[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 180 (Monday, September 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 54673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7727]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

    Title: Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 
Program Data Reporting Instructions and Requirements.
    OMB No.: 0970-0215.
    Description: 42 U.S.C. 612 (Section 412 of the Social Security Act 
as amended by Public Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA)) mandates that 
federally recognized Indian Tribes with an approved Tribal TANF program 
collect and submit to the Secretary of the Department of Health and 
Human Services data on the recipients served by the Tribes' programs. 
This information includes both aggregated and disaggregated data on 
case characteristics and individual characteristics. In addition, 
Tribes that are subject to a penalty are allowed to provide reasonable 
cause justifications as to why a penalty should not be imposed or may 
develop and implement corrective compliance procedures to eliminate the 
source of the penalty. Finally, there is an annual report, which 
requires the Tribes to describe program characteristics. All of the 
above requirements are currently approved by OMB and the Administration 
for Children and Families is simply proposing to extend them without 
any changes.
    Respondents: Indian Tribes.

                                             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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Final Tribal TANF Data Report...........                56                 4               451           101,024
Tribal TANF Annual Report...............                56                 1                40             2,240
Tribal TANF Reasonable Cause/Corrective                 56                 1                60             3,360
 Action Documentation Process...........
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 106,624.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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 address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Attn: Desk 
Officer for ACF; E-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: September 12, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-7727 Filed 9-15-06; 8:45 am]
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