[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 976-977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00103]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-22-0213; Docket No. CDC-2022-0004]


Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and 
Recommendations

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice with comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part 
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the 
utility of government information, invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or 
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed 
information collection project titled National Vital Statistics Report 
(NVSR) Form. The NVSR Forms collects annual statistics on marriage and 
divorce and is used to permit uninterrupted tracking of family 
dynamics.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 8, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2022-
0004 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review 
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road 
NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted 
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
    Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the 
Federal eRulemaking portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 
address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan 
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection 
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 
Road NE, MS H21-8, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires 
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new 
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of 
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information 
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To 
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a 
proposed data collection as described below. The OMB is particularly 
interested in comments that will help:
    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;
    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 
submissions of responses; and
    5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

    National Vital Statistics Report (NVSR) Forms (OMB Control No. 
0920-0213, Exp. 10/31/2023)--Revision--National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The compilation of national vital statistics dates back to the 
beginning of the 20th century and has been conducted since 1960 by the 
Division of Vital Statistics of the National Center for Health 
Statistics (NCHS), CDC. The collection of data is authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 242k. This submission requests to continue use of the Annual 
Vital

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Statistics Report Form for collection of annual marriage and divorce/
annulment summary statistics for three years and to discontinue the 
Monthly Vital Statistics Report, which is currently used to provide 
counts of monthly occurrences of births, deaths, and infant deaths. The 
collection of the provisional birth and death data is now being 
achieved on a more timely, ongoing basis which negates the need to 
continue to use the monthly form.
    Data on vital events are used by the Department of Health and Human 
Services and by other government, academic, private research, and 
commercial organizations for research, tracking, and policy-making 
purposes. Respondents for the Annual Vital Statistics Reports Form are 
registration officials in all 50 States, seven Territories, including 
American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Virgin 
Islands, the District of Columbia, and New York City, and the 33 local 
(county clerk) officials in New Mexico who record marriages occurring, 
and divorces and annulments granted in each county of New Mexico.
    The Annual Vital Statistics Occurrence Report Form collects final 
annual counts of marriages and divorces by month for the United States 
and for each State. These final counts are usually available from State 
or county officials about eight months after the end of the data year. 
The data are widely used by government, academic, private research, and 
commercial organizations in tracking changes in trends of family 
formation and dissolution.
    CDC requests approval for an estimated 46 annual burden hours. 
There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
      Type of respondents           Form name        Number of     responses per   per response    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent      (in hours)      (in hours)
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State, Territory, and New       Monthly Vital                 91               1           30/60              46
 Mexico County Officials.        Statistics
                                 Report.
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    Total.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............              46
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific 
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-00103 Filed 1-6-22; 8:45 am]
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