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Review of 8(a) Business Development Program & Relevant Information

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The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) must collect this information to examine participants in SBA’s program under 15 U.S.C. § 637 (the “8(a) program”) in response to urgent concerns regarding small business federal contracting and subcontracting compliance by businesses participating in the program, as well as other instances of waste, fraud and abuse in the same program. This information will be used to determine continued eligibility, program and contract term compliance, and to identify instances of fraud. SBA is authorized to collect this information as part of its general investigative authority under the Small Business Act (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 634(b)(11)).Emergency Justfication:See attached memo. The Small Business Administration (“SBA”) requests emergency processing under 5 CFR 1320.13 for a new Information Collection Request (“ICR”). SBA seeks approval by November 18, 2025, to enable immediate collection of business data relating to participants in SBA’s business development program under 15 U.S.C. § 637 (the “8(a) program” and such participants “8(a) participants”). This data is essential to the mission of the SBA in order to examine participants in the 8(a) program in response to urgent concerns regarding small business federal contracting and subcontracting compliance by businesses participating in the program as well as other documented instances of waste, fraud and abuse within the same program. 5 CFR 1320.13(a)(1)(ii). Recent government-wide investigations by the Department of Justice, the Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General, and the Government Accountability Office, coupled with recent public allegations of illegal conduct by an 8(a) participant, have exposed systemic risks within the 8(a) program that make the program particularly susceptible to waste, fraud, and abuse. For example, risks of improper pass-through contracting and noncompliance with FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, improper control of 8(a) firms, eligibility fraud, improper disbursements, and improper transfers of contractual responsibilities across the federal acquisition landscape have been identified. The absence of standardized, data-driven reporting on prime versus subcontractor labor utilization, for example, has been identified as a vulnerability throughout government. SBA’s request will increase visibility into the 8(a) program, strengthen internal surveillance and oversight of 8(a) participants, and reinforce public trust through proactive corrective measures. The public investigations and recent widespread reporting of the 8(a) program’s susceptibility to fraud mentioned above, together with the Department of Justice’s uncovering of a $550 million scandal involving 8(a) contracting at USAID, could jeopardize SBA’s efforts to investigate and counter fraud, waste and abuse in its 8(a) program, as explained further below. In particular, the recent publicity given to both fraud within the program and SBA’s efforts to address it have created a new urgency in requesting potential data essential to SBA’s mission and the integrity of the 8(a) program. The increased attention on the 8(a) program means that the use of normal clearance procedures is extremely likely to prevent or disrupt the collection of essential information that may be altered, destroyed or otherwise concealed by those seeking to evade enforcement. Because of these concerns and the identified systemic risks discussed above, the information must be collected prior to the expiration of the ordinary time periods for notice and comment. 5 CFR 1320.13(a)(1)(i). Delaying implementation until completion of normal Paperwork Reduction Act clearance procedures would undermine these efforts and perpetuate risk, including evidentiary spoliation risks, during active oversight investigations. 5 CFR 1320.13(a)(2)(iii). SBA’s ability to document 8(a) participant eligibility and compliance is essential to ensuring that small-business set-aside awards meet requirements and maintain program integrity. The requested emergency clearance will allow SBA to gather baseline data and support interagency coordination with OMB, Treasury and other federal agencies utilizing SBA’s 8(a) participants to inform a permanent, government-wide solution.

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Section 97.303(g)(2), Notification Requirement

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Prior to commencement of operations in the 135.7-137.8 kHz band or the 472-479 kHz band, amateur operators must notify the Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) of their intent by submitting their call signs, intended band or bands of operation, and the coordinates of their antenna's fixed location. Amateur stations will be permitted to commence operations after a 30-day period unless UTC notifies the applicant that its requested location is located within one kilometer of a Power Line Carrier (PLC) system operating in the same or overlapping frequencies.

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47 USC 332(b)	View Law

47 USC 154(i), 161, 301, 302, 303(e)	View Law

47 USC 303(f), 303(r), 304, 307	View Law

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[NCZEID] Project Firstline (PFL) Partner Reporting

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The goal of this project is to collect performance/progress information from Project Firstline (PFL) national partner organizations to inform the development of tailored infection prevention and control (IPC) communications and training and resources designed for frontline healthcare personnel (HCP).

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Industry Safety Data Program

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The objective of the ISD Program is to capture a range of safety data, including reportable and non-reportable events and unsafe conditions or behaviors, that are observed prior to a more significant event occurring. This type of data successfully demonstrates the feasibility of the ISD Program where data sharing and collaboration within the industry to identify precursor data is effective and promotes high-yield industrywide safety insights.

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49 USC 6302	View Law

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[NCEH] Awardee Lead Profile Assessment (ALPA)

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The purpose of this annual assessment under the cooperative agreement is to identify: 1) jurisdictional legal frameworks governing CDC-funded childhood lead poisoning prevention programs in the United States and 2) strategies for implementing childhood lead poisoning prevention activities in the United States. Data will be collected annually from the project managers of funded lead poisoning prevention programs of state and local governments (or their bona fide fiscal agents).

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42 USC 241	View Law

42 USC 301A, 317A, and 317B	View Law

Pub.L. 114 - 322 2204	View Law

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Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 1992-6: Sale of Individual Life Insurance or Annuity Contracts by an Employee Benefit Plan

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PTE 92-6 exempts from the prohibited transaction restrictions the sale of individual life insurance or annuity contracts held by an employee benefit plan to: (1) plan participants under such plan; (2) relatives of such participants under such plan, (3) employers, any of whose employees are covered by such plan; (4) other employee benefit plans that have a party in interest relationship; (5) owner-employees (as defined in Code section 401(c)(3)), (6) shareholder-employees (as defined in Code section 1379 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as in effect on the day before the enactment of the Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982), or (7) trusts established by plan participants of such plan or relatives of such participants who are the beneficiaries under such plan, for at least an amount equal to the amount necessary to put the plan in the same cash position as it would have been had it retained the contract, surrendered it, and made any distributions owing to the participant on his or her vested interest under such plan, provided certain conditions set forth in the class exemption are met. Plans utilizing the exemption are required to inform the insured participant of a proposed sale of a life insurance or annuity policy to the employer, a relative, a trust, another plan, an owner-employee, or a shareholder-employee and be given an opportunity to purchase such contract.

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Authorizing Statutes

29 USC 1108(a)	View Law

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Analysis of Senior Medicare Patrol Grantees’ Program Implementation

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The Office of Healthcare Information and Counseling, under the Administration for Community Living (ACL) covers fifty-four SMP projects which represent states or territories of the United States. Additionally, ACL provides grants to the SMP Resource Center to support SMP activities. The SMP was authorized by the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriation Act of 1997 to recruit and train a national network of staff and volunteers to help “prevent, detect, and report Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse.” ACL’s Office of Healthcare Information and Counseling provides oversight of SMP grantees. Results from this data collection will assist ACL in understanding successes and challenges in reaching low-income and rural Medicare beneficiaries with SMP activities. This collection of information aligns with federal prioritization of advancing equity for all individuals served by federal government programs (Exec. Order No. 13985, 2021).

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Pub.L. 104 - 208 3009-43	View Law

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Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

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This collection of information is necessary to enable the Agency to garner customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with our commitment to improving service delivery. The information collected from our customers and stakeholders helps ensure that users have an effective, efficient, and satisfying experience with the Agency’s programs.

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Methylene Chloride; Regulation of Paint and Coating Removal for Consumer Use Under TSCA §6(a) (Renewal)

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This Information Collection Request (ICR) addresses the paperwork requirements contained in final rule concerning the prohibition on the use of methylene chloride for consumer paint and coating removal. The final rule requires each person who manufactures, processes, or distributes in commerce methylene chloride for any use to notify companies to whom methylene chloride is shipped of the prohibitions under the rule. The final rule also requires each person who manufactures, processes, or distributes in commerce any methylene chloride to retain in one location at the headquarters of the company documentation of information showing: (i) the name, address, contact, and telephone number of companies to whom methylene chloride was shipped; (ii) a copy of the required downstream notification and (iii) the amount of methylene chloride shipped. This information must be retained for 3 years from the date of shipment.

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15 USC 2605	View Law

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Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

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This collection of information is necessary to enable the Agency to garner customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner in accordance with our commitment to improving service delivery. The information collected from our customers and stakeholders will help ensure that users have an effective, efficient, and satisfying experience with the Agency's programs.

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Petition for Classifying Labor Surplus Areas

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DOL issues an annual list of Labor Surplus Areas (LSA) to be used by federal and state entities in a number of actions such as procurement and property transfer. The annual LSA list is updated during the year based upon petitions submitted to DOL by State Workforce Agencies requesting additional areas for LSA certification. This collection provides the processes by which States can submit petitions for additional LSA certification.

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Variances for Sale of Assets (29 CFR Part 4204)

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An employer selling assets of a business covered by a multiemployer pension plan may have liability to the plan unless certain statutory rules are followed. The selling and buying empoyers may submit information prescribed by this regulation to PBGC or the plan with a request for a waiver of those rules. The information is needed to determine whether a waiver is appropriate.

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29 USC 1384	View Law

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Procedures for PBGC Approval of Plan Amendments (29 CFR Part 4220)

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Under ERISA, various multiemployer plan amendments are effective only if PBGC approves them or fails, within 90 days of notification, to disapprove them. PBGC rules for requesting approval require submission of information needed to carry out its statutory responsibility to evaluate the risk of loss, if any, posed by plan amendments.

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29 USC 1400	View Law

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Allocating Unfunded Vested Benefits (29 CFR Part 4211)

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PBGC needs this information to perform its duties under 29 USC 1391(c)(5)(A). Multiemployer pension plans changing methods of allocating unfunded vested benefits among contributing employers submit the information. PBGC uses the information to decide whether the changes significantly increase the risk of loss to plan participants or PBGC.

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29 USC 1391	View Law

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Notice, Collection, and Redetermination of Withdrawal Liability (29 CFR Part 4219)

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In mass withdrawals, ERISA Sec. 4219(c)(1)(D) requires multiemployer plan sponsors to redetermine withdrawal liability and fully allocate unfunded vested benefits. In substantially all employers withdraw, Sec. 4209(c) requires collection of de minimis amounts. This regulation explains how to redetermine and allocate liabilities and requires notices to PBGC of mass withdrawal or if substantially all employers withdraw and of the required determinations.

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29 USC 1389	View Law

29 USC 1399	View Law

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Reduction or Waiver of Partial Withdrawal Liability (29 CFR Part 4208)

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An employer that contributes to a multiemployer pension plan may apply to the plan for abatement of previously incurred partial withdrawal liability; the plan must then notify the employer whether its liability is abated. A plan must apply for PBGC approval if it adopts special rules on abatement of partial withdrawal liability. Plans use information from employers to determine whether abatement requirements are met. PBGC uses information from plans to determine whether special abatement rules meet the standards for approval.

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29 USC 1388	View Law

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Reduction or Waiver of Complete Withdrawal Liability (29 CFR Part 4207)

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An employer that contributes to a multiemployer pension plan may apply to the plan for abatement of previously incurred complete withdrawal liability; the plan must then notify the employer whether its liability is abated. A plan must apply for PBGC approval if it adopts special rules on abatement of complete withdrawal liability. Plans use information from employers to determine whether abatement requirements are met. PBGC uses information from plans to determine whether special abatement rules meet the standards for approval.

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29 USC 1387	View Law

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Customer Satisfaction Surveys for Permits Online (PONL), Formulas Online (FONL), and COLAs Online

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As part of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's efforts to improve customer service, we survey respondents who complete and submit applications electronically using our online systems--Permits Online (PONL) for original or amended alcohol or tobacco permits, Formulas Online (FONL) for approval of certain alcohol product formulas, and COLAs Online for submission of certificates of label approval (COLAs) for alcohol beverages sold in interstate commerce. These customer satisfaction surveys assist TTB in identifying potential customer needs and problems, along with opportunities for improvements in our PONL, FONL, COLAs Online electronic application systems.

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27 USC 201	View Law

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CMIA Annual Report and Interest Calculation Cost Claims

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PL 101-453 requires that States and Territories must report interest liabilities for major Federal assistance programs annually. States and Territories may report interest calculation cost claims for compensation of administrative costs.

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Pub.L. 101 - 453 5	View Law

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Form 14693 - Application for Reduced Rate of Withholding on Whistleblower Award Payment

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The Application for Reduced Rate of Withholding on Whistleblower Award Payment will be used by the whistleblower to apply for a reduction in withholding to minimize the likelihood of the IRS over withholding tax from award payments providing whistleblowers with a pre-award payment opportunity to substantiate their relevant attorney fees and court costs. The Whistleblower Office will review and evaluate the form and calculate the rate.

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26 USC 7623(b)	View Law

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Highly Migratory Species Tournament Registration and Reporting

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) requests the approval of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the existing collection of information under OMB Control Number 0648-0323 for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Tournament Registration and Reporting. Fishing tournaments are defined as any fishing competition in which participants must register or otherwise enter or in which a prize or award is offered for catching or landing fish. Regulations at 50 CFR part 635.5(d) require that all fishing tournaments targeting HMS that are conducted out of ports in Atlantic coastal states, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, must register with NMFS at least four weeks prior to the start of the event. These events must also report their catch and fishing effort, as measured by the number of participating vessels per day, by the seventh day following conclusion of the event.

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Pub.L. 94 - 265 401	View Law

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Medicare Enrollment Application for Physician and Non-Physician Practitioners (CMS-855I)

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The primary function of the CMS-855I Medicare enrollment application for physicians and non-physician practitioners is to gather information from an individual provider or supplier that tells us who he/she is, whether he/she meets certain qualifications to be a Medicare health care provider or supplier, where he/she practices or renders services, and other information necessary to establish correct claims payments.

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Pub.L. 109 - 220 508	View Law

42 USC 424.500	View Law

42 USC 424.502	View Law

31 USC 7701(c)	View Law

5 USC 522(b)(4)	View Law

26 USC 501(c)	View Law

26 USC 3402(t)	View Law

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Demonstration Grants for Indian Children and Youth Program Grant Application Package (1894-0001)

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The Office of Indian Education (OIE) of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) requests an extension of clearance for the Indian Education Demonstration Grant Application, a competitive discretionary grant program authorized under Title VI, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA). The purpose of the Demonstration program is to provide financial assistance to projects that develop, test, and demonstrate the effectiveness of services and programs to improve the educational opportunities and achievement of Indian students in preschool, elementary, and secondary schools. The grant applications submitted for it are evaluated on the basis of how well an applicant addresses the selection criteria and are used to determine applicant eligibility and amount of award for projects selected for funding.

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20 USC 7441	View Law

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Native American Language (NAL@ED) Application Package (1894-0001)

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The Office of Indian Education (OIE) of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) requests an extension of the information collection clearance for the Native American Language Program Grant Application (ALN84.415B), a competitive grant program authorized under Title VI, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA). The grant applications submitted for this program are evaluated on the basis of how well an applicant addresses the selection criteria and are used to determine applicant eligibility and amount of award for projects selected for funding. The criteria are not expected to change prior to a future competition.

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20 USC 7423	View Law

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Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program New Grant Application (1894-0001)

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Collection of the information is necessary in order for the Secretary of Education to carry out the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program under Title V, Part A, Section 501 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 20 U.S.C. 1101-1101d; 1103-1103g. The information will be collected from Institutions of Higher Education and will be used in the evaluation process to determine whether proposed activities are consistent with legislated activities and to determine the dollar share of the Congressional appropriation to be awarded to successful applicants. The Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program provides grants to: (1) expand educational opportunities for, and improve the academic attainment of, Hispanic students; and (2) expand and enhance academic offerings, program quality, faculty quality, and institutional stability of colleges and universities that are educating the majority of Hispanic college students and help large numbers of Hispanic and low-income students complete postsecondary degrees. Information is collected under authority of 20 U.S.C. 1101-1101d, 1103-1103g; the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99; the OMB Guidelines to Agencies on Government-wide Debarment and Suspension (Non-procurement) in 2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR part 3485; the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 3474; and the applicable regulations for this program in 34 CFR 606.

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20 USC 1101, 1101d; 1103, 1103g	View Law

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