60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Statement of Consent: Issuance of a U.S. Passport to a Minor Under Age 16, 74044-74045 [2012-30022]
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must be filed with the Commission not
later than the date the amendment or
supplement, or the amended ODD, is
furnished to customers. The
Commission has reviewed the proposed
November 2012 Supplement, and the
amendments to the ODD contained
therein, and finds that, having due
regard to the adequacy of the
information disclosed and the public
interest and protection of investors, the
supplement may be furnished to
customers as of the date of this order.
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to
Rule 9b–1 under the Act,10 that
definitive copies of the November 2012
Supplement to the ODD (SR–ODD–
2012–02), reflecting changes to
disclosure regarding adjustments for
cash dividends and distributions in
respect of options overlying less than
100 shares, may be furnished to
customers as of the date of this order.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.11
Kevin M. O’Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
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• Mail: PPT Forms Officer, U.S.
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• Fax: (202) 663–2410.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: PPT
Forms Officer, U.S. Department of State,
2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room
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You must include the DS form
number (if applicable), information
collection title, and the OMB control
number in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct requests for additional
information regarding the collection
listed in this notice, including requests
for copies of the proposed collection
instrument and supporting documents,
to PPT Forms Officer, U.S. Department
of State, 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue
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20037 who may be reached on (202)
663–2457 or at
PPTFormsOfficer@state.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8110]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Statement of Consent:
Issuance of a U.S. Passport to a Minor
Under Age 16
Notice of request for public
comment.
ACTION:
The Department of State is
seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the
information collection described below.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we are
requesting comments on this collection
from all interested individuals and
organizations. The purpose of this
notice is to allow 60 days for public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: The Department will accept
comments from the public up to
February 11, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Web: Persons with access to the
Internet may use the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) to
comment on this notice by going to
www.Regulations.gov. You can search
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• Title of Information Collection:
Statement of Consent: Issuance of a U.S.
Passport to a Minor under Age 16.
• OMB Control Number: 1405–0129.
• Type of Request: Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
• Originating Office: Bureau of
Consular Affairs, Passport Services,
Office of Program Management and
Operational Support, Program
Coordination Division (CA/PPT/PMO/
PC).
• Form Number: DS–3053.
• Respondents: Individuals or
Households.
• Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,260,000 respondents per year.
• Estimated Number of Responses:
1,260,000 responses per year.
• Average Time Per Response: 5
minutes.
• Total Estimated Burden Time:
105,000 hours per year.
• Frequency: On occasion.
• Obligation to Respond: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department to:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department.
• Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the time and cost burden for
this proposed collection, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used.
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• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the reporting burden on
those who are to respond, including the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that comments submitted
in response to this Notice are public
record. Before including any detailed
personal information, you should be
aware that your comments as submitted,
including your personal information,
will be available for public review.
Abstract of Proposed Collection
The information collected on the DS–
3053, ‘‘Statement of Consent: Issuance
of a U.S. Passport to a Minor under Age
16’’, is used in conjunction with the
DS–11, ‘‘Application for a U.S.
Passport’’. When a minor under the age
16 applies for a passport and one of the
minor’s parents or legal guardians is
unavailable at the time the passport
application is executed, a completed
and notarized DS–3053 can be used as
the statement of consent. If the required
statement is not submitted, the minor
cannot receive a U.S. passport. The
required statement may be submitted in
other formats provided they meet
statutory and regulatory requirements.
The legal authority permitting this
information collection assists the
Department of State to administer the
regulations in 22 CFR 51.27 requiring
that both parents and/or any guardian
consent to the issuance of a passport to
a minor under age 16, except where one
parent has sole custody. This regulation
was mandated by Section 236 of the
Admiral James W. Nance and Meg
Donovan Foreign Relations
authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2000 and
2001 (enacted by Public Law 106–113,
Div. B, Section 1000 (a)(7)), and helps
to prevent international child
abduction.
Methodology
Passport Services collects information
from U.S. citizens and non-citizen
nationals when they complete and
submit the DS–3053, ‘‘Statement of
Consent: Issuance of a U.S. Passport to
a Minor under Age 16’’. Passport
applicants can either download the DS–
3053 from the Internet or obtain the
form from an Acceptance Facility/
Passport Agency. The form must be
completed, signed, and submitted along
with the applicant’s DS–11,
‘‘Application for a U.S. Passport’’.
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Dated: November 28, 2012.
Brenda S. Sprague,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport
Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs,
Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8111]
Request for Information for the 2013
Trafficking in Persons Report
The Department of State (‘‘the
Department’’) requests written
information to assist in reporting on the
degree to which the United States and
foreign governments comply with the
minimum standards for the elimination
of trafficking in persons (‘‘minimum
standards’’) that are prescribed by the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
2000, (Div. A, Pub. L. 106–386) as
amended (‘‘TVPA’’). This information
will assist in the preparation of the
Trafficking in Persons Report (‘‘TIP
Report’’) that the Department submits
annually to appropriate committees in
the U.S. Congress on countries’ level of
compliance with the minimum
standards. Foreign governments that do
not comply with the minimum
standards and are not making significant
efforts to do so may be subject to
restrictions on nonhumanitarian,
nontrade-related foreign assistance from
the United States, as defined by the
TVPA. Submissions must be made in
writing to the Office to Monitor and
Combat Trafficking in Persons at the
Department of State by January 31,
2013. Please refer to the Addresses,
Scope of Interest and Information
Sought sections of this Notice for
additional instructions on submission
requirements.
SUMMARY:
Submissions must be received by
the Office to Monitor and Combat
Trafficking in Persons by 5 p.m. on
January 31, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Written submissions and
supporting documentation may be
submitted to the Office to Monitor and
Combat Trafficking in Persons by the
following methods:
• Facsimile (fax): 202–312–9637.
• Mail, Express Delivery, Hand
Delivery and Messenger Service: U.S.
Department of State, Office to Monitor
and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/
TIP), 1800 G Street NW., Suite 2148,
Washington, DC 20520. Please note that
materials submitted by mail may be
delayed due to security screenings and
processing.
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• Email (preferred):
tipreport@state.gov for submissions
related to foreign governments and
tipreportUS@state.gov for submissions
related to the United States.
Scope of Interest: The Department
requests information relevant to
assessing the United States’ and foreign
governments’ compliance with the
minimum standards for the elimination
of trafficking in persons in the year
2012. The minimum standards for the
elimination of trafficking in persons are
listed in the Background section.
Submissions must include information
relevant and probative of the minimum
standards for the elimination of
trafficking in persons and should
include, but need not be limited to,
answering the questions in the
Information Sought section. These
questions are designed to elicit
information relevant to the minimum
standards for the elimination of
trafficking in persons. Only those
questions for which the submitter has
direct professional experience should be
answered and that experience should be
noted. For any critique or deficiency
described, please provide a
recommendation to remedy it. Note the
country or countries that are the focus
of the submission.
Submissions may include written
narratives that answer the questions
presented in this Notice, research,
studies, statistics, fieldwork, training
materials, evaluations, assessments, and
other relevant evidence of local, state
and federal government efforts. To the
extent possible, precise dates should be
included.
Where applicable, written narratives
providing factual information should
provide citations to sources and copies
of the source material should be
provided. If possible, send electronic
copies of the entire submission,
including source material. If primary
sources are utilized, such as research
studies, interviews, direct observations,
or other sources of quantitative or
qualitative data, details on the research
or data-gathering methodology should
be provided. The Department does not
include in the report, and is therefore
not seeking, information on prostitution,
human smuggling, visa fraud, or child
abuse, unless such conduct occurs in
the context of human trafficking.
Confidentiality: Please provide the
name, phone number, and email address
of a single point of contact for any
submission. It is Department practice
not to identify in the TIP Report
information concerning sources in order
to safeguard those sources. Please note,
however, that any information
submitted to the Department may be
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releasable pursuant to the provisions of
the Freedom of Information Act or other
applicable law. When applicable,
portions of submissions relevant to
efforts by other U.S. government
agencies may be shared with those
agencies.
Response: This is a request for
information only; there will be no
response to submissions.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The TIP Report: The TIP Report is the
most comprehensive worldwide report
on foreign governments’ efforts to
combat trafficking in persons. It
represents an updated, global look at the
nature and scope of trafficking in
persons and the broad range of
government actions to confront and
eliminate it. The U.S. Government uses
the TIP Report to engage in diplomacy
to encourage partnership in creating and
implementing laws and policies to
combat trafficking and to target
resources on prevention, protection, and
prosecution programs. Worldwide, the
report is used by international
organizations, foreign governments, and
nongovernmental organizations alike as
a tool to examine where resources are
most needed. Freeing victims,
preventing trafficking, and bringing
traffickers to justice are the ultimate
goals of the report and of the U.S
Government’s anti-human trafficking
policy.
The Department prepares the TIP
Report using information from across
the U.S. government, U.S. embassies,
foreign government officials,
nongovernmental and international
organizations, published reports, and
research trips to every region. The TIP
Report focuses on concrete actions that
governments take to fight trafficking in
persons, including prosecutions,
convictions, and prison sentences for
traffickers, as well as victim protection
measures and prevention efforts. Each
TIP Report narrative also includes a
section on recommendations. These
recommendations are then used to assist
in measuring progress from one year to
the next and determining whether
governments comply with the minimum
standards to eliminate trafficking in
persons or are making significant efforts
to do so.
The TVPA creates a three tier ranking
system. This placement is based more
on the extent of government action to
combat trafficking than on the size of
the problem, although that is a
consideration. The Department first
evaluates whether the government fully
complies with the TVPA’s minimum
standards for the elimination of
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8110]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Statement of
Consent: Issuance of a U.S. Passport to a Minor Under Age 16
ACTION: Notice of request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below.
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are
requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals
and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for
public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: The Department will accept comments from the public up to
February 11, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Web: Persons with access to the Internet may use the
Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) to comment on this notice by
going to www.Regulations.gov. You can search for the document by
entering ``Public Notice '' in the
Search bar. If necessary, use the Narrow by Agency filter option on the
Results page.
Email: PPTFormsOfficer@state.gov.
Mail: PPT Forms Officer, U.S. Department of State, 2100
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 3030, Washington, DC 20037.
Fax: (202) 663-2410.
Hand Delivery or Courier: PPT Forms Officer, U.S.
Department of State, 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 3030,
Washington, DC 20037.
You must include the DS form number (if applicable), information
collection title, and the OMB control number in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional
information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including
requests for copies of the proposed collection instrument and
supporting documents, to PPT Forms Officer, U.S. Department of State,
2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 3030, Washington, DC 20037 who may
be reached on (202) 663-2457 or at PPTFormsOfficer@state.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Information Collection: Statement of Consent:
Issuance of a U.S. Passport to a Minor under Age 16.
OMB Control Number: 1405-0129.
Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Originating Office: Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport
Services, Office of Program Management and Operational Support, Program
Coordination Division (CA/PPT/PMO/PC).
Form Number: DS-3053.
Respondents: Individuals or Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,260,000 respondents per
year.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1,260,000 responses per
year.
Average Time Per Response: 5 minutes.
Total Estimated Burden Time: 105,000 hours per year.
Frequency: On occasion.
Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain a
Benefit.
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:
Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department.
Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost
burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are
public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you
should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your
personal information, will be available for public review.
Abstract of Proposed Collection
The information collected on the DS-3053, ``Statement of Consent:
Issuance of a U.S. Passport to a Minor under Age 16'', is used in
conjunction with the DS-11, ``Application for a U.S. Passport''. When a
minor under the age 16 applies for a passport and one of the minor's
parents or legal guardians is unavailable at the time the passport
application is executed, a completed and notarized DS-3053 can be used
as the statement of consent. If the required statement is not
submitted, the minor cannot receive a U.S. passport. The required
statement may be submitted in other formats provided they meet
statutory and regulatory requirements.
The legal authority permitting this information collection assists
the Department of State to administer the regulations in 22 CFR 51.27
requiring that both parents and/or any guardian consent to the issuance
of a passport to a minor under age 16, except where one parent has sole
custody. This regulation was mandated by Section 236 of the Admiral
James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations authorization Act,
Fiscal Year 2000 and 2001 (enacted by Public Law 106-113, Div. B,
Section 1000 (a)(7)), and helps to prevent international child
abduction.
Methodology
Passport Services collects information from U.S. citizens and non-
citizen nationals when they complete and submit the DS-3053,
``Statement of Consent: Issuance of a U.S. Passport to a Minor under
Age 16''. Passport applicants can either download the DS-3053 from the
Internet or obtain the form from an Acceptance Facility/Passport
Agency. The form must be completed, signed, and submitted along with
the applicant's DS-11, ``Application for a U.S. Passport''.
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Dated: November 28, 2012.
Brenda S. Sprague,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport Services, Bureau of Consular
Affairs, Department of State.
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