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USDA Nondiscrimination Statement 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and USDA civil rights 

regulations and policies, the USDA, its 

agencies, offices, and employees, and 

institutions participating in or 

administering USDA programs are 

prohibited from discriminating based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity (including gender 

expression), sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, political 

beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior 

civil rights activity, in any program or 

activity conducted or funded by USDA 

(not all bases apply to all programs). 

Remedies and complaint filing 

deadlines vary by program or incident. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means of communication for 

program information (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, American Sign 

Language, etc.) should contact the 

responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET 

Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and 

TTY) or contact USDA through the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Additionally, program information may 

be made available in languages other 

than English. To file a program 

discrimination complaint, complete the 

USDA Program Discrimination 

Complaint Form, AD–3027, found 

online at https://www.usda.gov/oascr/ 

how-to-file-a-program-discriminationcomplaint and at any USDA office or 

write a letter addressed to USDA and 

provide in the letter all of the 

information requested in the form. To 

request a copy of the complaint form, 

call (866) 632–9992. Submit your 

completed form or letter to USDA by: 

(1) Mail: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410; (2) fax: (202) 690–7442; 

or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender. 

Dated: February 7, 2024. 

Egypt Simon, 

Acting USDA Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03185 Filed 2–14–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

[Docket No. RBS–23–BUSINESS–0028] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Rural Microentrepreneur 

Assistance Program (RMAP); OMB 

Control No.: 0570–0062 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Agriculture (USDA) Rural BusinessCooperative Service announces its’ 

intention to request a revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection and invites comments on this 

information collection. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by April 15, 2024 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at: https://

www.regulations.gov. To comment, in 

the ‘‘Search’’ box, enter the docket 

number: ‘‘RBS–23–BUSINESS–0028.’’ 

You will be taken to the ‘‘Search 

Results’’ page and a link to the Notice. 

To submit a comment, click on the 

‘‘Comments’’ button under the Notice 

document name (this will be under the 

‘‘Documents’’ tab if not already brought 

there). When you comment, you must 

complete all the required information, 

and include the Agency name and 

docket number. When done 

commenting, select the ‘‘Submit 

Comment’’ button at the bottom of the 

page. Information on commenting is 

available in the ‘‘Commenter’s 

Checklist’’ located at the top of the 

comment page or by viewing the FAQ 

tab. All comments submitted, from all 

sources, will be posted, without change 

to https://www.regulations.gov. 

Comments containing profanity, 

vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate 

language or content will not be 

considered. The Agency requests that no 

business proprietary information, 

copyrighted information, or personally 

identifiable information be submitted in 

response to this Notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Crystal Pemberton, Management 

Analyst, Branch 1, Rural Development 

Innovation Center—Regulations 

Management Division, United States 

Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, South 

Building, Washington, DC 20250–1522. 

Telephone: (202) 260–8621. Email: 

Crystal.Pemberton@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

regulation (5 CFR part 1320) 

implementing provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) requires that interested 

members of the public and affected 

agencies have an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see, 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)). This notice identifies the 

following information collection that 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service is 

submitting to OMB as extension to an 

existing collection with Agency 

adjustment. 

Title: Rural Microentrepreneur 

Assistance Program (RMAP). 

OMB Number: 0570–0062. 

Expiration Date of Approval: August 

31, 2024. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 2 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Nonprofits, Indian 

Tribes, and Public Institutions of Higher 

Education. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

40. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 11. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours on Respondents: 1907. 

Abstract: The purpose of the RMAP 

program is to support the development 

and ongoing success of rural 

microentrepreneurs and 

microenterprises. Loans and grants are 

made to Microenterprise Development 

Organizations (MDOs) to provide rural 

microentrepreneurs with the skills 

necessary to establish new rural 

microenterprises, to provide continuing 

technical and financial assistance 

related to the successful operation of 

rural microenterprises, and to assist 

with the cost of providing other 

activities and services related to the 

successful operation of MDOs and rural 

microenterprises. The loans establish or 

augment a rural microentrepreneur 

revolving loan fund and the grants 

provide technical assistance and 

training to microenterprises. 

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 will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 


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(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Crystal Pemberton, 

Rural Development Innovation Center— 

Regulations Management Division, at 

(202) 202–260–8621. Email: 

Crystal.Pemberton@usda.gov. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Kathryn E. Dirksen Londrigan, 

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03166 Filed 2–14–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of Commission public 

business meeting. 

DATES: Friday, February 23, 2024, 10 

a.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting to take place 

virtually and is open to the public via 

livestream on the Commission’s 

YouTube page: https://www.youtube.

com/user/USCCR/videos. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angelia Rorison: 202–376–8371; 

publicaffairs@usccr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Government in 

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), the 

Commission on Civil Rights is holding 

a meeting to discuss the Commission’s 

business for the month. This business 

meeting is open to the public. Computer 

assisted real-time transcription (CART) 

will be provided. The web link to access 

CART (in English) on Friday, February 

23, 2024, is https://www.streamtext.net/ 

player?event=USCCR. Please note that 

CART is text-only translation that 

occurs in real time during the meeting 

and is not an exact transcript. 

Meeting Agenda 

A. Approval of Agenda 

B. Business Meeting 

1. Presentation by State Advisory 

Committee Chairs on Reports and 

related Memorandum: 

a. Chair Michelle Rydz, North Dakota 

Advisory Committee, ‘‘Civil Rights 

and Fair Housing in North Dakota 

b. Chair Steven Irwin, Pennsylvania 

Advisory Committee, 

‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair 

Housing: An Analysis of Fair 

Housing Access & Zoning Practices 

in Pennsylvania’’ 

c. Rev. Dr. Donnie Anderson, Member, 

Rhode Island Advisory Committee, 

‘‘Licensing Barriers to Employment 

Post-Conviction in Rhode Island’’ 

C. Management and Operations 

• Staff Director’s Report 

D. Adjourn Meeting 

Dated: February 13, 2024. 

Angelia Rorison, 

USCCR Media and Communications Director. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03268 Filed 2–13–24; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; High-Frequency Surveys 

Program/Household Pulse Survey 

On January 2, 2024, the Department of 

Commerce received clearance from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to 

conduct Phase 4.0 of the Household 

Pulse Survey (OMB No. 0607–1029, 

Exp. 01/31/27). The Department is 

committed to ensuring that the data 

collected by the Household Pulse 

Survey continue to meet information 

needs as they may evolve. This notice 

serves to inform of the Department’s 

intent to request clearance from OMB to 

make some revisions to the Household 

Pulse Survey questionnaire. To ensure 

that the data collected by the Household 

Pulse Survey continue to meet 

information needs as they evolve over 

the course of the pandemic, the 

Department submits the following 

Request for Revision to an Existing 

Collection for a revised Phase 4.1 

questionnaire to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. 

Phase 4.1 includes new questions on 

inclusion in the arts as well as 

reinstated Medicaid and Unemployment 

Insurance items. There are also 

revisions to response options for the 

long COVID duration and food benefit 

receipt questions. 

It is the Department’s intention to 

commence data collection using the 

revised instrument on or about April 2, 

2024. We invite the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed, and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. Public comments 

were previously requested via the 

Federal Register on October 31, 2023 

(OMB No. 0607–1029) during a 30-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Department of Commerce. 

Title: High Frequency Surveys 

Program/Household Pulse Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–1029. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission, 

Request for a Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection. 

Number of Respondents: 264,600. 

Average Hours per Response: .333 (20 

minutes). 

Burden Hours: 88,112. 

Needs and Uses: The High-Frequency 

Surveys Program was established as a 

natural progression from the creation of 

the Household Pulse Survey. The 

Census Bureau developed the 

Household Pulse Survey to produce 

near real-time data in a time of urgent 

and acute need to inform federal and 

state action in response to the Covid-19 

pandemic. Changes in the measures 

over time provided insight into 

individuals’ experiences on social and 

economic dimensions during the period 

of the pandemic. It has evolved to 

include content on other emergent 

social and economic issues facing 

households and is designed to 

supplement the federal statistical 

system’s traditional benchmark data 

products with a new data source that 

provides relevant and timely 

information based on a high-quality 

sample frame, data integration, and 

cooperative expertise. 

Affected Public: Households. 

Frequency: Households will be 

selected once to participate in a 20- 

minute survey. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 


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