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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e). 

■ 2. Revise appendix A to part 1611 to 

read as follows: 

Appendix A to Part 1611—Income 

Level for Individuals Eligible for 

Assistance 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 2024 INCOME GUIDELINES * 

Size of household 

48 Contiguous 

states and the 

District of 

Columbia 

Alaska Hawaii 

1 ................................................................................................................................................... $18,825 $23,513 $21,638 

2 ................................................................................................................................................... 20,550 31,925 29,375 

3 ................................................................................................................................................... 32,275 40,338 37,113 

4 ................................................................................................................................................... 39,000 48,750 44,850 

5 ................................................................................................................................................... 45,725 57,163 52,588 

6 ................................................................................................................................................... 52,450 65,575 60,325 

7 ................................................................................................................................................... 59,175 73,988 68,063 

8 ................................................................................................................................................... 65,900 82,400 75,800 

For each additional member of the household in excess of 8, add: .......................................... 6,725 8,413 7,738 

* The figures in this table represent 125% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines by household size as determined by HHS. 

REFERENCE CHART—200% OF FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES * 

Size of household 

48 Contiguous 

states and the 

District of 

Columbia 

Alaska Hawaii 

1 ................................................................................................................................................... $30,120 $37,620 $ 34,620 

2 ................................................................................................................................................... 40,880 51,080 47,000 

3 ................................................................................................................................................... 51,640 64,540 59,380 

4 ................................................................................................................................................... 62,400 78,000 71,760 

5 ................................................................................................................................................... 73,160 91,460 84,140 

6 ................................................................................................................................................... 83,920 104,920 96,520 

7 ................................................................................................................................................... 94,680 118,380 108,900 

8 ................................................................................................................................................... 105,440 131,840 121,280 

For each additional member of the household in excess of 8, add: .......................................... 10,760 13,460 12,380 

* The figures in this table represent 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines by household size as determined by HHS. 

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).) 

Dated: January 18, 2024. 

Stefanie Davis, 

Deputy General Counsel and Ethics Officer, 

Legal Services Corporation. 

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BILLING CODE 7050–01–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 1831 and 1852 

[Notice: 23–099] 

RIN 2700–AE72 

NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation 

Supplement (NFS): Removal of Total 

Compensation Plan Language (NFS 

Case 2023–N002) 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: NASA is finalizing 

amendments to the NASA Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Supplement 

(NFS) as well as corresponding sections 

of the CFR to a solicitation provision 

and clause. 

DATES: Effective February 23, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edgar Lee, NASA HQ, Office of 

Procurement Grants and Policy 

Division, LP–011, 300 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20456–001. Telephone 

202–420–1384; facsimile 202–358–3082. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

NASA proposed a rule in the Federal 

Register at 88 FR 67720 on October 2, 

2023, to amend the NFS by removing 

NFS 1831.205–671, Solicitation 

provision, and NFS 1852.231–71, 

Determination of Compensation 

Reasonableness, from the NFS. NASA 

has determined these provisions are 

unnecessary as they exceed the scope 

requirements adequately covered in 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

provision 52.222–46, Evaluation of 

Compensation for Professional 

Employees (48 CFR 52.222–46). 

Currently, NFS requires an evaluation 

for all labor categories and periodic 

review of total compensation plans after 

contract award for cost reimbursement 

contracts (at least every 3 years) to 

evaluate the reasonableness of 

compensation for all proposed labor 

categories in service contracts. 

NASA has made a determination to 

rely on FAR provision 52.222–46, 

agencywide templates, and instructions, 

to ensure consistency in the data 

provided to NASA and subsequent 

evaluations to ensure NASA continues 

to pay fair and reasonable wages. 

II. Discussion 

As no public comments were 

submitted on the proposed rule, NASA 

is finalizing this rule with no changes. 

III. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 

13563 direct agencies to assess all costs 

and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the 

importance of quantifying both costs 

and benefits, of reducing costs, of 


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1Letters available at www.stb.gov (open tab 

‘‘News & Communications’’ and select ‘‘NonDocketed Public Correspondence’’). 

2While these meetings also included discussion 

of 49 CFR part 1147 (Temporary Relief Under 49 

U.S.C. 10705 and 11102 for Service Inadequacies), 

this proceeding concerns only 49 CFR part 1146 

(Expedited Relief for Service Emergencies) pursuant 

to 49 U.S.C. 11123. 

3Press Release, STB, STB Issues Hearing Notice 

for Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Serv. (Apr. 7, 

2022), www.stb.gov/news-communications/latestnews/pr-22–21/. 

harmonizing rules, and of promoting 

flexibility. This is not a significant 

regulatory action and, therefore, was not 

subject to review by OMB under E.O. 

12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. 

This rule is not a major rule under 5 

U.S.C. 804. 

IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

NASA does not expect this rule to 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities 

within the meaning of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., 

because the rule is removing the NFS 

unique requirements for submission of 

total compensation plan. Therefore, an 

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

was not performed. 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. chapter 35) does apply. With the 

publication of this final rule, an existing 

information collection currently 

approved under Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) control number 

2700–0077, Contractor and 

Subcontractor Compensation Plans, is 

no longer needed. Once the final rule is 

effective, NASA will discontinue this 

collection and rely on OMB control 

number 9000–0066, Certain Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Part 22 Labor 

Requirements—FAR Sections Affected: 

52.222–2, 52.222–6, 52.222–11, 52.222– 

18, 52.222–33, 52.222–34, 52.222–46, 

and SF 1413 and 1444. 

List of Subjects 

48 CFR Part 1831 

Accounting, Government 

procurement. 

48 CFR Part 1852 

Accounting, Government 

procurement, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Erica Jones, 

NASA FAR Supplement Manager. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, NASA amends 48 CFR parts 

1831 and 1852 as follows: 

PART 1831—CONTRACT COST 

PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1831 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 20113(a) and 48 CFR 

chapter 1. 

1831.205–671 [Removed and Reserved] 

■ 2. Remove and reserve section 

1831.205–671. 

PART 1852—SOLICITATION 

PROCEDURES AND CONTRACT 

CLAUSES 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 1852 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 20113(a) and 48 CFR 

chapter 1. 

1852.231–71 [Removed and Reserved] 

■ 4. Remove and reserve section 

1852.231–71. 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

49 CFR Parts 1011, 1104, 1115, and 

1146 

[Docket No. EP 762] 

Revisions to Regulations for Expedited 

Relief for Service Emergencies 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Board (STB or Board) adopts a final rule 

amending its emergency service 

regulations. 

DATES: The rule is effective February 23, 

2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathon Binet at (202) 245–0368. If you 

require an accommodation under the 

Americans with Disabilities Act, please 

call (202) 245–0245. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to its broad statutory mandate, the 

Surface Transportation Board closely 

monitors the rail industry’s service 

performance. See 49 U.S.C. 1321, 11145; 

see also 49 U.S.C. 10101, 11323, 10907. 

Over the last decade, railroad service 

challenges impacting a wide range of 

geographic regions and commodities 

have occurred with some frequency. 

See, e.g., U.S. Rail Serv. Issues— 

Performance Data Reporting, EP 724 

(Sub-No. 4) (STB served Dec. 30, 2014); 

STB Letter to CSX Transp., Inc. 

Requesting Serv. Reporting (July 27, 

2017); Chairman Oberman Letter to 

Norfolk S. Regarding Serv. Issues (Nov. 

23, 2021); 1 Urgent Issues in Freight Rail 

Serv., EP 770 (STB served Apr. 7, 2022); 

Oversight Hearing Pertaining to Union 

Pac. R.R.’s Embargoes, EP 772 (STB 

served Nov. 22, 2022). 

In response to service challenges in 

recent years, the Board has held a series 

of public hearings to permit interested 

persons to report on specific service 

problems, to hear from rail industry 

executives on plans to address rail 

service problems generally, and to 

explore additional options to improve 

service. At one such hearing in October 

2017, several shippers observed that the 

Board’s regulations at 49 CFR part 1146, 

which implement 49 U.S.C. 11123 and 

govern expedited relief for service 

emergencies, are rarely invoked, even in 

times of serious rail service challenges. 

See Pub. Listening Session Regarding 

CSX Transp., Inc.’s Rail Serv. Issues, EP 

742, Hr’g Tr. 89:13–22; 90:1; 150:3–14; 

196:11–22; 197:1–16; 199:1–9 (Oct. 17, 

2017). 

Based on these concerns, and to better 

understand the reasons for the lack of 

use of the Board’s directed service 

regulations, the Board announced on 

March 15, 2018, that Board staff would 

hold informal meetings with interested 

persons to discuss and gather feedback 

on the adequacy of the Board’s current 

regulations regarding emergency service 

and service inadequacies, and whether 

and how the current regulations should 

be modified to offer a more meaningful 

path to relief. See Press Release, STB, 

Board to Hold Informal Meetings on 

Directed Serv. Reguls. Beginning in Apr. 

(Mar. 15, 2018), www.stb.gov/newscommunications/latest-news/archivedpress-releases/.2 As a result, in the 

second quarter of 2018 Board staff met 

with representatives of a variety of 

entities representing carrier and shipper 

interests. A recurring concern expressed 

by shipper interests was the amount of 

time required under the existing 

procedures to obtain relief for service 

failures and the difficulty of satisfying 

certain informational burdens. Although 

carrier interests acknowledged that very 

few emergency service petitions had 

been filed in recent years, they 

nevertheless generally asserted that the 

existing procedures were sufficient, and 

noted that the Board’s Rail Customer 

and Public Assistance program (RCPA) 

had been helpful in resolving acute 

service issues informally. 

By decision served April 7, 2022, the 

Board announced that it would hold a 

hearing on April 26 and 27, 2022, on 

rail service problems impacting the 

network and the recovery efforts 

involving several Class I carriers.3 As 


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