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animals. Sheep, goats, and horses are 

also susceptible to B. abortus. In horses, 

the disease is known as fistulous 

withers. A third strain of Brucella, B. 

melitensis, affects mainly goats and 

sheep. 

The regulations in 9 CFR part 51 

include an indemnity program for 

sheep, goats, and horses that may be 

destroyed because of brucellosis. This 

indemnity program, which is similar to 

our indemnity program for cattle and 

bison, is voluntary and is a crucial tool 

for encouraging owners of infected or 

exposed animals to destroy them as part 

of our ongoing program to eradicate 

brucellosis in the United States. 

The indemnity program for the 

voluntary depopulation of sheep, goats, 

and horses infected with brucellosis 

involves the use of a number of 

information collection activities, 

including the completion of indemnity 

claims, recording of test results, 

obtaining a permit for the movement of 

restricted animals, submission of proof 

of destruction, requests for extension of 

certain program-related deadlines, and 

the use of official seals and animal 

identification associated with the 

information collection activities. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for an additional 3 

years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the 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, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, and other collection 

technologies; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.7272 hours per response. 

Respondents: Eligible owners of 

sheep, goats, horses, and materials 

destroyed, and claimants incurring costs 

for which compensation might be 

sought under the brucellosis indemnity 

program; and program support 

personnel including accredited 

veterinarians and State veterinarians. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 3. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 3.67. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 11. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 8 hours. (Due to averaging, 

the total annual burden hours may not 

equal the product of the annual number 

of responses multiplied by the reporting 

burden per response.) 

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. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 29th day of 

August 2013. 

Michael C. Gregoire, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21586 Filed 9–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Funds Availability for Section 

514 Farm Labor Housing Loans and 

Section 516; Farm Labor Housing 

Grants for Off-farm Housing for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2013 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service is 

correcting a notice published on August 

14, 2013, (78 FR 49460–49467). This 

action is taken to correct two 

‘‘submission deadline’’ dates. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mirna Reyes-Bible, Finance and Loan 

Analyst, Multi-Family Housing 

Preservation and Direct Loan Division, 

STOP 0781 (Room 1263–S), USDA Rural 

Development, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

0781, telephone: (202) 720–1753 (this is 

not a toll free number.), or via email: 

Mirna.ReyesBible@wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

Accordingly, the Notice published 

August 14, 2013, (78 FR 49460–49467), 

is corrected as follows: On page 49461, 

the third column, under the heading ‘‘A. 

Pre-Application Submission’’, the sixth 

sentence is amended to read: 

No pre-application will be accepted 

after 5 p.m., local time to the 

appropriate Rural Development State 

offices on September 13, 2013 unless 

date and time are extended by another 

Notice published in the Federal 

Register. 

On page 49462, the second column, 

under the heading ‘‘3. Hard Copy 

Submission to the Rural Development 

State Office.’’, the third sentence is 

amended to read: 

Hard copy pre-applications must be 

received by the submission deadline 

and no later than 5 p.m., local time, 

September 13, 2013. 

Dated: August 23, 2013. 

Richard A. Davis, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21503 Filed 9–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Rhode Island Advisory 

Committee 

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 

(FACA), that a planning meeting of the 

Rhode Island Advisory Committee to 

the Commission will convene at 12:00 

p.m. (ET) on Wednesday, September 18, 

2013, at the Rhode Island Urban League, 

246 Prairie Avenue, Providence, Rhode 

Island 02905. The purpose of the 

orientation meeting is to inform the 

newly appointed Committee members 

about the rules of operation of federal 

advisory committees and to select 

additional officers, as determined by the 

Committee. The purpose of the planning 

meeting is to discuss potential topics 

that the Committee may wish to study. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by Friday, October 18, 

2013. Comments may be mailed to the 

Eastern Regional Office, U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights, 1331 

Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 1150, 

Washington, DC 20425, faxed to (202) 

376–7548, or emailed to ero@usccr.gov. 

Persons who desire additional 

information may contact the Eastern 

Regional Office at 202–376–7533. 

Persons needing accessibility services 

should contact the Eastern Regional 

Office at least 10 working days before 

the scheduled date of the meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Eastern Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 


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to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Eastern 

Regional Office at the above phone 

number, email or street address. 

The meetings will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated: August 29, 2013. 

David Mussatt, 

Acting Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21516 Filed 9–4–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Current Population 

Survey, Annual Social and Economic 

Supplement 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before November 4, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at jjessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Aaron Cantu, U.S. Census 

Bureau, DSD/CPS HQ–7H108D, 

Washington, DC 20233–8400, (301) 763– 

3806 (or via the Internet at 

aaron.benjamin.cantu@census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau plans to request 

clearance for the collection of data 

concerning the Annual Social and 

Economic Supplement (ASEC) to be 

conducted in conjunction with the 

February, March, and April Current 

Population Survey (CPS). The Census 

Bureau has conducted this supplement 

annually for over 50 years. The Census 

Bureau and the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics sponsor this supplement. 

Information on work experience, 

personal income, noncash benefits, 

health insurance coverage, and 

migration is collected. The work 

experience items in the ASEC provide a 

unique measure of the dynamic nature 

of the labor force as viewed over a oneyear period. These items produce 

statistics that show movements in and 

out of the labor force by measuring the 

number of periods of unemployment 

experienced by people, the number of 

different employers worked for during 

the year, the principal reasons for 

unemployment, and part-/full-time 

attachment to the labor force. We can 

make indirect measurements of 

discouraged workers and others with a 

casual attachment to the labor market. 

The income data from the ASEC are 

used by social planners, economists, 

government officials, and market 

researchers to gauge the economic wellbeing of the country as a whole, and 

selected population groups of interest. 

Government planners and researchers 

use these data to monitor and evaluate 

the effectiveness of various assistance 

programs. Market researchers use these 

data to identify and isolate potential 

customers. Social planners use these 

data to forecast economic conditions 

and to identify special groups that seem 

to be especially sensitive to economic 

fluctuations. Economists use ASEC data 

to determine the effects of various 

economic forces, such as inflation, 

recession, recovery, and so on, and their 

differential effects on various 

population groups. 

A prime statistic of interest is the 

classification of people in poverty and 

how this measurement has changed over 

time for various groups. Researchers 

evaluate ASEC income data not only to 

determine poverty levels but also to 

determine whether government 

programs are reaching eligible 

households. 

The ASEC also contains questions 

related to: (1) Medical expenditures; (2) 

Presence and cost of a mortgage on 

property; (3) Child support payments; 

and (4) Amount of child care assistance 

received. These questions enable 

analysts and policymakers to obtain 

better estimates of family and household 

income, and more precisely gauge 

poverty status. 

It has been more than 30 years since 

the last major redesign of the income 

questions of this questionnaire (1980), 

and the need to modernize this survey 

to take advantage of computer assisted 

interviewing (CAI) technologies has 

become more and more apparent. To 

this end, the redesigned 2014 ASEC 

questionnaire incorporates the following 

strategies: 

• customization of income questions to 

fit specific demographic groups 

• use of better targeted questions for 

certain income types that are 

currently not well reported 

In addition, the CPS ASEC health 

insurance questions have measurement 

error due to both the reference period 

and timing of data collection. 

Qualitative research has shown that 

some respondents do not focus on the 

calendar year reference period, but 

rather report on their current insurance 

status. Quantitative studies have shown 

that those with more recent coverage are 

more likely to report accurately than 

those with coverage farther in the past. 

To that end, the redesigned ASEC 

questionnaire incorporates the following 

strategies: 

• integrate questions on both current 

and past calendar year status 

• ask recipiency and amounts 

separately 

In addition to making improvements to 

the core set of questions on health 

insurance, in 2014 the Patient 

Protection and Affordable Care Act 

(PPACA) is set to go into effect. One of 

the main features of the PPACA is the 

‘‘Health Insurance Exchange.’’ These are 

joint federal-state partnerships designed 

to create a marketplace of private health 

insurance options for individuals and 

small businesses. While these 

Exchanges are still in development and 

states have broad flexibility in designing 

the programs, the redesigned ASEC 

questionnaire puts a viable methodology 

in place, when the PPACA goes into 

effect, to measure Exchange 

participation and to measure types of 

health coverage in general in the postreform era. 

Lastly, the point-in-time health 

insurance questions lend themselves to 

additional questions concerning 

whether the current employer offered 

the respondent health insurance 

coverage. Although this set of questions 

is new to the CPS ASEC, it has been in 

CPS production in the Contingent 

Worker Supplement (CWS). The CWS 

was fielded in February of 1995, 1997, 

1999, 2001 and 2005. 

The ASEC 2014 data collection 

instrument will have a split-design 

structure, with two separate treatments 

for the income-related section. Only the 

income questions will have separate 

treatments; other sections will have only 

one treatment. Five-eighths (5⁄8) of the 

sample will have income questions from 

the ‘‘traditional’’ design, while threeeighths (3⁄8) will have income questions 


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