[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48483-48484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17078]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; 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) is requesting a 3-
year extension of the 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 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 emailed

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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 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,               63                4              1.5              378
 Quarterly Report on Expenditures and
 Obligations................................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 378.
    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. 2022-17078 Filed 8-8-22; 8:45 am]
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