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Previous ICR	202303-0651-015

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is required by 35 U.S.C. 131 and 151 to examine applications and, when appropriate, allow applications and issue them as patents. When an application for a patent is allowed by the USPTO, the USPTO issues a notice of allowance and the applicant must pay the specified issue fee (including the publication fee, if applicable) within three months to avoid abandonment of the application. This collection of information also encompasses several actions that may be taken after issuance of a patent, pursuant to Chapter 25 of Title 35 U.S.C. A certificate of correction may be requested to correct an error or errors in the patent. For an original patent that is believed to be wholly or partly inoperative or invalid, the assignee(s) or inventor(s) may apply for reissue of the patent, which entails several formal requirements, including provision of an oath or declaration specifically identifying at least one error being relied upon as the basis for reissue and stating the reason for the belief that the original patent is wholly or partly inoperative or invalid (e.g., a defective specification or drawing, or claiming more or less than the patentee had the right to claim in the patent). The public uses this information collection to request corrections of errors in issued patents, to submit applications for reissue patents, and to submit issue fee payments.

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This Fast Track Generic collection of information is necessary to enable SAMHSA 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 SAMHSA programs.

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Previous ICR	202208-0750-002

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This information collection implements the requirements of section 855 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Pub. L. 117-81), which requires disclosures from any covered entity performing work on a DoD contract in the People's Republic of China. In accordance with section 855, this collection requires a disclosure when the offeror submits a proposal in response to a solicitation for a contract valued in excess of $5 million, excluding contracts for commercial items. Disclosure is also required after contract award, before renewal or modification of the contract.

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Previous ICR	201911-0730-001

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This form is used to identify the prospective trustees for active duty military and retirees. The information is required in order for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) to make payments on behalf of incompetent military members or retirees. DFAS is representing all services as the functional proponent for Retired and Annuitant Pay.

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Previous ICR	202206-2528-005

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The Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) at the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) contracted with Abt Associates (in partnership with the University of Hawai’i) to conduct an evaluation of the Moving to Work, Landlord Incentives cohort. As required under the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD seeks approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for data collection instruments associated with the evaluation. The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is tenant-based housing assistance program and is the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) largest rental assistance program. Rather than limiting households to rental units located in specific housing projects, the HCV program lets households use vouchers to find their own housing in the private rental market. For this reason, the HCV program works well only if private market landlords are willing to make their units available to voucher holders. Many public housing agencies (PHAs) struggle to attract and retain landlords in the program, leading to low rates for voucher holders successfully leasing units and other program inefficiencies. Moving to Work (MTW) is a HUD demonstration program that encourages PHAs to test ways to increase the cost effectiveness of federal housing programs, encourage greater self-sufficiency of households receiving housing assistance, and increase housing choice for low-income families. MTW designation gives PHAs relief from many of the regulations and statutory provisions that apply to HCV and public housing programs. MTW was initially authorized by Congress in 1996, and in 2016, HUD was authorized to expand the Demonstration to an additional 100 PHAs. In January 2021, HUD published a Request for Applications for the Landlord Incentives Cohort of the MTW Expansion. In this cohort, PHAs will implement incentives for landlords to encourage their participation in the HCV program. In January 2022, HUD announced that twenty-nine (29) PHAs were selected to participate in the Landlord Incentives Cohort. PHAs participating in the Landlord Incentives Cohort must adopt at least two incentives from a menu of nine incentive options. Incentive options include payment standards flexibility, one-time financial incentives (such as signing bonuses and damage reimbursements), and simplified inspections processes. The goals of these incentives are: (1) to increase landlord participation in the HCV program and (2) to increase voucher holder success rates in leasing units in the program. The Moving to Work Landlord Incentives Evaluation (“Landlord Incentives Evaluation”), led by Abt Associates, will examine how PHAs implement these incentives and how these incentives affect program outcomes. This request relates to primary data to be collected for the Landlord Incentives Evaluation. This supporting statement is the first in a series of OMB submissions that correspond to an array of data collection activities for the evaluation of the Moving to Work, Landlord Incentives cohort. HUD seeks clearance in this submission for: • Semi-structured interview guides for site visits and telephone interviews with staff from treatment and a subset of comparison PHAs; • Online surveys to treatment and comparison PHAs; and • Semi-structured interview guides for site visits with landlords within treatment and a subset of comparison PHA jurisdictions.

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Previous ICR	201912-0720-003

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The information collection is necessary to obtain and record the dental readiness of Service Members using the Active Duty Dental Program (ADDP) and at the same time submit the claim form for the dental procedures provided. Many of these Service Members are not located near a military dental clinic and receive their dental care in the private sector under ADDP. The form is needed to update the dental readiness of all Service Members so that they can maintain worldwide deployment status and reduces paperwork by combining the dental claim and dental readiness into one form.

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Previous ICR	201912-0720-002

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The DoD must obtain the dental health status of members of the active and reserve components for deployment readiness. This form is designed to be completed by members' civilian dentists and provided to the members military organization for tracking dental health status. This form includes uses by active component members assigned to remote locations.

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Previous ICR	202305-0920-006

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The goal of this information collection is to facilitate a CDC public health mission as provided under the Public Health Service Act and Code of Federal Regulations. This Non-Substantive Change Request adds the Air Travel Illness or Death Investigation Form that was previously approved under OMB Control No. 0920-1318 and results in an overall reduction in burden due to a reduction in the number of illness or deaths reported.

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Previous ICR	202212-0920-007

Federal Register Notices

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The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) places a high priority on providing outreach and quality products and services to the public. In anticipation of increased involvement with the community and a desire to expand on activities that help young people gain more exposure to math and science fields, the NCHS is requesting a Generic Clearance. This Generic Clearance would be for outreach to young people (K through college) and those who support them, such as parents, teachers, and counselors. This Non-Substantive Change Request is submitted to increase the number of available responses and burden hours available in the overarching Generic ICR mechanism and allow for the submission of a Youth Outreach (2025) GenIC.

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Previous ICR	201908-0583-003

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to collect information from applicants that want to obtain specimens of condemned or other inedible materials from official establishments

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Previous ICR	201908-0560-004

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FSA is providing cost share assistance to producers and handlers of agricultural products in obtaining certification under National Organic Program (NOP) . State Agencies will get funds via Grants.gov to disburse cost share assistance to the producer or handlers.

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The Cochran Fellowship Program provides short-term training to Fellows from middle-income and emerging market countries to expose agricultural officials and industry representatives to U.S. agriculture products and policies, helping facilitate lasting, global relationships.

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Previous ICR	201907-0925-003

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This is an extension of 0925-0601, Request for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Line to be Approved for Use in NIH Funded Research. Executive Order (EO) 13505 states that NIH may support and conduct responsible, scientifically worthy human stem cell research, including human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. The NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research (Guidelines), implementing the EO, established an NIH Registry of eligible hESC lines that comply with the set of standards described in the Guidelines. The Request for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Line to be Approved for Use in NIH Funded Research will continue to be used by respondents who have hESC lines and wish for the lines to be approved for use in NIH funded research.

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Previous ICR	202211-0925-001

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This application is for a revision to an existing Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved collection of information, 0925-0670, to continue supporting NIH’s goals for sharing genomic data and HHS's goals of enhancing data sharing. The online forms described in the rest of this document reduce the burden for investigators who submit data and for requesters who wish to access the data for secondary research.

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Previous ICR	202401-1845-003

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This is a request to make non-substantive changes to the current Information Collection Request 1845-0030 to update award year and date changes for the Fiscal Operations Report for 2024-2025 and Application to Participate 2026-2027 (FISAP) and Reallocation Form and clarify instructions. There are instructional updates which change references to EFC and Automatic Zero EFC to SAI and Maximum Pell Indicator based on the FAFSA Simplification Act. The annual reporting and record keeping hours remain unchanged at 88,626 hours. The respondents and responses remain unchanged at 3,778.

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The Agency will solicit qualitative website user and stakeholder feedback through website satisfaction surveys, the information collection gathered through this generic clearance will identify strengths and weakness of the website from users and allow for user feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of Agency service delivery, website, and program management.

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Previous ICR	201911-3170-002

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The Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or the Bureau) may invite individuals with special expertise to serve on the Bureau’s advisory committees. The selection-related material will allow the Bureau to obtain information on the qualifications of individuals nominated to an advisory committee and will aid the Bureau in selecting members for service on an advisory committee. The selection-related information will also aid the Bureau in determining the appropriateness of participation in particular matters. The information collected from applicants will aid the Bureau in the exercise of its functions. The feedback collected will allow the Bureau to evaluate and improve its advisory committee program. Information collected will be used for vetting candidates, issue travel orders or provide reimbursement for travel expenses, as applicable.

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Previous ICR	201910-3170-002

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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) requires or authorizes the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“Bureau”) to implement new consumer protections in the offering or provision of certain consumer financial products and services. The information collected is required in order to effectively incorporate information from providers concerning compliance costs and other effects of regulations as part of the information base for potential rulemakings and prospective and retrospective regulatory burden analyses.

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Previous ICR	201910-3133-003

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Section 107(6) of the Federal Credit Union Act (Act) and §701.32 of the NCUA Rules and Regulations (12 CFR part 701) may receive from public units and political subdivisions and nonmember credit unions, payments on shares. Limitations on nonmember and public unit deposits in federal credit unions (FCUs) is 50 percent of the difference of paid-in and unimpaired capital and surplus and any public unit and nonmember shares, as measured at the time of acceptance of each public unit or nonmember share. This collection of information is necessary to protect the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF).

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Previous ICR	201908-3145-001

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Agencies will be able to utilize a new uniform format for reporting performance progress on Federally funded research projects. The Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) will directly benefit award recipients by making it easier for them to administer Federal grant and cooperative agreement programs through standardization of the types of information required in interim performance reports—thereby reducing their administrative effort and costs. The RPPR will also make it easier to compare the outputs, outcomes, etc. of research programs across the government.

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Previous ICR	201909-3133-005

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The FCU Act and Bylaws require new and current FCU to prepare and maintain documents, such as organization certificate, charter, notices, meeting minutes, and election results, and notify the NCUA Board of certain changes. FCU's use the information they collect and maintain pursuant to their bylaws in their operations and to provide services to members. NCUA uses the information both to regulate the safety and soundness of FCU and protect the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund.

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Previous ICR	201910-2137-004

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The Federal pipeline safety regulations at 49 CFR §§195.58 require operators of hazardous liquid pipelines to submit specific data on the safety of their pipelines annually. This mandatory information collection requires the operators to submit data on the preceding year electronically by March 15th of each calendar year. This information is used by PHMSA to identify trends in hazardous liquid pipeline accidents and to identify operators who have poor safety records. PHMSA is revising this information collection to include the collection of excavation damage data from operators of hazardous liquid pipelines.

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Previous ICR	201907-0920-004

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It is the goal of the Division of Vector-borne diseases (DVBD) to conduct surveys to evaluate knowledge, attitutes, and practices regarding ticks and tickborne diseases (TBDs) among residents and businesses offering pest control services in Lyme disease endemic areas of the US. The survey results will inform the implementation of future TBD prevention interventions. This is an extension without changes.

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Previous ICR	202209-3045-002

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The AmeriCorps NCCC Sponsor Survey is completed by organizations who have sponsored an AmeriCorps NCCC team. Survey responses will enable the Corporation for National and Community Service to improve their delivery of national service via NCCC teams. NCCC teams engage in projects across the United States to address critical needs in natural and other disasters, infrastructure improvement, environmental stewardship, energy conservation, and urban and rural development.

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Previous ICR	202112-2127-004

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This information collection request (ICR) is for an extension of a currently approved information collection that requires manufacturers of motor vehicles and equipment and operators of motor vehicles to submit incident reports for certain crashes involving Automated Driving Systems (ADS) and Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). NHTSA’s Standing General Order 2021-01 (General Order) requires vehicle and equipment manufacturers and operators of vehicles equipped with ADS or Level 2 ADAS to report crashes that meet specified criteria to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). This ICR covers the reporting requirements in the General Order with modifications that will be made in response to comments. ADS and ADAS are new technologies that fundamentally alter the task of driving a motor vehicle by automating certain driver inputs (e.g., steering, acceleration, and braking) and decision making (e.g., path following and obstacle avoidance) that would otherwise be left to human control. Given the rapid evolution of these technologies and testing of new technologies and features on publicly accessible roads, it is critical for NHTSA to exercise its robust oversight over potential safety defects in vehicles operating with ADS and Level 2 ADAS. Crashes involving these vehicles have already resulted in multiple fatalities and serious injuries, and NHTSA anticipates that the number of these crashes will continue to grow in the near future given the increased number of these vehicles on the road and the increased number of vehicle and equipment manufacturers in the market. The General Order provides the agency with critical and timely safety data, which assists the agency in identifying potential safety issues resulting from the operation of advanced technologies on public roads. Access to this crash data may show whether there are common patterns in vehicle crashes or systematic problems with specific vehicles or systems, any of which may reflect a potential safety defect. NHTSA requested and received emergency review and approval of this information collection. NHTSA submitted the request on June 29, 2021. On June 30, 2021, OMB granted NHTSA a six-month approval for this information collection and assigned this information collection the OMB control number 2127-0754. NHTSA is seeking a three-year extension of this information collection. When NHTSA submitted its request for emergency review, the agency estimated that the annual burden would be 12,539 hours and $0. NHTSA now estimates the annual burden to be 31,319 hours and $0. This is an increase of 19,046 hours and $0. The changes in burden estimate are a result of information received from reporting entities regarding time spent reporting information under the 6-month emergency clearance, actual reporting volume for five-months, and the change to the General Order to create a new 5-day reporting category (in place of 1-day and 10-day reports in certain circumstances). Adjustments were also made to remove burden time for training and creating accounts (which took place in the first 6 months for current reporting entities). NHTSA also created a new category of burden to account for additional screening time spent by reporting entities to ensure that they are meeting their reporting requirements. The change in burden hours represents a program change resulting in a decrease in burden hours by 8,320 hours and adjustments resulting in an increase of 27,100 hours.