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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 15 / Monday, January 24, 2022 / Notices

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Notice of Public Meeting of the North
Carolina Advisory Committee to the
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
ACTION: Announcement of virtual
business meeting.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, that
the North Carolina Advisory Committee
(Committee) to the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights will hold a virtual debrief
via Webex at 12:00 p.m. ET on
Thursday, February 17, 2022, to discuss
the February 15, 2022, web briefing on
Legal Financial Obligations in the state.
DATES: The meeting will take place on
Thursday, February 17, 2022, at 12:00
p.m. ET.
ADDRESSES:
Online Registration (Audio/Visual):
https://tinyurl.com/4fu9n9w5.
Telephone (Audio Only): Dial 800–
360–9505 USA Toll Free; Access code:
2761 972 1410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victoria Moreno, DFO, at vmoreno@
usccr.gov or (434) 515–0204.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Committee meetings are available to the
public through the conference link
above. Any interested member of the
public may listen to the meeting. An
open comment period will be provided
to allow members of the public to make
a statement as time allows. If joining via
phone, callers can expect to incur
regular charges for calls they initiate
over wireless lines, according to their
wireless plan. The Commission will not
refund any incurred charges.
Individuals who are deaf, deafblind, and
hard of hearing may also follow the
proceedings by first calling the Federal
Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and
providing the Service with the
conference details found through
registering at the web link above. To
request additional accommodations,
please email [email protected] at least
ten (10) days prior to the meeting.
Members of the public are also
entitled to submit written comments;
the comments must be received in the
regional office within 30 days following
the meeting. Written comments may be
emailed to Liliana Schiller at lschiller@
usccr.gov. Persons who desire
additional information may contact the
Regional Programs Unit at (312) 353–
8311.

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Records generated from this meeting
may be inspected and reproduced at the
Regional Programs Coordination Unit
Office, as they become available, both
before and after the meeting. Records of
the meeting will be available via
www.facadatabase.gov under the
Commission on Civil Rights, North
Carolina Advisory Committee link.
Persons interested in the work of this
Committee are directed to the
Commission’s website, http://
www.usccr.gov, or may contact the
Regional Programs Coordination Unit at
the above email or street address.
Agenda
I. Welcome & Roll Call
II. Panel Debrief
III. Public Comment
IV. Next Steps
V. Adjournment
Dated: Friday, January 18, 2022.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
[FR Doc. 2022–01212 Filed 1–21–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Household Pulse Survey
On November 29, 2021, the
Department of Commerce received
clearance from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 to conduct Phase
3.2 of the Household Pulse Survey
(OMB No. 0607–1013, Exp. 10/31/23).
The Household Pulse Survey was
designed to meet a need for timely
information associated with household
experiences during the Covid-19
pandemic. The Department is
committed to ensuring that the data
collected by the Household Pulse
Survey continue to meet information
needs as they may evolve over the
course of the pandemic. This notice
serves to inform of the Department’s
intent to request clearance from OMB to
make some revisions to the Household
Pulse Survey questionnaire. To ensure
that the data collected by the Household
Pulse Survey continue to meet
information needs as they evolve over
the course of the pandemic, the Census
Bureau submits this Request for
Revision to an Existing Collection for a
revised Phase 3.4 questionnaire.
Specifically, Phase 3.4 includes a new

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question on receipt/intention to receive
a vaccine booster; modifications to
questions relating to children’s
vaccinations that expand response
options to include children’s age
categories; modified reference periods
for school enrollment and spending
questions; the removal of an educational
catch-up question; and a reinstated
question related to distance learning.
It is the Department’s intention to
commence data collection using the
revised instrument on or about February
23, 2022. The Department invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections,
which helps us assess the impact of our
information collection requirements and
minimize the public’s reporting burden.
Public comments were previously
sought on the Household Pulse Survey
via the Federal Register on May 19,
2020, June 3, 2020, February 1, 2021,
April 13, 2021, June 24, 2021, and again
on October 26, 2021. This notice allows
for an additional 30 days for public
comments on the proposed revisions.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau,
Department of Commerce.
Title: Household Pulse Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607–1013.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Request for a
Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Number of Respondents: 202,800.
Average Hours per Response: 20
minutes.
Burden Hours: 66,924.
Needs and Uses: Data produced by
the Household Pulse Survey are
designed to inform on a range of topics
related to households’ experiences
during the Covid-19 pandemic. Topics
to date have included employment,
facility to telework, travel patterns,
income loss, spending patterns, food
and housing security, access to benefits,
mental health and access to care, intent
to receive the COVID–19 vaccine/
booster, and post-secondary educational
disruption. The requested revision, if
approved by OMB, will remove selected
items from the questions for which
utility has declined and add questions
based on information needs expressed
via public comment and in consult with
other Federal agencies. The overall
burden change to the public will be
insignificant.
The Household Pulse Survey was
initially launched in April, 2020 as an
experimental project (see https://
www.census.gov/data/experimentaldata-products.html) under emergency
clearance from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) initially
granted April 19, 2020; regular

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clearance was subsequently sought and
approved by OMB on October 30, 2020
(OMB No. 0607–1013; Exp. 10/30/2023).
Affected Public: Households.
Frequency: Households will be
selected once to participate in a 20minute survey.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Sections 8(b), 182 and 193.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
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 and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0607–1013.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
[FR Doc. 2022–01237 Filed 1–21–22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket Number: 220119–0024]

Incentives, Infrastructure, and
Research and Development Needs To
Support a Strong Domestic
Semiconductor Industry
Department of Commerce.
Notice; request for information.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Commerce
(Department), with the assistance of the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST), is seeking
information in order to inform the
planning and design of potential
programs to: Incentivize investment in
semiconductor manufacturing facilities
and associated ecosystems; provide for
shared infrastructure to accelerate
semiconductor research, development,
and prototyping; and support research
related to advanced packaging and
advanced metrology to ensure a robust
domestic semiconductor industry.
Responses to this Request for
Information (RFI) will inform the
planning of the Department of
Commerce for the potential
implementation of these programs.
DATES: Comments must be received by
5:00 p.m. Eastern time on March 25,

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2022. Written comments in response to
this RFI should be submitted in
accordance with the instructions in the
ADDRESSES and SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION sections below.
Submissions received after that date
may not be considered.
ADDRESSES:
For Comments
To respond to this RFI, please submit
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal.
1. Go to www.regulations.gov and
enter DOC–2021–0010 in the search
field,
2. Click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and
3. Enter or attach your comments.
Comments sent by any other method,
to any other address or individual, or
received after the end of the comment
period, may not be considered.
Comments containing references,
studies, research, and other empirical
data that are not widely published
should include electronic copies of the
referenced materials. Please do not
submit additional materials.
All relevant comments received in
response to the RFI will be made
publicly available on
www.regulations.gov. All submissions,
including attachments and other
supporting materials, will become part
of the public record and subject to
public disclosure. Personal information,
such as account numbers or Social
Security numbers, or names of other
individuals, should not be included.
Submissions will not be edited to
remove any identifying or contact
information. Do not submit confidential
business information, or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
Comments that contain profanity,
vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate
language or content will not be
considered.
For Public Meetings/Webcast
The Department may hold future
workshops to explore in more detail
questions raised in the RFI. Notice and
details about any potential future
workshop dates and registration
deadlines, etc. will be announced at
www.nist.gov/semiconductors.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For questions about this Notice,
contact: George Orji, in the NIST
Program Coordination Office, at
[email protected], (301) 975–3475.
Please direct media inquiries to
Jennifer Huergo in the NIST Public
Affairs Office at jennifer.huergo@
nist.gov, (301) 975–6343.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background
Semiconductors are fundamental to
nearly all modern industrial and
national security activities, and they are
essential building blocks of critical and
emerging technologies, such as artificial
intelligence, autonomous systems, next
generation communications, and
quantum computing.
The U.S. semiconductor industry has
historically dominated many parts of
the semiconductor supply chain, such
as research and development (R&D),
chip design, and manufacturing. Over
the past several years, the U.S. position
in the global semiconductor industry
has faced numerous challenges. In 2019,
the United States accounted for 11
percent of global semiconductor
fabrication capacity, down from 13
percent in 2015 and continuing a longterm decline from around 40 percent in
1990. Much of the overseas
semiconductor manufacturing capacity
is in Taiwan (led by Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing
Company), South Korea (led by
Samsung), and, increasingly, China.1
Furthermore, the fragility of the
current global semiconductor supply
chain was put squarely on display in
2020. The industry faced significant
disruptions as a result of the
coronavirus pandemic, a fire affecting a
major supplier in Japan, and a severe
winter storm that disabled production
in facilities in Texas for several days.2
Together these events and other factors
such as pandemic-induced shifts in
consumer demand contributed to a
global semiconductor shortage that
affected multiple manufacturing sectors
which rely on semiconductors as critical
components for their finished products.
Especially severely hit was the
automotive industry, which saw plants
idled for months.3
To strengthen the U.S. position in
semiconductor R&D and manufacturing,
Congress authorized a set of programs in
Title XCIX (‘‘Creating Helpful Incentives
to Produce Semiconductors in
America’’) of the William M. (Mac)
Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal
Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116–283). This
comprehensive set of programs is
intended to restore U.S. leadership in
semiconductor manufacturing by
providing incentives and encouraging
investment to expand manufacturing
1 https://www.semiconductors.org/wp-content/
uploads/2020/09/Government-Incentives-and-USCompetitiveness-in-Semiconductor-ManufacturingSep-2020.pdf.
2 https://www.ept.ca/features/global-chipshortage-a-timeline-of-unfortunate-events/.
3 https://hbr.org/2021/02/why-were-in-the-midstof-a-global-semiconductor-shortage.

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