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address. You should be aware that your 

entire comment, including your name, 

address, and any other personally 

identifiable information that you 

include, may be made publicly 

available. All comments from identified 

individuals, businesses, and 

organizations will be available for 

public viewing on regulations.gov. Note 

that the Army will make available for 

public inspection all comments, in their 

entirety, submitted by organizations and 

businesses, or by individuals identifying 

themselves as representatives of 

organizations or businesses. For the 

Army to consider withholding your 

personally identifiable information from 

disclosure, you must identify any 

information contained in your 

comments that, if released, would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of your personal privacy. You 

must also briefly describe any possible 

harmful consequences of the disclosure 

of information. Even if the Army 

withholds your information in the 

context of this notice, your comment is 

subject to the Freedom of Information 

Act (FOIA). If your comment is 

requested under FOIA, the Army will 

withhold your information only if it 

determines that one of FOIA’s 

exemptions to disclosure applies. Such 

a determination will be made in 

accordance with the Army’s FOIA 

regulations and applicable law. 

Comments can be submitted in any of 

the following ways: 

• In written form by U.S. Postal 

Service or other delivery service: Send 

your comments and information to the 

following address: Natick Soldier 

System Center, Product Manager Force 

Sustainment System, 15 General Greene 

Avenue, Natick, MA 01760–5052, Attn: 

Ryan Bulger—Draft PEA Comments. 

• Through email: Send your 

comments to Ryan Bulger at 

ryan.j.bulger2.civ@army.mil. 

To ensure the Army has sufficient 

time to consider public input, written 

comments must be submitted on the 

website or mailed to the addresses listed 

no later than 30 Days After Publication 

in Federal Register. 

James W. Satterwhite Jr., 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2024–OS–0084] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

(OUSD(P&R)), Department of Defense 

(DoD). 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 15, 2025. 

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: 

Reginald Lucas, (571) 372–7574, 

whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dd-dodinformation-collections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and Omb 

Number: Overseas Citizen Population 

Survey; OMB Control Number 0704– 

0539. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Number of Respondents: 18,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 18,000. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 4,500. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary for 

the Federal Voting Assistance Program 

(FVAP), an agency of the DoD, to fulfill 

the mandate of the Uniformed and 

Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act 

(UOCAVA of 1986 [52 U.S.C. 10301]). 

UOCAVA requires a statistical analysis 

report to the President and Congress on 

the effectiveness of assistance under the 

Act, a statistical analysis of voter 

participation, and a description of State/ 

Federal cooperation. The data obtained 

through this study will allow FVAP to 

refine its methodology for estimating the 

number of overseas U.S. civilians who 

are eligible to vote and who have 

registered and participated in the past, 

and using these estimates to address the 

question of whether the registration and 

voting propensity of the overseas 

civilian population differs from that of 

a comparable domestic or military 

population. Conducting this research 

will help FVAP meet its Federal and 

congressional mandates in terms of 

reporting annually on its activities and 

on overall voter registration and 

participation rates after each 

Presidential election. The data obtained 

through this study is also intended to 

provide insights into existing barriers to 

UOCAVA voting and recommendations 

for addressing these challenges. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Reginald 

Lucas. 

Dated: December 11, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29591 Filed 12–13–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Establishment of Department of 

Defense Federal Advisory 

Committees–Strategic and Critical 

Materials Board of Directors 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Establishment of Federal 

advisory committee. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this 

notice to announce that it is establishing 

the Strategic and Critical Materials 

Board of Directors (S&CM BoD). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, DoD Advisory Committee 

Management Officer at 

james.d.freeman4.civ@mail.mil, 703– 

697–1142. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This nondiscretionary committee is being 

established pursuant to 50 United States 

Code (U.S.C.) 98h–1(a) and in 

accordance with Chapter 10 of Title 5, 

U.S.C. (commonly known as the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA)) and 

41 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

102–3.50(a). The charter and contact 

information for the S&CM BoD’s 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO) are 

found at https://www.facadatabase.gov/ 

FACA/apex/+FACAPublicAgency

Navigation. 

The S&CM BoD is a non-discretionary 

Federal Advisory Committee established 

to provide independent advice and 

recommendations to strengthen the 


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industrial base with respect to materials 

critical to national security and, in 

particular, address challenges and 

opportunities concerning the National 

Defense Stockpile (NDS) program. 

The S&CM BoD shall be composed of 

at least 13 and no more than 20 

members. Nine members are required 

pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 98h–1(b): the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Industrial Base Policy (ASD(IBP)), who 

shall serve as chairman of the S&CM 

BoD; one designee of each of the 

Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 

State, the Secretary of Energy, and the 

Secretary of the Interior; one designee of 

each of the Chairman and Ranking 

Member of the Readiness Subcommittee 

of the House Committee on Armed 

Services; one designee of each of the 

Chairman and Ranking Member of the 

Readiness Subcommittee of the Senate 

Committee on Armed Services. 

In evaluating those candidates for the 

S&CM BoD not required by statute, the 

DoD considers the education, life 

experience, and professional credentials 

of individuals as they relate to the 

subject matters anticipated to be tasked 

to the S&CM BoD. Membership 

selection will capitalize on talented, 

innovative private and public sector 

leaders to provide a diverse and 

inclusive S&CM BoD membership that 

is fairly balanced and promotes variety 

in background, experience, and thought 

in support of the mission of the S&CM 

BoD focusing on those with expertise 

relating to military affairs, defense 

procurement, production of strategic 

and critical materials, finance, or any 

other disciplines deemed necessary to 

conduct the business of the S&CM BoD. 

S&CM BoD members who are not fulltime or permanent part-time Federal 

civilian officers or employees, or activeduty members of the Uniformed 

Services, shall be appointed as experts 

or consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109 

to serve as special government 

employee members and are entitled, 

pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1114(a)(3), to 

receive pay at the daily equivalent of the 

annual rate of basic pay of the highest 

rate of basic pay under the General 

Schedule of subchapter 53 of title 5 

U.S.C., for each day the member is 

engaged in the performance of duties 

vested in the S&CM BoD. S&CM BoD 

members who are full-time or 

permanent part-time Federal civilian 

officers or employees, or members of the 

uniformed Services, shall be appointed 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a) to 

serve as regular government employee 

members. 

Individual S&CM BoD members are 

appointed according to DoD policy and 

procedures and serve a term of service 

of one-to-four years with annual 

renewals. No member, unless approved 

according to DoD policy and 

procedures, may serve more than two 

consecutive terms of service on the 

S&CM BoD, or serve on more than two 

DoD Federal advisory committees at one 

time. 

All S&CM BoD members are 

appointed to provide advice to the DoD 

based on their best judgment without 

representing any particular point of 

view and in a manner that is free from 

conflict of interest. Except for 

reimbursement of official S&CM BoDrelated travel and per diem, members 

serve without compensation. 

The public or interested organizations 

may submit written statements to the 

S&CM BoD membership about its 

mission and functions. Written 

statements may be submitted at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of planned meeting of the S&CM BoD. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the S&CM BoD DFO, who 

will ensure that written statements are 

provided to the S&CM BoD membership 

for their consideration. 

Dated: December 11, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 23–83] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing the 

unclassified text of an arms sales 

notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Young at (703) 953–6092, 

pamela.a.young14.civ@mail.mil, or 

dsca.ncr.rsrcmgmt.list.cns-mbx@

mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

36(b)(1) arms sales notification is 

published to fulfill the requirements of 

section 155 of Public Law 104–164 

dated July 21, 1996. The following is a 

copy of a letter to the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives with attached 

Transmittal 23–83, Policy Justification, 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: December 10, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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