Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 7243-7244 [2021-01750]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7243-7244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01750]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to 
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.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by February 
26, 2021 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the

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publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by 
selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' 
or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Foreign Agricultural Service

    Title: CCC's Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102).
    OMB Control Number: 0551-0004.
    Summary of Collection: The Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-
102) is administered by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) of the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture. This program provides guarantees to 
exporters in order to maintain and increase overseas importers ability 
to purchase U.S. agricultural goods. The Export Credit Guarantee 
Program underwrites credit extended by U.S. private banks to approved 
foreign banks using dollar-denominated, irrevocable letters of credit. 
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) will collect information from 
the guarantee application submitted by the participants through an 
electronic system or in writing (via fax or email) or mail.
    Need and Use of the Information: FAS will collect information from 
participating U.S. exporters in order to determine the exporter's 
eligibility for program benefits. The information collection is 
necessary to enable exporters, U.S. banks and foreign banks to receive 
the benefits of the program and to allow CCC to comply with the Federal 
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, the Debt Collection 
Improvement Act, and non-procurement suspension and debarment 
regulations found at 2 CFR pars 180 and 417. If the information were 
not collected CCC would be unable to determine if export sales under 
the program would be eligible for coverage or, if coverage conformed to 
program requirements.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 47.
    Frequency of Responses: Record keeping, Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,130.

Foreign Agricultural Service

    Title: Food Donation Programs (Food for Progress & Section 416(b) 
and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition 
Program).
    OMB Control Number: 0551-0035.
    Summary of Collection: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign 
Agricultural Service (FAS) provides U.S. agricultural commodities to 
feed millions of hungry people in needy countries through direct 
donations and concessional programs. USDA Food aid may be provided 
through three program authorities: Food for Progress authorized by the 
Food for Progress Act of 1985, Section 416(b); and the McGovern-Dole 
International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program authorized 
by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 and Public Law 480.
    Need and Use of the Information: FAS will collect information from 
recipients desiring to receive grants or cooperative agreements under 
the programs to determine their ability to carry out a food aid 
program, to establish the terms under which the commodities will be 
provided, to monitor the progress of commodity distribution (including 
how transportation is procured), to monitor the progress of expenditure 
of monetization funds, and to evaluate both the program's success and 
the participant's effectiveness in meeting the agreed upon goals. 
Information is also collected from ship owners/brokers shipping the 
commodity to its destination.
    Description of Respondents: Not for-profit institutions; Business 
or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 61.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Semi-annually; 
Quarterly; Monthly.
    Total Burden Hours: 88,309.

Foreign Agricultural Service

    Title: Pima Agriculture Cotton Trust Fund.
    OMB Control Number: 0551-0044.
    Summary of Collection: Section 12602 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (Pub. L. 113-79) (The Act), as amended by the Agricultural 
Improvement Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-334), authorizes distributions out 
of the Pima Agriculture Cotton Trust Fund (``Pima Cotton Trust Fund'') 
in each of calendar years 2018 through 2023, payable to qualifying 
claimants. Eligible claimants are directed to submit a notarized 
affidavit, following the statutory procedures specified in Section 
12314(c) or (d) of the Act.
    Need and Use of the Information: Distributions out of the Trust 
Fund is payable to (1) One or more nationally recognized associations 
established for the promotion of pima cotton for use in textile and 
apparel goods; (2) certain yarn spinners of pima cotton that produced 
ring spun cotton yarns in the United States from pima cotton during the 
prior calendar year; and (3) manufacturers who cut and sew cotton 
shirts in the United States who certify that they used imported cotton 
fabric during the prior calendar year. Eligible claimants for a 
distribution from the Pima Cotton Trust Fund are directed to submit a 
notarized affidavit. The Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) will use the 
information provided in the affidavits to certify the claimants' 
eligibility and to authorize payment from the Pima Cotton Trust Fund. 
If eligible claimants do not submit an affidavit with the required 
information they will not be entitled to a distribution from the Pima 
Cotton Trust Fund.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other-for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 9.
    Frequency of Responses: Record keeping, Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 9.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-01750 Filed 1-26-21; 8:45 am]
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