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Credentialing and manning requirements ensure that towing vessels operating on the navigable waters of the U.S. are under the control of credentialed officers who meet certain qualification and training standards. The statutory authority is 46 U.S. Code 2103, 3703 and Chapters 71 and 75.

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To understand the implementation feasibility of using the Grow Safe and Secure (GSS) program with parents/caregivers of elementary school-aged children (i.e., 5- to 10-years-old) who are experiencing or may be at risk of child maltreatment.

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The purpose of this Generic Data Collection is to: 1) help CDC programs and their recipients develop strong performance measurement systems and practices; 2) define and operationalize priority performance measures; and 3) establish common data collection and reporting expectations. Data will enable the accurate, reliable, uniform and timely submission of recipients' progress. This Non-Substantive Change Request is submitted to update sex questions used in CDC-RFA-PS-24-0003 Support and Scale-Up of HIV Prevention Services in Sexual Health Clinics (or SHIPS) Performance Measures Project, Biannual Performance Measures Survey to be in accordance with EO 14168. There is no anticipated change to the approved burden.

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DD Form 2875 documents the data elements necessary for validating the trustworthiness of individuals requesting access to Department of Defense systems and information. Executive Order 10450 “Security Requirements for Government Employment” establishes the security requirements for government employment. The requestor’s security requirements (background investigation and clearance information) are identified on the DD Form 2875 and validated by the cognizant Security Manager. Collection of the requestor’s security requirements information ensures that any system access granted is consistent with the interests of national security.

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This information collection is associated with the maritime cybersecurity requirements. Security assessment and plan regulations are in Title 33 CFR Part 101. Respondents are owners and operators of MTSA-regulated vessels, facilities, and Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) facilities. 43 U.S. Code (U.S.C.) 1333(d); 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703, 70102 through 70104, and 70124 are the authorities for this collection. This authority is delegated by the Secretary to the Coast Guard via the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Delegation No. 00170(II), Revision No. 01.3, (90), (92)(b), and (97)(a) through (c).

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The information collected provides an opportunity for an owner, operator, builder, or agent of a unique vessel to present their reasons why the vessel cannot comply with existing International/Inland Navigation Rules and how alternative compliance can be achieved. If appropriate, a Certificate of Alternative Compliance is issued. The statutory authority is 33 U.S. Code 1601-1608, and 33 U.S.C. 2071.

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In accordance with Title 46 CFR Parts 10, 11, 12, 13, and 16, the collection of this information is necessary to determine competency, character & physical qualifications for the issuance of a Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) or Medical Certificate.

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The EIA-882T is used to conduct pretest surveys, pilot surveys, field tests, cognitive interviews (in-person or telephone), respondent debriefings, usability testing, and focus groups (in-person and online). Data are used to modify questionnaires to improve the quality of the data being collected, reduce or minimize respondent burden, increase agency efficiency and improve responsiveness to the public. Samples of potential respondents to the surveys are selected to participate.

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As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328). Section 511 of Title V of the Social Security Act authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to Indian tribes (or a consortium of Indian tribes), tribal organizations, or urban Indian organizations to conduct an early childhood home visiting program. The legislation sets aside 6 percent of the total Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) appropriation for grants to tribal entities and requires that the tribal grants, to the greatest extent practicable, be consistent with the requirements of the MIECHV grants to states and territories and include conducting a needs assessment and establishing benchmarks. The goals of the Tribal MIECHV program are to support healthy, happy, successful American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children and families through a coordinated, high-quality, evidence-based home visiting program, and to continue to build the evidence base for home visiting in tribal communities. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the agencies collaborating to implement the MIECHV program within HHS, also intend for the program to result in a coordinated system of early childhood home visiting in tribal communities that has the capacity to provide infrastructure and supports to assure high-quality, evidence-based practice. The Tribal Home Visiting discretionary grants support cooperative agreements to conduct community needs assessments; plan for and implement high-quality, evidence-based home visiting programs in at-risk tribal communities; establish, measure, and report on progress toward meeting performance measures in six legislatively mandated benchmark areas; and participate in rigorous evaluation activities to build the knowledge base on home visiting among AI/AN populations. The ACF Office of Early Childhood Development (ECD) developed the Tribal MIECHV Implementation Plan (IP) Guidance and the Community Needs Readiness Assessment (CNRA) guidance to assist grant recipients in developing their home visiting programs and meet the requirements of their cooperative agreements. This request includes proposed revisions that were identified to streamline the reporting process, eliminate unnecessary items, and clarify the requests.

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The annual report provides qualitative and quantitative information on the Awardee's compliance with its performance goals, its financial health and the timeline in which the CDFI Fund's financial and technical assistance was used. The data collection will be used to collect compliance and performance data from certified CDFIs and CDEs and from NACA awardees.

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Investigators with an REU Site or REU Supplement award are required to complete the REU Program Module as part of their annual and final project reports, which are submitted using the Project Reports Module in Research.gov. The information that the REU Program Module collects about REU student participants complements the information that the generic Research.gov Project Reports Module collects about all personnel who have worked on a project. The latter information includes demographic information for the personnel and is covered by a separate OMB clearance (Research Performance Progress Reporting, OMB Control No. 3145-0221).

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The information collected under this collection will create regulatory symmetry among similar mobile service licensees. This symmetrical regulatory structure will promote competition in the mobile services marketplace and will serve the interests of consumers while also benefiting the national economy. The Commission is extending this information collection for a period of three years in order to obtain the full three year clearance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

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The recordkeeping requirement in Section 87.103 is necessary to demonstrate that all transmitters in the Aviation Service are properly licensed in accordance with the requirements of Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 301, No. 2020 of the International Radio Regulations, and Article 30 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation. The information is used by FCC staff during inspection and investigations to insure the particular station is licensed and operated in compliane with applicable rules, statutes, and treaties.

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On April 21, 2023, the Commission released a Report and Order, FCC 23-29, IB Docket No. 21-456, titled “Revising Spectrum Sharing Rules for Non-Geostationary Orbit, Fixed-Satellite Service Systems.” In this Report and Order, the Commission revised its rules governing spectrum sharing among a new generation of broadband satellite constellations to promote market entry, regulatory certainty, and spectrum efficiency through good-faith coordination. As relevant to this information collection, the Commission adopted rules clarifying protection obligations between non-geostationary satellite orbit, fixed-satellite service (NGSO FSS) systems authorized through different processing rounds by using a degraded throughput methodology. Specifically, the Commission required that, prior to commencing operations, an NGSO FSS licensee or market access recipient must either certify that it has completed a coordination agreement with any operational NGSO FSS system licensed or granted U.S. market access in an earlier processing round, or submit for Commission approval a compatibility showing which demonstrates by use of a degraded throughput methodology that it will not cause harmful interference to any such system with which coordination has not been completed. If an earlier-round system becomes operational after a later-round system has commenced operations, the later-round licensee or market access recipient must submit a certification of coordination or a compatibility showing with respect to the earlier-round system no later than 60 days after the earlier-round system commences operations. The relevant rule revision for purposes of this information collection is the addition of paragraph (d) in 47 C.F.R. § 25.261.

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The Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP) is a congressionally-mandated medical examination surveillance program for monitoring the health of coal miners. This program, which operates in accordance with 42 CFR Part 37, is useful in providing information to protect the health of coal miners and to document trends and patterns in the prevalence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (`black lung' disease) among miners employed in U.S. coal mines. Non-Substantive Change Request is submitted to make minor updates to Medical Records Request Form. There are no changes to approved burden hours associated with this request.

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This collection includes the various rule sections in Part 101 governing reporting, record retention, and third-party disclosures required by Part 101 Rule Sections Governing the Fixed Microwave Services. We are requesting a 3-year extension with no programmatic changes, but we are increasing our estimates of burden hours and costs for reporting and third-party disclosure requirements based on increases in responses for Subpart B Applications and Licenses, specifically section 101.55, and Subpart C Technical Standards section 101.103 in this revised collection to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Part 101 rule sections require various information to be reported to the Commission; coordinated with third parties; posting requirements; notification requirements to the public; and recordkeeping requirements maintained by the respondent to determine the technical, legal and other qualifications of applications to operate a station in the public and private operational fixed services. See the Appendix at the end of this Supporting Statement sets forth the individual rule sections, their associated Paperwork Reduction collection requirements and burden calculations.

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The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA), Public Law 110-233, was enacted on May 21, 2008. Title I of GINA amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act), the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code), and the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit discrimination in health coverage based on genetic information. Sections 101 through 103 of Title I of GINA prevent employment-based group health plans and health insurance issuers in the group and individual markets from discriminating based on genetic information and from collecting such information. GINA and the interim final regulations (29 CFR 2590.702-1(c)(5)) provide an exception to the limitations on requesting or requiring genetic testing that allows a group health plan or group health insurance issuer to request, but not require, a participant or beneficiary to undergo a genetic test if all of the following conditions of the research exception are satisfied. First, the request must be made pursuant to research that complies with 45 CFR part 46 (or equivalent Federal regulations) and any applicable State or local law or regulations for the protection of human subjects in research. To comply with the informed consent requirements of 45 CFR 46.116(a)(8), a participant must receive a disclosure that participation in the research is voluntary, refusal to participate cannot involve any penalty or loss of benefits to which the participant is otherwise entitled, and the participant may discontinue participation at any time without penalty or loss of benefits to which the participant is entitled (the Participant Disclosure). Second, the plan or issuer must make the request in writing and must clearly indicate to each participant or beneficiary (or in the case of a minor child, to the legal guardian of such beneficiary) to whom the request is made that compliance with the request is voluntary and noncompliance will have no effect on eligibility for benefits, premium, or contribution amounts. Third, none of the genetic information collected or acquired as a result of the research may be used for underwriting purposes. Finally, the plan or issuer must complete a copy of the “Notice of Research Exception under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act” and provide it to the address specified in its instructions. The Notice and instructions are available on the Department's website.

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This request is for a revision to the Information Collection Request (ICR) under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #: 0970 – 0576. This information collection was originally related to a larger project, the Evaluation of the Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative, by the Children’s Bureau (CB) in the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The original request and approval included thirty-five instruments. Most of that effort was concluded. This request seeks to extend the approval period for just three of the originally approved instruments to allow CB to continue to administer data collection instruments and procedures for the Academies and Workshops that are provided by the grant/technical assistance (TA) provider to court improvement programs (CIP) and the legal and judicial community. The Center for Legal and Judicial Innovation and Advancement (CLJIA) is the current provider, continuing to provide these services, which were previously provided by the Capacity Building Center for Courts (CBCC). The data collection is necessary to provide ongoing evaluation of the Academies and Workshops to inform continuous quality improvement (CQI) for these ongoing services. The three instruments have not changed except that the name of the grant/technical assistance provider was changed from CBCC to CLJIA. Additionally, burden estimates were updated to reflect the estimated number of new service recipients. CLJIA is currently planning new services and evaluation plans and related information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) will be submitted through a separate OMB ICR when ready.

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The information is used to determine compliance with contract terms placed in the contract as authorized by the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (48 CFR Chapter 1), and the Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) (48 CFR Chapter 30). The information requested is used by the Government's contracting officers and other acquisition personnel, including technical and legal staffs to determine contractor's technical and management progress and controls of the firms holding public contracts to determine if the firms are making appropriate progress in work agreed to and are otherwise performing in the Government's best interest.

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, enacted on March 23, 2010, and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, Public Law 111-152, enacted on March 30, 2010 (collectively, “Affordable Care Act”), expanded access to health insurance for individuals and employees of small businesses through the establishment of new Affordable Insurance Exchanges (Exchanges), also called Marketplaces. The Exchanges, which became operational on January 1, 2014, enhance competition in the health insurance market, expand access to affordable health insurance for millions of Americans, and provide consumers with a place to easily compare and shop for health insurance coverage. Section 1312(e) of the Affordable Care Act directs the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish procedures under which a state may permit agents and brokers to enroll qualified individuals and employers into qualified health plans (QHPs) offered through an Exchange and to enable these agents and brokers to assist individuals in applying for advance payments of the premium tax credit and cost-sharing reductions. Authority for collection of this information comes from 45 C.F.R. §155.220(c)(5), which states that “HHS or its designee may periodically monitor and audit an agent, broker, or web-broker under this subpart to assess its compliance with the applicable requirements of this section.” This information collection specifically details what information will be required to be collected and maintained by agents, brokers, and web-brokers were they to receive a request from HHS for consent records. Currently, HHS only plans to collect information from a small percentage of agents, brokers, or web-brokers in conjunction with active investigations of potential fraud. Utilizing §155.220(c)(5) and the information to be collected under newly proposed §§ 155.220(j)(2)(ii)(A)(1-2) and 155.220(j)(2)(iii)(A-C), HHS will be able to verify whether or not an agent, broker, or web-broker has obtained consent from a consumer they are assisting in enrolling in coverage in the individual market, and whether the consumer has reviewed their eligibility information and confirmed its accuracy.