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the Federal Workforce and Requiring 

Mask-Wearing, and E.O. 14043 of 

September 9, 2021, Requiring 

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination 

for Federal Employees, the request for 

this collection of information is 

essential to implement the USPTO 

health and safety measures regarding 

the Federal employee medical 

exemptions to the COVID–19 mandatory 

vaccinations. The Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended, requires Federal 

agencies to provide reasonable 

accommodations to qualified employees 

with disabilities unless that reasonable 

accommodation would impose an 

undue hardship on the employee’s 

agency. See 29 U.S.C. 791; 29 CFR part 

1614; see also 20 CFR part 1630 and 

E.O. 13164 of July 26, 2000, Requiring 

Federal Agencies to Establish 

Procedures to Facilitate the Provision of 

Reasonable Accommodation. Section 2 

of E.O. 14043 mandates that each 

agency ‘‘implement, to the extent 

consistent with applicable law, a 

program to require COVID–19 

vaccination for all of its Federal 

employees, with exceptions only as 

required by law.’’ This COVID–19 

Vaccine Supplemental Medical Provider 

Statement is necessary for USPTO to 

determine legal exemptions to the 

vaccine requirement under the 

Rehabilitation Act. 

The vaccination requirement issued 

pursuant to E.O. 14043, is currently the 

subject of a nationwide injunction. 

While that injunction remains in place, 

USPTO will not process requests for a 

medical exception from the COVID–19 

vaccination requirement pursuant to 

E.O. 14043. USPTO will also not request 

the submission of any medical 

information related to a request for an 

exception from the vaccination 

requirement pursuant to E.O. 14043 

while the injunction remains in place. 

But USPTO may nevertheless receive 

information regarding a medical 

exception. That is because, if USPTO 

were to receive a request for an 

exception from the COVID–19 

vaccination requirement pursuant to 

E.O. 14043 during the pendency of the 

injunction, USPTO will accept the 

request, hold it in abeyance, and notify 

the employee who submitted the request 

that implementation and enforcement of 

the COVID–19 vaccination requirement 

pursuant to E.O. 14043 is currently 

enjoined and that an exception therefore 

is not necessary so long as the 

injunction is in place. In other words, 

during the pendency of the injunction, 

any information collection related to 

requests for medical exception from the 

COVID–19 vaccination requirement 

pursuant to E.O. 14043 is not 

undertaken to implement or enforce the 

COVID–19 vaccination requirement. 

Form Numbers: 

• USPTO–OEEOD Form 303 (COVID– 

19 Vaccine Supplemental Medical 

Provider Statement) 

Type of Review: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Private sector. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 150 respondents. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 150 responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

USPTO estimates that the responses in 

this information collection will take the 

public 10 minutes (0.167 hours) to 

complete. This includes the time to 

gather the necessary information, create 

the document, and submit the 

completed request to the USPTO. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Burden Hours: 25 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondent 

Non-Hourly Cost Burden: $0. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view 

Department of Commerce, USPTO 

information collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be submitted within 

30 days of the publication of this notice 

on the following website 

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 and entering either the title of 

the information collection or the OMB 

Control Number 0651–0087. 

Further information can be obtained 

by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–0087 

information request’’ in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Mail: Kimberly Hardy, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Kimberly Hardy, 

Information Collections Officer, Office of the 

Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

[Docket ID: USA–2022–HQ–0005] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has submitted to 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 June 30, 2022. 

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: 

Angela Duncan, 571–372–7574, whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Authorization to Apply for a 

‘‘No-Fee’’ Passport and/or Request for 

Visa; DD Form 1056; OMB Control 

Number 0702–0134. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Number of Respondents: 175,000. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 175,000. 

Average Burden per Response: 60 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 175,000. 

Needs and uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

obtain and record the personally 

identifiable information of official 

passport and/or visa applicants. This 

information is used to process, track, 

and verify no-fee passport and visa 

applications and requests for additional 

visa pages, Status of Forces Agreement 

endorsements. Authorization to apply 

for a no-fee passport and/or request for 

a visa is granted to those who can verify 

U.S. citizenship and legitimate official 

travel needs. The information collected 

on this form is shared with the 

Department of State and the embassy of 

the country to which the traveler is 

going for the production of the needed 

travel documents. Respondents include 

DoD civilians and military members and 

their dependents traveling on official 

orders. 


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Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

You may also submit comments and 

recommendations, identified by Docket 

ID number and title, by the following 

method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, Docket 

ID number, and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection proposal should be sent to 

Ms. Duncan at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil. 

Dated: May 24, 2022. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 3710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2022–OS–0064] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the DoD is 

modifying and reissuing a current 

system of records titled, ‘‘Defense 

Enrollment Eligibility Reporting 

Systems (DEERS),’’ DMDC 02 DoD. This 

system of records was originally 

established by the Defense Manpower 

Data Center to collect and maintain 

records that are used to manage the 

issuance of DoD identification cards, 

manage physical and logical access to 

DoD facilities and to provide a database 

for determining DoD entitlements and 

privileges. Additionally, DEERS is used 

to support DoD healthcare management 

programs, assess manpower and support 

personnel and readiness functions. This 

system of records notice (SORN) is 

being updated to support additional 

information sharing of records outside 

of the DoD in order to streamline the 

DoD identification card issuance 

process. In addition, it clarifies the 

routine use governing the data sharing 

DoD utilizes in support of the Public 

Service Forgiveness loan program and it 

expands the routine use governing the 

data sharing in support of the 

Unemployment Compensation for Exservice members to state workforce 

agencies, or to the Department of Labor 

contractors or grantees. This 

modification revises the routine uses. 

The new routine use will allow DoD to 

disclose information to the Government 

Publishing Office (GPO). 

DATES: This system of records is 

effective upon publication; however, 

comments on the Routine Uses will be 

accepted on or before June 30, 2022. The 

Routine Uses are effective at the close of 

the comment period. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by either of the following methods: 

* Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

* Mail: Department of Defense, Office 

of the Assistant to the Secretary of 

Defense for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 

Transparency, Regulatory Directorate, 

4800 Mark Center Drive, Attn: Mailbox 

24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350– 

1700. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this Federal Register 

document. The general policy for 

comments and other submissions from 

members of the public is to make these 

submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at https://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Sam Peterson, DMDC Privacy Officer, 

DMDC Privacy Office, DoD Center, 400 

Gigling Road, Monterey, CA 93955; 

dodhra.dodcmb.dmdc.mbx.webmaster@mail.mil; 

(831) 583–2400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The DEERS system of records is used 

to manage the issuance of DoD badges 

and identification cards, i.e., Common 

Access Cards (CACs) or beneficiary 

identification cards. In addition, this 

system of records is used to authenticate 

and identify DoD affiliated personnel 

(e.g., contractors) and manage physical 

and logical access to DoD facilities. This 

modification will allow DoD 

Identification (ID) cardholders to 

request renewal of their CAC online as 

part of a pilot program. The pilot 

program postures the GPO to more 

efficiently produce and distribute the 

DoD ID cards on behalf of and in 

conjunction with DoD. Implementation 

of the online DoD ID card issuance 

capability presents an opportunity for 

increased convenience for cardholders 

and overall cost savings to the 

Department. In support of this initiative 

and subject to public comment, DoD is 

adding new routine use (KK) for this 

system of records. This routine use 

would allow for disclosure of 

information to the GPO to facilitate 

GPO’s role in supporting the production 

and distribution of CAC cards on behalf 

of the DoD. 

Additionally, subject to public 

comment, the DoD is modifying existing 

routine use (F), which currently permits 

disclosures of information to entities 

engaged in financial and legal 

transactions with Service members. The 

modification will clarify and broaden 

this routine use to support disclosures 

to these same entities to facilitate 

communication with Service members 

and to support student loan forgiveness 

programs. 

DoD SORNs have been published in 

the Federal Register and are available 

from the address in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT or at the Office of 

the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 

for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 

Transparency (OATSD(PCLT)) website 

at https://dpcld.defense.gov/privacy. 

II. Privacy Act 

Under the Privacy Act, a ‘‘system of 

records’’ is a group of records under the 

control of an agency from which 

information is retrieved by the name of 

an individual or by some identifying 

number, symbol, or other identifying 

particular assigned to the individual. In 

the Privacy Act, an individual is defined 

as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent 

resident. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) 

and Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Circular No. A–108, 

OATSD(PCLT) has provided a report of 

this system of records to the OMB and 

to Congress. 


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