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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2027

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The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a federally authorized survey of student achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in various subject areas, such as mathematics, reading, writing, science, U.S. history, and civics. NAEP is conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. NCES is responsible for designing and executing the assessment, including designing the assessment procedures and methodology, developing the assessment content, selecting the final assessment content, sampling schools and students, recruiting schools, administering the assessment, scoring student responses, determining the analysis procedures, analyzing the data, and reporting the results. The National Assessment Governing Board (henceforth referred to as the Governing Board or NAGB), appointed by the Secretary of Education but independent of the Department, is a bipartisan group whose members include governors, state legislators, local and state school officials, educators, business representatives, and members of the general public. The Governing Board sets policy for NAEP and is responsible for developing the frameworks and test specifications that serve as the blueprint for the assessments. NAEP consists of two assessment programs: the NAEP Long-term Trend (LTT) assessment and the main NAEP assessment. The LTT assessments are given at the national level only and are administered to students at ages 9, 13, and 17 in a manner that is very different from that used for the main NAEP assessments. LTT reports mathematics and reading results that present trend data since the 1970s. LTT does not provide scores for individual students or schools. The main NAEP assessments report current achievement levels and trends in student achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 for the nation and, for certain assessments (e.g., reading and mathematics), states and select urban districts (i.e., Trial Urban District Assessment, or TUDA). The main NAEP assessments provide results on subject-matter achievement, instructional experiences, and school environment for different student populations (e.g., all fourth-graders) and groups within those populations (e.g., sex [male and female students], race/ethnicity groups). NAEP does not provide scores for individual students or schools. The NAEP assessments contain two different types of items: “cognitive” assessment items, which measure what students know and can do in an academic subject, and “survey” or “non-cognitive” items, which gather information such as demographic variables, as well as construct-related information, such as courses taken. The survey portion includes a collection of data from students, teachers, and school administrators. Since NAEP assessments are administered uniformly using the same sets of test forms across the nation, NAEP results serve as a common metric for all states and select urban districts. The assessment stays essentially the same from year to year, with only carefully documented changes. This permits NAEP to provide a clear picture of student academic progress over time. The possible universe of student respondents for NAEP 2027 is estimated to be 12,000 students at grade 8 attending the approximately 308 public and private schools in a variety of states and the District of Columbia and may include Bureau of Indian Education Schools. This request is to conduct NAEP in 2027, specifically for the Grade 8 Science Pilot. NAEP will administer the assessment using school devices and the internet. For schools that cannot meet the minimum specification for the use of school devices, NAEP will provide an alternate delivery model utilizing NAEP Chromebooks. NAEP has transitioned to primarily administer on school devices with a staged approach so that trends can be measured across time. NAEP conducted a School-based Equipment study in 2024 (OMB #1850-0803 v.347)

SPD-15 Implementation	Yes

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Authorizing Statutes

Pub.L. 107 - 279 303	View Law

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Complaint Forms for Civil Rights and Conscience; Health Information Privacy Security and Breach Notification Complaints

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Individuals may file written complaints with the Office for Civil Rights when they believe they have been discriminated against by programs or entities that receive Federal financial assistance from HHS or if they believe that, on or after April 14, 2003, their right to the privacy of protected health information has been violated. The complaint forms in this PRA submission provide the basic information needed by OCR to allow initial processing of such complaints.

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29 USC 794	View Law

42 USC 2000d	View Law

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Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part F Dental Services Report

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The Dental Reimbursement Program (DRP) and the Community Based Dental Partnership Program (CBDPP) under Part F of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) offer funding to accredited dental education programs to support the education and training of oral health providers in HIV oral health care and reimbursement for the provision of oral health services for people eligible for the RWHAP. Institutions eligible for the RWHAP DRP and CBDPP are accredited schools of dentistry and other accredited dental education programs, such as dental hygiene programs or those sponsored by a school of dentistry, a hospital, or a public or private institution that offers postdoctoral training in the specialties of dentistry, advanced education in general dentistry, or a dental general practice residency. The RWHAP DRP Application for the Notice of Funding Opportunity includes the Dental Services Report (DSR) that applicants use to apply for funding of non-reimbursed costs incurred in providing oral health care to patients with HIV and to report annual program data. The form is also used by CBDPP recipients to report on services rendered, patients served, and partnerships as an annual data report. The DSR collects data on program information, client demographics, oral health services, funding, and training. It also requests applicants to provide narrative descriptions of their services and facilities, as well as their linkages and how they collaborate with community-based providers of oral health services.

SPD-15 Implementation	Yes

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Pub.L. 111 - 87 2	View Law

42 USC 300ff-111(b)	View Law

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Applications for Employment with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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The application currently consists of the following information collections: • Application for Employment (FR 28a), which collects information to determine the qualifications of applicants for employment with the Board (such as education and training, employment record, and other information since the time the applicant left high school), • Applicant’s Voluntary Self-Identification (FR 28s), which is an optional form that collects information on the applicant’s sex, race, and ethnicity, • Research Assistant Application (FR 28i), which collects contact information, information on a Research Assistant (RA) applicant’s level of interest in various economic topics and experience in different data analytics/programs, and application documentation (including resume, cover letter, transcripts, and letter(s) of recommendation), and • Pre-Hire Conflict of Interest Screening Form (FR 28c), which collects information from external applicants after they have been selected for an interview at the Board regarding certain financial interests that could pose a conflict of interest based on the Board’s supplemental ethics regulations and/or the duties of the position for which they are applying.

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12 USC 244	View Law

12 USC 248(l)	View Law

12 USC 248(q)	View Law

5 USC 13103 et. seq.	View Law

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A Generic Submission for Formative Research, Pilot Testing, Pretesting and Customer Satisfaction of National Institutes of Health (NIH) Communication and Education Resources (OD/OER)

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This revision request explores testing messages, forms, applications and materials to assess their potential effectiveness in reaching and communicating with their intended audience while they are still in the developmental stage. The formative research, pilot testing and pretesting process must ensure the relevance, utility, and appropriateness of the many mediums used for forms/applications, educational programs and products that the agency produces. Customer satisfaction studies help identify modifications necessary to meet the needs of various target audiences. Approval is requested for the conduct of multiple studies annually using such methods as interviews, focus groups, and various types of surveys, forms or applications. The content, timing, and respondents included in each sub-study will vary depending on the nature of the message/material/program being assessed, the methodology selected, and the target audiences.

SPD-15 Implementation	Yes

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42 USC 285a-2	View Law

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Termination of Single Employer Plans

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Plan administrators of plans terminating voluntarily must submit certain information to PBGC and provide certain information to affected third parties. PBGC needs the information required to be submitted to ensure that a voluntary termination is completed in accordance with statutory and regulatory requirements and to facilitate the payment of benefits to missing participants. Participants need the information required to be disclosed so that they will be informed about the status of the proposed termination of their plan and about their benefits upon termination.

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29 USC 1350	View Law

29 USC 1341	View Law

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Notice of Appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals from a Decision of a DHS Officer

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Party affected by the decision of a DHS officer decision may appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals, provided Board has jurisdiction under 8 C.F.R. 1003.1(b).

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8 USC 1103(g)(2)	View Law

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Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (Non-substantive Change)

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Pursuant to section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), certain facilities that manufacture, process, or otherwise use specified toxic chemicals in amounts above reporting threshold levels as provided in 40 CFR 372.25 must submit annually to EPA and to their designated state or Indian country officials toxic chemical release forms containing information specified by EPA; (see 42 U.S.C. 11023). In addition, pursuant to section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA), facilities reporting under section 313 of EPCRA must also report pollution prevention and waste management data, including recycling information, for such chemicals; (see 42 U.S.C. 13106). EPA compiles and stores these reports in a publicly accessible database known as the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). Regulations at 40 CFR part 372, subpart B, require facilities that meet the above criteria to report annually. This ICR consolidates the following final rule ICRs titled Rule-Related ICR Amendment; Changes to Reporting Requirements for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances; Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting, Final Rule (RIN 2070-AK97) (OMB Control No. 2070-0225; EPA ICR No. 2724.02), Addition of Natural Gas Processing Facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) (Final Rule) (OMB Control No. 2070-0206; EPA ICR No. 2560.02); and Parent Company Definition for TRI Reporting (Final Rule) (OMB Control No. 2070-0216; EPA ICR No. 2597.02) into this renewal ICR. Upon OMB approval of this ICR, EPA intends to discontinue OMB Control Nos. 2070-0225, 2070-0206, and 2070-0216.

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42 USC 11023	View Law

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Information Program on Clinical Trials: Maintaining a Registry and Results Databank (NLM)

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This is a revision of a previously approved submission. The National Library of Medicine (NLM) operates the ClinicalTrials.gov website under the authority of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). ClinicalTrials.gov supports the collection of Clinical Trial Registration and Results Information necessary to implement statutory requirements of Section 801 of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA 801) and regulatory requirements at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 11. Information collection at ClinicalTrials.gov also serves as a means of enhancing enrollment or complying with policies of federal agencies and other organizations. Information is collected via electronic submission to the ClinicalTrials.gov Protocol Registration and Results System (PRS). The information in the databank is publicly available. It is intended to provide current and reliable information on the broadest possible scale to members of the public, including patients, physicians, and researchers, about the existence, nature, enrollment status, location, eligibility criteria, sponsorship, progress, and outcomes of clinical trials.

SPD-15 Implementation	Yes

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Pub.L. 110 - 85 801	View Law

Pub.L. 105 - 115 113	View Law

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Placement and Transfer of Unaccompanied Alien Children into ORR Care Provider Facilities

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This information collection was originally approved under emergency approval for six months, as authorized under 5 CFR 1320.13, because it is essential to the mission of the agency; the use of normal clearance procedures was reasonably likely to prevent or disrupt the collection of information; and public harm was reasonably likely to result if normal clearance procedures were followed. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Bureau provides care and custody for unaccompanied alien children until they can be safely released to a sponsor, repatriated to their home country, or obtain legal status. ORR funds residential care provider facilities that provide temporary housing and other services to children in ORR custody. Generally, care provider facilities are State licensed (with the exception of those located in states unwilling to license them and temporary influx care facilities) and must meet ORR requirements to ensure a high-level quality of care. Services provided at care provider facilities include, but are not limited to, education, recreation, vocational training, acculturation, nutrition, medical, mental health, legal, and case management. ORR uses several forms directly related to the care of unaccompanied alien children. The forms in this information collection allow ORR to place unaccompanied alien children referred to ORR by federal agencies into care provider facilities and to transfer children within the ORR care provider network. This request is to continue data collection for all forms under this OMB number, including those approved under emergency approval. Minor revisions are proposed to a subset of the currently approved forms. Supporting Statement A sections A1, A2, A12 and A14 have been updated accordingly, and the proposed changes are described in section A15. ORR requests approval for a period of one year, during which time a more extensive revision request—with proposed revisions for all forms in this collection—will be finalized and submitted under normal Paperwork Reduction Act procedures.

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6 USC 279	View Law

8 USC 1232	View Law

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Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Program: Final Marketing Provisions CFR 422.111(a)(3) and 423.128(a)(3) (CMS-10260)

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This final rule implements provisions of the Social Security Act (the Act) establishing and regulating the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. The MA program was enacted in Title II of The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) on December 8, 2003. The MA program replaces the Medicare+Choice (M+C) program established under Part C of the title XVIII of the Act, while retaining most key features of the M+C program. The MA program attempts to broadly reform and expand the availability of private health plan options to Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations and Prescription Drug Plan Sponsors use the information to comply with the eligibility requirements and the MA and Part D contract requirements. CMS will use this information to ensure that correct information is disclosed to Medicare beneficiaries, both potential enrollees and enrollees.

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Pub.L. 108 - 117 201	View Law

Pub.L. 110 - 275 103	View Law

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Transparency in Pricing Information (CMS-10715)

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The information collection requirements contained in the proposed rule titled “Transparency in Coverage,” published November 27, 2019 (84 FR 65464), would require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering coverage in the individual and group markets to disclose to a participant, beneficiary, or enrollee (or an authorized representative on behalf of such individual), the estimated cost-sharing liability for covered items or services from a particular provider or providers, thereby allowing a participant, beneficiary, or enrollee to obtain an accurate estimate and understanding of their potential out-of-pocket expenses and to effectively shop for covered items and services. Group health plans and health insurance issuers would be required to make such information available through a self-service tool on an internet website. The self-service tool must provide the information through real-time responses and allow users to search for cost-sharing information for covered items and services. The self-service tool must also allow users to input information necessary to learn the out-of-network allowed amount for a covered item or service and have the capability to refine and reorder results. Group health plans and health insurance issuers would also be required to make this information available as a disclosure in written form. Both the self-service tool and the paper disclosure would be required to include several disclaimer statements relevant to information provided through the disclosure and could be provided by using a model notice developed by the Departments. Additionally, group health plans and health insurance issuers would be subject requirements to disclose in-network provider negotiated rates and historical payment data for allowed amounts for covered items and services furnished by out-of-network providers through two digital files in a machine-readable format to be specified by the Departments. The Negotiated Rate file and the Allowed Amount file must be posted publicly on an internet website.

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Authorizing Statutes

45 USC 155.1040(a)-(c)	View Law

45 USC 156.220	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 148 1311(e)(3)	View Law

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EIA-860S: Backup Generator Data Integration

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Data collection comprising the air permitting offices of states, the District of Columbia, and the five major U.S. territories to supplement the EIA-860 Sampling Frame. EIA has a critical need to enhance the completeness and accuracy of the frame for the EIA-860. This proposed information collection request addresses these gaps by acquiring existing backup generator data from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories via air permitting offices, which regulate generators under the Clean Air Act, rather than imposing new direct reporting burdens on operators. This administrative data acquisition will enhance the EIA-860 frame's completeness and accuracy through reconciliation and validation, without altering the survey's fundamental purpose and structure in any way.Emergency Justfication:EIA is making this emergency request at a time of unprecedented increases in electricity demand. In January 2026, we forecasted that electricity demand would increase in both 2026 and 2027, which would mark “the first four years of consecutive growth since 2005–07, and the strongest four-year period of growth since the turn of the century.” President Donald J. Trump has issued three executive orders with direct bearing on questions of urgency, public harm, and unanticipated events related to this demand growth. Because of these reasons, EIA has a critical need to enhance the completeness and accuracy of the frame for the EIA-860. While the survey generally excludes smaller distributed generation, backup generators are included if they meet the 1 MW threshold within a surveyed facility. However, many backup generators are often excluded or inconsistently captured due to capacity limitations or intermittent operation, revealing data gaps. The current sampling frame is unlikely to represent a complete enumeration of backup generators. Our assessment indicates a potential underestimation of the generator population, possibly by several hundred to over a thousand units. The current lack of comprehensive data on backup generators, particularly smaller emergency units, represents a significant gap in our understanding of total U.S. grid capacity and resilience. This gap could hinder effective emergency response and grid management during periods of stress, potentially leading to widespread power outages, economic disruption, and the loss of human life.

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National Communication System for Runaway and Homeless Youth Data Collection

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The Family and Youth Services Bureau’s (FYSB) Runaway and Homeless Youth Division has a legislative requirement to fund a National Communication System, which is currently operated by the National Runaway Safeline (NRS). The NRS provides information, referral services, crisis intervention, and prevention resources to vulnerable youth and families of youth at risk of running away and/or becoming homeless at no cost. When necessary, the NRS refers runaway and homeless youth to shelters, counseling, medical assistance, and other vital services. The NRS collects information from all contacts with youth and adults connecting with the NRS (i.e., parents, family members, legal guardians, service providers) on a voluntary basis to inform crisis services and develop an annual report on the information collected during calls, chats, emails, and forum posts from young people who reached out to the NRS’s crisis services. The Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA), as reauthorized by the Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 (P.L.110-378) through FY 2013 and more recently reauthorized by the Juvenile Justice Reform Act through FY 2019, mandates the Secretary shall make grants for a national communication system to assist runaway and homeless youth in communicating with their families and with service providers. The NRS is required to have a system for collecting and analyzing data on calls, emails, chat, texts, and online messages received as well as other information, such as prevention resources, referrals, demographics, and visitors to the NRS website. The NRS must submit monthly and semi-annual reports that includes the following: • Number of calls received, answered, and missed. • Number of chats, emails, and texts received; number of chats, emails, and texts answered; and number of chats, emails, and texts that were missed and did not receive a response, in which the users are youth in crisis, runaway youth, and youth experiencing homelessness. • Number of parents, legal guardians, and service providers contacting the NRS and the type of resources, interventions, and technical support/assistance requested and provided. • Number and type of prevention materials disseminated to communities, especially to underserved populations. • Number and type of unique visitors to the NRS’ website. • Information on referrals provided and where youth were referred for services. • Information on the callers' or users' demographics and where they were located when contacting the NRS. • Information on the prevention materials developed and disseminated by the NRS. • Information and analysis of the latest trends and their impact on runaway prevention. The NRS uses two forms, one form to collect relevant information disclosed during calls, emails, and forum posts, and then a second form to collect information from chats. All data will be provided to FYSB in the aggregate and no personally identifiable information are collected. This nonsubstantive change request is to remove an outdated Executive Order referenced as an Authorizing Statute.

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34 USC 11231	View Law

Pub.L. 110 - 378 3	View Law

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Survey of the Costs of AML/CFT Compliance

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The purpose of the survey is to better understand the cost of AML/CFT compliance for FDIC-supervised insured depository institutions. The information gathered will help assess the cumulative impact of AML/CFT regulations and may inform efforts to adjust regulatory obligations in accordance with safety and soundness principles and advance deregulatory proposals consistent with the executive orders of the Trump Administration.

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Hospital Conditions of Participation (COP) and Supporting Regulations (CMS-R-48)

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This is a reinstatement of the information collection request that expired on 11/30/2017. The previous iteration of this OMB No. 0938-0328 (approved November 14, 2014) had a burden of 14,424,655 annual hours. For this requested reinstatement, with changes, the adjusted annual hourly burden for industry is 3,566,521 hours at an annual cost of $310,989,894. The decrease in burden hours is primarily due to the fact that many of the information collections that were previously required as CoPs by CMS are now customary and usual industry practice and would take place in the absence of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. In addition, where possible, CMS reduced the burden of CoPs with prior information collections.

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Authorizing Statutes

42 USC 1395f(a)(6)	View Law

42 USC 1395x	View Law

42 USC 1302	View Law

42 USC 1395aa	View Law

42 USC 1320b-8	View Law

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Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale (43 CFR 3500-3590)

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) seeks to renew with changes the information collection pertaining to the leasing of solid minerals other than coal and oil shale other than coal and oil shale on Federal land, and the development of those leases. Respondents affected by this information collection request are those who desire to obtain a lease for Federal minerals other than coal and oil shale, and operators of such leases. The regulations at 43 CFR part 3500 apply to operations for discovery, testing, development, mining, reclamation, and processing. The direct final rule for Part 3500 (RIN 1004-AF18) removes outdated information collections from the BLM’s regulations.

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Authorizing Statutes

30 USC Chapter 3A, Subchapter VIII	View Law

30 USC Chapter 3A, Subchapter I	View Law

30 USC Chapter 3A, Subchapter IX	View Law

30 USC Chapter 7	View Law

30 USC Chapter 12	View Law

30 USC Chapter 2	View Law

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30 USC 209	View Law

43 USC 1716 & 1719	View Law

30 USC Chapter 3A, Subchapter III	View Law

30 USC Chapter 3A, Subchapter VII	View Law

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Deep Seabed Mining Regulations

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Ocean Service (NOS) requests extension and revision of this currently approved information collection that contains requirements under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA). This collection is being revised pursuant to a final rule (RIN 0648-BN96) which will revise the DSHMRA regulations for exploration license and commercial recovery permits to add a new, alternative and optional procedure whereby interested and qualified U.S. citizens may submit a consolidated application to concurrently apply for a license and permit under DSHMRA. The final rule will allow an applicant who is seeking both an exploration license and a commercial recovery permit to proceed under either the information collection requirements for the current two-step sequential process where an applicant first applies for and, if eligible, obtains an exploration license and then applies for the commercial recovery permit; or, if the applicant is qualified, under the information collection requirements for the new consolidated application process where an applicant concurrently applies for the license and permit. Further, the information collection is being revised due to the likely future need to begin collecting permit applications, as well as annual reports related to permit compliance. This information collection is for the purpose of the receipt and maintenance of exploration licenses and commercial recovery permits required by the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (DSHMRA) (30 U.S.C. §§ 1401-1473). NOAA’s regulations at 15 CFR Part 970 (exploration licenses) and 15 CFR Part 971 (commercial recovery permits) govern the issuance and maintenance of DSHMRA licenses and permits. The NOAA Administrator approves or denies DSHMRA licenses and permits. The NOAA Administrator has delegated to the NOS Assistant Administrator and the NOS’ Office for Coastal Management responsibility for processing DSHMRA licenses and permits for the NOAA Administrator’s consideration and decisions. License and permit applicants must submit information to ensure that the applicant meets the DSHMRA licensing and permitting standards. Licensees and permittees are required to conduct monitoring and make reports, including annual reports regarding the licensee’s or permittee’s conformance to the schedule of activities and expenditures contained in the license or permit, and may request revisions, transfers, or extensions of licenses and permits. Information required for the issuance, revision, transfer, and extension of licenses and permits ensures that the Administrator is able to make determinations on the findings set forth in 30 U.S.C. 1413(c) and 30 U.S.C. 1415(a) and the factors set forth in the DSHMRA regulations. These findings and factors include that license and permit applicants have identified areas of interest for deep seabed hard mineral exploration and production; developed plans for those activities; have the financial resources available to conduct proposed activities; and have considered the effects of the activities on the natural and human environment. This information is used to determine whether licenses and permits should be issued, revised, transferred, or extended. Exploration licenses and commercial recovery permits under DSHMRA are only for activities by U.S. citizens on the seabed in areas beyond national jurisdiction. NOAA has received several applications recently and anticipates receiving additional applications. The licenses and permits are subject to annual reporting requirements and may be subject to extension requests (every five years for exploration licenses, or every twenty years for commercial recovery permits).

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Pub.L. 96 - 283 102, 105, 113, 114	View Law

30 USC 1401-1473	View Law

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Generic Performance Progress Reports

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This information collection request (ICR) is for data collection under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Generic Program-Specific Performance Progress Report (PPR) (0970-0490). This overarching generic has allowed ACF program offices to collect performance and progress data from recipients who receive funding from ACF under a discretionary award. This information is required under 45 CFR 75.342, monitoring and reporting program performance; 45 CFR 75.301, performance measurement; and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (Pub.L. 111-352, Sec 12).

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Pub.L. 111 - 352 12	View Law

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Post Enrollment Data Collection for Job Corps Participants

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The 2014 Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) required the Office of Job Corps to collect and report specific post enrollment outcomes for eligible Job Corps participants beginning in Program Year (PY) 2016. The WIOA performance reporting requirements, which replaced those of the 1998 Workforce Investment Act (WIA), are designed to provide a common set of metrics to be reported by similar programs. WIOA substantially changed many outcome metrics for Job Corps compared to those required under WIA and provided new guidance on the definition of high performing and low performing centers. In order to collect the necessary information to meet the new WIOA reporting requirements, the Office of Job Corps revised its post enrollment data collection system (PEDC) in 2019, which primarily collects data through survey instruments.

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Pub.L. 113 - 128 159(c) and (d)	View Law

Pub.L. 113 - 128 116(b)(2)(A)(ii)	View Law

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Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who are Blind Annual Report (7-OB)

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RSA uses this form to meet the specific data collection requirements of Section 752 of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended by the Workforce Innovation Act (WIOA) and implementing regulations at 34 CFR 367.31(c). Each Designated State Agency (DSA) that administers the ILOIB program is required to submit the RSA-7-OB report annually to the RSA Commissioner within 120 days of the end of the reported fiscal year.

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29 USC 796k(h)	View Law

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Payment of Premiums (29 CFR part 4007)

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Administrators of PBGC-insured pension plans file with PBGC premium information and premium payments required under 29 USC 1307 and 29 CFR Part 4007, which also requires retention and production of records necessary to support premium filings. The information identifies payers and lets PBGC verify premium computations and perform premium audits. It also helps PBGC project premium income, improve financial projections, estimate its exposure if plans terminate, track movement of participants and assets, determine whether new plans are being created, and update its insured-plan inventory. The retained records facilitate audits.

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29 USC 1302(b)(3), 1303(a),1306, 1307	View Law

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[NCEZID] Public Health Laboratory Testing for Emerging Antibiotic Resistance and Fungal Threats

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Antibiotic resistance has the potential to impact all Americans at every stage of life and CDC is working to drive aggressive action and empower the nation to comprehensively respond to these threats. The goal of this study is to establish a network of public health laboratories to improve detection and characterization of urgent antibiotic resistant threats in healthcare-associated infections, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA), carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), and Candida species, including C. auris. This Change Request includes addition and removal of instruments along with other changes. These changes decrease the overall burden.

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42 USC 241	View Law

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Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Drug Acquisition Cost Survey (CMS-10931)

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On April 18, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order (E.O.) 14273, “Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First.” Section 5 of the E.O., “Appropriately Accounting for Acquisition Costs of Drugs in Medicare,” directs the Secretary of HHS to publish in the Federal Register a plan to conduct a survey under section 1833(t)(14)(D)(ii) of the Act so he can determine the hospital acquisition cost for covered outpatient drugs at hospital outpatient departments. This survey corresponds to this executive order. The acquisition cost data hospitals submit in response to this survey will be considered when formulating proposed payment rates for drug payment under the Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). The respondents of the survey will be the approximately 4,500 hospitals that are paid under the OPPS.

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42 USC 1833(t)(14)(D)(ii)	View Law

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AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Data Report

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RWHAP ADAP is a state and territory-administered program that provides Food and Drug Administration-approved medications to low-income people with HIV who have limited or no health coverage from private insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare. RWHAP ADAP funds may also be used to purchase health care coverage for eligible clients and for services that enhance access, adherence, and monitoring of drug treatments. RWHAP Part B reporting requirements include the annual submission of an ADAP Data Report (ADR), including a Recipient Report and a Client Report. The Recipient Report is a collection of basic information about grant recipient characteristics and policies including program administration, purchasing mechanisms, funding, and expenditures. The Client Report is a collection of client-level records (one record for each client enrolled in the RWHAP ADAP), which includes the client’s encrypted unique identifier, basic demographic data, enrollment information, services received, and clinical data.

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Authorizing Statutes

Pub.L. 116 - 94 2611 Part B Ryan White HIV/AID	View Law

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