[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 26341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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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