[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17299-17300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06415]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Measuring Human Trafficking Prevalence 
in Construction: A Field Test of Multiple Estimation Methods (New 
Collection)

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration 
for Children and Families, HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is 
proposing a new data collection activity for Measuring Human 
Trafficking Prevalence in Construction: A Field Test of Multiple 
Estimation Methods. This study will examine the labor trafficking and 
other labor exploitation experiences among individuals who work in 
construction. The goal of this study is to advance knowledge of 
promising methods for estimating human trafficking prevalence by field-
testing two methods of prevalence estimation within the construction 
industry in Houston, Texas.

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. 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 requests by the 
title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Description: The purpose of the proposed data collection activity 
is to estimate the prevalence of labor trafficking among construction 
workers in one location using two different sampling and estimation 
strategies. The proposed information collection activity is a one-time 
survey with up to 4,200 adults who worked in the construction industry 
in the selected geographic location in the 24 months prior to data 
collection. The construction worker survey will be offered in English 
and Spanish to workers identified through the following two sampling 
strategies: (1) Probability sample (i.e., time location sample), and 
(2) a network sample. The survey instrument used for individuals 
recruited through the two different sampling strategies will be 
primarily the same and includes questions focused on the individuals' 
experiences with labor exploitation and trafficking; employment 
histories, including work after a natural disaster; social networks; 
and demographic data.
    Respondents: English- and Spanish-speaking individuals who have 
worked in construction in Houston, Texas, in the 2 years prior to data 
collection will be invited to complete a survey.

[[Page 17300]]



                                                                 Annual Burden Estimates
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                        Number of
                                                       Number of      responses per    Average burden
                    Instrument                        respondents       respondent      per response     Total burden     Total burden    Annual burden
                                                      (total over      (total over       (in hours)       (in hours)       (in hours)       (in hours)
                                                    request period)  request period)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Construction Worker Survey........................           4,200                1                1              0.5            2,100            1,050
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,050.
    Authority: Section 105(d)(2) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-386) [22 U.S.C. 7103].

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-06415 Filed 3-25-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-47-P