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a blanket public interest determination, 

as intended, India will be listed as one 

of the qualifying countries at DFARS 

225.872–1(a). 

While DoD is evaluating India’s laws 

and regulations in this area, DoD would 

benefit from U.S. industry’s experience 

in participating in Indian public defense 

procurements. DoD is, therefore, asking 

U.S. firms that have participated or 

attempted to participate in 

procurements by or on behalf of India’s 

Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces 

to let us know if the procurements were 

conducted with transparency, integrity, 

fairness, and due process in accordance 

with published procedures, and if not, 

the nature of the problems encountered. 

DoD is also interested in comments 

relating to the degree of reciprocity that 

exists between the United States and 

India when it comes to the openness of 

defense procurements to offers of 

products from the other country. 

Further, DoD would like to understand 

the degree to which U.S. industry feels 

that it would have equal and 

proportional access to the Indian market 

as India would have under an RDP 

Agreement. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22429 Filed 10–6–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2023–OS–0083] 

Joint Rules of Appellate Procedure for 

Courts of Criminal Appeals; Proposed 

Changes 

AGENCY: Joint Rules of Appellate 

Procedure for Courts of Criminal 

Appeals (JRAP) Committee, Department 

of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; changes to 

the JRAP. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces 

proposed changes to the JRAP, which 

prescribe uniform rules of procedure for 

Courts of Criminal Appeals. Although 

these rules of practice and procedure 

fall within the Administrative 

Procedure Act’s exemptions for notice 

and comment, the Department, as a 

matter of policy, has decided to make 

these changes available for public 

review and comment before they are 

implemented. The proposed changes are 

a refinement of the JRAP effective 

January 1, 2019 and implement 

statutory changes expanding the 

jurisdiction of Courts of Criminal 

Appeals and creating special trial 

counsel. The approval authorities for 

these changes are the Judge Advocates 

General of the Army, Navy, Air Force, 

and Coast Guard. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

changes must be received no later than 

November 9, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: The changes to the JRAP are 

available for review on Regulations.gov 

in docket DoD–2023–OS–0083. You 

may submit comments, identified by 

docket number and title by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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

‘‘Public Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

further instructions on submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Department of Defense, Office 

of the Assistant to the Secretary of 

Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 

Transparency, Regulatory Directorate, 

4800 Mark Center Drive, Attn: Mailbox 

24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350– 

1700. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number 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 https://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Robin Jaramillo, (202) 685– 

7695, christopher.r.jaramillo@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Defense Authorization Act 

(NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 included 

several significant amendments to the 

Uniform Code of Military Justice 

(UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. 801 et seq. Regarding 

military appellate practice the NDAA: 

• Added 10 U.S.C. 824a, creating the 

Office of the Special Trial Counsel, with 

exclusive authority over certain victimcentric offenses, known as ‘‘covered 

offenses.’’ 

• Amended 10 U.S.C. 866 to expand 

the jurisdiction of the Courts of 

Criminal Appeals to all courts-martial 

resulting in a guilty verdict. 

The Joint Rules of Appellate 

Procedure for Courts of Criminal 

Appeals (JRAP) Committee convened 

and suggested numerous changes to the 

JRAP, both to reflect these changes to 

the UCMJ and to clarify several issues 

that have been raised by practitioners 

since the previous version of the JRAP 

became effective on January 1, 2019. 

Beyond incorporating the role of the 

Office of the Special Trial Counsel in 

appellate procedure, some of the more 

significant changes to the JRAP include: 

Æ Changes to Rule 5 to reflect the 

Courts’ expanded jurisdiction. 

Æ Changes to Rule 6 to reflect what 

the record on appeal will be for the new 

types of appeals. 

Æ Changes to Rule 16 to clarify 

procedures for waiver or withdrawal of 

appellate review. 

Æ Changes to Rule 18: 

D To expand on what is required for 

pro se filings; and 

D To create procedures for new types 

of appeals under the Courts’ expanded 

jurisdiction. 

Æ Changes to Rule 23 to clarify when 

the Court will consider factual material 

not otherwise in the record. 

Æ Changes to Rule 31 to clarify what 

is required for a Motion for 

Reconsideration. 

Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

Public participation is essential to 

effective governance and all comments 

and material received during the 

comment period will be considered. 

Your comment can help shape the 

outcome of the changes to the JRAP. If 

you submit a comment, please include 

the docket number for this document, 

indicate the specific section of this JRAP 

to which each comment applies, and 

provide a reason for each suggestion or 

recommendation. 

Submitting comments. You may 

submit comments through the Federal 

Docket Management Portal at https://

www.regulations.gov. To do so, go to 

https://www.regulations.gov, type DoD– 

2023–OS–0083 in the search box and 

click ‘‘Search.’’ Next, look for this 

document in the Search Results column, 

and click on it. Then click on the 

Comment option. If you cannot submit 

your material by using https://

www.regulations.gov, call or email the 

person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this proposed rule 

for alternate instructions. 

Viewing Material in Docket 

To view the JRAP mentioned in this 

notice of availability as being available 

in the docket, find the docket as 

described in the previous paragraph, 

and then select ‘‘Supporting & Related 

Material’’ in the Document Type 

column. Public comments will also be 

placed in the online docket and can be 

viewed by following instructions on the 

https://www.regulations.gov Frequently 

Asked Questions web page. Also, if you 


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click on the Dockets tab and then the 

notice of availability, you should see a 

‘‘Subscribe’’ option for email alerts. This 

option will notify you when comments 

are posted, or the final JRAP is 

published. All comments received will 

be reviewed, but only comments that 

address the topic of the changes to the 

JRAP will be posted. Off-topic, 

inappropriate, or duplicate comments 

may not be posted. 

Personal Information 

Comments posted to https://

www.regulations.gov may include any 

personal information you have 

provided. As a matter of practice, DoD’s 

Regulatory Directorate does not post 

personal information to the 

Regulations.gov public website. DoD’s 

Regulatory Directorate will pass 

submitter personal information to the 

government points-of-contact for this 

action so they may follow-up on 

comments for more clarity or additional 

information. This notice is intended 

only to improve the internal 

management of the Federal Government. 

It is not intended to create any right or 

benefit, substantive or procedural, 

enforceable at law by any party against 

the United States, its agencies, its 

officers, or any person. 

Dated: October 3, 2023. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22364 Filed 10–6–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Help America Vote College 

Program Application Kits 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA), the U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission (EAC) gives 

notice that it is requesting from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval for the information 

collection EAC Help America Vote 

College Program (HAVCP) Poll Worker 

and Service Day Mini-grant Program 

Applications. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

5 p.m. Eastern on Monday, November 6, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: To view the proposed EAC 

HAVCP application forms and reporting 

instruments, see: https://www.eac.gov/ 

grants/help-america-vote-collegeprogram. For information on the 

Application kits, contact Tina Bateman, 

Office of Grants Management, Election 

Assistance Commission, HAVCP@

eac.gov. All requests and submissions 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Previously filed under Title and OMB 

Number: Help America Vote College 

Program Application Kit; 88 FR 47133 

(Page: 47133–47134; Document Number: 

2023–15506). 

Purpose 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on July 21, 2023 and allowed 

60 days for public comment as 

described above. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow 30 days for public 

comment from all interested individuals 

and organizations. In compliance with 

section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, EAC has 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request for review 

and approval of the information 

collection listed below. The purpose of 

this notice is to allow an additional 30 

days for public comment from all 

interested individuals and 

organizations. 

The EAC Office of Grants 

Management (EAC/OGM) is responsible 

for distributing, monitoring and 

providing technical assistance to states 

and grantees on the use of federal funds. 

EAC/OGM also reports on how the 

funds are spent to Congress, negotiates 

indirect cost rates with grantees, and 

resolves audit findings on the use of 

Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) 

funds. 

The U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission (EAC) anticipates the 

availability of $1 million dollars in 

discretionary grant funding to support 

the Help America Vote College Program 

(HAVCP). The HAVCP grant 

competition is split into two separate 

grant programs: the HAVCP Poll Worker 

Grant and the HAVCP Service Day MiniGrant. Applicant organizations may 

only apply for one of the two programs. 

The purpose of the HAVCP Poll Worker 

Grant is to encourage college students to 

assist state and local governments in the 

administration of elections by serving as 

nonpartisan poll workers or assistants, 

and to encourage jurisdictions to utilize 

these efforts. The purpose of the HAVCP 

Service Day Mini-Grant is to elevate 

civic participation on college campuses 

through a day of service and inspire 

college students to volunteer their time 

and talents to ensure safe, secure, 

accessible, and transparent elections. 

Each program within the EAC Help 

America Vote College Program has a 

tailored set of application packages and 

progress reports based on the needs and 

aims of the program. A list of 

documents covered in this information 

collection for each program is included 

below. 

Poll Worker Grant Program 

• HAVCP Poll Worker Application 

Form and Guidance 

• HAVCP Poll Worker Budget 

Worksheet and Guidance 

• HAVCP Poll Worker Progress Report 

Service Day Mini-Grant Program 

• HAVCP Service Day Mini-Grant 

Application Form and Guidance 

• HAVCP Service Day Mini-Grant 

Progress Report 

These application packages provide 

the instruments necessary to collect 

competitive applications with programspecific information necessary for the 

College Program. Supporting guidance 

and instructions are included as 

applicant resources and to reduce the 

administrative burden of applying for 

federal funds. 

Public Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the EAC to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Office of 

Grants Management. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of burden for this proposed 

collection, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 


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