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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request;
International Price Program U.S.
Import and Export Price Indexes
Notice of availability; request
for comments.
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) sponsored information
collection request (ICR) titled,
‘‘International Price Program U.S.
Import and Export Price Indexes,’’ to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval for
continued use, without change, in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public
comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before April 1, 2019.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained free of charge from the
RegInfo.gov website at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201806-1220-002
(this link will only become active on the
day following publication of this notice)
or by contacting Michel Smyth by
telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY 202–
693–8064, (these are not toll-free
numbers) or by email at DOL_PRA_
PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Submit comments about this request
by mail to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk
Officer for DOL–BLS, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
20503; by Fax: 202–395–5806 (this is
not a toll-free number); or by email:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Commenters are encouraged, but not
required, to send a courtesy copy of any
comments by mail or courier to the U.S.
Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Attn:
Departmental Information Compliance
Management Program, Room N1301,
200 Constitution Avenue NW,
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Washington, DC 20210; or by email:
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693–
4129, TTY 202–693–8064, (these are not
toll-free numbers) or by email at DOL_
PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR
seeks to extend PRA authority for the
International Price Program U.S. Import
and Export Price Indexes information
collection. Price data collected by the
International Price Program are used to
produce indexes that measure, on a
monthly basis, changes in transaction
prices of goods and services exported
from or imported into the U.S.
Published data, in turn, are used to
deflate import and export trade
statistics, deflate the foreign trade
component of the Gross Domestic
Product, determine monetary and fiscal
policy, negotiate trade agreements, and
determine trade and commercial policy.
Respondents are establishments
conducting import/export trade. They
receive no compensation for their
voluntary participation. Bureau of Labor
Statistics Authorizing Statute sections 1
and 2 authorize this information
collection. See 29 U.S.C. 1, 2.
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid Control Number. See 5
CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL
obtains OMB approval for this
information collection under Control
Number 1220–0025.
OMB authorization for an ICR cannot
be for more than three (3) years without
renewal, and the DOL seeks to extend
PRA authorization for this information
collection for three (3) more years,
without any change to existing
requirements. The DOL notes that
existing information collection
requirements submitted to the OMB
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
June 19, 2018 (83 FR 38450).
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs at
the address shown in the ADDRESSES
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section within thirty (30) days of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. In order to help ensure
appropriate consideration, comments
should mention OMB Control Number
1220–0025. The OMB is particularly
interested in comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Agency: DOL–BLS.
Title of Collection: International Price
Program U.S. Import and Export Price
Indexes.
OMB Control Number: 1220–0025.
Affected Public: Private Sector—
business or other for-profits and not-forprofit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 6,950.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 43,075.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
20,674 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs
Proposed Extension of Existing
Collection; Comment Request
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
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opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95). This program helps to ensure
that requested data can be provided in
the desired format, reporting burden
(time and financial resources) is
minimized, collection instruments are
clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents
can be properly assessed. Currently, the
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed collection:
Pharmacy Billing Requirements. A copy
of the proposed information collection
request can be obtained by contacting
the office listed below in the addresses
section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before
April 30, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by mail, delivery service, or by hand to
Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Room
S–3323, Washington, DC 20210; by fax
(202) 354–9647; or email to
ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Please use only
one method of transmission for
comments (mail/delivery, fax, or email).
Please note that comments submitted
after the comment period will not be
considered.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs (OWCP) is the
agency responsible for administration of
the Federal Employees’ Compensation
Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., the
Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), 30
U.S.C. 901 et seq., and the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000
(EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq. All
three of these statutes require that
OWCP pay for covered medical
treatment provided to beneficiaries; this
medical treatment can include
medicinal drugs dispensed by
pharmacies. In order to determine
whether amounts billed for drugs are
appropriate, OWCP must receive the
required data elements, including the
name of the patient/beneficiary, the
National Drug Code (NDC) number of
the drugs prescribed, the quantity
provided, the prescription number and
the date the prescription was filled. The
regulations implementing these statutes
require the collection of information
needed to enable OWCP to determine if
bills for drugs submitted directly by
pharmacies, or reimbursement requests
submitted by claimants, should be paid.
There is no standardized paper form for
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submission of the billing information
collected in this Information Collection
Request (ICR). Over the past several
years, almost all pharmacy bills
submitted to OWCP have been
submitted electronically using one of
the industry-wide standard formats for
the electronic transmission of billing
data through nationwide data
clearinghouses devised by the National
Council for Prescription Drug Programs
(NCPDP). None of the electronic billing
formats have been designed by or
provided by OWCP; they are billing
formats commonly accepted by other
Federal programs and in the private
health insurance industry for drugs.
Nonetheless, the three programs (FECA,
BLBA and EEOICPA) provide
instructions for the submission of
necessary pharmacy bill data elements
in provider manuals distributed or made
available to all pharmacies enrolled in
the programs. This information
collection is currently approved for use
through May 31, 2019.
II. Review Focus: The Department of
Labor is particularly interested in
comments which:
* evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
* evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
* enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
* minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
III. Current Actions: The Department
of Labor is seeking public comments on
the extension of this currently approved
information collection.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs.
Title: Pharmacy Billing Requirements.
OMB Number: 1240–0050.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Total Respondents: 4,146.
Total Responses: 1,381,903.
Time per Response: 1–5 Minutes.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
24,203.
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: February 22, 2019.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, US Department of
Labor.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Notice; 2018 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go
Act Annual Report
Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This report is being published
as required by the Statutory Pay-AsYou-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010. The Act
requires that OMB issue an annual
report and a sequestration order, if
necessary.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Erin
O’Brien. 202–395–3106.
This
report can be found at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/paygo/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 2 U.S.C. 934.
Kelly Kinneen,
Assistant Director for Budget.
This Report is being published pursuant to
section 5 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go
(PAYGO) Act of 2010, Public Law 111–139,
124 Stat. 8, 2 U.S.C. 934, which requires that
OMB issue an annual PAYGO report,
including a sequestration order if necessary,
no later than 14 working days after the end
of a congressional session.1
This Report describes the budgetary
effects of all PAYGO legislation enacted
during the second session of the 115th
Congress and presents the 5-year and
10-year PAYGO scorecards maintained
by OMB. Because neither the 5-year nor
10-year scorecard shows a debit for the
budget year, which for purposes of this
Report is fiscal year 2019,2 a
sequestration order under subsection
1 This Report is being issued after the statutory
date due to the lapse in appropriations that
occurred on December 22, 2018, which was
resolved on January 25, 2019.
2 References to years on the PAYGO scorecards
are to fiscal years.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
Proposed Extension of Existing Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an
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opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of
information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95). This program helps to ensure that requested data can be
provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood,
and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. Currently, the Office of Workers' Compensation
Programs is soliciting comments concerning the proposed collection:
Pharmacy Billing Requirements. A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed
below in the addresses section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before April 30, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail, delivery service, or by
hand to Ms. Yoon Ferguson, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Ave. NW, Room S-3323, Washington, DC 20210; by fax (202) 354-9647; or
email to ferguson.yoon@dol.gov. Please use only one method of
transmission for comments (mail/delivery, fax, or email). Please note
that comments submitted after the comment period will not be
considered.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background: The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)
is the agency responsible for administration of the Federal Employees'
Compensation Act (FECA), 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq., the Black Lung Benefits
Act (BLBA), 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq., and the Energy Employees
Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42
U.S.C. 7384 et seq. All three of these statutes require that OWCP pay
for covered medical treatment provided to beneficiaries; this medical
treatment can include medicinal drugs dispensed by pharmacies. In order
to determine whether amounts billed for drugs are appropriate, OWCP
must receive the required data elements, including the name of the
patient/beneficiary, the National Drug Code (NDC) number of the drugs
prescribed, the quantity provided, the prescription number and the date
the prescription was filled. The regulations implementing these
statutes require the collection of information needed to enable OWCP to
determine if bills for drugs submitted directly by pharmacies, or
reimbursement requests submitted by claimants, should be paid. There is
no standardized paper form for submission of the billing information
collected in this Information Collection Request (ICR). Over the past
several years, almost all pharmacy bills submitted to OWCP have been
submitted electronically using one of the industry-wide standard
formats for the electronic transmission of billing data through
nationwide data clearinghouses devised by the National Council for
Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP). None of the electronic billing
formats have been designed by or provided by OWCP; they are billing
formats commonly accepted by other Federal programs and in the private
health insurance industry for drugs. Nonetheless, the three programs
(FECA, BLBA and EEOICPA) provide instructions for the submission of
necessary pharmacy bill data elements in provider manuals distributed
or made available to all pharmacies enrolled in the programs. This
information collection is currently approved for use through May 31,
2019.
II. Review Focus: The Department of Labor is particularly
interested in comments which:
* evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
* evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
* enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
* minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions: The Department of Labor is seeking public
comments on the extension of this currently approved information
collection.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
Title: Pharmacy Billing Requirements.
OMB Number: 1240-0050.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 4,146.
Total Responses: 1,381,903.
Time per Response: 1-5 Minutes.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 24,203.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: February 22, 2019.
Yoon Ferguson,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, US
Department of Labor.
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