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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 169 / Friday, September 1, 2023 / Notices
upcoming amendment cycle. The
Commission previously published a
notice of proposed policy priorities for
the amendment cycle ending May 1,
2024. See 88 FR 39907 (June 20, 2023).
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 994(g), the
Commission intends to consider the
issue of reducing costs of incarceration
and overcapacity of prisons, to the
extent it is relevant to any identified
priority.
The Commission has identified the
following priorities for the amendment
cycle ending May 1, 2024:
(1) Assessing the degree to which
certain practices of the Bureau of
Prisons are effective in meeting the
purposes of sentencing as set forth in 18
U.S.C. 3553(a)(2) and considering any
appropriate responses including
possible consideration of
recommendations or amendments.
(2) Compilation and dissemination of
information on court-sponsored
programs relating to diversion,
alternatives-to-incarceration, and
reentry (e.g., Pretrial Opportunity
Program, Conviction And Sentence
Alternatives (CASA) Program, Special
Options Services (SOS) Program,
Supervision to Aid Re-entry (STAR)
Program) through the Commission’s
website and possible workshops and
seminars sharing best practices for
developing, implementing, and
assessing such programs.
(3) Examination of the Guidelines
Manual, including exploration of ways
to simplify the guidelines and possible
consideration of amendments that might
be appropriate.
(4) Continuation of its multiyear study
of the Guidelines Manual to address
case law concerning the validity and
enforceability of guideline commentary,
and possible consideration of
amendments that might be appropriate.
(5) Continued examination of the
career offender guidelines, including (A)
updating the data analyses and statutory
recommendations set forth in the
Commission’s 2016 report to Congress,
titled Career Offender Sentencing
Enhancements; (B) devising and
conducting workshops to discuss the
scope and impact of the career offender
guidelines, including discussion of
possible alternative approaches to the
‘‘categorical approach’’ in determining
whether an offense is a ‘‘crime of
violence’’ or a ‘‘controlled substance
offense’’; and (C) possible consideration
of amendments that might be
appropriate.
(6) Examination of the treatment of
youthful offenders and offenses
involving youths under the Guidelines

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Manual, including possible
consideration of amendments that might
be appropriate.
(7) Consideration of possible
amendments to the Guidelines Manual
to prohibit the use of acquitted conduct
in applying the guidelines.
(8) Further examination of federal
sentencing practices on a variety of
issues, possibly including: (A) the
prevalence and nature of drug
trafficking offenses involving
methamphetamine; (B) drug trafficking
offenses resulting in death or serious
bodily injury; (C) comparison of
sentences imposed in cases disposed of
through trial versus plea; (D)
continuation of the Commission’s
studies regarding recidivism; and (E)
other areas of federal sentencing in need
of additional research.
(9) Implementation of any legislation
warranting Commission action.
(10) Resolution of circuit conflicts as
warranted, pursuant to the
Commission’s authority under 28 U.S.C.
991(b)(1)(B) and Braxton v. United
States, 500 U.S. 344 (1991).
(11) Consideration of other
miscellaneous issues coming to the
Commission’s attention.
Authority: 28 U.S.C. 994(a), (o); USSC
Rules of Practice and Procedure 2.2, 5.2.
Carlton W. Reeves,
Chair.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0020]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Designation of
Beneficiary Government Life Insurance
and Supplemental Designation of
Beneficiary Government Life Insurance
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Benefits Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs, will
submit the collection of information
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The PRA
submission describes the nature of the
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cost and burden and it includes the
actual data collection instrument.
DATES: 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, select ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comments’’,
then search the list for the information
collection by Title or ‘‘OMB Control No.
2900–0020.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266–4688
or email [email protected]. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0020’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–21.
Title: Designation of Beneficiary
Government Life Insurance VA Form
29–336 and Supplemental Designation
of Beneficiary Government Life
Insurance VA Form 29–336a.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0020.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: These forms are used by the
insured to designate beneficiaries and
select an optional settlement to be used
when the insurance matures by death.
The information is required to
determine the claimant’s eligibility to
receive the proceeds. The information
on the form is required by law, 38
U.S.C. 1917, 1949 and 1952.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published at 88 FR
122 on June 27, 2023, page 41721.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 13,917
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 10 minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
83,500.
By direction of the Secretary:
Dorothy Glasgow,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt.) Office of
Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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