70508 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 228 / Wednesday, November 26, 2014 / Notices 

Dated: November 20, 2014. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records Management Division Director, 

USPTO, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27930 Filed 11–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

United States Patent and Trademark 

Office 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) will submit 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

Agency: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO). 

Title: Financial Transactions. 

Agency Approval Number: 0651– 

0043. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 86,263 hours annually. 

Number of Respondents: 2,590,950 

responses per year. 

Avg. Hours per Response: The USPTO 

estimates that it will take the public 

approximately 1 to 7 minutes (0.02 to 

.12 hours) to prepare the appropriate 

form or documents and submit to the 

USPTO. 

Needs and Uses: Under 35 U.S.C. 41 

and 15 U.S.C. 1113, the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 

charges fees for processing and other 

services related to patents, trademarks, 

and information products. Customers 

may submit payments to the USPTO by 

several methods, including credit card, 

deposit account, electronic funds 

transfer (EFT), and paper check 

transactions. The provisions of 35 

U.S.C. 41 and 15 U.S.C. 1113 are 

implemented in 37 CFR 1.16–1.28, 2.6– 

2.7, and 2.206–2.209. This information 

collection includes associated payment 

and account forms for the 

aforementioned financial transactions 

and methods. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas A. Fraser, 

email: Nicholas_A._Fraser@

omb.eop.gov. 

Once submitted, the request will be 

publicly available in electronic format 

through the Information Collection 

Review page at www.reginfo.gov. 

Paper copies can be obtained by: 

• Email: InformationCollection@

uspto.gov. Include ‘‘0651–43 copy 

request’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: Marcie Lovett, Records 

Management Division Director, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, United 

States Patent and Trademark Office, 

P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313– 

1450. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent on 

or before December 26, 2014 to Nicholas 

A. Fraser, OMB Desk Officer, via email 

to Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov, or 

by fax to 202–395–5167, marked to the 

attention of Nicholas A. Fraser. 

Dated: November 20, 2014. 

Marcie Lovett, 

Records Management Division Director, 

USPTO, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27931 Filed 11–25–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: DoD. 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing this notice to announce that 

it is renewing the charter for the 

Department of Defense MedicareEligible Retiree Health Care Board of 

Actuaries (‘‘the Board’’). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, 703–692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

committee’s charter is being renewed 

pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 1114 and in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended) and 41 

CFR 102–3.50(a), established the Board. 

The Board is a statutory Federal 

advisory committee that provides 

independent advice and 

recommendations related to the 

actuarial matters associated with the 

Department of Defense (DoD) MedicareEligible Retiree Health Care Fund (‘‘the 

Fund’’) and other related matters. The 

Board, under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 

§ 1114, will provide independent advice 

and recommendations related to 

actuarial matters associated with the 

Fund on matters referred by the 

Secretary of Defense, including those 

regarding: 

a. Valuation of the Fund under 10 

U.S.C. § 115(c); 

b. Recommendations for such changes 

as in the Board’s judgment are necessary 

to protect the public interest and 

maintain the Fund on a sound actuarial 

basis; and 

c. Advising the Secretary of Defense 

on all actuarial matters necessary to 

make determinations in order to finance 

liabilities of the Fund on an actuarially 

sound basis. 

The Board reports to the Secretary of 

Defense annually on the actuarial status 

of the Fund and shall furnish its advice 

and opinion on matters referred to it by 

the Secretary. The Board shall 

periodically, but not less than once 

every four years, report to the President 

and the Congress on the status of the 

Fund and will include 

recommendations for such changes as in 

the Board’s judgment are necessary to 

protect the public interest and maintain 

the Fund on a sound actuarial basis. 

The Secretary of Defense, through the 

Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) 

may act upon the Board’s advice and 

recommendations. 

The members are selected from among 

qualified professional actuaries who are 

members of the Society of Actuaries. 

The Board members will serve for a 

term of 15 years with annual renewals; 

except those Board members appointed 

to fill a vacancy occurring before the 

end of the term for which the 

predecessor was appointed and serve 

only until the end of such term. Board 

members may serve after the end of the 

term until a successor has taken the oath 

of office. The Secretary of Defense or the 

Deputy Secretary of Defense appoints 

the Board members. The Board’s chair 

will be designated by the USD(P&R), on 

behalf of the Secretary of Defense. Board 

members who are not full-time or 

permanent part-time Federal employees, 

will be appointed as experts or 

consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 3109 

to serve as special government 

employee (SGE) members and will, 

under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 

§ 1114(a)(3), serve with compensation, 

to include travel and per diem for 

official travel, in accordance with 5 

U.S.C. § 5703. Board members who are 

full-time or permanent part-time Federal 

officers or employees shall be appointed 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.130(a) to 

serve as regular government employee 

(RGE) members. 

A member of the Board may be 

removed by the Secretary of Defense for 

misconduct or failure to perform 

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