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9 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

1 12 U.S.C. 5452. 

2Unless otherwise specified, the term 

‘‘contractors’’ refers to contractors and 

subcontractors. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s internet 

comment form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

CboeBZX–2021–058 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–CboeBZX–2021–058. This 

file number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

internet website (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549 on official 

business days between the hours of 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the Exchange. All comments 

received will be posted without change. 

Persons submitting comments are 

cautioned that we do not redact or edit 

personal identifying information from 

comment submissions. You should 

submit only information that you wish 

to make available publicly. All 

submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–CboeBZX–2021–058 and 

should be submitted on or before 

October 8, 2021. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.9

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20080 Filed 9–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[SEC File No. 270–666; OMB Control No. 

3235–0725] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Upon Written Request Copies Available 

From: U.S. Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 

100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 

20549–2736 

Extension: 

OWMI Contract Standard for Contractor 

Workforce Inclusion 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(‘‘OMB’’) a request for extension of the 

previously approved collection of 

information discussed below. 

Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Wall 

Street Reform and Consumer Protection 

Act of 2010 (the Dodd-Frank Act) 

provided that certain agencies, 

including the Commission, establish an 

Office of Minority and Women 

Inclusion (OMWI).1 Section 342(c)(2) of 

the Dodd-Frank Act requires the OMWI 

Director to include in the Commission’s 

procedures for evaluating contract 

proposals and hiring service providers a 

written statement that the contractor 

shall ensure, to the maximum extent 

possible, the fair inclusion of women 

and minorities in the workforce of the 

contractor and, as applicable, 

subcontractors. 

In addition, section 342(c)(3)(A) of the 

Dodd-Frank Act requires the OMWI 

Director to establish standards and 

procedures for determining whether an 

agency contractor or subcontractor ‘‘has 

failed to make a good faith effort to 

include minorities and women’’ in its 

workforce. Section 342(c)(3)(B)(i) 

provides that if the OMWI Director 

determines that a contractor has failed 

to make good faith efforts, the Director 

shall recommend to the agency 

administrator that the contract be 

terminated. Upon receipt of such a 

recommendation, section 342(c)(3)(B)(ii) 

provides that the agency administrator 

may terminate the contract, make a 

referral to the Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs of the Department 

of Labor, or take other appropriate 

action. To implement the acquisitionspecific requirements of Section 342(c) 

of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Commission 

adopted a Contract Standard for 

Contractor Workforce Inclusion 

(Contract Standard). 

The Contract Standard, which is 

included in the Commission’s 

solicitations and resulting contracts for 

services with a dollar value of $100,000 

or more, contains a ‘‘collection of 

information’’ within the meaning of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. The Contract 

Standard requires that a Commission 

contractor provide documentation, upon 

request from the OMWI Director, to 

demonstrate that it has made good faith 

efforts to ensure the fair inclusion of 

minorities in its workforce and, as 

applicable, to demonstrate its covered 

subcontractors have made such good 

faith efforts. The documentation 

requested may include, but is not 

limited to: (1) The total number of 

employees in the contractor’s workforce, 

and the number of employees by race, 

ethnicity, gender, and job title or EEO– 

1 job category (e.g., EEO–1 Report(s)); 

(2) a list of covered subcontract awards 

under the contract that includes the 

dollar amount of each subcontract, date 

of award, and the subcontractor’s race, 

ethnicity, and/or gender ownership 

status; (3) the contractor’s plan to ensure 

the fair inclusion of minorities and 

women in its workforce, including 

outreach efforts; and (4) for each 

covered subcontractor, the information 

requested in items 1 and 3 above. The 

OMWI Director will consider the 

information submitted in evaluating 

whether the contractor or subcontractor 

has complied with its obligations under 

the Contract Standard. 

The information collection is 

mandatory. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

Based on a review of the last two fiscal 

years since the most recent approval of 

this information collection, the 

Commission estimates that 175 

contractors would be subject to the 

Contract Standard.2 Approximately 102 

of these contractors have 50 or more 

employees, while 73 have fewer than 50 

employees. 

Estimate of recordkeeping burden: 

The information collection under the 

Contract Standard imposes no new 

recordkeeping burden on the estimated 

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3 42 U.S.C. 2000e, et seq. 

4Executive Order 11246, 30 FR 12,319 (Sept. 24, 

1965). 

5See 41 CFR 60–1.7. 

6See 41 CFR 60–2.17(c). 

7See 41 CFR part 60–2. 

8According to the Supporting Statement for the 

OFCCP Recordkeeping and Requirements-Supply 

Service, OMB Control No. 1250–0003 (‘‘Supporting 

Statement’’), it takes approximately 73 burden 

hours for contractors with 1–100 employees to 

develop the initial written program required under 

the regulations implementing E.O. 11246. We 

understand the quantitative analyses prescribed by 

the Executive Order regulations at 41 CFR part 60– 

2 are a time-consuming aspect of the written 

program development. As there is no requirement 

to perform these types of quantitative analyses in 

connection with the plan for workforce inclusion of 

minorities and women under the Contract Standard, 

we believe the plan for workforce inclusion will 

take substantially fewer hours to develop. The 

Supporting Statement is available at reginfo.gov. 

9A search of subcontract awards on the 

usaspending.gov website showed that three 

subcontractors in FY 2016 and six subcontractors in 

FY 2017 had subcontracts of $100,000 or more. See 

data on subcontract awards available at http://

usaspending.gov. 

102 contractors that have 50 or more 

employees. Such contractors are 

generally subject to recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements under the 

regulations implementing Title VII of 

the Civil Rights Act 3 and Executive 

Order 11246 (‘‘E.O. 11246’’).4 Their 

contracts and subcontracts must include 

the clause implementing E.O. 11246— 

FAR 52.222–26, Equal Opportunity. In 

addition, contractors that have 50 or 

more employees (and a contract or 

subcontract of $50,000 or more) are 

required to maintain records on the 

race, ethnicity, gender, and EEO–1 job 

category of each employee under 

Department of Labor regulations 

implementing E.O. 11246.5 The 

regulations implementing E.O. 11246 

also require contractors that have 50 or 

more employees (and a contract or 

subcontract of $50,000 or more) to 

demonstrate that they have made good 

faith efforts to remove identified 

barriers, expand employment 

opportunities, and produce measurable 

results,6 and to develop and maintain a 

written program, which describes the 

policies, practices, and procedures that 

the contractor uses to ensure that 

applicants and employees receive equal 

opportunities for employment and 

advancement.7 In lieu of developing a 

separate plan for workforce inclusion, a 

contractor may submit its existing 

written program prescribed by the E.O. 

11246 regulations as part of the 

documentation that demonstrates the 

contractor’s good faith efforts to ensure 

the fair inclusion of minorities and 

women in its workforce. Thus, 

approximately 102 contractors are 

already required to maintain the 

information that may be requested 

under the Contract Standard. 

The estimated 73 contractors that 

employ fewer than 50 employees are 

required under the regulations 

implementing E.O. 11246 to maintain 

records showing the race, ethnicity and 

gender of each employee. We believe 

that these contractors also keep job title 

information during the normal course of 

business. However, contractors that 

have fewer than 50 employees may not 

have the written program prescribed by 

the E.O. 11246 regulations or similar 

plan that could be submitted as part of 

the documentation to demonstrate their 

good faith efforts to ensure the fair 

inclusion of women and minorities in 

their workforces. Accordingly, 

contractors with fewer than 50 

employees may have to develop a plan 

to ensure workforce inclusion of 

minorities and women. 

In order to estimate the burden on 

contractors associated with developing a 

plan for ensuring the inclusion of 

minorities and women in their 

workforces, we considered the burden 

estimates for developing the written 

programs required under the regulations 

implementing E.O. 11246.8 Based on 

OMWI’s review of the plans and other 

documentation submitted by contractors 

with fewer than 50 employees to 

demonstrate compliance with the 

Contract Standard, we believe such 

contractors would require 

approximately 25 percent of the hours 

that contractors of similar size spend on 

developing the written programs 

required under the E.O. 11246 

regulations. Accordingly, we estimate 

that contractors would spend about 18 

hours of employee resources to develop 

a plan for workforce inclusion of 

minorities and women. This one-time 

implementation burden annualized 

would be 438 hours. After the initial 

development, we estimate that each 

contractor with fewer than 50 

employees would spend approximately 

8 hours each year updating and 

maintaining its plan for workforce 

inclusion of minorities and women. The 

Commission estimates that the 

annualized recurring burden associated 

with the information collection would 

be 365 hours. Thus, the Commission 

estimates the annual recordkeeping 

burden for such contractors would total 

803 hours. 

The Contract Standard requires 

contractors to maintain information 

about covered subcontractors’ 

ownership status, workforce 

demographics, and workforce inclusion 

plans. Contractors would request this 

information from their covered 

subcontractors, who would have an 

obligation to keep workforce 

demographic data and maintain plans 

for workforce inclusion of minorities 

and women because the Contract 

Standard is included in their 

subcontracts. Based on data describing 

recent Commission subcontractor 

activity, we believe that few 

subcontractors will have subcontracts 

for services with a dollar value of 

$100,000 or more under Commission 

service contracts.9 These subcontractors 

may already be subject to similar 

recordkeeping requirements as principal 

contractors. Consequently, we believe 

that any additional requirements 

imposed on subcontractors would not 

significantly add to the burden 

estimates discussed above. 

Estimate of Reporting Burden: With 

respect to the reporting burden, we 

estimate that it would take all 

contractors on average approximately 

one hour to retrieve and submit to the 

OMWI Director the documentation 

specified in the proposed Contract 

Standard. We expect to request 

documentation from up to 50 

contractors each year and therefore we 

estimate the total annual reporting 

burden to be 50 hours. 

On July 8, 2021, the Commission 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (86 FR 36167) of its intention 

to request an extension of this currently 

approved collection of information, and 

allowed the public 60 days to submit 

comments. The Commission received no 

comments. 

Written comments continue to be 

invited on: (a) Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden imposed by the collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

The public may view the background 

documentation for this information 

collection at the following website, 

www.reginfo.gov. This information 

collection can be found by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent to: 

(i) www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain 

and (ii) David Bottom, Director/Chief 

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1https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_

asr/2019/sect03.html. 

2https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_

asr/2019/sect04.html#table17. 

3Section 234 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 434. https:// 

www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title02/0234.htm. 

4Section 1110(a) and (b) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 

1310(a) and (b). https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ 

ssact/title11/1110.htm. 

5Section 234(e)(1) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 434(e)(1). 

6https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/ 

documents/ 

Section%20234%20Report%202020.pdf. 

7https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/ 

demos.htm. 

8https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/ 

projects.htm. 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o Cynthia 

Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington, 

DC 20549 or by sending an email to: 

PRA_Mailboxes@sec.gov. Comments 

must be submitted to OMB within 30 

days of this notice. 

Dated: September 14, 2021. 

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20117 Filed 9–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2021–0025] 

Request for Information on Potential 

Disability Insurance and Supplemental 

Security Income Demonstrations 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice; request for information. 

SUMMARY: We administer the Disability 

Insurance (DI) and Supplemental 

Security Income (SSI) programs to 

provide income support to people with 

disabilities. The Commissioner of Social 

Security is authorized to test new 

program rules to promote attachment to 

the labor force and increase the 

employment and self-sufficiency of 

individuals receiving or applying for DI 

or SSI benefits, including children and 

youth; and to coordinate planning 

between private and public welfare 

agencies to improve the administration 

and effectiveness of the DI, SSI, and 

related programs. This request for 

information (RFI) seeks public input on 

potential services, supports, or DI and 

SSI policy changes that could achieve 

these goals. The input we receive will 

inform our deliberations about possible 

future demonstrations and tests. We will 

also use the responses as reference 

material as we provide Congress 

technical advice regarding any potential 

renewal of the section 234 

authorization. 

DATES: To ensure that your comments 

are considered, we must receive them 

no later than November 16, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any one of three methods—internet, 

fax, or mail. Do not submit the same 

comments multiple times or by more 

than one method. Regardless of which 

method you choose, please state that 

your comments refer to Docket No. 

SSA–2021–0025 so that we may 

associate your comments with the 

correct Federal Register notice. 

Caution: You should be careful to 

include in your comments only 

information that you wish to make 

publicly available. We strongly urge you 

not to include in your comments any 

personal information, such as Social 

Security numbers or medical 

information. 

1. Internet: We strongly recommend 

that you submit your comments via the 

internet. Please visit the Federal 

eRulemaking portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Use the Search 

function to find docket number SSA– 

2021–0025 and then submit your 

comments. The system will issue you a 

tracking number to confirm your 

submission. You will not be able to 

view your comments immediately 

because we must post each submission 

manually. It may take up to a week for 

your comments to be viewable. 

2. Fax: Fax comments to (410) 966– 

2830. 

3. Mail: Mail your comments to the 

Office of Regulations and Reports 

Clearance, Social Security 

Administration, 3100 West High Rise 

Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland, 21235–6401. 

Comments are available for public 

viewing on the Federal eRulemaking 

portal at http://www.regulations.gov or 

in person, during regular business 

hours, by arranging with the contact 

person identified below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Hemmeter, Acting Deputy 

Associate Commissioner for Research, 

Demonstration, and Employment 

Support, Office of Retirement and 

Disability Policy, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

(410) 597–1815, for information about 

this notice. For information on 

eligibility or filing for benefits, call our 

national toll-free number, 1–800–772– 

1213 or TTY 1–800–325–0778, or visit 

our internet site, Social Security Online, 

at http://www.socialsecurity.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose 

Social Security pays benefits to more 

than 12 million adults ages 18 to 64 who 

are unable to work due to a disability 1

and to more than 1 million children 

with limited income and assets who 

have marked and severe functional 

limitations.2 The Commissioner of 

Social Security is authorized to test new 

program rules to promote the labor force 

and increase the employment and selfsufficiency of individuals receiving or 

applying for DI or SSI benefits, 

including children and youth, and to 

coordinate planning between private 

and public welfare agencies to improve 

the administration and effectiveness of 

the DI, SSI, and related programs. This 

RFI offers interested parties, including 

States, community-based and other nonprofit organizations, philanthropic 

organizations, researchers, and members 

of the public, the opportunity to provide 

information and recommendations on 

effective approaches for achieving these 

goals. 

Background 

We conduct demonstration projects 

under two authorities. Section 234 of 

the Social Security Act (Act) allows the 

Commissioner to test changes to the DI 

program designed to promote 

attachment to the labor force.3 Section 

234(d)(2) of the Act provides that the 

authority to initiate projects under 

section 234 terminates on December 31, 

2021, and the authority to carry out 

such projects terminates on December 

31, 2022, Second, Section 1110(a) of the 

Act allows us to enter into contracts, 

grants, and agreements to study a 

variety of topics related to reducing 

dependency on SSI, coordinating of 

social services, or improving the 

administration of our programs, while 

section 1110(b) of the Act allows us to 

waive SSI program rules to carry out 

such demonstrations in the course of 

conducting projects that are likely to 

assist in promoting the objectives or 

facilitate the administration of title XVI 

of the Act.4 Participants in 

demonstrations conducted under 

section 234 or section 1110(b) must be 

volunteers who provide informed 

written consent and are capable of 

withdrawing their agreement to 

participate at any time.5 In addition, SSI 

demonstrations cannot result in a 

substantial reduction in any 

individual’s income because he or she 

participated in a demonstration. These 

authorities also include additional 

reporting and scope restrictions. We 

produce an annual report to Congress on 

current and recently completed 

demonstrations 6 and maintain public 

web pages with demonstration 

reports.7 8