[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7796-7797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3859]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Project: Collection of data on American Indian and Alaska 
Native needy families receiving temporary assistance from programs 
operated by American Indian and Alaska Native entities (Indian tribes).
    Title: Tribal Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Program 
(Tribal TANF) Data Reporting Instructions and Requirements.
    OMB No: 0970-0215.
    Description: 42 U.S.C. 612 (section 412 of the Social Security 
Act--the Act--as amended by Pub. L. 104-193, the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996--PRWORA) 
mandates that Federally recognized Indian tribes with an approval 
tribal TANF program collect and submit to the Secretary of the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) data on the recipients 
served by their programs. Instructions and requirements for submitting 
that data are the subject of this request for comments.
    Respondents: Indian tribes that have an approved tribal TANF 
program.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Number of      Average burden
                  Instrument                      Number of      responses per      hours per      Total burden
                                                 respondents       respondent        response          hours
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Tribal TANF Data reports.....................              56               24               50           67,200
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    Estimated Total Burden:.....................................................................          67,200
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    In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above.
    Copies of the proposed collection of information can be obtained 
and comments may be forwarded by writing to the Administration for 
Children and Families, Office of Administration, Office of Information 
Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF 
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the 
title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments 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) 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. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.


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    Dated: February 10, 2003.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-3859 Filed 2-14-03; 8:45 am]
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