[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66070-66071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26239]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1105-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comments Requested: Tribal Requests for Accelerated Exercise of 
Jurisdiction Under Section 204(a) of the Indian Civil Rights Act of 
1968, as Amended

ACTION: Emergency 60-Day Notice.

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    The Department of Justice, Office of Tribal Justice, will be 
submitting the following information collection request to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance 
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OMB approval is requested by 
November 7, 2013. The proposed information collection is published to 
obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments

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are encouraged and will be accepted for ``sixty days'' until January 3, 
2014. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    If you have comments, especially on the estimated public burden or 
associated response time, suggestions, or need additional information, 
please contact Mr. Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal Justice, 
Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 2310, 
Washington, DC 20530.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are 
encouraged. Comments should address one or more of the following four 
points:

--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: New collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Request for Accelerated Authority 
to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: No form number. 
Component: Office of Tribal Justice.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Tribal governments. Other: None.
    Abstract: The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 
(VAWA 2013) was signed into law on March 7, 2013. Section 904 of VAWA 
2013 recognizes the inherent power of ``participating tribes'' to 
exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over certain 
defendants, regardless of their Indian or non-Indian status, who commit 
acts of domestic violence or dating violence or violate certain 
protection orders in Indian country. Section 904 also specifies the 
rights that a participating tribe must provide to defendants in special 
domestic violence criminal jurisdiction cases. Section 908(b)(1) 
provides that tribes generally cannot exercise the special jurisdiction 
until March 7, 2015, but Section 908(b)(2) establishes a pilot project 
that authorizes the Attorney General, in the exercise of his 
discretion, to grant a tribe's request to be designed as a 
``participating tribe'' on an accelerated basis and to commence 
exercising the special jurisdiction on a date (prior to March 7, 2015) 
set by the Attorney General, after coordinating with the Secretary of 
the Interior, consulting with affected tribes, and concluding that the 
tribe's criminal justice system has adequate safeguards in place to 
protect defendants' rights, consistent with Section 204 of the Indian 
Civil Rights Act, as amended, 25 U.S.C. 1304. The Department of Justice 
has published a notice seeking comments on procedures for an Indian 
tribe to request designation as a ``participating tribe'' on an 
accelerated basis), and for the Attorney General to act on such 
requests, 78 FR 35961 (June 14, 2013). Pursuant to the notice, the 
Attorney General has delegated to the Associate Attorney General the 
authority to decide whether to grant the request of a tribe to be 
designated as a ``participating tribe'' prior to March 7, 2015. The 
purpose of the collection is to provide information from the requesting 
tribe sufficient for the Associate Attorney General to make that 
decision.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Fewer than 40 
respondents; average of 16 hours.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are an estimated 640 annual total burden 
hours associated with this collection.
    The Department of Justice anticipates responses from between 5 and 
40 Tribes. The information collection will require Indian tribes 
seeking accelerated exercise of special domestic violence criminal 
jurisdiction to provide certain information relating to the tribe's 
criminal justice system and safeguards for victims' and defendants' 
rights.
    If additional information is required, contact: Jerri Murray, 
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice 
Management Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Two Constitution 
Square, 145 N Street NE., Room 1407B, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: October 29, 2013.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2013-26239 Filed 11-1-13; 8:45 am]
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