[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 241 (Monday, December 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64581-64582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27235]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Annual Survey of Refugees (OMB #0907-
0033)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation; Administration 
for Children and Families; HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks to continue 
data collection for the Annual Survey of Refugees with minor updates to 
improve survey administration procedures. The Annual Survey of Refugees 
is a yearly sample survey of refugees entering the U.S. in the previous 
five fiscal years. No changes to the survey instrument or estimated 
response burden are proposed.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. 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.

ADDRESSES: 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: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.
    Copies of the proposed 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, Attn: OPRE 
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the 
title of the information collection. Email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: Data from the Annual Survey of Refugees are used to 
meet the Office of Refugee Resettlement's Congressional reporting 
requirements, as set forth in the Refugee Act of 1980 (Section 413(a) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act). The Office of Refugee 
Resettlement makes aggregated survey findings available to the general 
public and uses findings for the purposes of program planning, policy-
making, and budgeting.
    Respondents: The Annual Survey of Refugees secures a nationally-
representative sample of refugee households arriving in the United 
States in the previous five fiscal years.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                  Annual  number     Number of        Average
           Instrument              Total number         of         responses per   burden  hours   Annual burden
                                  of respondents    respondents     respondent     per  response       hours
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ORR-9 (Annual Survey of                     6000            2000               1             0.5            1000
 Refugees)......................
Pre-survey information form.....            6000            2000               1            0.05             100
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,100.

    Authority:  Sec. 413.[8 U.S.C. 1523].

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-27235 Filed 12-14-18; 8:45 am]
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