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(e) Whether the beneficiary is a part of 

an Health Maintenance Organization; (f) 

Whether the beneficiary lives in a 

nursing home; (g) Whether the 

beneficiary has private health insurance; 

(h) Whether the beneficiary has 

veteran’s health insurance; or (i) 

Whether the beneficiary has Tricare 

insurance. 

SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS: 

SSA will disclose to CMS information 

from the Master Beneficiary Record 

(MBR) (60–0090), last fully published 

January 11, 2006 (71 FR 1826), as 

amended on December 10, 2007 (72 FR 

69723), July 5, 2013 (78 FR 40542), July 

3, 2018 (83 FR 31250–31251), and 

November 1, 2018 (83 FR 54969) and 

890 FR 825 (January 5, 2024). 

SSA will retain data elements from 

the CMS response file in the Anti-Fraud 

Systems (60–0388), last fully published 

December 11, 2020 (85 FR 80211) for 

SSA fraud-related analytics or data that 

leads SSA to initiate a fraud 

investigation. 

CMS will disclose to SSA information 

from the following Systems of Record 

(SORs): (a) National Claims History 

(NCH) (09–70–0558), published 

November 20, 2006 (71FR 67137); (b) 

Enrollment Data Base (EDB) (09–70– 

0502), published February 26, 2008 at 

73FR 10249; and (c) The Long Term 

Care—Minimum Data Set (MDS) (90– 

70–0528), published March 19, 2007 at 

72 FR 12801. 

SSA’s and CMS’s SORs have routine 

uses permitting the disclosures needed 

to conduct this match. 

Matthew Ramsey, 

Executive Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28313 Filed 12–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2024–0035] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, we are issuing 

public notice of our intent to modify our 

existing systems of records listed below 

under the System Name and Number 

section. This notice publishes details of 

the modified systems as set forth below 

under the caption, SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The system of records notice 

(SORN) is applicable upon its 

publication in today’s Federal Register, 

with the exception of the new routine 

use, which is effective January 2, 2025. 

We invite public comment on the 

addition of the routine use. In 

accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, we are providing the public a 30- 

day period in which to submit 

comments. Therefore, please submit any 

comments by January 2, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: The public, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), and 

Congress may comment on this 

publication by writing to the Executive 

Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, SSA, Room G–401 West High 

Rise, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21235–6401, or 

through the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal 

at https://www.regulations.gov. Please 

reference docket number SSA–2024– 

0035. All comments we receive will be 

available for public inspection at the 

above address, and we will post them to 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tristin Dorsey, Government Information 

Specialist, Privacy Implementation 

Division, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, SSA, Room G–401 West High 

Rise, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21235–6401, 

telephone: (410) 966–5855, email: 

OGC.OPD.SORN@ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Recognizing that, in certain limited 

circumstances, executors or entities may 

seek authorization for fees for the 

services performed by a representative, 

and individuals may seek authorization 

for fees for services provided even if 

they have not been appointed on a 

claim, we are modifying an existing 

routine use in the Attorney Fee File (60– 

0003) and in the Claims Folders System 

(60–0089) to reflect the following: 

To a representative (current or 

former), the executor of a deceased 

representative’s estate or individual 

recognized by the State as the 

representative of the estate, an 

individual who provided 

representational services, the entity with 

which the representative or individual is 

or was affiliated through registration, or 

an individual or entity to which the 

agency disbursed a fee payment, to the 

extent necessary to dispose of a fee 

petition or fee agreement or resolve 

other fee-related issues in claims-related 

matters, but not to include predecisional deliberative documents, such 

as analyses and recommendations 

prepared for the decision-maker. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

System number and name Routine uses Federal Register 

Citation No./publication date 

60–0003—Attorney Fee File ................................................... No. 4 ...................... 71 FR 1803, 01/11/06. 

72 FR 69723, 12/10/07. 

83 FR 54969, 11/01/18. 

89 FR 14553, 02/27/24. 

60–0089—Claims Folders System ......................................... No. 39 .................... 84 FR 58422, 10/31/19. 

89 FR 14553, 02/27/24. 

We are not republishing the system of 

records notices in their entirety. Instead, 

we are republishing only the 

identification number; the system of 

records name; the number of the 

modified or new routine use; and the 

issue of the Federal Register in which 

the system of records notice was last 

published in full, including the 

subsequent modification to the system 

of records notice’s publication date and 

page number. 

Security Classification: Unclassified. 

System Location: SSA provides the 

address of the component and system 

manager responsible for each system in 

the Federal Register notices listed 

above. 

System Manager(s): SSA provides the 

title, business address, and contact 

information of the agency official who is 

responsible for the system in the 

Federal Register notices listed above. 

History: SSA provides the citation to 

the last fully published Federal Register 

notices, as well as last subsequent 

modification notice to the system of 

records notices listed above. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), 

we have provided a report to OMB and 


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Congress on this modified system of 

records. 

Matthew Ramsey, 

Executive Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28312 Filed 12–2–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2024–0077] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for a new information 

collection, which is summarized below 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We 

are required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

February 3, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0077 by any of the following methods: 

Website: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Lupes, (202) 366–7808, Office 

of Natural Environment, Federal 

Highway Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Promoting Resilient Operations 

for Transformative, Efficient, and CostSaving Transportation (PROTECT) 

Discretionary Grant Program and 

Voluntary Resilience Improvement 

Plans. 

Background: The Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law (BIL) established the 

Promoting Resilient Operations for 

Transformative, Efficient, and CostSaving Transportation (PROTECT) 

Program to help make surface 

transportation more resilient to natural 

hazards, including climate change, sea 

level rise, flooding, extreme weather 

events, and other natural disasters. The 

PROTECT Discretionary Grant Program 

provides competitive grants to conduct 

resilience planning, to make surface 

transportation assets more resilient to 

current and future weather events and 

natural disasters, to strengthen and 

protect evacuation routes, and to 

protect, strengthen, or relocate coastal 

infrastructure that is at long-term risk to 

sea level rise. The program includes 

four separate grant categories: Planning, 

Resilience Improvement, Community 

Resilience and Evacuation Routes, and 

At-Risk Coastal Infrastructure. 

Eligible applicants under the 

PROTECT Discretionary Grant Program 

include State Departments of 

Transportation (DOTs), Metropolitan 

Planning Organizations (MPOs), local 

governments, special purpose districts 

or public authorities with a 

transportation function, and Indian 

Tribes. Federal land management 

agencies are eligible entities if the 

agency applies jointly with a State or 

group of States. U.S. Territories are 

eligible under the At-Risk Coastal 

Infrastructure category. 

Summary of Information Collection 

Activities 

For this competitive grant program, 

the FHWA has issued multiple Notices 

of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that 

describe the requirements of the 

PROTECT Discretionary Grant Program, 

including the criteria that will be used 

to evaluate applications. The NOFOs 

provide a description of the application 

requirements. Eligible applicants 

request PROTECT funds in the form of 

an electronic grant application. 

Additional information submissions are 

required for applicants who are selected 

for a grant (i.e., the grantees) during the 

grant agreement, grant implementation 

and evaluation phases. 

Additionally, State DOTs and MPOs 

may develop Resilience Improvement 

Plans under the PROTECT Program. A 

Resilience Improvement Plan is a 

voluntary, risk-based assessment of 

vulnerable transportation assets in 

immediate and long-term transportation 

planning that demonstrates a systemic 

approach to surface transportation 

system resilience (23 U.S.C. 176(e)). A 

Resilience Improvement Plan can 

reduce Non-Federal match by up to 10% 

for both PROTECT Formula and 

Discretionary Grant projects (23 U.S.C. 

176(e)(1)(B)). 

FHWA’s Office of Natural 

Environment will continue to support 

ad-hoc resilience & planning technical 

assistance for State DOTs and MPOs on 

a variety of topics during the PRA 

covered time frame. These activities 

may include voluntary virtual or inperson peer exchanges, in addition to 

general ad-hoc technical assistance 

when requested by DOTs and MPOs. 

Participants choosing to enroll in a peer 

exchange are asked to submit a preevent questionnaire. There may be 

additional collection of information in 

support of FHWA’s ad-hoc technical 

assistance activities. 

Lastly, FHWA is required by 23 U.S.C. 

176(f)(1) to establish effectiveness 

metrics and evaluation procedures for 

the PROTECT Discretionary Grant 

Program and select a representative 

sample of projects to evaluate based on 

the metrics and procedures. FHWA will 

select a representative sample of 

approximately 50 funded projects to 

evaluate their impact and effectiveness 

to fulfil this statutory requirement and 

support a PROTECT Discretionary 

Program Evaluation. Projects selected as 

part of this representative sample will 

have additional reporting requirements. 

Burden estimates for each of these 

PROTECT program components are 

described below: 

I. Grant Application, Agreement, 

Implementation and Evaluation Phase 

Activities 

Grant Application Phase 

Eligible entities that may apply for 

PROTECT Discretionary grants vary 

depending on the type of the 

competitive grant. Planning Grants, 

Resilience Improvement Grants, and 

Community Resilience and Evacuation 

Route Grants have the same statutory 

rules for eligible applicants. The At-Risk 

Coastal Infrastructure Grant category has 

different statutory rules for eligible 

applicants. During the application 

process applicants will provide a project 

narrative and budget information, 

Standard Form 424, and Disclosure of 

Lobbying Activities form (SF–LLL). 

—Respondents: PROTECT Grant 

applicants. 

—Frequency: One time per grant 

application. 


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