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functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques, or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submissions of responses. 

I. Background 

The Institute of Museum and Library 

Services is the primary source of 

Federal support for the Nation’s 

libraries and museums. We advance, 

support, and empower America’s 

museums, libraries, and related 

organizations through grant making, 

research, and policy development. To 

learn more, visit www.imls.gov. 

II. Current Actions 

The Native American Library Services 

Enhancement Grants program is 

designed to assist Native American 

tribes in improving core library services 

for their communities. The program 

goals are (1) to improve digital services 

to support needs for education, 

workforce development, economic and 

business development, health 

information, critical thinking skills, and 

digital literacy skills; (2) to improve 

educational programs related to specific 

topics and content areas of interest to 

library patrons and community-based 

users; and (3) to enhance the 

preservation and revitalization of Native 

American cultures and languages. 

This action is to modify the eligibility 

criteria and to update performance 

measurement requirements for Native 

American Library Services 

Enhancement Grants. If approved, the 

program would no longer require 

applicants to first submit an application 

to the Native American Library Services 

Basic Grants program in the same year. 

This would reduce unnecessary 

administrative burden for applicants 

and awardees and allow applicants to 

choose the grant program(s) best suited 

to their needs. Updating performance 

measurement requirements will bring 

this program into better alignment with 

other IMLS grant programs and make it 

easier for applicants to comply. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: 2022–2024 IMLS Native 

American Library Services 

Enhancement Grants Notice of Funding 

Opportunity. 

OMB Control Number: 3137–0110. 

Agency Number: 3137. 

Respondents: Federally recognized 

Native American Tribes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 40. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Hours per Response: 40 

hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,600. 

Cost Burden (dollars): $47,632. 

Public Comments Invited: Comments 

submitted in response to this Notice 

will be summarized and/or included in 

the request for OMB’s clearance of this 

information collection. 

Dated: August 27, 2021. 

Kim Miller, 

Senior Grants Management Specialist, 

Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services 

Notice To Announce Request for 

Information for the Modification of the 

Eligibility Requirements for the Native 

American Library Services 

Enhancement Grants Program 

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, National Foundation 

on the Arts and the Humanities . 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: This Request for Information 

(RFI) is intended to gather broad input 

to assist the Institute of Museum and 

Library Services (IMLS) in making a 

determination whether or not to modify 

the eligibility requirements for the 

Native American Library Services 

Enhancement Grants program 

(Enhancement Grant). Currently, to be 

eligible for Enhancement Grant funding, 

an applicant is required to first submit 

a Native American Library Services 

Basic Grant (Basic Grant) application in 

the same year. IMLS is considering the 

elimination of this specific eligibility 

requirement to reduce application and 

administrative burdens for applicants 

and awardees and to allow applicants to 

choose the grant program(s) best suited 

to their needs. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

Friday, October 29, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

submitted to imls-librarygrants@

imls.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Both the 

Enhancement Grants program and the 

Basic Grants program are designed to 

assist federally recognized Indian tribes 

in improving core library services for 

their communities. See https://

www.imls.gov/grants/available/nativeamerican-library-services-enhancementgrants and https://www.imls.gov/grants/ 

available/native-american-libraryservices-basic-grants for details. IMLS is 

committed to the continuous 

improvement of all its grant programs 

and to minimizing grant-related 

application and administrative burdens 

for its applicants and awardees. The 

current structure requires every 

applicant for an Enhancement Grant 

program to also apply for a Basic Grant 

in the same year. 

The Basic Grant program is designed 

to support library operations and core 

services, including library workforce 

training. The Enhancement Grant 

program is designed to support larger 

and more complex library projects, 

including preservation. For the Basic 

Grant program in Fiscal Year 2021, 

IMLS expects to award a total of 

$1,900,000, consisting of 192 individual 

awards ranging from $6,000 to $10,000. 

For the Enhancement Grant program, 

IMLS expects to award a total of 

$1,200,000, consisting of 20 individual 

awards ranging from $10,000 to 

$150,000. 

The Basic Grant program is less 

competitive than the Enhancement 

Grant program because essentially every 

eligible Basic Grant applicant receives a 

grant; whereas Enhancement Grant 

applications compete against each other 

and not all applications receive an 

award. The two programs are also 

financially interdependent: Funding 

that is not awarded from the Basic 

Program pool is then added to the 

funding available for the Enhancement 

Program pool. For example, if not all of 

the FY21 $1,900,000 funding is awarded 

because IMLS receives fewer Basic 

Grant applications than anticipated, the 

balance of unawarded Basic Grant funds 

will then be made available to the 

Enhancement Grant funding pool (i.e., 

whatever is not awarded from the 

$1,900,000 Basic Grants pool is added to 

the $1,200,000 Enhancement Grant 

pool). 

The original reason to have a Basic 

Grant before applying for an 

Enhancement Grant was to help ensure 

that all Tribes received at least a basic 

level of funding before larger, more 

complex projects were supported. 


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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

However, this may place unnecessary 

application and grant administration 

burdens on applicants who wish to 

apply for, and carry out, only an 

Enhancement Grant. For example, such 

applicants may not want to apply for 

and administer a Basic Grant but are 

simply looking for a grant to support a 

larger project. 

Eliminating the requirement to first 

apply for a Basic Grant would make it 

possible for Tribes to apply for an 

Enhancement Grant only and still allow 

them to apply for both an Enhancement 

Grant and a Basic Grant if they wish. 

This change is intended to give 

applicants the flexibility to apply for the 

grant(s) that best suit their needs. 

Information Requested 

IMLS invites input from all Tribal 

communities, including but not limited 

to individuals, Tribal governments, 

libraries, archives, museums, 

institutions of higher education, and 

cultural heritage centers. 

Organizations are strongly encouraged 

to submit a single response that reflects 

the views of their organization and 

membership as a whole. 

IMLS asks you to consider the 

following when reflecting on the 

proposed elimination of the requirement 

that Indian tribes wishing to apply for 

an Enhancement Grant apply first for a 

Basic Grant in the same year: 

• How might the elimination of this 

requirement benefit the Tribe(s) with 

which you have close relationships? 

• How might the elimination of this 

requirement harm or result in an 

unexpected negative consequence for 

the Tribe(s) with which you have close 

relationships? 

• Taking the potential benefits and 

negative consequences into account, do 

you recommend we eliminate or keep 

the requirement as is? 

• What other suggestions do you have 

for improving these two grant programs? 

• What else would you like to see 

IMLS do to minimize the grant-related 

administrative burden for its applicants 

and awardees? 

Responses 

Responses to this RFI are voluntary. 

Please do not include any personally 

identifiable information or any 

information that you do not wish to 

make public. Proprietary, classified, 

confidential, or sensitive information 

should not be included in your 

response. The Government will use the 

information submitted in response to 

this RFI at its discretion. The 

Government reserves the right to use 

any submitted information on public 

websites, in reports, in any possible 

resultant solicitation(s), grant(s), or 

cooperative agreement(s), or in the 

development of future funding 

opportunity announcements. 

This request is for information and 

planning purposes only and should not 

be construed as a solicitation or as an 

obligation on the part of the United 

States Government. IMLS will not make 

any awards based on responses to this 

RFI or pay for the preparation of any 

information submitted or for the 

Government’s use of such information. 

Dated: August 30, 2021. 

Kim Miller, 

Senior Grants Management Specialist, 

Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

The National Science Board’s (NSB) 

Committee on External Engagement 

hereby gives notice of the scheduling of 

a teleconference for the transaction of 

National Science Board business 

pursuant to the National Science 

Foundation Act and the Government in 

the Sunshine Act. 

TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, September 

8, 2021, from 1:00–2:00 p.m. EDT. 

PLACE: This meeting will be held by 

teleconference through the National 

Science Foundation. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda 

of the teleconference is to plan NSB 

engagement activities for the fall and 

winter. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Point of contact for this meeting is: 

Nadine Lymn, nlymn@nsf.gov, 703/292– 

7000. To listen to this teleconference, 

members of the public must send an 

email to nationalsciencebrd@nsf.gov at 

least 24 hours prior to the 

teleconference. The National Science 

Board Office will send requesters a tollfree dial-in number. Meeting 

information and updates may be found 

at the National Science Board website at 

www.nsf.gov/nsb. 

Chris Blair, 

Executive Assistant to the National Science 

Board Office. 

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COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–92790; File No. SR– 

NASDAQ–2021–065] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The 

Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; Notice of 

Filing of Proposed Rule Change To 

Amend Nasdaq Rule 5750 (Proxy 

Portfolio Shares) To Provide for the 

Use of Custom Baskets Consistent 

With the Exemptive Relief Issued 

Pursuant to the Investment Company 

Act of 1940 Applicable to a Series of 

Proxy Portfolio Shares 

August 27, 2021. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’) 1, and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on August 

25, 2021, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC 

(‘‘Nasdaq’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’) the proposed 

rule change as described in Items I and 

II below, which Items have been 

prepared by the Exchange. The 

Commission is publishing this notice to 

solicit comments on the proposed rule 

change from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to amend 

Nasdaq Rule 5750 (Proxy Portfolio 

Shares) to provide for the use of 

‘‘Custom Baskets’’ consistent with the 

exemptive relief issued pursuant to the 

Investment Company Act of 1940 

applicable to a series of Proxy Portfolio 

Shares. The text of the proposed rule 

change is provided in Exhibit 5. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is available on the Exchange’s website at 

https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/ 

rulebook/nasdaq/rules, at the principal 

office of the Exchange, and at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

Exchange included statements 

concerning the purpose of and basis for 

the proposed rule change and discussed 

any comments it received on the 

proposed rule change. The text of these 

statements may be examined at the 

places specified in Item IV below. The 

Exchange has prepared summaries, set 

forth in sections A, B, and C below, of 


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