[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 522-523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28522]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7014-N-31]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Housing 
Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC); OMB Control #2502-0606

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment 
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. 
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 6, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: Colette Pollard, Reports 
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-
402-3400 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at 
[email protected] for a copy of the proposed forms or other 
available information. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may 
access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay 
Service at (800) 877-8339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-3400. This is not a toll-
free number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this 
number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339.
    Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from 
Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
Section A.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Housing Counseling Federal 
Advisory Committee (HCFAC).
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0606.
    OMB Expiration Date: 4/30/2020.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Numbers: HUD-90005, Application for Membership Housing 
Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC); OGE-450, Confidential 
Financial Disclosure Report.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Expand and Preserve Homeownership through Counseling Act, Public Law 
111-203, title XIV, Sec.  1441, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2163 (Act), 42 
U.S.C. 3533(g) directs the Office of Housing Counseling to form a 
Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC) with members 
representing the mortgage and real estate industries, housing consumers 
and housing counseling agencies. The Membership Application (HUD-90005) 
will collect information for individuals in those groups who want to 
serve on the HCFAC. The information will be used by HUD's Office of 
Housing Counseling to select and recommend to the Secretary for 
appointment the members of the Housing Counseling Federal Advisory 
Committee to ensure the members meet the requirements of the Expand and 
Preserve Homeownership through Counseling Act and of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 162.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 162.

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    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Average Hours per Response: 1.61.
    Total Estimated Burden: 261.

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond; including through the use of appropriate 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to 
these questions.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

    Dated: December 12, 2019.
John L. Garvin,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.
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