[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 68911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27262]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED-2019-ICCD-0154]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Foreign Gifts and Contracts Disclosures

AGENCY: Department of Education (ED), Office of the General Counsel 
(OGC)

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an 
emergency review of a new information collection.

DATES: Approval by the OMB has been requested by January 2, 2020. 
Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before December 
27, 2019.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use http://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2019-ICCD-
0154. Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal 
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 
site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily 
accept comments at [email protected]. Please include the docket ID 
number and the title of the information collection request when 
requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that comments 
submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period 
will not be accepted. Written requests for information or comments 
submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the 
Director of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, 
LBJ, Room 6W-208D, Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Hilary Malawer, Deputy General 
Counsel, 202-401-6148.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing 
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The 
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to 
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be 
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden 
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the 
Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, 
including through the use of information technology. Please note that 
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered 
public records.
    Title of Collection: Foreign Gifts and Contracts Disclosures.
    OMB Control Number: 1801-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Private and Public Institutions of 
Higher Education (IHEs).
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 400.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 8,000.
    Abstract: Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as 
amended, provides that institutions of higher education must file a 
disclosure report with the Secretary of Education under the following 
circumstances: Whenever any institution is owned or controlled by a 
foreign source or receives a gift from or enters into a contract with a 
foreign source, the value of which is $250,000 or more, considered 
alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with 
that foreign source within a calendar year, the institution shall file 
a disclosure report with the Secretary on January 31 or July 31, 
whichever is sooner. (see https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2017-title20/pdf/USCODE-2017-title20-chap28-subchapI-partB-sec1011e.pdf).
    This collection of information is necessary to implement 20 U.S.C. 
1011f.

    Dated: December 13, 2019.
Stephanie Valentine,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-27262 Filed 12-13-19; 4:15 pm]
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