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DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by December 19, 2023 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and, in the ‘‘Search Field’’ box, labeled 

‘‘Search for dockets and documents on 

agency actions,’’ enter the following 

docket number: (RUS–23–TELECOM– 

0014), and click ‘‘Search.’’ To submit 

public comments, select the ‘‘Comment’’ 

button. Before inputting your 

comments, you may also review the 

‘‘Commenter’s Checklist’’ (optional). 

Insert your comments under the 

‘‘Comment’’ title, click ‘‘Browse’’ to 

attach files (if applicable). Input your 

email address and select an identity 

category then click ‘‘Submit Comment.’’ 

Information on using Regulations.gov, 

including instructions for accessing 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket after the close of the 

comment period, is available through 

the site’s ‘‘FAQ’’ link. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

MaryPat Daskal, Chief, Branch 1, Rural 

Development Innovation Center— 

Regulations Management Division, 

United States Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW, South Building, Washington, DC 

20250–1522. Telephone: (202) 720– 

7853. Email: MaryPat.Daskla@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

regulation (5 CFR part 1320) 

implementing provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) requires that interested 

members of the public and affected 

agencies have an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an 

information collection that the Agency 

is submitting to OMB for extension. 

Title: 7 CFR part 1744, subpart B, Lien 

Accommodations and Subordination 

Policy. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0126. 

Expiration Date of Approval: February 

29, 2024. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

for this collection of information is 

estimated to average .5 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

12. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 36. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 3. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 18. 

Abstract: RUS borrowers and other 

organizations providing 

telecommunications in rural areas, due 

to changes in the telecommunications 

industry, including deregulation and 

technological developments, may 

consider undertaking projects that 

provide new telecommunications 

services and other telecommunications 

services not ordinarily financed by RUS. 

Although some of these services may 

not be eligible for financing under the 

Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (RE 

Act), the services may nevertheless 

advance RE Act objectives where the 

borrower obtains financing from private 

lenders. To facilitate the financing of 

those projects and services, this program 

assists in facilitating funding from nonRUS sources in order to meet the 

growing capital needs of rural Local 

Exchange Carriers (LECs). 

The information collected for lien 

accommodation requests is used by RUS 

to ascertain a borrower’s level of 

financial strength and, upon agency 

approval of the lien accommodation, 

ensures that the government’s loan 

security interest is protected. 

Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) 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; (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 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. Comments may be sent by 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Kimble Brown, 

Innovation Center—Regulations Team, 

at (202) 720–6780, or email: 

kimble.brown@usda.gov. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Andrew Berke, 

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23160 Filed 10–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the North 

Carolina Advisory Committee to the 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, that 

the North Carolina Advisory Committee 

(Committee) to the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights will hold a public meeting 

via Zoom at 12 p.m. ET on Thursday, 

November 9, 2023. The purpose of this 

meeting is to discuss post-report 

activities for their project on Legal 

Financial Obligations as well as civil 

rights topics for the Committee’s next 

study. 

DATES: Thursday, November 9, 2023, 

from 12 p.m.–1:30 p.m. eastern time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via Zoom. 

Registration Link (Audio/Visual): 

https://www.zoomgov.com/j/ 

1611585968. 

Join by Phone (Audio Only): (833) 

435–1820 USA Toll-Free; Meeting ID: 

161 158 5968. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Victoria Moreno, Designated Federal 

Officer, at vmoreno@usccr.gov or (434) 

515–0204. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

committee meeting is available to the 

public through the registration link 

above. Any interested member of the 

public may listen to the meeting. An 

open comment period will be provided 

to allow members of the public to make 

a statement as time allows. Per the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, public 

minutes of the meeting will include a 

list of persons who are present at the 

meeting. If joining via phone, callers can 

expect to incur regular charges for calls 

they initiate over wireless lines, 

according to their wireless plan. The 

Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Callers will incur no 

charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

telephone number. Closed captioning 

will be available for individuals who are 

deaf, hard of hearing, or who have 

certain cognitive or learning 

impairments. To request additional 

accommodations, please email Liliana 

Schiller, Support Services Specialist, at 

lschiller@usccr.gov at least 10 business 

days prior to the meeting. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments; the 


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comments must be received in the 

regional office within 30 days following 

the meeting. Written comments may be 

emailed to Victoria Moreno at 

vmoreno@usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit at 

(312) 353–8311. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit 

Office, as they become available, both 

before and after the meeting. Records of 

the meetings will be available via 

www.facadatabase.gov under the 

Commission on Civil Rights, North 

Carolina Advisory Committee link. 

Persons interested in the work of this 

Committee are directed to the 

Commission’s website, http://

www.usccr.gov, or may contact the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit at 

lschiller@usccr.gov. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome & Roll Call 

II. Committee Discussion on Post-Report 

Activities 

III. Committee Discussion & Vote on a 

New Civil Rights Topic 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Next Steps 

VI. Adjournment 

Dated: October 17, 2023. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23175 Filed 10–19–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request American Community Survey 

and Puerto Rico Community Survey 

AGENCY: Census Bureau, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed, and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment on the proposed revision of 

the American Community Survey and 

Puerto Rico Community Survey, prior to 

the submission of the information 

collection request (ICR) to OMB for 

approval. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before December 19, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

email to acso.pra@census.gov. Please 

reference the American Community 

Survey and the Puerto Rico Community 

Survey in the subject line of your 

comments. You may also submit 

comments, identified by Docket Number 

USBC–2023–0009, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

received are part of the public record. 

No comments will be posted to https:// 

www.regulations.gov for public viewing 

until after the comment period has 

closed. Comments will generally be 

posted without change. All Personally 

Identifiable Information (for example, 

name and address) voluntarily 

submitted by the commenter may be 

publicly accessible. Do not submit 

Confidential Business Information or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. You may submit 

attachments to electronic comments in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF 

file formats. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Dameka 

Reese, U.S. Census Bureau, American 

Community Survey Office, 301–763– 

3804, dameka.m.reese@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Since its founding, the U.S. Census 

Bureau has balanced the demands of a 

growing country requiring information 

about its people and economy with 

concerns for respondents’ 

confidentiality and the time and effort it 

takes respondents to answer questions. 

Beginning with the 1810 Census, 

Congress updated the set of questions 

asked in the 1790 and 1800 Censuses by 

adding questions to support a range of 

public concerns and uses. Over the 

course of a century, Federal agencies 

requested to add questions about 

agriculture, industry, and commerce, as 

well as individuals’ occupation, 

ancestry, marital status, disabilities, 

place of birth, and other topics. In 1940, 

the Census Bureau introduced the longform census questionnaire in order to 

ask more detailed questions to a sample 

of the public. 

In the early 1990s, the demand for 

current, nationally consistent data from 

a wide variety of users led Federal 

Government policymakers to consider 

the feasibility of collecting social, 

economic, and housing data 

continuously throughout the decade. 

The benefits of providing current data, 

along with the anticipated decennial 

census benefits in cost savings, 

planning, improved census coverage, 

and more efficient operations, led the 

Census Bureau to plan the 

implementation of the Continuous 

Measurement Survey, later called the 

American Community Survey (ACS). 

After years of testing, the ACS was 

implemented in 2005 replacing the need 

for long-form data collection in future 

decennial censuses. The ACS is 

conducted throughout the United States 

and in Puerto Rico, where it is called 

the Puerto Rico Community Survey 

(PRCS). The ACS samples 

approximately 3.5 million housing unit 

addresses in the United States and about 

36,000 housing unit addresses in Puerto 

Rico each year. A housing unit is a 

house, an apartment, a mobile home, a 

group of rooms, or a single room 

occupied or intended for occupancy as 

separate living quarters. The ACS also 

collects detailed socioeconomic data 

from a sample of about 170,000 

residents living in group quarters 

facilities in the United States and about 

900 in Puerto Rico. Group quarters are 

places where people live or stay, in a 

group living arrangement that is owned 

or managed by an entity or organization 

providing housing and/or services for 

the residents. People living in group 

quarters usually are not related to each 

other. Group quarters include such 

places as college/university student 

housing, residential treatment centers, 

skilled nursing facilities, group homes, 

military barracks, correctional facilities, 

workers’ group living quarters and Job 

Corps centers, and emergency and 

transitional shelters. 

The proposed content for the 2025 

ACS and PRCS reflects changes to 

content and instructions that were 

recommended as a result of the 2022 

Content Test. The Census Bureau 

periodically conducts tests of new and 

revised survey content to ensure the 

ACS and the PRCS are meeting the data 

needs of its stakeholders. The primary 

objective of content tests is to determine 

whether changes to question wording, 

instructions, response categories, and 

underlying constructs improve the 

quality of the data collected. The 2025 

survey changes cover several topics: 

household roster, educational 

attainment, health insurance coverage, 


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