83_FR_26450 83 FR 26341 - Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Report of Extension of Credit to Political Candidates

83 FR 26341 - Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Report of Extension of Credit to Political Candidates

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Transportation Statistics Bureau

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 109 (June 6, 2018)

Page Range26341-26341
FR Document2018-12153

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Information Collection Request, abstracted below, is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget for extension of currently approved reporting requirement. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was published on March 28, 2018. No comments were received.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 26341]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12153]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Transportation Statistics Bureau

[Docket: DOT-OST-2014-0031 BTS Paperwork Reduction Notice]


Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Report 
of Extension of Credit to Political Candidates

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology 
(OST-R), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Department of 
Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Information Collection Request, abstracted 
below, is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget for 
extension of currently approved reporting requirement. A Federal 
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was published on March 28, 
2018. No comments were received.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by July 6, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Gorham, Office of Airline 
Information, RTS-42, Room E34, OST-R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 366-4406, Fax Number 
(202) 366-3383 or email [email protected].
    Comments: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 715 17th Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: OST Desk Officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Approval No.: 2138-0016.
    Title: Report of Extension of Credit to Political Candidates.
    Form No.: 183.
    Type Of Review: Extension of a currently approved reporting 
requirement.
    Respondents: Certificated air carriers.
    Number of Respondents: 2 (Monthly Average).
    Number of Responses: 24.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
    Total Annual Burden: 24 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Department uses this form as the means to 
fulfill its obligation under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
(the Act). The Act's legislative history indicates that one of its 
statutory goals is to prevent candidates for Federal political office 
from incurring large amounts of unsecured debt with regulated 
transportation companies (e.g., airlines). This information collection 
allows the Department to monitor and disclose the amount of unsecured 
credit extended by airlines to candidates for Federal office. All 
certificated air carriers are required to submit this information.
    The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency 
Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires a statistical agency to 
clearly identify information it collects for non-statistical purposes. 
BTS hereby notifies the respondents and the public that BTS uses the 
information it collects under this OMB approval for non-statistical 
purposes including, but not limited to, publication of both 
Respondent's identity and its data, and submission of the information 
to agencies outside BTS for review, analysis and possible use in 
regulatory and other administrative matters.
    Comments are invited on whether the proposed retention of records 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department of Transportation.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 31, 2018.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2018-12153 Filed 6-5-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 109 / Wednesday, June 6, 2018 / Notices 26341 Number of Respondents: 90 Comments are invited on: Whether Affairs, Office of Management and certificated air carriers and 300 charter the proposed record retention Budget, 715 17th Street NW, operators. requirements are necessary for the Washington, DC 20503, Attention: OST Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours proper performance of the functions of Desk Officer. per certificated air carrier 1 hour per the Department. Comments should SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: charter operator. address whether the information will OMB Approval No.: 2138–0016. Total Annual Burden: 570 hours. have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department’s estimate of the burden Title: Report of Extension of Credit to Needs and Uses: Part 249 requires the of the proposed information collection; Political Candidates. retention of records such as: General and subsidiary ledgers, journals and ways to enhance the quality, utility and Form No.: 183. journal vouchers, voucher distribution clarity of the information to be Type Of Review: Extension of a registers, accounts receivable and collected; and ways to minimize the currently approved reporting payable journals and legers, subsidy burden of the collection of information requirement. records documenting underlying on respondents, including the use of Respondents: Certificated air carriers. financial and statistical reports to DOT, automated collection techniques or Number of Respondents: 2 (Monthly funds reports, consumer records, sales other forms of information technology. Average). reports, auditors’ and flight coupons, air Issued in Washington, DC, on May 31, Number of Responses: 24. waybills, etc. Depending on the nature 2018. Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. of the document, the carrier may be William Chadwick Jr., Total Annual Burden: 24 hours. required to retain the document for a Director, Office of Airline Information, Needs and Uses: The Department uses period of 30 days to 3 years. Public Bureau of Transportation Statistics. this form as the means to fulfill its charter operators and overseas military [FR Doc. 2018–12154 Filed 6–5–18; 8:45 am] obligation under the Federal Election personnel charter operators must retain BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P Campaign Act of 1971 (the Act). The documents which evidence or reflect Act’s legislative history indicates that deposits made by each charter one of its statutory goals is to prevent participant and commissions received DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION candidates for Federal political office by, paid to, or deducted by travel agents, from incurring large amounts of and all statements, invoices, bills and Transportation Statistics Bureau unsecured debt with regulated receipts from suppliers or furnishers of [Docket: DOT–OST–2014–0031 BTS transportation companies (e.g., airlines). goods and services in connection with Paperwork Reduction Notice] This information collection allows the the tour or charter. These records are Department to monitor and disclose the retained for 6 months after completion Agency Information Collection; amount of unsecured credit extended by of the charter program. Activity Under OMB Review; Report of airlines to candidates for Federal office. Not only is it imperative that carriers Extension of Credit to Political All certificated air carriers are required and charter operators retain source Candidates to submit this information. documentation, but it is critical that we AGENCY: Office of the Assistant The Confidential Information ensure that DOT has access to these Secretary for Research and Technology Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act records. Given DOT’s established (OST–R), Bureau of Transportation of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires information needs for such reports, the Statistics (BTS), Department of a statistical agency to clearly identify underlying support documentation must Transportation. information it collects for non-statistical be retained for a reasonable period of ACTION: Notice. purposes. BTS hereby notifies the time. Absent the retention requirements, respondents and the public that BTS the support for such reports may or may SUMMARY: In compliance with the uses the information it collects under not exist for audit/validation purposes Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this this OMB approval for non-statistical and the relevance and usefulness of the notice announces that the Information purposes including, but not limited to, carrier submissions would be impaired, Collection Request, abstracted below, is publication of both Respondent’s since the data could not be verified to being forwarded to the Office of identity and its data, and submission of the source on a test basis. Management and Budget for extension the information to agencies outside BTS The Confidential Information of currently approved reporting for review, analysis and possible use in Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act requirement. A Federal Register Notice regulatory and other administrative of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires with a 60-day comment period was matters. a statistical agency to clearly identify published on March 28, 2018. No comments were received. Comments are invited on whether the information it collects for non-statistical proposed retention of records is purposes. BTS hereby notifies the DATES: Written comments should be necessary for the proper performance of respondents and the public that BTS submitted by July 6, 2018. the functions of the Department of uses the information it collects under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Transportation. this OMB approval for non-statistical Gorham, Office of Airline Information, purposes including, but not limited to, RTS–42, Room E34, OST–R, BTS, 1200 Issued in Washington, DC, on May 31, publication of both Respondent’s 2018. New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC identity and its data, submission of the 20590–0001, Telephone Number (202) William Chadwick, Jr., information to agencies outside BTS for 366–4406, Fax Number (202) 366–3383 Director, Office of Airline Information, daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES review, analysis and possible use in or email jeff.gorham@dot.gov. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. regulatory and other administrative Comments: Send comments to the [FR Doc. 2018–12153 Filed 6–5–18; 8:45 am] matters. Office of Information and Regulatory BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:35 Jun 05, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\06JNN1.SGM 06JNN1


Document Created: 2018-06-06 00:54:24
Document Modified: 2018-06-06 00:54:24
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesWritten comments should be submitted by July 6, 2018.
ContactJeff Gorham, Office of Airline Information, RTS-42, Room E34, OST-R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 366-4406, Fax Number (202) 366-3383 or email [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 26341 
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