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agency’s estimate of burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) 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. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 26, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1160. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the Office of the Under 

Secretary of Defense (Personnel and 

Readiness) (Program Integration) (Legal 

Policy), ATTN: LTC Mark J. Gingras, 

4000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–4000, or call at (703) 697–3387; 

facsimile (703) 693–6708. 

Title, Associated Form, and OMB 

Control Number: Involuntary Allotment 

Application; DD Form 2653, OMB 

Control Number 0704–0367. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

initiate an involuntary allotment from 

the pay of a member of the Uniformed 

Services for indebtedness owed a third 

party under 5 U.S.C. 5520a. 5 U.S.C. 

5520a authorizes involuntary allotments 

if there is a final court judgment 

acknowledging the debt and it is 

determined by competent military or 

executive authority to be in compliance 

with the procedural requirements of the 

Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act. In 

order to satisfy these statutory 

requirements, the DD Form 2653, 

requires the respondent to provide 

identifying information on the member 

of the Uniformed Services; provide a 

certified copy of the judgment, and 

certify, if applicable, that the judgment 

complies with the Soldiers’ and Sailors’

Civil Relief Act. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; businesses or other for 

profit. 

Annual Burden Hours: 3,766. 

Number of Respondents: 7,531. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden Per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

This information is used by the 

Department of Defense to initiate an 

involuntary allotment from the pay of a 

member of the Uniformed Services for 

indebtedness owed a third party as 

determined by the final judgment of a 

court. 

This requirement was created by ‘‘The 

Hatch Act Reform amendments of 

1993,’’ Public Law 103–94. The DD 

Form 2653, ‘‘Involuntary Allotment 

Application,’’ requires the creditor to 

provide identifying information on the 

member of the Uniformed Services,’

provide a certified copy of the 

judgment, and certify that the members’

rights under the soldiers’ and Sailors’

Civil Relief Act were protected. 

Dated: November 17, 2006. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 06–9399 Filed 11–24–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Meeting of the Uniform Formulary 

Beneficiary Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Department of Defense, 

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health 

Affairs). 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Uniform Formulary 

Beneficiary Advisory Panel. The panel 

will review and comment on 

recommendations made to the Director, 

TRICARE Management Activity, by the 

Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee 

regarding the Uniform Formulary. The 

meeting will be open to the public. 

Seating is limited and will be provided 

only to the first 220 people signing in. 

All persons must sign in legibly. Notice 

of this meeting is required under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

DATES: Wednesday, December 20, 2006, 

from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Naval Heritage Center 

Theater, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20004. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Major Travis Watson, TRICARE 

Management Activity, Pharmaceutical 

Operations Directorate, Beneficiary 

Advisory Panel, Suite 810, 5111 

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041, 

telephone 703–681–2890, fax 703–681–

1940 or e-mail at 

baprequests@tma.osd.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Uniform Formulary Beneficiary 

Advisory Panel will only review and 

comment on the development of the 

Uniform Formulary as reflected in the 

recommendations of the DOD Pharmacy 

and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee 

coming out of that body’s meeting in 

November 2006. The P&T Committee 

information and subject matter 

concerning drug classes reviewed for 

that meeting are available at http:// 

pec.ha.osd.mil. Any private citizen is 

permitted to file a written statement 

with the advisory panel. Statements 

must be submitted electronically to 

baprequests@tma.osd.mil no later than 

December 13, 2006. Any private citizen 

is permitted to speak at the Beneficiary 

Advisory Panel meeting, time 

permitting. One hour will be reserved 

for public comments, and speaking 

times will be assigned only to the first 

twelve citizens to sign up at the 

meeting, on a first-come, first-served 

basis. The amount of time allocated to 

a speaker will not exceed five minutes. 

Dated: November 20, 2006. 

L.M. Bynum, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, DoD. 

[FR Doc. 06–9391 Filed 11–24–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[No. USAF–2006–0010] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Department of Defense has 

submitted to OMB for clearance, the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by December 27, 

2006. 

Title and OMB Number: AFRL/ 

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