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1 12 CFR parts 1024.1–.41. 

2 12 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. 

3 12 CFR 1026. 

comment file and will be considered as 

required under the Administrative 

Procedure Act and other applicable 

laws, and may be accessible under the 

Freedom of Information Act. 

Burden Statement: The Commission 

estimates the burden of this collection 

of information as follows: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,779. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Respondent: 102. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 188,980. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 

Dated: August 25, 2023. 

Christopher Kirkpatrick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18710 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION 

BUREAU 

[Docket No. CFPB–2023–0043] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: Consumer Financial Protection 

Bureau. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (CFPB) requests the 

extension of the Office of Management 

and Budget’s (OMB’s) approval for an 

existing information collection titled 

‘‘Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act 

(Regulation X)’’ approved under OMB 

Number 3170–0016. 

DATES: Written comments are 

encouraged and must be received on or 

before September 29, 2023 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. In general, all 

comments received will become public 

records, including any personal 

information provided. Sensitive 

personal information, such as account 

numbers or Social Security numbers, 

should not be included. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Anthony May, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, at 

(202) 435–7278, or email: CFPB_PRA@

cfpb.gov. If you require this document 

in an alternative electronic format, 

please contact CFPB_Accessibility@

cfpb.gov. Please do not submit 

comments to these email boxes. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Real Estate 

Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation 

X). 

OMB Control Number: 3170–0016. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected Public: Private sector: 

business or other for-profits, not-forprofit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

12,506. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,087,981. 

Abstract: Regulation X 1 implements 

the Real Estate Settlement Procedures 

Act (RESPA).2 Regulation X contains 

information collections in the form of 

various disclosure and recordkeeping 

requirements. The disclosures in this 

collection are required by the statute 

and implementing regulations. 

Consumers use the disclosures required 

by RESPA and Regulation X to inform 

their choice of settlement service 

providers, review the final terms of a 

settlement, understand whom to contact 

about questions concerning their 

mortgage loan, and identify/protect 

themselves against inaccurate or 

questionable loan servicing practices. 

Regulation X requires these 

information collections. However, to the 

extent that compliance with 

requirements in Regulation Z3 provides 

an exemption from compliance with 

similar requirements in Regulation X, 

any relevant information collection 

burden is accounted for in OMB Control 

Number 3170–0015. 

Request for Comments: The CFPB 

published a 60-day Federal Register 

notice on February 8, 2023, (88 FR 8262) 

under Docket Number: CFPB–2023– 

0013. The CFPB is publishing this 

notice and soliciting comments on: (a) 

Whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the CFPB, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the 

CFPB’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methods and the 

assumptions used; (c) Ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (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. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be reviewed by OMB as part 

of its review of this request. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Anthony May, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18760 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[Docket No. ARH–221221A–PL] 

Notice of Intent To Grant a Partially 

Exclusive Patent License 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Bayh-Dole Act 

and implementing regulations, the 

Department of the Air Force hereby 

gives notice of its intent to grant a 

partially exclusive (the field to include 

outdoor recreation) patent license 

agreement to Bowerbags, LLC, a 

corporation of the State of Ohio, having 

a place of business at 601 East 3rd St., 

Dayton, Ohio 45402. 

DATES: Written objections must be filed 

no later than fifteen (15) calendar days 

after the date of publication of this 

Notice. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written objections to 

Jaclyn Lauren Williams, Technology 

Business Specialist, 2510 Fifth Street, 

Bldg. 840, Room 413.30, WrightPatterson AFB, OH 45433; Phone: (702) 

715–4402; or Email: jaclyn.williams.2@

us.af.mil. Include Docket No. ARH– 

221221A–PL in the subject line of the 

message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaclyn Lauren Williams, Technology 

Business Specialist, 2510 Fifth Street, 

Bldg. 840, Room 413.30, WrightPatterson AFB, OH 45433; Phone: (702) 

715–4402; or Email: jaclyn.williams.2@

us.af.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of the Air Force intends to 

grant the partially exclusive patent 

license agreement for the invention 

described in: U.S. Patent No. 8,857,681 

B2, entitled, ‘‘Load Carriage Connector 

and System,’’ filed March 8, 2013, and 

issued October 14, 2014. 


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Abstract of Patent 

A load carriage connector and system 

for rapid mounting and demounting of 

a user-carried load. The connector 

utilizes two mating halves comprising a 

male connector half and a female 

connector half. The connector is 

configured to allow mating under 

various angles of approach, allowing the 

user to reliably couple the system even 

under conditions in which the user is 

unable to view the orientation of the 

connectors. Additionally, the 

configuration of the connector system 

allows the user to quickly and 

efficiently decouple the connector 

halves, even while under tensile or 

shear load. 

The Department of the Air Force may 

grant the prospective license unless a 

timely objection is received that 

sufficiently shows the grant of the 

license would be inconsistent with the 

Bayh-Dole Act or implementing 

regulations. A competing application for 

a patent license agreement, completed 

in compliance with 37 CFR 404.8 and 

received by the Air Force within the 

period for timely objections, will be 

treated as an objection and may be 

considered as an alternative to the 

proposed license. 

Tommy W. Lee, 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18678 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket DARS–2023–0020; OMB Control 

Number 0750–0002] 

Information Collection; Covered 

Defense Telecommunications 

Equipment or Services 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance, the following 

proposal for extension of a collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by September 29, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, or 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS); DFARS Part 204, 

Covered Defense Telecommunications 

Equipment or Services; OMB Control 

Number 0750–0002. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit entities. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Number of Respondents: 3,446. 

Annual Responses: 172,320. 

Annual Response Burden Hours: 

62,085. 

Needs and Uses: The collection of 

information is necessary to protect 

against foreign interference with DoD 

telecommunications, which could 

jeopardize our military 

communications, the lives of our 

warfighters, and our national security. 

The collection of information is 

essential to the mission of the agencies 

to ensure DoD does not purchase 

prohibited equipment, systems, and 

services, and can respond appropriately 

if any such purchases are not identified 

until after delivery or use. 

This requirement supports 

implementation of section 1656(b) of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

fiscal year 2018. Section 1656 prohibits 

DoD from procuring or obtaining, or 

extending or renewing a contract to 

procure or obtain, any equipment, 

system, or service to carry out the 

nuclear deterrence mission and 

homeland defense mission that uses 

covered telecommunications equipment 

or services as a substantial or essential 

component of any system, or as critical 

technology as a part of any system. 

This requirement is implemented in 

the Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 

through the provision at 252.204–7017, 

Prohibition on the Acquisition of 

Covered Defense Telecommunications 

Equipment or Services—Representation, 

and the clause at 252.204–7018, 

Prohibition on Acquisition of Covered 

Defense Telecommunications 

Equipment or Services. 

This clearance covers the following 

requirements: 

• DFARS 252.204–7017 requires that 

if an offeror provides an affirmative 

representation under the provision at 

252.204–7016, Covered Defense 

Telecommunications Equipment or 

Services—Representation, that offeror is 

required to represent whether it will or 

will not provide under the contract 

covered defense telecommunications 

equipment or services. 

• DFARS 252.204–7018 requires 

contractors to report covered 

telecommunications equipment, 

systems, and services identified during 

performance of a contract. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. Requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Duncan at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18633 Filed 8–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees— 

Defense Policy Board 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this 

notice to announce that it is renewing 

the Defense Policy Board (DPB). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, DoD Advisory Committee 

Management Officer, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DoD 

is renewing the DPB in accordance with 

chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code 

(U.S.C.) (commonly known as the 

‘‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’’ or 

‘‘FACA’’) and 41 CFR 102–3.50(d). The 

charter and contact information for the 

DPB’s Designated Federal Officer (DFO) 

are found at https://

www.facadatabase.gov/FACA/apex/

FACAPublicAgencyNavigation. 

The DPB provides the Secretary of 

Defense and the Deputy Secretary of 

Defense (‘‘the DoD Appointing 

Authority’’) independent advice and 

recommendations on matters 

concerning defense policy and national 

security issues. Specifically, the DPB 


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