[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 7972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1401]


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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.
    OMB No.: 0970-0043.
    Description: The information collection of the ORR-11 (Refugee 
State-of-Origin Report) is designed to satisfy the statutory 
requirements of the Immigration and Nationally 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 within 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 indicates the 
State of residence of the applicant.)
    Data submitted by the States are compiled and analyzed by the 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 services allocation.
    Respondents: States.

                                             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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ORR-11......................................              50                1            4.333              217
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours 217.
    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. E-mail: [email protected].
    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: February 1, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-1401 Filed 2-14-06; 8:45 am]
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