[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43251-43252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21278]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Data Collections Available for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
requires that Federal Agencies provide a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register concerning each proposed collection of information. The
National Institutes of Health (NIH) is publishing this notice to
solicit public comment on a proposed data collection for the Loan
Repayment Program for Research Generally. In order to request copies of
the data collection plans and instruments, please contact Marc S.
Horowitz, J.D. via E-mail at mhl8k@nih.gov> or by calling (301) 402-
5666 (not a toll-free number). Comments are invited on: (a) whether the
proposed collection is necessary, including whether the information has
practical use; (b) ways to enhance the clarity, quality, and use of the
collection; and (d) ways to minimize the collection burden of the
respondents. Written comments are requested within 60 days of the
publication of this notice. Send comments to: Marc S. Horowitz, J.D.,
Director, Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship, National Institutes
of Health, 7550 Wisconsin Avenue, Room 604, Bethesda, MD 20892-9121.
Proposed Project
The NIH intends to make available financial assistance, in the form
of educational loan repayment, to M.D., Ph.D., D.O., D.D.S., D.M.D.,
and D.V.M. degree holders, or the equivalent, who perform biomedical or
bio-behavioral research in NIH intramural laboratories for a minimum of
three (3) years in research areas supporting the mission and priorities
of the NIH. The Loan Repayment Program for Research Generally is
authorized by section 487C of the Public Health Service Act, (42 U.S.C.
288-3). The Program may repay a maximum of $20,000.00 per year toward a
participants' extant eligible educational loans, directly to lenders.
Payments to lenders are in addition to NIH salary and benefits, and
represents taxable income to the participants. To partially offset
Federal tax liability, tax reimbursement payments, equal to 39% of the
loan repayments made each year, will be made directly to the Internal
Revenue Service for credit toward participants' tax accounts.
Reimbursements for increased state and/or local tax liabilities may
also be available. Participants must have qualifying educational debt
in excess of 20 percent of their annual NIH base salary on the expected
date of program eligibility.
The Loan Repayment Program for Research Generally is designed to
recruit and retain biomedical professionals to the research
laboratories of the NIH in exchange for repayment of qualifying
educational loan debt. The information proposed for collection will be
used by the Office of Loan Repayment and Scholarship to determine an
applicant's eligibility for participation in the Program. The
application consists of three parts: Part I (Information about the
Applicant) is completed by the applicant; Part II (Loan Data
Verification) is completed by the financial institution; and Part III
(Recommendation) is completed by the recommenders.
The annual burden estimates are as follows:
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Number Average
Number responses burden per
respondents per response
respondent (hours)
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Applicant........................ 40 1 3.00
Financial Institution............ 200 1 0.25
Recommenders..................... 120 1 0.50
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Comments Due Dates: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received on or before
October 21, 1996.
Dated: August 13, 1996.
Ruth L. Kirschstein,
Deputy Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 96-21278 Filed 8-20-96; 8:45 am]
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