Notice2023-24090
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
November 1, 2023
Issuing agencies
Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 210 (Wednesday, November 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74973-74974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24090]
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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 December
1, 2023 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days
of the publication of this notice on the following website
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: Grant and Agreement Applications and Reporting for the
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act.
OMB Control Number: 0551-New.
Summary of Collection: Section 503 of the Agricultural Trade
Expansion Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5693), as delegated via 7
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CFR 2.601, empowers the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to assist
the Secretary of Agriculture by, inter alia, providing agricultural
technical assistance and training and by carrying out other legislated
programs, including international agricultural research, extension, and
teaching as authorized by the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, 7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.
Information collection is required by 2 CFR parts 200 and 400. For
assistance agreements awarded on or after December 26, 2014, 2 CFR part
400 implements OMB regulations in 2 CFR part 200. These regulations
include only those provisions mandated by statue or added by USDA to
ensure sound and effective financial assistance management. These
regulations set forth pre-award, post-award, and after-the-grant
requirements. This information is needed by FAS project officers, grant
specialists, program coordinators, managers, and finance officials to
manage/oversee recipient programmatic and financial performance under
FAS assistance agreements.
Need and Use of the Information: Pre-award information is used by
FAS personnel to qualify and select assistance agreement applicants for
funding. Post-award reporting is used by FAS personnel to make
amendments to established assistance agreement awards, to make payments
pursuant to such awards, and to verify that the recipient is using
Federal funds appropriately to comply with applicable Federal and
agency requirements. The information is necessary to ensure minimum
fiscal control and accountability for award funds and to deter waste,
fraud, and abuse.
Description of Respondents: State agricultural experiment stations,
State cooperative extension services, all colleges and universities,
other research or education institutions and organizations, Federal and
private agencies and organizations, individuals, and any other
contractor or recipient, either foreign or domestic.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other: Varies.
Total Burden Hours: 29,046.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-24090 Filed 10-31-23; 8:45 am]
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