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functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) 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. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Standards to Prevent, Detect, and 

Respond to Sexual Abuse and Assault in 

Confinement Facilities. 

(3) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individual or 

Households. DHS sets standards for the 

prevention, detection, and response to 

sexual abuse in its confinement 

facilities. For DHS facilities and as 

incorporated in DHS contracts, these 

standards require covered facilities to 

retain and report to the agency certain 

specified information relating to sexual 

abuse prevention planning, responsive 

planning, education and training, and 

investigations, as well as to collect, 

retain, and report to the agency certain 

specified information relating to 

allegations of sexual abuse within the 

covered facility. 

(4) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents: 1,376,754. 

(5) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 117,267 annual burden 

hours. 

Dated: October 4, 2023. 

Scott Elmore, 

ICE PRA Clearance Officer, U.S. Immigration 

and Customs Enforcement, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22445 Filed 10–11–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Quarterly Narrative Progress Report, 

Employment and Training 

Supplemental Budget Request 

Activities 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor’s 

(DOL) Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) is soliciting 

comments concerning a proposed 

extension for the authority to conduct 

the information collection request (ICR) 

titled, ‘‘Quarterly Narrative Progress 

Report, Employment and Training 

Supplemental Budget Request 

Activities.’’ This comment request is 

part of continuing Departmental efforts 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

written comments received by 

December 11, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation, 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden, 

may be obtained free by contacting 

Jennifer Garrett by telephone at (415) 

910–2585, TTY 1–877–889–5627 (these 

are not toll-free numbers), or by email 

at Garrett.Jennifer.L@dol.gov. 

Submit written comments about, or 

requests for a copy of, this ICR by mail 

or courier to the U.S. Department of 

Labor, Employment and Training 

Administration, Office of 

Unemployment Insurance, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Room S– 

4524, Washington, DC 20210; by email: 

Garrett.Jennifer.L@dol.gov; or by fax 

202–693–3229. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Garrett by telephone at 415– 

910–2585 (this is not a toll-free number) 

or by email at Garrett.Jennifer.L@

dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL, as 

part of continuing efforts to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information 

before submitting them to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for final 

approval. This program helps to ensure 

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 can be properly assessed. 

The ETA National and Regional 

Offices use the Quarterly Narrative 

Progress Report, Employment and 

Training Supplemental Budget Request 

Activities, to monitor the progress of 

State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) in 

implementing supplemental grant 

projects. ETA provides supplemental 

grants for SWAs to prevent and detect 

improper benefit payments, improve 

state performance, and address outdated 

information technology (IT) system 

infrastructures. ETA implements these 

projects through Unemployment 

Insurance (UI) Supplemental Budget 

Request (SBR) grants, Reemployment 

Services and Eligibility Assessments 

(RESEA) grants, and Dislocated Worker 

Grants (DWGs) to states for 

demonstration and special projects such 

as Reemployment and Systems 

Integration (RSI). This information 

collection includes the funded project/ 

activity, the targeted start and 

completion dates for the project/ 

activity, and the quarterly 

implementation status. These data are 

needed for budget preparation and 

control; program planning and 

evaluation; program monitoring, 

oversight, and performance 

accountability; actuarial and program 

research; and for accounting to Congress 

and the public. Title III, Section 

303(a)(6) of the Social Security Act 

authorizes this information collection. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by OMB under the PRA and 

displays a currently valid OMB Control 

Number. In addition, notwithstanding 

any other provisions of law, no person 

shall generally be subject to penalty for 

failing to comply with a collection of 

information that does not display a 

valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 

1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

provide comments to the contact shown 

in the ADDRESSES section. Comments 

must be written to receive 

consideration, and they will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval of the final ICR. In 

order to help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

mention 1205–0517. 

Submitted comments will also be a 

matter of public record for this ICR and 


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1 15 U.S.C. 80a. 

2For example, fund directors must approve 

investment advisory and distribution contracts. See 

15 U.S.C. 80a–15(a), (b), and (c). 

3The relevant exemptive rules are: rule 10f–3 (17 

CFR 270.10f–3), rule 12b–1 (17 CFR 270.12b–1), 

rule 15a–4(b)(2) (17 CFR 270.15a–4(b)(2)), rule 17a– 

7 (17 CFR 270.17a–7), rule 17a–8 (17 CFR 270.17a– 

8), rule 17d–1(d)(7) (17 CFR 270.17d–1(d)(7)), rule 

17e–1(c) (17 CFR 270.17e–1(c)), rule 17g–1 (17 CFR 

270.17g–1), rule 18f–3 (17 CFR 270.18f–3), and rule 

23c–3 (17 CFR 270.23c–3). 

4A ‘‘control person’’ is any person—other than a 

fund—directly or indirectly controlling, controlled 

by, or under common control, with any of the 

fund’s management organizations. See 17 CFR 

270.01(a)(6)(iv)(B). 

5Based on statistics compiled by Commission 

staff, we estimate that there are approximately 3,232 

funds that could rely on one or more of the 

exemptive rules. Of those funds, we assume that 

approximately 90 percent (2,909) actually rely on at 

least one exemptive rules annually. 

6We assume that the independent directors of the 

remaining two-thirds of those funds will choose not 

to have counsel, or will rely on counsel who has 

not recently represented the fund’s management 

organizations or control persons. In both 

circumstances, it would not be necessary for the 

fund’s independent directors to make a 

determination about their counsel’s independence. 

posted on the internet, without 

redaction. DOL encourages commenters 

not to include personally identifiable 

information, confidential business data, 

or other sensitive statements/ 

information in any comments. 

DOL is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• 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). 

Agency: DOL–ETA. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

Changes. 

Title of Collection: Quarterly 

Narrative Progress Report, Employment 

and Training Supplemental Budget 

Request Activities. 

Form: ETA 9178. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0517. 

Affected Public: State Workforce 

Agencies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

57. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

228. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 5 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,140 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost 

Burden: $0. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Brent Parton, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Employment and Training, Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22500 Filed 10–11–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[SEC File No. 270–472, OMB Control No. 

3235–0531] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; Extension: Rule 0–1 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 

100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 

20549–2736 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 350l et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) plans to submit to the 

Office of Management and Budget a 

request for extension of the previous 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

The Investment Company Act of 1940 

(the ‘‘Act’’) 1 establishes a 

comprehensive framework for regulating 

the organization and operation of 

investment companies (‘‘funds’’). A 

principal objective of the Act is to 

protect fund investors by addressing the 

conflicts of interest that exist between 

funds and their investment advisers and 

other affiliated persons. The Act places 

significant responsibility on the fund 

board of directors in overseeing the 

operations of the fund and policing the 

relevant conflicts of interest.2 Rule 0–1 

(17 CFR 270.0–1), as amended, provides 

definitions for the terms used by the 

Commission in the rules and regulations 

it has adopted pursuant to the Act. The 

rule also contains a number of rules of 

construction for terms that are defined 

either in the Act itself or elsewhere in 

the Commission’s rules and regulations. 

Finally, rule 0–1 defines terms that 

serve as conditions to the availability of 

certain of the Commission’s exemptive 

rules. More specifically, the term 

‘‘independent legal counsel,’’ as defined 

in rule 0–1, sets out conditions that 

funds must meet in order to rely on any 

of ten exemptive rules (‘‘exemptive 

rules’’) under the Act.3

If the board’s counsel has represented 

the fund’s investment adviser, principal 

underwriter, administrator (collectively, 

‘‘management organizations’’) or their 

‘‘control persons’’ 4 during the past two 

years, rule 0–1 requires that the board’s 

independent directors make a 

determination about the adequacy of the 

counsel’s independence. A majority of 

the board’s independent directors are 

required to reasonably determine, in the 

exercise of their judgment, that the 

counsel’s prior or current representation 

of the management organizations or 

their control persons was sufficiently 

limited to conclude that it is unlikely to 

adversely affect the counsel’s 

professional judgment and legal 

representation. Rule 0–1 also requires 

that a record for the basis of this 

determination is made in the minutes of 

the directors’ meeting. In addition, the 

independent directors must have 

obtained an undertaking from the 

counsel to provide them with the 

information necessary to make their 

determination and to update promptly 

that information when the person begins 

to represent a management organization 

or control person, or when he or she 

materially increases his or her 

representation. Generally, the 

independent directors must re-evaluate 

their determination no less frequently 

than annually. 

Any fund that relies on one of the 

exemptive rules must comply with the 

requirements in the definition of 

‘‘independent legal counsel’’ under rule 

0–1. We assume that approximately 

2,909 funds rely on at least one of the 

exemptive rules annually.5 We further 

assume that the independent directors 

of approximately one-third (970) of 

those funds would need to make the 

required determination in order for their 

counsel to meet the definition of 

independent legal counsel.6 We 

estimate that each of these 970 funds 

would be required to spend, on average, 

0.75 hours annually to comply with the 

recordkeeping requirement associated 

with this determination, for a total 

annual burden of approximately 727.5 

hours. Based on this estimate, the total 

annual cost for all funds’ compliance 


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