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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 183 / Monday, September 21, 2020 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; United
States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
(USMCA) Web-based Hotline
Bureau of International Labor
Affairs (ILAB), United States
Department of Labor (DOL).
ACTION: Notice of information
collections and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
DOL is soliciting public comments
regarding this ILAB-sponsored
information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval.
DATES: Comments pertaining to this
information collection are due on or
before November 20, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Electronic submission: You
may submit comments and attachments
electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail submission: 200 Constitution
Ave. NW, Room S–5315, Washington,
DC 2020. Comments are invited on: (1)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the DOL, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) if the information
will be processed and used in a timely
manner; (3) the accuracy of the DOL’s
estimates of the burden and cost of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collection; and (5) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chad Salitan by telephone at 202–693–
4882 (this is not a toll-free number) or
by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
January 29, 2020, the President signed
H.R. 5430—United States-MexicoCanada Agreement Implementation Act
(the Act).1 Section 711 of the Act
prescribes the establishment of an
Interagency Labor Committee for
Monitoring and Enforcement (ILC) and
Section 717 charges the ILC with

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establishing a ‘‘web-based hotline’’
monitored by the DOL. The hotline
serves as an electronic portal to collect
‘‘confidential information’’ or
‘‘whistleblower tips’’ regarding labor
issues among USMCA countries directly
from interested parties, including
Mexican workers.
This information collection is subject
to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA).
A Federal agency generally cannot
conduct or sponsor a collection of
information, and the public is generally
not required to respond to an
information collection, unless the OMB
approves it and displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
The DOL seeks PRA authorization for
this information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an
Information Collection Review cannot
be for more than three (3) years without
renewal. The DOL notes that currently
approved information collection
requirements submitted to the OMB
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–ILAB.
Title of Collection: USMCA Webbased Hotline.
OMB Control Number: 1225–0NEW.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 2,300.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 2,400.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
2,400 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $ 0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
Dated: September 4, 2020.
Grant B. Lebens,
Chief of Staff, Bureau of International Labor
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Paid
Leave Under the Families First
Coronavirus Response Act
Notice of availability; request
for comments.

ACTION:

The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour

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Division (WHD)-sponsored information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before October 21, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to 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.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) if the
information will be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(5) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony May by telephone at 202–693–
4129 (this is not a toll-free number), or
by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March
18, 2020, President Trump signed into
law the Families First Coronavirus
Response Act (FFCRA), which creates
two new emergency paid leave
requirements in response to the COVID–
19 global pandemic. Division E of the
FFCRA, ‘‘The Emergency Paid Sick
Leave Act’’ (EPSLA), entitles certain
employees to take up to two weeks of
paid sick leave. Division C of the
FFCRA, ‘‘The Emergency Family and
Medical Leave Expansion Act’’
(EFMLEA), which amends Title I of the
Family and Medical Leave Act, 29
U.S.C. 2601 et seq. (FMLA), permits
certain employees to take up to twelve
weeks of expanded family and medical
leave, ten of which are paid, for
specified reasons related to COVID–19.
On March 27, 2020, President Trump
signed into law the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act,
Public Law 116–136 (CARES Act),
which amends certain provisions of the

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