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(3) The process to submit a response 

to the RFP. 

(b) Covered facilities will submit 

responses to the RFP to VA Central 

Office. 

(c) Consistent with paragraph (a) of 

this section, VA Central Office will 

evaluate responses to the RFP and will 

determine those covered facilities where 

residents may be placed and costs under 

§ 17.248 are paid or reimbursed. 

§ 17.248 Costs of placing residents and 

new residency programs. 

Once VA determines in which 

covered facilities residents will be 

placed in accordance with §§ 17.246 

through 17.247, payment or 

reimbursement is authorized for the 

following costs: 

(a) Resident stipends and benefits. For 

residents placed in covered facilities, 

VA may pay only the proportionate cost 

of resident stipends and benefits that are 

associated with residents participating 

in educational activities directly related 

to the PPGMER, in accordance with any 

contract, agreement, or other 

arrangement VA has legal authority to 

form. 

(b) Costs associated with new 

residency programs. (1) If a covered 

facility establishes a new residency 

program in which a resident is placed, 

VA will reimburse the following costs in 

accordance with any contract, 

agreement, or other arrangement VA has 

legal authority to form. 

(i) Curriculum development costs, to 

include but not be limited to costs 

associated with needs analysis, didactic 

activities, materials, equipment, 

consultant fees, and instructional 

design. 

(ii) Recruitment and retention of 

faculty costs, to include but not be 

limited to costs associated with 

advertising available faculty positions, 

and monetary incentives to fill such 

positions such as relocation costs and 

educational loan repayment. 

(iii) Accreditation costs, to include 

but not be limited to the administrative 

fees incurred by a covered facility in 

association with applying for only 

initial accreditation of the program by 

the Accreditation Council for Graduate 

Medical Education (ACGME). 

(iv) Faculty salary costs, to include 

only the proportionate cost of faculty 

performing duties directly related to the 

PPGMER. 

(v) Resident education expense costs, 

to include but not be limited to costs 

associated with the required purchase of 

medical equipment and required 

training, national resident match 

program participation fees, and 

residency program management 

software fees. 

(2) VA considers new residency 

programs as only those residency 

programs that have initial ACGME 

accreditation or have continued ACGME 

accreditation without outcomes, and 

have not graduated an inaugural class, 

at the time VA has determined those 

covered facilities where residents will 

be placed under § 17.247(c). 

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 54 

[CC Docket Nos. 02–6, 96–45 and 97–21; 

FCC 23–56; FR ID 184270] 

Schools and Libraries Universal 

Service Support Mechanism, FederalState Joint Board on Universal Service, 

and Changes to the Board of Directors 

of the National Exchange Carrier 

Association, Inc 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; announcement of 

effective date. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) announces that the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved, until November 30, 2024, the 

information collection associated with 

the Commission’s Schools and Libraries 

Universal Service Support Mechanism, 

Federal-State Joint Board on Universal 

Service, and Changes to the Board of 

Directors of the National Exchange 

Carrier Association, Inc. Report and 

Order’s (Order) E-Rate rules. This 

document is consistent with the Order, 

which stated the Commission would 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register announcing the effective date 

of the amendments to the Commission’s 

regulations. 

DATES: The amendments to 47 CFR 

54.503(c)(2)(i)(B) and 54.504(a)(1)(ii) 

published at 88 FR 55410, August 15, 

2023 are effective November 13, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418– 

2991 or via email: Nicole.Ongele@

fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document announces that, on 

September 25, 2023, OMB approved the 

information collection requirements 

relating to the E-Rate rules contained in 

the Commission’s Order, FCC 23–56, 

published at 88 FR 55410, August 15, 

2023. The OMB Control Number is 

3060–0806. The Commission publishes 

this document as an announcement of 

the effective date of the rules. If you 

have any comments on the burden 

estimates listed below, or how the 

Commission can improve the 

collections and reduce any burdens 

caused thereby, please contact Nicole 

Ongele, Federal Communications 

Commission, 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. Please include 

the OMB Control Number, 3060–0806, 

in your correspondence. The 

Commission will also accept your 

comments via email at PRA@fcc.gov. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an email to fcc504@

fcc.gov or call the Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

Synopsis 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

the Commission is notifying the public 

that it received OMB approval on 

September 25, 2023, for the information 

collection requirements contained in 47 

CFR 54.503(c)(2)(i)(B) and 

54.504(a)(1)(ii) published at 88 FR 

55410, August 15, 2023. Under 5 CFR 

part 1320, an agency may not conduct 

or sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a current, valid OMB 

Control Number. 

No person shall be subject to any 

penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act that does not 

display a current, valid OMB Control 

Number. The OMB Control Number is 

3060–0806. 

The foregoing notice is required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, October 1, 1995, 

and 44 U.S.C. 3507. 

The total annual reporting burdens 

and costs for the respondents are as 

follows: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0806. 

OMB Approval Date: September 25, 

2023. 

OMB Expiration Date: November 30, 

2024. 

Title: Universal Service—Schools and 

Libraries Universal Service Program, 

FCC Forms 470 and 471. 

Form Number: FCC Form 470 and 

FCC Form 471. 

Respondents: State, local or tribal 

government institutions, and other notfor-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 43,000 respondents; 67,100 

responses. 


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Estimated Time per Response: 3.5 

hours for FCC Form 470 (3 hours for 

response; 0.5 hours for recordkeeping; 

4.5 hours for FCC Form 471 (4 hours for 

response; 0.5 hours for recordkeeping). 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and annual reporting requirements, and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in sections 1, 4(i), 4(j), 201– 

205, 214, 254, and 403 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 201–205, 

218–220, 254, 303(r), 403 and 405. 

Total Annual Burden: 273,950 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No Cost. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

received approval from OMB for this 

information collection. On July 21, 

2023, the Commission released the 

Schools and Libraries Universal Service 

Support Mechanism, Federal-State Joint 

Board on Universal Service, and 

Changes to the Board of Directors of the 

National Exchange Carrier Association, 

Inc. Report and Order in CC Docket Nos. 

02–6, 96–45, and 97–21; FCC 23–56 

(Order) amending E-Rate rules. This 

information collection addresses 

program certifications in the Schools 

and Libraries Universal Service 

Description of Services Requested and 

Certification Forms 470 (E-Rate FCC 

Form 470) and 471 (E-Rate FCC Form 

471), and makes other non-substantive 

changes to certain fields to the E-Rate 

FCC Form 471. Collection of the 

information on FCC Forms 470 and 471 

is necessary so that the Commission and 

USAC have sufficient information to 

determine if entities are eligible for 

funding pursuant to the schools and 

libraries support mechanism, to 

determine if entities are complying with 

the Commission’s rules, and to prevent 

waste, fraud, and abuse. In addition, the 

information is necessary for the 

Commission to evaluate the extent to 

which the E-Rate program is meeting the 

statutory objectives specified in section 

254(h) of the 1996 Act, and the 

Commission’s performance goals 

established in the E-Rate Modernization 

Order and Second E-Rate Modernization 

Order. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Part 571 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2023–0043] 

RIN 2127–AM58 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards; Bus Rollover Structural 

Integrity 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule; partial grant of 

petitions for reconsideration. 

SUMMARY: This document grants parts of 

petitions for reconsideration of a 

December 29, 2021, final rule that 

established Federal Motor Vehicle 

Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 227, ‘‘Bus 

Rollover Structural Integrity.’’ The 

standard is intended to enhance rollover 

structural integrity and reduce the 

likelihood of ejection from over-the-road 

buses (motorcoaches), and other buses 

with a gross vehicle weight rating 

(GVWR) greater than 11,793 kilograms 

(kg) (26,000 pounds (lb)). This final rule 

adjusts the definition of ‘‘transit bus’’ 

and revises the maximum allowable 

weight of objects intruding into the 

survival space during the rollover test. 

This document denies other requests in 

the petitions, including petitions to 

expand the applicability of the standard 

to other bus types and extend the 

compliance date by 2 years. 

DATES: 

Effective date: This final rule is 

effective December 30, 2024. 

Compliance date: The compliance 

date of this final rule is December 30, 

2024. Optional early compliance is 

permitted. 

Petitions for reconsideration: If you 

wish to petition for reconsideration of 

this rule, your petition must be received 

by December 28, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Correspondence related to 

this rule, should refer to the docket 

number in the heading of this document 

and be submitted to: Administrator, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Washington, 

DC 20590. The petition will be placed 

in the docket. Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all documents 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit https://

www.transportation.gov/individuals/ 

privacy/privacy-act-system-recordsnotices. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

non-legal issues, you may contact Mr. 

Dow Shelnutt, NHTSA Office of 

Crashworthiness Standards (telephone 

number is 202–366–8779). For legal 

issues, you may call Mr. Matthew Filpi, 

NHTSA Office of Chief Counsel 

(telephone 202–366–2992) (fax 202– 

366–3820). You may send mail to these 

officials at the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

II. Petitions for Reconsideration 

a. Applicable Buses 

b. Seating Systems and Floor Strength 

c. Limitations on Objects Entering Survival 

Space 

d. Defining the Ballasting Process During 

Testing 

e. Lead Time 

III. Responses to Petitions 

a. Applicability of the Standard 

1. Application to Transit Buses 

2. Application to Medium-Size Buses and 

School Buses 

3. Application to Tour Buses 

b. Requirements of Seating Systems and 

Floor Strength 

c. Limitations on Objects Entering Survival 

Space 

d. Defining the Ballasting Process During 

Testing 

e. Implementation Lead Time 

IV. Correction 

V. Rulemaking Analyses and Notices 

I. Background 

On December 29, 2021, NHTSA 

published a final rule that established 

FMVSS No. 227, ‘‘Bus Rollover 

Structural Integrity,’’ (86 FR 74270, 

Docket No. NHTSA–2021–0088). The 

purpose of this safety standard is to 

enhance the rollover structural integrity 

of over-the-road buses (motorcoaches) 

regardless of GVWR, and other buses 

with a GVWR greater than 11,793 kg 

(26,000 lb). Issued pursuant to the 

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st 

Century Act (MAP–21), this final rule 

requires covered buses to provide a 

‘‘survival space’’ in a rollover test to 

protect the occupants from possible 

collapse of the bus structure around 

them. This final rule also prohibits 

emergency exits from opening in the 

rollover test to reduce the likelihood of 

ejection and requires no part of the 

vehicle originally outside the survival 

space pretest to enter the survival space 

during testing. 


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