[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 140 (Friday, July 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43901-43902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15682]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Benefit Rights and Experience Report

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment 
and Training Administration (ETA)-

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sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR 
are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency 
receives on or before August 22, 2022.

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.
    Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 303(a)(6) of the Social Security Act 
authorizes this information collection. Eligibility for unemployment 
insurance benefits requires applicants demonstrate attachment to the 
labor force. This requirement of labor force attachment is generally 
measured through the amount of past wages earned. The data in the ETA 
218, Benefit Rights and Experience Report, include numbers of 
individuals who were and were not monetarily eligible, those who were 
eligible for the maximum benefits, those who were eligible based on 
classification by potential duration categories, and those who were 
exhausting their full entitlement as classified by actual duration 
categories. DOL uses these data to conduct solvency studies, cost 
estimating and modeling, and in assessment of state benefit formulas. 
For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on January 13, 2022 (87 FR 
2185).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-ETA.
    Title of Collection: Benefit Rights and Experience Report.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0177.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 55.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 216.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 108 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))

    Dated: July 15, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-15682 Filed 7-21-22; 8:45 am]
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