[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67075-67076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25662]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[OMB Control Number 1615-0061]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without 
Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Application for Regional 
Center Under the Immigrant Investor Program

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of 
Homeland Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services (USCIS) invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment upon this proposed extension of a currently 
approved collection of information. In accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the information collection notice is 
published in the Federal Register to obtain comments regarding the 
nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, 
the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort, and resources used by the 
respondents to respond), the estimated cost to the respondent, and the 
actual information collection instruments.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
January 24, 2022.

ADDRESSES: All submissions received must include the OMB Control Number 
1615-0061 in the body of the letter, the agency name and Docket ID 
USCIS-

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2007-0046. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal website 
at https://www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID number USCIS-2007-
0046.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone 
number (240) 721-3000 (This is not a toll-free number. Comments are not 
accepted via telephone message). Please note contact information 
provided here is solely for questions regarding this notice. It is not 
for individual case status inquiries. Applicants seeking information 
about the status of their individual cases can check Case Status 
Online, available at the USCIS website at https://www.uscis.gov, or 
call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283 (TTY 800-767-1833).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Statutory authorization to set aside visas under the EB-5 Immigrant 
Investor Regional Center Program expired at midnight on June 30, 2021. 
See Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act 1993, Public Law 102-395, 106 Stat. 
1828, Sec.  610(b), as amended. The Regional Center Program was 
originally created as a pilot program with authorization to set aside 
visas under the program for a five-year period. However, since its 
advent in 1992, Congress has reauthorized or extended the visa set-
aside under the program at least 30 times, most recently through June 
30, 2021. Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Public Law 116-120, 
div. O, title I, Sec.  104, 134 Stat. 1182, 2148 (substituting ``June 
30, 2021'' for ``September 30, 2015'' in Sec.  610(b) of Public Law 
102-395). Based on the history of prior Congressional reauthorizations 
and extensions, absent any indication that future reauthorization is 
not forthcoming, and also in the interests of keeping Form I-924 
current, USCIS has decided to extend this form without change.
    Even if the visa set-aside under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor 
Regional Center Program is not reauthorized, USCIS would need to 
maintain this form for the limited use of when the application 
indicates that it is an amendment to an existing regional center's 
name, organizational structure, ownership, or administration.

Comments

    You may access the information collection instrument with 
instructions or additional information by visiting the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal site at: https://www.regulations.gov and entering 
USCIS-2007-0046 in the search box. All submissions will be posted, 
without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal information you 
provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You 
may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal information that 
you provide in any voluntary submission you make to DHS. DHS may 
withhold information provided in comments from public viewing that it 
determines may impact the privacy of an individual or is offensive. For 
additional information, please read the Privacy Act notice that is 
available via the link in the footer of https://www.regulations.gov.
    Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies should address one or more of the following four points:
    (1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension, Without Change, of a 
Currently Approved Collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Regional Center 
Under the Immigrant Investor Program.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
DHS sponsoring the collection: I-924, I-924A; USCIS.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals representing any 
economic unit, public or private, in the United States that is involved 
with promoting economic growth. This collection will be used by such 
individuals to ask USCIS to be designated as a regional center under 
the Immigrant Investor Program, to request an amendment to a previously 
approved regional center designation, or to demonstrate continued 
eligibility for designation as a regional center under the Immigrant 
Investor Program.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The estimated 
total number of respondents for the information collection I-924 is 21 
and the estimated hour burden per response is 51 hours. The estimated 
total number of respondents for the information collection I-924A is 
625 and the estimated hour burden per response is 14 hours. The 
estimated total number of respondents for Compliance Review is 40 and 
the estimated hour burden per response is 24 hours. The estimated total 
number of respondents for the information collection during the Site 
Visit is 40 and the estimated hour burden per response is 16 hours.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The total estimated annual hour burden associated 
with this collection is 11,421 hours.
    (7) An estimate of the total public burden (in cost) associated 
with the collection: The estimated total annual cost burden associated 
with this collection of information is $2,344,605.

    Dated: November 19, 2021.
Samantha L Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland 
Security.
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