[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 232 (Monday, December 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 71574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29054]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic 
Supplement.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0354.
    Form Number(s): CPS-580 (ASEC), CPS-580 (ASEC)SP, CPS-676, CPS-
676(SP).
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 36,400.
    Number of Respondents: 78,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 28 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of this request for review is to obtain 
clearance for the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC), which 
we will conduct in conjunction with the February, March, and April 
Current Population Survey (CPS). Congressional passage of the State 
Children's Health Insurance Program, or Title XXI, led to a mandate 
from Congress in 1999 that the sample size for the CPS, and 
specifically the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC), be 
increased to a level whereby more reliable estimates can be derived for 
the number of individuals participating in this program at the state 
level. By administering the ASEC in February, March, and April, we have 
been able to achieve this goal.
    The U.S. Census Bureau has conducted this supplement annually for 
over 60 years. The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
(BLS) sponsor this supplement.
    The proposed supplement, as it will appear in the CPS instrument, 
contains the same items that were in the 2012 ASEC instrument, with the 
exception that questions on current public assistance (Q96--Q97) are no 
longer included.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Section 182, and 
Title 29, United States Code, Sections 1-9.
    OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) 
or email ([email protected]).

    Dated: November 27, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-29054 Filed 11-30-12; 8:45 am]
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