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3. Expenditure Limitation for President 

The national party committees have 

an expenditure limitation for their 

general election nominee for President. 

52 U.S.C. 30116(d)(2). The formula used 

to calculate the Presidential expenditure 

limitation considers not only the price 

index but also the total VAP of the 

United States. Id. The VAP figure used 

to calculate the expenditure limitation 

was certified by the U.S. Census Bureau. 

The VAP of the United States is also 

published annually in the Federal 

Register by the U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 11 CFR 110.18. The formula 

used to calculate this expenditure 

limitation is $0.02 multiplied by the 

total VAP of the United States 

(262,083,034), multiplied by the 

difference in the price index, 6.17976. 

See 52 U.S.C. 30116(c)(1)(B), (d)(2); 11 

CFR 109.32(a)(2), 110.17. Amounts are 

rounded to the nearest $100. 52 U.S.C. 

30116(c)(1)(B)(iii); 11 CFR 109.32(a)(2), 

110.17(c). Based upon this formula, the 

expenditure limitation for 2024 

Presidential nominees is $32,392,200. 

Limitations on Contributions by 

Individuals, Non-Multicandidate 

Committees and Certain Political Party 

Committees Giving to U.S. Senate 

Candidates for the 2023–2024 Election 

Cycle 

For the convenience of the readers, 

the Commission is also republishing the 

contribution limitations for individuals, 

non-multicandidate committees and for 

certain political party committees giving 

to U.S. Senate candidates and national 

party committees for the 2023–2024 

election cycle: 

Statutory provision Statutory amount 2023–2024 limit 

52 U.S.C. 30116(a)(1)(A) ............................................................................................................................ $2,000 $3,300 

52 U.S.C. 30116(a)(1)(B) ............................................................................................................................ 25,000 41,300 

52 U.S.C. 30116(h) ...................................................................................................................................... 35,000 57,800 

Lobbyist Bundling Disclosure 

Threshold for 2024 

The Act requires certain political 

committees to disclose contributions 

bundled by lobbyists/registrants and 

lobbyist/registrant political action 

committees once the contributions 

exceed a specified threshold amount. 52 

U.S.C. 30104(i)(1), (i)(3)(A). The 

Commission must adjust this threshold 

amount annually to account for 

inflation. 52 U.S.C. 30104(i)(3)(B). The 

disclosure threshold is increased by 

multiplying the $15,000 statutory 

disclosure threshold by 1.51143, the 

difference between the price index, as 

certified to the Commission by the 

Secretary of Labor, for the 12 months 

preceding the beginning of the calendar 

year and the price index for the base 

period (calendar year 2006). See 52 

U.S.C. 30104(i)(3), 30116(c)(1)(B); 11 

CFR 104.22(g). The resulting amount is 

rounded to the nearest multiple of $100. 

52 U.S.C. 30104(i)(3)(B), 

30116(c)(1)(B)(iii); 11 CFR 104.22(g)(4). 

Based upon this formula ($15,000 × 

1.51143), the lobbyist bundling 

disclosure threshold for calendar year 

2024 is $22,700. 

On behalf of the Commission. 

Dated: January 23, 2024. 

Sean J. Cooksey, 

Chairman, Federal Election Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE 

AGENCY 

[No. 2024–N–2] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance 

Agency. 

ACTION: Contractor Workforce Inclusion 

Good Faith Efforts—30-day notice of 

submission of information collection for 

approval from Office of Management 

and Budget. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the 

Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA 

or the Agency) is seeking public 

comments concerning an information 

collection known as ‘‘Contractor 

Workforce Inclusion Good Faith 

Efforts,’’ which has been assigned 

control number 2590–0016 by the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB). 

FHFA intends to submit the information 

collection to OMB for review and 

approval of a three-year extension of the 

control number, which is due to expire 

on January 31, 2024. 

DATES: Interested persons may submit 

comments on or before February 28, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs of the Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the 

Federal Housing Finance Agency, 

Washington, DC 20503, Fax: (202) 395– 

3047, Email: OIRA_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please also submit 

comments to FHFA, identified by 

‘‘Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request: ‘Contractor Workforce 

Inclusion Good Faith Efforts, (No. 2024– 

N–2)’ ’’ by any of the following methods: 

• Agency Website: www.fhfa.gov/ 

open-for-comment-or-input. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. If 

you submit your comment to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal, please also 

send it by email to FHFA at 

RegComments@fhfa.gov to ensure 

timely receipt by the agency. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery: Federal 

Housing Finance Agency, Office of 

General Counsel, 400 Seventh Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20219, 

ATTENTION: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request: ‘‘Contractor 

Workforce Inclusion Good Faith Efforts, 

(No. 2024–N–2).’’ 

We will post all public comments we 

receive without change, including any 

personal information you provide, such 

as your name and address, email 

address, and telephone number, on the 

FHFA website at http://www.fhfa.gov. 

Copies of all comments received will be 

available for examination by the public 

through the electronic comment docket 

for this PRA Notice also located on the 

FHFA website. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Takisha Koonce, Office of Minority and 

Women Inclusion, Takisha.Koonce@

fhfa.gov, (202) 649–3740; Brent Burris, 

Associate General Counsel, 

Brent.Burris@fhfa.gov, (202) 731–1083; 

or Angela Supervielle, Counsel, 

Angela.Supervielle@fhfa.gov, (202) 649– 

3973 (these are not toll-free numbers); 

Federal Housing Finance Agency, 400 

Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 

20219. For TTY/TRS users with hearing 

and speech disabilities, dial 711 and ask 

to be connected to any of the contact 

numbers above. 


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1 12 U.S.C. 5452. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Paperwork Reduction Act 

Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), Federal agencies must obtain 

approval from OMB for each collection 

of information they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) FHFA’s collection of 

information set forth in this document 

is titled ‘‘Contractor Workforce 

Inclusion Good Faith Efforts’’ (assigned 

control number 2590–0016 by OMB). To 

comply with the PRA requirement, 

FHFA is publishing notice of a proposed 

three-year extension of this collection of 

information, which is due to expire on 

January 31, 2024. 

B. Background 

Section 342(a)(1)(A) of the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act of 2010 (the Dodd-Frank 

Act) requires FHFA and certain other 

Federal agencies each to establish an 

Office of Minority and Women 

Inclusion (OMWI) responsible for all 

matters of the agency relating to 

diversity in management, employment, 

and business activities.1 Section 

342(c)(1) requires the OMWI Director at 

each agency to develop and implement 

standards and procedures to ensure, to 

the maximum extent possible, the fair 

inclusion and utilization of minorities, 

women, and minority- and womenowned businesses in all business and 

activities of the agency at all levels, 

including in procurement, insurance, 

and all types of contracts. Section 

342(c)(2) requires that the OMWI 

Director include in the agency’s 

procedures for evaluating contract 

proposals and hiring service providers a 

component that gives consideration to 

the diversity of an applicant, to the 

extent consistent with applicable law. 

That statutory provision also requires 

that each agency’s procedures include a 

written statement that a contractor shall 

ensure, to the maximum extent possible, 

the fair inclusion of women and 

minorities in the workforce of the 

contractor and, as applicable, 

subcontractors. 

Further, section 342(c)(3)(A) of the 

Dodd-Frank Act requires that each 

agency’s standards and procedures 

include a procedure for determining 

whether an agency contractor or 

subcontractor has failed to make a good 

faith effort to include minorities and 

women in its workforce. If the OMWI 

Director determines that a contractor or 

subcontractor has failed to make such a 

good faith effort, section 342(c)(3)(B)(i) 

provides that the OMWI Director shall 

recommend to the agency administrator 

that the contract be terminated. Section 

342(c)(3)(B)(ii) provides that, upon 

receipt of such a recommendation, the 

agency administrator may either 

terminate the contract, make a referral to 

the Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs (OFCCP) of the 

Department of Labor, or take other 

appropriate action. 

As a means of implementing the 

requirements of section 342(c) of the 

Dodd-Frank Act, FHFA developed a 

Minority and Women Inclusion Clause 

(MWI Clause) that it includes in Agency 

contracts with a dollar value greater 

than $150,000. The MWI Clause 

requires a contractor to confirm its 

commitment to equal opportunity in 

employment and contracting, and to 

implement that commitment by 

ensuring, to the maximum extent 

possible consistent with applicable law, 

the fair inclusion of minorities and 

women in its workforce. The MWI 

Clause also requires that a contractor 

include the substance of the MWI 

Clause in all subcontracts with a dollar 

value greater than $150,000 awarded 

under the contract. (Hereinafter, 

contractors that are subject to the MWI 

Clause and subcontractors that are 

subject to a similar clause required to be 

included in a subcontract are referred to 

as ‘‘covered’’ contractors and 

subcontractors.) 

Finally, the MWI Clause requires a 

contractor to provide, when requested 

by FHFA, documentation demonstrating 

that the contractor, as well as any 

covered subcontractor has made a good 

faith effort to ensure the fair inclusion 

of minorities and women in its 

workforce. The MWI Clause provides 

that such documentation may include, 

but is not limited to: (1) the contractor’s 

total number of employees, and the 

number of minority and women 

employees, by race, ethnicity, and 

gender (e.g., an EEO–1 Employer 

Information Report (Form EEO–1)); (2) a 

list of the subcontracts the contractor 

awarded including the dollar amount, 

date of the award, and the ownership 

status of the subcontractor by race, 

ethnicity, and/or gender; (3) information 

similar to that required under the first 

item above for each subcontractor; and 

(4) the contractor’s plan to ensure that 

minorities and women have appropriate 

opportunities to enter and advance 

within its workforce, including outreach 

efforts (hereinafter, a ‘‘workforce 

inclusion plan’’). A request for 

documentation by FHFA pursuant to 

this provision of the MWI Clause 

constitutes a ‘‘collection of information’’ 

within the meaning of the PRA. 

On March 9, 2018, FHFA finalized its 

‘‘Policy Establishing Procedures to 

Determine Compliance by Contractors 

with the Minority and Women Inclusion 

Contract Clause’’ (Good Faith Efforts 

Policy (GFEP)), which establishes a 

process to determine whether covered 

contractors or subcontractors are making 

good faith efforts to ensure the fair 

inclusion of minorities and women in 

their respective workforces. The GFEP 

ensures transparency, clarity, and 

consistency in the good faith effort 

review process. Covered contractors 

agree to provide documentation of the 

good faith effort they have made in 

support of this commitment within 10 

business days after a request from 

FHFA. According to the GFEP, ‘‘OMWI 

will rely on the conclusions of a prior 

GFE review if OMWI conducted that 

review within the past two fiscal years.’’ 

C. Need For and Use of the Information 

Collection 

The purpose of this information 

collection is to fulfill the requirements 

of section 342(c) of the Dodd-Frank Act. 

The collected information allows 

FHFA’s OMWI Director to determine 

whether covered contractors and 

subcontractors have complied with their 

contractual obligations to make good 

faith efforts to ensure, to the maximum 

extent possible consistent with 

applicable law, the fair inclusion of 

minorities and women in their 

respective workforces. 

D. Burden Estimate 

FHFA estimates that the average 

annual burden imposed on all 

respondents by this information 

collection over the next three years will 

be 725 hours. Because, as explained 

below, the amount of burden imposed 

upon a contractor by this information 

collection will differ depending upon 

whether the contractor has 50 or more 

employees, FHFA has based its total 

burden estimate on two separate sets of 

calculations—(1) one for contractors and 

subcontractors with 50 or more 

employees (30 hours); and (2) another 

for contractors and subcontractors with 

fewer than 50 employees (695 hours). 

FHFA includes the MWI Clause in 

Agency contracts with a dollar value 

greater than $150,000. Under the MWI 

Clause, FHFA may also request 

information about covered 

subcontractors’ ownership status, 

workforce demographics, and workforce 

inclusion plans. Contractors would 

request this information from their 

covered subcontractors, who, because 

the substance of the MWI Clause would 

be included in their subcontracts, would 

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2 42 U.S.C. 2000e, et seq. 

3E.O. 11246, 30 FR 12319 (Sept. 28, 1965). 

4See 41 CFR 60–1.7. 

5See 41 CFR 60–2.17. 

6See 41 CFR 60–2.31. 

7See 41 CFR 60–3.4. 

8See PRA Supporting Statement for the OFCCP 

Recordkeeping and Requirements-Supply and 

Service Program, OMB Control No. 1250–0003, at 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=201906-1250-001. 

records and report data as required 

under the MWI Clause. 

FHFA data on the dollar value of 

contracts awarded by the Agency from 

the beginning of fiscal year 2020 

through fiscal year 2023 shows that 165 

contractors were subject to the MWI 

Clause. FHFA believes that 85 of those 

contractors have 50 or more employees, 

while 80 contractors have fewer than 50 

employees. FHFA estimates that no 

more than two subcontracts with a 

dollar value of $150,000 or more were 

awarded by Agency contractors during 

that same time period. Both of those 

subcontractors have 50 or more 

employees each. Thus, over the 

preceding three years, a total of 167 

contractors and subcontractors were 

subject to the MWI Clause—87 of which 

have 50 or more employees and 80 of 

which have fewer than 50 employees. 

Based on these figures, FHFA 

estimates that, on average over the next 

three years, 87 contractors and 

subcontractors with 50 or more 

employees and 80 contractors or 

subcontractors with fewer than 50 

employees will be subject to the MWI 

Clause at any given time. As mentioned 

above, the GFEP provides that OMWI 

will rely on the conclusions of a prior 

GFE review if OMWI conducted that 

review within the past two fiscal years. 

Accordingly, a covered contractor or 

subcontractor is required to submit new 

information only once within any threeyear period. 

(1) Documentation Submitted by 

Contractors With 50 or More Employees 

FHFA estimates that the average 

annual burden on contractors with 50 or 

more employees will be 30 hours (0 

recordkeeping hours + 30 reporting 

hours). Because Federal contractors 

with 50 or more employees are already 

required to maintain the same types of 

records that may be requested pursuant 

to the MWI Clause under regulations 

implementing Title VII of the Civil 

Rights Act of 1964 2 and Executive 

Order 11246 (E.O. 11246),3 this 

information collection does not impose 

additional recordkeeping burdens on 

such contractors and subcontractors. 

FAR 52.222–26, Equal Opportunity, 

requires that such contractors’ contracts 

and subcontracts include a clause 

implementing E.O. 11246. OFCCP 

regulations require each contractor with 

50 or more employees and a Federal 

contract or subcontract of $50,000 or 

more to maintain records on the race, 

ethnicity, gender, and EEO–1 job 

category of each employee.4 OFCCP 

regulations also require each such 

contractor to: (1) demonstrate that it has 

made a good faith effort to remove 

identified barriers, expand employment 

opportunities, and produce measurable 

results; 5 and (2) develop and maintain 

a written program summary describing 

the policies, practices, and procedures 

that the contractor uses to ensure that 

applicants and employees received 

equal opportunities for employment and 

advancement.6 In lieu of creating and 

maintaining a separate workforce 

inclusion plan to submit in satisfaction 

of the MWI Clause, a contractor or 

subcontractor with 50 or more 

employees could submit the written 

program summary that it is already 

required to maintain under the OFCCP 

regulations to demonstrate its good faith 

efforts to ensure the fair inclusion of 

minorities and women in its workforce. 

With respect to reporting burden, 

FHFA estimates that it will take each 

contractor or subcontractor with 50 or 

more employees approximately one 

hour to retrieve, review, and submit the 

documentation specified in the MWI 

Clause. Thus, the estimate of the 

triennial burden upon contractors or 

subcontractors with 50 or more 

employees associated with reporting 

requirements under this information 

collection is 87 hours (87 respondents x 

1 hour per respondent) and the annual 

burden is 30 hours. 

(2) Documentation Submitted by 

Contractors With Fewer Than 50 

Employees 

FHFA estimates that the average 

annual burden on contractors and 

subcontractors with fewer than 50 

employees will be 695 hours (667 

recordkeeping hours + 28 reporting 

hours). OFCCP regulations require 

contractors with fewer than 50 

employees to maintain records on the 

race, ethnicity, and gender of each 

employee.7 FHFA believes that such 

contractors also keep EEO–1 job 

category information in the normal 

course of business, despite the fact that 

they are not required by law to do so. 

However, contractors or subcontractors 

with fewer than 50 employees may not 

have the type of written program 

summary that is required of larger 

contractors under the OFCCP 

regulations or any similar document 

that could be submitted as a workforce 

inclusion plan under the MWI Clause. 

Accordingly, such contractors or 

subcontractors may need to create a 

workforce inclusion plan to comply 

with the MWI Clause. 

In order to estimate the burden 

associated with creating a workforce 

inclusion plan, FHFA considered the 

OFCCP’s burden estimates for the time 

needed to develop the written program 

summaries required under its 

regulations.8 In its OMB Supporting 

Statement, the OFCCP estimated that a 

contractor with 1 to 100 employees 

would take approximately 73 hours to 

create an initial written program 

summary. While the OFCCP regulations 

require contractors to perform timeconsuming quantitative analyses when 

developing their written program 

summaries, such analyses would not be 

required in connection with the creation 

of a workforce inclusion plan. For this 

reason, FHFA believes that a contractor 

could develop a workforce inclusion 

plan in about one-third of the time that 

it would take to develop the written 

program summary required under the 

OFCCP regulations. 

FHFA estimates that a contractor or 

subcontractor with fewer than 50 

employees would spend approximately 

25 hours creating a workforce inclusion 

plan for the first time. It is likely that, 

going forward, many small contractors 

and subcontractors will simply submit 

updated versions of workforce inclusion 

plans that they have submitted 

previously. For purposes of this burden 

estimate, however, FHFA has assumed 

that all small contractors and 

subcontractors will need to create a new 

plan every time they are required to 

submit information under the MWI 

clause. This results in an estimated 

average triennial recordkeeping burden 

on all contractors and subcontractors 

with fewer than 50 employees over the 

next three years of 2,000 hours (80 

respondents × 25 hours per respondent), 

with an annual burden of 667 hours. 

As with larger entities, FHFA 

estimates that it will take each 

contractor and subcontractor with fewer 

than 50 employees approximately one 

hour to retrieve, review, and submit the 

documentation specified in the MWI 

Clause. Thus, FHFA estimates that the 

average triennial reporting burden on all 

contractors and subcontractors with 

fewer than 50 employees will be 80 

hours (80 respondents × 1 hour per 

respondent), with an annual burden of 

28 hours. 


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9See 88 FR 78751 (Nov. 16, 2023). 

E. Comment Request 

In accordance with the requirements 

of 5 CFR 1320.8(d), FHFA published an 

initial notice and request for public 

comments regarding this information 

collection in the Federal Register on 

November 16, 2023.9 The 60-day 

comment period closed on January 16, 

2024. FHFA did not receive any 

comments that were relevant to the 

Agency’s collection of information 

described in this PRA Notice. 

FHFA requests written comments on 

the following: (1) Whether the collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of FHFA functions, 

including whether the information has 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

FHFA’s estimates of the burdens of the 

collection of information; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information collected; and (4) 

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. 

Shawn Bucholtz, 

Chief Data Officer, Federal Housing Finance 

Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01682 Filed 1–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8070–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

ACTION: Notice, request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System (Board) invites 

comment on a proposal to extend for 

three years, with revision, the 

Government Securities Dealers Reports 

(FR 2004; OMB No. 7100–0003). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by FR 2004, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Agency Website: https:// 

www.federalreserve.gov/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ 

foia/proposedregs.aspx. 

• Email: regs.comments@

federalreserve.gov. Include the OMB 

number or FR number in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Fax: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452– 

3102. 

• Mail: Federal Reserve Board of 

Governors, Attn: Ann E. Misback, 

Secretary of the Board, Mailstop M– 

4775, 2001 C St NW, Washington, DC 

20551. 

All public comments are available 

from the Board’s website at https://

www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/ 

proposedregs.aspx as submitted, unless 

modified for technical reasons or to 

remove personally identifiable 

information at the commenter’s request. 

Accordingly, comments will not be 

edited to remove any confidential 

business information, identifying 

information, or contact information. 

Public comments may also be viewed 

electronically or in paper in Room M– 

4365A, 2001 C St NW, Washington, DC 

20551, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 

on weekdays, except for Federal 

holidays. For security reasons, the 

Board requires that visitors make an 

appointment to inspect comments. You 

may do so by calling (202) 452–3684. 

Upon arrival, visitors will be required to 

present valid government-issued photo 

identification and to submit to security 

screening in order to inspect and 

photocopy comments. 

Additionally, commenters may send a 

copy of their comments to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Desk 

Officer for the Federal Reserve Board, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to 

(202) 395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Federal Reserve Board Clearance 

Officer—Nuha Elmaghrabi—Office of 

the Chief Data Officer, Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, nuha.elmaghrabi@frb.gov, (202) 

452–3884. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board 

authority under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and 

assign OMB control numbers to 

collections of information conducted or 

sponsored by the Board. In exercising 

this delegated authority, the Board is 

directed to take every reasonable step to 

solicit comment. In determining 

whether to approve a collection of 

information, the Board will consider all 

comments received from the public and 

other agencies. 

During the comment period for this 

proposal, a copy of the proposed PRA 

OMB submission, including the draft 

reporting form and instructions, 

supporting statement (which contains 

more detail about the information 

collection and burden estimates than 

this notice), and other documentation, 

will be made available on the Board’s 

public website at https://

www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ 

reportingforms/home/review or may be 

requested from the agency clearance 

officer, whose name appears above. 

Final versions of these documents will 

be made available at https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, if 

approved. 

Request for Comment on Information 

Collection Proposal 

The Board invites public comment on 

the following information collection, 

which is being reviewed under 

authority delegated by the OMB under 

the PRA. Comments are invited on the 

following: 

a. Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the Board’s functions, 

including whether the information has 

practical utility; 

b. The accuracy of the Board’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

c. Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

d. Ways to minimize the burden of 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and 

e. Estimates of capital or startup costs 

and costs of operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services to provide 

information. 

At the end of the comment period, the 

comments and recommendations 

received will be analyzed to determine 

the extent to which the Board should 

modify the proposal. 

Proposal Under OMB Delegated 

Authority To Extend for Three Years, 

With Revision, the Following 

Information Collection 

Collection title: Government 

Securities Dealers Reports. 

Collection identifier: FR 2004. 

OMB control number: 7100–0003. 

General description of collection: This 

information collection is comprised of 

the: 

• Weekly Report of Dealer Positions 

(FR 2004A), 

• Weekly Report of Cumulative 

Dealer Transactions (FR 2004B), 

• Weekly Report of Dealer Financing 

and Fails (FR 2004C), 

• Weekly Report of Specific Issues 

(FR 2004SI), 

• Daily Report of Specific Issues (FR 

2004SD), 


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