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1ARPA, Public Law 117–2, sec. 3301, codified at 

12 U.S.C. 5701 et seq. SSBCI was originally 

established in Title III of the Small Business Jobs 

Act of 2010. 

2The SSBCI Investing in America SBOP NOFO is 

available on Treasury’s website at https://

home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/CompetitiveTA-NOFO-FINAL-Oct-25-2023.pdf. 

15. PULIDO DIAZ, Oscar, Mexico; 

DOB 14 Apr 1976; POB Guerrero, 

Mexico; nationality Mexico; Gender 

Male; C.U.R.P. PUDO760414HGRLZS04 

(Mexico) (individual) [ILLICIT–DRUGS– 

EO14059]. 

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) 

of E.O. 14059 for having engaged in, or 

attempted to engage in, activities or 

transactions that have materially 

contributed to, or pose a significant risk 

of materially contributing to, the 

international proliferation of illicit 

drugs or their means of production. 

Entities 

1. DIFACULSA, S.A. DE C.V., Villa 

Dorada 3996, Fracc. Los Portales, 

Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; Organization 

Established Date 25 Feb 2006; 

Organization Type: Retail sale of 

pharmaceutical and medical goods, 

cosmetic and toilet articles in 

specialized stores; Folio Mercantil No. 

75487 (Mexico) [ILLICIT–DRUGS– 

EO14059]. 

Designated pursuant to section 

1(b)(iii) of E.O. 14059 for being owned, 

controlled, or directed by, or having 

acted or purported to act for or on behalf 

of, directly or indirectly, a person 

sanctioned pursuant to E.O. 14059. 

2. EDITORIAL MERCADO 

ECUESTRE, S.A. DE C.V., Guadalajara, 

Jalisco, Mexico; Organization 

Established Date 11 Jan 2005; 

Organization Type: Publishing of 

newspapers, journals and periodicals; 

Folio Mercantil No. 28481 (Mexico) 

[ILLICIT–DRUGS–EO14059]. 

Designated pursuant to section 

1(b)(iii) of E.O. 14059 for being owned, 

controlled, or directed by, or having 

acted or purported to act for or on behalf 

of, directly or indirectly, a person 

sanctioned pursuant to E.O. 14059. 

Dated: December 6, 2023. 

Bradley T. Smith, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, 

U.S. Department of the Treasury. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27646 Filed 12–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; State Small 

Business Credit Initiative 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other federal agencies to comment on 

the proposed information collections 

listed below, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 13, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, or any other aspect 

of the information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, by 

the following method: 

• Federal E-rulemaking Portal: 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 

Refer to Docket Number TREAS–DO– 

2022–0009 and the specific Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number 1505–0227. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Stout, State Small Business 

Credit Initiative (SSBCI), at (866) 220– 

9050 or ssbci_information@treasury.gov. 

Further information may be obtained 

from the SSBCI website, https://

home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/smallbusiness-programs/state-small-businesscredit-initiative-ssbci, or by contacting 

ssbci_information@treasury.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: State Small Business Credit 

Initiative Information Collection 

Activities. 

OMB Control Number: 1505–0227. 

Type of Review: Revision of currently 

approved information collection 

activities. 

Description: This information 

collection captures information related 

to the State Small Business Credit 

Initiative (SSBCI). The American Rescue 

Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) reauthorized 

and amended the Small Business Jobs 

Act of 2010 (SSBCI statute) to fund 

SSBCI as a response to the economic 

effects of the COVID–19 pandemic.1

SSBCI is a federal program administered 

by the U.S. Department of the Treasury 

(Treasury) that was created to 

strengthen the programs of states, the 

District of Columbia, territories, and 

Tribal Governments (collectively, 

jurisdictions) that support private 

financing for small businesses. SSBCI 

includes the Capital Program, through 

which Treasury provides funding to 

jurisdictions to expand access to capital 

for small businesses, and the Technical 

Assistance (TA) Program, through 

which jurisdictions provide legal, 

accounting, and financial advisory 

services (TA services) to very small and 

underserved businesses (eligible 

beneficiaries) that are applying for 

SSBCI Capital Program funding and 

other governmental programs that 

support small businesses. The TA 

Program includes the allocation 

formula-based TA Grant Program. In 

addition, as part of the TA Program, 

Treasury has published the SSBCI 

Investing in America Small Business 

Opportunity Program (SBOP) Notice of 

Funding Opportunity (NOFO), which is 

a competitive grant program.2

• SSBCI Investing in America SBOP 

Application. Any jurisdiction that has 

been approved as a participating 

jurisdiction in the SSBCI Capital 

Program can apply for the program. 

Jurisdictions that are not yet approved 

as participating jurisdictions in the 

SSBCI Capital Program, but that have 

submitted complete and timely SSBCI 

Capital Program applications (or are part 

of a joint Tribal government 

application), are also eligible to apply; 

however, to receive an SSBCI Investing 

in America SBOP award, a jurisdiction 

must be approved as a participating 

jurisdiction in the SSBCI Capital 

Program. Only certain applicants will be 

selected for funding under this 

competitive program in accordance with 

the SSBCI Investing in America SBOP 

NOFO. 

To determine whether an application 

should be selected for funding, Treasury 

must collect certain types of information 

in an application. This information is 

detailed in the publicly-posted NOFO 

on Treasury’s website, and includes: 

designation letter from the jurisdiction’s 

governing official designating the 

eligible applicant to take specific 

actions with respect to the program; 

information about the applicant’s 

proposed program, including a 

description of the project service area 

and potential to connect eligible 

beneficiaries to business opportunities, 

the applicant’s proposed solution and 

how it aligns with the needs of eligible 

beneficiaries and overcomes any 

limitations or gaps in coverage in 

providing TA services, a description of 

the applicant’s key partners and project 

support, information about the 

applicant’s organizational capacity and 

experience, and the applicant’s 

performance goals and measures; details 

on the applicant’s budget using the line 

items of Form SF–424A ‘‘Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs’’ and a budget narrative that 

details the use of funds in each line 

item, as applicable to the proposed 

programs; certain required assurances 

and certifications; and supporting 


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documentation to substantiate elements 

of an application, which may include 

letters of commitment for proposed 

matching funds and letters from other 

jurisdictions demonstrating a plan to 

coordinate on a regional approach, as 

applicable. Treasury will collect 

application information from eligible 

jurisdictions through an online portal. 

• SSBCI Investing in America SBOP 

Reports. Treasury must collect financial 

and performance reports consistent with 

2 CFR 200.328 and 329 in order for 

Treasury to determine compliance with 

the SSBCI statute, regulations, and 

guidance and to evaluate program 

outcomes. The financial and 

performance reports must include 

information about the applicant’s 

progress in implementing its project and 

details on its use of program funds. 

Treasury anticipates publishing 

reporting guidance for the SSBCI 

Investing in America SBOP that is 

anticipated to be generally consistent 

with the reporting guidance for the 

formula-based TA Grant Program, which 

may be found on Treasury’s website at 

https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/ 

136/SSBCI-Technical-AssistanceReporting-Guidance.pdf, with potential 

new or modified data elements specific 

to this program. Treasury will clearly 

specify all reporting requirements 

specific to the SSBCI Investing in 

America SBOP. All reports must be 

submitted in electronic format as 

specified in the terms and conditions of 

the award. 

Treasury is updating the burden 

estimate for OMB Control Number 

1505–0227 to account for applications 

and reports under the SSBCI Investing 

in America SBOP. 

Form: SSBCI Investing in America 

SBOP Application and reporting forms, 

through an online Treasury portal 

annual report forms. 

Affected Public: States, the District of 

Columbia, territories, and Tribal 

governments, small businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

For application submission: 100; for 

reporting: 15. 

Frequency of Response: For 

application submission: one time; for 

grant award modifications: one time; for 

reporting: annually and semiannually. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: The current estimate for 

OMB Control Number 1505–0227 is 

112,376. Treasury estimates the SSBCI 

Investing in America SBOP will 

increase this estimate by 6,115 to 

118,491. 

Estimated Time per Response: For the 

SSBCI Investing in America SBOP, 

depending on the type of collection 

Treasury estimates that responses will 

take 9 minutes up to 6 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The current estimate for OMB 

Control Number 1505–0227 is 24,877. 

Treasury estimates the SSBCI Investing 

in America SBOP will increase this 

estimate by 1,530 hours to 26,407. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) whether the collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of technology; and (e) estimates of 

capital or start-up costs and costs of 

operation, maintenance, and purchase 

of services required to provide 

information. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Jeffrey Stout, 

Director, SSBCI. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27535 Filed 12–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; U.S. 

Income Tax Return for Individual 

Taxpayers 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

as part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the 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. Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

burden associated with the U.S. Income 

Tax Return Forms for Individual 

Taxpayers. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before January 16, 2024 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the submissions may be 

obtained from Melody Braswell by 

emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling 

(202) 622–1035, or viewing the entire 

information collection request at 

www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Title: U.S. Income Tax Return for 

Individual Taxpayers. 

OMB Number: 1545–0074. 

Form Number: Form 1040 and 

affiliated return forms. 

Abstract: IRC sections 6011 & 6012 of 

the Internal Revenue Code require 

individuals to prepare and file income 

tax returns annually. These forms and 

related schedules are used by 

individuals to report their income 

subject to tax and compute their correct 

tax liability. This information collection 

request (ICR) covers the actual reporting 

burden associated with preparing and 

submitting the prescribed return forms, 

by individuals required to file Form 

1040 and any of its affiliated forms as 

explained in the attached table. 

Current Actions: There have also been 

changes in regulatory guidance related 

to various forms approved under this 

approval package during the past year. 

There have been additions and removals 

of forms included in this approval 

package. In filing season 2024, the 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will 

launch a pilot program for a free direct 

e-file tax return system (Direct File). 

This limited-scale pilot will allow the 

IRS to evaluate the costs, benefits, and 

operational challenges associated with 

providing such an optional service to 

taxpayers. 

This approval package is being 

submitted for renewal purposes only. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households, Farms. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

171,800,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent 

(Hours): 13. 

Estimated Total Annual Time (Hours): 

2,249,000,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Monetized 

Time ($): 46,342,000,000. 


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