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A
copy of this ICR with applicable
supporting documentation, may be
obtained by contacting the Retirement
Services Publications Team, Office of
Personnel Management, 1900 E Street
NW, Room 3316–L, Washington, DC
20415, Attention: Cyrus S. Benson, or
sent via electronic mail to:
[email protected] or faxed to
(202) 606–0910 or reached via telephone
at (202) 606–4808.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35) as amended by the ClingerCohen Act (Pub. L. 104–106), OPM is
soliciting comments for this collection.
The information collection (OMB No.
3206–0167) was previously published in
the Federal Register on June 8, 2021, at
86 FR 30503, allowing for a 60-day
public comment period. No comments
were received for this collection. The
purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comments.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of functions
of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. 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,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Financial Resources Questionnaire (RI
34–1), Financial Resources
Questionnaire—Federal Employees’
Group Life Insurance Premiums
Underpaid (RI 34–17), and Financial
Resources Questionnaire—Federal
Employees Health Benefits Premiums
Underpaid (RI 34–18), collects detailed
financial information for use by OPM to
determine whether to agree to a waiver,
compromise, or adjustment of the
collection of erroneous payments from
the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund. Notice of Amount Due
Because Of Annuity Overpayment (RI
34–3), Notice of Amount Due Because of
FEGLI Premium Underpayment (RI 34–

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19), and Notice of Amount Due Because
of FEHB Premium Underpayment (RI
34–20), informs the annuitant about the
overpayment and collects information
from the annuitant about how
repayment will be made.
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Agency: Retirement Operations,
Retirement Services, Office of Personnel
Management.
Title: Financial Resources
Questionnaire/Notice of Debt Due
Because of Annuity Overpayment.
OMB Number: 3206–0167.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Number of Respondents: 2,361.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 60
minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 2,361 hours.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Kellie Cosgrove Riley,
Director, Office of Privacy and Information
Management.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT
Renewal Without Change of an
Existing Information Collection; OPM
Form 1655, Application for Senior
Administrative Law Judge, and OPM
Form 1655–A, Geographic Preference
Statement for Senior Administrative
Law Judge Applicant; OMB Control
Number 3206–0248
Office of Personnel
Management.
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Administrative Law
Judge Program Office, U.S. Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) offers the
general public and other federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
an existing information collection
request (ICR) 3206–0248, OPM Form
1655, Application for Senior
Administrative Law Judge, and OPM
Form 1655–A, Geographic Preference
Statement for Senior Administrative
Law Judge Applicant. As required, OPM
is soliciting comments for this
collection. The information collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on May 18, 2021 allowing for
a 60-day public comment period. No
comments were received for this
information collection. The purpose of
this notice is to allow an additional 30
days for public comments.

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Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until September 22,
2021. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management Budget,
725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for the
U.S. Office of Personnel Management or
sent via electronic mail to oira_
[email protected] or faxed to
(202) 395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
copy of this ICR, with applicable
supporting documentation, may be
obtained by contacting the
Administrative Law Judge Program
Office, U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, 1900 E Street NW,
Washington, DC 20415, Attention: Ms.
Diane Hobbs, Administrative Law Judge
Program Manager, by phone at (202)
606–3822, or send via electronic mail to
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget is
particularly interested in comments
that:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. 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,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
OPM 1655, Application for Senior
Administrative Law Judge, and OPM
1655–A, Geographic Preference
Statement for Senior Administrative
Law Judge Applicant, are used by
retired Administrative Law Judges
seeking reemployment on a temporary
and intermittent basis to complete
hearings of one or more specified case(s)
in accordance with the Administrative
Procedure Act of 1946. This revision
proposes to renew a currently approved
collection.
DATES:

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Analysis
Agency: Administrative Law Judge
Program Office, Office of Personnel
Management.
Title: OPM 1655, Application for
Senior Administrative Law Judge, and
OPM 1655–A, Geographic Preference
Statement for Senior Administrative
Law Judge Applicant.
OMB Number: 3206–0248.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Federal
Administrative Law Judge Retirees.
Number of Respondents:
Approximately 150—OPM 1655/
Approximately 200—OPM 1655–A.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
Approximately 30–45 Minutes—OPM
1655/Approximately 15–25 Minutes—
OPM 1655–A.
Total Burden Hours: Estimated 94
hours—OPM 1655/Estimated 67 hours—
OPM 1655–A.
Office of Personnel Management.
Kellie Cosgrove Riley,
Director, Office of Privacy and Information
Management.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–92685; File No. SR–FINRA–
2021–019]

Self-Regulatory Organizations;
Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing and
Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed
Rule Change To Extend the Expiration
Date of the Temporary Amendments
set Forth in SR–FINRA–2020–015 and
SR–FINRA–2020–027

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August 17, 2021.

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on August
13, 2021, the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, Inc. (‘‘FINRA’’)
filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’)
the proposed rule change as described
in Items I and II below, which Items
have been prepared by FINRA. FINRA
has designated the proposed rule change
as constituting a ‘‘non-controversial’’
rule change under paragraph (f)(6) of
Rule 19b–4 under the Act,3 which
renders the proposal effective upon
receipt of this filing by the Commission.
The Commission is publishing this
1 15

U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6).
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notice to solicit comments on the
proposed rule change from interested
persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
FINRA is proposing to extend the
expiration date of the temporary
amendments set forth in SR–FINRA–
2020–015 and SR–FINRA–2020–027
from August 31, 2021, to December 31,
2021.4 The proposed rule change would
not make any changes to the text of
FINRA rules.
The text of the proposed rule change
is available on FINRA’s website at
http://www.finra.org, at the principal
office of FINRA and at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission,
FINRA included statements concerning
the purpose of and basis for the
proposed rule change and discussed any
comments it received on the proposed
rule change. The text of these statements
may be examined at the places specified
in Item IV below. FINRA has prepared
summaries, set forth in sections A, B,
and C below, of the most significant
aspects of such statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
In response to the COVID–19 global
health crisis and the corresponding
need to restrict in-person activities,
FINRA filed proposed rule changes, SR–
FINRA–2020–015 and SR–FINRA–
2020–027, which respectively provide
temporary relief from some timing,
method of service and other procedural
requirements in FINRA rules and allow
FINRA’s Office of Hearing Officers
(‘‘OHO’’) and the National Adjudicatory
Council (‘‘NAC’’) to conduct hearings,
on a temporary basis, by video
conference, if warranted by the current
COVID–19-related public health risks
posed by an in-person hearing. In April
2021, FINRA filed a proposed rule
change, SR–FINRA–2021–006, to extend
the expiration date of the temporary
4 If FINRA seeks to provide additional temporary
relief from the rule requirements identified in this
proposed rule change beyond December 31, 2021,
FINRA will submit a separate rule filing to further
extend the temporary extension of time. The
amended FINRA rules will revert to their original
form at the conclusion of the temporary relief
period and any extension thereof.

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amendments in both SR–FINRA–2020–
015 and SR–FINRA–2020–027 from
April 30, 2021, to August 31, 2021.5
While there are signs of improvement,
much uncertainty remains for the
coming months. The emergence of the
Delta variant, dissimilar vaccination
rates throughout the United States, and
the uptick in transmissions in many
locations indicate that COVID–19
remains an active and real public health
concern.6 Based on its assessment of
current COVID–19 conditions and the
lack of a clear timeframe for a sustained
and widespread abatement of COVID–
19-related health concerns and
corresponding restrictions,7 FINRA has
determined that there is a continued
need for temporary relief for several
months beyond August 31, 2021.
Accordingly, FINRA proposes to extend
the expiration date of the temporary rule
amendments in SR–FINRA–2020–015
and SR–FINRA–2020–027 from August
31, 2021, to December 31, 2021.
i. SR–FINRA–2020–015
As stated in its previous filings,
FINRA proposed, and subsequently
extended, the changes set forth in SR–
FINRA–2020–015 to temporarily amend
some timing, method of service and
other procedural requirements in FINRA
rules during the period in which
FINRA’s operations are impacted by the
outbreak of COVID–19.8 Among other
5 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 91495
(April 7, 2021), 86 FR 19306 (April 13, 2021)
(Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of
File No. SR–FINRA–2021–006).
6 For example, President Joe Biden on July 29,
2021, announced several measures to increase the
number of people vaccinated against COVID–19 and
to slow the spread of the Delta variant, including
strengthening safety protocols for federal
government employees and contractors. See https://
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statementsreleases/2021/07/29/fact-sheet-president-biden-toannounce-new-actions-to-get-more-americansvaccinated-and-slow-the-spread-of-the-deltavariant/.
7 For instance, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention on July 27, 2021, began recommending
that fully vaccinated people wear a mask in public
indoor settings in areas of substantial or high
transmission and noted that fully vaccinated people
might choose to wear a mask regardless of the level
of transmission, particularly if they are
immunocompromised or at increased risk for severe
disease from COVID–19. See https://www.cdc.gov/
coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinatedguidance.html. Also, several cities, including
Atlanta, Baltimore, Los Angeles, New Haven and
San Francisco, have recently reinstated their mask
mandates.
8 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 88917
(May 20, 2020), 85 FR 31832 (May 27, 2020) (Notice
of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of File No.
SR–FINRA–2020–015); Securities Exchange Act
Release No. 89055 (June 12, 2020), 85 FR 36928
(June 18, 2020) (Notice of Filing and Immediate
Effectiveness of File No. SR–FINRA–2020–017);
Securities Exchange Act Release No. 89423 (July 29,
2020), 85 FR 47278 (August 4, 2020) (Notice of

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