Office of the Secretary June 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.

The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.

The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that it is renewing the charter for the Department of Defense Board of Actuaries (``the Board'').

On June 9, 2020, the DoD published a notice announcing the next meeting of the Defense Innovation Board (``the Board'') on June 23, 2020, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that this Federal advisory committee meeting has been cancelled, due to ongoing challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

The Secretary of the Interior, after consultation with the General Services Administration, has renewed the Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council (Council) for 2 years. The Council provides recommendations on aspects of the implementation of a number of Departmental authorities and other authorities applicable to specific bureaus.

The Department of Health and Human Services (``the Department'' or ``HHS'') is committed to ensuring the civil rights of all individuals who access or seek to access health programs or activities of covered entities under Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (``ACA''). After considering public comments, in this final rule, the Department revises its Section 1557 regulations, Title IX regulations, and specific regulations of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (``CMS'') as proposed, with minor and primarily technical corrections. This will better comply with the mandates of Congress, address legal concerns, relieve billions of dollars in undue regulatory burdens, further substantive compliance, reduce confusion, and clarify the scope of Section 1557 in keeping with pre-existing civil rights statutes and regulations prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability.

The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined that the renewal of the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the Department of Homeland Security's performance of its duties. This determination follows consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration.

On June 9, 2020, the Department of Commerce, published a 30- day public comment period notice in the Federal Register with FR Document Number 2020-12413 (Pages 35257-35258), and on March 24, 2020, published a 60-day public comment period notice with FR Document Number 2020-06174 (Page 16612) seeking public comments for an information collection entitled, ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.'' This document referenced incorrect information in the DATA section, and Commerce hereby issues a correction notice as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, and the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces a meeting of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board.

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DHA is modifying the System of Records titled, ``Military Health Information System (MHIS),'' EDHA 07 to facilitate public health activities and research efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, this System of Records will become the DoD-wide SORN with enterprise application across the department. The proposed modifications include clarifying the purposes for the handling and use of data to improve quality assurance within healthcare operations (such as data analytics and clinical research) to address COVID-19. Modifications also include broadening the categories of individuals to cover all associated information systems and updating routine uses to enable better collaboration with federal agencies and academic institutions to accommodate the COVID-19 Insights Project. The Military Health Information System (MHIS) collects and maintains data that supports benefits determination for Military Health System (MHS) beneficiaries between the DoD, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) healthcare programs. This data also provides Federal Agencies the ability to support continuity of care for patrons, ensures more efficient adjudication of claims, enables quality assurance and healthcare operations, and supports a myriad of healthcare policy, public health, military mission, data analysis, and clinical research activities.

This document corrects the supplementary information section to the notice of funding availability and additional commodities request for information published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2020, concerning CFAP. This document adds questions to request specific information related to certain specialty crops. This is intended to add clarity. USDA is still requesting comments on additional commodities that are not already identified and on the paperwork reduction act for CFAP activities. The questions added in this correction cover additional commodities and the development of their payment rates as envisioned in the cost analysis for the CFAP rule and are not expected to impact the costs of CFAP.

The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments about our intention to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew information collection 2105-0529, Procedures for Transportation Drug and Alcohol Testing Program (ICR 2105-0529). The information to be collected will be used to document tests conducted and actions taken to ensure safety in the workplace and/or are necessary under the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991, which requires DOT to implement a drug and alcohol testing program in various transportation-related industries. DOT is required to publish this notice in the Federal Register in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Defense Innovation Board (``the Board'') will take place.

The Secretary issues this amendment pursuant to section 319F-3 of the Public Health Service Act to clarify that Covered Countermeasures under the Declaration include qualified pandemic and epidemic products that limit the harm COVID-19 might otherwise cause.

The NRO is rescinding a Privacy Act System of Records, ``QNRO- 30, Technology Fellowship and Enrichment Programs and Events.'' This System of Records maintained information on controlling and tracking access for NRO Technology Fellowship and Enrichment Program participants to NRO networks, computer systems, and information technology databases. The System of Records also enabled information systems security officers to access, review, and grant requests for the creation, deletion, or transfer of network accounts to Program participants. The NRO Technology Fellowship and Enrichment Program was discontinued and the supporting information system decommissioned. The records from that system have been destroyed in accordance with the record retention and disposal policy as specified in the SORN.

This final rule removes the DoD part that contains its responsibilities under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). The part duplicates DoD's internal policy assigning DoD responsibilities and providing internal procedures for informing Service members, former Service Members, and individuals who apply for uniformed service of their civilian employment and reemployment rights, benefits, and obligations. This internal policy does not require codification, therefore, DoD will remove this part and publish notification in the Federal Register informing the public of administrative information concerning a request for pertinent information regarding periods of uniformed service.

This rule finalizes Department of Defense (DoD) implementation of Section 702 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (NDAA FY18). The law made significant changes to the TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program; specifically it: Updated co-payment requirements; authorized a new process for encouraging use of pharmaceutical agents that provide the best clinical effectiveness by excluding coverage for particular pharmaceutical agents that provide very little or no clinical effectiveness relative to similar agents and for giving preferential status to agents that provide enhanced clinical effectiveness; and authorized special reimbursement methods, amounts, and procedures to encourage use of high-value products and discourage use of low-value products with respect to pharmaceutical agents provided as part of medical services from authorized providers. This rule finalizes the changes made to the TRICARE Pharmacy Benefit Program as stated in the interim final rule.

This notice announces the Department of the Interior's (Department) proposal to revise the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing procedures for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at Chapter 11 of Part 516 of the Departmental Manual (DM) with a proposed new categorical exclusion (CX) for authorization of the salvage harvest of dead or dying trees.

The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is adding a new System of Records entitled, ``Financial Management Online (FM Online), DUSDC 03.'' The DoD is required to strengthen the professional development of the DoD financial management workforce and to ensure DoD financial managers are properly trained to meet current and future Warfigher support requirements. The Defense Financial Management Certification Program (DFMCP) is the approved strategy to meet this requirement.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail Advisory Council (Council) pursuant to Section 5(d) of the National Trails System Act (NTSA), as amended. Additional information on the Council can be found by visiting the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail website at https://www.fs.usda.gov/pnt.