[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17809-17810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05239]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by April 
11, 2024 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to

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the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.

Foreign Agricultural Service

    Title: Food Donation Programs (Food for Progress & Section 416(b)) 
and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education & Child Nutrition 
Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0551-0035.
    Summary of Collection: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign 
Agricultural Service (FAS) provides U.S. agricultural commodities to 
feed millions of hungry people in needy countries through direct 
donations and concessional programs. USDA food aid may be provided 
through four program authorities: Food for Progress, section 416(b), 
the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition 
Program, and Public Law 480 (Pub. L. 480). Of these, only Food for 
Progress and McGovern-Dole are currently utilized.
    Under the section 416(b) and Food for Progress programs (the 
``Foreign Donation Programs'') and the McGovern-Dole International Food 
for Education and Child Nutrition (``McGovern-Dole'') Program, 
information is gathered from applicants desiring to receive federal 
awards under the programs to determine the viability of requests for 
resources to implement activities in foreign countries. Recipients of 
awards under the programs must submit compliance reports and other 
information until activities carried out with donated commodities or 
funds, or local currencies generated from the sale of donated 
commodities, are completed.
    Need and Use of the Information: Information is collected from 
Recipients to determine its ability to carry out a food aid program, to 
establish the terms under which commodities will be provided, to 
monitor the progress of commodity distribution (including how 
transportation is procured), to monitor the progress of expenditure of 
monetization funds, and to evaluate both the program's success and the 
Recipient's effectiveness in meeting intended results.
    Description of Respondents: Business-for-not-for-Profit; Private 
voluntary organizations, cooperatives, colleges and universities, 
foreign governments, intergovernmental organizations, freight 
forwarders, ship owners and brokers, and survey companies.
    Number of Respondents: 61.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 88,548.

Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Acting Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-05239 Filed 3-11-24; 8:45 am]
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