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Previous ICR	202202-1024-005

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The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting approval to conduct a pre-test and pilot of a national household survey designed to obtain information about U.S. residents’ potential behavioral responses to changes in the level and structure of entrance fees at national parks. The pre-test and pilot will inform the design and administration of a future survey of recent and potential park visitors that is intended to help determine revenue and access implications of different entrance fee rates and collection models.

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Previous ICR	201802-0579-002

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The purpose of this information collection is to establish generic criteria for the approval of new cold treatment and irradiation facilities; cold treatment schedules, and establishment of compliance agreements.

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Previous ICR	202208-7100-006

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The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (BHC Act) and Board’s Regulation Y - Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control (12 CFR 225) require a bank holding company (BHC) to seek the prior approval of the Board before purchasing or redeeming its equity securities in certain circumstances. Due to the limited information that a BHC must provide in connection with any such request, there is no required reporting form, and each request for prior approval is generally filed 30 days before the proposed stock purchase or redemption as a notification with the Reserve Bank that has direct supervisory responsibility for the requesting BHC. The Federal Reserve uses the information provided in the redemption notice to supervise BHCs.

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Previous ICR	201909-1405-003

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The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State, in accordance with the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Parts 120-130), has the principal missions of taking final action on license applications and other requests for defense trade transactions. By statute, Executive Order, regulation, and delegation of authority, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC)is charged with controlling the export and temporary import of defense articles and provision of defense services covered by the U.S. Munitions List. The statutory authority of the President to promulgate regulations with respect to the export and the temporary import of defense articles and the provision of defense services was delegated to the Secretary of State by Executive Order 11958, as amended. These regulations are primarily administered by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Defense Trade and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. Section 126.18 eliminates, subject to certain conditions, the requirement for an approval by DDTC of the transfer of unclassified defense articles, which includes technical data, within a foreign business entity, foreign governmental entity, or international organization, that is an approved or otherwise authorized end-user or consignee (including transfers to approved sub-licensees) for those defense articles, including the transfer to dual nationals or third-country nationals who are bona fide regular employees, directly employed by the foreign consignee or end-user.

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Previous ICR	201905-1405-006

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The information submitted pursuant to this collection will be used to evaluate whether a particular defense article or defense service is covered by the U.S. Munitions List, and therefore is subject to export licensing jurisdiction of the Department of State. This collection may also be used to request a change in U.S. Munitions List category designation, request the removal a defense article from the U.S. Munitions List, or request the reconsideration of a previous commodity jurisdiction determination.

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Previous ICR	201909-1545-011

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IRC section 6662 imposes accuracy related penalties for substantial understatement of tax liability or negligence or disregard of rules and regulations. Section 6694 imposes similar penalties on return preparers. Regulations section 1.6662-4(e) and (f) provide for reduction of these penalties if adequate disclosure of the tax treatment is made on Form 8275 or, if the position is contrary to a regulation on Form 8275-R.

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Previous ICR	201702-0960-002

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Some State laws recognize marriages entered into without a ceremony (called common-law marriages). SSA uses Form SSA–753 to obtain third-party statements about intent and cohabitation, which are the basic tenets for determining if a relationship is a common-law marriage. SSA ultimately uses the information to determine if a valid marital relationship exists for entitlement to spouse/widow(er) benefits. The respondents are third party individuals/households. We are making non-substantive changes to make the form a fillable PDF.

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Previous ICR	201909-1190-002

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Under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) requires information on citizenship status, immigration status, national origin, and the nature, timing, and specifics of the alleged discriminatory acts from charging parties alleging discrimination in order to determine jurisdiction over the allegation of employment discrimination and to initiate an investigation based on the allegation.

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As directed by Executive Order 14001, The National Strategy for a Resilient Public Health Supply Chain (The National Strategy) provides a strategic approach to design, build, and sustain a long-term capability in the United States to manufacture supplies for future pandemics and biological threats. The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human Services is leading an interagency team in implementing the National Strategy and is requesting a generic clearance for purposes of implementation to: gain a better understanding of the public health supply chain; develop future strategic goals and recommendations for building immediate and long-term resilience through increased visibility, agility, and robustness in the public health supply chain to prepare for and mitigate future public health emergencies; and to ensure ASPR, HHS, and the broader U.S. government have current data and information to inform program and policy decision-making. Formative research and assessment are the main objectives of the activities included in this clearance. The participants will include, but not be limited to, SLTTs, trade groups and associations, mixed cross-sector audiences, non-governmental organizations, manufacturers, academia, healthcare providers and facilities, and local communities, labor unions, workforce training providers, organizations, and state and local workforce boards.

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Previous ICR	201909-0960-001

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If an administrative law judge (ALJ) makes a wholly favorable oral decision, including all the findings and rationale for the decision for a claimant of Title II or Title XVI payments, at an administrative appeals hearing, the ALJ sends a Notice of Decision (Form HA-82), as the records from the oral hearing preclude the need for a written decision. We call this the incorporation-by-reference process. In addition, the regulations for this process state that if the involved parties want a record of the oral decision, they may submit a written request for these records. SSA collects identifying information under the aegis of Sections 20 CFR 404.953 and 416.1453 of the Code of Federal Regulations to determine how to send interested individuals written records of a favorable incorporation-by-reference oral decision made at an administrative review hearing. Since there is no prescribed form to request a written record of the decision, the involved parties send SSA their contact information and reference the hearing for which they would like a record. The respondents are applicants for Disability Insurance Benefits and SSI payments, or their representatives, to whom SSA gave a wholly favorable oral decision under the regulations cited above.

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Previous ICR	202202-0970-013

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The purpose of the Procedural Justice Informed Alternatives to Contempt Demonstration (PJAC) demonstration project is to assess the feasibility and efficacy of incorporating principles of procedural justice into child support services as a cost-effective alternative to civil contempt proceedings. The PJAC Demonstration will add to the evidence base on innovations in child support practices by evaluating PJAC’s impacts and determining whether the benefits of PJAC services exceed their costs. The PJAC Evaluation includes three key components: an implementation study, an impact study, and a benefit-cost study. Information collection related to PJAC was initially approved January 2018. In May 2020 a revision request was approved to add additional data collection activities and extend the data collection timeline. About 11,380 noncustodial parents were randomly assigned into the PJAC study sample between February 2018 and September 2020. Collection of baseline data (Instrument 1) and data on service receipt (Instrument 2) is complete. Both of two initially planned rounds of implementation visits to each participating study site are complete, during which interviews with child support project directors, case managers, and external supportive service partners took place (Instrument 3). A web-based staff survey was administered in Spring/Summer 2020 (Instrument 5) and the staff time study was administered in early Fall 2020 (Instrument 6). Interviews with parents were also conducted in the Fall of 2020 (Instruments 4 and 7). An additional round of interviews with parents (Instruments 4 and 7) and staff (Instrument 3) was approved in March 2022 and is slated to take place in Fall 2022. We are requesting approval to continue data collection with the following previously approved instruments: o Instrument 3: Staff and Community Partner Interview Topic Guide o Instrument 4: Noncustodial parent participant interview protocol o Instrument 7: Custodial parent participant interview protocol Additionally, we propose to conduct data for two additional interviews for a supplemental study to capture information about experiences of bias. This supplement will provide more information to address the project’s goal of better understanding fairness of process. The additional interviews include: o Instrument 8: Topic Guide for Interviews about Experiences of Bias with Child Support Staff and Partners o Instrument 9: Topic Guide for Interviews about Experiences of Bias with Noncustodial Parents

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Previous ICR	201904-0938-017

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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. This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of program management.

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Previous ICR	201906-3133-001

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Part 708a of NCUA’s Rules and Regulations covers the conversion of federally insured credit unions (credit unions) to mutual savings banks (MSBs) and mergers of credit unions into both mutual and stock banks (banks). Part 708a requires credit unions that intend to convert to MSBs or merge into banks to provide notice and disclosure of their intent to convert or merge to their members and NCUA, and to conduct a membership vote. In addition, Subpart C requires credit unions that intend to merge into banks to determine the merger value of the credit union. The information collection allows NCUA to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements for conversions and mergers and ensures that members of credit unions have sufficient and accurate information to exercise an informed vote concerning a proposed conversion or merger.

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Previous ICR	201910-1205-002

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The Secretary has interpreted applicable sections of Federal law to require States to identify claimants who are most likely to exhaust their Unemployment Insurance benefits and to provide reemployment services to expedite their return to suitable work. The ETA 9048 report provides information on the basic quarterly activities of the WPRS program, reemployment activities for UI claimants who are likely to exhaust their benefits. The report tracks WPRS claimants from the time they are profiled through the delivery of services. The ETA 9049 report provides information about reemployment outcomes for participants in the WPRS program.

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Previous ICR	202203-2900-009

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In order to award grants under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, and assess services and compliance with grants provided, VA will require submission of Applications for grants and Renewals of grants, Eligibility Screening Tools, Suicide Risk Screening Tools, Participant Satisfaction Surveys, Intake Form and Program Exit Checklist (which each utilize the same five standardized assessment tools required for baseline mental health screening, as listed below) and Compliance Reports.

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Previous ICR	202301-3064-004

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The collection involves the submission of information on various forms by contractors who wish to do business with, or are currently under contract with the FDIC's Legal Division.

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Previous ICR	202211-0970-005

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The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) block grant (42 U.S.C. 8621) was established under Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, P. L. 97-35. The Office of Community Services (OCS) within the Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) administers LIHEAP at the Federal level. The LIHEAP Household Report is an annual data collection effort conducted by OCS to collect information from LIHEAP grantees to meet statutory requirements and program objectives. The LIHEAP statute requires the collection of data on the number of households assisted, their income levels, and vulnerability group, by type of LIHEAP assistance, for inclusion in the Secretary’s annual LIHEAP Report to Congress. The data are collected through the LIHEAP Household Report, which consists of the following: (1) a Long Format for state grant recipients, the District of Columbia, and select territory grant recipients, and (2) a Short Format for tribal grant recipients and select territory grant recipients. OCS has updated the report to update gender collected data to denote sex as a biological variable in current approved information collection requests to comply with recent Presidential directives.

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Previous ICR	202212-1210-002

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Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 section 104(b)(3) and regulations codified at 29 CFR 2520.104b-10 require employee benefit plans to furnish a summary of the plan's annual report to participants and specified beneficiaries for purposes of disclosure of basic financial information.

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Previous ICR	202212-1660-001

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The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) requires that each Federal agency examine the impact of a major Federal action including the actions of recipients using grant funds) significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. This involves considering the environmental impact of the proposed action, alternatives to the proposed action, informing both decision-makers and the public of the impacts through a transparent process, and identifying mitigation measures for any potential adverse impacts (40 CFR 1500.1, 1501.5 and 1501.6). Among other environmental laws, the review also involves considering the effects of the undertaking on historic properties under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the effects of the action on any threatened or endangered species and their habitat under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. This Screening Form will facilitate the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA's) review of recipient Federally-funded actions in FEMA's effort to comply with the environmental requirements.

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IRS Section 6050AA requires information reporting with respect to interest received on a specified passenger vehicle loan. Recipients of this interest are required to file an information return to the IRS and furnish a statement to individuals who pay or accrue the interest during a calendar year. The reporting requirements of section 6050AA allow the IRS to verify recipients’ compliance with the information reporting rules and to verify that individuals deduct the proper amount of interest on their tax return.Emergency Justfication:The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are requesting a new OMB Control Number 1545-NEW, Vehicle Loan Interest Statement, under emergency procedures in connection with provisions of section 70203 of Public Law 119-21, 139 Stat. 72, 176 (July 4, 2025), commonly known as the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Section 163(h)(4) allows a deduction for qualified passenger vehicle loan interest. Section 6050AA requires information reporting with respect to interest received on a specified passenger vehicle loan. Recipients of this interest are required to file an information return to the IRS and furnish a statement to individuals who pay or accrue the interest during a calendar year. For interest received on a specified passenger vehicle loan in 2025, the information return must be filed on or before February 28, 2026 (March 31, 2026, if filed electronically), and the written statement must be furnished on or before January 31, 2026. Notice 2025-57 sets forth that the recipient of such interest will be deemed to have satisfied the reporting obligations under §6050AA for interest received on a specified passenger vehicle loan in 2025 if the recipient makes a statement available to the individual indicating the total amount of interest received in calendar year 2025 on a specified passenger vehicle loan. If the interest recipient satisfies this requirement, the IRS will not impose penalties under §§6721 and 6722 for a failure to file information returns and furnish payee statements under §6050AA with respect to interest received in 2025. The OBBBA was signed into law on July 4, 2025, and §163(h)(4), as amended, and new §6050AA apply to indebtedness incurred after December 31, 2024. Accordingly, recipients of interest have an immediate need for guidance about their information reporting obligations. The IRS needs to publish Notice 2025-57 as soon as possible, so that recipients of specified passenger vehicle loan interest can make the necessary changes to their systems to comply with their new reporting responsibilities under §6050AA for interest received in 2025. In addition, individuals need information on how much interest they paid or accrued in 2025 in order to claim the deduction allowable under §163(h)(4) on their individual income tax returns for taxable year 2025. Following normal Paperwork Reduction Act clearance procedures would thus result in harm to recipients of specified passenger vehicle loan interest who would be unable to timely make the necessary changes to their systems to comply with their new reporting responsibilities for interest received in 2025. Therefore, due to the extraordinary circumstances and statutory deadlines for implementing §6050AA, the Treasury and IRS request emergency processing of this information collection request by October 21, 2025 and approval for 180 days. Given the inability to seek public comment during such a short timeframe, IRS also respectfully requests a waiver from the requirement to publish a notice in the Federal Register seeking public comment during the period of Office of Management and Budget review. However, public comment will be solicited in conjunction with the subsequent extension of the approval to collect this information on the new Vehicle Loan Interest Statement which is being developed for this purpose in future years. The Treasury Department consulted with multiple stakeholder groups, including the National Automobile Dealers Association and the American Financial Services Association, in order to understand their operations so as to be able to minimize the burden of the collection of information. The Treasury Department also consulted with other interested agencies, including NHTSA, DOT, and IRS, in order to help streamline the process and make it easier for affected parties to comply with their reporting obligations.

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Previous ICR	202306-0990-001

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The primary purpose of the COVID-19 Current Events Tracker (CET) survey is to continuously track key metrics of importance to the Campaign, including vaccine confidence, familiarity with and trust in HHS, and the impact of external events on key attitudes and behaviors. Tracking Americans’ attitudes about, perceptions of, and behavior toward the COVID-19 pandemic will inform the Campaign of key metrics around vaccine confidence and uptake, as well as towards vaccine messengers such as HHS and key public health officials. It will also inform changes in messaging strategies necessary to effectively reach the entire U.S. population or specific subgroups.

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Previous ICR	202303-3060-012

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The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB or Bureau) is submitting a non-substantive change request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to establish mandatory electronic filing of System Security and Integrity Policies and Procedures (SSI Plans) by covered entities under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) through the new CALEA Electronic Filing System (CEFS) (OMB Control No. 3060-0809). CEFS requires users to register with and use the Commission Registration System (OMB Control Nos. 3060-0917 and 3060-0918) and to electronically file Requests for Confidential Treatment (OMB Control No. 3060-0862). When mandatory electronic filing becomes effective, SSI Plans will be required to be submitted electronically through CEFS: https://www.fcc.gov/cefs. When mandatory electronic filing becomes effective, paper versions of SSI Plans will no longer be accepted. Section 1.20005 of the Commission’s rules will be updated to reflect this change. Other than mandatory electronic filing, there are no other changes to this information collection. PSHSB issued the order to amend section 1.20005 to establish mandatory filing and the new rule will become effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. The Report and Order in the Matter of Examination of Current Policy Concerning the Treatment of Confidential Information Submitted to the Commission, GC Docket No. 96-55, requires that (a) parties entering into a protective order keep a log of those who have access to the confidential materials and make the log available to the submitter of the confidential materials, and (b) there is a showing necessary to support a request for confidentiality.

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Previous ICR	202209-7100-002

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In 2014, the Board, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (collectively, the federal banking agencies), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (collectively, the agencies) adopted a joint final rule (credit risk retention rule) that implemented the credit risk retention requirements of section 15G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), which was added by section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). The Board’s credit risk retention rule, which applies to any securitizer of asset-backed securities (securitizer) that is a state member bank or a subsidiary of a state member bank, is codified in the Board’s Regulation RR - Credit Risk Retention (12 CFR Part 244). Regulation RR includes a number of mandatory recordkeeping and disclosure requirements.

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Previous ICR	202206-3060-009

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Section 602(f) of the WARN Act requires that the Commission "require by regulation technical testing for commercial mobile service providers that elect to transmit emergency alert and for the devices and equipment used by such providers for transmitting such alerts." We require Participating CMS Providers to support State/Local WEA testing and alert logging.

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Previous ICR	202006-3060-004

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Information in the filings enables the Commission to determine the nature of the corporate, financial, partnership, ownership and other business relationships that confer on their holders a degree of ownership or other economic interest, or influence or control over an entity engaged in the provision of communications services such that the holders are subject to the Commission's regulations.