[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41445-41446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19502]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection: Comment Request; Contraception and 
Infertility Research Loan Repayment Program

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

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the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute of Child 
Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: Contraception and Infertility Research Loan 
Repayment Program. Type of Request: Revision (OMB No. 0925-0440, Exp. 
12/31/99). Form Number: NIH 2756-1, NIH 2756-2. Need and Use of 
Information Collection: The NICHD Contraception and Infertility 
Research Loan Repayment Program (CIR-LRP) intends to provide for the 
repayment of educational loan debt of health professionals (including 
graduate students) who agree to commit to a period of obligated service 
of not less than two years conducting research with respect to 
contraception and/or infertility. The CIR-LRP is designed to provide an 
incentive for health professionals to work in areas of reproductive 
research directly related to contraceptive development and/or 
infertility diagnosis and treatment by providing assistance in repaying 
educational loans for such individuals. The long-range objective of the 
CIR-LRP is to stimulate the commitment of researchers to sustaining a 
career focus on contraception and/or infertility research. The 
information proposed for collection will be used by the NICHD to 
determine an applicant's eligibility for participation in the CIR-LRP. 
It will enable the NICHD to select qualified individuals for 
participation in the program, and to deliver eligible benefits. The 
CIR-LRP application consists of two parts: Part I (Information About 
the Applicant) is completed by the applicant; Section A of Part II 
(Loan Information and Permission for Disclosure) is also completed by 
the applicant; and Section B, Part II (Lender's Verification) is 
completed by the Lending Institution. It may also be necessary for a 
State or other entity to verify an outstanding service obligation. In 
these instances, written verification of the service obligation will be 
requested from the State or other entity. Frequency of Response: On 
occasion. Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other 
for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions. Type of Respondents: Health 
professionals or those training in the health professions; Lenders. The 
annual reporting burden is as follows:

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                                                                         Estimated
                                                           Estimated     number of      Average      Estimated
                                                           number of     responses   burden hours   total annual
                                                          respondents       per      per response   burden hours
                                                                        respondent                   requested
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Applicant..............................................            40             6         1.306        313.60
Lender.................................................           160             1         0.334         53.440
State/Other Entity.....................................             8             1         0.334          2.672
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    Total..............................................  ............  ............  ............        369.712
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    There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or 
Maintenance Costs to report.

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility: (2) 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; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information collected; (4) Ways to minimize the burden 
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To request more information on the proposed 
project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact Dr. Louis DePaolo, Director, NICHD Contraception 
and Infertility Research Loan Repayment Program, CPR, NICHD, NIH, 6100 
Executive Boulevard, Room 8B01, Bethesda, MD 20892, or call (301) 435-
6970 or Email your request, including your address to: [email protected]. 
Information can also be obtained via the World Wide Web at http://
www.nih.gov/nichd/docs/research.html.

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their effect if received within 60-days of the 
date of publication.

    Dated: July 22, 1999.
Michael Rosenthal,
Acting Executive Officer, NICHD.
[FR Doc. 99-19502 Filed 7-29-99; 8:45 am]
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