[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71453-71454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27973]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[210A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900 253G; OMB Control Number 1076-
NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Supervised Individual 
Indian Money Accounts

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), are proposing a new information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
February 25, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) by mail to Evangeline Campbell, Chief, Division of Human 
Services, Office of Indian Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior, 1849 C. Street NW, Mail Stop: 3645, 
Washington, DC 20240; or by email to [email protected]. 
Please reference OMB Control Number 1076-NEW in the subject line of 
your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact George Peterson, IIM Specialist, Division of 
Human Services, Office of Indian Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior by email at [email protected], or by 
telephone at (202) 208-4038.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and 
continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact 
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information 
collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired 
format.
    We are soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described 
below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the 
following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the proper 
functions of the BIA; (2) will this information be processed and used 
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how 
might the BIA enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (5) how might the BIA minimize the 
burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use 
of information technology.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone 
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in 
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including 
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available 
at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your 
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    Abstract: The BIA is seeking approval for an information collection 
it conducts to provide assistance to individuals who have a supervised 
Individual Indian Money (IIM) Account under 25 CFR part 115. This 
information collection allows BIA to carry out trust duties and to 
manage and administer trusts for the exclusive benefit of Tribal and 
individual Indian beneficiaries pursuant to Federal law, including the 
American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994, Public Law 
103-412, 108 Stat. 4239, 25 U.S.C. 4001. Upon the request of an adult 
or other interested party, a BIA Social Services provider may provide 
an account holder with a social services assessment under 25 CFR 20.404 
to evaluate the account holder's circumstances, abilities, and need for 
assistance in management of his/her financial affairs. The provider 
conducting the assessment will evaluate the client's unmet needs with 
the account holder and/or representative, to

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include the information noted in 25 CFR 115.420. The provider will then 
complete a plan for the Office of the Special Trustee for American 
Indians (OST) to disburse money (``distribution plan'') for the account 
holder based on unmet needs, as justified by information in Part 2 of 
the Social Services Assessment and Evaluation form.
    Title of Collection: Supervised Individual Indian Money Accounts.
    OMB Control Number: 1076-NEW.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: New.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Individual Indians with a supervised 
IIM account.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: Assessment and 
Evaluation form: 1,000; Distribution Plan 1,000; Major Purchase Request 
20.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: Assessment and 
Evaluation form: 1,000; Distribution Plan 1,000; Major Purchase Request 
20.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 2.5 hours for the 
Assessment and Evaluation form; 30 minutes for the Distribution Plan; 
and 30 minutes for the Major Purchase Request.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,500 hours for the 
Assessment and Evaluation form; 500 hours for the Distribution Plan 
form; and 10 hours for the Major Purchase Request.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually for the Assessment and Evaluation 
form, annually for the Distribution Plan, and on occasion as needed for 
the Major Purchase Request.
    Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: $0.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number.
    The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq).

Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action--Indian 
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2019-27973 Filed 12-26-19; 8:45 am]
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