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Frequency of Response: For 

application submission: one time; for 

grant award modifications: on occasion; 

for reporting: annually and 

semiannually. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: The current estimate for 

OMB Control Number 1505–0227 is 

112,376. Treasury estimates the SSBCI 

Investing in America SBOP will 

increase this estimate by 6,115 to 

118,491. 

Estimated Time per Response: For the 

SSBCI Investing in America SBOP, 

depending on the type of collection 

Treasury estimates that responses will 

take 9 minutes up to 6 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The current estimate for OMB 

Control Number 1505–0227 is 24,877. 

Treasury estimates the SSBCI Investing 

in America SBOP will increase this 

estimate by 1,530 hours to 26,407. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Spencer W. Clark, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–AK–P 

UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION 

PLAN 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: February 29, 2024, 12:00 

p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time. 

PLACE: This meeting will be accessible 

via conference call and via Zoom 

Meeting and Screenshare. Any 

interested person may call (i) 1–929– 

205–6099 (US Toll) or 1–669–900–6833 

(US Toll), Meeting ID: 997 0103 4622, to 

listen and participate in this meeting. 

The website to participate via Zoom 

Meeting and Screenshare is https://

kellen.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qdiorT8sGNbSuEQM-d2U0A_c3gFdaqie. 

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors (the ‘‘Board’’) will continue its 

work in developing and implementing 

the Unified Carrier Registration Plan 

and Agreement. The subject matter of 

this meeting will include: 

Proposed Agenda 

I. Welcome and Call to Order—UCR 

Board Chair 

The UCR Board Chair will welcome 

attendees, call the meeting to order, call 

roll for the Board, confirm the presence 

of a quorum, and facilitate selfintroductions. 

II. Verification of Publication of 

Meeting Notice—UCR Executive 

Director 

The UCR Executive Director will 

verify publication of the meeting notice 

on the UCR website and distribution to 

the UCR contact list via email, followed 

by subsequent publication of the notice 

in the Federal Register. 

III. Review and Approval of Board 

Agenda—UCR Board Chair 

For Discussion and Possible Board 

Action 

The proposed Agenda will be 

reviewed. The Board will consider 

action to adopt. 

Ground Rules 

➢ Board actions taken only in 

designated areas on the agenda. 

IV. Approval of Minutes of the January 

18, 2024 UCR Board Meeting—UCR 

Board Chair 

For Discussion and Possible Board 

Action 

Draft Minutes from the January 18, 

2024, UCR Board meeting will be 

reviewed. The Board will consider 

action to approve. 

V. Approval of Minutes of the February 

1, 2024 UCR Board Meeting—UCR 

Board Chair 

For Discussion and Possible Board 

Action 

Draft Minutes from the February 1, 

2024, UCR Board meeting will be 

reviewed. The Board will consider 

action to approve. 

VI. Report of FMCSA—FMCSA 

Representative 

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA) will provide a 

report on any relevant agency activity, 

including the status of the FMCSA’s 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

concerning the 2025 UCR Fee 

Rulemaking and its publication in the 

Federal Register. 

VII. Engagement Letter Between the 

UCR Plan and the Bradley Arant Law 

Firm—UCR Board Chair and UCR 

Executive Director 

For Discussion and Possible Board 

Action 

An engagement letter between the 

UCR Plan and the Bradley Arant law 

firm will be presented to the Board for 

consideration and approval covering 

legal services provided by the Bradley 

Arant law firm in representing the UCR 

Plan before the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office in the trademark 

cancellation proceeding filed by the 

Small Business in Transportation 

Coalition. The Board may take action to 

approve the engagement letter on the 

terms outlined in the engagement letter. 

VIII. UCR Plan Legal Counsel Report— 

UCR Plan Legal Counsel 

UCR Plan Legal Counsel will report 

on his activities as UCR Plan Legal 

Counsel since the last Board of Directors 

meeting including, the issuance of 

trademark licenses to participating 

states, developing a procedure to amend 

the UCR Agreement and responding to 

comments received by the FMCSA in 

connection with the 2025 UCR Fee Rule 

making. 

IX. Subcommittee Reports 

Audit Subcommittee—UCR Audit 

Subcommittee Chair, UCR Audit 

Subcommittee Vice-Chair 

A. Updates to the UCR Handbook—UCR 

Audit Subcommittee Chair, UCR Audit 

Subcommittee Vice-Chair 

For Discussion and Possible Board 

Action 

The UCR Audit Subcommittee Chair 

and Vice Chair will lead a discussion on 

steps to update the UCR Handbook in 

order to reduce confusion and eliminate 

conflicting guidance in the Handbook. 

The proposed amendments relate to the 

following sections of the Handbook: 

• ‘‘Leasing Companies’’ page 10 

• ‘‘Effect of IRP Registration’’ page 27 

• ‘‘Entities Performing More Than One 

Function’’ ‘‘Businesses Operating 

More Than One Motor Carrier’’ pages 

10 and 11 

The Board may take action to amend 

the UCR Handbook in the sections listed 

above. 

Finance Subcommittee—UCR Finance 

Subcommittee Chair and UCR 

Depository Manager 

A. Financial Update—UCR Depository 

Manager 

The UCR Depository Manager will 

provide an update on the financial 

status of the administrative fund. An 

update on fees collected for the 2024 

registration year will also be provided. 

B. The Finance Subcommittee 

Recommendation to the UCR Board for 

the Selection of External Auditor To 

Audit the Unified Carrier Registration 

Plan Depository for the Year Ended 

December 31, 2022—UCR Finance 

Subcommittee Chair 

For Discussion and Possible Board 

Action 

The UCR Finance Subcommittee ViceChair and the UCR Depository Manager 


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will give an update on the selection of 

an audit firm to conduct the 2022 

external audit. The UCR Finance 

Subcommittee recommends the 

appointment of Williams Benator and 

Libby, LLP (‘‘WBL’’) to serve as the 

external auditors of the 2022 financial 

year. The Board may take action to 

engage the services of an external 

auditor for the Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan Depository for the year 

ended December 31, 2022. 

Education and Training 

Subcommittee—UCR Education and 

Training Subcommittee Chair 

No significant action to report. 

Industry Advisory Subcommittee—UCR 

Industry Advisory Subcommittee Chair 

No significant action to report. 

Enforcement Subcommittee—UCR 

Enforcement Subcommittee Chair 

Update on Current Initiatives—UCR 

Enforcement Subcommittee Chair 

The UCR Enforcement Subcommittee 

Chair will provide an update on current 

and planned initiatives to include a 

review of enforcement rates, 

enforcement as against under-registered 

carriers, how enforcement can support 

and contribute to inspection audits, 

presentation on reports available 

through the NRS to enforcement staff, 

an update on PowerPoint training, 

creation of standards for annual UCR 

enforcement awards, and conducting 

biannual enforcement blitzes. 

Dispute Resolution Subcommittee— 

UCR Dispute Resolution Subcommittee 

Chair 

A. Update on the Status of the Three 

Pending Complaints Before the Dispute 

Resolution Subcommittee Filed by the 

Small Business in Transportation 

Coalition (‘‘SBTC’’)—UCR Dispute 

Resolution Subcommittee Chair and 

UCR Plan Counsel 

The UCR Dispute Resolution 

Subcommittee Chair and UCR Plan 

Counsel will discuss the status of the 

three pending complaints before the 

Dispute Resolution Subcommittee Filed 

by the Small Business in Transportation 

Coalition (‘‘SBTC’’). 

B. Possible Change to the Policy for 

Resolving Disputes Under the Unified 

Carrier Registration Agreement—UCR 

Dispute Resolution Subcommittee Chair 

and UCR Executive Director 

For Discussion and Possible 

Subcommittee Action 

The UCR Dispute Resolution 

Subcommittee Chair and UCR Executive 

Director will present the motion passed 

by the Dispute Resolution 

Subcommittee to amend the Policy for 

Resolving Disputes Under the Unified 

Carrier Registration Agreement, under 

Section IV, ‘‘Public Notice’’, to make 

clear that a notice of hearing before the 

Board is now submitted directly to the 

Federal Register for publication by the 

UCR Plan, and not as previously was the 

case, through a request to the Federal 

Motor Carrier Safety Administration. 

The Board may take action to approve 

this change in the Policy for Resolving 

Disputes Under the Unified Carrier 

Registration Agreement. 

X. Contractor Reports—UCR Board 

Chair 

UCR Executive Director Report 

The UCR Executive Director will 

provide a report covering his recent 

activity for the UCR Plan including any 

changes in the dates of UCR meetings in 

2024. 

UCR Administrator Report (Kellen) 

The UCR Chief of Staff will provide 

a management update covering recent 

activity for the Depository, Operations, 

and Communications. 

DSL Transportation Services, Inc. 

DSL Transportation Services, Inc. will 

report on the latest data from the FARs 

program, Tier 5 and 6 unregistered 

motor carriers, and other matters. 

Seikosoft 

Seikosoft will provide an update on 

its recent/new activity related to the 

UCR’s National Registration System. 

XI. Other Business—UCR Board Chair 

The UCR Board Chair will call for any 

other business, old or new, from the 

floor. 

XII. Adjournment—UCR Board Chair 

The UCR Board Chair will adjourn the 

meeting. 

The agenda will be available no later 

than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, February 

21, 2024, at: https://plan.ucr.gov. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Elizabeth Leaman, Chair, Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors, (617) 305–3783, eleaman@

board.ucr.gov. 

Alex B. Leath, 

Chief Legal Officer, Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–YL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0668] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Supplemental Income 

Questionnaire (For Philippine Claims 

Only) 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before April 26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to 

Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits 

Administration (20M33), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20420 or email to 

nancy.kessinger@va.gov. Please refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0668’’ in any 

correspondence. During the comment 

period, comments may be viewed online 

through FDMS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 

and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266–4688 

or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0668’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, VBA invites 

comments on: (1) whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of VBA’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 


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