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period during our consideration of the
proposed waiver. Comments received
after this period, but before notice of our
finding is published in the Federal
Register, will be considered to the
extent practicable.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Polly E. Trottenberg,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–28820 Filed 12–6–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund
Notice of Information Collection and
Request for Public Comment
Notice and request for public
comment.
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Treasury, as part of a continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995. Currently, the Community
Development Financial Institutions
Fund (CDFI Fund), U.S. Department of
the Treasury, is soliciting comments
concerning information collections
utilized by the CDFI Bond Guarantee
Program (BG Program). Information on
the BG Program can be found on the
CDFI Fund’s website at https://
www.cdfifund.gov/programs-training/
programs/cdfi-bond.
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
received on or before February 7, 2025
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
concerning the BG Program information
collections via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions on the website for the
submission of comments. In general, all
comments will be available for
inspection at www.regulations.gov.
Comments, including attachments and
other supporting materials, are part of
the public record. Do not submit any
information in your comments or
supporting materials that you consider
confidential or inappropriate for public
disclosure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Suckfiel, BG Program Manager,
CDFI Fund, U.S. Department of the
Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Washington DC 20220, (202) 653–
0421 (not a toll-free number) or by email
to bgp@cdfi.treas.gov. Information
regarding the CDFI Fund and its
programs may be obtained through the
CDFI Fund’s website at https://
www.cdfifund.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Titles: BG Program Information
Collections—(1) Qualified Issuer
Application, (2) Guarantee Application,
(3) Secondary Loan Requirements
Certification, (4) Financial Condition
Monitoring Report, (5) Pledged Loan
Monitoring Report, (6) Tertiary Loan
Monitoring Report, (7) Annual
Assessment Report, and (8) Secondary
Loan Commitment Form.
OMB Number: 1559–0044.
Abstract: The purpose of the
Community Development Financial
Institutions (CDFI) Bond Guarantee
DATES:
Program (BG Program) is to support
CDFI lending by providing Guarantees
for Bonds issued by Qualified Issuers as
part of a Bond Issue for Eligible
Community or Economic Development
Purposes. The BG Program provides
CDFIs with a source of long-term capital
and further the mission of the CDFI
Fund to increase economic opportunity
and promote community development
investments for underserved
populations and distressed communities
in the United States. The CDFI Fund
achieves its mission by promoting
access to capital and local economic
growth by investing in, supporting, and
training Community Development
Financial Institutions (CDFIs). The
operation of the BG Program is
supported by the collection of
information across various forms,
collectively the BG Program Information
Collections: (1) Qualified Issuer
Application, (2) Guarantee Application,
(3) Secondary Loan Requirements
Certification, (4) Financial Condition
Monitoring Report, (5) Pledged Loan
Monitoring Report, (6) Tertiary Loan
Monitoring Report, (7) Annual
Assessment Report, and (8) Secondary
Loan Commitment Form. There are no
significant content changes to the forms;
however, minor, non-substantive
changes may have been made to certain
forms in order to improve the clarity
and/or accuracy of the data collections.
Copies of the forms constituting the
BG Program Information Collection may
be found on the CDFI Fund’s website at
https://www.cdfifund.gov.
Current Actions: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Approved Eligible
CDFIs and Qualified Issuers (QI).
TABLE 1—ALL FORMS—ESTIMATED REPORTING BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Bond Guarantee Program Application Materials (Qualified Issuer Application and Guarantee Application) .................................................
Financial Condition Monitoring (FCM) Report .......................................
Pledged Loan Monitoring (PLM) Report ................................................
Tertiary Loan Monitoring (TLM) Report .................................................
Annual Assessment ...............................................................................
Secondary Loan Commitment Form and Certification Form .................
20
40
40
15
40
40
1
4
12
12
1
1
20
160
480
180
40
40
80
1.5
1.5
1.5
2
3
1,600
240
720
270
80
120
Total ................................................................................................
....................
........................
920
..................
3,030
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Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this Notice
will be summarized and/or included in
the request for Office of Management
and Budget approval. Comments
concerning the BG Program Information
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Collection are invited on: (a) whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
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annual
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agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
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respondents, including through the use
of technology; and (e) estimates of
capital or start-up costs and costs of
operation, maintenance, and purchase
of services required to provide
information.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless the collections of information
displays a valid OMB control number.
Authority: 12 CFR part 1808.
Pravina Raghavan,
Director, Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund.
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(6) Examination of a company’s
application for recognition as an Alien
Reinsurer: $5,000.
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(8) Examination of a company’s
application for recognition as a
Complementary Reinsurer: $5,000.
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Dated: December 4, 2024.
Lela Anderson,
Attorney-Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2024–28806 Filed 12–6–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4810–AS–P
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
BILLING CODE 4810–05–P
[OMB Control No. 2900–0892]
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Request for
Reimbursement of Preparatory (PREP)
Course for Licensing or Certification
Test
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Application and Renewal Fees
Imposed on Surety Companies and
Reinsuring Companies; Increase in
Fees Imposed; Correction
Bureau of the Fiscal Service,
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of fees imposed on surety
companies and reinsuring companies;
Correction.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service,
published a document in the Federal
Register of December 2, 2024, adding
renewal fees for Complementary and
Alien Reinsurers as well as Admitted
Reinsurer—Reinsurance Market
companies and increasing the existing
fees it imposes on and collects from
surety companies and reinsuring
companies, effective January 1, 2025.
The document contained typographical
errors effecting the dollar values.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melvin Saunders, at (304) 480–5108 or
melvin.saunders@fiscal.treasury.gov; or
Bobbi McDonald, at (304) 480–7098 or
bobbi.mcdonald@fiscal.treasury.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
Federal Register of December 2, 2024,
in FR Doc. 2024-28231, on page 95911,
in ‘‘The new fee rate schedule’’ section
should read as follows:
(1) Examination of a company’s
application for a Certificate of Authority
as an acceptable surety or as an
acceptable reinsuring company on
Federal bonds: $13,600.
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(3) Examination of a company’s
application for recognition as an
Admitted Reinsurer: $5,000.
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Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Benefits Administration
(VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs,
will submit the collection of
information abstracted below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
PRA submission describes the nature of
the information collection and its
expected cost and burden, and it
includes the actual data collection
instrument.
SUMMARY:
Comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent by
January 8, 2025.
ADDRESSES: To submit comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection, please type the
following link into your browser:
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,
select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open
for Public Comments’’, then search the
list for the information collection by
Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0892.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
VA PRA information: Maribel Aponte,
202–461–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@
va.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Request for Reimbursement of
Preparatory (PREP) Course for Licensing
or Certification Test, VA Form 22–
10272.
DATES:
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OMB Control Number: 2900–0892,
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRASearch.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The information collected
on the VA Form 22–10272 will be
utilized to permit beneficiaries to apply
for reimbursement of approved
preparatory courses taken to assist with
preparing for a Licensing or
Certification Test. VA will use data from
this information collection to ensure
eligible Post 9/11 GI Bill (chapter 33)
and Survivors’ and Dependents’
Educational Assistance (DEA or chapter
35) can receive payment for attending
and completing the approved
preparatory course. Without the
utilization of this form, eligible
beneficiaries will not be able to apply
for the reimbursement they may be
rightly entitled to pursuant to 38 U.S.C.
3315B.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published at 89 FR
80631–80632, October 3, 2024.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 10 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 15 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Occasionally.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
41.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2024–28827 Filed 12–6–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Veterans Group
Life Insurance
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Benefits Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs, will
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Notice of Information Collection and Request for Public Comment
ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as part of a continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
public and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. Currently, the Community
Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), U.S. Department of
the Treasury, is soliciting comments concerning information collections
utilized by the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program (BG Program). Information
on the BG Program can be found on the CDFI Fund's website at https://www.cdfifund.gov/programs-training/programs/cdfi-bond.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 7, 2025
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments concerning the BG Program
information collections via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal at
www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions on the website for the
submission of comments. In general, all comments will be available for
inspection at www.regulations.gov. Comments, including attachments and
other supporting materials, are part of the public record. Do not
submit any information in your comments or supporting materials that
you consider confidential or inappropriate for public disclosure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Suckfiel, BG Program Manager,
CDFI Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Washington DC 20220, (202) 653-0421 (not a toll-free number) or by
email to [email protected]. Information regarding the CDFI Fund and
its programs may be obtained through the CDFI Fund's website at https://www.cdfifund.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Titles: BG Program Information Collections--(1) Qualified Issuer
Application, (2) Guarantee Application, (3) Secondary Loan Requirements
Certification, (4) Financial Condition Monitoring Report, (5) Pledged
Loan Monitoring Report, (6) Tertiary Loan Monitoring Report, (7) Annual
Assessment Report, and (8) Secondary Loan Commitment Form.
OMB Number: 1559-0044.
Abstract: The purpose of the Community Development Financial
Institutions (CDFI) Bond Guarantee Program (BG Program) is to support
CDFI lending by providing Guarantees for Bonds issued by Qualified
Issuers as part of a Bond Issue for Eligible Community or Economic
Development Purposes. The BG Program provides CDFIs with a source of
long-term capital and further the mission of the CDFI Fund to increase
economic opportunity and promote community development investments for
underserved populations and distressed communities in the United
States. The CDFI Fund achieves its mission by promoting access to
capital and local economic growth by investing in, supporting, and
training Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). The
operation of the BG Program is supported by the collection of
information across various forms, collectively the BG Program
Information Collections: (1) Qualified Issuer Application, (2)
Guarantee Application, (3) Secondary Loan Requirements Certification,
(4) Financial Condition Monitoring Report, (5) Pledged Loan Monitoring
Report, (6) Tertiary Loan Monitoring Report, (7) Annual Assessment
Report, and (8) Secondary Loan Commitment Form. There are no
significant content changes to the forms; however, minor, non-
substantive changes may have been made to certain forms in order to
improve the clarity and/or accuracy of the data collections.
Copies of the forms constituting the BG Program Information
Collection may be found on the CDFI Fund's website at https://www.cdfifund.gov.
Current Actions: Extension without change of currently approved
collection.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Approved Eligible CDFIs and Qualified Issuers
(QI).
Table 1--All Forms--Estimated Reporting Burden
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Number of Number of Number of
Form Number of responses per annual Hours per hours
respondents respondent responses response annually
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Bond Guarantee Program Application Materials 20 1 20 80 1,600
(Qualified Issuer Application and Guarantee
Application)................................
Financial Condition Monitoring (FCM) Report.. 40 4 160 1.5 240
Pledged Loan Monitoring (PLM) Report......... 40 12 480 1.5 720
Tertiary Loan Monitoring (TLM) Report........ 15 12 180 1.5 270
Annual Assessment............................ 40 1 40 2 80
Secondary Loan Commitment Form and 40 1 40 3 120
Certification Form..........................
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Total.................................... ........... .............. 920 .......... 3,030
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Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this Notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval. Comments concerning the BG Program
Information Collection are invited on: (a) whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on
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respondents, including through the use of technology; and (e) estimates
of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and
purchase of services required to provide information.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless the collections of
information displays a valid OMB control number.
Authority: 12 CFR part 1808.
Pravina Raghavan,
Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
[FR Doc. 2024-28833 Filed 12-6-24; 8:45 am]
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