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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 21, 2021 / Notices
Manufacturing Jobs Protection AMJP
program. The stated purpose of the program is to provide public contributions to supplement compensation of an eligible employee group which is defined in the statute, by entering into agreements with qualifying business entities to pay up to half of the payroll costs for that group of employees for up to six months, in return for several commitments, including a commitment that the company will not involuntarily furlough or lay off employees within that group.
Individual employees including contract employees are not eligible to apply for assistance under this program.
Application for assistance under the AMJP was voluntary. No business was required to apply. To be eligible, however, businesses were required to meet all the requirements set forth in the law. Therefore, DOT was required to collect certain information from applicants to determine eligibility. DOT
must also verify the accuracy of specific payment requests from approved applicants, in accordance with other laws and regulations governing Federal financial assistance programs, including but not limited to the Antideficiency Act, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act FFATA, the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019, and applicable provisions in 2
CFR part 200, among others.
The ARPA required DOT to reduce funding on a pro rata basis if eligible requests exceeded available funds.
Therefore, DOT planned to conduct a single-round, expedited application process to identify all eligible requests before beginning the award process.
Accordingly, DOT developed a process and system to enable businesses to apply for financial assistance under the AMJP. DOT used an online, webbased system to collect the information outlined in the notice at 86 FR 19695.
DOT subsequently announced the beginning of the application process on June 14, 2021, via notice at 86 FR 31573.
DOT posted the application instructions online at https www.transportation.
gov/AMJP/apply. The application process was open for four weeks, from June 14, 2021 through July 13, 2021.
DOT subsequently reopened the application process for another fourweek period ending September 1, 2021.
Now that the application process is complete, DOT is renewing and updating this information collection.
DOT will continue to require eligible recipients to attest that they continue to meet all the original eligibility requirements as previously outlined, as well as the following information:

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A sworn certification as to the complete and accurate nature of all information provided, including all supporting documentation, subject to civil or criminal penalties. The specific certification language is in the forms referenced above and section 4.8 of the General Terms And Conditions Under The Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection Program.1
After DOT determines eligibility and enters into an agreement with the applicant referred to hereafter as the recipient, DOT will also require the recipient to provide the actual aggregate total cost of compensation for the Eligible Employee Group during the period of the agreement with DOT, in order for DOT to review and approve actual disbursements pursuant to the agreement. Recipients will be required to provide supporting documentation in sufficient detail to substantiate the actual costs, specifically excluding any Personally Identifiable Information PII
for any individual employees.
Recipients will also be required to provide additional supporting information and certifications in support of disbursement requests. See Forms AMJP1A6.4, AMJP1A6.6, and AMJP1A6.7.
DOT may also ask recipient businesses to submit voluntary reports regarding demographic data associated with the workforce that is and is not included in the Eligible Employee Group. This would be voluntary on the part of the employer, and based solely on voluntary data self-reported by employees, disaggregated from any Personally Identifiable Information in order to avoid any potential privacy concerns. If a statistically valid sample can be developed, then it may be possible to extrapolate for reporting and program evaluation purposes. Such information may be used to support program evaluation.
DOT may also ask recipient businesses to identify how they first learned about the AMJP program. Such information may be useful in implementation of future financial assistance programs.
DOT has updated the following estimated public burden figures based on the actual number of applications received as well as observations during the application review process. In order to help reduce the burden on recipients and particularly on small businesses, DOT decided to make an initial disbursement shortly after award of 1 See https www.transportation.gov/amjp/
resources-recipients for text of a sample AMJP
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each agreement. The initial disbursement is up to 50 percent of the award amount. This provides the recipient businesses with an immediate cash infusion, while also reducing the total number of disbursements and the cumulative paperwork required. DOT
announced this decision in the application package published on June 15, 2021.
Respondents: Eligible business entities in the aviation manufacturing, maintenance, repair, and overhaul services based in the United States.
Number of Respondents: 600.
Frequency: Up to two disbursement requests and one final closeout report including supporting payroll documentation and reporting requirements.
Total Annual Burden: Total burden, 16,800 hours 28 hours per respondent including 4 hours for each of 2
disbursement requests; 14 hours for required forms; 2 hours for voluntary demographic data; and 4 hours for closeout documentation.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection, including a whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the Departments performance; b the accuracy of the estimated burden; c ways for the Department to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and d ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMBs clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September 16, 2021.
Brian Elliott Black, Program Director, Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection AMJP Program.
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