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collected for the programs listed in 

accordance with OMB guidance. 

This includes, but is not limited to, 

guidance specific to the collection of 

sexual orientation and gender identity 

(SOGI) items that align with Executive 

Order 13985 on Advancing Racial 

Equity and Support for Underserved 

Communities Through the Federal 

Government, Executive Order 14075 on 

Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, 

Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and 

Intersex Individuals, and Executive 

Order 13988 on Preventing and 

Combating Discrimination on the Basis 

of Gender Identity and Sexual 

Orientation. Understanding these 

disparities can and should lead to 

improved service delivery for ACL’s 

programs and populations served. 

The proposed data collection tools 

may be found on the ACL website for 

review at: https://acl.gov/about-acl/ 

public-input. 

Estimated Program Burden 

ACL estimates the burden of this 

collection of information as follows: 

Respondent/data collection activity Number of 

respondents 

Responses per 

respondent 

Hours per 

response 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

Program leaders (Program Information Cover Sheet, 

Attendance Log).

436 leaders ...................... Twice a year (one set per 

program).

.50 436 

Data entry staff (Program Information Cover Sheet, 

Attendance Log, Participant Information Survey, 

Participant Post Program Survey).

40 data entry staff ........... Once per program × 872 

programs.

.50 436 

Program participants (Participant Information Survey) 10,455 .............................. 1 ....................................... .10 1,046 

Program participants (Participant Post Program Survey).6,273 ................................ 1 ....................................... .10 628 

Total Burden Hours .............................................. .......................................... .......................................... ........................ 2,546 

Dated: December 8, 2023. 

Alison Barkoff, 

Principal Deputy Administrator for the 

Administration for Community Living, 

performing the delegable duties of the 

Administrator and the Assistant Secretary for 

Aging. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Public Comment Request; of 

the National Institute on Disability, 

Independent Living, and Rehabilitation 

Research (NIDILRR) Grantee Annual 

Performance Reporting (APR) and 

Final Report Forms OMB Control 

Number 0985–0050 

AGENCY: Administration for Community 

Living, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Community Living is announcing that 

the proposed collection of information 

listed above has been submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance as 

required under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. This 30-day 

notice collects comments on the 

information collection requirements 

related to the National Institute on 

Disability, Independent Living, and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) 

Grantee Annual Performance Reporting 

(APR) and Final Report Forms OMB 

Control Number 0985–0050. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information must be submitted 

electronically by 11:59 p.m. (EST) or 

postmarked by January 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find the information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. By mail to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, OMB, New Executive Office 

Bldg., 725 17th St. NW, Rm. 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, Attn: OMB Desk 

Officer for ACL. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Myrial Earl, Administration for 

Community Living, Myrial.Earl@

acl.hhs.gov, (202) 795–7341. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, the 

Administration for Community Living 

(ACL) has submitted the following 

proposed collection of information to 

OMB for review and clearance. The 

National Institute on Disability, 

Independent Living, and Rehabilitation 

Research (NIDILRR) Grantee Annual 

Performance Reporting (APR) and Final 

Report Forms collect data from all 

NIDILRR grantees via a web-based 

reporting system and addresses specific 

HHS regulations that shall be met by 

applicants and grantees. HHS 

regulations that apply to NIDILRR Grant 

programs include part 75 of the Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles and Audit requirements for 

HHS Awards. 

Specifically, § 75.342, which requires 

grantees to submit an annual 

performance report or, for the last year 

of a project, a final report that evaluates: 

(a) the grantee’s progress in achieving 

the objectives in its approved 

application, (b) the effectiveness of the 

project in meeting the purposes of the 

program, and (c) the results of research 

and related activities. 

Additionally, GPRA requires all 

federal agencies to implement 

performance measurement systems that 

include: (1) a five-year strategic plan, (2) 

an annual performance plan, and (3) an 

annual performance report. Currently, 

NIDILRR has met these requirements 

and has established performance 

indicators to meet the reporting 

requirements. The NIDILRR APR 

System currently includes reporting 

forms for all 10 of NIDILRR’s grant 

programs. 

This information collection system 

covers 10 grant programs funded or 

administered by NIDILRR/ACL, and 

each grantee submits its information 

using a reporting form that is unique to 

the program mechanism under which it 

is funded. The 10 forms meet the 

reporting requirements for the following 

programs: 

1. Rehabilitation Research Training 

Centers (RRTC) 

2. Rehabilitation Engineering Research 

Centers (RERC) 

3. Field Initiated Research Projects (FIP) 

4. Advanced Rehabilitation Research 

Training Projects (ARRT) 


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5. Model Systems—(includes spinal 

cord injury, traumatic brain injury, 

burn centers) 

6. Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects (DRRP) 

7. Knowledge Translation (KT) Projects 

8. ADA National Network Centers 

(ADAs) 

9. Small Business Innovation Research 

Projects (SBIR) 

10. Research Fellowships Program (RFP) 

Reporting forms for all 10 programs 

are Web-based. 

Data collected through these forms: (a) 

facilitate program planning and 

management; (b) respond to ACL/HHS 

Grants Policy Administration Manual 

(GPAM) requirements; and (c) respond 

to the reporting requirements of the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Pub. L. 103–62). 

NIDILRR/ACL uses the information 

gathered annually from these data 

collection efforts to provide Congress 

with the information mandated in 

GPRA, provide OMB information 

required for assessment of performance 

on GPRA indicators, and support its 

evaluation activities. Data collected 

from the 10 grant programs will provide 

a national description of the research 

activities of approximately 313 NIDILRR 

grantees. NIDILRR’s GPRA plan must 

collect information to meet the 

following mandates: (a) implementation 

of a comprehensive plan that includes 

goals and objectives; (b) measurement of 

the program’s progress in meeting its 

objectives; and (c) submission of an 

annual report on program performance, 

including plans for program 

improvement, as appropriate. The data 

collection system addresses nearly all of 

the agency’s GPRA indicators, either 

directly or by providing information for 

the agency’s other review processes. 

This IC collects demographic data 

from people receiving programs and 

services funded by HHS regulations that 

apply to NIDILRR Grant programs under 

part 75 of the Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles and 

Audit requirements for HHS Awards. 

ACL will adhere to best practices for 

collection of all demographic 

information when this information is 

collected for the programs listed in 

accordance with OMB guidance. 

This includes, but is not limited to, 

guidance specific to the collection of 

sexual orientation and gender identity 

(SOGI) items that align with Executive 

Order 13985 on Advancing Racial 

Equity and Support for Underserved 

Communities Through the Federal 

Government, Executive Order 14075 on 

Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, 

Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and 

Intersex Individuals, and Executive 

Order 13988 on Preventing and 

Combating Discrimination on the Basis 

of Gender Identity and Sexual 

Orientation. Understanding these 

disparities can and should lead to 

improved service delivery for ACL’s 

programs and populations served. 

Comments in Response to the 60-Day 

Federal Register Notice 

A 60-day FRN published in the FR on 

September 27, 2023, at 88 FR 66454– 

66456. There were no public comments 

received during the 60-day FRN public 

comment period. 

Estimated Program Burden: ACL 

estimates the burden of this collection 

of information as follows: 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden 

hours per 

response 

Total 

burden 

hours 

New Grantees .................................................................................................. * 71 1 52 3,692 

Continuations of Major Programs .................................................................... 138 1 22 3,036 

Other Continuations ......................................................................................... 104 1 10 1,040 

Total .......................................................................................................... 313 ........................ ........................ 7,768 

* Does not include SBIR Phase I grants, which do not use the system. 

Dated: December 8, 2023. 

Alison Barkoff, 

Principal Deputy Administrator for the 

Administration for Community Living, 

performing the delegable duties of the 

Administrator and the Assistant Secretary for 

Aging. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

National Vaccine Injury Compensation 

Program; List of Petitions Received 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HRSA is publishing this 

notice of petitions received under the 

National Vaccine Injury Compensation 

Program (the Program), as required by 

the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as 

amended. While the Secretary of HHS is 

named as the respondent in all 

proceedings brought by the filing of 

petitions for compensation under the 

Program, the United States Court of 

Federal Claims is charged by statute 

with responsibility for considering and 

acting upon the petitions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about requirements for 

filing petitions, and the Program in 

general, contact Lisa L. Reyes, Clerk of 

Court, United States Court of Federal 

Claims, 717 Madison Place NW, 

Washington, DC 20005, (202) 357–6400. 

For information on HRSA’s role in the 

Program, contact the Director, National 

Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 

5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8W–25A, 

Rockville, Maryland 20857; 1–800–338– 

2382, or visit our website at: http://

www.hrsa.gov/vaccinecompensation/ 

index.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Program provides a system of no-fault 

compensation for certain individuals 

who have been injured by specified 

childhood vaccines. Subtitle 2 of Title 

XXI of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 300aa– 

10 et seq., provides that those seeking 

compensation are to file a petition with 

the United States Court of Federal 

Claims and to serve a copy of the 

petition to the Secretary of HHS, who is 

named as the respondent in each 

proceeding. The Secretary has delegated 

this responsibility under the Program to 

HRSA. The Court is directed by statute 

to appoint special masters who take 

evidence, conduct hearings as 

appropriate, and make initial decisions 

as to eligibility for, and amount of, 

compensation. 

A petition may be filed with respect 

to injuries, disabilities, illnesses, 

conditions, and deaths resulting from 

vaccines described in the Vaccine Injury 

Table (the Table) set forth at 42 CFR 

100.3. This Table lists for each covered 


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