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Section 203 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (the Act), requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program to certify persons who may access the Social Security Administration's Death Master File (DMF). Through this action, the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) creates regulations that establish the requirements and procedures for access to the DMF. Additionally, this action describes who may become a "Certified Person" under the Act, creates a process by which NTIS can certify such persons, establishes a fee program, establishes penalties for disseminating or receiving DMF information in violation of the Act, creates a process to appeal some penalties, and establishes a process for third-party attestation and auditing of the information safeguarding requirement for certification.