3214 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 9 / Thursday, January 14, 2021 / Notices 

from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services is the primary source of federal 

support for the nation’s libraries and 

museums. We advance, support, and 

empower America’s museums, libraries, 

and related organizations through grant 

making, research, and policy 

development. Our vision is a nation 

where museums and libraries work 

together to work together to transform 

the lives of individuals and 

communities. To learn more, visit 

www.imls.gov. 

Current Actions: The purpose of this 

collection is to support existing Native 

Hawaiian library operations and 

maintain core library services, 

particularly as they relate to the 

following goals in the Museum and 

Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9141). 

1. Expanding services for learning and 

access to information and educational 

resources in a variety of formats 

(including new and emerging 

technology), in all types of libraries, for 

individuals of all ages in order to 

support such individuals’ need for 

education, lifelong learning, workforce 

development, economic and business 

development, health information, 

critical thinking skills, digital library 

skills, and financial literacy and other 

types of literacy skills. 

2. Establishing or enhancing 

electronic and other linkages and 

improved coordination among and 

between libraries and entities, as 

described in 20 U.S.C. 9134(b)(6), for 

the purpose of improving the quality of 

and access to library and information 

services. 

3. Providing training and professional 

development, including continuing 

education, to enhance the skills of the 

current library workforce and 

leadership, and advance the delivery of 

library and information services; and 

enhancing efforts to recruit future 

professionals, including those from 

diverse and underrepresented 

backgrounds, to the field of library and 

information services. 

4. Developing public and private 

partnerships with other agencies, tribes, 

and community-based organizations. 

5. Targeting library services to 

individuals of diverse geographic, 

cultural, and socioeconomic 

backgrounds, to individuals with 

disabilities, and to individuals with 

limited functional literacy or 

information skills. 

6. Targeting library and information 

services to persons having difficulty 

using a library and to underserved 

urban and rural communities, including 

children (from birth through age 17) 

from families with incomes below the 

poverty line (as defined by the Office of 

Management and Budget and revised 

annually in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 

9902(2)) applicable to a family of the 

size involved. 

7. Developing library services that 

provide all users access to information 

through local, State, regional, national, 

and international collaborations and 

networks. 

8. Carrying out other activities 

consistent with the purposes of the 

Library Services and Technology 

subchapter of the IMLS statute (20 

U.S.C. 9121). 

Nonprofit organizations that primarily 

serve and represent Native Hawaiians 

(as the term is defined in 20 U.S.C. 

7517) are eligible to apply for funding 

under the Naı ̈ve Hawaiian Library 

Program. 

This action is to renew the forms and 

instructions for the Notice of Funding 

Opportunities for the next three years. 

The 60-day notice for the 2022–2024 

IMLS Native Hawaiian Library Services 

Grant Program Notice of Funding 

Opportunity was published in the 

Federal Register on October 9, 2020, (85 

FR 64169–64170). No comments were 

received. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: 2022–2024 IMLS Native 

Hawaiian Library Services Grant 

Program Notice of Funding 

Opportunity. 

OMB Number: 3137–0102. 

Frequency: Once per year. 

Affected Public: Nonprofit 

organizations serving Native Hawaiians. 

Number of Respondents: 13. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 40 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 520 

hours. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: n/a. 

Total Annual costs: $15,480.40. 

Total Federal costs: $1,768.88. 

Public Comments Invited: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB’s clearance of this 

information collection. 

Dated: January 11, 2021. 

Kim Miller, 

Senior Grants Management 

Specialist,Institute of Museum and Library 

Services. 

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BILLING CODE 7036–01–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services 

Submission for OMB Review, 

Comment Request, Proposed 

Collection Requests: Request for 

Advance or Reimbursement Web Form 

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, National Foundation 

for the Arts and the Humanities. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review, 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and 

Library Services announces that the 

following information collection has 

been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. 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 can be 

properly assessed. The purpose of this 

Notice is to solicit comments about the 

web form used by IMLS awardees to 

request advance or reimbursement 

payments. A copy of the proposed 

information collection request can be 

obtained by contacting the individual 

listed below in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

below on or before February 10, 2021. 

OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that help the agency to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• 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 

(e.g., permitting electronic submission 

of responses). 


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1 85 FR 22025. 

2 85 FR 35566. 

3Table 1 details the annual adjustments to New 

Restrictions on Lobbying Civil Monetary Penalties 

for years 2016–2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection request by 

selecting ‘‘Institute of Museum and 

Library Services’’ under ‘‘Currently 

Under Review,’’ then check ‘‘Only Show 

ICR for Public Comment’’ checkbox or 

mail to Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk 

Officer for Education, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, 202–395–7316. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Connie Bodner, Ph.D., Director of Grants 

Policy and Management, Office of 

Grants Policy and Management, 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza North SW, 

Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024– 

2135. Dr. Bodner can be reached by 

telephone at 202–653–4636 or by email 

at cbodner@imls.gov. Office hours are 

from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services is the primary source of federal 

support for the nation’s libraries and 

museums. We advance, support, and 

empower America’s museums, libraries, 

and related organizations through grant 

making, research, and policy 

development. Our vision is a nation 

where museums and libraries work 

together to work together to transform 

the lives of individuals and 

communities. To learn more, visit 

www.imls.gov. 

Current Actions: The purpose of this 

collection is to administer the IMLS 

process by which IMLS awardees 

request advance or reimbursement 

payments. The proposed form will be 

embedded in the electronic grants 

management system that the agency 

uses to monitor and service all active 

awards during the period of 

performance and through closeout. 

The 60-day notice for the IMLS Grant 

Application Forms was published in the 

Federal Register on October 22, 2020, 

(85 FR 67379). No comments were 

received. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: Request for Advance or 

Reimbursement Web Form. 

OMB Number: 3137–NEW. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Affected Public: Library and Museum 

funding awardees. 

Number of Respondents: 5,000. 

Average Minutes per Response: 60 

minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 5,000. 

Cost Burden (dollars): $145,500.00. 

Total Federal Costs: $43,750.00. 

Dated: January 8, 2021. 

Kim Miller, 

Senior Grants Management Specialist, 

Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

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BILLING CODE 7036–01–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the 

Humanities 

Civil Penalty Adjustments for 2021 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Humanities; National Foundation on the 

Arts and the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of civil penalty 

adjustments for 2021. 

SUMMARY: The National Endowment for 

the Humanities (NEH) is giving notice of 

the adjusted maximum and minimum 

civil monetary penalties that it may 

impose for violations of its New 

Restrictions on Lobbying, as required by 

the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 

2015 (the 2015 Act). The updated 

penalty amounts are adjusted for 

inflation and are effective from January 

15, 2021 through January 14, 2022. 

DATES: The updated civil penalties in 

this notice are applicable to penalties 

assessed on or after January 15, 2021 if 

the associated violations occurred after 

November 2, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Voyatzis, Deputy General 

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 

National Endowment for the 

Humanities, 400 7th Street SW, Room 

4060, Washington, DC 20506; (202) 606– 

8322; gencounsel@neh.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background on NEH’s New 

Restrictions on Lobbying Regulation 

On April 21, 2020, NEH published an 

interim final rule implementing the 

2015 Act (28 U.S.C. 2461 note) and 

adjusting the civil penalties found in its 

New Restrictions on Lobbying 

regulation (45 CFR 1168) pursuant to 

the 2015 Act.1 The interim final rule 

incorporated the initial ‘‘catch up’’ 

adjustment and the annual adjustment 

for 2020. NEH announced in its interim 

final rule that, for all future adjustments 

to penalties under its New Restrictions 

on Lobbying regulation required by the 

2015 Act, NEH will publish a Notice in 

the Federal Register to notify the public 

of the updated penalty amounts no later 

than January 15 of each year. 

NEH published a final rule on June 

11, 2020, adopting the interim final rule 

without change.2

2. 2021 Adjustment to Civil Penalties 

Under NEH’s New Restrictions on 

Lobbying Regulation 

For 2020, the penalty range for 

violations under NEH’s New 

Restrictions on Lobbying regulation was 

a minimum of $20,489 and a maximum 

of $204,892.3 Therefore, the new, postadjustment minimum penalty for 2021 

under NEH’s New Restrictions on 

Lobbying regulation is $20,489 × 

1.01182 = $20,731.18 which rounds to 

$20,731. 

The new, post-adjustment maximum 

penalty for 2021 under NEH’s New 

Restrictions on Lobbying regulation is 

$204,892 × 1.01182 = $207,313.823, 

which rounds to $207,314. These postadjustment penalties are less than 250 

percent of the pre-adjustment penalties, 

so they do not implicate the postadjustment amount limitation in the 

2015 Act. 

Thus, the range of penalties under 

NEH’s New Restrictions on Lobbying 

regulation, for the purposes of the 2021 

adjustment, is a minimum of $20,731 

and a maximum of $207,314. 


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