[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 49 (Monday, March 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13390-13391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5973]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary publishes a list of information collections it has submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance in 
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35) and CFR 1320.5. The following are those information collections 
recently submitted to OMB.
    1. Financial Summary of Obligation and Expenditure of Block Grant 
Funds (45 CFR 96.30). Public Law 101-510 amended 31 U.S.C. Chapter 15 
to provide that, by the end of the fifth fiscal year after the fiscal 
year in which the Federal government obligated the funds, the account 
will be canceled. If valid charges to a canceled account are presented 
after cancellation, they may be honored only by charging them to a 
current appropriation account, not to exceed an amount equal to 1 
percent of

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the total appropriations of that account. Because of our need to 
determine the status of grant accounts, we have determined that it is 
appropriate to require an annual report on obligations and/or 
expenditures from all grantees under the block grant programs. The 
expenditure information to be collected under 45 CFR 96.30 will allow 
the Department to determine aggregate obligations, expenditures, and 
available balances. The Department can then use the information to 
close the grant accounts in accordance with P.L. 101-510. Annual 
Responses: 620; Burden per Response: one hour; Total Annual Burden for 
Financial Summary: 620 hours.
    OMB Desk Officer: Allison Eydt.
    Copies of the information collection packages listed above can be 
obtained by calling the OS Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690-6207. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the OMB desk officer designate 
above at the following address: Human Resources and Housing Branch, 
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503.
    Comments may also be sent to Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports 
Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 
Independence Ave S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201.
    Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: March 3, 2000.
Dennis P. Williams,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 00-5973 Filed 3-10-00; 8:45 am]
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