[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9278-9279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4799]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Office of the Secretary; Agency Information Collection 
Activities: Proposed Collections; Comment Request

    The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary will periodically publish summaries of proposed information 
collections projects and solicit public comments in compliance with the 
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. To request more information on the project or to obtain a copy of 
the information collection plans and instruments, call the OS Reports 
Clearance Office at (202) 619-2118 or e-mail [email protected].
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

Proposed Project 1

    Financial Summary of Obligation and Expenditure of Block Grant 
Funds (45 CFR 96.30)-0990-0236-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

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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 the total appropriations of that account. 
Because of the need to determine the status of grant accounts to comply 
with this statutory provision, 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. 
Respondents: State, local or tribal Government. Reporting Burden 
Information: Number of Respondents: 620; Annual Frequency of Response: 
one time; Average Burden per Response: one hour; Total Annual Burden: 
620 hours.
    Send comments via e-mail to [email protected], or mail to 
Cynthia Agens Bauer, OS Reports Clearance Officer, Room 503H, Humphrey 
Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20201. Written 
comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: February 14, 2002.
Kerry Weems,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget.
[FR Doc. 02-4799 Filed 2-27-02; 8:45 am]
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