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1While the text of 41 CFR 60–1.11 contains the 

full list of protected characteristics, that section has 

been indefinitely suspended as per Notice of 

Further Deferral of Effective Dates of Regulations, 

46 FR 18951 (Mar. 27, 1981) and Payment of 

Membership Fees and Other Expenses to Private 

Organizations; Proposed Rule Withdrawal, 46 FR 

19004 (Mar. 27, 1981), and thus cannot be 

amended. 

2Unless otherwise stated, the term ‘‘contractor’’ 

includes both ‘‘contractors’’ and ‘‘subcontractors,’’ 

and the term ‘‘contract’’ also includes 

‘‘subcontracts.’’ 

United States Federal Courts’ Web site 

at http://www.uscourts.gov/rulesand

policies/rules/proposedamendments.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan C. Rose, Secretary, Committee 

on Rules of Practice and Procedure of 

the Judicial Conference of the United 

States, Thurgood Marshall Federal 

Judiciary Building, One Columbus 

Circle NE., Suite 7–240, Washington, DC 

20544, Telephone (202) 502–1820. 

Dated: December 2, 2014. 

Jonathan C. Rose, 

Secretary, Committee on Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, Judicial Conference of the 

United States. 

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BILLING CODE 2210–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of Federal Contract Compliance 

Programs 

RIN 1250–AA07 

Prohibiting Discrimination Based on 

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 

by Contractors and Subcontractors 

AGENCY: Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs, Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As a part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burdens, the Department of 

Labor (DOL) conducts a pre-clearance 

consultation program to provide the 

general public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 

collections of information in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)(A). 

The 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 the 

collection requirements on respondents 

can be properly assessed. 

The Department notes that a Federal 

agency cannot conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it is 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the PRA, and 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number, and the public is not required 

to respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

number. Notwithstanding any other 

provisions of law, no person shall be 

subject to penalty for failing to comply 

with a collection of information if the 

collection of information does not 

display a currently valid OMB control 

number. See 5 CFR 1230.5(a) and 

1320.6. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted by February 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Control Number 1250– 

0NEW, by either one of the following 

methods: 

Electronic comments: Through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier: Address 

comments to Debra Carr, Director, 

Division of Policy, and Program 

Development, Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Room C3325, Washington, 

DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693–0103 

(voice) or (202) 693–1337 (TTY). 

Instructions: Please submit one copy 

of your comments by only one method. 

All submissions received must include 

the agency name and OMB control 

number identified above for this 

information collection. Because we 

continue to experience delays in 

receiving mail in the Washington, DC 

area, commenters are strongly 

encouraged to either transmit their 

comments electronically via the 

regulations.gov Web site or mail their 

comments early to ensure that they are 

timely received. Comments, including 

any personal information provided, 

become a matter of public record and 

will be posted to the regulations.gov 

Web site. They will also be summarized 

and/or included in the request for Office 

of Management and Budget approval of 

the information collection request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Debra Carr, Director, Division of Policy, 

and Program Development, Office of 

Federal Contract Compliance Programs, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room C– 

3325, Washington, DC 20210. 

Telephone: (202) 693–0103 (voice) or 

(202) 693–1337 (TTY) (these are not tollfree numbers). Copies of this notice may 

be obtained in alternative formats (e.g., 

Large Print, Braille, Audio Tape or 

Disc), upon request, by calling (202) 

693–0103 (not a toll-free number). TTY/ 

TDD callers may call (202) 693–1337 

(not a toll-free number) to obtain 

information or request materials in 

alternative formats. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background: On July 21, 2014 

President Obama issued Executive 

Order 13672, titled ‘‘Further 

Amendments to Executive Order 11478, 

Equal Employment Opportunity in the 

Federal Government and Executive 

Order 11246, Equal Employment 

Opportunity.’’ Executive Order 13672 

amends Executive Order 11246 and 

directs DOL to prepare regulations to 

implement its requirements. Concurrent 

with this Notice, DOL is publishing a 

final rule implementing Executive Order 

13672, which amended the existing 

regulations implementing Executive 

Order 11246 by substituting ‘‘sex, sexual 

orientation, gender identity, or national 

origin’’ for ‘‘sex or national origin’’ 

wherever the list of bases upon which 

Federal contractors are prohibited from 

discriminating against job applicants 

and employees appeared.1 Among other 

things, these regulations set forth 

information disclosure and reporting 

requirements for covered Federal 

contractors, subcontractors, and 

federally assisted construction 

contractors and subcontractors. 

Information collection requirements 

addressed in this rule include modified 

language in the equal opportunity 

clause that contractors 2 must use in 

covered subcontracts and purchase 

orders; modified language that 

contractors must use in job 

advertisements and employment 

solicitations; and a modification to the 

requirement that a contractor report to 

the Department of State and OFCCP 

when their employees or prospective 

employees are denied a visa or entry to 

a country in which or with which it is 

doing business, and it believes the 

denial is due to a basis covered by 

Executive Order 11246, as amended by 

Executive Order 13672. 

Current Action: Pursuant to the PRA 

implementing regulations at 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1), this notice requests 

comments on the information collection 

request discussed above in the 

Background section of this notice. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

provide comments to the individual 

identified in the ADDRESSES section 

above. In addition to having a 60-day 

opportunity to file comments with the 

Department, written comments under 

the PRA about the information 

collection requirements may be 

addressed to the OMB. Comments to the 

OMB should be directed to: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention OMB Desk Officer for the 

DOL–OS, Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

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20503; You can submit comments to 

OMB by email at OIRA_submission@

omb.eop.gov. The OMB will consider all 

written comments it receives within 30 

days of publication of this notice. 

II. Desired Focus of Comments: DOL 

and OMB are particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, 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 to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs. 

Type of Review: New Collection. 

Title of Collection: Prohibiting 

Discrimination Based on Sexual 

Orientation and Gender Identity by 

Contractors and Subcontractors. 

OMB Control Number: 1250—0NEW. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

Business. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100,000. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 38,769. 

Total estimated Annual Cost Burden 

(excluding hour monetization): $0. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and may 

be included in the request for OMB 

approval of the final information 

collection request. The comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of 

December, 2014. 

Patricia A. Shiu, 

Director, Office of Federal Contract 

Compliance Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–CM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Proposed Collection, Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

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. 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. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments 

concerning the proposed revision of the 

‘‘National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 

1997.’’ A copy of the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) can 

be obtained by contacting the individual 

listed in the Addresses section of this 

notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

Addresses section below on or before 

February 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora 

Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, 

Division of Management Systems, 

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 

2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., 

Washington, DC 20212. Written 

comments also may be transmitted by 

fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll 

free number). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer, 

202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free 

number). (See Addresses section.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The National Longitudinal Survey of 

Youth 1997 (NLSY97) is a nationally 

representative sample of persons who 

were born in the years 1980 to 1984. 

These respondents were ages 12–17 

when the first round of annual 

interviews began in 1997; starting with 

round sixteen, the NLSY97 is conducted 

on a biennial basis. Round seventeen 

interviews will occur from September 

2015 to May 2016. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS) contracts with a vendor 

to conduct the NLSY97. The primary 

objective of the survey is to study the 

transition from schooling to the 

establishment of careers and families. 

The longitudinal focus of this survey 

requires information to be collected 

from the same individuals over many 

years in order to trace their education, 

training, work experience, fertility, 

income, and program participation. 

One of the goals of the Department of 

Labor (DOL) is to produce and 

disseminate timely, accurate, and 

relevant information about the U.S. 

labor force. The BLS contributes to this 

goal by gathering information about the 

labor force and labor market and 

disseminating it to policymakers and 

the public so that participants in those 

markets can make more informed, and 

thus more efficient, choices. Research 

based on the NLSY97 contributes to the 

formation of national policy in the areas 

of education, training, work experience, 

fertility, income, and program 

participation. In addition to the reports 

that the BLS produces based on data 

from the NLSY97, members of the 

academic community publish articles 

and reports based on NLSY97 data for 

the DOL and other funding agencies. To 

date, approximately 372 articles 

examining NLSY97 data have been 

published in scholarly journals. The 

survey design provides data gathered 

from the same respondents over time to 

form the only dataset that contains this 

type of information for this important 

population group. Without the 

collection of these data, an accurate 

longitudinal dataset could not be 

provided to researchers and 

policymakers, thus adversely affecting 

the DOL’s ability to perform its policyand report-making activities. 

II. Current Action 

The BLS seeks approval to conduct 

round 17 of biennial interviews of the 

NLSY97. Respondents of the NLSY97 

will undergo an interview of 

approximately 61 minutes during which 

they will answer questions about 

schooling and labor market experiences, 

family relationships, and community 

background. 

During the fielding period for the 

main round 17 interviews, about 2 

percent of respondents will be asked to 

participate in a brief validation 

interview a few weeks after the initial 

interview. The purpose of the validation 

interview is to verify that the initial 

interview took place as the interviewer 

reported and to assess the data quality 

of selected questionnaire items. 

The BLS plans to record randomly 

selected segments of the main 

interviews during round 17. Recording 

interviews helps the BLS and NORC to 

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