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Nonproliferation and Arms Control, 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20585, 

laura.fellow@nnsa.doe.gov, (865) 203– 

3946. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOE 

published in the Federal Register a 

Notice of Availability for the American 

Assured Fuel Supply (AAFS), 76 FR 

51357 (Aug. 18, 2011), and an 

application to standardize the 

information that must be provided in a 

request to access the material in the 

AAFS. 78 FR 72071 (Dec. 2, 2013). DOE 

previously submitted information 

collection extension requests to the 

OMB under the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 in 2017 and 2020. 82 FR 

17650 (April 12, 2017), 85 FR 60451 

(Sep. 25, 2020). 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the extended 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 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

This information collection request 

contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1910–NEW; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: The American Assured Fuel 

Supply Program; 

(3) Type of Review: Extension; 

(4) Purpose: DOE created the AAFS, a 

reserve of low enriched uranium (LEU) 

to serve as a backup fuel supply for 

foreign recipients to be supplied 

through U.S. persons, or for domestic 

recipients, in the event of fuel supply 

disruption. This effort supports the 

United States Government’s nuclear 

nonproliferation objectives by 

supporting civilian nuclear energy 

development while minimizing 

proliferation risks. This collection of 

information in the event of supply 

disruption is necessary for DOE to 

identify if applicants meet basic 

requirements to access the AAFS and 

implement this important 

nonproliferation initiative; 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 10; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 10; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 8 per respondent for a 

total of 80 per year; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $950.74 

per respondent for a total of $9057.44 

per year. 

Statutory Authority: The Secretary of 

Energy is authorized, pursuant to the 

Atomic Energy of 1954, as amended 

(Pub. L. 83–703) (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 

and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act 

of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–242) (22 U.S.C. 3201 

et seq.), to encourage the widespread 

use of atomic energy for peaceful 

purposes, and to enter into agreements 

and distribute nuclear material in 

cooperation with other nations where 

appropriate safeguard measures are in 

place to ensure the material is properly 

controlled and used for peaceful 

purposes. 

DOE published in the Federal 

Register a notice of availability for the 

AAFS, 76 FR 51357 (Aug. 18, 2011), and 

a notice of availability of application 

guidance to standardize the information 

that must be provided in an application 

requesting LEU from the AAFS, 78 FR 

72071 (Dec. 2, 2013). This second notice 

‘‘requests that persons or companies 

that seek to purchase low enriched 

uranium (LEU) from the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s American 

Assured Fuel Supply (AFS) provide 

information sufficient to evaluate the 

request to the Office of Nonproliferation 

and International Security [now called 

Office of Nonproliferation and Arms 

Control], National Nuclear Security 

Administration.’’ 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on December 20, 

2023, by Corey Hinderstein, Deputy 

Administrator for Defense 

Nonproliferation, National Nuclear 

Security Administration, pursuant to 

delegated authority from the Acting 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 

27, 2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–XXXX, 3060–1248; FR ID 

194708] 

Information Collections Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

the Commission) invites the general 

public and other Federal Agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Pursuant to the Small Business 

Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC 

seeks specific comment on how it might 

‘‘further reduce the information 

collection burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees.’’ 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted on or before February 1, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent 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. Your comment must be 

submitted into www.reginfo.gov per the 

above instructions for it to be 

considered. In addition to submitting in 

www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of 

your comment on the proposed 

information collection to Cathy 

Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

Include in the comments the OMB 

control number as shown in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) go 

to the web page http://www.reginfo.gov/ 


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public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the 

section of the web page called 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on 

the downward-pointing arrow in the 

‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the Title 

of this ICR and then click on the ICR 

Reference Number. A copy of the FCC 

submission to OMB will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. No person shall 

be subject to any penalty for failing to 

comply with a collection of information 

subject to the PRA that does not display 

a valid OMB control number. 

As part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork burdens, as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC 

invited the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection. 

Comments are requested concerning: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. Pursuant to the 

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific 

comment on how it might ‘‘further 

reduce the information collection 

burden for small business concerns with 

fewer than 25 employees.’’ 

OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX. 

Title: Targeting and Eliminating 

Unlawful Text Messages. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, and state, local, or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,893 

respondents; 34,716 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this of information is 

contained in sections 4(i), 4(j), 227, 301, 

303, 307, and 316 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), 227, 

301, 303, 307, and 316. 

Total Annual Burden: 34,716 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Needs and Uses: This notice and 

request for comments seeks to establish 

a new information collection as it 

pertains to the Targeting and 

Eliminating Unlawful Text Messages, 

Rules and Regulations Implementing the 

Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 

1991, CG Docket No. 21–402, CG Docket 

No. 02–278, Report and Order and 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

FCC 23–21, (rel. Mar. 17, 2023) (Text 

Blocking Report and Order). Text 

message-based scams can include links 

to well-designed phishing websites that 

appear identical to the website of a 

legitimate company and can fool a 

victim into providing personal or 

financial information. Texted links can 

also load unwanted software onto a 

device, including malware that steals 

passwords, credentials, or other 

personal information. The Federal 

Communications Commission 

(Commission) is therefore, for the first 

time, requiring all mobile wireless 

providers to block certain text messages 

that are highly likely to be illegal, so 

that all subscribers have a basic level of 

protection. In the Text Blocking Report 

and Order, adopted on March 16, 2023 

and released on March 17, 2023, the 

Commission is requiring mobile 

wireless providers to block certain text 

messages that are highly likely to be 

illegal. The Commission is requiring 

mobile wireless providers to block—at 

the network level—texts purporting to 

be from North American Numbering 

Plan (NANP) numbers on a reasonable 

Do-Not-Originate (DNO) list, which 

include numbers that purport to be from 

invalid, unallocated, or unused 

numbers, and NANP numbers for which 

the subscriber to the number has 

requested that texts purporting to 

originate from that number be blocked. 

Text Blocking Report and Order, FCC 

23–21, para. 16. 

We adopt our proposal to require 

mobile wireless providers to block text 

messages at the network level (i.e., 

without requiring consumer opt in or 

opt out). The rule we adopt requires that 

they block texts purporting to be from 

numbers on a reasonable DNO list. As 

the Commission determined with calls, 

we find that no reasonable consumer 

would wish to receive text messages 

that spoof a number that is not in 

operation or, worse, purports to be from 

a well-known, trusted organization that 

does not send text messages and thus is 

highly likely to be a scam. Our 

requirement to block texts that purport 

to be from numbers on a reasonable 

DNO list does not include text messages 

from short codes. 

The new information collection for 

which OMB approval is sought comes 

from the affirmative obligation adopted 

in the Text Blocking Report and Order 

that all mobile wireless providers must 

block calls using a reasonable DNO list. 

Currently, the Commission requires 

gateway providers to block voice calls 

purporting to originate on a reasonable 

DNO list, under section 47 CFR 

64.1200(o) of the Commission’s rules, 

but this is the first time that the 

Commission has required mobile 

wireless providers to block texts. The 

Commission is also ensuring that any 

erroneous blocking can be quickly 

remedied by requiring mobile wireless 

providers and other entities to maintain 

a point of contact for texters to report 

erroneously blocked texts. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1248. 

Title: Transition from TTY to RealTime Text Technology, CG Docket No. 

16–145 and GN Docket No. 15–178. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 600 respondents; 4,358 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.2 

hours (12 minutes) to 60 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual, 

ongoing, and semiannual reporting 

requirements; recordkeeping 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefit. The statutory 

authority can be found at §§ 4(i), 225, 

255, 301, 303(r), 316, 403, 715, and 716 

of the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, and § 106 of the Twenty-First 

Century Communications and Video 

Accessibility Act of 2010, 47 U.S.C. 

154(i), 225, 255, 301, 303(r), 316, 403, 

615c, 616, 617; Public Law 111–260, 

106, 124 Stat. 2751, 2763 (2010). 

Total Annual Burden: 71,142 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Needs and Uses: Text telephone 

(TTY) technology provides a way for 

people with disabilities to send and 

receive text communications over the 

public switched telephone network 

(PSTN). Changes to communications 

networks, particularly ongoing 

technology transitions from circuit 


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switched to IP-based networks and from 

copper to wireless and fiber 

infrastructure, have affected the quality 

and utility of TTY technology, 

prompting discussions on transitioning 

to an alternative advanced 

communications technology for text 

communications. Accordingly, on 

December 16, 2016, the Commission 

released Transition from TTY to RealTime Text Technology, Report and 

Order, document FCC 16–169, 82 FR 

7699, January 23, 2017, amending its 

rules that govern the obligations of 

wireless service providers and 

manufacturers to support TTY 

technology to permit such providers and 

manufacturers to provide support for 

real-time text (RTT) over wireless IPbased networks to facilitate an effective 

and seamless transition to RTT in lieu 

of continuing to support TTY 

technology. 

In document FCC 16–169, the 

Commission adopted measures 

requiring the following: 

(a) Each wireless provider and 

manufacturer that voluntarily 

transitions from TTY technology to RTT 

over wireless IP-based networks and 

services is encouraged to develop 

consumer and education efforts that 

include (1) the development and 

dissemination of educational materials 

that contain information pertinent to the 

nature, purpose, and timelines of the 

RTT transition; (2) internet postings, in 

an accessible format, of information 

about the TTY to RTT transition on the 

websites of covered entities; (3) the 

creation of a telephone hotline and an 

online interactive and accessible service 

that can answer consumer questions 

about RTT; and (4) appropriate training 

of staff to effectively respond to 

consumer questions. All consumer 

outreach and education should be 

provided in accessible formats 

including, but not limited to, large print, 

Braille, videos in American Sign 

Language and that are captioned and 

video described, emails to consumers 

who have opted to receive notices in 

this manner, and printed materials. 

Service providers and manufacturers are 

also encouraged to coordinate with 

consumer, public safety, and industry 

stakeholders to develop and distribute 

education and outreach materials. The 

information will inform consumers of 

alternative accessible technology 

available to replace TTY technology that 

may no longer be available to the 

consumer through their provider or on 

their device. 

(b) Each wireless provider that 

requested or will request and receive a 

waiver of the requirement to support 

TTY technology over wireless IP-based 

networks and services must apprise its 

customers, through effective and 

accessible channels of communication, 

that (1) until TTY is sunset, TTY 

technology will not be supported for 

calls to 911 services over IP-based 

wireless services, and (2) there are 

alternative PSTN-based and IP-based 

accessibility solutions for people with 

disabilities to reach 911 services. These 

notices must be developed in 

coordination with public safety 

answering points (PSAPs) and national 

consumer organizations, and include a 

listing of text-based alternatives to 911, 

including, but not limited to, TTY 

capability over the PSTN, various forms 

of PSTN-based and IP-based TRS, and 

text-to-911 (where available). The 

notices will inform consumers on the 

loss of the use of TTY for completing 

911 calls over the provider’s network 

and alert them to alternatives service for 

which TTY may be used. 

(c) Once every six months, each 

wireless provider that requests and 

receives a waiver of the requirement to 

support TTY technology must file a 

report with the Commission and inform 

its customers regarding its progress 

toward and the status of the availability 

of new IP-based accessibility solutions. 

Such reports must include (1) 

information on the interoperability of 

the provider’s selected accessibility 

solution with the technologies deployed 

or to be deployed by other carriers and 

service providers, (2) the backward 

compatibility of such solution with 

TTYs, (3) a showing of the provider’s 

efforts to ensure delivery of 911 calls to 

the appropriate PSAP, (4) a description 

of any obstacles incurred towards 

achieving interoperability and steps 

taken to overcome such obstacles, and 

(5) an estimated timetable for the 

deployment of accessibility solutions. 

The information will inform consumers 

of the progress towards the availability 

of alternative accessible means to 

replace TTY, and the Commission will 

be able to evaluate the reports to 

determine if any changes to the waivers 

are warranted or of any impediments to 

progress that it may be in a position to 

resolve. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 

OFFICE 

Request for Medicaid and CHIP 

Payment and Access Commission 

(MACPAC) Nominations 

AGENCY: Government Accountability 

Office. 

ACTION: Request for letters of 

nomination and resumes. 

SUMMARY: The Children’s Health 

Insurance Program Reauthorization Act 

of 2009 (CHIPRA) established MACPAC 

to review Medicaid and CHIP access 

and payment policies and to advise 

Congress on issues affecting Medicaid 

and CHIP. CHIPRA gave the Comptroller 

General of the United States 

responsibility for appointing MACPAC’s 

members. The U.S. Government 

Accountability Office (GAO) is now 

accepting nominations for MACPAC 

appointments that will be effective May 

2024. Nominations should be sent to the 

email address listed below. 

Acknowledgement of receipt will be 

provided within a week of submission. 

DATES: Letters of nomination and 

resumes should be submitted no later 

than January 25, 2024, to ensure 

adequate opportunity for review and 

consideration of nominees prior to 

appointment. 

ADDRESSES: Submit letters of 

nomination and resumes to 

MACPACappointments@gao.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Corissa Kiyan-Fukumoto at (206) 287– 

4808 or KiyanFukumotoC@gao.gov if 

you do not receive an acknowledgment 

or need additional information. For 

general information, contact GAO’s 

Office of Public Affairs, (202) 512–4800. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1396. 

Gene L. Dodaro, 

Comptroller General of the United States. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[CMS–3446–FN] 

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 

Application from the Community 

Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) 

for Continued Approval of Its Home 

Health Agency Accreditation Program 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS), Health and 

Human Services (HHS). 


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