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70 15 U.S.C. 78k–1. 

71 17 CFR 242.602(a). See 17 CFR 242.602(a)(1)(i). 

72 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

73 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–CBOE–2013–026. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for Web site viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549–1090 on official 

business days between the hours of 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

offices of the Exchange. All comments 

received will be posted without change; 

the Commission does not edit personal 

identifying information from 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File Number SR–CBOE– 

2013–026, and should be submitted on 

or before August 9, 2013. 

V. Accelerated Approval of Proposed 

Rule Change, as Modified by 

Amendment No. 2 

The Commission finds good cause for 

approving the proposed rule change, as 

amended by Amendment No. 2, prior to 

the 30th day after the date of 

publication of notice in the Federal 

Register. Amendment No. 2 revises the 

proposal, to, among other things, 

eliminate proposed CBOE Rule 

6.53C(c)(iv)(2)(C) in its entirety because 

the provision would be inconsistent 

with Section 11A of the Act 70 and Rule 

602(a) of Regulation NMS (‘‘Quote 

Rule’’).71 For this reason, the 

Commission finds good cause for 

approving the proposed rule change, as 

amended, on an accelerated basis, 

pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act. 

VI. Conclusion 

It is therefore ordered, pursuant to 

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,72 that the 

proposed rule change (SR–CBOE–2013– 

26), as amended, be, and hereby is, 

approved. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.73

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8384] 

Privacy Act; System of Records: 

Human Resources Records, State–31 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Department of State proposes to 

amend an existing system of records, 

Human Resources Records, State–31, 

pursuant to the provisions of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 

U.S.C. 552a) and Office of Management 

and Budget Circular No. A–130, 

Appendix I. 

DATES: This system of records will be 

effective on August 28, 2013, unless we 

receive comments that will result in a 

contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Any persons interested in 

commenting on the amended system of 

records may do so by writing to the 

Director; Office of Information Programs 

and Services, A/GIS/IPS, Department of 

State, SA–2, 515 22nd Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20522–8001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Director; Office of Information Programs 

and Services, A/GIS/IPS, Department of 

State, SA–2, 515 22nd Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20522–8001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of State proposes that the 

current system will retain the name 

‘‘Human Resources Records’’ 

(previously published as 65 FR 69359). 

The information collected and 

maintained in this system is in keeping 

with the Department’s mission to 

document all processes associated with 

individual employment histories and 

career progression; to ensure that all 

employees and potential employees 

have equal opportunities; and to make 

personnel management determinations 

about employees throughout their 

Federal careers. The proposed system 

will include administration updates and 

modifications to the following sections: 

Categories of individuals, Categories of 

records, Routine uses, and Safeguards. 

The Department’s report was filed 

with the Office of Management and 

Budget. The amended system 

description, ‘‘Human Resources 

Records, State–31,’’ will read as set forth 

below. 

Joyce A. Barr, 

Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. 

Department of State. 

STATE–31 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Human Resources Records. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Classified and unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Department of State, 2201 C Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20520; State 

Annex 01, 2401 E Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20037; State Annex 03, 

2121 Virginia Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20037; State Annex 44, 

301 4th Street SW., Washington, DC 

20547; overseas at U.S. embassies, U.S. 

consulates general, and U.S. consulates; 

U.S. missions; and the National 

Personnel Records Center, 111 

Winnebago Street, St. Louis, MO 63118. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

All applicants for employment with 

the Department of State (including 

unsuccessful applicants); all current and 

former Civil Service (CS) and Foreign 

Service (FS) employees of the 

Department of State including members 

of the Senior Executive Service (SES), 

Presidential Appointees, employees 

under full-time, part-time, intermittent, 

temporary, and limited appointments; 

anyone serving in an advisory capacity 

(compensated and uncompensated); 

other agency employees on detail to the 

Department of State; former Foreign 

Service Reserve Officers; student 

applicants for internships, Presidential 

Management Fellows, Foreign Affairs 

Fellowship Program Fellows, student 

interns and other student summer hires, 

Stay-in-School student employees, and 

Cooperative Education Program 

participants; and prospective alien 

spouses and cohabitants of Department 

of State employees. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Categories of records may include 

identifying information, such as, but not 

limited to, name, date of birth, home 

address, mailing and email addresses, 

numeric identifier (such as employee 

identification number, SGID, or Social 

Security number) and telephone 

numbers. Types of files include 


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documents relating to class action 

lawsuits, annuitants under the Foreign 

Service Retirement and Disability 

System and the Foreign Service Pension 

System as well as Civil Service 

annuitants, prospective alien spouses 

and cohabitants of Department 

employees, employees who apply for 

their spouses or children to be 

expeditiously naturalized, employees 

detailed or seconded to international 

organizations, Foreign Service 

personnel separated for cause; official 

personnel files; documents relating to 

merit promotions, recruitment and 

employment, employee relations, career 

development and counseling, 

performance, conduct, suitability, and 

discipline, Foreign Service promotion 

and Permanent Change of Station (PCS) 

travel. These records may contain any 

documents not otherwise stated relating 

to employment, to include, but not 

limited to, hiring, employment and 

separation from the Department. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

22 U.S.C. 2581 (General Authority of 

Secretary of State); 22 U.S.C. 2651a 

(Organization of the Department of 

State); 22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq. (Foreign 

Service Act of 1980); 22 U.S.C. 3921 

(Management of the Foreign Service); 22 

U.S.C. 4041 (Administration of the 

Foreign Service Retirement and 

Disability System); 5 U.S.C. 301–302 

(Management of Executive 

Departments); Executive Order 9397, as 

amended (Numbering System for 

Federal Accounts Relating to Individual 

Persons); Executive Order 9830 

(Amending the Civil Service Rules and 

Providing for Federal Personnel 

Administration); and Executive Order 

12107 (Relating to the Civil Service 

Commission and Labor-Management in 

the Federal Service) and successor 

authorities. 

PURPOSE: 

The information collected and 

maintained in this system is in keeping 

with the Department’s mission to 

document all processes associated with 

individual employment histories and 

career progression; to ensure that all 

employees and potential employees 

have equal opportunities; and to make 

personnel management determinations 

about employees throughout their 

Federal careers. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

The information in Human Resources 

Records may be shared: 

A. With consulting services that 

provide information about available 

aids, devices and methods of 

accommodating employees with 

disabilities; 

B. With the Office of Personnel 

Management for its government-wide 

personnel management functions such 

as pay, benefits, and retirement 

deductions or other relevant personnel 

processes; 

C. With other Federal agencies, state 

governments, foreign governments and 

international organizations where 

employees are being considered for 

detail, assignment or secondment; 

D. With academic institutions to 

which Department employees may be 

assigned for long-term training; 

E. With any member of an agency’s 

Performance Review Board or other 

panel when the member is not an 

official of the employing agency. 

Information would then be used for 

approving or recommending selection of 

candidates for Executive development 

or Senior Executive Service (SES) 

candidate programs, issuing a 

performance rating of record, issuing 

performance awards, nominating for 

meritorious and distinguished executive 

ranks, removal, reduction in grade, and 

other personnel actions based on 

performance; 

F. With attorneys, union 

representatives or other persons 

designated by employees in writing to 

represent them in complaints, 

grievance, appeal, or litigation cases; 

G. With requestors in determining a 

former spouse’s entitlement to benefits 

and other inquiries related to retirement 

benefits; 

H. With the President of the United 

States, the Executive Office of the 

President and legislative and 

appropriations committees of the U.S. 

Congress charged with consideration of 

legislation and appropriations for the 

Foreign Service, or representatives duly 

authorized by such committees; 

I. With labor organization officials 

when such information is relevant to 

personnel policies affecting 

employment conditions and necessary 

for exclusive representation by the labor 

organization; 

J. With officials of foreign 

governments and other U.S. government 

agencies for clearance before a Federal 

employee is assigned to that country as 

well as for the procurement of necessary 

services for American personnel 

assigned overseas, such as permits of 

free entry and identity cards; 

K. With the Department of Labor, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, Social 

Security Administration, Department of 

Defense, or any other Federal agencies 

that have special civilian employee 

retirement and disability programs; or to 

a national, state, county, municipal, or 

other publicly recognized income 

administration agency (e.g. State 

unemployment compensation agencies), 

when necessary to adjudicate a claim 

under the retirement, insurance, 

unemployment or health benefits 

programs of the Department or an 

agency cited above, or to an agency to 

conduct an analytical study or audit of 

benefits being paid under such 

programs; 

L. With the Office of Federal 

Employees Group Life Insurance, 

information necessary to verify election, 

declination, or waiver of regular and/or 

optional life insurance coverage, or 

eligibility for payment of a claim for life 

insurance; 

M. With health insurance carriers 

contracting with the Federal 

government to provide a health benefits 

plan under the Federal Employees 

Health Benefits Program, information 

necessary to identify enrollment in a 

plan, to verify eligibility for payment of 

a claim for health benefits, or to carry 

out the coordination or audit of benefit 

provisions of such contracts; 

N. With any person who is 

responsible for the care of an individual 

to whom a record pertains who is 

mentally incompetent or under other 

legal disability. Information in the 

individual’s record may be disclosed to 

said person to the extent necessary to 

assure payment of benefits to which the 

individual is entitled; 

O. With public and private 

organizations, including news media, 

which grant or publicize employee 

recognition to consider and select 

employees for incentive awards and 

other honors and to publicize awards 

and honors granted; 

P. With the Department of Justice in 

connection with proceedings before a 

court, adjudicative body, or other 

administrative body when any of the 

following is a party to litigation or has 

an interest in such litigation and the 

Department of State determines that the 

use of such records is arguably relevant 

and necessary to the litigation of (1) the 

Department of State or any component 

thereof, (2) any employee of the 

Department of State in his or her official 

capacity, (3) any employee of the 

Department of State in his or her 

individual capacity where the 

Department of Justice or the Department 

of State has agreed to represent the 

employee, or (4) the United States, 

when the Department of State 

determines that litigation is likely to 

affect the Department of State or any of 

its components; 


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Q. To implement court decisions and/ 

or terms of settlement agreements 

reached by the parties; 

R. To prepare reports to the courts in 

compliance with monitoring 

requirements; 

S. In response to an order from a court 

or an administrative body directing the 

production of personnel records 

(including, but not limited to the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission, 

the Foreign Service Grievance Board 

and the Merit Systems Protection 

Board); 

T. With other Government agencies 

and private organizations, institutions 

or individuals to verify employment, to 

process security clearances and to 

request record or credit checks; 

U. To provide an official of another 

Federal agency information needed in 

the performance of official duties in 

support of the functions for which the 

records were collected and maintained; 

V. To disclose information to Equal 

Employment Opportunity (EEO) 

counselors and EEO investigators in 

connection with EEO complaints and to 

the Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission when requested in 

connection with investigations of 

alleged or possible discrimination 

practices in the Federal sector, 

examination of Federal affirmative 

employment programs, compliance by 

Federal agencies with the Uniform 

Guidelines on Employee Selection 

Procedures, or other functions vested in 

the Commission; 

W. With the Department of Labor’s 

Office of Workers’ Compensation 

programs relating to benefits under the 

Federal Employees Compensation Act; 

and 

X. To disclose information to the 

news media and the public when a 

matter involving the Department of 

State has become public knowledge; the 

Under Secretary for Management 

determines that in response to the 

matter in the public domain, disclosure 

is necessary to provide an accurate 

factual record on the matter; and the 

Under Secretary for Management 

determines that there is a legitimate 

public interest in the information 

disclosed. 

The Department of State periodically 

publishes in the Federal Register its 

Prefatory Statement of Routine Uses 

which applies to all of its Privacy Act 

systems of records. These standard 

routine uses apply to Human Resources 

Records, State–31. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Electronic media and hard copy. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

By an individual name and numeric 

identifier. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

All users are given cyber security 

awareness training which covers the 

procedures for handling Sensitive but 

Unclassified information, including 

personally identifiable information (PII). 

Annual refresher training is mandatory. 

In addition, all Foreign Service and 

Civil Service employees and those 

Locally Engaged Staff who handle PII 

are required to take the Foreign Service 

Institute distance learning course, PA 

459, instructing employees on privacy 

and security requirements, including 

the rules of behavior for handling PII 

and the potential consequences if it is 

handled improperly. Before being 

granted access to Human Resources 

Records, a user must first be granted 

access to the Department of State 

computer system. 

Remote access to the Department of 

State network from non-Department 

owned systems is authorized only to 

unclassified systems and only through a 

Department approved access program. 

Remote access to the network is 

configured with the Office of 

Management and Budget Memorandum 

M–07–16 security requirements which 

include, but are not limited to, twofactor authentication and time out 

function. 

All Department of State employees 

and contractors with authorized access 

have undergone a thorough background 

security investigation. Access to the 

Department of State, its annexes and 

posts abroad is controlled by security 

guards and admission is limited to those 

individuals possessing a valid 

identification card or individuals under 

proper escort. All paper records 

containing personal information are 

maintained in secured file cabinets in 

restricted areas, access to which is 

limited to authorized personnel only. 

Access to computerized files is 

password-protected and under the 

direct supervision of the system 

manager. The system manager has the 

capability of printing audit trails of 

access from the computer media, 

thereby permitting regular and ad hoc 

monitoring of computer usage. When it 

is determined that a user no longer 

needs access, the user account is 

disabled. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

These records will be maintained 

until they become inactive, at which 

time they will be retired or destroyed in 

accordance with published records 

schedules of the Department of State 

and as approved by the National 

Archives and Records Administration. 

More specified information may be 

obtained by writing to the Director, 

Office of Information Programs and 

Services, A/GIS/IPS, SA–2, Department 

of State, 515 22nd Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20522–8100. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

The Director General of the Foreign 

Service and Director of Human 

Resources, Department of State; 2201 C 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20520. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals who have reason to 

believe that the Bureau of Human 

Resources might have records pertaining 

to themselves should write to the 

Director; Office of Information Programs 

and Services, A/GIS/IPS; SA–2, 

Department of State; 515 22nd Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20522–8100. The 

individual must specify that he or she 

wishes the Human Resources Records to 

be checked. At a minimum, the 

individuals must include: name; date 

and place of birth; approximate dates of 

employment with the Department of 

State or when in process for a potential 

appointment; current mailing address 

and zip code; signature; and other 

information helpful in identifying the 

record. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals who wish to gain access 

to or amend records pertaining to 

themselves should write to the Director; 

Office of Information Programs and 

Services (address above). 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

(See above.) 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

These records contain information 

obtained directly from the individual 

who is the subject of these records, 

previous employers, supervisors, 

Foreign Service inspectors, any/all 

offices within the Bureau of Human 

Resources (counselors, placement 

officers, and personnel technicians), 

other bureaus (administrative/executive 

officers, personnel and payroll offices, 

security, medical, and legal), reports of 

the Board of Examiners of the Foreign 

Service, Foreign Service Employee 

Evaluation Reports and Selection Board 

findings, the Foreign Service Institute, 

colleges, universities, Armed Forces 

academic institutions, contractors 


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responsible for administration of the 

Foreign Service written examination, 

and other authorized agencies 

administering pre-employment tests, 

Office of Personnel Management and 

other Federal agencies, prospective 

alien spouses of Foreign Service 

employees; grievance staff and appeals 

boards, affidavits and testimony of 

witnesses. 

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a (k)(1), 

subject to the provisions of section 

552(b)(1), records are exempted from 5 

U.S.C. 552a (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), 

(H) and (I), and (f) to protect material 

required to be kept Secret. Pursuant to 

5 U.S.C. 552a (k)(4), records contained 

within this system that are maintained 

solely for statistical purposes are also 

exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a (c)(3), (d), 

(e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H) and (I), and (f). 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a (k)(5) and 

(k)(7), certain records contained within 

this system contain confidential source 

information and are exempted from 5 

U.S.C. 552a (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), 

(H) and (I), and (f). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a (k)(6), records that contain testing 

or examination material the release of 

which may compromise testing or 

examination procedures are also 

exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a (c)(3), (d), 

(e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H) and (I), and (f). See 

Department of State Rules published in 

22 CFR 171. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation 

Transportation Infrastructure 

Financing and Innovation Act (TIFIA) 

Program; Agency Information 

Collection Activities and Request for 

Comments 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation (OST). 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT) invites public 

comments on a request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve an Emergency Information 

Collection Request in accordance with 

the requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 USC 3501 et seq). This request is 

being submitted to OMB via an 

Emergency Information Collection 

Request. 

On July 6, 2012, the President of the 

United States signed the Moving Ahead 

for Progress in the 21st Century Act of 

2012 (MAP–21). MAP–21 authorized 

$750 million in FY 2013 and $1 billion 

in FY 2014 for the Transportation 

Infrastructure Financing and Innovation 

Act (TIFIA) program to pay the subsidy 

cost of supporting Federal credit. The 

TIFIA program will provide Federal 

credit assistance in the form of direct 

loans, loan guarantees, and standby 

lines of credit to eligible surface 

transportation projects. This 

information collection relates to the 

collection of information from entities 

interested in TIFIA credit assistance and 

assists the DOT in evaluating projects 

and project sponsors for program 

eligibility and creditworthiness. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by August 5, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: 

(a) The need for the proposed collection 

of information 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 proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (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 those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques. You may submit 

comments identified by Docket No. 

DOT–OST–2013–0138 through one of 

the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except on Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

TIFIA program manager via email at 

TIFIACredit@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Transportation Infrastructure 

Financing and Innovation Act program 

or TIFIA program. 

OMB Control Number: 2105–New. 

Affected Public: State and local 

governments, transit agencies, railroad 

companies, special authorities, special 

districts, and private entities. 

Estimated Total Annual Number of 

Responses: 50 letters of interest and 50 

applications. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,000 hours. Based on the 

number and type of interested 

stakeholders that have contacted the 

Department about this program, OST 

estimates that it will receive 50 

applications and letters of interest and 

that it will generally not take applicants 

more than 100 person-hours to assemble 

individual applications and 20 personhours to assemble individual letters of 

interest. Therefore, the total annual hour 

burden of this collection of applications 

is 6,000 hours. 

Frequency of Collection: The 

Department expects that this 

information collection will occur on a 

rolling basis as interested entities seek 

TIFIA credit assistance. 

Background: This is an existing 

information collection without an OMB 

Control Number. DOT has published a 

notice in the Federal Register (also 

available at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ 

ipd/pdfs/tifia/ 

fy2013_tifia_nofa_073112.pdf) to give 

project sponsors an opportunity to 

submit Letters of Interest and 

applications for the newly authorized 

funding as soon as possible. However, 

in addition to authorizing more funding 

for TIFIA credit assistance, MAP–21 

made some significant changes to the 

TIFIA program’s structure, including the 

terms and conditions pursuant to which 

DOT can provide TIFIA credit 

assistance. DOT is required to solicit 

letters of interest and applications for 

TIFIA credit assistance from interested 

applicants. DOT has developed forms 

that provide a way for interested 

applicants to submit information 

required by DOT in order for DOT to 

evaluate that interested applicant’s 

application for TIFIA credit assistance. 

The forms for the letter of interest and 

application are available for review at 

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/tifia/ 

guidance_applications/ 

tifia_applications.htm. The DOT will 

use the collected information to 

evaluate and select recipients for credit 

assistance as authorized under MAP–21. 

Applicants may be asked to provide 

additional supporting evidence or to 

quantify details during the review and 

negotiation process on a case-by-case 

basis, but completion of the letter of 

interest and application. 

MAP–21 establishes a multi-step 

application process for TIFIA credit 

assistance. This process begins with the 

submission of a Letter of Interest and 

determination of eligibility. Only after a 

project sponsor has submitted a Letter of 

Interest and met all statutory eligibility 

requirements will the project sponsor be 

invited to submit an application. 


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