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created several authorities as well as 

new authorities increasing the total 

burden hours to assist the Agency in 

carrying out its mission. The Forest 

Service issues partnership agreements 

under specific authorities exempt from 

the Federal Grants and Cooperative 

Agreements Act (FGCAA). This 

collection is for existing forms as well 

as a new form to supplement and 

ultimately phase out the older forms by 

the next collection period that will be 

used to enter into the following 

agreement types by the Forest Service: 

(1) Participating Agreements (replaces 

FS–1500–16 and 16A through 16G); 

(2) Cost-Reimbursable Agreement 

(replaces FS–1500–12); 

(3) Joint Venture Agreement (replaces 

FS–1500–14 and 14A); 

(4) Cooperative Research and 

Development Agreements (replaces 

FS1500–13 through 13B); and, 

(5) Challenge Cost-Share Agreement 

(replaces FS–1500–10 and 10A through 

10C). 

(6) Stewardship Agreements (replaces 

FS–1500–21, FS–1500–21A, through 

FS–1500–21D). 

(7) Good Neighbor Agreements 

(replaces FS–1500–36, FS–1500–36A, 

FS–1500–36B). 

(8) Domestic Grants (Letter). 

(9) Fixed Amount Awards (Letter). 

(10) International Grants (Letter). 

(11) International Cooperative 

Agreements (Letter). 

(12) Cooperative Agreements (Letter). 

In addition to Federal Financial 

Assistance (FFA), Congress created 

specific authorizations for acts outside 

the scope of the FGCAA. Appropriations 

language was developed to convey 

authority for the Forest Service to enter 

into relationships that are outside the 

scope of the FGCAA. The Forest Service 

implements these authorizations using 

instruments such as collection 

agreements, FGCAA exempted 

agreements, memorandums of 

understanding, and other agreements 

which mutually benefit participating 

parties. These instruments fall outside 

the scope of the Federal Acquisition 

Regulations (FAR) and often require 

financial plans and statements of work. 

Forest Service employees collect 

information from cooperating parties 

from the pre-award to the closeout stage 

via telephone calls, emails, postal mail, 

and person-to-person meetings to create, 

develop, and administer these funded 

and non-funded agreements. The 

multiple means for respondents to 

communicate their responses include 

forms, non-forms, electronic documents, 

face-to-face, telephone, and internet. 

The scope of information collected 

varies; however, it typically includes 

the project type, project scope, financial 

plan, statement of work, and 

cooperator’s business information. 

The Forest Service would not be able 

to create, develop, and administer these 

funded and non-funded agreements 

without the collected information. The 

Agency would also be unable to develop 

or monitor projects, make or receive 

payments, or identify financial and 

accounting errors. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 to 4 

hours annually per person. 

Type of Respondents: Non-profit and 

for profit institutions; institutions of 

higher education; State, local, and 

Native American tribal governments, 

individuals; foreign governments; and 

organizations. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents for New Form: 1,016. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 3,048 hours. 

Comment is Invited: Comment is 

invited on: (1) Whether this collection 

of information is necessary for the stated 

purposes and the proper performance of 

the functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical or scientific utility; (2) the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission request toward Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Christopher Coppenbarger, 

Director, Grants and Agreement Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09105 Filed 4–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the North 

Carolina Advisory Committee to the 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of virtual 

business meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, that 

the North Carolina Advisory Committee 

(Committee) to the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights will hold a virtual business 

meeting via Webex at 12:00 p.m. ET on 

Tuesday, May 17, 2022, to discuss their 

report on Legal Financial Obligations in 

the state. 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

Tuesday, May 17, 2022, from 12:00 

p.m.—1:30 p.m. ET. 

Link to Join (Audio/Visual): https://

tinyurl.com/f4duk4tf. 

Telephone (Audio Only): Dial (800) 

360–9505 USA Toll Free; Access code: 

2761 845 7469. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Victoria Moreno, DFO, at vmoreno@

usccr.gov or (434) 515–0204. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Committee meetings are available to the 

public through the conference link 

above. Any interested member of the 

public may listen to the meeting. An 

open comment period will be provided 

to allow members of the public to make 

a statement as time allows. If joining via 

phone, callers can expect to incur 

regular charges for calls they initiate 

over wireless lines, according to their 

wireless plan. The Commission will not 

refund any incurred charges. 

Individuals who are deaf, deafblind, and 

hard of hearing may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at (800) 877–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference details found through 

registering at the web link above. To 

request additional accommodations, 

please email vmoreno@usccr.gov at least 

ten (10) days prior to the meeting. 

Members of the public are also 

entitled to submit written comments; 

the comments must be received within 

30 days following the meeting. Written 

comments may be emailed to Liliana 

Schiller at lschiller@usccr.gov. Persons 

who desire additional information may 

contact the Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit at (312) 353–8311. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Coordination Unit, 

as they become available, both before 

and after the meeting. Records of the 

meeting will be available via 

www.facadatabase.gov under the 

Commission on Civil Rights, North 

Carolina Advisory Committee link. 

Persons interested in the work of this 

Committee are directed to the 

Commission’s website, http://

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Regional Programs Coordination Unit at 

the above phone number. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome & Roll Call 

II. Committee Discussion 

III. Public Comment 

IV. Next Steps 

V. Adjournment 

Dated: April 22, 2022. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09051 Filed 4–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Annual Survey of School 

System Finances 

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 

the Annual Survey of School System 

Finances, 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 June 27, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

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

Please reference Annual Survey of 

School System Finances in the subject 

line of your comments. You may also 

submit comments, identified by Docket 

Number USBC–2022–0007, to the 

Federal e-Rulemaking 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 Stephen 

Wheeler, Survey Statistician, Education 

Finance Branch, 301–763–9950, and 

Stephen.Wheeler@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The U.S. Census Bureau plans to 

continue the current Office of 

Management and Budget clearance for 

the Annual Survey of School System 

Finances with revisions. The Annual 

Survey of School System Finances is the 

only comprehensive source of prekindergarten through 12th grade public 

elementary-secondary school system 

finance data collected on a nationwide 

scale using uniform definitions, 

concepts, and procedures. The 

collection covers the revenues, 

expenditures, debt, and assets of all 

public elementary-secondary school 

systems. This data collection has been 

cosponsored by and coordinated with 

the National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES). The NCES uses this 

collection to satisfy its need for school 

finance data. 

Fiscal data provided by respondents’ 

aid data users in measuring the 

effectiveness of resource allocation. The 

products of this data collection make it 

possible for data users to search a single 

database to obtain information on such 

things as per pupil expenditures and the 

percent of state, local, and federal 

funding for each school system. 

Elementary-secondary education related 

spending is the single largest financial 

activity of state and local governments. 

Education finance statistics provided by 

the Census Bureau allow for analyses of 

how public elementary-secondary 

school systems receive their funding 

and how they are spending their funds. 

The Annual Survey of School System 

Finances was revised for the fiscal year 

(FY) 2020 collection to include 12 new 

data items in response to the COVID–19 

pandemic. Six revenue data items and 

six expenditure items were added to the 

survey to collect financial information 

from school systems concerning the 

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 

Security (CARES) Act of 2020. The 

survey was then revised again for the FY 

2021 collection in response to new 

legislation passed due to the COVID–19 

pandemic, including the Coronavirus 

Response and Relief Supplemental 

Appropriations Act (CRRSA) and the 

American Rescue Plan (ARP). Four new 

revenue items were added to the survey 

to collect financial data based on these 

two new legislative acts and two 

obsolete revenue items added in FY 

2020 in response to the COVID–19 

pandemic were removed from the 

survey. Two new expenditure items 

were also added to expand the scope of 

financial data collected concerning 

COVID–19 federal assistance funds. 

This proposed revision to the Annual 

Survey of School System Finances is to 

further expand the collection of 

expenditure data for COVID–19 federal 

assistance funds. The CARES Act of 

2020 established several relief funds 

that would be made available to school 

systems, including the Elementary and 

Secondary School Emergency Relief 

(ESSER) Fund, the Governor’s 

Emergency Education Relief (GEER) 

Fund, and the Coronavirus Relief Fund 

(CRF). Subsequent legislation such as 

the CRRSA and the ARP further funded 

these sources and established additional 

funds made available to school systems, 

including the ARP Act Coronavirus 

State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. 

In response to these various funds being 

established and utilized by school 

systems, 21 new data items will be 

added to the survey to collect data on 

expenditures from these funding 

sources. Three data items collecting data 

for current expenditures, instructional 

expenditures, and capital outlay 

expenditures will be added for seven 

different sources of funds for a total of 

21 new data items. 

As a result of these 21 new data items 

being added to the survey, an increase 

in the total burden hours and estimated 

time per response for the primary 

survey form (F–33) is expected 

compared to prior survey collections. A 

slight decrease in the number of 

supplemental respondents is also 

expected in future collections due to 

school system consolidations, mergers, 

and other factors affecting the 

composition of school systems in states 

where supplemental debt and asset data 

is collected. This will partially offset 

some of the increase in total burden 

hours as a result of the 21 new items 

collected on the survey; however, an 

overall increase in total burden hours is 

still expected. 

II. Method of Collection 

A letter is mailed electronically at the 

beginning of each survey period to 

solicit the assistance of the state 


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