[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52221-52222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22461]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; 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 continuation of an existing 
information collection under OMB control number 0970-0278, 
Reunification Procedures for Unaccompanied Alien Children, renamed to 
Sponsorship Review Procedures for Approval of Unaccompanied Alien 
Children. The information collection allows 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. The existing OMB approval for these instruments 
expires October 31, 2018.
    Respondents: Sponsors, adult household members, parents or legal 
guardians of unaccompanied alien children.

                                             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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Family Reunification Application................          50,000               1            0.75          37,500
Authorization for Release of Information........          90,000               1             0.5          45,000
Fingerprint Instructions........................          90,000               1            1.25         112,500
Letter of Designation...........................          25,000               1             0.5          12,500
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden per Respondent: 207,500.
    Additional Information: Copies of the existing collection may be 
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20201. Attention Reports Clearance Officer. All requests 
should be identified by the title of the information collection. Email 
address: [email protected].
    ACF first sought comments on this revised collection of information 
on May 11, 2018 (83 FR 22490) and again on August 24, 2018 (83 FR 
42895). The more recent request for comment erroneously described the 
request as one for emergency processing and immediate approval. This 
notice corrects that error to clarify that ACF is seeking public 
comments on the proposed information collection, including aspects 
previously approved under emergency processing, prior to its renewal.
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: 
[email protected], Attn:

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Desk Officer for the Administration for Children and Families.

Robert A. Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-22461 Filed 10-15-18; 8:45 am]
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