[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3114-3115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00990]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
[Docket Number--DHS-2021-0050]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Family Reunification
Task Force Travel Questionnaire and website Application
AGENCY: Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments; Family Reunification
Task Force Travel Questionnaire and website application, extension
without change.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security, will submit the following
Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until March 21,
2022. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number Docket
# DHS-2021-0050, at:
[cir] Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Please follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number Docket # DHS-2021-0050. All comments received will be
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://ww.regulations.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 2, 2021, President Biden signed
Executive Order 14011 (E.O. 14011), Establishment of Interagency Task
Force on the Reunification of Families, in response to the prior
Administration decision to intentionally separate children from their
parents and legal guardians (families), including through the use of
the Zero-Tolerance Policy. E.O. 14011 directs the Interagency Task
Force on the Reunification of Families (Task Force) to identify
children who were separated and facilitate and enable the reunification
of the families. Additionally, E.O. 14011 directs the Task Force to
provide recommendations on providing additional services and support
for the reunified families, including behavioral health services with a
focus on trauma-informed care. The Secretary of Homeland Security is
the chair of the Task Force and is joined by the Department of State,
Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Justice.
To carry out the Task Force's mission to reunify families, DHS is
extending the current information data collection. The purpose is to
achieve efficiencies to process these individuals for a successful
family reunification. To streamline the initial contact, assistance,
and reunification travel coordination process, the Task Force has
created a website application (Register together.gov and
Reg[iacute]strese together.gov (juntos.gov)) to create
initial contact and a travel form to collect details and information
the Task Force needs to make travel arrangements for the beneficiary
and other traveling family members.
The information to be collected on the website application would
include:
A-Number
Name of Separated Parent
Contact Information of the Separated Parent (phone, email)
Country of Birth
Country of Citizenship
Current Country Location
Separated Parent Relationship to Child
Separated Parent's Preferred Language
Separated Child's A#
Separated Child Name
Separated Child's Date of Birth
Separated Child's Country of Birth
Separated Child's Country of Citizenship
Whether Separated Parent is in contact with Child
Whether Separated Parent has knowledge of Child's current
location
Name of Attorney, Advocate or Preparer
Attorney, Advocate, or Preparer Contact Information
The information to be collected for travel would include: Name,
Date of Birth, Gender, A#, Passport Number and Expiration, Phone
Number, Email address, Language(s) spoken, Representative/Attorney name
and contact information, Date of Embassy Appointment to obtain boarding
foil, Identification of Special Assistance Requests, Departure Airport,
Final Airport, Traveling requested time frame, Names of others in the
traveling party. The data will be stored by the international
organization coordinating travel for the families.
This information collection does not have an impact on small
businesses or other small entities.
If this information is not collected, the Task Force will not be
able to accomplish its mission to reunite families swiftly.
The assurance of confidentiality provided to the respondents for
this information collection is based on the Privacy Impact Assessment
DHS/ALL/PIA-091. The Systems of Records Notices that will be included
in this ICR include DHS/USCIS/ICE/CBP-001 Alien File, Index, and
National File Tracking System of Records, September 18, 2017, 82 FR
43556 DHS/USCIS-007 Benefits Information System, October 10, 2019, 84
FR 54622.
This information collection was constructed in compliance with
regulations and authorities under the purview of the DHS Privacy
Office, DHS OCIO, DHS Records Management, and OMB regulations regarding
data collection, use, sharing, storage, information security, and
retrieval of information.
There are no changes to the information being collected and there
is no change to the estimated burden associated with this collection.
The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in
comments which:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the
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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
submissions of responses.
Analysis
Agency: Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Title: Family Reunification Task Force Travel Questionnaire and
website Application.
OMB Number: 1601-0031.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: Members of the Public.
Number of Respondents: 3,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 1,000.
Robert Dorr,
Executive Director, Business Management Directorate.
[FR Doc. 2022-00990 Filed 1-19-22; 8:45 am]
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