[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 109 (Thursday, June 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 26690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11909]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title: Request for Specific Consent to Juvenile Court Jurisdiction.
    OMB No.: 0970-0385.
    Description: Section 235(d) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA of 2008), Public 
Law 110-457 directs the Secretary of HHS to grant or deny requests for 
specific consent for unaccompanied alien children (UAC) in HHS custody 
who seek to invoke the jurisdiction of a state court for a dependency 
order and who also seek to invoke the jurisdiction of a state court to 
determine or alter his or her custody status or release from the Office 
of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). These requests can be extremely time 
sensitive since a child must ask a state court for dependency before 
turning 18 years old.
    In March 2011, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved 
ORR's request to use an instrument to collect the necessary information 
from unaccompanied alien children, their attorneys, or other 
representatives to allow HHS to approve or deny consent requests. The 
instrument, Request for Specific Consent to Juvenile Court Jurisdiction 
(the ORR-C-1), collects the requestor's identifying information, basic 
identifying information on the unaccompanied alien child, the name of 
the HHS-funded facility where the child is in HHS custody and care, the 
name of the court and its location, and the kind of request (e.g., for 
a change in custody, etc.). The information collection includes the 
request for the unaccompanied alien child's attorney or authorized 
representative to attach a Notice of Representation, which is an 
approved federal government agency form used for immigration procedures 
that authorizes the attorney to act on behalf of the child (i.e., G-28, 
EOIR-28, EOIR-29), or any other form of authorization to act on behalf 
of the unaccompanied alien child.
    Respondents: Attorneys, accredited legal representatives, or others 
authorized to act on behalf of an unaccompanied alien child.

                                             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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ORR C-1.....................................              30                1             0.33              9.9
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9.9.
    In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35), 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, 330 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20201. 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 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. 2017-11909 Filed 6-7-17; 8:45 am]
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