120 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 1 / Tuesday, January 2, 2024 / Notices 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

In carrying out its statutory mandate 

in 15 U.S.C. 637(m) to provide oversight 

of certification related to the WomenOwned Small Business Federal Contract 

Program (WOSB Program), the U.S. 

Small Business Administration (SBA) is 

currently approved to collect 

information from WOSB Program 

applicants or participants through its 

certification and information collection 

platform, Certify.SBA.gov (Certify). SBA 

is revising this information collection by 

updating its hourly burden analysis to 

reflect the new certification 

requirements, including the new 

monthly reporting requirement for 

third-party certifiers, and adding 

instructions for firms that wish to 

document their eligibility using their 

CVE certification. 

Solicitation of Public Comments 

SBA is requesting comments on (a) 

Whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to properly 

perform its functions; (b) whether the 

burden estimates are accurate; (c) 

whether there are ways to minimize the 

burden, including through the use of 

automated techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (d) whether 

there are ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information. 

Summary of Information Collection 

OMB Control Number: 3245–0374. 

Title: ‘‘Certification for the WomenOwned Small Business Federal Contract 

Program’’. 

Description of Respondents: Women 

Owned Small Business. 

Form Number: 2413, 2414. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

12,000. 

Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 

24,400. 

Curtis Rich, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27905 Filed 12–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Interest Rates 

The Small Business Administration 

publishes an interest rate called the 

Optional Peg Rate (13 CFR 120.214) on 

a quarterly basis. This rate is a weighted 

average cost of money to the 

Government for maturities similar to the 

average SBA direct loan. This rate may 

be used as a base rate for guaranteed 

fluctuating interest rate SBA loans. This 

rate will be 4.88 percent for the 

January–March quarter of FY 2024. 

Pursuant to 13 CFR 120.921(b), the 

maximum legal interest rate for any 

Third Party Lender’s commercial loan 

which funds any portion of the cost of 

a 504 project (see 13 CFR 120.801) shall 

be 6% over the Prime rate or, if that 

exceeds the maximum interest rate 

permitted by the constitution or laws of 

a given State, the maximum interest rate 

will be the rate permitted by the 

constitution or laws of the given State. 

David Parrish, 

Chief, Secondary Market Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28804 Filed 12–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12296] 

Determination and Certification With 

Respect to the Child Soldiers 

Prevention Act of 2008 

ACTION: Determination. 

SUMMARY: The State Department is 

publishing a Determination signed by 

the Secretary of State on October 5, 

2021. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Antony J. 

Blinken, Secretary of State, signed the 

following ‘‘Determination and 

Certification with Respect to the Child 

Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008’’ on 

October 5, 2021. The State Department 

maintains the original document. 

(Begin summary.) 

Determination and Certification with 

Respect to the Child Soldiers Prevention 

Act of 2008 Pursuant to section 404 of 

the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 

2008 (CSPA) (22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) and 

Presidential Memorandum dated 

October 14, 2020, I hereby: 

(1) Determine that it is in the national 

interest of the United States to waive the 

application of the prohibition under 

section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect 

to Mali to allow for the issuance of 

licenses for direct commercial sales of 

military equipment; and 

(2) Certify that the government of Mali 

is taking effective and continuing steps 

to address the problem of child soldiers. 

Accordingly, I hereby waive such 

application of section 404(a) of the 

CSPA with respect to Mali for Fiscal 

Year 2022. 

This Determination and Certification 

shall be published in the Federal 

Register and transmitted, along with the 

accompanying Memorandum of 

Justification, to the appropriate 

committees of Congress. 

(End summary.) 

Danusia K. Hubah, 

Director, Office of Security and Human 

Rights, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, 

and Labor, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28798 Filed 12–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–18–P 

TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 

Extension of the Agency’s Current 

Approval for Information Collection 

AGENCY: United States Trade and 

Development Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

submission to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

U.S. Trade and Development Agency 

(USTDA) has submitted a request to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to review and approve an 

extension for a currently approved 

information collection for Evaluation of 

USTDA Performance. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before February 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all of 

the documents related to the data 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the agency name. Written 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website: www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under Review— 

Open for Public Comments’’ or by using 

the search function and entering the 

title of the collection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Shenee ́ Turner, 

Administrative Officer, Attn: PRA, U.S. 

Trade and Development Agency, 1101 

Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100, Arlington, VA 

22209–3901; Tel.: (703) 875–4357, Fax: 

(703) 775–4037; Email: comments@

ustda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USTDA 

published its first Federal Register 

Notice on this data request extension on 

November 6, 2023, at 88 FR 7626782, at 

which time a 60-day comment period 

was announced. No comments were 

received in response to this notice at the 

end of the comment period. 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 


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