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2Public Law 110–246, 122 Stat. 1651, 2189–220 

(2008). 

3See Regulation of Off-Exchange Retail Foreign 

Exchange Transactions and Intermediaries, 75 FR 

55410, 55416 (Sept. 10, 2010). 

4 44 U.S.C. 3512, 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(i) and 1320.8 

(b)(3)(vi). 

5This figure has been rounded from 1,757.09 to 

the nearest whole number. 

• Regulation 5.13(a) requires RFEDs 

and FCMs to provide monthly account 

statements to their customers. 

• Regulation 5.13(b) requires RFEDs 

and FCMs to provide confirmation 

statements to their customers within 

one business day after the execution of 

any retail forex or forex option 

transaction. 

• Regulation 5.14 requires RFEDs and 

FCMs to maintain current ledgers of 

each transaction affecting its asset, 

liability, income, expense and capital 

accounts. 

• Regulation 5.18(g) requires each 

RFED, FCM, CPO, CTA, and IB subject 

to part 5 to maintain a record of all 

communications received that give rise 

to possible violations of the Act, rules, 

regulations or orders thereunder related 

to their retail forex business. 

• Regulation 5.18(i) requires each 

RFED and FCM to prepare and maintain 

on a quarterly basis a calculation of 

nondiscretionary retail forex customer 

accounts open for any period of time 

during the quarter that were profitable, 

and the percentage of such accounts that 

were not profitable. 

• Regulation 5.18(j) requires the chief 

compliance officer of each RFED and 

FCM to certify annually that the firm 

has in place processes to establish, 

maintain, review, modify and test 

policies and procedures reasonably 

designed to achieve compliance with 

the Act, rules, regulations and orders 

thereunder. 

• Regulation 5.19 requires each 

RFED, FCM, CPO, CTA, and IB subject 

to part 5 to submit to the Commission 

copies of any dispositive or partially 

dispositive decision for which a notice 

of appeal has been filed in any material 

legal proceeding (1) to which the firm is 

a party to or to which its property or 

assets is subject with respect to retail 

forex transactions, or (2) instituted 

against any person who is a principal of 

the firm arising from conduct in such 

person’s capacity as a principal of that 

firm. 

• Regulation 5.20 requires RFEDs, 

FCMs and IBs to submit documentation 

requested pursuant to certain types of 

special calls by the Commission. 

• Regulation 5.23 requires RFEDs, 

FCMs and IBs to notify the Commission 

regarding bulk transfers and bulk 

liquidations of customer accounts. 

The rules establish reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements that are 

necessary to implement the provisions 

of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 

Act of 2008 2 regarding off-exchange 

transactions in foreign currency with 

members of the public. The rules are 

intended to promote customer 

protection by providing safeguards 

against irresponsible or fraudulent 

business practices.3

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number.4 On October 16, 2023, 

the Commission published in the 

Federal Register notice of the proposed 

extension of this information collection 

and provided 60 days for public 

comment on the proposed extension, 88 

FR 71341 (‘‘60-Day Notice’’). The 

Commission did not receive any 

relevant comments on the 60-Day 

Notice. 

Burden Statement: The Commission 

is revising its burden estimate for 81 

respondents, which include RFEDs, 

FCMs, IBs, CPOs, and CTAs. The 

respondent burden for this collection is 

estimated to be as follows: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

81. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Respondent: 1,757.5

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 142,324. 

Frequency of Collection: As 

applicable. 

There are no capital costs or operating 

and maintenance costs associated with 

this collection. 

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

Dated: December 19, 2023. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28243 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[ARW–231206A–PL] 

Notice of Intent To Grant an Exclusive 

Patent License 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Bayh-Dole Act 

and implementing regulations, the 

Department of the Air Force hereby 

gives notice of its intent to grant an 

exclusive patent license to ValorTrac 

Inc. having a place of business at 9213 

Bolero Ave., Bakersfield, CA, 93312. 

DATES: Written objections must be filed 

no later than fifteen (15) calendar days 

after the date of publication of this 

Notice. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written objections to 

the Air Force Materiel Command Law 

Office, AFMCLO/JAZ, 2240 B Street, 

Room 260, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 

45433–7109; Facsimile: (937) 255–3733; 

or Email: afmclo.jaz.tech@us.af.mil. 

Include Docket No. ARW–231206A–P in 

the subject line of the message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Loux, AFRL/RWSP, 101 W 

Eglin Blvd., Eglin AFB, FL 32542–6810; 

Phone: 850–882–3920; or Email: 

william.loux.2@us.af.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Abstract of Patent Application(s) 

A touch-based tracking method 

comprises starting a GUI which displays 

an environment; observing at least one 

of the presence or absence of one or 

more targets in relation to features in the 

environment; when an observation is 

made, reporting the observation through 

the GUI to form an input; reporting the 

observation in the GUI with a hand 

gesture; applying an algorithm to 

convert the input into a probability 

distribution; and updating a target state 

estimate and alters the environment 

display. The environment may be an 

area or a map, and the map may include 

a plurality of features, e.g. roads, 

building structures, forest, and water. 

The observation indicates the presence 

or non-presence of the one or more 

targets. The hand gesture is made on the 

map, such as a swiping motion with one 

or more fingers on the GUI, wherein the 

hand gesture indicates the strength of 

the observation. 

Intellectual Property 

CURTIS et al., U.S. Patent no. 

11,429,273 B1 issued 30 August 2022 

and entitled ‘‘Touch-Based Tracking 

system and Method.’’ 

The Department of the Air Force may 

grant the prospective license unless a 

timely objection is received that 

sufficiently shows the grant of the 

license would be inconsistent with the 

Bayh-Dole Act or implementing 

regulations. A competing application for 

a patent license agreement, completed 

in compliance with 37 CFR 404.8 and 

received by the Air Force within the 

period for timely objections, will be 

treated as an objection and may be 

considered as an alternative to the 

proposed license. 


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88592 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 245 / Friday, December 22, 2023 / Notices 

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 209; 37 CFR 404) 

Tommy W. Lee, 

Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28208 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket DARS–2023–0036; OMB Control 

Number 0704–0497] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Part 215 

Negotiation 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance, the following 

proposed extension of a collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to https://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. You may 

also submit comments, identified by 

docket number and title, by the 

following method: Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, or 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: Defense 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (DFARS) Part 215 

Negotiation; OMB Control Number 

0704–0497. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 157. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 157. 

Average Burden per Response: 4 

hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 628. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Needs and Uses: The purpose of this 

information collection is to improve the 

efficiency of the negotiations process by 

ensuring the submission of thorough, 

accurate, and complete forward pricing 

rate proposals. If the contracting officer 

determines that a forward pricing rate 

proposal should be obtained pursuant to 

Federal Acquisition Regulation 42.1701, 

then contractors following the contract 

cost principles for commercial 

organizations in FAR subpart 31.2 will 

be required to submit a forward pricing 

rate proposal that complies with Federal 

Acquisition Regulation 15.408, Table 

15–2, and DFARS 215.403–5 and 

215.407–5–70. DFARS 215.403–5 

provides contractors with guidance for 

the submittal of forward pricing rate 

proposals, including a checklist for 

contractors to use in preparing their 

proposals. The checklist is submitted to 

DoD with the forward pricing rate 

proposal. The forward pricing rate 

proposal adequacy checklist at Table 

215.403–1 is used by the contracting 

officer and the contractor to ensure the 

proposal is complete. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. Requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Duncan at whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

Jennifer D. Johnson, 

Editor/Publisher, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28168 Filed 12–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

[Docket DARS–2023–0031; OMB Control 

Number 0704–0245] 

Information Collection Requirement; 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; 

Transportation 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System has submitted to 

OMB for clearance, the following 

proposed extension of a collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to https://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. You may 

also submit comments, identified by 

docket number and title, by the 

following method: Federal eRulemaking 

Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, or 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and OMB Number: 

Transportation, and related clauses— 

DoD FAR Supplement Part 247, OMB 

Control Number 0704–0245. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Respondents: 16,950. 

Responses per Respondent: 6.76, 

approximately. 

Annual Responses: 114,655. 

Hours per Response: 0.55, 

approximately. 

Estimated Hours: 63,354. 

Reporting Frequency: On occasion. 

Needs and Uses: DoD contracting 

officers use this information to verify 

that prospective contractors have 

adequate insurance prior to award of 

stevedoring contracts; to provide 

appropriate price adjustments to 

stevedoring contracts; to assist the 

Maritime Administration in monitoring 

compliance with requirements for use of 

U.S.-flag vessels in accordance with the 

Cargo Preference Act of 1904 (10 U.S.C. 

2631); and to provide appropriate and 

timely shipping documentation and 

instructions to contractors. 

The clause at DFARS 252.247–7000, 

Hardship Conditions, is prescribed at 

DFARS 247.270–4(a) for use in all 

solicitations and contracts for the 

acquisition of stevedoring services. 

Paragraph (a) of the clause requires the 

contractor to notify the contracting 

officer of unusual conditions associated 

with loading or unloading a particular 

cargo, for potential adjustment of 

contract labor rates; and to submit any 

associated request for price adjustment 

to the contracting officer within 10 

working days of the vessel sailing time. 


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