Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 29 / Friday, February 12, 2016 / Notices 7499 

nominees may be invited to participate 

as technical contributors to SOCCR–2. 

Done at Washington, DC, this 8th day of 

February, 2016. 

Sonny Ramaswamy, 

Director, National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02927 Filed 2–11–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utility Service 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 9, 2016. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 

requested regarding (1) whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (4) ways to 

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. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by March 14, 2016 

will be considered. Written comments 

should be addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Copies of the submission(s) may 

be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Rural Utilities Service 

Title: 7 CFR 1744–C, Advance and 

Disbursement of Funds— 

Telecommunications. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0023. 

Summary of Collection: Section 201 of 

the Rural Electrification Act (RE Act) of 

1936 authorizes the Administrator of the 

Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to make 

loans for the purpose of providing 

telephone service to the widest 

practicable number of rural subscribers. 

A borrower requesting loan advances 

must submit RUS Form 481, ‘‘Financial 

Requirement Statement’’. Along with 

the Form 481 the borrower must also 

submit a description of the advances 

and upon request copies of backup 

documentation relating to the 

transactions. Within a reasonable 

amount of time, funds are advanced to 

the borrower for the purposes specified 

in the statement of purposes. The 

borrower must immediately deposit all 

advanced money into a Special 

Construction account until disbursed. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected is used by RUS to 

record and control transactions and 

verify that the funds advanced in the 

construction fund are related directly to 

loan purposes. If the information were 

not collected, RUS would not have any 

control over how loan funds are spent 

or a record of the balance to be 

advanced. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 177. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,223. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02949 Filed 2–11–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: United States Commission on 

Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of Commission Briefing 

and Business Meeting. 

DATES: Friday, February 19, 2016, at 9 

a.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: Place: National Place 

Building, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

11th Floor, Suite 1150, Washington, DC 

20245 (Entrance on F Street NW.). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerson Gomez, Media Advisor at 

telephone: (202) 376–8371, TTY: (202) 

376–8116 or email: publicaffairs@

usccr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

business meeting is open to the public. 

If you would like to listen to the briefing 

or business meeting, please contact the 

above for the call-in information. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the briefing and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact Pamela Dunston at (202) 

376–8105 or at signlanguage@usccr.gov 

at least seven business days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. During 

the briefing portion, Commissioners will 

ask questions and discuss the briefing 

topic with the panelists. The public may 

submit written comments on the topic 

of the briefing to the above address for 

30 days after the briefing. Please direct 

your comments to the attention of the 

‘‘Staff Director’’ and clearly mark 

‘‘Briefing Comments Inside’’ on the 

outside of the envelope. Please note we 

are unable to return any comments or 

submitted materials. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

email to qccomments@usccr.gov. 

Meeting Agenda 

I. Approval of Agenda 

II. Quiet Crisis Briefing Federal Funding 

and the Unmet Physical and Legal 

Infrastructure Needs of Indian 

Country 

A. Opening Remarks: 9:00 a.m.–9:10 

a.m. 

B. Panel 1: Native American 

Advocacy Groups: 9:10 a.m.–10:30 

a.m. 

Speakers’ Remarks 

• Jacqueline Pata, National Congress 

of the American Indian 

• Ahniwake Rose, National Indian 

Education Association 

• Stacey Bohlen, National Indian 

Health Board 

• Dante Desiderio, Native American 

Finance Officers Association 

• Sarah Deer, William Mitchell 

College of Law 

Questions from Commissioners 

C. Panel 2: Federal Government 

Officials: 10:35 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 

Speakers’ Remarks 

• William Mendoza, White House 

Initiative on American Indian and 

Alaska Native Education 

• Tracy Toulou, U.S. Department of 

Justice, Office of Tribal Justice 

• Robert McSwain, Indian Health 

Service 

• Randy Akers, U.S. Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 

Office of Native Programs 


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