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Certification of States to the Secretary
of the Treasury Pursuant to Section
3304(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986
In accordance with the provisions of
Section 3304(c) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3304(c)), I
hereby certify the following named
states to the Secretary of the Treasury
for the 12-month period ending on
October 31, 2024, in regard to the
unemployment compensation laws of
those states, which heretofore have been
approved under the Federal
Unemployment Tax Act:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
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South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
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Virgin Islands
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West Virginia
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This certification is for the maximum
credit allowable under Section 3302(a)
of the Code.
Signed at Washington, DC, on October
31, 2024.
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Julie A. Su
Certification of State Unemployment
Compensation Laws to the Secretary of
the Treasury Pursuant to Section
3303(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986
In accordance with the provisions of
paragraph (1) of Section 3303(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26
U.S.C. 3303(b)(1)), I hereby certify the
unemployment compensation laws of
the following named states, which
heretofore have been certified pursuant
to paragraph (3) of Section 3303(b) of
the Code, to the Secretary of the
Treasury for the 12-month period
ending on October 31, 2024:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
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Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Virgin Islands
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
This certification is for the maximum
additional credit allowable under
Section 3302(b) subject to the
limitations of Section 3302(c) of the
Code.
Signed at Washington, DC, on October
31, 2024.
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Julie A. Su
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Jobs for
Veterans State Grants Reports
Veterans’ Employment and
Training Service (VETS), Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, provides the general public and
federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). 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 is properly
assessed. Currently, the DOL is
soliciting comments concerning the
collection of recurring reports submitted
by Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG)
recipients regarding the planned and
actual expenditure of grant funds and
activities funded by the grant.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
January 13, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by email at JVSG@dol.gov. Instructions:
Please submit only one copy of your
comments. All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Office of Management and Budget
SUMMARY:
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(OMB) Control Number 1293–0009 for
this information collection. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection
request. A copy of the proposed
Information Collection Request (ICR)
can be obtained by contacting the office
as listed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebekah Haydin, by telephone at (240)
867–2302 (this is not a toll-free number)
or by email at JVSG@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Labor, as part of
continuing efforts to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to
provide the general public and Federal
agencies an opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing collections
of information before submitting them
to the OMB for final approval. This
program helps to ensure 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
can be properly assessed.
The Department of Labor’s Veterans’
Employment and Training Service
(VETS) administers funds for the Jobs
for Veterans State Grant (JVSG) to each
state, the District of Columbia, Guam,
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
on an annual fiscal year basis. These
non-competitive, formula-driven grants
are codified under title 38, United States
Code, (38 U.S.C.) section 4102A(b)(5):
‘‘Subject to subsection (c) make
available for use in each state by grant
or contract such funds as may be
necessary to support—(A) disabled
veterans’ outreach program specialists
appointed under section 4103A(a)(1) of
this title, (B) local veterans’ employment
representatives assigned under section
4104(b) of this title, and (C) the
reasonable expenses of such specialists
and representatives described in
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively,
for training, travel, supplies, and other
business expenses . . .’’
VETS provides funds to states in
accordance with an allocation formula
required by 38 U.S.C. 4102A(c)(2)(B)
and as published in regulation at title
20, part 1001, subpart F of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR). The
Assistant Secretary for Veterans’
Employment and Training monitors and
supervises the distribution and use of
those funds as required by 38 U.S.C.
4102A(b)(6). Additionally, and in
accordance with 38 U.S.C. 4107(b), the
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Secretary reviews performance and
provides an annual report to Congress
that includes a characterization of the
quality and character of priority of
services provided to veterans (38 U.S.C.
4215 and 20 CFR 1010.320, 1010.330),
efforts to coordinate with the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs in
accordance with 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(3)
and 4109; and incentive fund usage as
described in 38 U.S.C. 4112.
VETS is requesting continued
approval for the information collection
that streamlines the annual funding
request process for grantees, reports the
use of grantee funds in sufficient detail
to allow interim adjustments that ensure
all appropriated funding is expended
properly, and provides data needed for
VETS’ Annual Report to Congress.
The forms and reports collect required
programmatic and financial data from
states and territories requesting and
obligating grant funds. The continued
use of standardized formats for
collecting this information helps to
ensure that requested data is provided
in a uniform way, reporting burdens are
minimized, the impact of collection
requirements on respondents are
properly assessed, collection
instruments are clearly understood by
respondents, and the information is
easily consolidated for posting in
accordance with statutory requirements.
In addition to its standard review of
all forms and instructions to incorporate
programmatic updates and improve
plain language, VETS is proposing to
revise the information collection to add
a VETS–404 Incentive Award Report
form for reporting on the recipient’s
incentive award program. As a
condition for the receipt of funds, JVSG
recipients must establish and carry out
an annual performance incentive
program to recognize excellence and
encourage the improvement of
employment, training, and placement
services provided under the grant.
Recipients currently provide an annual
report on their incentive program as a
freeform attachment to their fourthquarter VETS–403 Technical
Performance Narrative. Recipients have
requested a standardized form on which
to complete this report so that the
required data elements are more clear.
With respect to the continuation of
the approved collection of information,
VETS is particularly interested in
comments on these topics:
(1) Whether the continued collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance and oversight of the
Jobs for Veterans State Grant, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
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(2) The accuracy of the VETS’
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques,
when appropriate, and other forms of
information technology.
This information collection is subject
to the Paperwork Reduction Act (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 the OMB
approves it 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 OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
The DOL seeks PRA authorization for
this information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an
Information Collection Review cannot
be for more than three (3) years without
renewal. The DOL notes that currently
approved information collection
requirements submitted to the OMB
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–VETS.
Type of Review: Revision.
OMB Control Number: 1293–0009.
Title of Collection: VETS’ Jobs for
Veterans State Grant Program Reporting.
Forms:
1. VETS–401, JVSG Budget
Information Summary;
2. VETS–402, JVSG Expenditure
Detail Report (EDR);
3. VETS–403, JVSG Technical
Performance Narrative (TPN);
4. VETS–404, Incentive Award Report
(IAR);
5. VETS–501, JVSG Staffing Directory.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
54.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
3,456.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 6,116.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Dated: November 6, 2024.
James Rodriguez,
Assistant Secretary, Veterans’ Employment
and Training Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–26438 Filed 11–13–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Jobs for Veterans State Grants Reports
AGENCY: Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS), Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, provides the general
public and federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). 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 is properly assessed. Currently, the DOL is
soliciting comments concerning the collection of recurring reports
submitted by Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG) recipients regarding
the planned and actual expenditure of grant funds and activities funded
by the grant.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before January 13, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by email at [email protected].
Instructions: Please submit only one copy of your comments. All
submissions received must include the agency name and Office of
Management and Budget
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(OMB) Control Number 1293-0009 for this information collection.
Comments, including any personal information provided, become a matter
of public record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of the information collection request. A copy
of the proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the office as listed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebekah Haydin, by telephone at (240)
867-2302 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Labor, as part of
continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts
a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and
Federal agencies an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information before submitting them to the OMB
for final approval. This program helps to ensure 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 can be properly assessed.
The Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service
(VETS) administers funds for the Jobs for Veterans State Grant (JVSG)
to each state, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the
U.S. Virgin Islands on an annual fiscal year basis. These non-
competitive, formula-driven grants are codified under title 38, United
States Code, (38 U.S.C.) section 4102A(b)(5): ``Subject to subsection
(c) make available for use in each state by grant or contract such
funds as may be necessary to support--(A) disabled veterans' outreach
program specialists appointed under section 4103A(a)(1) of this title,
(B) local veterans' employment representatives assigned under section
4104(b) of this title, and (C) the reasonable expenses of such
specialists and representatives described in subparagraphs (A) and (B),
respectively, for training, travel, supplies, and other business
expenses . . .''
VETS provides funds to states in accordance with an allocation
formula required by 38 U.S.C. 4102A(c)(2)(B) and as published in
regulation at title 20, part 1001, subpart F of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR). The Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and
Training monitors and supervises the distribution and use of those
funds as required by 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(6). Additionally, and in
accordance with 38 U.S.C. 4107(b), the Secretary reviews performance
and provides an annual report to Congress that includes a
characterization of the quality and character of priority of services
provided to veterans (38 U.S.C. 4215 and 20 CFR 1010.320, 1010.330),
efforts to coordinate with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in
accordance with 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(3) and 4109; and incentive fund
usage as described in 38 U.S.C. 4112.
VETS is requesting continued approval for the information
collection that streamlines the annual funding request process for
grantees, reports the use of grantee funds in sufficient detail to
allow interim adjustments that ensure all appropriated funding is
expended properly, and provides data needed for VETS' Annual Report to
Congress.
The forms and reports collect required programmatic and financial
data from states and territories requesting and obligating grant funds.
The continued use of standardized formats for collecting this
information helps to ensure that requested data is provided in a
uniform way, reporting burdens are minimized, the impact of collection
requirements on respondents are properly assessed, collection
instruments are clearly understood by respondents, and the information
is easily consolidated for posting in accordance with statutory
requirements.
In addition to its standard review of all forms and instructions to
incorporate programmatic updates and improve plain language, VETS is
proposing to revise the information collection to add a VETS-404
Incentive Award Report form for reporting on the recipient's incentive
award program. As a condition for the receipt of funds, JVSG recipients
must establish and carry out an annual performance incentive program to
recognize excellence and encourage the improvement of employment,
training, and placement services provided under the grant. Recipients
currently provide an annual report on their incentive program as a
freeform attachment to their fourth-quarter VETS-403 Technical
Performance Narrative. Recipients have requested a standardized form on
which to complete this report so that the required data elements are
more clear.
With respect to the continuation of the approved collection of
information, VETS is particularly interested in comments on these
topics:
(1) Whether the continued collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance and oversight of the Jobs for Veterans State
Grant, including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the VETS' estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques, when appropriate, and other forms of information
technology.
This information collection is subject to the Paperwork Reduction
Act (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 the OMB approves it 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 OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
The DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an Information Collection Review
cannot be for more than three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes
that currently approved information collection requirements submitted
to the OMB receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo
review.
Agency: DOL-VETS.
Type of Review: Revision.
OMB Control Number: 1293-0009.
Title of Collection: VETS' Jobs for Veterans State Grant Program
Reporting.
Forms:
1. VETS-401, JVSG Budget Information Summary;
2. VETS-402, JVSG Expenditure Detail Report (EDR);
3. VETS-403, JVSG Technical Performance Narrative (TPN);
4. VETS-404, Incentive Award Report (IAR);
5. VETS-501, JVSG Staffing Directory.
Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 54.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 3,456.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,116.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Dated: November 6, 2024.
James Rodriguez,
Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and Training Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-26438 Filed 11-13-24; 8:45 am]
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