This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 89, No. 14 

Monday, January 22, 2024 

U.S. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

FINANCE CORPORATION 

2 CFR Chapter XVI 

Nonprocurement Suspension and 

Debarment; Correction 

AGENCY: U.S. International Development 

Finance Corporation. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: This document corrects a U.S. 

International Development Finance 

Corporation (DFC) proposed rule 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 5, 2024, regarding 

nonprocurement suspension and 

debarment (S&D). This correction 

clarifies that contracts where DFC has a 

privity of contract (first-tier 

procurement) should be covered 

transactions under the nonprocurement 

S&D requirements. 

DATES: January 22, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Agency Submitting Officer: Deborah 

Papadopoulos, (202) 357–3979, Email: 

fedreg@dfc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

§ 1600.220 [Corrected] 

■ In the proposed rule, FR Doc. 2023– 

28838, in the issue of January 5, 2024, 

on page 715, in the third column, 

§ 1600.220 is corrected by removing 

‘‘None’’ and adding ‘‘First-tier 

procurements (i.e., primary contracts) 

under a covered nonprocurement 

transaction are covered transactions’’ in 

its place. 

Dated: January 17, 2024. 

Dev Jagadesan, 

Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General 

Counsel, U.S. International Development 

Finance Corporation. 

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

5 CFR Part 890 

RIN 3206–AO48 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Part 54 

[REG–122319–22] 

RIN 1545–BQ55 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

29 CFR Part 2590 

RIN 1210–AC17 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

45 CFR Part 149 

[CMS–9897–N] 

RIN 0938–AV15 

Federal Independent Dispute 

Resolution Operations; Reopening of 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management; Internal Revenue Service, 

Department of the Treasury; Employee 

Benefits Security Administration, 

Department of Labor; Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

ACTION: Proposed rules; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: This document reopens the 

comment period for the proposed rules 

entitled ‘‘Federal Independent Dispute 

Resolution Operations’’ that appeared in 

the November 3, 2023, issue of the 

Federal Register. The comment period 

for the proposed rules, which closed on 

January 2, 2024, is reopened from 

January 22, 2024 to February 5, 2024. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rules published November 3, 

2023, at 88 FR 75744, is reopened. To 

be assured consideration, comments 

must be received at one of the addresses 

provided below, no later than February 

5, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted to the addresses specified 

below. Any comment that is submitted 

will be shared among the Department of 

the Treasury, the Department of Labor, 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services (the Departments), and the 

Office of Personnel Management. Please 

do not submit duplicates. 

Comments will be made available to 

the public. Warning: Do not include any 

personally identifiable information 

(such as name, address, or other contact 

information) or confidential business 

information that you do not want 

publicly disclosed. All comments are 

posted on the internet exactly as 

received and can be retrieved by most 

internet search engines. No deletions, 

modifications, or redactions will be 

made to the comments received, as they 

are public records. Comments may be 

submitted anonymously. 

In commenting, please refer to file 

code RIN 0938–AV15. Because of staff 

and resource limitations, the 

Departments cannot accept comments 

by facsimile (FAX) transmission. 

Comments, including mass comment 

submissions, must be submitted in one 

of the following three ways (please 

choose only one of the ways listed): 

1. Electronically. You may submit 

electronic comments on this regulation 

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

the ‘‘Submit a comment’’ instructions. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address ONLY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Department of 

Health and Human Services, Attention: 

CMS–9897–P, P.O. Box 8016, Baltimore, 

MD 21244–8016. 

Please allow sufficient time for mailed 

comments to be received before the 

close of the comment period. 

3. By express or overnight mail. You 

may send written comments to the 

following address ONLY: Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, Attention: CMS–9897–P, Mail 

Stop C4–26–05, 7500 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. 

For information on viewing public 

comments, see the beginning of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Padma Babubhai Shah, Office of 


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Personnel Management, at 202–606– 

4056; Shira B. McKinlay, Internal 

Revenue Service, Department of the 

Treasury, at 202–317–5500; Elizabeth 

Schumacher or Shannon Hysjulien, 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Department of Labor, at 

202–693–8335; Zarah Ghiasuddin or 

Bryan Kirk, Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Department of 

Health and Human Services, at 301– 

492–4308. 

Customer Service Information: 

Information from the Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) on health benefits 

plans offered under the Federal 

Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) 

Program can be found on the OPM 

website (https://www.opm.gov/ 

healthcare-insurance/healthcare/). 

Individuals interested in obtaining 

information from the Department of 

Labor (DOL) concerning employmentbased health coverage laws may call the 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration (EBSA) Toll-Free 

Hotline at 1–866–444–EBSA (3272) or 

visit the DOL’s website (www.dol.gov/ 

agencies/ebsa). In addition, information 

from the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) on private 

health insurance coverage and coverage 

provided by non-Federal governmental 

group health plans can be found on the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS) website (https://

www.cms.gov/marketplace), information 

on health care reform can be found at 

https://www.healthcare.gov, and 

information on surprise medical bills 

can be found at https://www.cms.gov/ 

nosurprises. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and 

HHS (collectively, the Departments) and 

the Office of Personnel Management 

(OPM) published proposed rules 

entitled ‘‘Federal Independent Dispute 

Resolution Operations,’’ which 

appeared in the Federal Register on 

November 3, 2023 (88 FR 75744). In the 

proposed rules, the Departments and 

OPM proposed requirements related to 

the Federal independent dispute 

resolution (IDR) process established 

under the No Surprises Act, including 

new requirements for disclosing 

information along with the initial 

payment or notice of denial of payment 

for certain items and services subject to 

the surprise billing protections in the 

No Surprises Act and when initiating 

the Federal IDR process and the 

provision of certain Claim Adjustment 

Reason Codes (CARCs) and Remittance 

Advice Remark Codes (RARCs) with 

paper or electronic remittances. 

Additionally, those proposed rules 

would define bundled payment 

arrangements and would amend certain 

requirements related to the open 

negotiation period, initiation of the 

Federal IDR process, eligibility 

determinations, batched disputes, 

extensions due to extenuating 

circumstances, selection of the certified 

IDR entity, and the collection of 

administrative fees and certified IDR 

entity fees. Lastly, the proposed rules 

would require plans and issuers to 

register in the Federal IDR portal. 

The Departments published the final 

rules entitled ‘‘Federal Independent 

Dispute Resolution Process 

Administrative Fee and Certified IDR 

Entity Fee Ranges’’ (the IDR Fees final 

rules), which appeared in the Federal 

Register on December 21, 2023 (88 FR 

88494). The IDR Fees final rules amend 

existing regulations to provide that the 

administrative fee amount charged by 

the Departments to participate in the 

Federal IDR process and the ranges for 

certified IDR entity fees will be 

established by the Departments in 

notice and comment rulemaking. The 

preamble to the IDR Fees final rules also 

sets forth the methodology used to 

calculate the administrative fee and the 

considerations used to develop the 

certified IDR entity fee ranges. The IDR 

Fees final rules also finalize the amount 

of the administrative fee and the 

certified IDR entity fee ranges for 

disputes initiated on or after the 

effective date of the IDR Fees final rules. 

In addition, the preamble to the IDR 

Fees final rules addresses how changes 

in that rulemaking relate to the 

proposals contained in the Federal 

Independent Dispute Resolution 

Operations proposed rules, for which 

the comment period closed on January 

2, 2024. To provide additional time for 

interested parties to consider and 

comment on any implications of the IDR 

Fees final rules, the Departments and 

OPM are reopening the comment period 

on the Federal Independent Dispute 

Resolution Operations proposed rules 

for all comments from January 22, 2024 

to February 5, 2024. To be assured 

consideration, comments on the 

proposed rules must be received no later 

than February 5, 2024. 

Laurie Bodenheimer, 

Associate Director, Healthcare and Insurance, 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Douglas W. O’Donnell, 

Deputy Commissioner for Services and 

Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service. 

Lisa M. Gomez, 

Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration, Department of 

Labor. 

Xavier Becerra, 

Secretary, Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2024–0029; Project 

Identifier MCAI–2023–01182–T] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS 

Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to 

supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 

2021–20–08, which applies to certain 

Airbus SAS Model A318, A319, A320, 

A321, A330–200, A330–200 Freighter, 

A330–300, A330–800, A330–900, A340– 

200, A340–300, A340–500, A340–600, 

and A380–800 series airplanes. AD 

2021–20–08 requires replacing certain 

parts manufacturer approval (PMA) 

nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries with 

serviceable Ni-Cd batteries. Since the 

FAA issued AD 2021–20–08, it was 

determined that the on-wing 

preservation procedures originally 

provided in the service information did 

not ensure the expected preservation of 

the battery capacity. This proposed AD 

would add airplanes to the applicability 

and require replacement of certain 

affected parts with serviceable parts as 

a precondition for return to service of 

airplanes from storage or parking, as 

specified in a European Union Aviation 

Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is 

proposed for incorporation by reference 

(IBR). The FAA is proposing this AD to 

address the unsafe condition on these 

products. 

DATES: The FAA must receive comments 

on this proposed AD by March 7, 2024. 


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