[Federal Register: February 26, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 38)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Report
of Extension of Credit to Political Candidates--Form 183
AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public
Law 104-13, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics invites the general
public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on the
continuing need for and usefulness of BTS collecting reports from air
carriers on the aggregated indebtedness balance of a political
candidate or party for Federal office. The reports are required when
the aggregated indebtedness is over $5,000 on the last day of a month.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 28, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be directed to: Office of Airline
Information, K-14, Room 4125, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, FAX NO. 366-3383 or e-
mail bernard.stankus@bts.gov.
Comments: Comments should identify the associated OMB approval
2138-0016. Persons wishing the Department to acknowledge
receipt of their comments must submit with those comments a self-
addressed stamped postcard on which the following statement is made:
Comments on OMB 2138-0016. The postcard will be date/time
stamped and returned.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline
Information, K-14, Room 4125, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, (202) 366-4387.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No.: 2138-0016.
Title: Report of Extension of Credit to Political Candidates--Form
183 14 CFR part 374a.
Form No.: 183.
Type Of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Certificated air carriers.
Number of Respondents: 2 (Monthly Average).
Number of Responses: 24.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Total Annual Burden: 24 hours.
Needs and Uses: The Department uses this form as the means to
fulfill its obligation under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(the Act). The Act's legislative history indicates that one of its
statutory goals is to prevent candidates for Federal political office
from incurring large amounts of unsecured debt with regulated
transportation companies (e.g. airlines). This information collection
allows the Department to monitor and disclose the amount of unsecured
credit extended by airlines to candidates for Federal office. All
certificated air carriers are required to submit this information.
The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency
Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires a statistical agency to
clearly identify information it collects for non-statistical purposes.
BTS hereby notifies the respondents and the public that BTS uses the
information it collects under this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to, publication of both
Respondent's identity and its data, submission of the information to
agencies outside BTS for review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative matters.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2003.
Donald W. Bright,
Assistant Director, Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 03-4555 Filed 2-25-03; 8:45 am]
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