86566 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 239 / Thursday, December 14, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 272 

Civil rights, Claims, Grant programs— 

social programs, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, 

Unemployment compensation, Wages. 

Accordingly, 7 CFR part 272 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 272—REQUIREMENTS FOR 

PARTICIPATING STATE AGENCIES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 272 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2011–2036. 

■ 2. In § 272.6, amend paragraph (g) by 

revising the third sentence and adding 

a fourth sentence to read as follows: 

§ 272.6 Nondiscrimination compliance. 

* * * * * 

(g) * * * The State agency must 

develop alternative means of collecting 

the ethnic and racial data on households 

when the information is not provided 

voluntarily by the household on the 

application form. These alternative 

means of data collection shall not 

include observation (also known as 

visual observation). 

* * * * * 

Cynthia Long, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27351 Filed 12–13–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

7 CFR Part 4279 

[Docket No. RBS–20–BUSINESS–0016] 

RIN 0570–AB07 

Guaranteed Loanmaking and Servicing 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction and stay of 

effectiveness. 

SUMMARY: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service (RB–CS or Agency), 

a Rural Development (RD) agency of the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), is publishing a stay of effective 

date for the final rule published in the 

Federal Register on November 24, 2023. 

The stay of the effective date for 60-days 

as provided in this notification will 

bring the final rule into compliance 

with the Congressional Review Act. 

This notification also corrects the 

reference to Executive Order 12866, 

Regulatory Planning and Review, which 

the final rule was determined to be 

significant. 

DATES: The correction is effective 

December 14, 2023. Effective December 

14, 2023, 7 CFR 4279.190(a), (c)(1) 

through (3) and (5), (d)(1) through (3), 

(h), (k)(1) through (3), (m) introductory 

text, and (m)(4) are stayed until 

February 12, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Brodziski, Deputy Administrator, 

Rural Business and Cooperative Service, 

Rural Development, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW, Stop Washington, DC 20250–3221; 

email: mark.brodziski@usda.gov; 

telephone (202) 205–0903. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 24, 2023, RBCS issued a final 

rule which published in the Federal 

Register [88 FR 82225] entitled 

‘‘Guaranteed Loanmaking and Servicing 

Regulations.’’ This final rule updates the 

B&I CARES Act Program Loans, as 

implemented in 7 CFR part 4279— 

Guaranteed Loan Making and 7 CFR 

part 4287—Servicing and as published 

in the Federal Register on May 22, 

2020, as an interim rule. The final rule 

that published on November 24, 2023 

incorrectly stated that the effective date 

was November 24, 2023. Since this final 

rule has been reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget and it is 

determined to be ‘‘Significant’’ under 

Section 3(f)(1) of Executive Order 

12866, the Congressional Review Act 

(CR) requires a 60-day delay from date 

of publication in the Federal Register. 

This stay of the final rule for 60-days as 

provided in this notification will bring 

the final rule into compliance with the 

CRA. 

This rulemaking also corrects the 

Executive Order 12866, Regulatory 

Planning and Review, which the final 

rule was determined to be significant. 

Correction 

In FR Doc. 2023–25908 (88 FR 82225) 

appearing on pages 82225 and 82227 in 

the Federal Register of Friday, 

November 24, 2023, the following 

correction is made: 

Executive Order 12866, Regulatory 

Planning and Review [Corrected] 

1. On page 82227, in the first column, 

under Executive Order 12866, 

Regulatory Planning and Review, is 

corrected to read: This final rule has 

been reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget and is 

determined to be ‘‘Significant’’ under 

Section 3(f)(1) of Executive Order 

12866. A ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ 

means any regulatory action that is 

likely to result in a rule that may: ‘‘have 

an annual effect on the economy of $200 

million or more (adjusted every 3 years 

by the Administrator of OIRA for 

changes in gross domestic product); or 

will adversely affect in a material way 

the economy, a sector of the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

State, local, or tribal governments or 

communities.’’ 

Karama Neal, 

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26751 Filed 12–13–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Rural Utilities Service 

7 CFR Chapter XLII 

[Docket: RBS–23–BUSINESS–0006] 

RIN 0570–AB10 

Rural Business Development Grant 

(RBDG) Regulation: Tribes and Tribal 

Business References To Provide 

Equitable Access 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service and Rural Utilities Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule and response to 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Business 

Development Grant (RBDG) program is 

intended for governmental entities and 

non-profits that foster economic 

development, job creation and business 

creation in rural and Tribal 

communities. Eligible applicants for 

RBDG assistance include rural towns, 

communities, State agencies, 

authorities, nonprofit corporations, 

institutions of higher education, 

Federally recognized Tribes (https://

www.bia.gov/service/tribal-leadersdirectory) and cooperatives (if organized 

as a private nonprofit corporation). 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) intends to improve Tribal 

Government participation in the 

program. This final rule seeks to 

increase Tribal Government 

participation with programmatic 

amendments. This final rule responds to 

all comments received on the proposed 

rule. 

DATES: The final rule is effective January 

16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Additional information 

about RBDG is available at https://

www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/ 


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