[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 84 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 19115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10597]



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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces that the following 
information collection activity has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The information 
collection activity involved with this program is conducted pursuant to 
the mandate given to the United States Information Agency (USIA) under 
the terms and conditions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Act of 1961, Public Law 87-256. USIA is requesting approval 
for a revision and three-year extension of an information collection 
entitled ``Exchange Visitor Program Application'' (IAP-37), and 
``Update of Information on Exchange Visitor Program Sponsor'' (IAP-87), 
under OMB control number 3116-0210 which expires June 30, 1996. 
Estimated burden hours per response is 60 minutes for the IAP-37 and 20 
minutes for the IAP-87. With regard to the IAP-37, respondents will 
required to respond only one time; the IAP-87 will require a response 
as often as changes are made to the Program Sponsors Exchange Visitor 
Program.

DATES: Comments are due on or before May 30, 1996.

COPIES: Copies of the Request for Clearance (OMB 83-I), supporting 
statement, and other documents that have been submitted to OMB for 
approval may be obtained from the USIA Clearance Officer. Comments 
should be submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for USIA, and also to the USIA 
Clearance Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Agency Clearance Officer, Ms. 
Jeannette Giovetti, United States Information Agency, M/ADD, 301 Fourth 
Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547, telephone (202) 619-4408, 
internet address [email protected]; and OMB review: Mr. Jefferson Hill, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, New Executive Office Building, Docket Library, Room 1002, NEOB, 
Washington, DC. 20503, Telephone (202) 395-5871.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 on February 28, 1996 (61,40 FR 
7580). As this collection was originally due to expire on March 31, 
1996, USIA requested an extension which OMB granted until June 30, 
1996. Public reporting burden for this collection of information (Paper 
Work Reduction Project: OMB No. 3116-0210) is estimated to average 60 
minutes per response for the IAP-37 and 20 minutes for the IAP-87, 
including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data 
sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and 
reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this 
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the United States 
Information Agency, M/ADD, 301 Fourth Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20547; and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Docket 
Library, Room 10202. NEOB, Washington, DC 20503.
    Title: ``Exchange Visitor Program Application''; ``Update of 
Information on Exchange Visitor Program Sponsor.''
    Form Numbers: IAP-37, IAP-87.
    Abstract: Under the requirements of Public Law 87-256 and the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, USIA has been 
delegated the authority to designate the Exchange Visitor Program for 
U.S. Government agencies, public and private educational and cultural 
exchange. The purpose of the Exchange Visitor Program is intended to 
promote interchanges of persons engaged in Education, Arts, and 
Sciences and to promote mutual understanding between the people of the 
U.S. and other countries. The USIA IAP-37 form is used when 
organizations wishing to sponsor exchange visitors from abroad must 
apply to USIA for a designation that will permit them to function as 
sponsors. The USIA IAP-87 form is used by the Exchange Visitor Sponsors 
to change the name of their institution and/or organization, the names 
of the personnel involved, address, or telephone number if warranted. 
The form is also used to order supply of other forms, code books, or 
cancel the program.
    Proposed Frequency of Responses:
      No. of Respondents--1,550.
      Recordkeeping Hours--1.20.
      Total Annual Burden--3,900.

    Dated: April 24, 1996.
Rose Royal,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 96-10597 Filed 4-29-96; 8:45 am]
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