[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66741-66742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24088]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7050-N-58; OMB Control No.: 2528-0324]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: HUD 
Standardized Grant Application Forms: Detailed Budget Form (HUD Form 
424-CB) HUD Detailed Budget Worksheet (HUD Form 424-CBW), HUD Funding 
Matrix (HUD 424-M), Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424), 
Assurances and Certifications for Recipients and Applicants (HUD 424-
B), Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL), Certification Regarding 
Lobbying Activities (Lobbying Form), HUD-2880 Applicant/Recipient 
Disclosure/Update Report, Project Abstract Form, and Budget Information 
for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A)

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, Chief Data Officer, 
HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 5, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: [email protected]. Persons 
with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY 
by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, REE, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at [email protected] or 
telephone 202-402-5535. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of 
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Guido.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has 
submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection 
described in Section A. The Federal Register notice that solicited 
public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days 
was published on August 8, 2022, at 87 FR 48194.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: HUD Standardized Grant Application 
Forms.
    OMB Approval Number: 2501-0017.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form Number: SF 424; SF LLL; Lobbying Form; SF 424-A; HUD 424-B; 
HUD 424-CB; HUD 424-CBW; HUD 424-M; HUD 2880.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Approval is sought for revision of the Information Collection Request 
of HUD standardized forms which are used by various HUD programs that 
use a competitive application process to award financial assistance. 
The HUD Common Budget Form--(HUD 424-CB), the Common Budget Form 
Worksheet (HUD 424-CBW), the Assurances and Certifications Form--(HUD 
424-B), and the HUD Matrix (HUD-M) are used to offer standardized 
application forms. The Federal Financial Assistance Improvement Act of 
1999 (Public Law 106-107, signed November 20, 1999) encourages 
standardization.
    In addition, as noted under the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) Control Number heading, the collection references a number of 
government-wide forms, including forms from the

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Standard Form (SF) Family, which are used for all HUD applications and 
available on grants.gov. The burden associated with these government-
wide forms are reflected in separate OMB-sponsored government-wide 
information collections and are not reflected in this collection. 
Additional OMB control numbers applicable to government wide 
Standardized Forms (SF) are also noted in this collection. As the 
burden is accounted for in those separate collections, it is not 
included in this calculation.
    Further, HUD combined into this collection form HUD 2880 Applicant/
Recipient Disclosure/Update Report (formerly approved under OMB control 
number 2501-0032) to consolidate public input and burden into one OMB 
control number. The form HUD 2880 is also updated to reflect changes to 
the information respondents report in the Employee ID field under Part 
III of the form. For each person reported in Part III, HUD expects 
applicants to provide a unique ID that is not the person's social 
security number. Lastly, the updated form HUD 2880 includes updates to 
the certification language, which now reads as follows:
    I/We, the undersigned, certify under penalty of perjury that the 
information provided above is true, correct, and accurate. Warning: If 
you knowingly make a false statement on this form, you may be subject 
to criminal and/or civil penalties under 18 U.S.C. 1001. In addition, 
any person who knowingly and materially violates any required 
disclosures of information, including intentional non-disclosure, is 
subject to civil money penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each 
violation.
    All HUD-specific forms in this information collection have been 
modified to include updated Paperwork Reduction Act burden statements, 
in order to comply with 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3). The burden statements now 
reads as follows:
    The public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average [X] hours per response, including the time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering, and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection of the requested information. Comments regarding the 
accuracy of this burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing this 
burden can be sent to the Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th St SW, Room 4176, Washington, 
DC 20410-5000. Do not send completed forms to this address. This agency 
may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, 
a collection of information unless the collection displays a valid OMB 
control number. The information you provide will enable HUD to carry 
out its responsibilities under this Act and ensure greater 
accountability and integrity in the provision of certain types of 
assistance administered by HUD. This information is required to obtain 
the benefit sought in the HUD program. Failure to provide any required 
information may delay the processing of your application and may result 
in sanctions and penalties including of the administrative and civil 
money penalties specified under 24 CFR 4.38. This information will not 
be held confidential and may be made available to the public in 
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).

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                                                                                                                            Hourly cost
         Information collection              Number of     Frequency of    Responses per    Burden hour    Annual burden   per response     Annual cost
                                            respondents      response          annum       per response        hours            \1\
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SF 424..................................               0               0  ..............               0               0               0               0
SF LLL..................................               0               0  ..............               0               0               0               0
Lobbying Form...........................               0               0  ..............               0               0               0               0
SF 424-A................................               0               0  ..............               0               0               0               0
HUD 424-B...............................          14,375             1.2           17250             0.5       $8,625.00          $45.43      391,833.75
HUD 424-CB..............................           1,375             1.2            1650               3        4,950.00           45.43      224,878.50
HUD 424-CBW.............................           1,375             1.2            1650               3        4,950.00           45.43      224,878.50
HUD 424-M...............................             250             1.2             300             0.5          150.00           45.43        6,814.50
HUD 2880................................          14,375             1.2           17250               2       34,500.00           45.43    1,567,335.00
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    Total...............................  ..............  ..............          38,100               9       53,175.00  ..............    2,415,740.25
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
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    \1\ Median hourly rate for ``Project Management Specialists'' 
(occupation code 13-1082), May 2021 National Occupational Employment 
and Wage Estimates United States, https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#11-0000.
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    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 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 estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (4) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (5) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond; including through the use of appropriate 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to 
these questions.

C. Authority

    Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35.

Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Data 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-24088 Filed 11-3-22; 8:45 am]
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