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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket Number DHS 2024–0031] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Post-Contract Award 

Information; OMB Control No. 1600– 

0003 

AGENCY: Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS). 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security will submit the following 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until November 8, 

2024. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number Docket # 

DHS–2024–0031, at: 

Æ Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number Docket # DHS–2024– 

0031. All comments received will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) collects information, when 

necessary, in administering public 

contracts for supplies and services. The 

information is used to determine 

compliance with contract terms placed 

in the contract as authorized by the 

Federal Property and Administrative 

Services Act (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.), the 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

(48 CFR chapter 1), and the Homeland 

Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR) 

(48 CFR chapter 30). 

Respondents submit information 

based on the terms of the contract; the 

instructions in the contract deliverables 

mandatory reporting requirements; and 

correspondence from acquisition 

personnel requesting post-award 

contract information. The least active 

contracts and the simplest contracts will 

have little to no data to report. The most 

active and complex contracts, however, 

will contain more reporting 

requirements. DHS believes that some of 

this information is already readily 

available as part of a company’s 

business processes and that the largest 

businesses use computers to compile 

the data. However, a significant amount 

of time is spent correlating information 

to specific contract actions and 

gathering information for more complex 

contract actions. 

The prior information collection 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Control No. 1600–0003 

was approved through May 31, 2025, by 

OMB, and it includes the following: 

3052.204–70 Security requirements 

for unclassified information technology 

resources. (Required in all solicitations 

and contracts that require submission of 

an IT Security Plan.) This clause applies 

to all contractor systems connected to a 

DHS network and those contracts where 

the Contractor must have physical or 

electronic access to sensitive 

information contained in DHS 

unclassified systems. The contractor is 

asked to prepare, provide and maintain 

an IT Security Plan. 

3052.204–71 Contractor employee 

access. (Required when contractor 

employees require recurring access to 

Government facilities or access to 

sensitive info.) Contractors may be 

subject to background investigations 

and will have to provide information as 

required by the DHS Security Office. 

The information requested is in addition 

to the information requested through 

Standard Form (SF) 86. 

3052.205–70 Advertisements, 

Publicizing Awards, and Releases. 

(Required for all contracts exceeding 

Simplified Acquisition Threshold.) 

Contractors may have to provide copies 

of information related to advertisements 

and release statements to receive 

approval for publication. 

3052.209–72 Organizational Conflict 

of Interest, paragraphs (f) and (g) 

(Included in solicitations and contracts 

where a potential organizational conflict 

of interest exists and mitigation may be 

possible.) Contractors will have to 

provide information related to actual or 

potential conflicts of interest and a 

mitigation plan. 

3052.209–75 Prohibited Financial 

Interests for Lead System Integrators. 

(Required in solicitations and contracts 

for the acquisition of a major system 

when the acquisition strategy envisions 

the use of a lead system integrator or 

when the contractor will be the lead 

system integrator.) Contractors will have 

to provide information related to 

changes in financial interests. 

3052.209–76 Prohibition on Federal 

Protective Service Guard Services 

Contracts with Business Concerns 

Owned, Controlled, or Operated by an 

Individual Convicted of a Felony, 

paragraph (h). (Section 2 of the Federal 

Protective Service Guard Contracting 

Reform Act of 2008, Pub. L. 110–356, 

generally prohibits DHS from entering 

into a contract for guard services under 

the Federal Protective Service (FPS) 

guard services program with any 

business concern owned, controlled, or 

operated by an individual convicted of 

a serious felony.) The notification 

required by paragraph (h) applies to any 

contractual instrument that may result 

in the issuance of task orders. 

Contractors will have to provide 

information on any felony conviction of 

personnel who own, control or operate 

a business during the performance a 

contract. 

3052.215–70 Key personnel or 

facilities. (Required in solicitations and 

contracts when the selection for award 

is substantially based on the offeror’s 

possession of special capabilities 

regarding personnel or facilities.) 

Contractors will have to provide notice 

of and documentation related to changes 

in key personnel for evaluation, 

including, resumes; description of the 

duties the replacement will assume; 

description of any change in duties and 

confirmation that such change will not 

negatively impact contract performance. 

3052.216–71 Determination of 

Award Fee. (Required in solicitations 

and contracts that include an award 

fee.) Contractor may submit a 

performance self-evaluation for each 

evaluation period. 

3052.217–91 Performance (USCG). 

(Required in sealed bid fixed-price 

solicitations and contracts for vessel 

repair, alteration, or conversion which 

are to be performed within the United 

States, its possessions, or Puerto Rico. 

Also required in negotiated solicitations 

and contracts to be performed outside 

the United States.) Contractor must 

request prior approval to conduct dock 

and sea trials. 

3052.217–92 Inspection and Manner 

of Doing Work (USCG). (Required in 

sealed bid fixed-price solicitations and 

contracts for vessel repair, alteration, or 

conversion which are to be performed 

within the United States, its 

possessions, or Puerto Rico. Also 

required in negotiated solicitations and 

contracts to be performed outside the 

United States.) Contractor must 

maintain complete records of all 

inspection work and shall make them 

available to the Government during 

performance of the contract and for 90 

days after the completion of all work 

required. 

3052.217–95 Liability and Insurance 

(USCG). (Required in sealed bid fixedprice solicitations and contracts for 


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vessel repair, alteration, or conversion 

which are to be performed within the 

United States, its possessions, or Puerto 

Rico. Also required in negotiated 

solicitations and contracts to be 

performed outside the United States.) 

Contractor shall provide evidence of the 

insurance and give the Contracting 

Officer written notice after the 

occurrence of a loss or damage for 

which the Government has assumed the 

risk. If any loss or damage will result in 

a claim against the Government, the 

contractor shall provide notice. 

3052.219–70 Small Business 

subcontracting plan reporting. 

(Generally included in solicitations and 

contracts that offer subcontracting 

possibilities and are expected to exceed 

$700,000) Contractors must use 

Electronic Subcontracting Reporting 

System (eSRS) to submit subcontracting 

reporting data. 

3052.219–71 DHS Mentor-Prote ́ge ́

Program. (Included in solicitations 

where subcontracting plans are 

anticipated) The amount of credit given 

to a contractor mentor firm for prote ́ge ́

developmental assistance costs must be 

calculated on a dollar-for-dollar basis 

and reported in the Summary 

Subcontract Report via the Electronic 

Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS) 

at www.esrs.gov. 

3052.222–70 Strikes or Picketing 

Affecting Timely Completion of the 

Contract Work. (Generally included in 

solicitations and contracts) Contractor 

must take all reasonable and appropriate 

action to end a strike or picketing. Delay 

caused by a strike or by picketing which 

constitutes an unfair labor practice is 

not excusable unless the Contractor 

takes all reasonable and appropriate 

action to end such a strike or picketing, 

such as the filing of a charge with the 

National Labor Relations Board, the use 

of other available Government 

procedures, and the use of private 

boards or organizations for the 

settlement of disputes. The contractor 

may be required to submit information 

to the contracting officer. 

3052.222–71 Strikes or Picketing 

Affecting Access to a DHS Facility. 

(Generally included in solicitations and 

contracts) Contractor is responsible if 

strike or picketing is directed at the 

Contractor and impedes access by any 

person to a DHS facility. Contractor 

must take all reasonable and appropriate 

action to end a strike or picketing. The 

contractor may be required to submit 

information to the contracting officer. 

3052.223–70 Removal or disposal of 

hazardous substances—applicable 

licenses and permits. (Required in 

solicitations and contracts involving the 

removal or disposal of hazardous waste 

material) Contractors will have to 

provide evidence of licenses and 

permits to perform hazardous substance 

removal. 

3052.223–90 Accident and Fire 

Reporting (USCG). (Included in 

solicitations and contracts involving the 

removal of hazardous waste material) 

Contractor must report incidents 

involving fire or accidents at a worksite. 

Contractors may provide this 

information using a state, private 

insurance carrier, or Contractor accident 

report form. 

3052.228–91 Loss of or Damage to 

Leased Aircraft (USCG). (Included in 

any contract for the lease of an aircraft) 

In the event of loss of or damage to an 

aircraft, the Government shall be 

subrogated to all rights of recovery by 

the Contractor against third parties for 

such loss or damage and the Contractor 

must promptly assign such rights in 

writing to the Government. 

3052.228–93 Risk and Indemnities 

(USCG). (Included in any contract for 

the lease of an aircraft) Requires the 

contractor to provide the Government 

with evidence of insurance. 

3052.235.70 Dissemination of 

Information—Educational Institutions. 

(Included in contracts with educational 

institutions for research that are not 

sensitive or classified) Contractors must 

provide advanced electronic copies of 

articles to the Government covering the 

results of research it plans to publish. 

Form 700–26, Other Transaction 

Agreement (Required for the purposes of 

entering into other transaction 

agreements pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 391, 6 

U.S.C. 596(1), and 49 U.S.C. 106(l)(6)) 

The offeror submit an Employer 

Identification Number, as well as the 

business’ name, address and title. 

Offerors must also identify the 

authorized business representative’s 

personal name and must include a 

signature. 

Form 700–23, Other Transaction 

Agreement Modification (Required for 

the purposes of modifying other 

transaction agreements entered into 

pursuant to 6 U.S.C. 391, 6 U.S.C. 

596(1), and 49 U.S.C. 106(l)(6)) The 

respondent must submit an Employer 

Identification Number, as well as the 

business’ name, address and title. 

Respondents must also identify the 

authorized business representative’s 

personal name and must include a 

signature. 

DHS is seeking to renew this 

collection, and revise it to: 

(1) Remove HSAR Clause 3052.204– 

70, Security requirements for 

unclassified information technology 

resources, from this OMB Control 

Number. The clause was made obsolete 

by final rule, Homeland Security 

Acquisition Regulation; Safeguarding of 

Controlled Unclassified Information, 

issued on June 21, 2023. 

(2) Add the provisions and contract 

clauses under previously approved 

OMB Control Number 1601–0023, 

Safeguarding of Controlled Unclassified 

Information and Notification and Credit 

Monitoring Requirements for Personally 

Identifiable Information Incidents, to 

this OMB Control Number, in order to 

consolidate the collections. The clauses 

that will be transferred to this OMB 

Control Number are as follows: 

3052.204–72 Safeguarding of 

Controlled Unclassified Information. 

(Included in solicitations and contracts 

where contractor and/or subcontractor 

employees will have access to 

controlled unclassified information 

(CUI) or CUI will be collected or 

maintained on behalf of the agency. The 

basic clause with its alternate is 

included in solicitations and contracts 

when Federal information systems, 

which include contractor information 

systems operated on behalf of the 

agency, are used to collect, process, 

store, or transmit CUI.) Under the basic 

clause, contractors and subcontractors 

are required to: 

Provide adequate security to protect 

CUI from unauthorized access and 

disclosure; 

Report all known or suspected 

incidents to the Component Security 

Operations Center (SOC), or the DHS 

Enterprise SOC if the Component SOC 

is not available, in accordance with 

4300A Sensitive Systems Handbook 

Attachment F Incident Response (i.e., 

incidents involving personally 

identifiable information (PII) or 

sensitive PII (SPII) must be reported 

within 1 hour of discovery; all other 

incidents shall be reported within 8 

hours of discovery). 

Provide full access and cooperation 

for all activities determined by the 

Government to be required to ensure an 

effective incident response, including 

providing all requested images, log files, 

and event information to facilitate rapid 

resolution of incidents; 

Certify and confirm the sanitization of 

Government and Government-Activity 

related files and information, and 

submit the certification to the 

Contracting Officer’s Representative 

(COR) and Contracting Officer in 

accordance with the template provided 

in NIST Special Publication 800–88, 

Guidelines for Media Sanitization, 

Appendix G; and 

Insert this clause in all subcontracts 

and require subcontractors to include 

this clause in all lower tier subcontracts 

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have access to CUI; CUI will be 

collected or maintained on behalf of the 

agency by a subcontractor; or a 

subcontractor information system(s) will 

be used to process, store, or transmit 

CUI. 

Under the alternate, contractors and 

subcontractors are prohibited from 

collecting, processing, storing, or 

transmitting CUI within a Federal 

information system until an Authority 

to Operate (ATO) has been accepted and 

signed by the Component or 

Headquarters CIO, or designee. 

Additionally, contractors and 

subcontractors are required to: 

Complete and submit security 

authorization (SA) documentation in 

accordance with DHS Policy Directive 

4300A Information Technology System 

Security Program, Sensitive Systems 

(Version 13.3, February 13, 2023), or 

any successor publication; and the 

Security Authorization Process Guide, 

including templates; 

Have an independent third party 

validate the security and privacy 

controls in place for the information 

system; 

Renew the ATO every three (3) years 

unless otherwise specified in the ATO 

letter; 

Support random, periodic reviews by 

the Department to ensure that the 

security requirements contained in the 

contract are being implemented and 

enforced; and 

Comply with Federal reporting and 

information system continuous 

monitoring requirements as defined in 

the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 DHS 

Information Security Performance Plan, 

or successor publication. 

3052.204–73 Notification and Credit 

Monitoring Requirements for Personally 

Identifiable Information Incidents. 

(Included in solicitations and contracts 

where contractor and/or subcontractor 

employees have access to personally 

identifiable information (PII)) 

Contractors must have in place 

procedures and the capability to notify 

any individual whose PII and/or 

sensitive PII (SPII) was under the 

control of the contractor or resided in 

the contractor information system at the 

time of the incident not later than 5 

business days after being directed to 

notify individuals, unless otherwise 

approved by the Contracting Officer. 

Additionally, contractors are required to 

provide credit monitoring services to 

individuals whose PII or SPII was under 

the control of the contractor or resided 

in the information system at the time of 

the incident for a period beginning the 

date of the incident and extending not 

less than 18 months from the date the 

individual is notified. 

The information requested is used by 

the Government’s contracting officers 

and other acquisition personnel, 

including technical and legal staff, for 

various reasons such as (1) determining 

the suitability of contractor personnel 

accessing DHS facilities; (2) to ensure no 

organizational conflicts of interest exist 

during the performance of contracts; (3) 

to ensure the contractor maintains 

applicable licenses and permits for the 

removal and disposal of hazardous 

materials; (4) to implement adequate 

security measures to safeguard CUI and 

to facilitate improved incident reporting 

to DHS; (5) to provide DHS with an 

understanding of the contractor’s plan 

to recruit, train, and develop a diverse, 

high-performing workforce from 

underserved communities; and (6) to 

otherwise ensure firms are performing 

in the Government’s best interest. 

Failure to collect this information 

would adversely affect the quality of 

products and services DHS receives 

from contractors. 

Many sources of the requested 

information use automated word 

processing systems, databases, 

spreadsheets, project management and 

other commercial software to facilitate 

preparation of material to be submitted. 

With Government-wide implementation 

of e-Government initiatives, it is 

commonplace within many of DHS’s 

Components for submissions to be 

electronic. 

As the information collection is 

governed by FAR, HSAR and certain 

procurement statutes, usability testing is 

limited to ensuring the use of plain 

language, no duplicate/superfluous 

collection and electronic submission. 

DHS found the following: 

Plain language is used in the 

applicable clauses and the forms. DHS 

encourages DHS Components to require 

only the minimum post-award contract 

information essential to proper 

protection of the Government’s interests 

and compliance with regulation, e.g., 

contractor performance evaluation. The 

information collected from the public 

under this request complements but 

does not duplicate vendor information 

available to the Government-wide 

acquisition community through 

Integrated Award Environment (IAE) 

systems, including the System for 

Award Management (SAM). The SAM is 

the official U.S. Government system that 

consolidated the capabilities of the 

Central Contractor Registration (CCR), 

the Online Representations and 

Certifications Application (ORCA), the 

Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) 

and the Past Performance Information 

Retrieval System (PPIRS). To ensure the 

information collected under this 

collection isn’t duplicative, DHS Office 

of the Chief Procurement Officer: (1) 

monitors the acquisition processes and 

procedures of the various DHS 

Components; (2) reviews proposed and 

published changes to the FAR; and (3) 

provides one location for the final 

review and approval of all proposed 

acquisition regulations for DHS. 

Respondents may submit requested 

information electronically, through 

email or facsimile to the specified 

Government point of contact. 

Contractors will utilize their own 

computers to provide the required 

information to the Government point of 

contact. 

Information collection may or may 

not involve small business contractors, 

depending on the particular transaction. 

The burden applied to small businesses 

is the minimum consistent with the 

objective of ensuring contract 

compliance and protecting the interest 

of the Government. 

Less frequent incidence of collecting 

such information as resumes indicating 

the level of contractor expertise, permits 

and licenses, and inspection reports will 

negatively affect the quality of products 

and services DHS receives from 

contractors. Potentially, contractors 

could perform on contracts without 

sufficient experience and expertise and 

could perform contracts with outdated 

licenses and negative inspection reports, 

placing the Department’s operations in 

jeopardy. Additionally, less frequent 

collection of information related to 

organizational conflicts of interest 

inhibit DHS from determining the 

existence of true conflicts of interest 

during the performance of contracts. 

Failure to collect this information 

would adversely affect the quality of 

products and services DHS receives 

from contractors. For example, 

potentially, contractors who are lead 

system integrators could acquire direct 

financial interests in major systems the 

contractors are contracted to procure, 

which would compromise the integrity 

of acquisitions for the Department. In 

addition, contractors who own, control 

or operate a business providing 

protective guard services could possess 

felony convictions during the 

performance of contracts, putting the 

Department at risk. Furthermore, 

contractors could change key personnel 

during the performance of contracts and 

use less experienced or less qualified 

personnel to reduce costs, which would 

adversely affect DHS’s fulfillment of its 

mission requirements. Additionally, 

having an HSAR clause to address the 

safeguarding of CUI will greatly reduce 

the proliferation of Department, 

Component, or buying office-level 


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requirements that offerors now respond 

to in a variety of different and nonstandard ways. Failure to collect this 

information may result in the 

compromise of CUI hampering the 

Department’s ability to carry out its 

mission. 

Executive Order 13985, titled 

‘‘Advancing Racial Equity and Support 

for Underserved Communities Through 

the Federal Government’’ requires 

federal agencies to assess equity 

throughout their organizations, 

including equity through procurements. 

As part of its assessment and action 

planning, DHS identified that equity in 

procurements could be enhanced by 

ensuring that DHS’s contractors have in 

place DEIA Plans which demonstrates 

the contractor’s commitment to fairness 

regarding DEIA. Failure to collect a 

DEIA Plan would prohibit DHS from 

understanding the contractor’s plan to 

recruit, train, and develop a diverse, 

high-performing workforce from 

underserved communities. Disclosure/ 

non-disclosure of information is 

handled in accordance with the 

Freedom of Information Act, other 

disclosure statutes, and Federal and 

agency acquisition regulations. 

The burden estimates provided in 

response to Item 12 above are based 

upon definitive contract award data 

reported by DHS and its Components, as 

well as DHS FPDS data for FY 2022. No 

program changes occurred; however, the 

burden was adjusted to reflect an 

increase in the number of respondents 

within DHS for FY 2022 in the amount 

of 11,075, as well as an increase in the 

average hourly wage rate. The burden 

hours also decreased by a total of 14 

hours with the removal of HSAR Clause 

3052.204–70, ‘‘Security requirements for 

unclassified information technology 

resources’’, that was made obsolete by 

the DHS rulemaking, ‘‘Homeland 

Security Acquisition Regulation; 

Safeguarding of Controlled Unclassified 

Information, issued on June 21, 2023’’. 

Finally, the burden has increased as a 

result of consolidating OMB Control 

Number 1601–0023 under this OMB 

Control Number, 1600–0003. The 

average burden per response for the 

clauses increased by 7.8 hours, from 6.2 

hours to 14 hours; thereby increasing 

the total annual burden hours by 

970,549 hours. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate 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; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Analysis 

Agency: Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS). 

Title: Post-Contract Award 

Information. 

OMB Number: 1600–0003. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Contractor. 

Number of Respondents: 26,726. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 

77,196. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,061,361. 

Robert Dorr, 

Executive Director, Business Management 

Directorate. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20270 Filed 9–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9112–FL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6488–N–01] 

Statutorily Mandated Designation of 

Difficult Development Areas and 

Qualified Census Tracts for 2025 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document designates 

‘‘Difficult Development Areas’’ (DDAs) 

and ‘‘Qualified Census Tracts’’ (QCTs) 

for purposes of the Low-Income 

Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) under 

Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 42. 

The United States Department of 

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 

makes new DDA and QCT designations 

annually. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on how areas are designated 

and on geographic definitions, contact 

Michael K. Hollar, Senior Economist, 

Public Finance and Regulatory Analysis 

Division, Office of Policy Development 

and Research, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street SW, Room 8216, Washington, DC 

20410–6000; telephone number 202– 

402–5878, or send an email to 

Michael.K.Hollar@hud.gov. For specific 

legal questions pertaining to Section 42, 

Office of the Associate Chief Counsel, 

Passthroughs and Special Industries, 

Internal Revenue Service, 1111 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20224; telephone number 202–317– 

4137. For questions about the 

‘‘HUBZone’’ program, contact Lori 

Gillen, Director, HUBZone Program, 

Office of Government Contracting and 

Business Development, U.S. Small 

Business Administration, 409 Third 

Street SW, Suite 8800, Washington, DC 

20416; telephone number 202–386– 

7382, or send an email to hubzone@

sba.gov. (These are not toll-free 

telephone numbers). Additional copies 

of this notice are available through HUD 

User at, toll-free, 800–245–2691 for a 

small fee to cover duplication and 

mailing costs. HUD welcomes and is 

prepared to receive calls from 

individuals who are deaf or hard of 

hearing, as well as individuals with 

speech or communication disabilities. 

To learn more about how to make an 

accessible telephone call, please visit 

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/ 

telecommunications-relay-service-trs. 

Copies Available Electronically: This 

notice and additional information about 

DDAs and QCTs, including the lists of 

DDAs and QCTs, are available 

electronically on the internet at https:// 

www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/ 

qct.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. This Notice 

Under IRC Section 42(d)(5)(B)(iii)(I), 

for purposes of the LIHTC, the Secretary 

of HUD must designate DDAs, which are 

areas with high construction, land, and 

utility costs relative to area median 

gross income (AMGI). This notice 

designates DDAs for each of the 50 

states, the District of Columbia, Puerto 

Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the 

Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. 

Virgin Islands. HUD makes the 

designations of DDAs in this notice 

based on modified Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 

Small Area Fair Market Rents (Small 

Area FMRs, SAFMRs), FY 2024 

nonmetropolitan county FMRs, FY 2024 

income limits, and 2020 Census 

population counts, as explained below. 

Similarly, under IRC Section 

42(d)(5)(B)(ii)(I), the Secretary of HUD 

must designate QCTs, which are areas 

where either 50 percent or more of the 

households have an income less than 60 

percent of the AMGI or have a poverty 

rate of at least 25 percent. This notice 


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