[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 92 (Thursday, May 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22748-22749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11150]


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 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

    Title: Tribal TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) 
Financial Report, Form ACF-196T.
    OMB No.: 0970-0345.
    Description: Tribes use Form ACF-196T to report expenditures for 
the Tribal TANF grant. Authority to collect and report this information 
is found in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 PRWORA), Public Law 104-193. Tribal entities 
with approved Tribal plans for implementation of the TANF program are 
required by Section 412(h) of the Social Security Act to report 
financial data. Form ACF-196T provides for the collection of data 
regarding Federal expenditures. Failure to collect this data would 
seriously compromise the Administration for Children and Families' 
(ACF) ability to monitor expenditures. This information is also used to 
estimate outlays and may be used to prepare ACF budget submissions to 
Congress. Financial management of the program would be seriously 
compromised if the expenditure data were not collected.
    45 CFR Part 286 Subpart E requires the strictest controls on 
funding requirements, which necessitates review of documentation in 
support of Tribal expenditures for reimbursement. Comments received 
from previous efforts to implement a similar Tribal TANF report Form 
ACF-196T were used to guide ACF in the development of the product 
presented with this submittal.
    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, Public 
Law 111-5 has authorized emergency TANF funds to be awarded to States, 
Tribes, and Territories who meet certain eligibility requirements 
written in the legislation. TANF Policy Announcement TANF-ACF-PA-2009-
O1 provides additional guidance on eligibility requirements. Recipients 
of ARRA funds are to report spending and performance data to Federal 
agencies quarterly for posting on the public Web site, 
``Recovery.gov''. Federal agencies are required to collect ARRA 
expenditures data and the data must be clearly distinguishable from the 
regular TANF (non-ARRA) funds. Therefore, in order to meet this data 
collection requirement, the ACF-196T has been modified with the 
addition of two line items and a column to report ARRA expenditures. 
The collection and posting of this data is to allow the public to see 
where their tax dollars are spent.
    Respondents: All Tribal TANF Agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of          Average
                 Instrument                       Number of     responses per     burden hours     Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent      per response        hours
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TANF Tribal Plan............................              56                4                8            1,792
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,792.
    Additional Information: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 90-day 
approval for this information collection under procedures for emergency 
processing by August 1, 2009. A copy of this information collection, 
with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling 
the Administration for Children and Families, Reports Clearance 
Officer, Robert Sargis at (202) 690-7275.
    Comments and questions about the information collection described 
above should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACF, Office of Management and 
Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20503, FAX (202) 395-6974.


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    Dated: May 6, 2009.
 Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-11150 Filed 5-13-09; 8:45 am]
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