[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11076-11077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04085]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No. 0970--0060]


Submission for OMB Review; Annual Report on Households Assisted 
by the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

AGENCY: Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and 
Families, HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Community Services (OCS), Division of Energy 
Assistance, is requesting a 3-year extension of the Household Report 
Form (OMB #0970-0060, expiration 02/28/2022). Submission of the 
completed report is one requirement for LIHEAP grant recipients 
applying for federal LIHEAP block grant funds. OCS proposes minor 
changes related to reporting of supplemental funding and to update 
reporting dates and number of respondents.

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. One can 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]. Identify all emailed requests by 
the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico are required by the Low-Income Energy Assistance Act of 
1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624, Sec 2610) to report statistics for the previous 
federal fiscal year (FFY) on the following:
     Assisted and applicant households, by type of LIHEAP 
assistance and funding source;
     Assisted households receiving nominal payments of $50 or 
less, by funding source;
     Assisted households receiving only utility payment 
assistance, by funding source; this information will

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automatically be transferred to the grant recipient's Performance Data 
Form;
     Assisted households, regardless of the type(s) of LIHEAP 
assistance or funding source, excluding households that only receive 
nominal payments of $50 or less;
     Assisted households, by type of LIHEAP assistance and 
funding source, having at least one vulnerable member who is at least 
60 years or older, disabled, or 5 years old or younger;
     Assisted households, by type of LIHEAP assistance and 
funding source, with at least one member age 2 years or under;
     Assisted households, by type of LIHEAP assistance and 
funding source, with at least one member ages 3 years through 5 years; 
and
     Assisted households, regardless of the type(s) of LIHEAP 
assistance or funding source, having at least one member 60 years or 
older, disabled, or 5 years old or younger.
    Indian tribal grant recipients are required to submit data only on 
the number of households, by funding source, receiving heating, 
cooling, energy crisis, and/or weatherization benefits.
    In FFY 2020, OCS updated the form to allow for the reporting of 
households served by separate LIHEAP funding types and benefits 
provided by the following: (1) Funds from regular LIHEAP FFY 
appropriations acts, including any Continuing Resolutions and final 
appropriations acts, reallotted prior year funds, and federal LIHEAP 
funds carried-over to or expended in the current year; (2) supplemental 
funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the 
CARES Act) (Pub. L. 116-136); and (3) funds from any subsequent 
supplemental LIHEAP appropriations acts. ACF proposes similar changes 
to the report for FFY 2022, including the addition of lines that allow 
for the reporting of households served by LIHEAP funds from the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. L. 117-2). OCS has also updated 
the request to reflect the current number of expected respondents and 
appropriate reporting dates.
    The information is being collected for the Department's annual 
LIHEAP Report to Congress. The data also provides information about the 
need for LIHEAP funds. Finally, the data are used in the calculation of 
LIHEAP performance measures under the Government Performance and 
Results Act of 1993. The data elements will allow the accuracy of 
measuring LIHEAP targeting performance and LIHEAP cost efficiency.
    Respondents: State governments, tribal governments, U.S. 
territories, and the District of Columbia.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Total number   Average burden
                   Instrument                      Total number    of responses      hours per     Annual burden
                                                  of respondents  per respondent     response          hours
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Assisted Household Report--Long Form............              56               1              43           2,408
Assisted Household Report--Short Form...........             151               1               2             302
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,710.
    Authority: U.S.C. 8629 and 45 CFR.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-04085 Filed 2-25-22; 8:45 am]
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