[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 236 (Monday, December 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70853-70854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26925]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Request for Public Comment: 60-Day Proposed Information 
Collection: Addendum to Declaration for Federal Employment, Child Care 
and Indian Child Care Worker Positions (OMB No. 0917-0028)

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments; request for extension of 
approval.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Indian Health Service (IHS) invites the general public to take this 
opportunity to comment on the information collection titled, ``Addendum 
to Declaration for Federal Employment, Child Care and Indian Child Care 
Worker Positions,'' Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control 
Number 0917-0028. A copy of the supporting statement is available at 
www.regulations.gov (see Docket ID: IHS_FRDOC_0001).

DATES: February 11, 2022. Your comments regarding this information 
collection are best assured of having full effect if received within 60 
days of the date of this publication.
    For Comments: Submit comments to Sharon Duran by one of the 
following methods:
     Email: [email protected].
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be made 
available to the public by publishing them in the 30-day Federal 
Register notice for this information collection. For this reason, 
please do not include information of a confidential nature, such as 
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If comments 
are submitted via email, the email address will be automatically 
captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the 
public docket and made available on the internet. Please note that 
responses to this public comment request containing any routine notice 
about the confidentiality of the communication will be treated as 
public comments that may be made available to the public 
notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information, 
please contact Evonne Bennett, Information Collection Clearance Officer 
at: [email protected] or 301-443-4750.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This previously approved information 
collection project was last published in the Federal Register on 
November 27, 2018, and allowed 30 days for public comment. No public 
comment was received in response to the notice. This notice announces 
our intent to submit this collection, which expires February 28, 2022, 
to OMB for approval of an extension, and to solicit comments on 
specific aspects for the proposed information collection.
    Title: Addendum to Declaration for Federal Employment, Child Care 
and Indian Child Care Worker Positions (OMB No. 0917-0028). Type of 
Information Collection Request: Extension, without revision, of 
currently approved information collection, 0917-0028, Addendum to 
Declaration for Federal Employment, Child Care and Indian Child Care 
Worker Positions. There are no program changes or adjustments in burden 
hours. Form(s): Addendum to Declaration for Federal Employment, Child 
Care and Indian Child Care Worker Positions. Need and Use of 
Information Collection: This is a request for approval of the 
collection of information as required by section 408 of the Indian 
Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act, Public Law 101-630 
[104 stat. 4544, 25 U.S.C. 3201-3210]; 34 U.S.C. 20351; and 42 CFR part 
136, subpart K.
    The IHS is required to compile a list of all authorized positions 
within the IHS where the duties and responsibilities involve regular 
contact with, or control over, Indian children; and to conduct an 
investigation of the character of each individual who is employed, or 
is being considered for employment, in a position having regular 
contact with, or control over, Indian children. 25 U.S.C. 3207(a)(1) 
and (2). Section 3207(a)(3) of Title 25 requires regulations 
prescribing the minimum standards of character for individuals 
appointed to positions involving regular contact with, or control over, 
Indian children, and section 3207(b) provides that such standards shall 
ensure that no such individuals have been found guilty of, or entered a 
plea of nolo contendere or guilty to, any felonious offense, or any two 
or more misdemeanor offenses, under Federal, State, or Tribal law 
involving crimes of violence; sexual assault, molestation, 
exploitation,

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contact or prostitution; crimes against persons; or offenses committed 
against children.
    In addition, 34 U.S.C. 20351 (formerly codified at 42 U.S.C. 13041, 
which was transferred to 34 U.S.C. 20351) requires each agency of the 
Federal Government, and every facility operated by the Federal 
Government (or operated under contract with the Federal Government), 
that hires (or contracts for hire) individuals involved with the 
provision of child care services to children under the age of 18 to 
assure that all existing and newly hired employees undergo a criminal 
history background check. The background investigation is to be 
initiated through the personnel program of the applicable Federal 
agency. This section requires employment applications for individuals 
who are seeking work for an agency of the Federal Government, or for a 
facility or program operated by (or through contract with) the Federal 
Government, in positions involved with the provision of child care 
services to children under the age of 18, to contain a question asking 
whether the individual has ever been arrested for or charged with a 
crime involving a child, and if so, requiring a description of the 
disposition of the arrest or charge.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households. Type of Respondents: 
Individuals.
    The table below provides: Types of data collection instruments, 
Estimated number of respondents, Number of responses per respondent, 
Average burden hour per response, and Total annual burden hour(s).

                                          Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average      Total annual
                                                     Number of       Number of      burden  per       burden
          Data collection instrument(s)             respondents    responses per   response (in    responses (in
                                                                    respondent        hours)          hours)
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Addendum to Declaration for Federal Employment              3000               1           12/60             600
 (OMB 0917-0028)................................
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    Total.......................................            3000  ..............  ..............             600
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    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.
    Requests for Comments: Your written comments and/or suggestions are 
invited on one or more of the following points:
    (a) Whether the information collection activity is necessary to 
carry out an agency function;
    (b) whether the agency processes the information collected in a 
useful and timely fashion;
    (c) the accuracy of the public burden estimate (the estimated 
amount of time needed for individual respondents to provide the 
requested information);
    (d) whether the methodology and assumptions used to determine the 
estimates are logical;
    (e) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information being collected; and
    (f) ways to minimize the public burden through the use of 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

Chris Buchanan,
Acting Deputy Director, Indian Health Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-26925 Filed 12-10-21; 8:45 am]
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