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The Department is requesting an extension of the approval for the Generic Application Package that numerous ED discretionary grant programs use to provide to applicants the forms and information needed to apply for new grants under those grant program competitions. The Department will use this Generic Application package for discretionary grant programs that: (1) Use the standard ED or Federal-wide grant applications forms that have been cleared separately through OMB under the terms of this generic clearance as approved by OMB and (2) use selection criteria from the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR); selection criteria that reflect statutory or regulatory provisions that have been developed under 34 CFR 75.209, or a combination of EDGAR, statutory or regulatory criteria or other provisions, as authorized under 34 CFR 75.200 and 75.209. The use of the standard ED grant application forms and the use of EDGAR and/or criteria developed under §§75.200 and 75.209 promotes the standardization and streamlining of ED discretionary grant application packages.

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The Internal Revenue Code (IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 5008, 5044, 5056, 5064, 5370, 5705, and 5708 authorizes claims for relief of excise taxes on distilled spirits, wine, beer, tobacco products, and cigarette papers and tubes that were condemned, destroyed, lost or made unmarketable due to disaster, theft or vandalism, or that were voluntarily destroyed, returned to bond or withdrawn from the market. The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5055, 5062, and 5706 also provides for drawback (refund) of taxes paid on such products subsequently exported outside of the United States. Additionally, the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5111–5114, authorizes drawback of a portion of taxes paid on distilled spirits used in the manufacture of certain nonbeverage products, while 26 U.S.C. 5373(b)(3) allows credit for excise taxes on wine spirits removed from a distilled spirits plant and used in the production of wine. Additionally, under the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 6402–6404, taxpayers may file relief claims for erroneous, excessive, or overpaid excise or special occupational taxes, while 26 U.S.C. 6416 allows for credit or refund of overpaid firearms and ammunition taxes and 26 U.S.C. 6423 sets conditions on claims for erroneously collected alcohol and tobacco excise taxes. Under those various IRC sections, claimants generally must submit their claims within 6 months of the relevant action in the form and manner that the Secretary prescribes by regulation. Under those statutory IRC authorities, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has issued regulations that require taxpayers to file claims for abatement, allowance, credit, refund, or remission of the excise or special occupational taxes paid or determined using form TTB F 5620.8. Using that form and any required supporting documentation, claimants identify themselves, the regulatory section the claim is made under, the type of claim and its basis, the kind and amount of tax claimed, and, if relevant, account information for the deposit of refunded tax. The collected information is necessary to protect the revenue as it allows TTB to determine if the claim legally qualifies for relief.

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The Internal Revenue Code (IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 5706 provides for the drawback (refund) of Federal excise tax paid on tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes when such articles are subsequently exported from the United States in accordance with the bond and regulatory requirements prescribed by the Secretary. Under that IRC authority, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has issued regulations in 27 CFR part 44 governing such drawback claims. Those regulations allow drawback (refund) of the tax paid on tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes subsequently shipped to a foreign country, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or a possession of the United States, but only when the person who paid the tax files a claim and otherwise complies with the relevant regulations. Specific to this information collection request, the part 44 regulations require that such drawback claims be filed on form TTB F 5620.7, and that all such claims must be accompanied by a bond filed on form TTB F 5200.17. Under those regulations, claimants also must file evidence with TTB that the articles in question landed at a foreign port or were lost after export. In addition, claimants may file letterhead applications for relief from certain regulatory requirements regarding evidence of export or loss.

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The Internal Revenue Code (IRC), at 26 U.S.C. 5114, 5173, 5272, 5354, 5401, and 5711, requires certain alcohol and tobacco industry proprietors to post a collateral or surety bond in conformity with regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure payment of Federal taxes due on alcohol and tobacco products should a proprietor default. When circumstances of an industry member's operation change from those described in an existing surety bond agreement, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) regulations in 27 CFR chapter I authorized under those IRC sections allow the proprietor to complete form TTB F 5000.18, Change in Bond (Consent of Surety), in lieu of obtaining a new bond. Once executed by the proprietor and the surety company, the proprietor files the form with TTB, which retains it as long as the revised bond agreement remains in force.

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The collection of the information on the “Create/Update Importer Identity Form”, commonly referred to as the “CBP Form 5106” is the basis for establishing bond coverage, release and entry of merchandise, liquidation and the issuance of bills and refunds. Members of the trade community use the Create/Update Importer Identification Form to register an entity as an Importer of Record (IOR) on the Automated Commercial Environment. Registering as IOR with CBP is required if an entity intends to transact Customs business and be involved as an importer, consignee/ultimate consignee, any individual or organization involved as a party, such as 4811 party, or sold to party on an informal or formal entry. The number used to identify an IOR is either an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Employer Identification Number (EIN), a Social Security Number (SSN), or a CBP-Assigned Number. By collecting, certain information from the importer enables CBP to verify the identity of the importers, meeting IOR regulatory requirements for collecting information. 19 CFR 24.5. Importers, each person, business firm, government agency, or other organization that intends to file an import entry shall file CBP Form 5106 with the first formal entry or request for services that will result in the issuance of a bill or a refund check upon adjustment of a cash collection. This form is also filed for the ultimate consignee for whom an entry is being made. CBP Form 5106 is authorized by 19 U.S.C 1484 and 31 U.S.C. 7701, and provided for by 19 CFR 24.5. The current version of the form is accessible at: https://www.cbp.gov/document/forms/form-5106-importer-id-input-record.

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The Certificate of Registration is used to expedite free entry or entry at a reduced rate on foreign made personal articles which are taken abroad. These articles are dutiable each time they are brought into the U.S. unless there is acceptable proof of prior possession.

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Before July 1, 2008, various sections of chapter 51 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) required alcohol industry members to register for and pay an annual special occupational tax (SOT). However, section 11125 of Public Law 109–59 permanently repealed, effective July 1, 2008, the SOT on alcohol beverage producers and marketers, non-beverage product manufacturers, tax-free alcohol users, and specially denatured spirits users and dealers, but any SOT liabilities incurred for periods before that date remain. Also, while most SOT requirements for the alcohol industry were repealed, the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5124 continues to require wholesale and retail alcohol dealers to register with the Secretary of the Treasury when commencing or ending business or when certain changes to existing registration information are necessary. In addition, the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5731 and 5732 continues to require manufacturers of tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes, as well as export warehouse proprietors, to register and pay an annual SOT by the use of a return. The registrations and SOT payments for such entities are due on or before the date of commencing business, and on or before July 1 of every year after that. Under the TTB regulations in 27 CFR part 31, alcohol industry members with pre-July 1, 2008, SOT liabilities use TTB F 5630.5a as the return for such liabilities, while wholesale and retail alcohol dealers register or report registration changes on TTB F 5630.5d. Under the TTB regulations in 27 CFR parts 40, 44, and 46, tobacco industry members use TTB F 5630.5t to register and pay SOT. This collection is necessary to ensure the registration and SOT provisions of the IRC are appropriately applied.

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The Home Owners’ Loan Act (HOLA), as amended by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA), allows a Federal savings association (FSA) with total consolidated assets of $20 billion or less, as of December 31, 2017, to elect to operate as a covered savings association (CSA). This section of HOLA requires the OCC to issue rules that, among other things, establish streamlined standards and procedures for FSA elections to operate as CSAs and clarify the requirements for the treatment of CSAs. A CSA has the same rights and privileges as a national bank and is subject to the same duties and restrictions as a national bank. Twelve CFR part 101 allows FSAs to elect national bank powers and operate as CSAs. An FSA seeking to operate as a CSA is required under 12 CFR 101.3(a) to submit a notice making an election to the OCC that: (1) is signed by a duly authorized officer of the FSA; and (2) identifies and describes any nonconforming subsidiaries, assets, or activities that the FSA operates, holds, or conducts at the time its submits its notice. Under 12 CFR 101.5(a), the OCC may require a CSA to submit a plan to divest, conform, or discontinue a nonconforming subsidiary, asset, or activity. A CSA may submit a notice to terminate its election to operate as a CSA under 12 CFR 101.6 using similar procedures to those for an election. In addition, after a period of five years, an FSA that has terminated its election to operate as a CSA may submit a notice under 12 CFR 101.7 to reelect using the same procedures used for its original election.

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To provide consumers with adequate information as to the identity of distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages, and to prevent consumer deception and the use of misleading statements in the marketing of such products, the Federal Alcohol Administration Act at 27 U.S.C. 205(e) requires that alcohol beverages sold or introduced into interstate or foreign commerce be labeled in conformity with regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary). Also under that section, prior to an alcohol beverage’s introduction into interstate or foreign commerce, the bottler or importer of the product must apply for and receive a “certificate of label approval” for the product’s label in the manner and form the Secretary prescribes by regulation. In addition, section 205(e) authorizes domestic bottlers or producers to apply for an exemption from label approval for alcohol beverages not sold or entered into interstate or foreign commerce. Under those statutory FAA Act authorities, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) regulations in 27 CFR chapter I require that, prior to an alcohol beverage product's introduction into interstate or foreign commerce, the producer, bottler, or importer of the product apply for and receive TTB approval of the product’s label. For wines and distilled spirits, such respondents also may apply for exemption from label approval for products not sold or entered into interstate or foreign commerce (no exemption is required for malt beverages). For distilled spirits, the TTB regulations also require approval of distinctive liquor bottles. Respondents use form TTB F 5100.31 or its electronic equivalent, COLAs Online, to request and obtain label approval, exemption from label approval, or approval of a distinctive liquor bottle. The form serves as both an application for and, if approved by TTB, a certificate of label approval (COLA), a certificate of exemption from label approval, or distinctive liquor bottle approval.

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This request is for a revision of the current information collection pursuant to proposed rule 0648-BK86. NMFS is requesting OMB approval for the expanded information set on the paper form and the requirement for electronic submission of certain data elements from the form as part of entry filing through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Importers would also be required to keep records of the form for a period of two years from the date of the import and obtain International Fisheries Trade Permit, if one is not already in possession, and include the permit number on the Certificate of Admissibility (COA) form. In addition, the proposed revisions would allow a foreign nation to use its own COA form, subject to approval by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Pursuant to the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (Moratorium Protection Act), the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), and the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ACTA), certain fish products may be excluded from U.S. markets. For example, if a nation is identified under the Moratorium Protection Act and fails to receive a positive certification decision from the Secretary of Commerce, certain fish or fish products from that nation may be prohibited from import to the United States. Similarly, if a nation does not receive a comparability finding for a fishery under the MMPA, products from that nation's fishery may also be prohibited. For ATCA, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is authorized to make determinations that fish subject to regulation or investigation by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) are ineligible for entry into the United States under specific circumstances. In each case, if certain fish or fish products of a nation are subject to import prohibitions (e.g., harvest of a particular fishery), NMFS requires that similar fish or fish products from that nation that are not subject to the import prohibitions must be accompanied by Certification of Admissibility (COA) fish harvest record form to be eligible for entry into the United States. A duly authorized official/agent of the applicant’s Government must certify that the fish being imported into the United States are of a species, or from a fishery, not subject to the import restriction.

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The Stakeholder Scheduling capability is a mobile application within the “CBP OneTM” app that will standardize and automate the manual process of brokers and travelers making and updating appointments with CBP for various services. Currently, Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBPOs) and CBP Agriculture Specialists (CBPAS) spend significant time exchanging phone calls, faxes, and emails from stakeholders to schedule inspection services. This includes inspections of perishable cargo, non-perishable cargo that have been identified as mandatory examinations, and commercial vessel and commercial or private air arrivals. Based on security vetting, CBP notifies stakeholders that certain cargo requires a scan by CBP Non-Intrusive Inspection technology prior to release. Stakeholders then schedule with CBP a time and location for the scans to be conducted. Pilots and other stakeholders contact CBP to schedule a time and location for the inspections of commercial and private carriers (including occupants) or commercial vessels upon arrival from foreign countries. Additionally, travelers who carry-on sensitive agriculture via air carrier are required to be inspected by CBP and they must notify CBP prior to their arrival into the United States. The following legal authorities permit CBP’s collection of border crossing information: Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA), Pub. L. 108-458, 118 Stat. 3638; Immigration and Nationality Act, as codified at 8 U.S.C. 1185 and 1354; Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 (ATSA); Enhanced Border Security and Visa Reform Act of 2002; and Tariff Act of 1930 as amended, 19 U.S.C. 66, 1433, 1459, 1485, 1624, and 2071.

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Under its statutory and delegated authorities, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is responsible for the collection of the Federal excise taxes imposed on distilled spirits, wine, beer, tobacco products, and cigarette papers and tubes by chapters 51 and 52 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). As provided at 26 U.S.C. 5061(a) and 26 U.S.C. 5703(b), the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) requires that those taxes be collected on the basis of a return, filed for the periods, at the times, and containing the information the Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary) requires by regulation. The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 7652(a) also provides that the taxes imposed by the IRC on domestic articles, including those on alcohol and tobacco products, apply at the same rates to similar products manufactured in Puerto Rico and brought into the United States, to be paid and collected under regulations issued by the Secretary. In addition, section 7652(a) requires the majority of such collected taxes to be transferred into the treasury of Puerto Rico. Issued under those IRC authorities, the TTB regulations in 27 CFR part 26 (for distilled spirits, wine, and beer) and part 41 (for tobacco products and cigarette papers and tubes), prescribe the use of TTB F 5000.25, Excise Tax Return – Alcohol and Tobacco (Puerto Rico) as the return for collection of the excise taxes imposed by the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 7652(a).

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The Internal Revenue Code (IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 7122 provides that the Secretary of the Treasury may compromise any civil or criminal case arising under the IRC, including tax liabilities, in lieu of civil or criminal action. Under that IRC authority, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) regulations require persons who wish to make an offer in compromise for violations of the IRC provisions administered by TTB to use form TTB F 5640.1 to identify themselves, the alleged liability and its statutory or regulatory source, the reasons for making the offer in compromise, the amount of the offer, and any proposed payment plan. Also, if a respondent bases an offer in compromise on their inability to pay the alleged liability in full, TTB may require individuals and businesses to submit financial information documenting that inability using TTB F 5600.17 or TTB F 5600.18, respectively. The information required under this collection is necessary to protect the revenue as it allows TTB to determine the adequacy of the offer in compromise in relation to the alleged violations of the statutory provisions of the IRC and to develop a payment plan if the individual or business is unable to immediately pay an accepted offer in compromise in full.

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The elements of this information collection are required under section 504 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (Act), Public Law No. 106-102. Section 502 of the Act prohibits a financial institution from disclosing nonpublic personal information about a consumer to nonaffiliated third parties unless the institution satisfies various disclosure requirements (i.e., provides a privacy notice and opt out notice) and the consumer has not elected to opt out of the disclosure.

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The mission of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is to provide high quality medical and dental care to eligible Veterans. Executive Order 12862, dated September 11, 1993, calls for the establishment and implementation of customer service standards, and for agencies to “survey customers to determine the kind and quality of services they want and their level of satisfaction with current services.” The overall purpose of the VHA Office of Dentistry Dental Patient Satisfaction Survey is to systematically obtain information from patients that can be used to identify problems or complaints that need attention and to improve the quality of dental health care services delivered to Veterans. The Office of Dentistry (OOD) currently tracks a number of clinical parameters indicative of quality care (e.g., appropriate use of fluoride products in high caries risk patients, frequency of dental examinations and care provided to medically compelling patients); however, patient satisfaction with this care is not specifically measured. Information obtained from this dental survey will be made readily available to VA Central Office (VACO), Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), VHA field staff, and stakeholders as part of the Network Performance Report and via the VA Intranet. This data will be used to demonstrate that VA is providing timely, high quality health care services to patients and to measure improvement toward performance goals. The VHA program office has now included an electronic version of the survey, which is ready to be implemented as an online option for collecting survey responses. Also, changes were made to some survey questions, including updates to the Race & Ethnicity options to reflect current collection requirements.

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The FDIC will use the Visitor Notification form to collect biographical, passport (for foreign nationals), and employment information from certain visitors to the FDIC in order to assess the risk to FDIC facilities and personnel. The FDIC will require certain visitors to FDIC facilities, including support staff and interpreters, to complete and submit the form.

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Under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 5001, distilled spirits produced or imported into the United States are subject to an excise tax of up to $13.50 per proof gallon. However, under 26 U.S.C. 5214(a)(12) distilled spirits used for fuel purposes may be withdrawn from a distilled spirits plant (DSP) free of tax. To protect the revenue and help prevent diversion of alcohol fuel to taxable beverage use, 26 U.S.C. 5181 and 5207 require a proprietor of a DSP established as an alcohol fuel plant (AFP) to make applications, maintain records, and render reports as the Secretary of the Treasury prescribes by regulation. Under those IRC authorities, TTB has issued regulations in 27 CFR, part 19, subpart X, which require AFP proprietors to keep certain records, provide certain notices, place certain content and warning marks on alcohol fuel containers, and make annual operations reports using form TTB F 5110.75. The information collected under these regulations is necessary to keep AFP permits current, evaluate requested variations from prescribed AFP procedures, provide public disclosure of alcohol fuel container contents and poisonous nature, and account for distilled spirits produced for fuel purposes and verify the spirits’ disposition.

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The Internal Revenue Code (IRC), at 26 U.S.C. 5111–5114, authorizes drawback (refund) of excise tax paid on distilled spirits that are subsequently used in the manufacture medicines, medicinal preparations, food products, flavors, flavoring extracts, or perfume that are unfit for beverage purposes, and it authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations to ensure that drawback is not paid for unauthorized purposes. Under these authorities, TTB has issued regulations that require nonbeverage drawback claimants to show that the taxpaid distilled spirits for which a drawback claim is made were used in the manufacture of a non-beverage product that is qualified for drawback under the IRC. This showing is based on the product’s formula and process, which is submitted on form TTB F 5154.1 or electronically via TTB's Formulas Online system, and any required sample submission. This information collection is necessary to protect the revenue as it allows TTB to determine if a given product is unfit for beverage use and is of a type authorized for drawback by the IRC. This information collection also is beneficial to respondents as TTB’s determination allows claimants to know in advance of actual manufacture if a product is or is not fit for beverage purposes and thus eligible or not eligible for drawback. In addition, by filing a letterhead notice, manufacturers may adopt approved nonbeverage product formulas for use at other plants they operate, and they may adopt such formulas from predecessor proprietors.

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For imports of alcohol beverages, many foreign countries require product testing as a condition of entry, and many of those countries will accept a report of analysis of imported alcohol beverages from a chemist certified by the exporting country's government. As such, TTB offers its Voluntary Chemist Certification Program as a service to the American alcohol beverage industry to facilitate exportation of domestic beverage alcohol products to foreign markets. This voluntary TTB program ensures that American chemists, enologists, brewers, and alcohol beverage industry technicians (hereafter collectively referred to as "chemists") have the required proficiencies to conduct the required chemical analyses and generate quality data for such product tests. The information collection for TTB's voluntary chemist certification program includes the applications for certification, submission of laboratory test results, requests for TTB-affirmed reports of analysis, and notices to TTB regarding changes in a certified chemist's place of employment place or status. Under this program, TTB certified chemists and their laboratories must also maintain usual and customary business records regarding all analytical results conducted under the TTB certification and those related to laboratory equipment, quality control policies, procedures and systems, and analyst training and competence. This information collection chemists have the proficiency to conduct any chemical analysis required by importing countries. .

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This information collection involves the submission of various forms by (1) contractors who wish to do business with the FDIC or are currently under contract with the FDIC; (2) those vendors and parties participating in innovation pilot programs and prize competitions with the possibility of being awarded a contract; and (3) government agencies or commercial businesses that provide FDIC with past performance information. There is no change in the method or substance of the collection. However, the FDIC has amended this submission to account for the burdens associated with vendors and parties participating in innovation pilot programs and prize competitions.