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iARPA, Public Law 117–2, sec. 3301, codified at 

12 U.S.C. 5701 et seq. SSBCI was originally 

established in title III of the Small Business Jobs Act 

of 2010. 

iiThe draft SSBCI Investing in America SBOP 

application, including related templates and other 

application materials, is available on Treasury’s 

website at https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/ 

small-business-programs/state-small-businesscredit-initiative-ssbci/2021-ssbci/programmaterials/application-materials. If awarded a grant 

under the SBOP, Treasury anticipates that SBOP 

recipients will be required to submit progress 

performance reports annually and financial reports 

via Form SF–425 semi-annually, in accordance with 

2 CFR 200.328 and 200.329 and the terms and 

conditions of the grant. For progress performance 

reporting, SBOP recipients will be required to track 

and submit data on Treasury-specific data elements. 

Treasury proposes to require reports for the SSBCI 

Investing in America SBOP in substantially the 

form of the reporting guidance used for the formulabased TA Grant Program, which may be found on 

Treasury’s website at https://home.treasury.gov/ 

system/files/136/SSBCI-Technical-AssistanceReporting-Guidance.pdf. 

Although each application for the 

2024 supplemental grant will be given 

due consideration, the IRS is especially 

interested in receiving applications from 

organizations providing services in 

these underserved geographic areas. For 

organizations that intend to refer lowincome taxpayers in controversies with 

the IRS to other qualified 

representatives rather than providing 

representation directly to low-income 

taxpayers, priority will be given to 

established organizations that can help 

provide coverage to underserved 

geographic areas. For the ESL Education 

Pilot Program, special consideration 

will be given to established 

organizations with existing community 

partnerships that can swiftly implement 

and deliver services to the target 

audiences. 

As in prior years, the IRS will 

consider a variety of factors in 

determining whether to award a 

supplemental grant, including: (1) the 

number of taxpayers who will be 

assisted by the organization, including 

the number of ESL taxpayers in that 

geographic area; (2) the existence of 

other LITCs assisting the same 

population of low-income and ESL 

taxpayers; (3) the quality of the program 

offered by the organization, including 

the qualifications of its administrators 

and qualified representatives, and its 

record in providing services to lowincome taxpayers; (4) the quality of the 

organization, including the 

reasonableness of the proposed budget; 

(5) the organization’s compliance with 

all Federal tax obligations (filing and 

payment); (6) the organization’s 

compliance with all Federal nontax 

obligations (filing and payment); (7) 

whether debarment or suspension (31 

CFR part 19) applies or whether the 

organization is otherwise excluded from 

or ineligible for a Federal award; and (8) 

alternative funding sources available to 

the organization, including amounts 

received from other grants and 

contributors and the endowment and 

resources of the institution sponsoring 

the organization. 

For programs where all or the 

majority of cases will be placed with 

volunteers, we will also consider the 

following: (1) the qualifications of the 

representatives (attorneys, certified 

public accountants, or enrolled agents) 

who have agreed to accept taxpayer case 

referrals from an LITC and provide 

representation or consultation services 

free of charge; and (2) the ability of the 

organization to monitor referrals and 

ensure that the pro bono representatives 

are handling the cases properly, 

including taking timely case actions and 

ensuring services are offered for free. 

The final funding decisions are made 

by the National Taxpayer Advocate, 

unless recused. The costs of preparing 

and applying for the grant are the 

responsibility of each applicant. 

Applications may be released in 

response to Freedom of Information Act 

requests after any necessary redactions 

are made. Therefore, applicants must 

not include any individual taxpayer 

information. The IRS will notify each 

applicant in writing once funding 

decisions have been made. 

Erin Collins, 

National Taxpayer Advocate. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; State 

Small Business Credit Initiative 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury will submit the following 

information collection request 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. The 

public is invited to submit comments on 

these requests. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before March 27, 2024 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under Review—Open for 

Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the submissions may be 

obtained from Spencer W. Clark by 

emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling 

(202) 927–5331, or viewing the entire 

information collection request at 

www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: State Small Business Credit 

Initiative. 

OMB Control Number: 1505–0227. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Description: This information 

collection captures information related 

to the State Small Business Credit 

Initiative (SSBCI). The American Rescue 

Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) reauthorized 

and amended the Small Business Jobs 

Act of 2010 (SSBCI statute) to fund the 

SSBCI as a response to the economic 

effects of the COVID–19 pandemic.i

SSBCI is a Federal program 

administered by the U.S. Department of 

the Treasury (Treasury) that was created 

to strengthen the programs of 

jurisdictions (i.e., States, the District of 

Columbia, Territories, Tribal 

governments) that support private 

financing for small businesses. SSBCI 

includes the Capital Program, through 

which Treasury provides funding to 

jurisdictions to expand access to capital 

for small businesses, and the Technical 

Assistance (TA) Program, through 

which jurisdictions provide legal, 

accounting, and financial advisory 

services (TA services) to very small and 

underserved businesses that are 

applying for SSBCI Capital Program 

funding and other governmental 

programs that support small businesses 

(eligible beneficiaries). The TA Program 

includes an allocation-formula based 

TA Grant Program, as well as the 

competitive grant SSBCI Investing in 

America Small Business Opportunity 

Program (SBOP), which Treasury 

recently announced via a Notice of 

Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Treasury 

is updating the burden estimate for 

OMB Control Number 1505–0227 to 

better account for applications received 

under the SBOP, as well as proposed 

SBOP reporting requirements.ii

Form: Treasury’s portal, various 

templates. 

Affected Public: State, Territorial and 

Tribal governments, small businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100 for application submission; 15 for 

reporting. 


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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. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03847 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am] 

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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