[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 197 (Friday, October 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57432-57433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22479]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; National Advisory Committee (NAC) 
Recommendations and State Self-Assessment Survey

AGENCY: Office on Trafficking in Persons, Administration for Children 
and Families, HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is 
requesting an extension to continue use of an existing information 
collection: The National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of 
Children and Youth in the United States (NAC) Recommendations and State 
Self-Assessment Survey (0970-0560). No changes are proposed.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a 
decision about 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 within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can 
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by 
emailing [email protected]. All emailed requests should be 
identified by the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening 
Families Act of 2014 mandated the NAC to develop a report describing 
how each state has implemented its recommendations to address sex 
trafficking in children and youth. The NAC proposed to administer a 
survey allowing states to assess their progress in implementing NAC 
recommendations. Submissions allow states to document their efforts in 
the following sections: Multidisciplinary Response, Screening and 
Identification, Child Welfare, Service Provision, Housing, Law 
Enforcement and Prosecution, Judiciary, Demand Reduction, Prevention, 
Legislation and Regulation, Research and Data, and Funding. Each state 
will have the opportunity to provide a self-assessed tier ranking for 
each recommendation, a justification of their assessment, sources for 
their assessment, and the public or private nature of those sources. 
The survey was initially launched in March 2021 with a due date in June 
2021. We are requesting an extension to allow states ample time to 
collaborate and compile their responses. There are no changes proposed.
    Respondents: State Governors, child welfare agencies, local law 
enforcement, and other local agencies.
    Annual Burden Estimates: Each state is responsible for 
collaborating with governors, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, 
courts, child welfare agencies, and other local agencies and relevant 
groups to provide their self-assessment of their state's implementation 
efforts. The opportunity burden is calculated below, assuming five 
respondents for each state:

                                           Table 1--Opportunity Burden
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                                                  Total number
                                                 of respondents    Total number       Average      Total/annual
                  Instrument                      contributing     of responses    burden hours    burden hours
                                                 for 50 states    per respondent   per response
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NAC Recommendations and State Self-Assessment               250                1            6.85           1,713
 Survey.......................................
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    Estimated Opportunity Burden Totals.......  ...............  ...............  ..............           1,713
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    Estimated Total Annual Opportunity Burden Hours: 1,713.
    States also have one designated point of contact responsible for 
aggregating information and submitting the state response. The 
recordkeeping burden is calculated below:

                                          Table 2--Recordkeeping Burden
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                                                                   Total number       Average
                   Instrument                     Total number     of responses    burden hours    Total/annual
                                                 of respondents   per respondent   per response    burden hours
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NAC Recommendations and State Self-Assessment                50                1              40           2,000
 Survey........................................
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Estimated Recordkeeping Burden Totals..........  ..............  ...............  ..............           2,000
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    Estimated Total Annual Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 2,000.
    Authority: Pub. L. 113-183.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-22479 Filed 10-14-21; 8:45 am]
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