[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 65082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31314]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service


Submission for OMB Emergency Review, Comment Request

action: Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Reengineered 
Foreign Students Pilot Program.

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    The Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service 
has submitted the following information request (ICR) utilizing 
emergency review procedures, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. The INS was mandated by Congress under Subtitle 
D, Section 641 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 to test a prototype of a reengineered 
Foreign Student and School Program. The statutory time line for 
implementation of this pilot program mandated by the Attorney General 
requires an emergency review of this information collection. A copy of 
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by 
calling the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Director, Policy 
Directives and Instructions Branch, Richard Sloan (202-616-7600). This 
request for emergency approval, if approved, is good until June 9, 
1997. Additionally, this notice will also serve as the 60 day public 
notification for comments as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995.
    Comments and questions about the ICR listed below should be 
forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: 
OMB Desk Officer for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Office 
of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20530 (202-395-
7316).
    The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested 
in comments which:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies/components estimate of 
the burdens of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validly of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of collection of information on those who 
are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Overview of this information collection:
    (1) Type of Information Collection: New Collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Reengineered Foreign Students 
Pilot Program.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: No agency form number. 
Office of Examinations--Adjudications Division, Immigration and 
Naturalization Service.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Not-for-profit institutions, 
Business or other for-profit. The INS and the United States and 
Information Agency (USIA) are initiating a pilot project to test a 
prototype of a reengineered Foreign Student and School Program as 
mandated under Subtitle D, Section 641 of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. The pilot effort will 
test an administrative process to use a computer-supported notification 
and reporting process from schools to the INS regarding foreign 
students and exchange visitors through the duration of their status in 
the United States.
    (5) As estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 50 respondents 
at 60 hours per response.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: 3,000 annual hours.
    If additional information is required contact: Mr. Robert B. 
Briggs, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division, 
Suite 850, Washington Center, 1001 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: December 4, 1996.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 96-31314 Filed 12-9-96; 8:45 am]
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