilities (“SEFs”), designated contract markets (“DCMs”), swap data repositories (“SDRs”), derivatives clearing organizations (“DCOs”), swap dealers (“SDs”), major swap participants (“MSPs”), and non-SD/MSP/DCO counterparties. On November 25, 2020, the Commission published the final rule amending regulations in part 45 concerning swap data recordkeeping and reporting requirements (“Swap Data Reporting Rule”). Regulation 45.7 requires swaps to be identified in all recordkeeping and all swap data reporting by means of a Unique Product Identifier (“UPI”) and product classification system after the Commission designates a UPI and product classification system that satisfies the requirements set forth in the section. As part of that rulemaking, the Commission provided that the burden for the product fields reported in place of UPIs would be accounted for as part of the burden estimates associated with §§ 45.3 and 45.4 until the Commission designated a UPI. On February 24, 2023, the Commission issued an order designating a UPI and product classification system to be used in swap recordkeeping and data reporting for swaps in the credit, equity, foreign exchange, and interest rate asset classes. Now that the Commission has designated a UPI and product classification system for certain asset classes, Information Collection 3038-0096 takes into account the revised burden associated with reporting pursuant to the newly designated UPI and product classification system, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (“PRA”) and Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) regulations. These information collection requirements impact SDRs, SEFs, DCMs, and reporting counterparties that report swap data for the Commission to perform its regulatory duties of risk monitoring and ensuring compliance with its rules, among other items. There have been no changes to the regulatory requirements associated with Information Collection 3038-0096 since the collection was revised in 2023.

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7 USC 2(a), and 21(b)	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 203 124 Stat. 1376 (2010)	View Law

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Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) Surveys

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The Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) is a part of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that encourages the development of effective and balanced intellectual property (IP) systems around the world. Through targeted international technical assistance activities, GIPA helps to promote both domestic and international IP rights. GIPA’s international technical assistance activities cover every aspect of intellectual property law and policy, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, commercialization, and enforcement. By participating in GIPA courses, foreign government officials learn about global intellectual property rights protection and enforcement and discuss strategies to handle the protection and enforcement issues in their respective countries. GIPA is an important institution that the USPTO utilizes to achieve its objective of preventing intellectual property theft and advancing intellectual property right policies. The surveys in this information collection are conducted to measure the effectiveness of each activity or intervention. Specifically, GIPA surveys help to demonstrate the impact of the specific activity on each participant’s work and the relevance of each activity to the country’s efforts to improve systems for protecting and enforcing IP rights. Survey information is then used to further tailor and improve future interventions. The data captured is also used to help meet organizational performance and accountability goals through the following legislative mandates and performance guidance: • Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA); and • Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010 (GPRMA); and • President’s Management Agenda (PMA); and • Foundations for Evidence Based Policy Making Act of 2018. Evaluation and measurement efforts provide methodologically rigorous data activity and analyses rather than more subjective, ad hoc, and non-standardized anecdotal material. These voluntary surveys support various business goals developed by the USPTO to fulfill customer service and performance goals, to assist the USPTO in strategic planning for future initiatives, to verify existing service standards, and to establish new ones. The USPTO also uses these surveys to implement Executive Order 12862 of September 11, 1993, Setting Customer Service Standards, published in the Federal Register on September 14, 1993 (58 FR 48257).

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Grantee Reporting Requirements for Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs)

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The NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) program provides significant support ($3 – $4 million / year) for research, education, and infrastructure through cooperative agreements with a term of 6 years. Because of the duration and size of these awards, it is necessary for NSF to ensure that its substantial investment is spent appropriately, that each of the centers meets the goals stated in its strategic plan, and that each center’s activities satisfy the goals and objectives of the MRSEC program. The MRSEC program currently funds a total of 22 Centers. For effective oversight of these substantial investments, the NSF requires that each currently funded Center submit an annual progress report that describes all activities of the Center; these reports begin in the first year of operation. Each Center is expected to submit a final report at the end of the award. Data contained in these reports are also submitted to a website managed by a contractor for NSF. Electronic submission facilitates program-wide data analysis.

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42 USC 1861 et seq.	View Law

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Assessment of Contextual Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS)

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NHTSA’s mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce the economic costs of road traffic crashes through education, research, safety standards, and enforcement activity. As vehicle technologies advance, they have the potential to dramatically reduce the loss of life from roadway crashes. However, this potential may not be achieved, and safety may be compromised if drivers do not understand how to safely interact with the systems or do not understand their capabilities and limitations. This research supports NHTSA’s mission by examining how DMS detection and mitigation of driver distraction may be enhanced by integrating external sensors, driver physiological state, and vehicle control data. The conceptual contextual DMS may improve upon traditional systems by comparing the driver’s attention level to the actual driving environment, allowing for proactive hazard warnings when the system detects that the driver is disengaged. The overall objective of this information collection request is to advance the state of knowledge regarding DMS and additional sensors that can enhance the detection and mitigation of driver distraction. NHTSA is authorized to undertake collaborative research and development projects with non-federal entities. This information collection supports the department’s strategic goal of saving lives, preventing injuries, and reducing economic costs from roadway crashes.

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Private Rental Survey

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In the early 1980s, the Department of the Interior (DOI) began conducting regional rental surveys to comply with A-45 rent setting regulations. DOI has a substantial inventory of Government employee housing, operating about 17,000 quarters. They developed the Internet Quarters Management Information System (iQMIS), an automated system that uses rental algorithms determined by regional rental surveys to calculate rent and other charges for each quarter. iQMIS is now a shared federal service offered by the Interior Business Center (IBC, DOI), and used by 19 Federal agencies to calculate rent for approximately 17,000 quarters across the nation. iQMIS and the IBC employ all of the specific requirements of OMB Circular A-45 to determine rental rates. The forms are used to establish and revise rental, utility, and related service charges for occupants of Government housing (quarters). Information is collected from property owners, managers, and realtors.

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5 USC 5911	View Law

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Reporting Requirements for Commercial Fisheries Authorization under Section 118 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act

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This review is a renewal of a current information collection. Reporting injuries and/or mortalities of marine mammals is mandated under Section 118 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This information is required to determine the impacts of commercial fishing on marine mammal populations and is used to classify commercial fisheries into Category I, II or III on the MMPA List of Fisheries. All Category I, II and III fisheries must report injuries or mortalities using the NMFS Marine Mammal Authorization Program (MMAP) marine mammal mortality/injury form (OMB control No. 0648-0292).

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16 USC 1361 et seq.	View Law

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Alternative Pilot Physical Examination and Education Requirements (BasicMed)

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Section 2307 of Public Law 114-190, medical certification of small aircraft pilots, provides that, within 180 days of enactment of Public Law 114-190, the FAA Extension, Safety and Security Act of 2016, the Administrator of the FAA shall issue or revise regulations to ensure that an individual may operate as pilot in command of a covered aircraft if certain provisions stipulated in the Act are met. The Act was enacted July 15, 2016. The use of section 2307 by any eligible pilot is voluntary. Persons may elect to use these alternative pilot physical examination and education requirements or may elect to continue to operate using a third-class or higher medical certificate (information collection 2120-0034).The requirements of section 2307 were codified in 14 CFR parts 61, 91 and newly created part 68

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49 USC 44701	View Law

49 USC 44702	View Law

49 USC 44703	View Law

49 USC 44709	View Law

49 USC 40113	View Law

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Application for Proposed Use of BPA Right-of-Way

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Bonneville uses this information collection to assess whether the applicants proposed use of right-of-way interferes with BPA's land rights.

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16 USC 832(a)	View Law

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Recordkeeping Requirements for Partial Fills of Prescriptions for Schedule II Controlled Substances

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In accordance with the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), every DEA registrant must make a biennial inventory and maintain, on a current basis, a complete and accurate record of each controlled substance manufactured, received, sold, delivered, or otherwise disposed of. 21 U.S.C. 827 and 958. These records must be maintained separately from all other records of the registrant or, alternatively, in the case of non-narcotic controlled substances, be in such a form that required information is readily retrievable from the ordinary business records of the registrant. 21 U.S.C. 827(b)(2). The records maintained by registrants must be kept and be available for at least two years for inspection and copying by officers or employees of the United States as authorized by the Attorney General. 21 U.S.C. 827(b)(3). On July 22, 2016, the President signed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 2016 into law as Public Law 114-198, which included amending the CSA to allow for the partial filling of prescriptions for schedule II controlled substances under certain conditions. 21 U.S.C. 829(f). Upon filling a prescription for a partial fill of a schedule II controlled substance, a pharmacy will have to create and maintain certain records relating to the partial fill.

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21 USC 957	View Law

21 USC 829	View Law

21 USC 827	View Law

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Drug and Alcohol Testing Program for Personnel Engaged in Specified Aviation Activities

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Part 119 certificate holders with the authority to operate under part 121 and 135, air tour operators as defined in 14 CFR § 91.147, non-FAA or Military Air Traffic Control Facilities, contractors, or repair stations under 14 CFR part 145 that conduct drug and alcohol testing programs are mandated to report information to this collection. The FAA uses this information for determining program compliance or non-compliance of regulated aviation employers, oversight planning, determining who must provide a mandatory annual Management Information System (MIS) testing information, and communicating with entities subject to the program regulations. In addition, the information is used to ensure that appropriate action is taken regarding crewmembers and other safety-sensitive employees who have tested positive for drugs or alcohol or have refused to submit to testing. The collection includes reporting, recordkeeping, and disclosure information. Using the information reported on the annual MIS allows the FAA Administrator to determine the random testing rates for the following year, which is published in the Federal Register. The FAA issued a Final Rule, Drug and Alcohol Testing of Certificated Repair Station Employees Located Outside of the United States, which requires certificated part 145 repair stations located outside the territory of the United States, whose employees perform safety-sensitive maintenance functions on part 121 air carrier aircraft, to conduct drug and alcohol testing in accordance with 14 CFR part 120 and 49 CFR part 40. Repair stations meeting the regulations must obtain an Antidrug and Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program Operations Specification (A449 paragraph) in FAA’s Operations Specifications database and must report annual drug and alcohol testing program statistics through the Department of Transportation Drug and Alcohol Management Information System (DAMIS). The final rule alternatively provides a process for a foreign government, on behalf of certificated repair stations within their territories, and individual foreign repair stations subject to the rule to submit and obtain a waiver of recognition to obtain the Administrator’s recognition of a compatible alternative that contains minimum criteria in lieu of compliance with certain components of 14 CFR part 120. Foreign repair stations meeting the regulatory requirements by obtaining a waiver of recognition are not required to obtain an A449 paragraph or report annual drug and alcohol testing program statistics through DAMIS. In this renewal, in addition to other updates, the FAA made a significant change to the Foreign Repair Station information collection by adding the ability for foreign repair stations to combine their testing programs under a single registration in some cases. The purpose of the registration is to provide an individual or corporation that owns and operates multiple foreign repair station certificates in one country (or different countries without the need for a waiver or exemption) and who would like to fully implement 14 CFR part 120 and 49 CFR part 40 in each location, the option to request a single drug and alcohol testing program to cover all certificates by obtaining a foreign repair station registration from the FAA’s Drug Abatement Division that covers all their certificates and safety-sensitive employees. The FAA requires the submission of additional information in order to process registration requests, which are accounted for in this renewal.

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49 USC 31306	View Law

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Recordkeeping Requirements for the Electronic Transfer of Electronic Prescriptions for Schedules II-V Controlled Substances between Pharmacies for Initial Filling

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In accordance with the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), every DEA registrant must make a biennial inventory and maintain, on a current basis, a complete and accurate record of each controlled substance manufactured, received, sold, delivered, or otherwise disposed of. 21 U.S.C. 827 and 958. The records maintained by registrants must be kept and be available for at least two years for inspection and copying by officers or employees of the United States as authorized by the Attorney General. 21 U.S.C. 827(b)(3). The records must be in accordance with and contain such relevant information as may be required by regulations promulgated by DEA. 21 U.S.C. 827(b)(1). This information request would require pharmacies to create and maintain records documenting the transfer between pharmacies of unfilled electronic prescriptions for controlled substances in schedules II-V.

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21 USC 827 and 958	View Law

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Eligible Career Pathway Program

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Section 668.157, under the authority of section 484 of the HEA, specifies the documentation requirements for eligible career pathway programs for submission by institutions to the Department for approval as a Title IV eligible program. Enrollment in an eligible career pathways program is one of the three Ability to Benefit (ATB) alternatives that an individual who is not a high school graduate could fulfill to receive Title IV, HEA, Federal student aid.

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20 USC 1091	View Law

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Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research for which Public Health Service (PHS) Funding is Sought 42 CFR Part 50 Subpart F and Responsible Prospective Contractors (NIH/OPERA)

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The regulations provided in Promoting Objectivity in Research (42 CFR Part 50, Subpart F) and Responsible Prospective Contractors (45 CFR Part 94) are necessary to promote objectivity of the design, conduct, and reporting of research funded by the Public Health Service (PHS). This request is for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of a reinstatement with a change for three years for a currently approved collection. NIH is implementing an enhancement in the FCOI reporting requirement within the eRA Commons FCOI Module to require the grant and cooperative agreement respondent to identify foreign FCOIs and provide the type of foreign entity and the name of the foreign country. This enhanced requirement is insignificant on the part of respondents.

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42 USC 289b-1	View Law

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Submission of Petitions: Food Additive, Color Additive (Including Labeling), Submission of Information to a Master File in Support of Petitions, and Electronic Submission Using FDA Form 3503

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This collection of information is used to transmit food and color additive and labeling requirements to FDA using FDA Form 3503 in paper or electronic format from businesses engaged in the manufacture or sale of food, food ingredients, color additives, or substances used in materials that come into contact with food. Section 409(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) provides that a food additive shall be deemed to be unsafe, unless it can be safely used under section 409(h), the additive and its use, or intended use, conform to the terms of an exemption for investigational use; or a food contact notification submitted under section 409(h) is effective. Food additive petitions (FAPs) are submitted by individuals or companies to obtain approval of a new food additive or to amend the conditions of use permitted under an existing food additive regulation. Section 721(a) of the FD&C Act provides that a color additive shall be deemed to be unsafe unless the additive and its use are in conformity with a regulation that describes the condition(s) under which the additive may safely be used, or the additive and its use conform to the terms of an exemption for investigational use issued under section 721(f). Color additive petitions (CAPs) are submitted by individuals or companies to obtain approval of a new color additive or a change in the conditions of use permitted for a color additive that is already approved. FDA’s color additive labeling requirements in § 21 CFR 70.25 require that color additives that are to be used in food, drugs, medical devices, or cosmetics be labeled with sufficient information to ensure their safe use. Respondents may transmit FAP or CAP regulatory submissions in electronic or paper format to the Human Foods Program (HFP) using Form FDA 3503 which helps the respondent organize their submission to focus on the information needed for FDA’s safety review and to organize information within a master file submitted in support of petitions according to the items listed on the form.

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21 USC 301 et seq.	View Law

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Request for Retroactive Induction for a Period Previously Completed Under Chapter 33 (VA Form 28-10286)

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VA Form 28-10286 is used by Veterans with service-connected disabilities to request a retroactive induction for a period previously completed under Chapter 33 benefits. The VR&E program subsequently uses the information on this form to determine if a Service member or Veteran qualifies for a retroactive induction under 38 U.S.C. §3102, §3103, §3108, §5113 under the Chapter 31 program. Without this information, a retroactive induction for a period previously completed under Chapter 33 benefits could not be determined. Veterans are able to access and complete the VA Form 28-10286 by using the VA Forms external website “Find a Form” and submit the completed and signed application one of the following ways: by mail, via VR&E’s electronicvirtual assistant (e-VA), or in-person to a VA Regional Office, out-based location, VA hospital, medical center, community-based outpatient clinic, or Vet Center. A VR&E Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) reviews the request for retroactive induction to ensure all necessary steps and supported documentation are received and completed prior to the VR&E Officer approving the retroactive induction. Upon review and a final decision is rendered, the Veteran receives a notification letter

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38 USC 3103	View Law

38 USC 3108	View Law

38 USC 5113	View Law

38 USC 3102	View Law

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Medical Devices--Voluntary Improvement Program

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The Voluntary Improvement Program (VIP) is facilitated by the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC), a public-private partnership that evaluates the capability and performance of a medical device manufacturer’s practices using third-party appraisals. The VIP is intended to guide improvement to enhance the quality of medical devices. As part of the VIP process, FDA receives information about participating device manufacturers’ capability and performance for activities covered in third-party appraisals to enhance manufacturing and business practices in a way that improves the quality and safety of medical devices, benefitting patients and consumers. While appraisals performed through the VIP do not constitute a new regulatory requirement or serve as an equivalent to an FDA inspection, FDA may consider information from a participant’s appraisals, as appropriate, in risk-based inspection planning.

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Collection of Prescription Drug Event Data From Contracted Part D Providers for Payment (CMS-10174) - IRA

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CMS requires contracted Part D providers to submit prescription drug event (PDE) records as required by the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. The PDE data is then used in the Payment Reconciliation System to perform the annual Part D payment reconciliation, any PDE data within the Coverage Gap Phase of the Part D benefit is used for invoicing in the CGDP, and the data are part of the report provided to the Secretary of the Treasury for Section 9008. Section 11102 of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 establishes a Part D inflation rebate by manufacturers of certain single source drugs and biologicals with prices increasing at a rate faster than the rate of inflation. CMS will use data reported under sections 1860D-15(c)(1)(C) and (d)(2), in part, to rank drugs by total expenditures under Part D in order to select drugs for negotiation and to identify units to calculate inflation rebates. We also intend to use the PDE data submissions from Part D sponsors to fulfill our statutory obligations under the Social Security Act. This includes the use of PDE data to fulfill obligations or operationalize any future legislative changes to the Social Security Act that impact the Part D program. CMS is notifying users that it will also use data reported under sections 1860D-15(c)(1)(C) and (d)(2) to implement the Medicare Drug Negotiation Program and to calculate inflation rebates as required by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, as well as to fulfill our statutory obligations under the Social Security Act. This includes the use of PDE data to fulfill obligations or operationalize any future legislative changes to the Social Security Act that impact the Part D program.

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18 Stat. 1860

Pub.L. 108 - 173 101	View Law

Pub.L. 117 - 169 11001	View Law

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Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records (29 CFR 1910.1020)

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The Standard requires employers to preserve and provide access to records associated with workers' exposure to toxic chemicals and harmful physical agents. Employee records and access to them are critically important to the detection, treatment, and prevention of occupational illness and disease.

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29 USC 651	View Law

29 USC 657	View Law

29 USC 655	View Law

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Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 28 Requirements: 52.228-1, 52.228-2, 52.228-11, 52.228-13 thru 52.228-17, (SF) 24, 25, 25-A, 25-B, 28, 34, 35, 273, 274, 275, 1414, 1415, 1416, and 1418

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This clearance covers the information that offerors or contractors must submit to comply with the following FAR requirements: a. FAR 52.228-1, Bid Guarantee. This provision (or clause) requires offerors or contractors to furnish a bid guarantee in the proper form and amount when a performance bond or a performance and payment bond is also required. (SF 24, Bid Bond; SF 34, Annual Bid Bond). b. FAR 52.228-2, Additional Bond Security. This clause requires contractors to furnish additional bond security under certain circumstances. This clause is used both for construction and other than construction contracts. (SF 1414 Consent of Surety and SF 1415, Consent of Surety and Increase of Penalty). c. FAR 52.228-13, Alternative Payment Protections. This clause requires contractors to submit one of the payment protections listed in the clause by the contracting officer, in construction contracts greater than $35,000 but not exceeding $150,000. d. FAR 52.228-14, Irrevocable Letter of Credit. This clause requires offerors or contractors to provide certain information when they intend to use an irrevocable letter of credit (ILC) in lieu of a required bid bond, or to secure other types of required bonds such as performance and payment bonds. This clause is required in solicitations and contracts when a bid guarantee, or performance bond, or performance and payment bonds are required. e. FAR 52.228-15, Performance and Payment Bonds-Construction. This clause requires contractors to provide performance and payment bonds in construction contracts exceeding $150,000 (SF 25, Performance Bond; SF 25-A, Payment Bond; SF 25-B, Continuation Sheet (for SF's 24, 25, and 25-A); SF 273, Reinsurance Agreement for a Bonds Statute Performance Bond; SF 274, Reinsurance Agreement for a Bonds Statute Payment Bond). f. FAR 52.228-16, Performance and Payment Bonds-Other Than Construction. This clause requires contractors to furnish performance and payment bonds for other than construction contracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold only in certain circumstances. (SF 35, Annual Performance Bond; SF 275, Reinsurance Agreement in Favor of the United States; SF 1416, Payment Bond for Other Than Construction Contracts; SF 1418, Performance Bond for Other Than Construction Contracts). g. FAR 52.228-11, Individual Surety—Pledge of Assets; FAR 52.228-17, Individual Surety—Pledge of Assets (Bid Guarantee); and Standard Form (SF) 28, Affidavit of Individual Surety. The FAR clause at 52.228-11 and the FAR provision at 52.228-17 require the submission of the SF 28. This form is used by all executive agencies to obtain information from individuals wishing to serve as sureties to Government bonds. Offerors and contractors may use an individual surety as security for bonds required under a solicitation or contract for supplies or services (including construction). It is an elective decision on the part of the offeror or contractor to use individual sureties instead of other available sources of surety or sureties for Government bonds.

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Rule 15c2-1; Hypothecation of Customer Securities

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Rule15c2-1 prohibits, with certain exemptions, the commingling under the same lien of securities of margin customers that (a) with other customers without their written consent, and (b) with the broker-dealer. The rule also prohibits the re-hypothecation of customers’ margin securities for a sum in excess of the customer’s aggregate indebtedness. The collected information pursuant to the Rule is necessary for the execution of the Commission's mandate under the Exchange Act to prevent fraudulent, manipulative, and deceptive acts and practices by broker-dealers. In addition, the information required by the rule provides important investor protections. Under Rule 15c2-1, a broker-dealer cannot commingle the securities of different customers as collateral for a loan without the written consent of each customer. Paragraph (f) of Rule 15c2-1 provides that when a broker-dealer hypothecates customer securities, it must give written notice to the lender that the securities are customer securities and that the hypothecation does not contravene any section of the rule. If the account is an omnibus account, the broker-dealer for whom the account is carried may furnish a statement to the person carrying the account that all the securities are customer securities and that the hypothecation does not contravene any section of the rule.

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15 USC 78o(c)(3), 78w(a)	View Law

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Formaldehyde Standard (29 CFR 1910.1048)

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The Formaldehyde Standard collections of information are designed to provide protection for workers from the adverse health effects associated with occupational exposure to formaldehyde. The Standard requires employers to monitor worker exposure and provide notification to workers of their exposure. Employers are required to make available medical surveillance to workers.

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29 USC 655	View Law

29 USC 657	View Law

29 USC 651	View Law

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Acquisition 360 Voluntary Survey; FAR Section Affected: 52.201-01

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This clearance covers the information that actual and potential offerors may submit in accordance with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirement as stipulated in agency procedures: FAR 52.201-1, Acquisition 360: Voluntary Survey. This provision encourages actual and potential offerors to provide feedback to agencies on their preaward and debriefing process using a Government-provided survey at https://www.acquisition.gov/360. (See the survey questions Attachment.)

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Court-Ordered Refunds under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) Worksheet

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To submit an IEEPA refund declaration, an IOR, or their broker, will submit a Comma-Separated Values (CSV) file with a list of entry summary numbers to the CAPE tool through the ACE Portal. Depending on the Declaration, this file may contain only a few lines of data or thousands of lines of data (there is a limit of 9,999 entries per Declaration). If the file submitted is rejected based on the screening and validation CBP will conduct prior to accepting a Declaration, the Declaration filer will need to adjust their CSV file and resubmit. CBP will issue technical guidance to filers to minimize the number of rejections/resubmissions. Although the CIT has suspended its order “to the extent that it directs immediate compliance,” the order indicates that this suspension was based on the CBP declaration filed in that case on March 6, 2026, which declared that CBP anticipates that CAPE would be ready for use within 45 days of the date of that declaration. Accordingly, April 20, 2026 is the anticipated deployment date for CAPE, and any delay will pose risks for CBP in following CIT orders and for returning those duties deemed refundable with the end of IEEPA.

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Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes Standard (29 CFR 1910.180)

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The Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes Standard requires that monthly inspections be performed on cranes and running ropes and that a certification record be prepared. Ropes which have been idle for a month or more are required to undergo a thorough inspection and that a certification record be generated.

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29 USC 657	View Law

29 USC 651	View Law

29 USC 655	View Law

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Preaward Survey Forms; FAR sections affected: Standard Form (SFs) 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1407, and 1408

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Contracting officers, prior to award, must make an affirmative determination that the prospective contractor is responsible, i.e., capable of performing the contract. Before making such a determination, the contracting officer must have or obtain sufficient information to establish that the prospective contractor: (i) has adequate financial resources; or the ability to obtain such resources; (ii) is able to comply with required delivery schedule; (iii) has a satisfactory record of performance; (iv) has a satisfactory record of integrity; and (v) is otherwise qualified and eligible to receive an award under appropriate laws and regulations. If such information is not readily available to the contracting officer, it is obtained through a preaward survey conducted by the contract administration office or another organization designated by the agency to conduct the surveys. The necessary data is collected from available data or through plant visits, phone calls, and correspondence in detail commensurate with the dollar value and complexity of the procurement. This clearance covers the information that prospective contractors must provide to ensure proper completion of the following preaward survey forms prescribed by the FAR: ● SF 1403 Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor (General) ● SF 1404 Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor (Technical) ● SF 1405 Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor (Production) ● SF 1406 Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor (Quality Assurance) ● SF 1407 Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor (Financial Capability) ● SF 1408 Preaward Survey of Prospective Contractor (Accounting System)

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