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be collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

OMB has approved this information 

collection for use through March 31, 

2022. DoD, GSA, and NASA propose 

that OMB extend its approval for use for 

three additional years beyond the 

current expiration date. 

DATES: DoD, GSA, and NASA will 

consider all comments received by 

March 14, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: DoD, GSA, and NASA 

invite interested persons to submit 

comments on this collection through 

https://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the instructions on the site. This website 

provides the ability to type short 

comments directly into the comment 

field or attach a file for lengthier 

comments. If there are difficulties 

submitting comments, contact the GSA 

Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202– 

501–4755 or GSARegSec@gsa.gov. 

Instructions: All items submitted 

must cite OMB Control No. 9000–0007, 

Subcontracting Plans. Comments 

received generally will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check www.regulations.gov, 

approximately two-to-three days after 

submission to verify posting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst, 

at telephone 202–969–7207, or 

zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. OMB Control Number, Title, and 

Any Associated Form(s) 

9000–0007, Subcontracting Plans. 

B. Need and Uses 

This clearance covers the information 

that offerors and contractors must 

submit to comply with the requirements 

in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

52.219–9, Small Business 

Subcontracting Plans, regarding 

subcontracting plans as follows: 

1. Subcontracting plan. In accordance 

with section 8(d) of the Small Business 

Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)), any contractor 

receiving a contract for more than the 

simplified acquisition threshold must 

agree in the contract that small business, 

veteran-owned small business, servicedisabled veteran-owned small business, 

HUBZone small business, small 

disadvantaged business, and womenowned small business concerns will 

have the maximum practicable 

opportunity to participate in contract 

performance. Further, 15 U.S.C. 637(d) 

imposes the requirement that 

contractors receiving a contract that is 

expected to exceed, or a contract 

modification that causes a contract to 

exceed, $750,000 ($1.5 million for 

construction) and has subcontracting 

possibilities, shall submit an acceptable 

subcontracting plan that provides 

maximum practicable opportunities for 

small business, veteran-owned small 

business, service-disabled veteranowned small business, HUBZone small 

business, small disadvantaged business, 

and women-owned small business 

concerns. Specific elements required to 

be included in the plan are specified in 

section 8(d) of the Small Business Act 

and implemented in FAR subpart 19.7 

and the clause at FAR 52.219–9. 

2. Summary Subcontract Report 

(SSR). In conjunction with the 

subcontracting plan requirements, 

contractors with subcontracting plans 

must submit an annual summary of 

subcontracts awarded as prime and 

subcontractors for each specific Federal 

Government agency. Contractors submit 

the information in a SSR through the 

Electronic Subcontracting Reporting 

System (eSRS). This is required for all 

contractors with subcontracting plans 

regardless of the type of plan (i.e., 

commercial or individual). 

3. Individual Subcontract Report 

(ISR). In conjunction with the 

subcontracting plan requirements, 

contractors with individual 

subcontracting plans must submit semiannual reports of their small business 

subcontracting progress. Contractors 

submit the information through eSRS in 

an ISR, the electronic equivalent of the 

Standard Form (SF) 294, Subcontracting 

Report for Individual Contracts. 

Contracts that are not reported in the 

Federal Procurement Data System 

(FPDS) in accordance with FAR 

4.606(c)(5) do not submit ISRs in eSRS; 

they will continue to use the SF 294 to 

submit the information to the agency. 

4. Written explanation for not using a 

small business subcontractor as 

specified in the proposal or 

subcontracting plan. Section 1322 of the 

Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (Jobs 

Act), Public Law 111–240, amends the 

Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(6)) 

to require as part of a subcontracting 

plan that a prime contractor make good 

faith effort to utilize a small business 

subcontractor during performance of a 

contract to the same degree the prime 

contractor relied on the small business 

in preparing and submitting its bid or 

proposal. If a prime contractor does not 

utilize a small business subcontractor as 

described above, the prime contractor is 

required to explain, in writing, to the 

contracting officer the reasons why it is 

unable to do so. 

C. Annual Burden 

Respondents: 36,088. 

Total Annual Responses: 55,016. 

Total Burden Hours: 135,595. 

Obtaining Copies: Requesters may 

obtain a copy of the information 

collection documents from the GSA 

Regulatory Secretariat Division, by 

calling 202–501–4755 or emailing 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 9000–0007, Subcontracting 

Plans. 

William Clark, 

Director, Office of Governmentwide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10718] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on CMS’ intention to pilot the 

collection of race and ethnicity data on 

Part C and D enrollment forms. Under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(the PRA), federal agencies are required 

to publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information (including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information) and to allow 

60 days for public comment on the 

proposed action. Interested persons are 

invited to send comments regarding our 

burden estimates or any other aspect of 

this collection of information, including 

the necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions, 

the accuracy of the estimated burden, 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected, and the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology to minimize the 

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DATES: Comments must be received by 

March 14, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: When commenting, please 

reference the document identifier or 

OMB control number. To be assured 

consideration, comments and 

recommendations must be submitted in 

any one of the following ways: 

1. Electronically. You may send your 

comments electronically to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for ‘‘Comment or 

Submission’’ or ‘‘More Search Options’’ 

to find the information collection 

document(s) that are accepting 

comments. 

2. By regular mail. You may mail 

written comments to the following 

address: CMS, Office of Strategic 

Operations and Regulatory Affairs, 

Division of Regulations Development, 

Attention: Document Identifier/OMB 

Control Number: ll, Room C4–26–05, 

7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, 

Maryland 21244–1850. 

To obtain copies of a supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed collection(s) summarized in 

this notice, you may make your request 

using one of following: 

1. Access CMS’ website address at 

website address at https://www.cms.gov/ 

Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/ 

PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRAListing.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William N. Parham at (410) 786–4669. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Contents 

This notice sets out a summary of the 

use and burden associated with the 

following information collections. More 

detailed information can be found in 

each collection’s supporting statement 

and associated materials (see 

ADDRESSES). 

CMS–10718 Model Medicare 

Advantage and Medicare Prescription 

Drug Plan Individual Enrollment 

Request 

Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), federal agencies must obtain 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 

information they conduct or sponsor. 

The term ‘‘collection of information’’ is 

defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) and includes agency requests 

or requirements that members of the 

public submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to a third party. 

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

requires federal agencies to publish a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension or reinstatement of an existing 

collection of information, before 

submitting the collection to OMB for 

approval. To comply with this 

requirement, CMS is publishing this 

notice. 

Information Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Model Medicare 

Advantage and Medicare Prescription 

Drug Plan Individual Enrollment 

Request; Use: The enrollment form is 

considered a ‘‘model’’ under Medicare 

regulations at §§ 422.2262 and 423.2262, 

for purposes of communication and 

marketing review and approval; 

therefore, MA and Part D plans are able 

to modify the language, content, format, 

or order of the enrollment form. The 

model enrollment form includes the 

minimal amount of information to 

process the enrollment, located in 

Section 1, and other limited 

information, in Section 2, that the 

sponsor is required (i.e., race and 

ethnicity data, accessible format 

preference) or chooses to provide to the 

beneficiary (i.e., premium payment 

information). The optional data 

elements, which aid the MA and Part D 

plans in processing the enrollment, is 

developed for efficiency for the plans. 

Plan sponsors can obtain information at 

the initial point of contact to help 

streamline the beneficiary’s enrollment 

process. The optional questions include 

information, specific to the plan’s 

business needs that serves to reduce 

overall burden and allow for timely 

processing of an enrollment request. All 

data elements in Section 2 are optional 

for the beneficiary to complete, but the 

plan will be required to have the 

questions on the enrollment forms. Plan 

enrollment will not be affected if the 

beneficiary does not complete this 

additional information. 

With the long-term goal of collecting 

race and ethnicity data from all 

Medicare beneficiaries, CMS will focus 

initial efforts on beneficiaries who 

newly elect or change coverage in the 

Medicare Part C and D program. The 

detailed race and ethnicity categories 

collected through the demographic pilot 

on the enrollment form will be 

compliant with the 2011 HHS Data 

Collection Standards to provide 

granular information for plans and CMS 

to understand the diversity of the 

beneficiary population. The data will be 

used to: (1) Explore the response rate to 

race and ethnicity questions as a whole 

and how it intersects with beneficiary 

income and other demographics; (2) 

Conduct focus groups, to be approved in 

a separate PRA package, among nonresponders to the race and ethnicity 

questions to understand how people 

who elect to not respond to the race and 

ethnicity questions perceive the 

addition of those questions on the form; 

(3) Continue to test CMS’ race and 

ethnicity imputation models by adding 

additional race and ethnicity data to the 

data CMS already has; and (4) 

Determine the data necessary for 

sufficient samples sizes to conduct 

analyses of disaggregated race and 

ethnicity categories. As part of a broader 

health equity effort, CMS has interest in 

identifying patterns of differences across 

many key process and care outcomes by 

sociodemographic characteristics, 

including race and ethnicity. To best 

characterize these differences, selfreported and granular data are needed. 

Collecting these data will support efforts 

to continue to strengthen, for example, 

CMS OMH’s stratified reporting efforts, 

which currently do consider quality 

indicators by race and ethnicity, but at 

present these data are not granular and 

not self-reported. In addition, this data 

will allow us to validate imputation 

methods CMS currently uses for race 

and ethnicity, to ensure that we do not 

rely on methodologies that 

unintentionally create or exacerbate 

disparities. To assess readiness for 

analysis of collected data (particularly 

with regard to considering sample sizes, 

especially of small groups), continual 

assessment will be required— 

simultaneously as enrollment 

happens—because readiness will 

depend partly on distribution of 

responses to these items by enrollees. 

These categories are of great interest 

to CMS and will improve the accuracy 

of current data sets. We acknowledge 

that it may take several years of data 

collection to conduct other meaningful 

studies CMS intends to pursue that are 

not listed above. In addition to the 

aforementioned uses, CMS will 

ultimately use this information to: Track 

beneficiary enrollment, including 

tracking patterns in enrollment by race 

and ethnicity over time; to identify, 

monitor, and develop effective and 

efficient strategies and incentives to 

reduce and eliminate health and health 

care inequities; to validate existing race 

and ethnicity imputation methods; and 

to ensure that clinically appropriate and 

equitable care (in terms of payment, 

access, and quality) is consistently 

provided to all beneficiaries. Form 

Number: CMS–10718 (OMB control 

number: 0938–1378); Frequency: Yearly; 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments, Federal Government, 

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profits and Not-for-profits); Number of 

Respondents: 80,539,628; Number of 

Responses: 80,539,628; Total Annual 

Hours: 8,567,975. (For questions 

regarding this collection contact Deme 

Umo at (410) 786–8854.).) 

Dated: January 6, 2022. 

William N. Parham, III, 

Director, Paperwork Reduction Staff, Office 

of Strategic Operations and Regulatory 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00375 Filed 1–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; Success 

Sequence Qualitative Interviews (New 

Collection) 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, Administration for 

Children and Families, HHS. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Planning, 

Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), 

Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS), 

proposes interview data collection 

activities for the Success Sequence 

Interviews study. 

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of 

publication. OMB must make a decision 

about the collection of information 

between 30 and 60 days after 

publication of this document in the 

Federal Register. Therefore, a comment 

is best assured of having its full effect 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

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. You can also obtain 

copies of the proposed collection of 

information by emailing 

OPREinfocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

Identify all requests by the title of the 

information collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: OPRE/ACF/HHS 

proposes qualitative data collection as 

part of the Success Sequence Interviews 

study. The goal of this project is to 

understand complex decisions and 

circumstances of youth transitions to 

adulthood and explore the complexities 

around achieving the success sequence 

milestones of high school graduation, 

full-time employment, getting married, 

and having children. The data collected 

from the interviews will help ACF and 

the broader research field understand 

adults’ perspectives and experiences 

related to the milestones, and will 

provide ACF’s Family and Youth 

Services Bureau’s Sexual Risk 

Avoidance Education grant program 

with greater insight into the program 

content and strategies related to the 

success sequence milestones and their 

ordering that could best resonate with 

youth. To support these efforts, we seek 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget to collect qualitative 

interview data from adults ages 30–35, 

recruiting from online research panels 

with participants across all U.S. regions. 

We propose the following data 

collection instruments: 

(1) Success Sequence Screener: The 

screener will be administered by 

telephone. Information collected 

through the screener will be used to 

screen interview respondents into the 

study based on respondent 

demographics, household income, 

geographic location, and life milestones. 

(2) Success Sequence Interview 

Protocol: We will administer an 

asynchronous interview with adults 

ages 30–35. Information collected 

through the interview protocol includes 

respondent life history focused on 

education, employment and work 

experience, family life, and financial 

status. 

Respondents: A total of 225 interview 

respondents will be recruited from 

existing large national online panels of 

research participants. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Total 

number of 

respondents 

Total 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total/annual 

burden 

(in hours) 

(1) Success Sequence Screener ..................................................................... 675 1 .083 56 

(2) Success Sequence Interview Topic Guide ................................................ 225 1 .75 169 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 225. 

Authority: Sec. 510. [42 U.S.C. 710]. 

Mary B. Jones, 

ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00366 Filed 1–11–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Community Living 

Availability of Program Application 

Instructions for Title VII, Part B of the 

Rehabilitation Act, Independent Living 

Services To Expand the Public Health 

Workforce 

Title: Expanding the Public Health 

Workforce Within the Disability 

Networks: Independent Living Services. 

Announcement Type: Initial. 

Statutory Authority: The statutory 

authority for grants under this program 

announcement is Section 2501 of the 

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. 

L. 117–2) and awards authorized under 

Title VII, Part B of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973 (29. U.S.C. 796f et seq.), 

Independent Living Services, shall be 

provided funding under this 

opportunity. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.369. 

DATES: The deadline date for the 

submission of the Expanding the Public 

Health Workforce within the Disability 

Networks: Independent Living Services 

is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time February 11, 

2022. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

The Administration for Community 

Living (ACL) announced a new funding 

opportunity to expand the public health 

workforce within the disability 


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