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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bison Donations Request Program

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The Service’s “Bison Donations Transfer Protocol” (protocol) describes the process for the donation of the available surplus bison from the Service to eligible organizations, Tribes, or intertribal organizations as outlined in regulations at 50 CFR 30, as well as in Service Manual chapters 701 FW 5 and 701 FW 8. Surplus bison are offspring that exceed the ecological carrying capacity of the Service bison metapopulation. The primary purposes of donating these bison are to support conservation of the species as native North American wildlife and to assist in the restoration of bison herds on conservation partner lands, with special emphasis on restoring conservation herds to Tribal lands. Our authorities governing the Protocol include: • National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd and 668ee; as amended); • American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 1996); • Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638, as amended); • Surplus Range Animals (50 CFR 30.1); • Disposition of Surplus Range Animals (50 CFR 30.2); • Native American Policy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (510 FW 1); • Collections, Donations, and Disposals policy (701 FW 5); and • Fenced Animal Management policy (701 FW 8). In 2020, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Bison Working Group published the Department of the Interior Bison Conservation Initiative 2020 (2020 initiative), recognizing bison as a wildlife species in need of conservation. Consistent with this initiative, Service policy identifies the ecological and cultural values of bison as nationally and/or historically significant animals. The Bison Conservation Genetics Workshop: Report and Recommendations (2010 report) identifies DOI bison herds as a valuable source with which to start new conservation herds proposed by other Federal, State/provincial, or Tribal governments. The DOI Bison Report: Looking Forward (2014 report) acknowledges the challenges to achieving bison restoration on DOI lands and emphasizes the importance of partnerships for achieving bison conservation and ecological restoration. Both the 2010 and 2014 reports also identify the potential for bison herds maintained by Indian Tribes to contribute to species conservation, and the Service recognizes that such bison may also support Tribal cultural rights and practices.

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16 USC 668dd & 668ee	View Law

42 USC 1996	View Law

Pub.L. 93 - 638 1	View Law

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Supporting Pilot Program Outcomes, Research and Technical Assistance in TANF (Project SUPPORTT) Implementation and Outcomes Studies

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The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (FRA) requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out a pilot program under which it may select up to five states to negotiate new Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) performance benchmarks for work and family outcomes in place of compliance with the Work Participation Rate (WPR). The legislation also requires HHS to submit a final comprehensive report on outcomes of the pilots to Congress no later than one year after the pilot programs have ended. To meet this requirement, the HHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF) awarded the Supporting Pilot Program Outcomes, Research, and Technical Assistance in TANF (Project SUPPORTT) contract to (1) provide research, evaluation, and data-related technical assistance (TA) to help pilot states meet the requirements of the Pilot, including negotiating new TANF performance benchmarks for work and family outcomes; (2) facilitate peer learning and other opportunities for pilot and non-pilot states to interact and learn from each other; and (3) design and conduct implementation and outcome studies of the pilot programs to inform a report to Congress as required by P.L. 118-5. ACF has contracted with Mathematica to complete this work. This data collection request is necessary to conduct implementation and outcomes studies that will assess and build evidence around outcomes-based performance monitoring in TANF programs and fulfill the requirements of P.L. 118-5. The information collection activities will last for five years, beginning in October 2026 and ending in September 2031. Final reporting will be completed during the following year.

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Pub.L. 118 - 5 123	View Law

42 USC 613	View Law

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Rural Cooperative Development Grants - 7 CFR 4284-F

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Regulation promulgates the policies and procedures to provide grants to improve the economic condition of rural areas through cooperative development.

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7 USC 1932(e)	View Law

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Coal Markets Reporting System

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The coal surveys collect data on coal production, consumption, stocks, prices, imports and exports. Data are released through the web and EIA publications. Respondents include producers of coke, purchasers and distributors of coal, coal mining operators, and coal-consuming non-electric sites.

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15 USC 772	View Law

15 USC 764	View Law

15 USC 790a	View Law

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Barges Carrying Bulk Hazardous Materials

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This information is needed to ensure the safe shipment of bulk hazardous liquids in barges. The requirements are necessary to ensure that barges meet safety standards and to ensure that barge's crewmembers have the information necessary to operate barges safely. Respondents are owners and operators of tank barges. The statutory authority is 46 U.S.C. 3703. This authority is delegated by the Secretary to the Coast Guard via the Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, Revision No. 01.2. (II)(92)(b).

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46 USC 3703	View Law

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Community Support Requirements

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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) uses the information to determine if Federal Home Loan Bank members satisfy the statutory and regulatory community support requirements. Only members meeting the requirements may access long-term advances. FHFA is requesting a non-substantive change to the information collection to change how it asks for Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) data. Currently, a member that is subject to the CRA must record its most recent CRA rating and the year of that rating. With the proposed change, FHFA will provide the most recent CRA rating and year we have on file, and ask the member to confirm and update, if necessary. This will reduce the burden on the members.

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12 USC 1430(g)(1)	View Law

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Medicare Coverage of Items and Services in FDA Investigational Device Exemption Clinical Studies--Revision of Medicare Coverage (CMS-10511)

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Section 1862(m) of the Act (established by section 731(b) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) (Pub. L. 108-173, enacted on December 8, 2003)) allows for payment of the routine costs of care furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in a Category A investigational device exemption (IDE) trial and authorizes the Secretary to establish criteria to ensure that Category A IDE trials conform to appropriate scientific and ethical standards. By providing Medicare coverage of routine costs in Category A trials, the Congress removed a financial barrier that may have discouraged beneficiaries from participating in these trials. It also gives Medicare beneficiaries the opportunity to have earlier access to new medical devices. Based on our rulemaking authority in section 1871 of the Act, we are applying the same Medicare coverage requirements and scientific and ethical standards to Medicare coverage related to Category B IDE studies/trials that would be applicable to Category A IDE studies/trials. CMS (or its designated entity) must review the following to determine if the Medicare coverage IDE study criteria in ?405.212 are met for purposes of coverage of items and services described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section: (1) FDA IDE approval letter. (2) IDE study protocol. (3) IRB approval letter. (4) National Clinical Trials (NCT) number. (5) Supporting materials, as needed.

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42 USC 1102	View Law

42 USC 1861	View Law

42 USC 205(a)	View Law

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Marine Occupational Health and Safety Standards for Benzene -- 46 CFR 197 Subpart C

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To protect marine workers from exposure to toxic Benzene vapor, the Coast Guard implemented 46 CFR 197 Subpart C to reduce the number of deaths. This information collection is vital to verifying compliance. Respondents are owners and operators of vessels. The statutory authority is 46 U.S.C. 3703. This authority is delegated by the Secretary to the Coast Guard via the Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, Revision No. 01.2. (II)(92)(b).

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Medicare Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (CMS-10328)

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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted on March 23, 2010. Section 6409 of the ACA requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (the "Secretary"), in cooperation with the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (the "Inspector General"), to establish a Medicare self-referral disclosure protocol ("SRDP") that sets forth a process to enable providers of services and suppliers to self-disclose actual or potential violations of the physician self-referral statute, section 1877 of the Social Security Act (the Act). In accordance with the ACA, the SRDP was established on September 23, 2010, six months after the date of enactment, and information concerning how to disclose an actual or potential violation of section 1877 of the Act was posted on the CMS website.

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42 USC 1395nn	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 148 6409	View Law

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Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Program: Final Marketing Provisions CFR 422.111(a)(3) and 423.128(a)(3) (CMS-10260)

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This final rule implements provisions of the Social Security Act (the Act) establishing and regulating the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. The MA program was enacted in Title II of The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) on December 8, 2003. The MA program replaces the Medicare+Choice (M+C) program established under Part C of the title XVIII of the Act, while retaining most key features of the M+C program. The MA program attempts to broadly reform and expand the availability of private health plan options to Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations and Prescription Drug Plan Sponsors use the information to comply with the eligibility requirements and the MA and Part D contract requirements. CMS will use this information to ensure that correct information is disclosed to Medicare beneficiaries, both potential enrollees and enrollees.

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Pub.L. 108 - 117 201	View Law

Pub.L. 110 - 275 103	View Law

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U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Recordkeeping Requirements - 29 U.S.C. 793 Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, As Amended

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is seeking an extension without change of a currently approved information collection (OMB #1250-0005). This information collection request (ICR) covers the information collection burden for various requirements under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 793 (Section 503), and its implementing regulations at 41 CFR part 60-741.

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29 USC 793	View Law

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Safe Access for Victims’ Economic Security (SAVES) Data Collection for Safety in Child Support Program Research

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The Safe Access for Victims’ Economic Security (SAVES) Demonstration is a five-year project funded by Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to increase safe access to child support, parenting time, and establishment of parentage services for survivors of domestic violence (DV). One of the main purposes of SAVES is to build the evidence and knowledge base to better serve survivors of DV in the child support program. This information collection is necessary to guide improvements in service delivery and ensure the child support program effectively provides child support enforcement to survivors of DV.

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42 USC 1315	View Law

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Request for Correction of Earnings Record

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Individuals alleging that SSA’s files contain inaccurate earnings records for them use paper Form SSA-7008, or a personal interview with SSA employees during which SSA employees key their answers into our electronic Earnings Modernization Item Correction system, to address the situation. Using these modalities the individuals whose records are in question provide the information SSA needs to check earnings posted, and as necessary, initiate development to resolve any inaccuracies. The respondents are individuals who request correction of earnings posted to their Social Security earnings records.

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42 USC 405	View Law

42 USC 433	View Law

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Grazing Permits, 25 CFR 166

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This information collection allows BIA to obtain the information necessary to determine whether an applicant is eligible to acquire, modify, or assign a grazing permit on trust or restricted lands and to allow a successful applicant to meet bonding requirements, related to grazing on Tribal land, individually-owned Indian land, or government land.

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25 USC 3701, et seq.	View Law

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Training, Qualification, and Oversight for Safety-Related Railroad Employees

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The information collected is used by FRA to ensure that each employer--railroad or contractor -- conducting operations subject to Part 243 develops, adopts, submits, and complies with a training program for each category and subcategory of safety-related railroad employee. FRA reviews the required training programs to ensure that they include initial, ongoing, and on-the-job criteria; testing and skills evaluation measures designed to foster continual compliance with Federal standards; and the identification of critical safety defects and plans for immediate remedial actions to correct them. Responses to this information collection are mandatory. The frequency of collection is on occasion. Affected employers/respondents are required to develop, adopt, submit and comply with a training program for safety-related railroad employees, which must be submitted to FRA for approval. Railroads utilizing contractor employees to perform safety-related duties and that rely on contractor-provided training for those employees must retain a record or validation document indicating that the contractor's program was approved by FRA.

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49 USC 20162	View Law

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Unified Certification System

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SBA is required by statute to administer four small business government contracting programs: the 8(a) Business Development, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Veteran-Owned/Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, and Women-Owned/Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business programs. In order to participate in these programs, small businesses must apply to SBA and receive certifications for each program. SBA is proposing revisions to the application for entry to the 8(a) Business Development Program.

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15 USC 657a	View Law

15 USC 657f	View Law

15 USC 637	View Law

15 USC 657f-1	View Law

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National Worker Survey

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The National Worker Survey aims to estimate the prevalence of non-compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) among nonexempt workers across various industries, with an emphasis on low-wage sectors. The survey employs both Address-Based Sampling to reach a representative sample of nonexempt U.S. workers and Respondent-Driven Sampling to gather data from workers in industries with higher incidences of wage and hour violations. The data collected will inform DOL in its efforts to improve compliance with the FLSA, optimize enforcement strategies, and enhance protections for vulnerable workers.

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Pesticides Data Call In Program (Renewal)

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This ICR covers the information collection (IC) activities associated with the issuance of data-call-ins (DCIs) under section 3(c)(2)(B) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA regulates the use of pesticides under the authority of two federal statutes: FIFRA and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) , both as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996. In general, before manufacturers can sell pesticides in the United States, EPA must evaluate the pesticides thoroughly to ensure that they meet federal safety standards to protect human health and the environment. EPA grants a "registration" or license that permits a pesticide's distribution, sale, and use only after the company meets the scientific and regulatory requirements. FIFRA also requires EPA to assess whether the continued registration of a pesticide causes unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment and to decide whether to pursue appropriate regulatory measures. EPA uses the DCIs issued under this ICR to acquire the data necessary to support registration review. In evaluating a pesticide registration application, EPA assesses a wide variety of potential human health and environmental effects associated with the use of the product. Applicants, or potential registrants, must generate or provide the scientific data necessary to address concerns pertaining to the identity, composition, potential adverse effects, and environmental fate of each pesticide. The data allow EPA to evaluate whether a pesticide has the potential to cause harmful effects to human health and the environment, including effects to non-target organisms, federally threatened and endangered (listed) species, and to surface water or ground water. Through a rigorous scientific and public process, EPA specifies the kinds of data and information necessary to make regulatory judgments about the risks and benefits of pesticide products under FIFRA section 3, 4 and 5, as well as the data and information needed to determine the safety of pesticide chemical residues under FFDCA section 408. The regulations in 40 CFR part 158 describe the minimum data and information EPA typically requires to support an application for pesticide registration or amendment; support the reregistration of a pesticide product; support the maintenance of a pesticide registration by means of the data call-in process (e.g., as used in the registration review program); or establish or maintain a tolerance or exemption from the requirements of a tolerance for a pesticide chemical residue. As described in 40 CFR 158.30, however, FIFRA provides EPA with flexibility to require, or not require, data and information for the purposes of making regulatory judgments for individual pesticide products, thereby allowing for the data required to be modified on an individual basis to fully characterize the use and properties, characteristics, or effects of specific pesticide products under review. EPA may, therefore, require the submission of additional data or information beyond that specified in the regulations if such data or information are needed to evaluate a pesticide product as required by FIFRA and FFDCA. This ICR describes how DCIs are issued and presents the Agency’s estimates of the information collection burden and costs associated with issuing DCIs.

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7 USC 136 et seq.	View Law

21 USC 346a	View Law

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Major Changes in Program Design

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To collect information required by regulation to identify and correct any adverse effects on program integrity or access, including access by vulnerable households, related to major system changes.

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Pub.L. 110 - 234 4116	View Law

7 USC 2020	View Law

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Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal

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The information collected on this application will be used to determine whether an alien applying for asylum and/or withholding of removal in the United States is classifiable as a refugee, or eligible for protection under the Convention Against Torture, and is eligible to remain in the United States.

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8 USC 1158	View Law

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Standardized Work Plan (SWP) Form

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BHW requires applicants for awards to submit a work plan that describes the timeframes and deliverables via the Standardized Work Plan (SWP) form. Applicants submit SWP forms with their grant application and then award recipients and Project officers use the SWP to assist in monitoring progress once HRSA makes the awards. The Bureau utilizes the Quarterly Progress Update (QPU) for award recipients to provide information to BHW on a quarterly basis on each activity listed in the SWP. This highly efficient system has been very successful and as a result, the Bureau is requesting an extension.

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42 USC 254q-1, 295n-1(a)-(b), 296a(a)	View Law

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The Division of Independent Review Application Reviewer Recruitment Form

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This ICR is for the extension of approval of a web-based data collection system, the Reviewer Recruitment Module (RRM), which collects applications for reviewers of eligible applications submitted for HRSA’s competitive grants. These reviewers make up the grant’s objective review panel. The purpose of this process is to ensure that application reviewers are subject matter experts knowledgeable in necessary health and public health discipline(s) to provide informed advice for HRSA programs that ultimately make funding awards. Data collected in the Application Reviewer Recruitment Form includes degree, specialty, occupation, work setting, and in select instances, affiliations with organizations and institutions that serve special populations. Some program regulations require that objective review panels contain consumers of health services. Other demographic data may be voluntarily provided by a potential reviewer. Defined data elements assist HRSA in finding and selecting expert reviewers for objective review committees.

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42 USC 799(f) and 806(c)	View Law

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FACT Act Affiliate Marketing Rule

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The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") is seeking renewal of the clearance for its enforcement of the information collection requirements in its Affiliate Marketing Rule, which applies to certain motor vehicle dealers, and its shared enforcement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") of the provisions (subpart C) of the CFPB's Regulation V regarding other entities. The Rule requires covered entities to provide consumers with notice and an opportunity to opt out of the use of certain information before sending marketing solicitations. The Rule has no recordkeeping or reporting requirements.

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117 Stat. 1952

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WIC & FMNP Outreach, Innovation, and Modernization Evaluation

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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 provided FNS with $390 million and waiver authority for WIC modernization. The WIC modernization evaluation will help FNS understand the implementation and impacts of these efforts to inform ongoing and future modernization efforts. Respondents include WIC State and local agencies, WIC/FMNP vendor/market staff, and participants.

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Pub.L. 117 - 2 1106	View Law

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Bus Testing Program

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This information collection (IC) request seeks a three-year extension without change for the currently approved collection under OMB Control Number 2132‑0550, “Bus Testing Program.” There have been no changes to the respondent universe, burden hours, or program requirements since OMB last approved this collection in 2023. The response to this collection remains required to obtain or retain a benefit, as federal funds may not be obligated or expended for the acquisition of a new transit bus unless the vehicle satisfies all requirements of FTA’s Bus Testing Program. Respondents to this collection are transit bus manufacturers who submit testing requests to FTA when introducing a new bus model or when major modifications are made to a model previously tested. All information is submitted through FTA’s online bus testing portal. Required information includes bus model and manufacturer details, vehicle specifications, documentation demonstrating compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, and descriptions of major design changes, if applicable. While the program itself has not changed, this updated IC reflects increased cost estimates for both respondents and the federal government due solely to updated labor rates.

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49 USC 5318	View Law

Pub.L. 112 - 141 5318(e)	View Law

49 USC 5323(c)	View Law

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