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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 112 / Monday, June 14, 2021 / Proposed Rules
Commission proposes to withhold from routine public inspection, subject to the Commissions rules, attachments designated as confidential. The Commission seeks comments on these proposals.
24. In addition to the approach proposed above, the Commission seeks comments on the extent to which the Bureau should treat additional information fields on the Application Request for Funding Allocation in Appendix A and the Reimbursement Claim Request in Appendix B as presumptively confidential and not subject to public disclosure. If so, the Commission invites parties to specify which information fields should be deemed presumptively confidential and the legal basis for the presumption.
25. Treasury Offset. The U.S.
Department of the Treasury Treasury has a number of collection tools, including the Treasury Offset Program TOP, whereby it collects delinquent debts owed to federal agencies and states by individuals and entities, by offsetting those debts against federal monies owed to the debtors.
Reimbursement Program participants owing past-due debt to a federal agency or a state may have all or part of their disbursement payments offset by Treasury to satisfy such debt. Prior to referral of its debt to Treasury, an entity is notified of the debt owed, including repayment instructions. If the referred debt of a Reimbursement Program participant remains outstanding at the time of a disbursement payment from the Reimbursement Program to that participant, the participant will be notified by Treasury that some or all of its payment has been offset to satisfy an outstanding federal or state debt.
Program participants that owe past due federal or state debts that have been referred to Treasury are encouraged to resolve such debts prior to submitting their Application Request for Funding Allocation. The Bureau lacks discretion to deviate from the requirements of the TOP.
26. Red Light Rule. The Commission proposes to waive the Commissions red light rule with respect to applications filed in the Reimbursement Program and seek comment on this approach. As part of the collection and disbursement rules associated with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, the Commission may withhold action on applications and requests made by any entity found to be delinquent in its debt to the Commission until full payment or resolution of such debt. This is commonly referred to as the Commissions red light rule. Given
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the importance of removing communications equipment and service that poses a national security risk from the Commission Nations networks as soon as possible, the Commission finds extremely unusual circumstances exist to justify waiving the red light rule to allow Reimbursement Program recipients to receive funding allocations and disbursements notwithstanding an outstanding delinquency with the Commission. Any waiver would not affect the Commissions right or obligation to collect any debt owed by an applicant by any other means available to the Commission, including by referral to the Treasury for collection.
27. Do Not Pay. Before releasing any Reimbursement Program funds to participants, the Commission proposes the Bureau and/or Fund Administrator, in coordination with the Commissions Office of Managing Director OMD, conduct a thorough review of the federal Do Not Pay system Database to verify an applicants eligibility for payments and awards. Pursuant to the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 PIIA, the Commission is required to review applicable federal databases to determine eligibility for federal funds to prevent improper payments. The Treasurys Bureau of the Fiscal Service administers the Do Not Pay system database. If an applicant is prohibited from receiving payment of federal funds pursuant to the Do Not Pay system, the Bureau and/or Fund Administrator will withhold funding allocations and disbursements from the Reimbursement Program. The Commission proposes having the Bureau and/or Fund Administrator offer the participant an opportunity to cure any Do Not Pay issues if the recipient can produce evidence that its listing in the Do Not Pay system should be removed.
However, the Commission proposes requiring the participant to be responsible for working with the relevant agency to correct its information before a Reimbursement Program payment will be issued by Treasury.
III. Procedural Matters 28. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
Analysis. This document contains proposed new information collection requirements. The Commission has, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 PRA, Public Law 10413, published a notice in the Federal Register seeking comment on the new information collection requirements contained in this Public Notice. See 86
FR 22050, Apr. 26, 2021. The Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
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invites the general public and the Office of Management and Budget OMB to comment on the information collection requirements contained in this document, as required by the PRA. In addition, pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506c4, we seek specific comment on how we might further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25
employees.
Federal Communications Commission.
Cheryl Callahan, Assistant Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division Wireline Competition Bureau.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 2, 5, 6, 13, 19 and 52
FAR Case 2019007; Docket No. FAR 2019
0007, Sequence No. 1
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Federal Acquisition Regulation:
Update of Historically Underutilized Business Zone Program Department of Defense DoD, General Services Administration GSA, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:

DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR to implement changes to the Small Business Administrations regulations for the Historically Underutilized Business Zone Program.
DATES: Interested parties should submit written comments to the Regulatory Secretariat Division at the address shown below on or before August 13, 2021 to be considered in the formation of the final rule.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments in response to FAR Case 2019007 to the Federal eRulemaking portal at https
www.regulations.gov by searching for FAR Case 2019007. Select the link Comment Now that corresponds with FAR Case 2019007. Follow the instructions provided at the Comment Now screen. Please include your name, company name if any, and FAR Case SUMMARY:

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