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Previous ICR	202211-4040-003

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The SF-424 Mandatory Form provides the Federal grant-making agencies an alternative to the Standard Form 424 data set and form. Agencies may use the SF-424 Mandatory Form for grant programs not required to collect all the data that is required on the SF-424 core data set and form.

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The NLSY27 Pretest will include a purposive sample of youth aged 11–16 as of December 31, 2025, and their parents/caregivers. It will collect data for one extended quarter, or 17 weeks. This Pretest will provide critical information to the BLS to ensure the success of the NLSY27’s first round of collection, and in turn, the success of the future of the NLSY27 over the many subsequent rounds that are anticipated.

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Previous ICR	202210-3048-001

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The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank) is requesting a regular authorization request for form EIB 03-02, Application for Medium Term Insurance or Guarantee, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, in order to enhance the identification and classification of small businesses, as well as minority-, woman-, and veteran-owned businesses. The purpose of this collection is to gather information necessary to make a determination of eligibility of a transaction for Ex-Im Bank assistance under its medium-term guarantee and insurance program. EXIM is requesting the collection of information due to added Section 402 of the EXIM Charter and to support the Make More in America Initiative.

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Previous ICR	202401-0945-002

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The individually identifiable health information collected is used by patients and by more than 700,000 covered entities affected by the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The information is routinely used by covered entities for treatment, payment, and health care operations. In addition, the information is used for specified public policy purposes, including research, public health, and as required by other laws.

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Previous ICR	202305-3235-008

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Sections 12(a), 12(b), and 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) help ensure that investors receive sufficient issuer-oriented information to make informed investment decisions. Section 12(a) prohibits any broker or dealer from trading a security on a national securities exchange unless the security is registered under the Exchange Act. With respect to a security being registered on a national securities exchange, Section 12(b) authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to require the issuer to disclose specific kinds of information, such as information about the issuer’s organization, financial structure, business, and securities. Section 13 requires every issuer of a security registered pursuant to Section 12 to file periodic and current reports with the Commission. Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act generally requires issuers that have total assets exceeding $10,000,000 and a class of equity security held of record by either 2,000 persons or 500 persons who are not accredited investors to register such equity security with the Commission. Form 10 (17 CFR 249.210) is the general form adopted by the Commission for the registration of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act. Form 10 requires financial information and other disclosures about matters such as the issuer’s business, properties, identity and remuneration of management, outstanding securities, securities to be registered, and financial condition. The information collected on Form 10 is intended to ensure that investors in a class of Section 12-registered securities have sufficient information regarding such securities and their issuer necessary to make informed investment and voting decisions.

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Previous ICR	202409-3048-005

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The Export Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank) pursuant to the Export Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended (12 USC 635, et seq), facilitates the finance of export of U.S. goods and services. By neutralizing the effect of export credit insurance and guarantees offered by foreign governments and by absorbing credit risks that the private sector will not accept, EXIM Bank enables U.S. exporters to complete fairly in foreign markets on the basis of price and product. This collection of information is necessary, pursuant to 12 USC Sec. 635 (a) (1), to determine eligibility of the applicant for EXIM Bank assistance. This form is used by a financial institution (or broker acting on its behalf) in order to obtain approval for non-honoring coverage of short-term letters of credit. The information received provides Ex-Im Bank staff with the information necessary to make a determination of the eligibility of the applicant and transaction for EXIM Bank assistance under its programs.

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Previous ICR	202207-1615-002

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The information furnished on this form refers to events that may have occurred since the applicant's initial interview and prior to the administration of the oath of allegiance. Several months may elapse between these dates and the information that is provided assists the officer to make and render an appropriate decision on the application.

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Previous ICR	202307-1140-006

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Persons who wish to apply to transfer and register a National Firearms Act (NFA) firearm under an exemption from statutory taxes must use ATF Form 5320.5 ("Form 5"). ATF uses the information to determine legality of the firearm transfer under federal, state, and local law, and applicability of the tax exemption. Applicants also use the form to provide the information necessary to support their claim.

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Previous ICR	202411-3064-001

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

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Previous ICR	202405-2070-001

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This ICR is related to regulatory requirements that implement provisions outlined in the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety of the 21st Century Act which passed in June 2016 and amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending the process for conducting risk evaluations under the TSCA to determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment under the known, intended, or reasonably foreseen conditions of use, without consideration of costs or other non-risk factors, including unreasonable risk to potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations. EPA is reconsidering provisions of a 2024 amendment to the procedural framework rule for conducting such risk evaluations to determine whether they are consistent with the best reading of TSCA and whether they may impede the timely completion of risk evaluations and unnecessarily impair the effective and efficient protection of human health and the environment. Proposed revisions to the framework rule also include changes to the process by which a manufacture may request that EPA conduct a risk evaluation on a chemical for which they manufacture. This proposal would revise the criteria and information chemical manufacturers must provide for EPA to consider a chemical substance for risk evaluation, as well as the Agency's process and timing to review the request to determine whether to grant or deny. The information collection activities covered by this ICR are those carried out by a chemical manufacturer in requesting a specific chemical risk evaluation under TSCA be conducted by EPA.

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Previous ICR	202208-0938-025

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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted on March 23, 2010. Section 6409 of the ACA requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (the "Secretary"), in cooperation with the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (the "Inspector General"), to establish a Medicare self-referral disclosure protocol ("SRDP") that sets forth a process to enable providers of services and suppliers to self-disclose actual or potential violations of the physician self-referral statute, section 1877 of the Social Security Act (the Act). In accordance with the ACA, the SRDP was established on September 23, 2010, six months after the date of enactment, and information concerning how to disclose an actual or potential violation of section 1877 of the Act was posted on the CMS website.

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Previous ICR	202208-0938-015

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This revised collection of information modifies the current form to remove the HIPAA Privacy/Security complaint category section. The section is revised to read as follows: “Identify the HIPAA Non-Privacy/Security complaint category” section of the complaint form. On this revised version of the form, complainants are given an opportunity to check the “Unique Identifiers” and “Operating Rules” option to additionally categorize the type of HIPAA complaint being filed. The revised form also requests an email address for filed against entities, if available. Finally, the revised form is structured so that it be expanded to collect additional HIPAA Administrative Simplification complaint types in the future.

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Previous ICR	202108-0938-007

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HHS has developed and implemented an Internet website portal to assist consumers with identifying affordable and comprehensive health insurance coverage options that are available in their State. The Department has created a system where insurance issuers and their states log into the web portal using a custom user ID and password validation. The states were asked to provide information on issuers in their state and various websites (see Appendix E). The issuers have been downloading a basic information template to enter data then upload into the portal. Information to be collected on issuers and products can be found in Appendix C. The pricing and benefits data that will be collected can be found in Appendix D. The templates and instructions presented in support of this PRA package as Appendix G are those developed for the prior data collections.

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Previous ICR	202208-0938-024

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The NPRM titled "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Exchange Functions: Eligibility for Exemptions; Miscellaneous Minimum Essential Coverage Provisions" proposes to designate certain types of health coverage as minimum essential coverage. Other types of coverage, not statutorily designated and not designated as minimum essential coverage in this regulation, may be recognized as minimum essential coverage if certain substantive and procedural requirements are met. The proposed rule would require coverage recognized to be minimum essential coverage to offer substantially the same consumer protections as those enumerated in the Title I of Affordable Care Act relating to non-grandfathered, individual coverage to ensure consumers are receiving adequate coverage. The proposed rule would require sponsors of individual coverage that seek to have such coverage designated as minimum essential coverage to adhere to certain procedures. Sponsoring organizations would have to submit to HHS information about their coverage and an attestation that the plan substantially complies with the provisions of Title I of the Affordable Care Act as applicable to non-grandfathered individual health insurance coverage. Sponsors would also have to a notice to enrollees informing them that the plan has been designated minimum essential coverage for the purposes of the individual coverage requirement.

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Previous ICR	202503-2127-006

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In an effort to understand the limousine market and the characteristics of limousine vehicles with respect to crashworthiness and occupant safety, and to comply with a Congressional mandate, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking approval for a new information collection request (ICR). Many federal safety regulations (e.g., FMVSS No. 208, 209, 210 pertaining to overall occupant protection and seat belts) do not currently apply to limousines and, as a result, the extent of limousine crash safety features and performance is not well known. Furthermore, limousine manufacturers fall into one of three categories (Vehicle Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), OEM program participant, OEM program nonparticipants) and the respective differences of these manufacturer’s approach to fabrication and vehicle safety requires targeted research. The proposed NHTSA research will consist of a one-time voluntary interview to manufacturers that fall into one of the three groups related to the limousine market: a) Vehicle Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), b) OEM program participant, and c) OEM program nonparticipants. The research will involve a maximum of 160 contacts for a request for an interview with a goal of 41 total completed responses. Recruitment will end when the 41 respondents with completed interviews are attained. Each interview will include approximately 10 – 15 open-ended questions about limousine fabrication intended for reporting on safety characteristics related to evacuation, crashworthiness, occupant seating, and restraints. Three versions of an interview guide will be used, one for each category of manufacturer, and the guides are intended as a framework for discussion rather than a strict script. It is possible that the respondents will not need to be asked each question separately if information is provided through responses to previous questions. The interviewers will not ask questions that are not presented on the interview guide. This information collection serves as a reporting collection. Interview results will be collected and summarized in a final report, which will include an executive summary, introduction, methodology, results, discussion, and conclusions of important market findings relating to the relevant crashworthiness safety topics. The report data will help provide NHTSA with information necessary for cost-benefit analyses and will be made available to the public. This is a new information collection and is not required to go through an Institutional Review Board. This new ICR is a one-time collection that is anticipated to be completed within three years. The Annualized Burden Hours is estimated to be 53 hours and annual labor costs are estimated to be $6,137. There are no additional costs beyond the cost of any hour burden (labor costs).

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Previous ICR	202207-1545-010

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The primary purpose of these forms is to provide a method of reporting identity theft issues to the IRS so that the IRS may document situations where individuals or businesses are or may be victims of identity theft. Additional purposes include the use in the determination of proper tax liability and to relieve taxpayer burden. The information may be disclosed only as provided by 26 U.S.C 6103.

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Previous ICR	202504-2060-001

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Under the AERR ICR, 55 State and territorial air quality agencies, including the District of Columbia (DC), and an estimated 14 local and tribal air quality agencies, must annually submit emissions data of oxides of nitrogen (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), volatile organic compounds (VOC), particulate matter less than or equal to 10 micrometers in diameter (PM10), particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5), and ammonia (NH3). The current AERR rule, which can be found at 40 CFR Part 51 Subpart A, defines which emissions sources that State, local, and Tribal (SLT) agencies must submit individually as “point sources.” The point source definitions are different depending on the year, and SLTs report more point sources every third year for the “triennial inventory.” For triennial inventory years, States must also submit point source emissions for Lead (Pb), emissions for stationary nonpoint and some nonroad mobile sources, and they must submit model input data for onroad mobile and nonroad mobile equipment. For mobile sources, California has different requirements because it uses different models, and California must submit emissions (rather than model inputs) for these data categories of the same pollutants listed above. The annual emissions data collected through the AERR are used by the EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) to support development of the National Emissions Inventory (NEI). The NEI is more comprehensive for triennial inventory years because they include updates to all data categories. The EPA uses the NEI in developing national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), performing regional and national modeling, providing air quality management support (e.g., State implementation plan (SIP) development) to State agencies and multi-jurisdictional organizations (MJOs), and preparing national trends assessments and other special analyses and reports. Currently, the same reporting mechanisms used for the criteria air pollutants and precursors (CAPs) listed above are also used for voluntary reporting of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) and other pollutants. These data are collected by the air agencies for their own purposes, and EPA encourages air agencies to voluntarily provide such data to EPA when it is available.

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Previous ICR	202207-1505-007

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The Financial Stability Oversight Council (“Council”) recommended an ongoing collection of repo data in its 2016 Annual Report to Congress and maintained this recommendation in its 2017 Annual Report. The expanded monitoring of the repo market made possible by this proposed collection appropriately meets Council duties and purposes because of this market’s crucial role in providing short-term funding and performing other functions for U.S. markets. The data would also support the calculation of the Secured Overnight Funding Rate (“SOFR”), which was selected by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (“ARRC”) as its preferred alternative rate to U.S. dollar London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), as well as the Broad General Collateral Rate (“BGCR”), helping fulfill another Council recommendation on the creation of alternative reference rates. The collection requires reporting by certain U.S. central counterparties (“CCPs”) for repo transactions. The collection serves two primary purposes: (1) enhancing the ability of the Council and the Office to identify and monitor risks to financial stability; and (2) supporting the calculation of certain reference rates. The collection is used by the Office to improve the Council and member agencies’ monitoring of the U.S. repo market through access to daily transaction data. The collection is also be used by Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) as input into the calculation of the SOFR and BGCR. The Council recognized in prior annual reports that fragilities in LIBOR made the financial system vulnerable to instability and recommended the creation of alternative reference rates such as the SOFR and BGCR , demonstrating the nexus of rate production to financial stability. The Office also uses these data for related duties and purposes as contemplated by the Dodd-Frank Act. The Office supports the Council and its member agencies by providing collected data.

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Previous ICR	202206-3133-001

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Part 704 of NCUA’s regulations established the regulatory framework for corporate credit unions. This includes various reporting and recordkeeping requirements as well as safety and soundness standards. NCUA has established and regulates corporate credit unions pursuant to its authority under sections 120, 201, and 209 of the Federal Credit Union Act, 12 U.S.C. 1766(a), 1781, and 1789. The collection of information is necessary to ensure that corporate credit unions operate in a safe and sound manner by limiting risk to their natural person credit union members and the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund.

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Previous ICR	202201-2090-001

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking approval for a generic information collection request (ICR) for the conduct of focus groups and one-on-one interviews related to economics projects primarily for survey development. Focus groups are groups of individuals brought together for moderated discussions on a specific topic or issue. These groups are typically formed to gain insight and understanding of attitudes and perceptions held by the public surrounding an issue. One-on-one interviews, as the term implies, are individual interviews in which a respondent is generally asked to review materials and provide feedback on their content and design as well as the thought processes that the materials invoke. Focus groups and one-on-one interviews (hereafter referred to collectively as focus groups) used as a qualitative research tool have three major purposes: To better understand respondents attitudes, perceptions and emotions in response to specific topics and concepts; To obtain respondent information useful for better defining variables and measures in later quantitative studies; And to further explore findings obtained from quantitative studies. Through these focus groups, the Agency will be able to gain a more in-depth understanding of the publics attitudes, beliefs, motivations and feelings regarding specific issues and will provide invaluable information regarding the quality of draft survey instruments. Focus group discussions are necessary and important steps in the design of a quality survey. Focus groups and one-on-one interviews (hereafter referred to collectively as focus groups) used as a qualitative research tool have three major purposes: To better understand respondents attitudes, perceptions and emotions in response to specific topics and concepts; To obtain respondent information useful for better defining variables and measures in later quantitative studies; and To further explore findings obtained from quantitative studies. Through these focus groups, the Agency will be able to gain a more in-depth understanding of the publics attitudes, beliefs, motivations and feelings regarding specific issues and will provide invaluable information regarding the quality of draft survey instruments. Focus group discussions are necessary and important steps in the design of a quality survey.

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Previous ICR	202206-2060-004

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Sections 114 and 208 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7414 and 7542, authorize EPA to require recordkeeping and reporting regarding enforcement of the provisions of Title II of the CAA. The recordkeeping and reporting requirements of this regulation will allow EPA to monitor compliance under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. The relevant regulations are in 40 CFR parts 80 and 1090.

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Previous ICR	202206-1545-007

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In 2007, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule requiring plans subject to the annual reporting requirements of Title I of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to electronically file the Form 5500, Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit. In order to accommodate the DOL's mandate for electronic filing of the Form 5500 series, Schedule (SSA) has been eliminated and replaced with Form 8955-SSA. The information provided by plan sponsors on Form 8955-SSA will be transmitted to the Social Security Administration (SSA) who will provide it to separated participants when those participants file for social security benefits.

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Previous ICR	202210-1545-015

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Form 1099-PATR is used to report patronage dividends paid by cooperatives (IRC sec. 6044). The information is used by IRS to verify reporting compliance on the part of the recipient.

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Previous ICR	202208-3133-001

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Title XI of the Financial Institutions, Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) was enacted to protect federal financial and public policy interests in real estate related transactions. To achieve this purpose, the statute directed the NCUA to adopt standards for the performance of real estate appraisals in connection with federally related transactions. FIRREA requires that appraisals be maintained in writing and meet certain minimum standards. NCUA’s regulation Part 722 carries out the statutory requirements. The information collection activity requires a credit union to obtain a written appraisal on federally related transactions or maintain written support of the estimated market value for transactions not required to have an appraisal. The use of their information by credit unions and NCUA helps ensure that federally insured credit unions are not exposed to risk of loss from inadequate appraisals.

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Previous ICR	202206-3206-001

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OPM uses the CAHPS results as part of the FEHB Plan Performance Assessment (PPA). The PPA enables a consistent, objective evaluation of carrier performance and also provides more transparency for enrollees. This assessment uses a discrete set of quantifiable measures to examine key aspects of performance in the areas of clinical quality, customer service and resource use. Eight CAHPS measures are part of this discrete set of quantifiable measures. Taken together with more traditional assessments of contract administration, these measures help ensure that enrollees receive high quality affordable healthcare and a positive customer experience. The PPA is linked to carrier profit and premium adjustment factors. FEHB contracts include language to incorporate the PPA as a determinant of the Service Charge or Performance Adjustment.