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lessen competition or create or maintain 

a violation of the Federal antitrust laws; 

(4) The Federal agency has given first 

preference to any small business firms 

submitting plans that are determined by 

the agency to be within the capability of 

the firms and as having equal or greater 

likelihood as those from other 

applicants to bring the invention to 

practical application within a 

reasonable time; and 

(5) In the case of an invention covered 

by a foreign patent application or 

patent, the interests of the Federal 

Government or United States industry 

in foreign commerce will be enhanced. 

(b) In addition to the provisions of 

§ 404.5, the following terms and 

conditions apply to exclusive, coexclusive and partially exclusive 

licenses: 

(1) The license shall be subject to the 

irrevocable, royalty-free right of the 

Government of the United States to 

practice or have practiced the invention 

on behalf of the United States and on 

behalf of any foreign government or 

international organization pursuant to 

any existing or future treaty or 

agreement with the United States. 

(2) The license shall reserve to the 

Federal agency the right to require the 

licensee to grant sublicenses to 

responsible applicants, on reasonable 

terms, when necessary to fulfill health 

or safety needs. 

(3) The license shall be subject to any 

licenses in force at the time of the grant 

of the exclusive, co-exclusive or 

partially exclusive license. 

(4) The license may grant the licensee 

the right to take any suitable and 

necessary actions to protect the licensed 

property, on behalf of the Federal 

Government. 

(c) Federal agencies shall maintain a 

record of determinations to grant 

exclusive, co-exclusive or partially 

exclusive licenses. 

§ 404.10 [Amended] 

■ 22. Amend § 404.10 by removing ‘‘and 

any sublicensee of record’’. 

■ 23. Revise paragraphs (a) introductory 

text, (a)(3), and (b) to read as follows: 

§ 404.11 Appeals. 

(a) The following parties may appeal 

to the agency head or designee any 

decision or determination concerning 

the grant, denial, modification, or 

termination of a license: 

* * * * * 

(3) A person who timely filed a 

written objection in response to the 

notice required by § 404.7 and who can 

demonstrate to the satisfaction of the 

Federal agency that such person may be 

damaged by the agency action due to 

being denied the opportunity to 

promote the commercialization of the 

invention. 

(b) The Federal agency shall establish 

appropriate procedures for considering 

appeals under paragraph (a) of this 

section. 

■ 24. Revise § 404.14 to read as follows: 

§ 404.14 Confidentiality of information. 

35 U.S.C. 209(f) requires that any plan 

submitted pursuant to § 404.8(a)(8) and 

any report required by 35 U.S.C. 

209(d)(2) shall be treated as commercial 

or financial information obtained from a 

person and privileged and confidential 

and not subject to disclosure under 5 

U.S.C. 552. 

Kevin Kimball, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27581 Filed 12–31–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Parts 0 and 64 

[EB Docket No. 20–374; FCC 20–174; FRS 

17331] 

Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall 

Abuse Criminal Enforcement and 

Deterrence Act (TRACED Act) 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission proposes rules to 

implement the Pallone-Thune 

Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal 

Enforcement and Deterrence Act 

(TRACED Act) to streamline the process 

by which private entities may submit 

information to the Commission about 

violations of the Communications Act. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

February 3, 2021 and reply comments 

are due on or before February 18, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by EB Docket No. 20–374, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http://apps.fcc.gov/ 

ecfs/. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. If more than one 

docket or rulemaking number appears in 

the caption of this proceeding, filers 

must submit two additional copies for 

each additional docket or rulemaking 

number. 

Filings can be sent by hand or 

messenger delivery, by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

• Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 

Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 

20701. 

• U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

• Effective March 19, 2020, and until 

further notice, the Commission no 

longer accepts any hand or messenger 

delivered filings. This is a temporary 

measure taken to help protect the health 

and safety of individuals, and to 

mitigate the transmission of COVID–19. 

See FCC Announces Closure of FCC 

Headquarters Open Window and 

Change in Hand-Delivery Policy, Public 

Notice, DA 20–304 (March 19, 2020), 

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcccloses-headquarters-open-window-andchanges-hand-delivery-policy. 

People with Disabilities: Contact the 

FCC to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202– 

418–0432. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information on this 

proceeding, contact Daniel Stepanicich 

of the Telecommunications Consumers 

Division, Enforcement Bureau, at 

Daniel.Stepanicich@fcc.gov or (202) 

418–7451. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 20–174, EB 

Docket No. 20–374, adopted and 

released on December 8, 2020. The full 

text of this document is available for 

public inspection online at https://

docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC20-174A1.pdf. To request this document 

in accessible formats for people with 

disabilities (e.g., Braille, large print, 

electronic files, audio format, etc.) or to 

request reasonable accommodations 

(e.g., accessible format documents, sign 

language interpreters, CART, etc.), send 

an email to FCC504@fcc.gov or call the 

FCC’s Consumer and Governmental 

Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530 

(voice), (202) 418–0432 (TTY). 

Synopsis 

1. In this Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) proposes to implement 

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section 10(a) of the Pallone-Thune 

Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal 

Enforcement Act (TRACED Act). 

Unlawful robocalls plague the American 

public. Such calls are frequently 

coupled with misleading or inaccurate 

telephone numbers displayed as caller 

ID information, an act known as 

spoofing. Spoofed calls are often used to 

facilitate fraudulent or other harmful 

activities. Congress enacted the PalloneThune Telephone Robocall Abuse 

Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence 

Act (TRACED Act) to aid efforts to curb 

illegal robocalling. Congress recognized 

the value of industry cooperation in 

fighting unlawful spoofed robocalls and 

took steps to formalize such 

cooperation. 

2. In particular, Congress sought to 

enhance the ability of private entities to 

convey concerns about calls and texts 

that violate robocall or caller ID 

spoofing restrictions. Specifically, 

Congress directed the Commission to 

establish regulations, no later than June 

30, 2021, to create a process that 

‘‘streamlines the ways in which a 

private entity may voluntarily share 

with the Commission information 

relating to’’ a call or text message that 

violates the law regarding robocalls or 

spoofing. This Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking proposes and seeks 

comment on rules to implement this 

mandate. We propose to establish an 

online web portal where private entities 

may submit information about 

violations of sections 227(b) and 227(e) 

of the Communications Act. Under the 

proposal, the Commission’s 

Enforcement Bureau would monitor the 

portal. 

3. Definition of Private Entity. We 

must first determine what constitutes a 

‘‘private entity’’ for purposes of section 

10 of the TRACED Act. Given the 

breadth of the term ‘‘entity,’’ which 

typically goes beyond just persons, we 

propose to define ‘‘private entity’’ to 

exclude only governments; in other 

words, a private entity is anyone (an 

individual, a company, an organization, 

an association, etc.) that is not a public 

entity. We note that Congress did not 

define the term ‘‘private entity’’ in the 

TRACED Act, but in other laws 

Congress has defined ‘‘private entity’’ in 

a similar manner. We seek comment on 

our proposed interpretation, and 

whether there is a basis for a different 

interpretation of what constitutes a 

private entity. 

4. Streamlined Process. We propose to 

create a mechanism for private entities 

to submit information about suspected 

robocall and spoofing violations directly 

to the Enforcement Bureau. We propose 

to create an online portal located on the 

FCC website that the Enforcement 

Bureau would monitor. We believe that 

this will streamline the collection of 

information pertaining to robocall and 

spoofing violations, in conformance 

with section 10(a) of the TRACED Act. 

We seek comment on this proposal. We 

propose that this mechanism will be in 

addition to, and distinct from, the 

informal complaint process that the 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau manages. We anticipate that 

private entities will use the portal to 

submit information about suspected 

robocall or spoofing violations (i.e., 

‘‘tips’’). Based on our experience, we 

expect that the portal will be 

particularly valuable to employees who 

suspect that their company is violating 

the law, and third parties who have 

been disrupted by unlawful spoofers. 

Consumers should continue to submit 

complaints about robocalls and spoofed 

calls through the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau’s informal 

consumer complaint process. We seek 

comment on this proposal. We also seek 

comment on alternative or additional 

methods to streamline collection of 

information from private entities for 

potential enforcement of robocalling or 

spoofing violations. 

5. We propose that the online form 

would require certain minimum 

information, including the name of the 

private entity, a point of contact, the 

caller ID information displayed as well 

as the phone numbers affected by the 

robocalling incident, the date(s) and 

time(s) of the relevant calls or texts, the 

name of the private entity’s service 

provider, and a description of the 

problematic calls or texts. We propose 

to allow private entities to submit 

additional information. We invite input 

on this proposal and seek comment on 

what other information we should 

require. 

6. We further invite comment on 

whether there are any regulatory or 

statutory obligations or mandates that 

we should consider in developing the 

new streamlined process for collecting 

information from private entities under 

the definition we propose. Specifically, 

are there any laws or regulations that 

currently deter private entities from 

sharing data with the Commission 

regarding robocalls and spoofed calls 

and texts? What confidentiality 

assurances, if any, are necessary to 

ensure that a private entity would not 

open itself up to potential liability for 

any such sharing. 

7. What other incentives are needed to 

encourage private entities to share 

information with the Commission about 

illegal robocalling or spoofing 

campaigns in a timely manner? For 

example, should we consider creating a 

safe harbor for private entities that share 

information through the web portal, and 

if so, what should be the scope of any 

such safe harbor? Would additional safe 

harbor protections be necessary and 

appropriate to encourage timely 

reporting of violations? We invite 

specific suggestions for safe harbors, 

including our legal authority to adopt 

such suggestions. 

8. No Impact on Informal Consumer 

Complaint Process. We note that our 

actions here would not affect the 

process by which a consumer submits 

an informal complaint about a robocall 

or spoofed call. The Commission 

receives thousands of informal 

consumer complaints a month involving 

unwanted calls, including robocalls and 

robotexts. The unwanted calls 

complaint form asks for information 

such as date and time of the incident, 

caller ID information displayed, 

telephone number where the unwanted 

call was received, information about the 

consumer’s telephone service, and a 

description of the unwanted call. The 

Consumer and Governmental Affairs 

Bureau uses this information to inform 

Commission consumer protection 

policies as well as for analytical and 

consumer education purposes. It also 

forwards these complaints to the 

Enforcement Bureau, which may use 

them to pursue enforcement actions. We 

recognize that consumers might 

mistakenly file complaints with the new 

streamlined process rather than the 

existing consumer complaint process. In 

such cases, we propose that the 

Enforcement Bureau will forward such 

consumer complaints to the Consumer 

and Governmental Affairs Bureau. And 

to mitigate that impact, we propose that 

the new portal clearly explain its 

purpose and intended uses. We seek 

comment on these proposals. 

9. Initial Regulatory Flexibility 

Analysis. As required by the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980, as amended 

(RFA), the Commission has prepared an 

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

(IRFA) of the possible significant 

economic impact on small entities by 

the policies and rules addressed in the 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Written 

public comments are requested on the 

IRFA. Comments must be identified as 

responses to the IRFA and must be filed 

by the deadlines for comments on the 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The 

Commission will send a copy of the 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

including this IRFA, to the Chief 

Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 

Business Administration (SBA). In 

addition, the Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking and IRFA (or summaries 

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thereof) will be published in the Federal 

Register. 

10. In the Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, the Commission proposes 

to streamline the process for private 

entities to submit information to the 

Commission about a violation of 47 

U.S.C. 227(b) or 47 U.S.C. 227(e). The 

Commission proposes to create a web 

portal where private entities can submit 

robocall violation information that will 

be monitored and reviewed by the 

Enforcement Bureau. Additionally, the 

Commission proposes to define ‘‘private 

entity’’ as any individual or entity other 

than a public entity. 

11. The proposed action is authorized 

pursuant to sections 4(i) and 4(j) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), and 

227, and section 10(a) of the PalloneThune Telephone Robocall Abuse 

Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence 

Act, Public Law 116–105, 133 Stat. 

3274. 

12. The RFA directs agencies to 

provide a description of, and where 

feasible, an estimate of the number of 

small entities that may be affected by 

the proposed rules, if adopted. The RFA 

generally defines the term ‘‘small 

entity’’ as having the same meaning as 

the terms ‘‘small business,’’ ‘‘small 

organization,’’ and ‘‘small governmental 

jurisdiction.’’ In addition, the term 

‘‘small business’’ has the same meaning 

as the term ‘‘small business concern’’ 

under the Small Business Act. A small 

business concern is one that: (1) Is 

independently owned and operated; (2) 

is not dominant in its field of 

operations; and (3) satisfies any 

additional criteria established by the 

SBA. 

13. Small Business, Small 

Organizations, and Small Governmental 

Jurisdictions. Our action may, over time, 

affect small entities that are not easily 

categorized at present. We therefore 

describe here, at the outset, three broad 

groups of small entities that could 

potentially be directly affected herein. 

First, while there are industry specific 

size standards for small businesses that 

are used in the RFA, according to data 

from the SBA’s Office of Advocacy, in 

general a small business is an 

independent business having fewer than 

500 employees. These types of small 

businesses represent 99.9 percent of all 

businesses in the United States, which 

translates to 30.7 million businesses. 

14. Next, the type of small entity 

described as a ‘‘small organization’’ is 

generally ‘‘any not-for-profit enterprise 

which is independently owned and 

operated and is not dominant in its 

field.’’ The Internal Revenue Service 

(IRS) uses a revenue benchmark of 

$50,000 or less to delineate its annual 

electronic filing requirements for small 

exempt organizations. Nationwide, for 

tax year 2018, there were approximately 

571,709 small exempt organizations in 

the U.S. reporting revenues of $50,000 

or less according to the registration and 

tax data for exempt organizations 

available from the IRS. 

15. Finally, the small entity described 

as a ‘‘small governmental jurisdiction’’ 

is defined generally as ‘‘governments of 

cities, counties, towns, townships, 

villages, school districts, or special 

districts, with a population of less than 

fifty-thousand.’’ The rules proposed in 

this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

exclude public entities and therefore do 

not apply to small governmental 

jurisdictions. 

16. The Commission does not expect 

the rules proposed in the Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking will impose any 

new and/or additional reporting or 

recordkeeping and/or compliance 

obligations on small entities. The 

proposed web portal is a completely 

voluntary process that small entities 

may use to submit information about 

robocall or spoofing violations. Small 

entities are advised to retain copies of 

their submissions to the Commission as 

well any supporting documentation 

should the Bureau wish to follow-up 

with the complainant for more 

information. 

17. The RFA requires an agency to 

describe any significant, specifically 

small business, alternatives that it has 

considered in reaching its proposed 

approach, which may include the 

following four alternatives (among 

others): ‘‘(1) the establishment of 

differing compliance or reporting 

requirements or timetables that take into 

account the resources available to small 

entities; (2) the clarification, 

consolidation, or simplification of 

compliance and reporting requirements 

under the rule for such small entities; 

(3) the use of performance rather than 

design standards; and (4) the exemption 

from coverage of the rule, or any part 

thereof, for such small entities.’’ 

18. Congress directed the Commission 

to streamline the process for private 

entities to submit information about 

robocall violations. We determined that 

creating a web portal would best meet 

the Congressional mandate while also 

placing as few burdens as possible on 

private entities. Furthermore, the use of 

the portal is entirely voluntary and does 

not place any additional requirements 

on small entities. We also considered 

whether to make changes to the existing 

Consumer Complaint Center, but we 

determined that any such changes 

would be disruptive and 

counterproductive to consumers and 

small entities. We propose to give 

maximum flexibility to small entities as 

they may still continue to submit 

robocall complaints to the Consumer 

Complaint Center. This flexibility limits 

any undue burdens on small entities. 

We seek comment on whether we 

should consider any alternative 

proposals to reduce the impact on small 

entities. 

19. Initial Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 Analysis. The Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking contains proposed new 

information collection requirements. 

The Commission, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

burdens, invites the general public and 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to comment on the information 

collection requirements contained in 

this document, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. In addition, 

pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public 

Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), 

we seek specific comment on how we 

might further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

20. Ex Parte Presentations—PermitBut-Disclose. This proceeding shall be 

treated as a ‘‘permit-but-disclose’’ 

proceeding in accordance with the 

Commission’s ex parte rules. Persons 

making ex parte presentations must file 

a copy of any written presentation or a 

memorandum summarizing any oral 

presentation within two business days 

after the presentation (unless a different 

deadline applicable to the Sunshine 

period applies). Persons making oral ex 

parte presentations are reminded that 

memoranda summarizing the 

presentation must (1) list all persons 

attending or otherwise participating in 

the meeting at which the ex parte was 

made, and (2) summarize all data 

presented and arguments made during 

the presentation. If the presentation 

consisted in whole or in part of the 

presentation of data or arguments 

already reflected in the presenter’s 

written comments, memoranda, or other 

filing in the proceeding, the presenter 

may provide citations to such data or 

arguments in his or her prior comments, 

memoranda, or other filings (specifying 

the relevant page and/or paragraph 

numbers where such data or arguments 

can be found) in lieu of summarizing 

them in the memorandum. Documents 

shown or given to Commission staff 

during ex parte meeting are deemed to 

be written ex parte presentations and 

must be filed consistent with section 

1.1206(b) of the Commission’s rules. In 

proceedings governed by section 1.49(f) 

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of the Commission’s rules or for which 

the Commission has made available a 

method of electronic filing, written ex 

parte presentations and memoranda 

summarizing oral ex parte 

presentations, and all attachments 

thereto, must be filed through the 

electronic comment filing system 

available for that proceeding, and must 

be filed in their native format (e.g., .doc, 

.xml, .ppt, searchable.pdf). Participants 

in this proceeding should familiarize 

themselves with the Commission’s ex 

parte rules. 

List of Subjects in Parts 0 and 64 

Authority delegations (Government 

agencies), Telecommunications. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary. 

Proposed Rules 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR 

parts 0 and 64 as follows: 

PART 0—COMMISSION 

ORGANIZATION 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 0 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 154(j), 

155, 225, and 409, unless otherwise noted. 

■ 2. Amend § 0.111 by redesignating 

paragraph (j) as paragraph (k) and 

adding new paragraph (j) to read as 

follows: 

§ 0.111 Functions of the Bureau 

* * * * * 

(j) Collects and reviews information 

received from private entities related to 

violations of § 64.1200(a) and 

§ 64.1604(a) of this title. 

PART 64—MISCELLANEOUS RULES 

RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 64 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154, 201, 

202, 217, 218, 220, 225, 226, 227, 227b, 228, 

251(e), 254(k), 262, 276, 403(b)(2)(B), (c), 616, 

620, 1401–1473, unless otherwise noted; Pub. 

L. 115–141, Div. P, sec. 503, 132 Stat. 348, 

1091. 

■ 4. Add § 64.1204 to read as follows: 

§ 64.1204 Private entity submissions of 

robocall violations. 

(a) Any private entity may submit to 

the Enforcement Bureau information 

related to a call made in violation of 

§ 64.1200(a). 

(b) For the purposes of this section, 

the term ‘‘private entity’’ shall mean any 

individual or entity other than a public 

entity. 

■ 5. Add § 64.1606 to read as follows: 

§ 64.1606 Private entity submissions of 

spoofing violations. 

(a) Any private entity may submit to 

the Enforcement Bureau information 

related to a call or text message for 

which misleading or inaccurate caller 

identification information was caused to 

be transmitted in violation of 

§ 64.1604(a). 

(b) For the purposes of this section, 

the term ‘‘private entity’’ shall mean any 

individual or entity other than a public 

entity. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Part 571 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2020–0093] 

RIN 2127–AL34 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards; Child Restraint Systems, 

Incorporation by Reference 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: NHTSA has received petitions 

asking the Agency to extend the 

comment period for a notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to update 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 

(FMVSS) No. 213, ‘‘Child restraint 

systems.’’ The NPRM proposed to 

incorporate a new test sled assembly to 

conduct compliance tests of child 

restraints and update a number of the 

test procedures of the standard. The 

comment period for the NPRM is 

scheduled to end on January 4, 2021. In 

response to petitions from the Juvenile 

Products Manufacturers Association and 

the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 

the Agency is extending the comment 

period by 90 days. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

NPRM published on November 2, 2020, 

at 85 FR 69388, is extended to April 5, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

to the docket number identified in the 

heading of this document by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 366–9332 

before coming. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Regardless of how you submit your 

comments, please mention the docket 

number identified in the heading of this 

document. 

Instructions: For detailed instructions 

on submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the Public Participation heading of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. Note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

decision-making process. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

www.transportation.gov/privacy. In 

order to facilitate comment tracking and 

response, the Agency encourages 

commenters to provide their name, or 

the name of their organization; however, 

submission of names is completely 

optional. Whether or not commenters 

identify themselves, all timely 

comments will be fully considered. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to 

www.regulations.gov, or the street 

address listed above. To be sure 

someone is there to help you, please call 

(202) 366–9332 before coming. Follow 

the online instructions for accessing the 

dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical issues, you may call Cristina 

Echemendia, Office of Crashworthiness 

Standards (telephone: 202–366–6345) 

(fax: 202–493–2990). For legal issues, 

you may call Deirdre Fujita, Office of 

Chief Counsel (telephone: 202–366– 

5246) (fax: 202–366–3820). Address: 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Washington, 

DC 20590.