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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).
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Appendix A to Part 1611—Income
Level for Individuals Eligible for
Assistance
2. Revise appendix A to part 1611 to
read as follows:
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 2024 INCOME GUIDELINES *
48 Contiguous
states and the
District of
Columbia
Size of household
1 ...................................................................................................................................................
2 ...................................................................................................................................................
3 ...................................................................................................................................................
4 ...................................................................................................................................................
5 ...................................................................................................................................................
6 ...................................................................................................................................................
7 ...................................................................................................................................................
8 ...................................................................................................................................................
For each additional member of the household in excess of 8, add: ..........................................
$18,825
20,550
32,275
39,000
45,725
52,450
59,175
65,900
6,725
Alaska
$23,513
31,925
40,338
48,750
57,163
65,575
73,988
82,400
8,413
Hawaii
$21,638
29,375
37,113
44,850
52,588
60,325
68,063
75,800
7,738
* The figures in this table represent 125% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines by household size as determined by HHS.
REFERENCE CHART—200% OF FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES *
48 Contiguous
states and the
District of
Columbia
Size of household
1 ...................................................................................................................................................
2 ...................................................................................................................................................
3 ...................................................................................................................................................
4 ...................................................................................................................................................
5 ...................................................................................................................................................
6 ...................................................................................................................................................
7 ...................................................................................................................................................
8 ...................................................................................................................................................
For each additional member of the household in excess of 8, add: ..........................................
$30,120
40,880
51,640
62,400
73,160
83,920
94,680
105,440
10,760
Alaska
$37,620
51,080
64,540
78,000
91,460
104,920
118,380
131,840
13,460
Hawaii
$ 34,620
47,000
59,380
71,760
84,140
96,520
108,900
121,280
12,380
* The figures in this table represent 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines by household size as determined by HHS.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).)
Dated: January 18, 2024.
Stefanie Davis,
Deputy General Counsel and Ethics Officer,
Legal Services Corporation.
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[Notice: 23–099]
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NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation
Supplement (NFS): Removal of Total
Compensation Plan Language (NFS
Case 2023–N002)
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
NASA is finalizing
amendments to the NASA Federal
Acquisition Regulation Supplement
(NFS) as well as corresponding sections
SUMMARY:
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of the CFR to a solicitation provision
and clause.
DATES: Effective February 23, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edgar Lee, NASA HQ, Office of
Procurement Grants and Policy
Division, LP–011, 300 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20456–001. Telephone
202–420–1384; facsimile 202–358–3082.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
NASA proposed a rule in the Federal
Register at 88 FR 67720 on October 2,
2023, to amend the NFS by removing
NFS 1831.205–671, Solicitation
provision, and NFS 1852.231–71,
Determination of Compensation
Reasonableness, from the NFS. NASA
has determined these provisions are
unnecessary as they exceed the scope
requirements adequately covered in
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
provision 52.222–46, Evaluation of
Compensation for Professional
Employees (48 CFR 52.222–46).
Currently, NFS requires an evaluation
for all labor categories and periodic
review of total compensation plans after
contract award for cost reimbursement
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contracts (at least every 3 years) to
evaluate the reasonableness of
compensation for all proposed labor
categories in service contracts.
NASA has made a determination to
rely on FAR provision 52.222–46,
agencywide templates, and instructions,
to ensure consistency in the data
provided to NASA and subsequent
evaluations to ensure NASA continues
to pay fair and reasonable wages.
II. Discussion
As no public comments were
submitted on the proposed rule, NASA
is finalizing this rule with no changes.
III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and
13563 direct agencies to assess all costs
and benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, if regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety
effects, distributive impacts, and
equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the
importance of quantifying both costs
and benefits, of reducing costs, of
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harmonizing rules, and of promoting
flexibility. This is not a significant
regulatory action and, therefore, was not
subject to review by OMB under E.O.
12866, Regulatory Planning and Review.
This rule is not a major rule under 5
U.S.C. 804.
IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act
NASA does not expect this rule to
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities
within the meaning of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.,
because the rule is removing the NFS
unique requirements for submission of
total compensation plan. Therefore, an
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
was not performed.
V. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. chapter 35) does apply. With the
publication of this final rule, an existing
information collection currently
approved under Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) control number
2700–0077, Contractor and
Subcontractor Compensation Plans, is
no longer needed. Once the final rule is
effective, NASA will discontinue this
collection and rely on OMB control
number 9000–0066, Certain Federal
Acquisition Regulation Part 22 Labor
Requirements—FAR Sections Affected:
52.222–2, 52.222–6, 52.222–11, 52.222–
18, 52.222–33, 52.222–34, 52.222–46,
and SF 1413 and 1444.
List of Subjects
48 CFR Part 1831
Accounting, Government
procurement.
48 CFR Part 1852
Accounting, Government
procurement, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Erica Jones,
NASA FAR Supplement Manager.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, NASA amends 48 CFR parts
1831 and 1852 as follows:
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PART 1831—CONTRACT COST
PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES
1. The authority citation for part 1831
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 51 U.S.C. 20113(a) and 48 CFR
chapter 1.
1831.205–671
3. The authority citation for part 1852
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 51 U.S.C. 20113(a) and 48 CFR
chapter 1.
1852.231–71
[Removed and Reserved]
4. Remove and reserve section
1852.231–71.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
49 CFR Parts 1011, 1104, 1115, and
1146
[Docket No. EP 762]
Revisions to Regulations for Expedited
Relief for Service Emergencies
Surface Transportation Board.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Surface Transportation
Board (STB or Board) adopts a final rule
amending its emergency service
regulations.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
The rule is effective February 23,
2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathon Binet at (202) 245–0368. If you
require an accommodation under the
Americans with Disabilities Act, please
call (202) 245–0245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to its broad statutory mandate, the
Surface Transportation Board closely
monitors the rail industry’s service
performance. See 49 U.S.C. 1321, 11145;
see also 49 U.S.C. 10101, 11323, 10907.
Over the last decade, railroad service
challenges impacting a wide range of
geographic regions and commodities
have occurred with some frequency.
See, e.g., U.S. Rail Serv. Issues—
Performance Data Reporting, EP 724
(Sub-No. 4) (STB served Dec. 30, 2014);
STB Letter to CSX Transp., Inc.
Requesting Serv. Reporting (July 27,
2017); Chairman Oberman Letter to
Norfolk S. Regarding Serv. Issues (Nov.
23, 2021); 1 Urgent Issues in Freight Rail
Serv., EP 770 (STB served Apr. 7, 2022);
Oversight Hearing Pertaining to Union
Pac. R.R.’s Embargoes, EP 772 (STB
served Nov. 22, 2022).
In response to service challenges in
recent years, the Board has held a series
of public hearings to permit interested
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persons to report on specific service
problems, to hear from rail industry
executives on plans to address rail
service problems generally, and to
explore additional options to improve
service. At one such hearing in October
2017, several shippers observed that the
Board’s regulations at 49 CFR part 1146,
which implement 49 U.S.C. 11123 and
govern expedited relief for service
emergencies, are rarely invoked, even in
times of serious rail service challenges.
See Pub. Listening Session Regarding
CSX Transp., Inc.’s Rail Serv. Issues, EP
742, Hr’g Tr. 89:13–22; 90:1; 150:3–14;
196:11–22; 197:1–16; 199:1–9 (Oct. 17,
2017).
Based on these concerns, and to better
understand the reasons for the lack of
use of the Board’s directed service
regulations, the Board announced on
March 15, 2018, that Board staff would
hold informal meetings with interested
persons to discuss and gather feedback
on the adequacy of the Board’s current
regulations regarding emergency service
and service inadequacies, and whether
and how the current regulations should
be modified to offer a more meaningful
path to relief. See Press Release, STB,
Board to Hold Informal Meetings on
Directed Serv. Reguls. Beginning in Apr.
(Mar. 15, 2018), www.stb.gov/newscommunications/latest-news/archivedpress-releases/.2 As a result, in the
second quarter of 2018 Board staff met
with representatives of a variety of
entities representing carrier and shipper
interests. A recurring concern expressed
by shipper interests was the amount of
time required under the existing
procedures to obtain relief for service
failures and the difficulty of satisfying
certain informational burdens. Although
carrier interests acknowledged that very
few emergency service petitions had
been filed in recent years, they
nevertheless generally asserted that the
existing procedures were sufficient, and
noted that the Board’s Rail Customer
and Public Assistance program (RCPA)
had been helpful in resolving acute
service issues informally.
By decision served April 7, 2022, the
Board announced that it would hold a
hearing on April 26 and 27, 2022, on
rail service problems impacting the
network and the recovery efforts
involving several Class I carriers.3 As
2 While these meetings also included discussion
of 49 CFR part 1147 (Temporary Relief Under 49
U.S.C. 10705 and 11102 for Service Inadequacies),
this proceeding concerns only 49 CFR part 1146
(Expedited Relief for Service Emergencies) pursuant
to 49 U.S.C. 11123.
3 Press Release, STB, STB Issues Hearing Notice
for Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Serv. (Apr. 7,
2022), www.stb.gov/news-communications/latestnews/pr-22–21/.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 1831 and 1852
[Notice: 23-099]
RIN 2700-AE72
NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (NFS): Removal of
Total Compensation Plan Language (NFS Case 2023-N002)
AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: NASA is finalizing amendments to the NASA Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (NFS) as well as corresponding sections of the
CFR to a solicitation provision and clause.
DATES: Effective February 23, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edgar Lee, NASA HQ, Office of
Procurement Grants and Policy Division, LP-011, 300 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20456-001. Telephone 202-420-1384; facsimile 202-358-
3082.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
NASA proposed a rule in the Federal Register at 88 FR 67720 on
October 2, 2023, to amend the NFS by removing NFS 1831.205-671,
Solicitation provision, and NFS 1852.231-71, Determination of
Compensation Reasonableness, from the NFS. NASA has determined these
provisions are unnecessary as they exceed the scope requirements
adequately covered in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision
52.222-46, Evaluation of Compensation for Professional Employees (48
CFR 52.222-46). Currently, NFS requires an evaluation for all labor
categories and periodic review of total compensation plans after
contract award for cost reimbursement contracts (at least every 3
years) to evaluate the reasonableness of compensation for all proposed
labor categories in service contracts.
NASA has made a determination to rely on FAR provision 52.222-46,
agencywide templates, and instructions, to ensure consistency in the
data provided to NASA and subsequent evaluations to ensure NASA
continues to pay fair and reasonable wages.
II. Discussion
As no public comments were submitted on the proposed rule, NASA is
finalizing this rule with no changes.
III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess
all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). E.O.
13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits,
of reducing costs, of
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harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility. This is not a
significant regulatory action and, therefore, was not subject to review
by OMB under E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. This rule is
not a major rule under 5 U.S.C. 804.
IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act
NASA does not expect this rule to have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities within the meaning of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., because the rule
is removing the NFS unique requirements for submission of total
compensation plan. Therefore, an Initial Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis was not performed.
V. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) does apply. With
the publication of this final rule, an existing information collection
currently approved under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control
number 2700-0077, Contractor and Subcontractor Compensation Plans, is
no longer needed. Once the final rule is effective, NASA will
discontinue this collection and rely on OMB control number 9000-0066,
Certain Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 22 Labor Requirements--FAR
Sections Affected: 52.222-2, 52.222-6, 52.222-11, 52.222-18, 52.222-33,
52.222-34, 52.222-46, and SF 1413 and 1444.
List of Subjects
48 CFR Part 1831
Accounting, Government procurement.
48 CFR Part 1852
Accounting, Government procurement, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Erica Jones,
NASA FAR Supplement Manager.
For the reasons stated in the preamble, NASA amends 48 CFR parts
1831 and 1852 as follows:
PART 1831--CONTRACT COST PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES
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1. The authority citation for part 1831 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 51 U.S.C. 20113(a) and 48 CFR chapter 1.
1831.205-671 [Removed and Reserved]
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2. Remove and reserve section 1831.205-671.
PART 1852--SOLICITATION PROCEDURES AND CONTRACT CLAUSES
0
3. The authority citation for part 1852 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 51 U.S.C. 20113(a) and 48 CFR chapter 1.
1852.231-71 [Removed and Reserved]
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4. Remove and reserve section 1852.231-71.
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