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period during our consideration of the 

proposed waiver. Comments received 

after this period, but before notice of our 

finding is published in the Federal 

Register, will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Polly E. Trottenberg, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28820 Filed 12–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Notice of Information Collection and 

Request for Public Comment 

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury, as part of a continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995. Currently, the Community 

Development Financial Institutions 

Fund (CDFI Fund), U.S. Department of 

the Treasury, is soliciting comments 

concerning information collections 

utilized by the CDFI Bond Guarantee 

Program (BG Program). Information on 

the BG Program can be found on the 

CDFI Fund’s website at https://

www.cdfifund.gov/programs-training/ 

programs/cdfi-bond. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 7, 2025 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

concerning the BG Program information 

collections via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions on the website for the 

submission of comments. In general, all 

comments will be available for 

inspection at www.regulations.gov. 

Comments, including attachments and 

other supporting materials, are part of 

the public record. Do not submit any 

information in your comments or 

supporting materials that you consider 

confidential or inappropriate for public 

disclosure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Suckfiel, BG Program Manager, 

CDFI Fund, U.S. Department of the 

Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Washington DC 20220, (202) 653– 

0421 (not a toll-free number) or by email 

to bgp@cdfi.treas.gov. Information 

regarding the CDFI Fund and its 

programs may be obtained through the 

CDFI Fund’s website at http://

www.cdfifund.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Titles: BG Program Information 

Collections—(1) Qualified Issuer 

Application, (2) Guarantee Application, 

(3) Secondary Loan Requirements 

Certification, (4) Financial Condition 

Monitoring Report, (5) Pledged Loan 

Monitoring Report, (6) Tertiary Loan 

Monitoring Report, (7) Annual 

Assessment Report, and (8) Secondary 

Loan Commitment Form. 

OMB Number: 1559–0044. 

Abstract: The purpose of the 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions (CDFI) Bond Guarantee 

Program (BG Program) is to support 

CDFI lending by providing Guarantees 

for Bonds issued by Qualified Issuers as 

part of a Bond Issue for Eligible 

Community or Economic Development 

Purposes. The BG Program provides 

CDFIs with a source of long-term capital 

and further the mission of the CDFI 

Fund to increase economic opportunity 

and promote community development 

investments for underserved 

populations and distressed communities 

in the United States. The CDFI Fund 

achieves its mission by promoting 

access to capital and local economic 

growth by investing in, supporting, and 

training Community Development 

Financial Institutions (CDFIs). The 

operation of the BG Program is 

supported by the collection of 

information across various forms, 

collectively the BG Program Information 

Collections: (1) Qualified Issuer 

Application, (2) Guarantee Application, 

(3) Secondary Loan Requirements 

Certification, (4) Financial Condition 

Monitoring Report, (5) Pledged Loan 

Monitoring Report, (6) Tertiary Loan 

Monitoring Report, (7) Annual 

Assessment Report, and (8) Secondary 

Loan Commitment Form. There are no 

significant content changes to the forms; 

however, minor, non-substantive 

changes may have been made to certain 

forms in order to improve the clarity 

and/or accuracy of the data collections. 

Copies of the forms constituting the 

BG Program Information Collection may 

be found on the CDFI Fund’s website at 

https://www.cdfifund.gov. 

Current Actions: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Approved Eligible 

CDFIs and Qualified Issuers (QI). 

TABLE 1—ALL FORMS—ESTIMATED REPORTING BURDEN

Form Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Number of 

annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Number of 

hours 

annually 

Bond Guarantee Program Application Materials (Qualified Issuer Application and Guarantee Application) ................................................. 20 1 20 80 1,600 

Financial Condition Monitoring (FCM) Report ....................................... 40 4 160 1.5 240 

Pledged Loan Monitoring (PLM) Report ................................................ 40 12 480 1.5 720 

Tertiary Loan Monitoring (TLM) Report ................................................. 15 12 180 1.5 270 

Annual Assessment ............................................................................... 40 1 40 2 80 

Secondary Loan Commitment Form and Certification Form ................. 40 1 40 3 120 

Total ................................................................................................ .................... ........................ 920 .................. 3,030 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this Notice 

will be summarized and/or included in 

the request for Office of Management 

and Budget approval. Comments 

concerning the BG Program Information 

Collection are invited on: (a) whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

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respondents, including through the use 

of technology; and (e) estimates of 

capital or start-up costs and costs of 

operation, maintenance, and purchase 

of services required to provide 

information. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collections of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Authority: 12 CFR part 1808. 

Pravina Raghavan, 

Director, Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28833 Filed 12–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service 

Application and Renewal Fees 

Imposed on Surety Companies and 

Reinsuring Companies; Increase in 

Fees Imposed; Correction 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of fees imposed on surety 

companies and reinsuring companies; 

Correction. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 

published a document in the Federal 

Register of December 2, 2024, adding 

renewal fees for Complementary and 

Alien Reinsurers as well as Admitted 

Reinsurer—Reinsurance Market 

companies and increasing the existing 

fees it imposes on and collects from 

surety companies and reinsuring 

companies, effective January 1, 2025. 

The document contained typographical 

errors effecting the dollar values. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melvin Saunders, at (304) 480–5108 or 

melvin.saunders@fiscal.treasury.gov; or 

Bobbi McDonald, at (304) 480–7098 or 

bobbi.mcdonald@fiscal.treasury.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Federal Register of December 2, 2024, 

in FR Doc. 2024-28231, on page 95911, 

in ‘‘The new fee rate schedule’’ section 

should read as follows: 

(1) Examination of a company’s 

application for a Certificate of Authority 

as an acceptable surety or as an 

acceptable reinsuring company on 

Federal bonds: $13,600. 

* * * * * 

(3) Examination of a company’s 

application for recognition as an 

Admitted Reinsurer: $5,000. 

* * * * * 

(6) Examination of a company’s 

application for recognition as an Alien 

Reinsurer: $5,000. 

* * * * * 

(8) Examination of a company’s 

application for recognition as a 

Complementary Reinsurer: $5,000. 

* * * * * 

Dated: December 4, 2024. 

Lela Anderson, 

Attorney-Advisor. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28806 Filed 12–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0892] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Request for 

Reimbursement of Preparatory (PREP) 

Course for Licensing or Certification 

Test 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Benefits Administration 

(VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, 

will submit the collection of 

information abstracted below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

PRA submission describes the nature of 

the information collection and its 

expected cost and burden, and it 

includes the actual data collection 

instrument. 

DATES: Comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent by 

January 8, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: To submit comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection, please type the 

following link into your browser: 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 

select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’, then search the 

list for the information collection by 

Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0892.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

VA PRA information: Maribel Aponte, 

202–461–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@

va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Request for Reimbursement of 

Preparatory (PREP) Course for Licensing 

or Certification Test, VA Form 22– 

10272. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0892, 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRASearch. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The information collected 

on the VA Form 22–10272 will be 

utilized to permit beneficiaries to apply 

for reimbursement of approved 

preparatory courses taken to assist with 

preparing for a Licensing or 

Certification Test. VA will use data from 

this information collection to ensure 

eligible Post 9/11 GI Bill (chapter 33) 

and Survivors’ and Dependents’ 

Educational Assistance (DEA or chapter 

35) can receive payment for attending 

and completing the approved 

preparatory course. Without the 

utilization of this form, eligible 

beneficiaries will not be able to apply 

for the reimbursement they may be 

rightly entitled to pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 

3315B. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published at 89 FR 

80631–80632, October 3, 2024. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 10 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 15 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Occasionally. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

41. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28827 Filed 12–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Veterans Group 

Life Insurance 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Benefits Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, will 


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