[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22490-22491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10452]


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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); Comment Request

    Title: Sponsorship Review Procedures for Approval for Unaccompanied 
Alien Children.
    OMB No.: 0970-0278.
    Description: The Administration for Children (ACF), Office of 
Refugee Resettlement (ORR) requests the use of emergency processing 
procedures in accordance with 5 CFR Section 1320.13 to expand the scope 
of an existing information collection under OMB control number 0970-
0278, Reunification Procedures for

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Unaccompanied Alien Children, renamed to Sponsorship Review Procedures 
for Approval of Unaccompanied Alien Children. The information 
collection will allow ACF to conduct suitability assessments to vet 
potential sponsors of unaccompanied alien children in accordance with a 
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between ORR and the Department of 
Homeland Security. Specifically, the information collection allows ORR 
to obtain biometric and biographical information from sponsors, adult 
members of their household, and adult care givers identified in a 
sponsor care plan, where applicable. ORR in turn shares the information 
collected with other federal departments to conduct background checks. 
ORR intends the instruments used in this submission to be available for 
use by mid-May 2018.
    ACF cannot reasonably comply with the normal clearance procedures 
because the use of normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely to 
prevent the collection of needed information in a timely manner. 
Complying with the normal clearance procedures would delay or disrupt 
ORR's ability to expand the background checks in order to more 
comprehensively evaluate the suitability of potential sponsors of 
unaccompanied alien children, and to ensure safe and appropriate 
placement of children. The information collection is essential to the 
mission of the agency.
    Respondents: Sponsors, adult household members, parents or legal 
guardians of unaccompanied alien children.

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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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Family reunification application................          50,000               1             0.5          25,000
Authorization for Release of Information........          90,000               1            0.25          22,500
Fingerprint Instructions........................          90,000               1               1          90,000
Letter of Designation...........................          25,000               1            0.25           6,250
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden per Respondent: 143,750.
    Additional Information:
    ACF is requesting that OMB grant approval for this information 
collection under procedures for emergency processing through October 
31, 2018, the expiration date for the already approved information 
collection. ACF requests approval of the expanded information 
collection by May 11, 2018. Although ACF is seeking immediate approval 
of the specific aspects of the information collection described above, 
ACF is also soliciting public comment on these aspects of the 
information collection and on the information collection more 
generally.
    Copies of the proposed collection of information for emergency 
processing and public comment can be obtained at reginfo.gov by 
searching for OMB Control No. 0970-0278. 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.

    Dated: May 11, 2018.
Naomi Goldstein,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning, Research, and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2018-10452 Filed 5-11-18; 4:15 pm]
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