[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11458-11459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04485]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5752-N-24]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Certification 
of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection 
requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public 
comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 31, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing 
or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the 
toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-
free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has 
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection 
described in Section A. The Federal Register notice that solicited 
public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days 
was published on December 26, 2013.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Certification of Domestic 
Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, or Stalking.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0249.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: HUD-50066.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This 
is a request for information collection that may be used in response to 
an incident or incidents of actual or threatened domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault or stalking that may affect an 
individual's participation in the Section 8 or public housing programs.
    When an individual presents a PHA, owner, or manager with a claim 
for protections under the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization 
Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013), the PHA, owner, or manager may (but is not 
required to) request that the individual complete, sign and submit 
within 14 business days of the request, a HUD approved certification 
form, or alternate documentation as described on the certification 
form, to document the

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domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The 
PHA's, owner's, or manager's request for documentation must be made in 
writing. On the certification form, the individual certifies that s/he 
is a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or 
stalking, and that the incident or incidences in question are bona fide 
incidences of such actual or threatened abuse. On the certification 
form, the individual must provide the name of the perpetrator only if 
the name of the perpetrator is safe to provide, and is known to the 
victim. PHAs are instructed that the delivery of the certification form 
to the tenant in response to an incident(s) via mail may place the 
victim at risk, e.g., the abuser may monitor the mail; consequently, 
PHAs, owners and management agents may require that the tenant come 
into the office to pick up the certification form. PHAs and owners are 
also encouraged to work with tenants to make delivery arrangements that 
do not place the tenant at risk. If the PHA, owner, or manager provides 
the individual with a written request for documentation of the abuse, 
and the individual does not provide the certification form, or 
alternate documentation as described on the certification form, within 
14 business days from the date of receipt of the PHA's, owner's, or 
manager's written request (or after any extension of that date provided 
by the PHA, owner or manager), the Victim cannot be assured s/he will 
receive VAWA protections. Note, On August 6, 2013, HUD published in the 
Federal Register (Volume 78, Number 151, 47717) a notice describing the 
impacts of the VAWA 2013 on HUD programs. The notice provided an 
overview of the key ways in which VAWA 2013 would enhance existing VAWA 
protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence and 
stalking in HUD's public housing and Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher 
(HCV) programs, listed the additional HUD programs that would now be 
covered by the statute, explained that VAWA protections would be 
extended to victims of sexual assault, and advised of HUD's plans to 
issue rules and/or guidance on the new law at a later date. HUD also 
requested public comment on certain topics that VAWA 2013 left to HUD's 
discretion. Included in that request was how HUD should adapt VAWA 
certification forms (HUD-50066 and HUD-91066) to document abuse covered 
by VAWA 2013 to include the newly covered programs. The current 
certification form HUD-50066 expires on February 28, 2014. HUD 
determined that the form HUD-50066 should be updated to include only 
the items required by VAWA 2013. HUD intends to issue at a later date a 
new form covering all HUD covered programs that conforms to VAWA 2013 
and considers comments received on the notice (comments posted under 
docket number HUD-2013-0074 on www.regulations.gov). The new form would 
replace HUD-50066.
    Respondents (i.e. affected public): Public Housing Authorities 
(PHAs), Owners, and Management Agents, participating in the Public 
Housing and Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher programs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 200.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Average Hours per Response: 60 minutes per applicant.
    Total Estimated Burdens: 200.

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) 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; (2) The accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on those who are to respond; including 
through the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission 
of responses. HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in 
response to these questions.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapters 35.

    Dated: February 21, 2014.
Colette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
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