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CNMI, Guam or America Samoa of all
DOT-administered financial assistance
programs, including those subject to
program-specific domestic preference
requirements. The waiver applies to all
awards obligated after the effective date
and, in the case of awards obligated
prior to the effective date, all
expenditures for non-domestic iron,
steel, manufactured products, and
construction materials incurred after the
effective date. However, this waiver
does not apply to purchases of ship to
shore cranes.
DOT is issuing this temporary general
applicability public interest waiver
under the following authorities;
70914(b) of BIL, 23 U.S.C. 313(b)(1), 49
U.S.C. 5323(j); 46 U.S.C.
54101(d)(2)(B)(i)(I), 49 U.S.C.
50101(b)(1), and 41 U.S.C. chapter 83.
Under those DOT authorities, the
proposed waiver would also apply to
projects in the Freely Associated States
(the Republic of Palau, Republic of the
Marshall Islands, and Federated States
of Micronesia). As it applies to the
Freely Associated States, the waiver
does not include BABA, which only
applies to infrastructure projects in the
United States and its territories.
The duration of the waiver is from the
effective date April 29, 2024 until
March 1, 2025. The proposed waiver
had a duration of 18 months from the
effective date of the final waiver. DOT
is issuing the final waiver with a sunset
date of March 1, 2025 to better align
with the coordinated strategy for the
issuance of this waiver type across the
Federal government. DOT will review
this waiver prior to its expiration to
assess whether it remains necessary to
the fulfillment of DOT’s missions and
goals and consistent with applicable
legal authorities, such as BABA,
Executive Order 14005, 2 CFR part 184,
and OMB Memorandum M–24–02. DOT
may, based on the results of that review,
terminate the waiver, or take action to
develop a new waiver in consultation
with the MIAO.
Section 117 of the SAFETEA–LU
Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub.
L. 110–244, 122 Stat. 1572) also requires
an additional five-day comment period
after FHWA publishes a waiver finding
notice. Comments received during that
period will be reviewed, but the finding
will continue to remain valid. Those
comments may influence DOT/FHWA’s
decision to terminate or modify a
finding.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Christopher Coes,
Acting Under Secretary for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID Number: DOT–OST–2018–0068]

Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB; Agency
Request for Reinstatement of
Previously Approved Collections:
Traveling by Air With Service
Animals—U.S. Department of
Transportation Service Animal Air
Transportation Form and U.S.
Department of Transportation Service
Animal Relief Attestation Form
Office of the Secretary (OST),
Department of Transportation
(Department or DOT).
ACTION: Notice of submission to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
DOT Order 1351.29A, this notice
confirms the Department’s intention to
renew Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Control Number 2105–
0576, concerning Traveling by Air with
Service Animals—U.S. Department of
Transportation Service Animal Air
Transportation Form, and U.S.
Department of Transportation Service
Animal Relief Attestation Form.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received by May 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may file comments
regarding the burden estimate,
including suggestions for reducing the
burden, in docket number DOT–OST–
2018–0068 by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments. (You may access comments
received for this notice at https://
www.regulations.gov by searching
docket DOT–OST–2018–0068.)
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590;
• Hand Delivery: West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC
20590 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The telephone number is 202–
366–9329.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name and docket number DOT–
OST–2010–0054 at the beginning of
your comment. All comments received
will be posted without change to
https://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided.
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Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received in any of DOT’s dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maegan Johnson or Livaughn Chapman,
Jr., Office of Aviation Consumer
Protection, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590,
telephone number (202) 366–9342
(voice), (202) 366–7152 (fax);
[email protected] or
[email protected] (email).
Arrangements to receive this document
in an alternative format may be made by
contacting the above-named
individuals.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOT
published a Federal Register notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the information
collections on November 13, 2023 (88
FR 77667). DOT received 149 comments
on the 60-day notice, which are
addressed below. The Department
proposed to amend the U.S. Department
of Transportation Service Animal Air
Transportation Form by decreasing the
number of questions on the form to
reduce burdens on individuals with
disabilities, including instructions to
clarify how to complete the form, and
making other clarifying and formatting
changes to the form that will allow
individuals to better navigate the form.
OMB Control Number: 2105–0576.
Title: Traveling by Air with Service
Animals.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of
information collections.
Background: The U.S. Department of
Transportation (Department or DOT)
published a final rule to amend the
Department’s Air Carrier Access Act
(ACAA) regulation on the transport of
service animals by air in the Federal
Register on December 10, 2020 (85 FR
79742). Under 14 CFR 382.75, airlines
are permitted to require passengers
traveling with service animals to submit
and provide to airlines, as a condition
of travel, a U.S. Department of
Transportation Service Animal Air
Transportation Form (‘‘Behavior and
Health Attestation Form’’), and, if
applicable, a U.S. Department of
Transportation Service Animal Relief
Attestation Form (‘‘Relief Attestation
Form’’). The Behavior and Health
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assurances to airlines that a service
animal does not pose a direct threat to
the health and safety of passengers,
crew, and others during air
transportation by requiring passengers
to attest that their service animal is
currently vaccinated against rabies, has
been trained to behave in a public
setting, and that the animal has not
behaved aggressively or caused serious
injury to another person or animal. The
form is also designed to educate
passengers traveling with service
animals on how service animals in air
transportation are expected to behave
and to inform passengers traveling with
service animals of the consequences of
service animal misbehavior. The Relief
Attestation Form may only be required
by the airlines when a passenger is
traveling with a service animal on a
flight segment scheduled to take 8 hours
or more. The purpose of this form is to
provide assurances to the airlines that
the service animal will not need to
relieve itself on the flight or that the
animal can relieve itself in a way that
does not create a health or sanitation
issue. The form is also designed to
educate passengers of the consequences
should a service animal relieve itself on
the aircraft in an unsanitary way.
The Behavior and Health Attestation
Form and the Relief Attestation Form
are the only forms that airlines are
permitted to require from passengers
traveling with service animals as a
condition of transport, except in rare
circumstances when additional
documentation may be necessary to
comply with animal transport
requirements issued by a Federal
agency, a U.S. territory, or a foreign
jurisdiction.
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
and its implementing regulations, 5
Code of Federal Regulations CFR) part
1320, require Federal agencies to issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
On November 13, 2023, DOT published
a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
soliciting comment on the information
collections, the Behavior and Health
Attestation Form and Relief Attestation
form, for which the agency seeks
approval. See 85 FR 79742.
In its 60-day notice, the Department
sought comment on an amended version
of its original Behavior and Health
Attestation Form that was published in
DOT’s final service animal rule in
December of 2020. The amended form
included formatting and clarifying
amendments to the form that were
intended to make the form easier for
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comment on amendments to the form,
the Department also sought comment on
whether the information collections
were necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Department; the accuracy of the
Department’s estimated burden hours;
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collected; and
ways to minimize the burden of the
collections on respondents. DOT
received 149 comments in response to
its 60-day notice; most of the comments
received, approximately 120, were from
individual commenters, while the
remaining comments were received
from disability advocacy organizations,
two airlines trade organizations, and an
airline contractor.
The majority of individual
commenters stated that the DOT service
animal forms were burdensome for
passengers with disabilities to complete
because there were too many questions
on the form. Individual commenters
also noted that each airline has a
different method of collecting the forms,
which makes it difficult for individuals
with disabilities to both complete the
forms and submit the forms to airlines.
Individual commenters also stated that
some airlines post the forms on their
websites in formats that are not
accessible for individuals with
disabilities, especially individuals who
are blind. Many individual commenters
requested that the Department disallow
airlines from collecting the forms
altogether, or, alternatively,
substantially decrease the number or
questions on the form.
Commenters representing disability
advocacy organizations shared many of
the same concerns about the
burdensome nature of the form
expressed by individual commenters.
Disability advocates representing
individuals who are blind commented
that airlines are not required to assist
blind passengers with completing the
form and that many blind passengers
cannot complete the form
independently and must seek the
assistance of a sighted person to both
complete and submit the form to
airlines. Disability advocates also
commented that it takes longer than the
15 minutes time period estimated by
DOT for individuals with disabilities to
complete the form because of the
inaccessibility of the form on airline
websites and the number of questions
on the form. These commenters did not
provide a suggested estimate for the
amount of time it takes individuals with
disabilities to complete the form.
Some of the disability advocacy
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contractors to process the service animal
forms and noted that airline staff should
be trained on DOT’s rules for processing
the forms. Several advocacy
organizations also encouraged DOT to
state on the form that airlines must
assist individuals with disabilities with
completing the form, that the form
should only require passengers to affirm
that a service animal has been
vaccinated instead of requiring the
passengers to indicate the animal’s
vaccination dates, and that airlines
should not be permitted to contact
service animal trainers to verify that the
animal has been trained. One advocacy
organization also urged DOT to replace
the term ‘‘service animal user’’ with
‘‘service animal handler’’ since ‘‘service
animal handler’’ is a defined term in
DOT’s ACAA regulations that refers to
either an individual with a disability
traveling with the service animal, or a
third party responsible for controlling
the animal who is traveling with the
passenger with a disability and service
animal.
Some disability advocates were
pleased with the some of the formatting
and clarifying changes made by DOT to
the amended form published in DOT’s
60-day notice. Specifically, some
commenters stated that they were glad
to see that DOT clarified on the form
that a service animal user may insert his
or her own name and contact
information if they train their own
service animal. They were also glad to
see that DOT eliminated some of the
fields on the form, and that DOT added
and amended section titles on the form.
Airline trade organizations and an
airline contractor submitted comments
recommending that DOT make
additional clarifying changes to the form
that exceed the amendments in DOT’s
60-day notice. For instance, these
commenters suggested that DOT include
a uniform date format on the form,
define some of the terms used in the
form, attach form instructions, remove
the field that requires the passenger to
provide the date of the service animal’s
last vaccination, and clarify that an
animal may be refused transport if it
shows that it has not been trained to
behave in public. These organizations
also urged DOT to reinstate the ‘‘service
animal handler’’ field on the form and
commented that the form should require
passengers to provide the service
animal’s weight, color, and species (or
breed), require passengers to list the
animal’s work or task, and that DOT
should strengthen the Federal crime
warning for making fraudulent
statements on the top of the form by
including language clarifying that
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statements on the form is a felony that
is subject to a maximum civil penalty of
$250,000.
Airline trade organizations provided
data from five airlines on the number of
service animal forms that were collected
from these airlines from July 2022 to
June 2023, and urged the Department to
use those data to update its calculation
on the estimated total annual burden of
the information collection.
To address these comments, DOT
refined the section titles on its U.S.
Department of Transportation Service
Animal Air Transportation Form to
more accurately reflect the content of
each section of the form and removed
and combined certain questions on the
form to reduce the number of check
boxes, from ten check boxes to seven,
and the number of fields that passengers
are required to complete on the form.
Specifically, in the first section of the
form that requires the service animal
handler to provide his or her contact
information, DOT decreased the number
of fields in this section, but added a
check box that requires the handler to
attest that the animal is required to
assist with a disability. In the second
section of the form, the Service Animal
Identification and Health Information
section, the handler is required to make
a single attestation that the animal does
not have fleas or a disease, and that the
animal has been vaccinated for rabies.
In the third and fourth sections of the
form, the handler is required to make
four individual attestations concerning
the animal’s task and behavior training
and complete information on the
animal’s trainer. Finally, the last section
requires the handler to check a single
box to attest to three additional
assurances in order to transport the
service animal.
DOT also reinstated the ‘‘service
animal handler’s’’ field since the term
‘‘service animal handler’’ is defined in
the Department’s rules, and eliminated
the service animal user’s name field,
since ‘‘service animal user’’ is not a term
that is defined in the Department’s
rules. DOT also clarified on the form
that the animal’s description must
include the animal’s color, and that an
airline may deny transportation to an
animal if the animal shows that it has
not been trained to behave in public.
Finally, in response to comments
received from both airline trade
organizations and disability advocates,
DOT also developed and included in the
form specific instructions for
completing the Behavior and Health
Attestation Form. In these instructions,
DOT defines certain terms used within
the form (i.e., service animal and service
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form should be submitted to the airline
and not to DOT, describes how
passengers can obtain assistance with
completing the form, and provides other
instructions for completing the form.
Additionally, DOT has used data from
both airline trade organizations and
disability advocates to update its annual
burden calculation for the form.
DOT is aware that some of the
recommendations from the commenters
have not been implemented in the
amended Behavior and Health
Attestation Form published in this
notice. However, as stated in the 60-day
notice, the Department’s next Air
Carrier Access Act Advisory Committee
will consider whether substantive
changes to the Behavior and Health
attestation form are necessary, such as
whether to include a question asking
passengers to state the task or work their
service animal performs, whether to
further reduce the number of attestation
check-boxes on the form, and whether
to amend the warning language at the
top of the form.
Copies of the revised form and
accompanying instructions reflecting
the changes are included in this notice.
Accordingly, the Department
announces that these information
collection activities have been reevaluated and certified under 5 CFR.
1320.5(a) and forwarded to OMB for
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12(c). Before OMB decides
whether to approve these proposed
collections of information, it must
provide 30 days for public comment. 44
U.S.C. 3507(b); 5 CFR 1320.12(d).
Federal law requires OMB to approve or
disapprove paperwork packages
between 30 and 60 days after the 30-day
notice is published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)–
(c); 5 CFR 1320.12(d); see also 60 FR
44978, 44983 (Aug. 29, 1995). The 30day notice informs the regulated
community to file relevant comments to
OMB and affords the Agency adequate
time to review and respond to public
comments before rendering a decision.
See 60 FR 44983 (Aug. 29, 1995).
Therefore, respondents should submit
any comments to OMB within 30 days
of publication to best ensure their full
consideration. 5 CFR 1320.12(c); see
also 60 FR 44983 (Aug. 29, 1995).
This notice addresses the information
collection requirements set forth in the
Department’s regulation 14 CFR 382.75,
which allows airlines to require
passengers traveling with service
animals to provide the airline with the
two forms of documentation developed
by the Department as a condition of
travel. The renewed OMB control
number will be applicable to all the
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As noted above, the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
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 it is
approved by OMB under the PRA and
displays a currently valid OMB Control
Number. In addition, notwithstanding
any other provisions of law, no person
shall generally be subject to monetary
penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information if the
collection of information does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
For each of these information
collections, the title, a description of the
respondents, and an estimate of the
annual recordkeeping and periodic
reporting burden are set forth below.
1. Requirement to prepare and submit
to airlines the DOT Air Transportation
Service Animal Behavior and Health
Attestation Form (Behavior and Health
Attestation Form).
Respondents: Passengers with
disabilities traveling on aircraft with
service animals.
Number of Respondents: The
Department estimates that 639,709
respondents will complete the Service
Animal Health and Attestation form.
This estimate was calculated by using
data provided from Airlines for America
(A4A) on the number of Behavior and
Health Attestation Forms collected by
five of its member airlines between July
1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, and
passenger trip data as represented in the
origination and destination (O&D) data,1
collected by DOT from airlines during
this same time period.
According to A4A, five of its member
airlines received 319,057 Behavior and
Health Attestation Forms between July
1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.2 The
number of trips reported for these five
airlines for this same time period was
352,265,055. DOT only permits airlines
to collect its Behavior and Health
1 According to DOT’s Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), the Airline Origin and Destination
Survey is a 10% sample of airline tickets from
reporting carriers collected by the Office of Airline
Information of the BTS. Data include origin,
destination and other itinerary details of passengers
transported. This database is used to determine air
traffic patterns, air carrier market shares and
passenger flows. https://www.transtats.bts.gov/
DatabaseInfo.asp?QO_VQ=EFI&Yv0x=D.
2 Comment from Airlines for America, https://
www.regulations.gov/comment/DOT-OST-20180068-32515.

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Attestation Form from passengers no
more than once per trip, or once for
every one-way flight or once per roundtrip flight, although some airlines that
receive permission to store a passenger’s
Form may collect the form less than
once per trip. As such, the estimated
number of trips for the purposes of
estimating the number of forms
collected is 176,132,528 (352,265,055
trips divided by 2). Based on these
figures, the rate of Behavior and Health
Attestation Forms received by airlines is
.00181 (319,057 forms divided by
176,132,528 trips), or 1.81 forms
received by airlines per 1,000 for each
trip.
According to BTS data, U.S. and
foreign airlines reported a total of
706,861,040 O&D trips between July 1,
2022, through June 30, 2023. Using the
rate of .00181 or 1.81 forms received by
airlines per 1,000 for each trip, we
estimate that 639,709 forms
(706,861,040 total trips, divided by 2,
and multiplied by .00181 rate of forms
received by airlines) were submitted to
airlines between July 1, 2022, through
June 30, 2023. Assuming that one
passenger traveling with a service
animal represents each form, DOT
estimates that 639,709 passengers will
have submitted service animal forms
between July 1, 2022, through June 30,
2023.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: We estimate that
completing the Behavior and Health
Attestation Form would require 20
minutes (.333 hours) per response,
including the time it takes to retrieve an
electronic or paper version of the form
from the airline’s website, reviewing the
instructions, and completing the
questions. The Department previously
estimated that it took passengers 15
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of individuals commented that it took
more than 15 minutes to complete the
form, although none of the commenters
stated the amount of time it takes to
complete the form.
Based on this estimate, passengers
would spend a total of 213,023 hours
annually (0.333 hours × 639,709 forms)
to retrieve and complete an accessible
version of the form. Passengers would
fill out the forms on their own time
without pay. To estimate the value of
this uncompensated activity, we use
median wage data from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics.3 We use a post-tax
wage estimate of $18.48 ($22.26 median
for all occupations minus a 17% percent
estimated tax rate). The estimated
annual value of this time is $3,936,668
($18.48 × 213,023 hours).4
2. Requirement to prepare and submit
to airlines the DOT Service Animal
Relief Attestation Form.
Respondents: Passengers with
disabilities traveling on aircraft with
service animals on flight segments
scheduled to take 8 hours or more.
Number of Respondents: The
Department estimates that 5 percent of
the Behavior and Health Attestation
Form would be collected for round trip
flights scheduled to take 8 hours or
more and would also have to complete
the Relief Attestation Form, for a total
of 31,985 forms (639,709 forms × 0.05).
3 For a discussion of estimating the value of
uncompensated activities, see ‘‘Valuing Time in
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Regulatory Impact Analyses: Conceptual
Framework and Best Practices’’ from the
Department of Health and Human Services,
available at https://aspe.hhs.gov/system/files/pdf/
257746/VOT.pdf.
4 Bureau of Labor Statistics (2022). ‘‘May 2022
National Occupational Employment and Wage
Estimates: United States.’’ May 2022 National
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
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Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: We estimate that
completing the form would require 15
minutes (.25 hours) per response,
including the time it takes to retrieve an
electronic or paper version of the form
from the airline’s website, reviewing the
instructions, and completing the
questions. Passengers would spend a
total of 7,996 hours annually (0.25 hours
× 31,985 forms) to retrieve an accessible
version of the form and complete the
form. Passengers would fill out the
forms on their own time without pay, as
they would with the Animal Behavior
and Health Attestation Form. The
estimated annual value of this time is
$147,770 ($18.48 × 7,996 hours).
Comments Invited
We invite comments on the Relief
Attestation Form renewal and on the
formatting and clarity amendments
made to the Behavior and Health
Attestation Form. We also invite
comments on: (a) 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;
(b) the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record on
the docket.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as
amended; and 59 CFR 1.48.
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U.S. Department of Transportation Service Animal Air Transportation Form
Warning: It is a Federal crime to make materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements, entries, or representations
knowingly and willfully on this form to secure disability accommodations provided under regulations of the United States
Department ofTransportation (18 U.S.C. § 1001).
PLEASE REFER TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE ANIMAL AIR TRANSPORTATION FORM INSTRUCTIONS WHEN COMPLETING THIS FORM
A.

Sen,ice Animal Handler Information

Service Animal Handler's full Name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Phone: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Email: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

:::J I attest that a service animal is required to accompany me, or the passenger with a disability traveling with me, in air transportation.
R

Senice Animal Identification and Health Information

Animal's Name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Animal's Description (including weight and color):_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

□

I attest that the animal:
• Does not have fleas or ticks or a disease that would endanger people or other animals.
• Is vaccinated for rabies.
Date vaccination expires in the animal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
(mm/dd/yyyy)

Veterinarian's Name (signature not required): - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ P h o n e : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
C.
□

Sen,ice Animal Task Training

I attest that the animal has been individually trained to perform a task to assist with a disability.
Name of Task Trainer or Training Organization: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ P h o n e : _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

D.
□

Service Animal Behavior Training

I attest that the animal has been trained to beliave in a public setting.
Name of Behavior Trainer or Training Organization:._______________ Phone: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

□

I understand that:
• The animal must be under the control of the Handler at all times.
• A properly trained service animal does not act aggressively by biting, barking, jumping, lunging, or injuring
people or animals, and does not urinate or defecate on the aircraft or in the gate area.
• If the animal shows that it has not been properly trn.ined to behave in public, then the airline may treat the animal
as a pet by charging a pet fee and requiring that the animal be transported in a pet carrier, or denying transport.

□

I attest that, to the best of my knowledge, the animal has not behaved aggressively or caused serious injury to another person or
animal. If you are unable to make this attestation, please explain why: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

E.
□

Other Assurances
I understand that:

•
•

Handler's Signature: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

Date: - - - - - - - - - - - - (mm/dd/yyyy)

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The animal must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered at all times in the airport and on the aircraft.
If the animal causes damage, then the airline may charge the Handler for the cost to repair it, as long as the
airline would also charge passengers without disabilities to repair similar kinds of damage.
I am signing an official document of the U.S. Department of Trnnsportation, and if I knowingly make false
statements on this document, I can be subject to fines and other penalties.

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE ANIMAL AIR TRANSPORTATION FORM
General instructions:
1.

What is a Service Animal for the purpose of this form? A service animal means a dog, regardless of breed or type,
that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of a qualified individual with a disability,
including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. Animal species other than dogs,
emotional support animals, comfort animals, companionship animals, and service animals in training are not service
animals for purpose of this form. 14 CFR 382.3.

2.

What is a Service Animal Handler for the purpose of this form? A Service Animal Handler is a passenger in air
transportation who is a qualified individual with a disability who receives assistance from a service animal(s) that does
work or performs tasks that are directly related to the individual's disability, or a third party who accompanies the
individual with a disability traveling with a service animal such as a parent of a minor child or a caretaker. The service
animal Handler is responsible for keeping the animal under control at all times, and caring for and supervising the
service animal, which includes toileting and feeding. 14 CFR 382.3.

3.

What if I need assistance completing the form? An airline must provide assistance in completing the form to
individuals with a disability who state to the airline that they are unable to complete the form due to a disability. This
assistance must be provided as part of the airline's general obligation to modify its policies, practices, and facilities
when needed to provide nondiscriminatory service to individuals with a disability under 14 CFR 382.13.

4.

Do I submit the form to the airline or DOT? Do not submit the form to DOT. If an airline requires a passenger
traveling with a service animal to submit the form, the completed form must be submitted directly to the airline.
14 CFR 382.75(f).

5.

How often can an airline require me to submit the form? Airlines can require passengers with a disability who are
traveling with a service animal to submit the form once each trip, but not each time the passenger travels. This means
that an airline can only require the form be submitted once if the passenger with a disability purchased a roundtrip ticket
as that would be considered one trip. 85 FR 79742, 79764 (December 10, 2020).

6.

Must I submit the form to the airline in advance? An airline can require a passenger with a disability who is traveling
with a service animal to submit the form up to 48 hours in advance of the passenger's flight if the passenger's reservation
was booked more than 48 hours before the passenger's departure. However, if the passenger fails to submit the form in
advance, the airline cannot refuse to transport the service animal without trying to make reasonable efforts to
accommodate the passenger. 14 CFR 382.75(g)(l) and 14 CFR 382.75(h).

7.

Can an airline require me to submit the form in advance if I purchase last minute travel? An airline is not
permitted to require a passenger with a disability who is traveling with a service animal and purchased a ticket within
48 hours of the flight to provide the form in advance. If the ticket is purchased within 48 hours of the flight, the airline
must allow the passenger to submit the completed form at the gate on the date of travel. 14 CFR 382.75(g)(3).

8.

Must airlines accept either a hard copy or electronic version of the form? An airline must provide passengers with
a disability the option of submitting an electronic or hard copy version of the form if the person is required to submit
the form in advance of the passenger's travel date. If a passenger is not required to submit the form in advance of the
date of travel, the passenger may submit a hard copy of the form to the airline at the passenger's departure gate on the
date of travel. 14 CFR 382.75 (f) and (g). Passengers are encouraged to contact the airline to familiarize themselves
with the airline's process for receiving the form.
Section A Instructions:

The Handler completing this form must be the passenger with a disability receiving assistance from the service animal, or
a third party accompanying the passenger with a disability traveling with the service animal such as a parent of a minor
child or a caretaker. 14 CFR 382.3. This section requires the Handler to check a box attesting that a service animal is

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Section A, titled Service Animal Handler Information, requires the Service Animal Handler completing the form to
provide their full first and last name, phone number, and email address so that the airline or its contractor may contact the
Handler about the information provided on the form if needed.

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required to accompany the Handler, or the passenger with a disability traveling with the Handler.
Section B Instructions:

Section B, titled Service Animal identification and Health Information, requires the Handler to provide the name of the
service animal accompanying the Handler in air transportation and a description of the animal (including the animal's
weight and color). The airline or its contractor may use the description of the animal provided by the Handler on the fom,
to verify the identity of the service animal at the airport on the day of travel.
In this section, the Handler must provide the airline assurances that it is safe to transport the animal on an aircraft by
checking a box to attest that the animal is free of fleas, ticks, or disease, and that the animal has been vaccinated for rabies.
The Handler must also provide the month, day, and year that the animal's rabies vaccination expires. The Handler must
provide the name of the animal's veterinarian, and the veterinarian's phone number, but the animal's veterinarian is not
required to sign the form.
The airline or its contractor may contact the animal's veterinarian to verify the vaccination information provided on the
form. The Handler should verify that the contact information on the form is current and correct to ensure that there are no
delays when the airline or its contractor attempts to process the form.
Section C Instructions:

In Section C, titled Service Animal Task Training, the Handler must check a box attesting that the animal is a service
animal because it has been trained to perform a task to assist the passenger with a disability.
Task training means that the dog is trained to take a specific action when needed to assist the person with a disability.
Dogs can be trained to perform many important tasks to assist people with disabilities, such as providing stability for a
person who has difficulty walking, picking up items for a person who uses a wheelchair, helping a person who has epilepsy
detect the onset of a seizure and stay safe during the seizure, or alerting a person who has hearing loss when someone is
approaching from behind. Task training is different from behavior training because task training is focused on mitigating
the effects ofa person's disability.
The Handler is not required to provide a training certificate or other evidence that the animal has been trained to perform
a task, but the Handler must provide the name and phone number of the person or organization that trained the service
animal to perform the disability-mitigating task. If the Handler trained the animal, the Handler may provide their name
and contact information. The airline or its contractor may contact the task trainer to verify that the animal has been trained
to perfom1 a task to assist with a disability. The Handler should verify that the contact infonnation on the fonn is current
and correct to ensure that there are no delays when the airline attempts to process the form.
Section D Instructions:

In Section D, titled Service Animal Behavior Training, the Handler must provide the airline assurances that the service
animal traveling in air transportation will not hann other people or animals on the aircraft: by checking a box to attest that
the animal has been trained to behave in public. The behavior training attestation in this section is different from the task
training attestation required in Section C on this form. A service animal that has been trained to behave in public does
not act aggressively by biting, barking, jumping, lunging, or injuring people or animals. Further, a service animal that
has been trained to behave in public does not urinate or defecate on the aircraft or in the gate area of the airport.

In this section, the Handler must provide the name and phone number of the person or organization that trained the service
animal to behave in public. If the Handler trained the animal, the Handler may provide their name and contact information.
The airline or its contractor may contact the behavior trainer to verify that the animal has been trained to behave in public.
The Handler should verify that the contact information on the form is current and correct to ensure that there are no delays
when the airline attempts to process the form.
Section D also requires the Handler to check a box attesting that the Handler understands that the service animal must be
under the Handler's control at all times, that properly trained service animals must act appropriately, and that ifit shows

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This form does not require the Handler to provide the airline with a training certificate or other evidence that the animal
has been trained to behave in a public setting. However, the airline may observe the animal on the day of travel, and ifit
is evident that the animal has not been trained, the animal may be treated like a pet and/or the animal may be denied
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that it has not been properly trained to behave in public, the animal may be treated like a pet, which includes being charged
a pet fee to transport the animal, requiring the animal to be transported in a carrier, or denying the animal transport.
The Handler must also check a box attesting that the animal has not behaved aggressively or caused serious injury to
another person or animal. If the Handler is unable to make this attestation, the Handler must describe, in the space
provided on the form, the reasons why it cannot attest that the animal has not behaved aggressively or caused serious
injury to another person or animal. Animals that have a history of aggressive behavior may be denied transport on the
aircraft and the airline may contact the animal's trainer or veterinarian to verify the animal's behavioral history.
Section E Instructions:

Section E, titled Other Assurances, requires the Handler to check a box to confirm that the Handler understands that the
service animal traveling must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered at all times in the airport and on the aircraft; that the
airline may charge the Handler a fee if the animal causes damage; that the Handler is signing an official document of the
U.S. Department of Transportation; and that the Handler may be subject to Federal fines and other penalties for knowingly
making false statements on the form. Handlers must also sign and date the form before submitting the form to the airline.

Paperwork Reduction Act Burden Statement

All responses to tlris collection of information arc mandat01y if an airline requires the submission of tile forms (14 CFR 3 82. 7 5(a) and
(b )). Send comments regarding tlris burden estimate or any other aspect of tlris collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing tlris burden to: Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E.,
West Building Ground Floor Room Wl2-l 40, Washington, D .C. 20590.

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A federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for
failure to comply wiU1 a collection of infonnation subject to Uie requirements of Uie Paperwork Reduction Act unless Ural collection
of information displays a currently valid 0MB Control Number. The 0MB Control Number for tlris information collection is 21050576. Public reporting for tlris collection of information is estimated to be approximately 20 minutes per response, including tile time
for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, completing and reviewing the
collection of information.

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Issued in Washington, DC.
Livaughn Chapman Jr.,
Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Office of
Aviation Consumer Protection.
[FR Doc. 2024–08820 Filed 4–26–24; 8:45 am]

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund
Funding Opportunities: Bank
Enterprise Award (BEA) Program; FY
2024 Funding Round

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–C

Funding Opportunity Title: Notice of
Funds Availability (NOFA) inviting

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Applications for the Fiscal Year (FY)
2024 Funding Round of the Bank
Enterprise Award Program (BEA
Program).
Announcement Type: Announcement
of funding opportunity.
Funding Opportunity Number: CDFI–
2024–BEA.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 21.021.
Dates:

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TABLE 1—FY 2024 BEA PROGRAM FUNDING ROUND—CRITICAL DEADLINES FOR APPLICANTS
Description

Deadline

Time
(Eastern Time—
ET)

OMB Standard Form (SF)–424 Mandatory form ..
Last day to create an AMIS Organization account
and to enter the Employer Identification Number (EIN) and the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
number in AMIS.
Last day to contact BEA Program Staff ................

May 28, 2024 ........
May 28, 2024 ........

11:59 p.m. ET .......
11:59 p.m. ET .......

Electronically via Grants.gov.
Electronically via Awards Management Information System (AMIS).

June 21, 2024 .......

5:00 p.m. ET .........

Last day to contact Office of Compliance Monitoring and Evaluation (OCME) Help Desk.
Last day to contact Office of Certification Policy
and Evaluation (OCPE) Help Desk.

June 21, 2024 .......

5:00 p.m. ET .........

June 21, 2024 .......

5:00 p.m. ET .........

Last day to contact IT Help Desk regarding AMIS
support only.
Last day to submit Title VI Compliance Worksheet (all Applicants).
FY 2024 BEA Program Application and Required
Attachments.

June 25, 2024 .......

5:00 p.m. ET .........

June 25, 2024 .......

11:59 pm ET .........

Service Request via AMIS; or bea@
cdfi.treas.gov; CDFI Fund BEA Helpdesk:
202–653–0421.
Service Request via AMIS; or OCME Helpdesk:
202–653–0423.
Service Request via AMIS; ocpecert@
cdfi.treas.gov; or OCPE Helpdesk: 202–653–
0423.
Service Request via AMIS; or CDFI Fund IT
Helpdesk: 202–653–042.
Electronically via AMIS.

June 25, 2024 .......

11:59 pm ET .........

Electronically via AMIS.

Executive Summary: This NOFA is
issued in connection with the fiscal year
(FY) 2024 funding round of the Bank
Enterprise Award Program (BEA
Program). The BEA Program is
administered by the U.S. Department of
the Treasury’s Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI
Fund). Through the BEA Program, the
CDFI Fund awards formula-based grants
to depository institutions that are
insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC) for
increasing their levels of loans,
investments, Service Activities, and
Technical Assistance to residents and
businesses in the most economically
Distressed Communities, and financial
assistance and Technical Assistance to
Certified Community Development
Financial Institutions (CDFIs) through
equity investments, equity-like loans,
grants, stock purchases, loans, deposits,
and other forms of assistance, during a
specified period.
I. Program Description
A. History: The CDFI Fund was
established by the Riegle Community
Development and Regulatory
Improvement Act of 1994 to promote
economic revitalization and community

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development through investment in and
assistance to CDFIs.
The BEA Program encourages the
community development activities of
banks and thrifts (collectively referred
to as banks for purposes of this NOFA)
by providing financial incentives to
expand investments in CDFIs and to
increase lending, investments, and
Service Activities within Distressed
Communities. Providing monetary
awards to banks for increasing their
community development activities
leverages the CDFI Fund’s dollars and
puts more capital to work in Distressed
Communities throughout the nation.
B. Authorizing Statutes and
Regulations: The BEA Program was
authorized by the Bank Enterprise
Award Act of 1991, as amended. The
regulations governing the BEA Program
can be found at 12 CFR part 1806 (the
Interim Rule). The Interim Rule
provides the evaluation criteria and
other requirements of the BEA Program.
Detailed BEA Program requirements are
also found in the application materials
associated with this NOFA (the
Application). The CDFI Fund
encourages interested parties and
Applicants to review the authorizing
statute, Interim Rule, this NOFA, the

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Application, and the Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards (Uniform
Administrative Requirements) for a
complete understanding of the BEA
Program. Capitalized terms in this
NOFA are defined in the authorizing
statute, the Interim Rule, this NOFA, the
Application, or the Uniform
Administrative Requirements. Details
regarding Application content
requirements are found in the
Application and related materials.
Application materials can be found on
Grants.gov and the CDFI Fund’s website
at www.cdfifund.gov/bea.
C. Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and
Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
(2 CFR part 200): The Uniform
Administrative Requirements codify
financial, administrative, procurement,
and program management standards
that Federal award-making agencies and
Award Recipients must follow. When
evaluating award applications, awarding
agencies must evaluate the risks to the
program posed by each Applicant, and
each Applicant’s merits and eligibility.
These requirements are designed to
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