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7. An estimate of the total annual cost 

burden associated with the collection, if 

applicable: $907,183. 

TOTAL BURDEN HOURS

Activity Number of 

respondents Frequency Total annual responses 

Time 

per 

response 

Total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Survey .............................................................................................. 350 1 350 90 min 

(1.5 

hrs.).

525 

Data Quality Follow-Up .................................................................... 225 1 225 15 min 

(.25 

hrs.).

56 

Unduplicated Totals .................................................................. 350 ........................ 300 ........... 581 

If additional information is required, 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W–218, 

Washington, DC. 

Dated: November 22, 2024. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; DavisBacon Certified Payroll 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour 

Division (WHD)-sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are 

invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before December 27, 

2024. 

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 information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nora Hernandez by telephone at 202– 

693–8633, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Copeland Act requires contractors and 

subcontractors performing work on 

federally financed or assisted 

construction contracts to furnish weekly 

a statement on the wages paid each 

covered worker during the prior week. 

See 40 U.S.C. 3145; 29 CFR 3.3(b). This 

Copeland Act provision specifically 

requires the regulations to ‘‘include a 

provision that each contractor and 

subcontractor each week must furnish a 

statement on the wages paid each 

worker during the prior week.’’ This 

requirement is implemented by 29 CFR 

3.3 and 3.4 and the standard DavisBacon contract clauses set forth at 29 

CFR 5.5. The regulation at 29 CFR 5.5 

(a)(3)(ii)(A) (‘‘Frequency and method of 

submission’’) requires contractors to 

submit weekly a copy of all payrolls to 

the federal agency contracting for or 

financing the construction project. If the 

agency is not a party to the contract, the 

contractor will submit the payrolls to 

the applicant, sponsor, or owner, as the 

case may be, for transmission to the 

contracting agency. This provision 

requires that the payrolls submitted 

shall set out accurately and completely 

information required to be maintained 

under 29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(ii)(B) 

(‘‘Information required’’). 

The information that must be 

included in the weekly transmittals 

includes the name of each covered 

worker; each worker’s correct 

classification(s) of work actually 

performed; hourly rates of wages paid 

(including rates of contributions or costs 

anticipated for bona fide fringe benefits 

or cash equivalents thereof of the types 

described in 40 U.S.C. 3141(2)(B) of the 

Davis-Bacon Act); daily and weekly 

number of hours actually worked in 

total and on each covered contract; 

deductions made; and actual wages 

paid. See 29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(i)(B); 29 CFR 

5.5(a)(3)(ii)(B). The weekly transmittals 

also must include an individually 

identifying number for each employee 

(e.g., the last four digits of the 

employee’s Social Security number). 

See 29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(ii)(B). 

The provision at 29 CFR 

5.5(a)(3)(ii)(B) also states what must not 

be included in the weekly transmittal. 

The weekly transmittal must not 

include workers’ full social security 

numbers, last known addresses, 

telephone numbers, and email 

addresses. That information must be 

recorded and maintained by the 

contractors as part of the record-keeping 

provisions in the regulations at 29 CFR 

5.5(a)(3)(i)(B), but it must not be 

included in the weekly transmittals. 

The regulations at 29 CFR 

5.5(a)(3)(ii)(C) and 29 CFR 3.3(b) require 

each contractor to furnish weekly a 

signed ‘‘Statement of Compliance’’ 

accompanying the payroll indicating the 

payrolls are correct and complete and 

that each covered worker has been paid 

not less than the proper Davis-Bacon 

Act prevailing wage rate for the work 

performed. 

The required weekly payroll 

information may be submitted in any 

form desired. The information 

collection request that is the subject of 

this notice, Optional Form WH–347, is 

designed to include fields for all of the 

necessary information so as to satisfy 

the regulatory and contractual 

requirements. The weekly submission of 

a properly executed certification, with 

the prescribed language set forth on 

page 2 of Optional Form WH–347, 

satisfies the requirement for submission 

of the required ‘‘Statement of 

Compliance.’’ 29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(ii)(C). 

In addition to the weekly transmittal 

requirements, the regulations contain 

separate record retention requirements 

that require the retention of the weekly 


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transmittals themselves as well as a 

broader subset of documents and 

information. Regulations 29 CFR 3.4(b) 

and 5.5(a)(3)(ii)(G) require contractors to 

maintain copies of these transmitted 

weekly certified payrolls for three years 

after all the work on the prime contract 

is completed. The record retention 

provision at 29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(i) requires 

contractors performing work on projects 

subject to the Davis-Bacon and Related 

Acts (DBRA) to retain the address, 

telephone number, email address, and 

social security number of each covered 

worker, in addition to all of the workerspecific information that must be 

included on the weekly certified 

payroll. In addition, whenever a 

contractor seeks to provide a portion of 

its required fringe benefits though an 

unfunded plan (as described in 29 CFR 

5.5(a)(1)(v)), the contractor must 

maintain records showing that the 

commitment to provide such benefits is 

enforceable, that the plan or program is 

financially responsible, that the plan or 

program has been communicated in 

writing to the laborers or mechanics 

affected, and the costs anticipated or the 

actual cost incurred in providing such 

benefits. See 29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(i)(C). 

Contractors employing apprentices or 

trainees under approved programs also 

must maintain written evidence of the 

registration of apprenticeship programs 

and certification of trainee programs, 

the registration of the apprentices and 

trainees, and the ratios and wage rates 

prescribed in the applicable programs. 

Id. § 5.5(a)(3)(i)(D). 29 CFR 5.5(a)(3)(iii) 

provides that contractors and 

subcontractors must maintain copies of 

covered contracts, subcontracts, and 

related documents. 

The Department periodically reviews 

its information collection requests to 

ensure that they are necessary and 

sufficient to effectively and efficiently 

fulfill the Department’s statutory 

directive to oversee and enforce the 

Davis-Bacon Act. Substantive edits to 

the WH–347 form were last made in 

2011. The Department reviewed the 

current form WH–347 and proposed 

several edits. For additional substantive 

information about this ICR, see the 

related notice published in the Federal 

Register on August 30, 2024 (89 FR 

70670). 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless the OMB 

approves it and displays a currently 

valid OMB Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

DOL seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 

without renewal. The DOL notes that 

information collection requirements 

submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. 

Agency: DOL–WHD. 

Title of Collection: Davis-Bacon 

Certified Payroll. 

OMB Control Number: 1235–0008. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits, Farms. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondent: 11,310,112. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 122,936. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

10,556,105 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)) 

Nora Hernandez, 

PRA Department Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27720 Filed 11–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–27–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; 

Unemployment Insurance (UI) Title XII 

Advances and Voluntary Repayment 

Process 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting this Employment 

and Training Administration (ETA)- 

sponsored information collection 

request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are 

invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that the agency 

receives on or before December 27, 

2024. 

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 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Howell by telephone at 202– 

693–6782, or by email at DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection’s purpose is to 

maintain a process for state governors 

for requesting advances and repaying 

advances through their correspondence 

with the Secretary of Labor. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 9, 2024 (89 FR 39648). 

Comments are invited on: (1) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden and 

cost of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collection; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless the OMB 

approves it and displays a currently 

valid OMB Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

DOL seeks PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) 

years. OMB authorization for an ICR 

cannot be for more than three (3) years 


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