[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77540-77541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31872]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: ORR--2 Quarterly Report on Expenditures and Obligations.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) reimburses, 
to the extent of available appropriations, certain non-federal costs 
for the provision of cash and medical assistance to refugees, along 
with allowable expenses for the administration the refugee resettlement 
program at the State level. States (and Wilson/Fish projects; i.e., 
alternative projects for the administration of the refugee resettlement 
program) currently

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submit the SF-425 Federal Financial Report, which provides aggregate 
expenditure and obligation data. This proposed new data collection 
would replace the current requirement for the SF-425 with a report form 
that would collect the same expenditures and obligations data 
separately for each of the four CMA program components: refugee cash 
assistance, refugee medical assistance, cash and medical assistance 
administration, and services for unaccompanied minors. This breakdown 
of financial status data will allow ORR to track program expenditures 
in greater detail to anticipate any funding issues and to meet the 
requirements of ORR regulations at CFR 400.211 to collect these data 
for use in estimating future costs of the refugee resettlement program. 
ORR must implement the methodology at CFR 400.211 each year after 
receipt of its annual appropriation to ensure that appropriated funds 
will be adequate for reimbursement to States of the costs for 
assistance provided to entering refugees. The estimating methodology 
prescribed in the regulations requires the use of actual past costs by 
program component. In the event that the methodology indicates that 
appropriated funds are inadequate, ORR must take steps to reduce 
federal expenses, such as by limiting the number of months of 
eligibility for Refugee Cash Assistance and Refugee Medical Assistance. 
This proposed single-page financial report will allow ORR to collect 
the necessary data to ensure that funds are adequate for the projected 
need and thereby meet the requirements of both the Refugee Act and ORR 
regulations, as well as provide the data currently required in 
aggregate by the SF-425.
    Respondents: State governments, Wilson/Fish Alternative Projects.

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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 Financial Status Report.................              58                4             0.50              116
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 116
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email 
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 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.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-31872 Filed 12-12-11; 8:45 am]
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