33978 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 121 / Monday, June 28, 2021 / Notices 

H. Other Information 

Non-Discrimination Statement 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) civil rights 

regulations and policies, the USDA, its 

Agencies, offices, and employees, and 

institutions participating in or 

administering USDA programs are 

prohibited from discriminating based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity (including gender 

expression), sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, political 

beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior 

civil rights activity, in any program or 

activity conducted or funded by USDA 

(not all bases apply to all programs). 

Remedies and complaint filing 

deadlines vary by program or incident. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means of communication for 

program information (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, American Sign 

Language, etc.) should contact the 

responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET 

Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and 

TTY) or contact USDA through the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Additionally, program information may 

be made available in languages other 

than English. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, AD– 

3027, found online at https://

www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-aprogram-discrimination-complaint and 

at any USDA office or write a letter 

addressed to USDA and provide in the 

letter all of the information requested in 

the form. To request a copy of the 

complaint form, call (866) 632–9992. 

Submit your completed form or letter to 

USDA by: 

(1) Mail: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–9410; 

or 

email: OAC@usda.gov. 

Mark Brodziski, 

Acting Administrator, Rural BusinessCooperative Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13675 Filed 6–25–21; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the New 

York Advisory Committee; Correction 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Notice; correction to meeting 

purpose, time, and access information. 

SUMMARY: The Commission on Civil 

Rights published a notice in the Federal 

Register of Thursday, June 4, 2021, 

concerning a meeting of the New York 

Advisory Committee. The document 

contained an incorrect purpose, meeting 

time, and access information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mallory Trachtenberg at 

mtrachtenberg@usccr.gov or (202) 809– 

9618. 

Correction: In the Federal Register of 

Thursday, June 4, 2021, in FR Doc. 

2021–11713, on pages 29997–29998, 

correct the purpose, time, web-link and 

dial-in information to read: The purpose 

of the meeting is to hear testimony and 

debrief the Committee’s briefings on 

potential racial discrimination in 

eviction policies and enforcement in 

New York. When: Friday, July 16, 2021, 

from 1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. EST at web 

conference link: https://bit.ly/3j4f7J8 

password is USCCR; to join by phone 

only, dial: 1–800–360–9505; Access 

code: 199 338 2002. 

Dated: June 22, 2021. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; 2021 Business Enterprise 

Research and Development Survey 

AGENCY: Census Bureau, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed, and continuing information 

collections, which helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment on the proposed revision of 

2021 Business Enterprise Research and 

Development Survey, prior to the 

submission of the information collection 

request (ICR) to OMB for approval. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before August 27, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

email to Thomas.J.Smith@census.gov. 

Please reference 2021 Business 

Enterprise Research and Development 

Survey in the subject line of your 

comments. You may also submit 

comments, identified by Docket Number 

USBC–2021–0015, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

received are part of the public record. 

No comments will be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov for public viewing 

until after the comment period has 

closed. Comments will generally be 

posted without change. All Personally 

Identifiable Information (for example, 

name and address) voluntarily 

submitted by the commenter may be 

publicly accessible. Do not submit 

Confidential Business Information or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. You may submit 

attachments to electronic comments in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF 

file formats. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Michael 

Flaherty, U.S. Census Bureau, Chief, 

Research, Development & Innovation 

Surveys Branch, 301–763–7699, 

michael.j.flaherty@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The U.S. Census Bureau, with support 

from the National Center for Science 

and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) 

within the National Science 

Foundation, plans to conduct the 

Business Enterprise Research and 

Development Survey (BERD) for the 

2021–2023 survey years. BERD covers 

all domestic, non-farm, for-profit 

businesses with at least 10 paid 

employees. BERD provides the only 

comprehensive national data on 

Research and Development (R&D) costs 

and detailed expenses by type and 

industry. 

The Census Bureau has conducted an 

R&D survey since 1957, collecting 

primarily financial information on the 

systematic work companies undertake 

to discover new knowledge or use 


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