8080 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 29 / Friday, February 11, 2022 / Notices 

57 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

Within 45 days of the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register or within such longer period 

up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may 

designate if it finds such longer period 

to be appropriate and publishes its 

reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which 

the self-regulatory organization 

consents, the Commission will: 

(A) By order approve or disapprove 

such proposed rule change, or 

(B) institute proceedings to determine 

whether the proposed rule change 

should be disapproved. 

OCC shall post notice on its website 

of proposed changes that are 

implemented. The proposal shall not 

take effect until all regulatory actions 

required with respect to the proposal are 

completed. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

OCC–2022–001 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–OCC–2022–001. 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 website (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 website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, 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 

office of OCC and on OCC’s website at 

https://www.theocc.com/CompanyInformation/Documents-and-Archives/ 

By-Laws-and-Rules. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change. Persons submitting 

comments are cautioned that we do not 

redact or edit personal identifying 

information from comment submissions. 

You should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–OCC–2022–001 and should 

be submitted on or before March 4, 

2022. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.57

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02913 Filed 2–10–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 11365] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Employment Application 

for Locally Employed Staff or Family 

Member 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment and submission to OMB of 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State has 

submitted the information collection 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we 

are requesting comments on this 

collection from all interested 

individuals and organizations. The 

purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 

days for public comment. 

DATES: Submit comments up to March 

14, 2022. 

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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Employment Application for Locally 

Employed Staff or Family member. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0189. 

• Type of Request: Extension of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

• Originating Office: Bureau of Global 

Talent Management, Office of Overseas 

Employment (GTM/OE). 

• Form Number: DS–0174. 

• Respondents: The respondents are 

locals who live in 175 countries abroad 

and who are applying for a position at 

the U.S. Embassy, Consulate or Mission 

in their country. In addition, Family 

members who are accompanying their 

partners to assignments in the U.S. 

Embassies, Consulates or Mission 

abroad. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,000,000. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

1,000,000. 

• Average Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 

250,000. 

• Frequency: On occasion. 

• Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the time and cost burden for 

this proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 

Abstract of Proposed Collection 

The information solicited is used to 

establish eligibility and qualifications at 

U.S. Embassies, Consulates, and 

Missions abroad. The respondents are 

locals who live in the 175 countries 

abroad and who are applying for a 

position at the U.S. Embassy, Consulate 

or Mission in their country. In addition, 

Family members who are accompanying 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 29 / Friday, February 11, 2022 / Notices 8081 

their partners to assignments in the U.S. 

Embassies, Consulates or Mission 

abroad. The authority is the Foreign 

Service Act of 1980, as amended, and 22 

U.S.C. 2669(c). 

Methodology 

Candidates for employment use the 

DS–0174 to apply for Missionadvertised positions around the world. 

Mission recruitments generate 

approximately 1 million applications 

per year, the majority of which are 

collected electronically using an 

applicant management system, 

Electronic Recruitment Application 

(ERA). Data that HR and hiring officials 

extract from the DS–0174 determine 

employment eligibility and 

qualifications for the position, and 

selections according to Federal Policies. 

Kevin E. Bryant, 

Deputy Director, Office of Directives 

Management, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02941 Filed 2–10–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Performance Review Board 

Membership 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative (USTR) staff members 

selected to serve on the Senior 

Executive Service (SES) and Senior 

Level (SL) Performance Review Board 

(PRB). This notice supersedes all 

previous PRB membership notices. 

DATES: The staff members in this notice 

will begin serving as PRB members on 

February 11, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cassie Ender, Human Capital Specialist, 

Office of Human Capital and Services, at 

(202) 395–7360 or Cassie.L.Galla@

ustr.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USTR is 

required (see 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)) to 

establish a PRB to review and make 

recommendations to the U.S. Trade 

Representative for final approval of the 

performance rating, performance-based 

pay adjustment, and performance award 

for each incumbent SES and SL. The 

following staff members have been 

selected to serve on USTR’s PRB: 

Chair: Bill Jackson, Assistant U.S. Trade 

Representative for Textile Affairs 

Member: Dawn Shackleford, Assistant 

U.S. Trade Representative for 

Southeast Asia and the Pacific 

Member: Dan Mullaney, Assistant U.S. 

Trade Representative for Europe 

and the Middle East 

Member: Julie Callahan, Assistant U.S. 

Trade Representative for 

Agricultural Affairs 

Member: Juan Millan, Assistant U.S. 

Trade Representative for 

Monitoring and Investment 

Fred Ames, 

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for 

Administration, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02999 Filed 2–10–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3390–F2–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Enhancing Highway Workforce 

Development Opportunities 

Contracting Initiative 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The recently enacted 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), 

enacted as the Infrastructure Investment 

and Jobs Act, authorizes a recipient or 

subrecipient of a grant provided by the 

DOT Secretary under Title 23 or 49, 

United States Code, to implement a 

local or other geographical or economic 

hiring preference relating to the use of 

labor for construction of a project 

funded by the grant subject to any 

applicable State and local laws, policies, 

and procedures. Based on this statutory 

authorization, FHWA is announcing a 

transition from its initiative announced 

in May 2021, which permitted, on an 

experimental basis, recipients and 

subrecipients of Federal funds for 

Federal-aid highway projects to utilize 

geographic, economic, or other hiring 

preferences or innovative contracting 

approaches not otherwise authorized by 

law. The May 2021 initiative was 

carried out as a pilot program under 

FHWA’s existing experimental 

contracting authority and the legal 

authority in the Section 199B of the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, 

authorizing such hiring preferences ‘‘not 

otherwise authorized by law.’’ Now that 

BIL creates the legal authority for local 

or other geographical or economic 

hiring preferences, an experimental 

pilot program for such hiring 

preferences is no longer needed. In 

Addition, the use of such preferences 

going forward are subject to Section 

25019 of the BIL, not Section 199B of 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2021. 

DATES: This action is applicable 

immediately. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information: Mr. James 

DeSanto, Office of Preconstruction, 

Construction and Pavements, (614) 357– 

8515, James.DeSanto@dot.gov, or Mr. 

Patrick Smith, Office of Chief Counsel, 

(202) 366–1345, Patrick.C.Smith@

dot.gov, Federal Highway 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded from the Office of 

the Federal Register’s website at 

www.FederalRegister.gov and the 

Government Publishing Office’s website 

at www.GovInfo.gov. 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 

The BIL, enacted as the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 

117–58 (Nov. 15, 2021), authorizes a 

recipient or subrecipient of a grant 

provided by the DOT Secretary under 

Title 23 or 49, United States Code 

(U.S.C.), to implement a local or other 

geographical or economic hiring 

preference relating to the use of labor for 

construction of a project funded by the 

grant, including prehire agreements, 

subject to any applicable State and local 

laws, policies, and procedures. BIL, 

§ 25019(a)(1). The BIL also provides that 

the use of a local or other geographical 

or economic hiring preference 

authorized by Section 25019(a)(1) in any 

bid for a contract for the construction of 

a project funded by a grant described in 

Section 25019(a)(1) shall not be 

considered to unduly limit competition. 

BIL, § 25019(a)(2). 

Enhancing Highway Workforce 

Development Opportunities Contracting 

Initiative 

On May 21, 2021, at 86 FR 27667, 

FHWA announced an initiative to 

permit and evaluate geographic, 

economic, or other hiring preferences or 

innovative contracting approaches not 

otherwise authorized by law that have 

the potential to enhance workforce 

development opportunities in the 

transportation construction industry, 

including for low-income communities. 

As discussed in the Federal Register 

notice for that initiative, FHWA 

historically disallowed such 

requirements out of concern for their 

potential impact on competition. 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1