[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 185 (Monday, September 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58433-58434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20716]


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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 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 Performance Progress Report and 
Financial Statement Audit Report Form. The Performance Progress Report 
and Financial Statement Audit Report Form are online forms 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: Performance Progress Report and Financial Statement Audit 
Report Form.
    OMB Number: 1559-0032.
    Abstract: Recipients of 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 Performance 
Progress Report via the CDFI Fund's AMIS once a year, three (3) months 
after their Period of Performance end date or fiscal year end. 
Recipients and Allocatees of the CDFI Program, CDFI RRP, NACA Program, 
CMF, NMTC Program, and SDL Program also submit the Financial Statement 
Audit Report via the CDFI Fund's AMIS once a year, six (6) months after 
their Period of Performance end date or fiscal year end. Recipients 
respond to the questions below by providing numerical figures, ``yes'' 
or ``no'' answers, or narrative responses, as appropriate. These 
reports are used to determine Recipient compliance with their 
Assistance Agreement. There are no significant content changes to the 
forms, however minor, non-substantive modifications were made to the 
Performance Progress Report to include changes resulting from the 
implementation of new programs and modifications to existing 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

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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. 2022-20716 Filed 9-23-22; 8:45 am]
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