[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 185 (Monday, September 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 58434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20714]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund


Notice of Information Collection and Request for Public Comment

ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on proposed information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. Currently, the Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), the Department of the Treasury, is 
soliciting comments concerning the Uses of Awards Report Form. The Uses 
of Award Report Form is an online form submitted through the CDFI 
Fund's Awards Management Information System (AMIS).

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 25, 2022 
to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments via email to Heather Hunt, Program 
Manager for the Office of Compliance Monitoring and Evaluation (OCME), 
CDFI Fund at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Heather Hunt, OCME Program Manager, CDFI Fund, 
U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20220, (202) 653-0241 (not a toll-free number). Other 
information regarding the CDFI Fund and its programs may be obtained on 
the CDFI Fund website at https://www.cdfifund.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Uses of Award Report Form.
    OMB Number: 1559-0032.
    Abstract: Recipients of the Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA 
Program), the Community Development Financial Institutions Program 
(CDFI Program), the CDFI Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP), the Native 
American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program), and the Small Dollar 
Loan Program (SDL Program) submit the Uses of Award Report via the CDFI 
Fund's AMIS once a year, three (3) months after their Period of 
Performance (BEA Program) end date or fiscal year end (CDFI, CDFI RRP, 
NACA and SDL Programs). Recipients respond to the questions below by 
providing numerical figures, ``yes'' or ``no'' answers, or narrative 
responses, as appropriate. This report is used to determine Recipient 
compliance with the applicable performance goals in their Award or 
Assistance Agreement, and to demonstrate how award funds are expended. 
There is no significant content change to the form, however minor, non-
substantive modifications were made to the Uses of Award Report to 
include changes resulting from the implementation of new programs and 
modifications to existing Award and Assistance Agreements.
    Current Actions: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions, non-
profit entities, and State, local and Tribal entities participating in 
the CDFI Fund programs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,902.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,902.
    Estimated Annual Time per Respondent: 45 min.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,426.5 hours.
    Requests for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this 
notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All comments will become a matter 
of public record and may be published on the CDFI Fund website at 
http://www.cdfifund.gov. Comments are invited on: (a) whether the 
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 collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including through the use of technology; and (e) estimates of capital 
or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of 
services to provide information.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless the collections of 
information displays a valid OMB control number.
    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4704, 4713, 4719; 12 CFR parts 1805, 1806, 
1815.

Jodie L. Harris.
Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
[FR Doc. 2022-20714 Filed 9-23-22; 8:45 am]
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