[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 5905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1018]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research & Innovative Technology Administration


Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Report 
of Extension of Credit to Political Candidates--Form 183

AGENCY: Research & Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), Bureau 
of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public 
Law 104-13, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics invites the general 
public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on the 
continuing need for and usefulness of BTS collecting reports from air 
carriers on the aggregated indebtedness balance of a political 
candidate or party for Federal office. The reports are required when 
the aggregated indebtedness is over $5,000 on the last day of a month.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 4, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline 
Information, RTS-42, Room 4125, RITA, BTS, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 366-4387, Fax Number 
(202) 366-3383 or e-mail [email protected].
    Comments: Comments should identify the associated OMB approval 
2138-0016 and Docket 23343. Persons wishing the Department to 
acknowledge receipt of their comments must submit with those comments a 
self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following statement is 
made: Comments on OMB 2138-0016, Docket 23343. The postcard 
will be date/time stamped and returned.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Approval No.: 2138-0016.
    Title: Report of Extension of Credit to Political Candidates--Form 
183, 14 CFR Part 374a.
    Form No.: 183.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    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, submission of the information to 
agencies outside BTS for review, analysis and possible use in 
regulatory and other administrative matters.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 27, 2006.
Donald W. Bright,
Assistant Director, Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 06-1018 Filed 2-2-06; 8:45 am]
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