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CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION 

BUREAU 

Academic Research Council Meeting 

AGENCY: Consumer Financial Protection 

Bureau. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), this notice sets 

forth the announcement of a public 

meeting of the Academic Research 

Council (ARC or Council) of the 

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 

(CFPB or Bureau). The notice also 

describes the functions of the Council. 

DATES: The meeting date is Friday, 

December 1, 2023, from approximately 

1 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., eastern daylight 

time. This meeting will be held virtually 

and is open to the general public. 

Members of the public will receive the 

agenda and dial-in information when 

they RSVP. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

George, Outreach and Engagement 

Associate, Advisory Board and 

Councils, External Affairs Division, at 

202–450–8617, or email: CFPB_

CABandCouncilsEvents@cfpb.gov. If 

you require this document in an 

alternative electronic format, please 

contact CFPB_Accessibility@cfpb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 2 of the of the ARC Charter 

provides that pursuant to the executive 

and administrative powers conferred on 

the CFPB by section 1012 of the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act), the 

Director of the CFPB renews the 

discretionary Academic Research 

Council under agency authority in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. 10. 

Section 3 of the ARC Charter states: 

‘‘The committee will (1) provide the 

CFPB with advice about its strategic 

research planning process and research 

agenda, including views on the research 

that the CFPB should conduct relating 

to consumer financial products or 

services, consumer behavior, costbenefit analysis, or other topics to 

enable the agency to further its statutory 

purposes and objectives; and (2) provide 

the Office of Research with technical 

advice and feedback on research 

methodologies, data collection 

strategies, and methods of analysis, 

including methodologies and strategies 

for quantifying the costs and benefits of 

regulatory actions; and, (3) serve as peer 

reviewers of policy-determinative 

research conducted by the CFPB.’’ 

II. Agenda 

The ARC will discuss broad policy 

matters related to the Bureau’s Research 

Agenda and general scope of authority. 

If you require any additional 

reasonable accommodations(s) in order 

to attend this event, please contact the 

Reasonable Accommodations team at 

CFPB_ReasonableAccommodations@

cfpb.gov 48 hours prior to the start of 

this event. 

Written comments will be accepted 

from interested members of the public 

and should be sent to CFPB_

CABandCouncilsEvents@cfpb.gov, a 

minimum of seven (7) days in advance 

of the meeting. The comments will be 

provided to the ARC members for 

consideration. Individuals who wish to 

attend this meeting must RSVP via this 

link https://surveys.consumer

finance.gov/jfe/form/SV_

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III. Availability 

The Council’s agenda will be made 

available to the public on Friday, 

November 17, 2023, via 

consumerfinance.gov. 

A recording and summary of this 

meeting will be available after the 

meeting on the Bureau’s website 

consumerfinance.gov. 

Jocelyn Sutton, 

Deputy Chief of Staff, Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23894 Filed 11–16–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Package 

for AmeriCorps VISTA Application and 

Reporting Forms 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Corporation for National and 

Community Service (operating as 

AmeriCorps) is proposing to revise an 

information collection. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by 

January 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) Electronically through 

www.regulations.gov (preferred 

method). 

(2) By mail sent to: AmeriCorps, 

Attention Kelly Daly, 250 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20525. 

(3) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the AmeriCorps mailroom at the mail 

address given in paragraph (2) above, 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through regulations.gov. For this 

reason, please do not include in your 

comments information of a confidential 

nature, such as sensitive personal 

information or proprietary information. 

If you send an email comment, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comment that 

may be made available to the public, 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Daly, 202–606–6849, or by email 

at kdaly@americorps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: AmeriCorps 

VISTA Application and Reporting 

Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 3045–0038 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Businesses and Organizations AND/OR 

State, Local or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 750. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours:17,500. 

Abstract: AmeriCorps VISTA is 

revising its application and reporting 

package to reflect changes in the 

Support Grant budget instructions that 

allow for first-year Support Grant 

sponsors and to simplify instructions in 

both the Support and Program Grant 

budget instructions. The Concept Paper 

and Application Instructions are being 

revised to add information about the 

Unique Entity ID registration process on 

SAM.gov. The VISTA Progress Report 

and Progress Report Supplement were 

not revised. AmeriCorps also seeks to 

continue using the currently approved 

information collection until the revised 

information collection is approved by 

OMB. Once the revised information is 

approved by OMB, VISTA plans to use 

the revised forms through the remainder 


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of Fiscal Year 2024 and until the launch 

of the new project and grant application 

system. The currently approved 

information collection is due to expire 

on March 31, 2024. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. Comments 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 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install, and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. All written comments will 

be available for public inspection on 

regulations.gov. 

Carly Bruder, 

Acting Director, AmeriCorps VISTA. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25405 Filed 11–16–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket Number DARS–2023–0046; OMB 

Control Number 0704–0525; Req No. DARS– 

2024–00014–FR] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Prohibition of 

Foreign Commercial Satellite Services 

From Certain Foreign EntitiesRepresentations 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System; Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments regarding a proposed 

extension of an approved information 

collection requirement. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, DoD 

announces the proposed extension of a 

public information collection 

requirement and seeks public comment 

on the provisions thereof. DoD invites 

comments on: whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of DoD, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

the accuracy of DoD’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed information 

collection; ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has approved this information 

collection for use under Control Number 

0704–0525 through March 31, 2024. 

DoD proposes that OMB approve an 

extension of the information collection 

requirement, to expire three years after 

the approval date. 

DATES: DoD will consider all comments 

received by January 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by OMB Control Number 

0704–0525, using either of the following 

methods: 

Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 

Æ Email: osd.dfars@mail.mil. Include 

OMB Control Number 0704–0525 in the 

subject line of the message. 

Comments received generally will be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Kimberly Bass, at 703–717–3446. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS), Prohibition on 

Acquisition of Commercial Satellite 

Services from Certain Foreign EntitiesRepresentations; OMB Control Number 

0704–0525. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Respondents: 235. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 235. 

Average Burden Per Response: 0.25 

hour. 

Annual Burden Hours: 58. 

Needs and Uses: DFARS solicitation 

provision 252.225–7049, Prohibition on 

Acquisition of Commercial Satellite 

Services from Certain Foreign EntitiesRepresentations, is used by contracting 

officers to determine whether the offeror 

is subject to the statutory prohibition on 

award of contracts for commercial 

satellite services to certain foreign 

entities. The provision is included in 

solicitations for the acquisition of 

foreign commercial satellite services 

and requires the offeror to represent 

whether it is or is not a foreign entity 

subject to the prohibitions of the statute, 

or is or is not offering foreign 

commercial satellite services provided 

by such a foreign entity. If the offeror 

responds affirmatively to any of the 

representations, then the offeror must 

provide further information. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25373 Filed 11–16–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplement to the September 2018 

Final Atlantic Fleet Training and 

Testing Environmental Impact 

Statement/Overseas Environmental 

Impact Statement for Continuation of 

Navy Atlantic Fleet Training and 

Testing Activities 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy (DoN), 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, and regulations implemented by 

the Council on Environmental Quality, 

the Department of the Navy (DoN) 


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