[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 73407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25775]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: DRA TANF Final Rule.
    OMB No.: 0970-0338.
    Description: When the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) 
reauthorized the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 
program, it imposed a new data requirement that States prepare and 
submit data verification procedures and replaced other data 
requirements with new versions including: The TANF Data Report, the 
SSP-MOE Data Report, the Caseload Reduction Documentation Process, and 
the Reasonable Cause/Corrective Compliance Documentation Process. The 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 (Pub. L. 113-46) provides federal 
funds to operate Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 
programs in the states, DC, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, 
and for approved federally recognized tribes and Alaskan Native 
Villages through January 15, 2014. We are proposing to continue these 
information collections without change.
    Respondents: The 50 States of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the 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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Preparation and Submission of Data Verification               54               1             640          34,560
 Procedures Sec.  Sec.   261.60-261.63..........
Caseload Reduction Documentation Process, ACF-                54               1             120           6,480
 202 Sec.  Sec.   261.41 & 261.44...............
Reasonable Cause/Corrective Compliance                        54               2             240          25,920
 Documentation Process Sec.  Sec.   262.4,
 262.6, & 262.7; Sec.   261.51..................
TANF Data Report Part 265.......................              54               4           2,201         475,416
SSP-MOE Data Report Part 265....................              29               4             714          82,824
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 625,200.
    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. 2016-25775 Filed 10-24-16; 8:45 am]
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