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or threatened abuse of law or the legal 

process. For purposes of this definition, 

forced labor does not include work 

specifically authorized by national laws 

where such work is carried out in 

accordance with conditions prescribed 

by the competent authority, including: 

any work or service required by 

compulsory military service laws for 

work of a purely military character; 

work or service which forms part of the 

normal civic obligations of the citizens 

of a fully self-governing country; work 

or service exacted from any person as a 

consequence of a conviction in a court 

of law, provided that the said work or 

service is carried out under the 

supervision and control of a public 

authority and that the said person is not 

hired to or placed at the disposal of 

private individuals, companies or 

associations; work or service required in 

cases of emergency, such as in the event 

of war or of a calamity or threatened 

calamity, fire, flood, famine, earthquake, 

violent epidemic or epizootic diseases, 

invasion by animal, insect or vegetable 

pests, and in general any circumstance 

that would endanger the existence or 

the well-being of the whole or part of 

the population; and minor communal 

services of a kind which, being 

performed by the members of the 

community in the direct interest of the 

said community, can therefore be 

considered as normal civic obligations 

incumbent upon the members of the 

community, provided that the members 

of the community or their direct 

representatives have the right to be 

consulted in regard to the need for such 

services. 

‘‘Goods’’: ‘‘Goods’’ means goods, 

wares, articles, materials, items, 

supplies, and merchandise. 

‘‘Indentured Labor’’: ‘‘Indentured 

labor’’ means all labor undertaken 

pursuant to a contract entered into by an 

employee the enforcement of which can 

be accompanied by process or penalties. 

‘‘International Standards’’: 

‘‘International standards’’ means 

generally accepted international 

standards relating to forced labor and 

child labor, such as international 

conventions and treaties. These 

Guidelines employ definitions of ‘‘child 

labor’’ and ‘‘forced labor’’ derived from 

international standards. 

‘‘Produced’’: ‘‘Produced’’ means 

mined, extracted, harvested, farmed, 

produced, created, and manufactured. 

‘‘Supply Chain’’: ‘‘Supply chain’’ 

means the chain or network comprised 

of all organizations and individuals 

involved in producing, processing, 

trading, transporting and/or distributing 

a product or commodity from its point 

of origin, through any intermediary 

goods, to the final retailer. 

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7112(b)(2)(C) & 

(D) and 19 U.S.C. 2464; Executive Order 

13126. 

Signed at Washington, DC. 

Thea Lee, 

Deputy Undersecretary for International 

Affairs. 

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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Request for Comments; 

Information on Meetings With Outside 

Parties 

AGENCY: Office of Management and 

Budget, Executive Office of the 

President. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) is proposing to revise the 

information collection 0348–0065 that it 

uses for members of the public who 

request a meeting with OIRA on rules 

under review. The information collected 

would be subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) and this notice 

announces and requests comment on 

OIRA’s proposal for such a collection. 

DATES: Provide comments within 30 

days of January 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by the 

following method: 

• Federal eRulemaking portal: 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 

Comments submitted electronically, 

including attachments to https://

www.regulations.gov, will be posted to 

the docket unchanged. Please submit 

comments only and cite ‘‘Information 

Collection 0348–0065’’ in all 

correspondence related to this 

collection. To confirm receipt of your 

comment(s), please check 

regulations.gov, approximately two to 

three business days after submission to 

verify. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Jones, 202–395–5897. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Information on Meetings with 

Outside Parties Pursuant to Executive 

Order 12866. 

Abstract: Executive Order 12866, 

‘‘Regulatory Planning and Review,’’ 

issued by President Clinton on 

September 30, 1993, as amended, 

establishes and governs the process 

under which OIRA reviews agency draft 

proposed and final regulatory actions. 

The Executive Order also establishes a 

disclosure process regarding the OIRA 

Administrator’s (or his/her designee’s) 

meetings with outside parties during 

formal review of a regulatory action 

(E.O. 12866 meetings) if such meetings 

occur. 

Summary of Current Meeting Process. 

OIRA currently discloses the subject, 

date, and participants of the E.O. 12866 

meeting on the Reginfo.gov website, as 

well as any materials provided to OIRA 

at such meetings. 

These meetings occur at the initiative 

and request of outside parties who 

request a meeting to present views on a 

regulatory action under OIRA review. 

OIRA invites representatives from the 

agency or agencies that would issue the 

regulatory action. If such meetings 

occur, OIRA does not take minutes 

during the meeting but would post on 

RegInfo.gov any written materials 

provided by outside parties during these 

meetings, including the initial meeting 

request. 

To help ensure transparency 

associated with meetings pursuant to 

Executive Order 12866, OIRA collects 

and discloses the following information 

from outside parties that request a 

meeting with OIRA to present their 

views on a regulatory action currently 

under review: 

1. The name of the regulatory action 

under review on which the party would 

like to present its views. 

2. Names of all attendees who will be 

present at the meeting from the outside 

party or parties, including each 

attendee’s organization or affiliation. 

3. Electronic copies of all briefing 

materials provided by the requester that 

will be used during the presentation. 

4. An acknowledgment by the 

requesting party that all information 

submitted to OIRA pursuant to this 

collection and meeting request will be 

made publicly available at Reginfo.gov. 

Proposed Revisions. OMB is 

considering revisions to this 

information collection with the goal of 

collecting additional information from 

meeting requesters to facilitate further 

transparency, as well as improve the 

efficiency and effectiveness of the 

meeting request process. Such 

information includes: 

• Narrative descriptions 

accompanying meeting requests. An 

optional narrative description, provided 

by the requester, that states the purpose 

of the meeting and a brief, informal 

summary of the views they anticipate 

presenting. This information, which 

would be disclosed, would help OIRA 


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and action agencies invite the 

appropriate government officials, 

particularly when regulatory actions 

may address many subjects and have 

many separate provisions. 

• Meeting requesters and represented 

interests. Individual or organizational 

meeting requesters often request 

meetings on behalf of themselves. 

Sometimes, however, a meeting 

requester does so on behalf of another 

individual or organization with interests 

in the regulatory action. For example, a 

law firm or government affairs firm may 

request an E.O. 12866 meeting on behalf 

of a client who has a stake in the 

regulatory action. In other cases, a 

congressional office may facilitate a 

meeting request for an individual 

constituent concerned about a 

rulemaking. OIRA thus proposes to 

collect information in mandatory fields 

on the (1) name of the individual 

requesting the meeting; (2) the meeting 

requester’s organization, if any; (3) the 

name of the individual or organization 

whose interests are being represented; 

and (4) if the previous field names an 

individual, the individual’s 

organizational affiliation, if any. 

This information would facilitate 

transparency about who requests E.O. 

12866 meetings, the interests 

represented, and the types of 

organizations involved. In addition, 

OIRA will also continue to take meeting 

attendance and, when feasible, update 

this information for the public record in 

cases where participant information is 

not initially provided. 

• Previous request or participation in 

an E.O. 12866 meeting. OIRA proposes 

to require meeting requesters (the 

individual participants rather than their 

representatives) to note whether they 

have previously requested or 

participated in an E.O. 12866 meeting 

on any regulatory action within the last 

three years. This information, which 

would be disclosed, would allow OIRA 

to track participation of members of the 

public that have not historically 

requested meetings. In addition, OIRA 

proposes to ask and disclose whether a 

requester has previously requested or 

participated in an E.O. 12866 meeting 

associated with the specific regulatory 

action (at the same stage of the 

regulatory process). 

• Request for accommodations. OIRA 

also welcomes meeting requesters to 

specify whether any accommodations 

are requested. 

OIRA welcomes any and all public 

comments on the proposed revisions to 

the collection of information, such as 

the accuracy of OIRA’s burden estimate, 

the practical utility of collecting this 

information, and whether there are 

additional pieces of information that 

could be collected from meeting 

requesters to further the disclosure 

provisions of Executive Order 12866. 

Current actions: Proposal for revising 

an existing information collection 

requirement. 

Type of review: Revision. 

Affected public: Individuals and 

Households, Businesses and 

Organizations, State, Local, Territorial, 

or Tribal Governments. 

Expected average annual number of 

respondents: 300. 

Average annual number of responses 

per respondent: 2. 

Total number of responses annually: 

600. 

Burden per response: 15 minutes. 

Total average annual burden: 150 

hours. 

Request for comments: OMB 

anticipates that comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized or included in the request 

for OMB approval. Comments are 

invited on: (a) whether the 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 collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (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; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install, and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to respond 

to a collection of information, search 

data sources, and complete and review 

the collection of information; to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information; and to train personnel to be 

able to carry out the foregoing tasks. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

Privacy Act Statement: Response to 

this request for comment is voluntary. 

The information will be used to inform 

sound decision-making regarding 

OIRA’s information collection. Please 

note that all submissions received in 

response to this notice may be posted on 

https://www.regulations.gov/ or 

otherwise released in their entirety, 

including any personal and business 

confidential information provided. Do 

not include in your submissions any 

information of a confidential nature, 

such as personal or proprietary 

information; or any information you 

would not like to be made publicly 

available. The OMB System of Records 

Notice, OMB Public Input System of 

Records, OMB/INPUT/01, 88 FR 20913 

(https://www.federalregister.gov/ 

documents/2023/04/07/2023-07452/ 

privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records), 

includes a list of routine uses associated 

with the collection of this information. 

Richard L. Revesz, 

Administrator, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01404 Filed 1–24–24; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

The National Science Board’s (NSB) 

NSB–NSF Commission on Merit Review 

hereby gives notice of the scheduling of 

a videoconference meeting for the 

transaction of National Science Board 

business pursuant to the National 

Science Foundation Act and the 

Government in the Sunshine Act. 

TIME AND DATE: Monday, January 26, 

2024, from 3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Eastern. 

PLACE: This meeting will be held by 

videoconference through the National 

Science Foundation. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda 

of the meeting is: Commission Chair’s 

opening remarks; Discussion assessing 

and prioritizing topics for potential 

implementation and accountability 

suggestions; Commission Chair’s closing 

remarks. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Point of contact for this meeting is: 

(Chris Blair, cblair@nsf.gov), 703/292– 

7000. Members of the public can 

observe this meeting through a YouTube 

livestream. The YouTube link will be 

available from the NSB web page. 

Ann Bushmiller, 

Senior Legal Counsel to the National Science 

Board. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01533 Filed 1–23–24; 11:15 am] 

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