[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32168-32169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11409]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Office of Refugee 
Resettlement Cash and Medical Assistance Program Quarterly Report on 
Expenditures and Obligations (ORR-2) (OMB #0970-0407)

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and 
Families, HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF) is requesting a 3-year extension of the 
form ORR-2, Cash and Medical Assistance Program Quarterly Report on 
Expenditures and Obligations (OMB #0970-0407, expiration 9/30/2022). 
There are no changes requested to the form.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is 
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information 
collection described above.

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of 
information and submit comments by emailing [email protected]. 
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: ORR reimburses, to the extent of available 
appropriations, certain non-federal costs for the provision of cash and 
medical assistance (CMA) to refugees, along with allowable expenses for 
the administration of the refugee resettlement program at the state 
level. States and Replacement Designees currently submit the ORR-2 
Quarterly Report on Expenditures and Obligations, which provides 
aggregate expenditure and obligation data. The ORR-2 collects 
expenditures and obligations data separately for each of the four 
following CMA program components: Refugee cash assistance, refugee 
medical assistance, CMA administration, and services for unaccompanied 
minors. This breakdown of financial status data allows ORR to track 
program expenditures in greater detail to anticipate any funding issues 
and to meet the requirements of ORR regulations at CFR 400.211 to 
collect these data for use in estimating future

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costs of the refugee resettlement program. ORR must implement the 
methodology at CFR 400.211 each year after receipt of its annual 
appropriation to ensure that appropriated funds will be adequate for 
reimbursement to states of the costs for assistance provided to 
entering refugees. The estimating methodology prescribed in the 
regulations requires the use of actual past costs by program component. 
If the methodology indicates that appropriated funds are inadequate, 
ORR must take steps to reduce federal expenses, such as by limiting the 
number of months of eligibility for Refugee Cash Assistance and Refugee 
Medical Assistance. The ORR-2 is a single-page financial report that 
allows ORR to collect the necessary data to ensure that funds are 
adequate for the projected need and thereby meet the requirements of 
both the Refugee Act and ORR regulations.
    Respondents: State governments and Replacement Designees.

                                             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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ORR-2, Cash and Medical Assistance Program                66                4              1.5              396
 Quarterly Report on Expenditures and
 Obligations................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 396.
    Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a) 
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.
    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1522 Sec. 412 and 8 U.S.C. 524 (Title IV), Sec. 
414.

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-11409 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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