[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 28127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12666]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Grants to States for Low-Income Housing Projects in 
Lieu of Tax Credits

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other federal agencies to comment on the proposed 
information collections listed below, in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 16, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 1750 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 8100, Washington, DC 20220, or email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Sustanchia Gladden, Department of the Treasury, 
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 1050, Washington, DC 20020; telephone 
number: (202) 622-8951 or to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Grants to States for Low-Income Housing Projects in Lieu of 
Tax Credits.
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0218.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: Authorized under the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act (ARRA), hereafter Recovery Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-
5), the Department of the Treasury is implementing several provisions 
of the Act, more specifically Division B--Tax, Unemployment, Health, 
State Fiscal Relief, and Other Provisions. Among these components is a 
program which requires Treasury to make payments, in lieu of a tax 
credit, to state housing credit agencies. State housing credit agencies 
use the funds to make subawards to finance the construction or 
acquisition and rehabilitation of qualified low-income buildings. The 
collection of information is necessary to properly monitor compliance 
with program requirements.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: State and Local Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 114.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 114.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 57.
    Request For Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management 
and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 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 
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
through the use of technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 
costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services 
required to provide information.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

    Dated: June 11, 2019.
Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-12666 Filed 6-14-19; 8:45 am]
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