[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 53979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22826]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: 2001 Annual Demographic Survey--Supplement to the Current 
Population Survey.
    Form Number(s): CPS-580, CPS-580(SP), CPS-676, CPS-676(SP).
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0354.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 33,563 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 80,550.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 25 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the Annual Demographic 
Survey (ADS) every year in March in conjunction with the Current 
Population Survey (CPS). The Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, and the Department of Health and Human Services sponsor 
this supplement. In the ADS, we collect information on work experience, 
personal income and noncash benefits, household noncash benefits, 
health insurance coverage, participation in welfare reform benefits, 
race, and migration. ADS data are used by social planners, economists, 
Government officials, and market researchers to gauge the social and 
economic well-being of the Nation as a whole, and selected population 
groups of interest.
    The 2001 ADS questionnaire contains the same items that were in the 
2000 ADS, with the addition of two questions and revisions to certain 
items. These changes are the result of recently completed Census Bureau 
research into the effectiveness of the welfare-related questions and 
questions on cash assistance and health insurance.
    We also plan to increase the sample size for the ADS by 
approximately 30,550 respondents. Congressional passage of the State 
Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), also known as Title XXI, 
as part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, instructs the U.S. Census 
Bureau to provide more reliable estimates of those individuals 
participating in SCHIP. In response, the Census Bureau selected the CPS 
to be the vehicle for measuring the estimates and to increase the 
sample size so that more reliable estimates can be obtained.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182; Title 29 U.S.C., 
Sections     1-9.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, room 6086, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 31,2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-22826 Filed 9-5-00; 8:45 am]
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