[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24746]



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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: Request to use emergency procedures for an emergency 
revision to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Annual 
Report on TANF Programs and State Maintenance-of-Effort Programs.
    OMB No.: 0970-0248.
    Description: We wish to amend the annual report to include the 
state report on the TANF EBT requirements. The final rule that will 
govern the TANF EBT state reports (Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families (TANF) Program, State Reporting On Policies and Practices to 
Prevent Use of TANF Funds in Electronic Benefit Transfer Transactions 
in Specified Locations) has not yet been published, so ACF is unable to 
have a stand-alone EBT state report form cleared by PRA in time for 
states to report on fiscal year 2015. Amending the annual report to 
include the EBT reporting section would enable states to report on this 
fiscal year and avoid possible penalty. Section 4004 of the Middle 
Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 specifies that the 
Secretary shall reduce the state's annual TANF grant by 5 percent if 
the state does not report on its policies and practices each fiscal 
year. The states have not submitted EBT reports since fiscal year 2014.
    Respondents: The TANF programs of the states, DC, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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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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ACF-204.....................................              54                1              138            7,452
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,452.
    Additional Information: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180 day 
approval for this information collection under procedures for emergency 
processing by October 1, 2015. 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) 395-7285; email: [email protected].

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-24746 Filed 9-29-15; 8:45 am]
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