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paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a pre-clearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. Sec. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 

This program helps to ensure that 

requested data can be provided in the 

desired format, reporting burden (time 

and financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. 

Currently, CNCS is soliciting 

comments concerning its proposed 

renewal of the National Service Trust 

Voucher and Payment Request Form/

National Service Trust Manual Payment 

Request Form (OMB #3045–0014); 

which is used to make payments to 

repay qualified student loans and to pay 

for the cost of attending eligible postsecondary educational institutions and 

approved School-to-Work programs. 

Prior to making the payments, CNCS 

will review information from the forms 

and compare it to information taken 

from the AmeriCorps members’ 

education award account(s) to ensure 

that the payments meet the 

requirements of the law. This 

information collection is not required to 

be considered for obtaining grant 

funding support. 

Copies of the information collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the office listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this Notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by April 

12, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for 

National and Community Service, 

National Service Trust; Attention: Nahid 

Jarrett, Trust Officer, 250 E Street SW., 

Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20525. 

(2) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the CNCS mailroom at the mail address 

given in paragraph (1) above, between 

9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

(3) By fax to: 202–606–3484, 

Attention: Nahid Jarrett. 

(4) Electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nahid Jarrett, 202–606–6753, or by 

email at njarrett@cns.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CNCS is 

particularly interested in comments 

that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of CNCS, 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 expected to respond, including 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). 

Background 

CNCS supports programs that provide 

opportunities for individuals who want 

to become involved in national service. 

The service opportunities cover a wide 

range of activities over varying periods 

of time. Upon successfully completing 

an agreed-upon term of service in an 

approved AmeriCorps program, an 

AmeriCorps member receives an 

education award. 

The National Service Trust is the 

office within CNCS that administers the 

education award program. This involves 

tracking the service for all AmeriCorps 

members, ensuring that certain 

requirements of CNCS enabling 

legislation are met, and processing 

school and loan payments that the 

members authorize both manually and 

electronically through the 

MyAmeriCorps portal. With this form 

AmeriCorps members request Segal 

Education Award payments, schools 

and lenders certify their eligibility, and 

both parties certify certain legal 

requirements. 

Current Action 

CNCS seeks to renew the current 

information collection request. 

After an AmeriCorps member 

completes a period of national service, 

the individual receives an education 

award that can be used to pay against 

qualified student loans or pay for 

current post-secondary educational 

expenses. The National Service Trust 

Voucher and Payment Request Form/

National Service Trust Manual Payment 

Request Form is the document that a 

member uses to access his or her 

account in the National Service Trust. 

The information collection will 

otherwise be used in the same manner 

as the existing application. CNCS also 

seeks to continue using the current 

application until the revised application 

is approved by OMB. The current 

application is due to expire on 03/31/

2016. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Agency: CNCS. 

Title: National Service Trust Voucher 

and Payment Request Form/National 

Service Trust Manual Payment Request 

Form. 

OMB Number: 3045–0014. 

Agency Number: None. 

Affected Public: Individuals using a 

Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, 

authorized school officials and qualified 

loan servicers. 

Total Respondents: 162,000. 

Frequency: One or more per education 

award. 

Average Time per Response: Averages 

5 minutes. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

13,500. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

None. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): None. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: February 5, 2016. 

Maggie Taylor-Coates, 

Chief of Trust Operations. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 16–05] 

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of a 

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. 

This is published to fulfill the 

requirements of section 155 of Public 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah A. Ragan or Heather N. Harwell, 

DSCA/LMO, (703) 604–1546/(703) 607– 

5339. 

The following is a copy of a letter to 

the Speaker of the House of 

Representatives, Transmittal 16–05 with 

attached Policy Justification and 

Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: February 9, 2016. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEFENSE 

Dear Mr. 

Pursuant to 

the Cultural 

$416 million. to 

Enclosures: 

I. Transmittal 

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Transmittal No. 16–05 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act 

(i) Prospective Purchaser: Taipei 

Economic and Cultural Representative 

Office in the United States (TECRO) 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment* $333 million 

Other .................................... $ 83 million 

Total .................................. $416 million 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE) 

includes: 

Thirteen (13) MK 15 Phalanx Block lB 

Baseline 2 Close-in Weapons System 

(CIWS) Guns 

Eight (8) CIWS Block 1 Baseline 0 to 

Block 1B Baseline 2 upgrade kits 

Two-hundred and sixty thousand 

(260,000) Rounds of 20mm MK 244 

MOD 0 Armor-Piercing Discarding 

Sabots (APDS) 

Non -MDE includes: 

20mm dummy rounds; spares to 

support the installation, maintenance 

and operation of the MK 15 Phalanx 

Block l B Baseline 2 systems; classified 

and unclassified publications; software; 

training; technical assistance; 

installations; other technical assistance; 

and logistical support. 

(iv) Military Department: NAVY 

(LHO) 

(v) Prior related cases, if any: 

TW–P–LFF, TW–P–LDA; P&A TW– 

PLHO, $320.2M, 10 October 2014. 

(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, 

Offered. or Agreed to be Paid: None 

(vii) Sensitivity to Technology 

Contained in the Defense Article or 

Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: 

See Attached Annex. 

(viii) Date Report delivered to 

Congress: 16 December 2015 

*as defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Taipei Economic and Cultural 

Representative Office in the United 

States (TECRO)—MK 15 Phalanx Block 

1B Baseline 2 CIWS Guns, Upgrade Kits, 

Ammunition, and Support 

The Taipei Economic and Cultural 

Representative Office in the United 

States has requested a possible sale of: 

Thirteen (13) MK 15 Phalanx Block 

1B Baseline 2 Close-in Weapons System 

(CIWS) Guns 

Eight (8) CIWS Block 1 Baseline 0 to 

Block lB Baseline 2 upgrade kits 

Two-hundred and sixty thousand 

(260,000) Rounds of 20mm MK 244 

MOD 0 Armor Piercing Discarding 

Sabots (APDS) 

Also included in this possible sale 

are: 20mm dummy rounds; spares to 

support the installation, maintenance 

and operation of the MK 15 Phalanx 

Block 1B Baseline 2 systems; classified 

and unclassified publications; software; 

training; technical assistance; 

installations; other technical assistance; 

and logistical support. The estimated 

cost is $416 million. 

This sale is consistent with United 

States law and policy as expressed in 

Public Law 96–8. 

This proposed sale serves U.S. 

national, economic, and security 

interests by supporting the recipient’s 

continuing efforts to modernize its 

armed forces and enhance its defensive 

capability. The proposed sale will help 

improve the security of the recipient 

and assist in maintaining political 

stability, military balance, and 

economic progress in the region. 

The proposed sale will improve the 

recipient’s capability in current and 

future defensive efforts. The recipient 

will use the enhanced capability as a 

deterrent to regional threats and to 

strengthen homeland defense. The 

recipient will have no difficulty 

absorbing this equipment into its armed 

forces. 

The proposed sale of this equipment 

and support will not alter the basic 

military balance in the region. 

The prime contractor will be 

Raytheon Missile Systems Company in 

Tucson, Arizona. The purchaser has 

requested an offset of forty percent. At 

this time, agreements are undetermined 

and will be defined in negotiations 

between the purchaser and contractor. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

should not require the permanent 

assignment of additional U.S. 

Government or contractor 

representatives outside the United 

States. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 16–05 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act 

Annex 

Item No. vii 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology: 

1. Purchaser currently has forty-two 

(42) MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon 

Systems (CIWS) Guns of various 

configurations, including Block 0, Block 

1 (Baselines 0, 1 and 2), Block 1A, and 

Block 1B Baseline 0. Purchaser will be 

upgrading eight (8) of its lower 

configurations as well as procuring 

thirteen (13) additional systems, all of 

which will have an end configuration of 

Block 1B Baseline 2 configuration. The 

main characteristics of the MK 15 

Phalanx Block l B Baseline 2 CIWS Gun 

are: 

a. A Radar Upgrade that provides 

increased sensitivity on sea-skimming 

threats and improved low-observable 

performance. 

b. A stabilized thermal imager and an 

automatic acquisition video tracker that 

were introduced with the Block 1B 

Baseline 0 configuration. These 

components provide the capability to 

engage small, high speed, maneuvering 

surface craft and low, slow aircraft and 

helicopters. The thermal imager also 

improves performance against Anti-Ship 

Cruise Missiles by carrying out more 

accurate angle tracking information to 

the fire control computer. Purchaser has 

already been provided this capability 

with the Block 1B Baseline 0 previously 

procured via an FMS case. 

c. The Optimized Gun Barrel that was 

also introduced with the Block l B 

Baseline 0 and provides improved 

dispersion performance of the 

ammunition when the system is fired. 

This gun barrel also permits use of the 

MK 244 ammunition, an enhanced 

lethal cartridge capable of penetrating 

harder warheads in use today. Purchaser 

has already been provided this 

capability with the Block l B Baseline 0 

previously procured via an FMS case. 

2. Although the MK 15 Phalanx Block 

1B Baseline 2 CIWS Gun is considered 

state-of-the-art technology, there is no 

Critical Program Information associated 

with the MK 15 Phalanx CIWS 

hardware, technical documentation, or 

software. The highest classification of 

the hardware to be exported is 

UNCLASSIFIED. The highest 

classification of the technical 

documentation to be exported is 

CONFIDENTIAL; there is only one 

CONFIDENTIAL technical manual that 

will be exported, which is required for 

the operation of the MK 15 Phalanx 

CIWS. The highest classification of 

software to be exported is 

UNCLASSIFIED. The MK 15 Phalanx 

CIWS meets Anti-Tampering 

requirements. Only OrganizationalLevel and Intermediate-Level 

maintenance capability will be 

exported. The Maintenance Plan for the 

MK 15 CIWS limits Intermediate-Level 

maintenance to the system’s Gun and 

Ammunition Handling System. 

3. A determination has been made 

that the recipient country can provide 

the same degree of protection for the 

sensitive technology being released as 

the U.S. Government. This sale is 


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necessary in furtherance of the U.S. 

foreign policy and national security 

objectives outlined in the Policy 

Justification. 

4. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal have been 

authorized for release and export to the 

recipient. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 16–06] 

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of a 

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. 

This is published to fulfill the 

requirements of section 155 of Public 

Law 104–164 dated July 21, 1996. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah A. Ragan or Heather N. Harwell, 

DSCA/LMO, (703) 604–1546/(703) 607– 

5339. 

The following is a copy of a letter to 

the Speaker of the House of 

Representatives, Transmittal 16–06 with 

attached Policy Justification and 

Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: February 8, 2016. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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