[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 57707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21609]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Refugee State-of-Origin Report ORR-11.
    OMB No. 0970-0043.
    Description: The information collection of ORR-11 (Refugee State-
of-Origin Report) is designed to satisfy the statutory requirements of 
the Immigration and Naturalization Act (the Act). Section 412(a)(3) of 
the Act requires the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to compile 
and maintain data on the secondary migration of refugees in the United 
States after arrival.
    In order to meet this legislative requirement, ORR requires each 
State to submit an annual count of the number of refugees who were 
initially resettled in another State. The State does this by counting 
the number of refugees with Social Security numbers indicating 
residence in another State at the time of arrival in the United States. 
(The first three digits of the Social Security number indicate the 
State of residence of the applicant.)
    Data submitted by the States are compiled and analyzed by an ORR 
statistician, who then prepares a summary report, which is included in 
ORR's Annual Report to Congress. The primary use of the data is to 
quantify and analyze refugee secondary migration among the 50 States. 
ORR uses these data to adjust its refugee arrival totals in order to 
calculate the ORR social service allocation.
    Respondents: States.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                          Number of
                                                            Number of     responses      Average    Total burden
                       Instrument                          respondents       per      burden hours      hours
                                                                         respondent   per response
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State of Origin Report..................................            50             1         4.333           217
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.................  ............  ............  ............           217
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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. E-mail 
address: [email protected]. 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.

    Dated: September 22, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-21609 Filed 9-24-04; 8:45 am]
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