[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2171-2172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00415]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF)

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for 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 this continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. The public is invited to submit comments on the 
collection(s) listed below.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 13, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 1750 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 8142, Washington, DC 20220, or email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be 
obtained from Melody Braswell by emailing [email protected], calling 
(202) 622-1035, or viewing the entire information collection request at 
www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF).
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0276.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Section 605 of the Social Security Act, as added by 
section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, established the 
Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (the ``LATCF''), which 
appropriates $2 billion in total funding across fiscal years 2022 and 
2023 to Treasury to make payments to eligible revenue sharing counties 
and eligible Tribal governments (collectively, ``eligible 
governments''). Specifically, for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, 
Treasury shall reserve $250 million of the total amount appropriated to 
allocate and pay

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to eligible Tribal governments and $750 million of the total amount 
appropriated to allocate and pay to eligible revenue sharing counties. 
Under this program, recipients have broad discretion on uses of funds, 
similar to the ways in which they may use funds generated from their 
own revenue sources.
    Form: Records Retention and Access Requirement, Payment Information 
Forms and associated information; Obligation and Expenditure Reports.
    Affected Public: Tribal and County governments.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,249 hours.
    Frequency of Response: Once, On Occasion, Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 8,582.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour 5 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,249.
    Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management 
and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. 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 to be 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 
required to provide information.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-00415 Filed 1-11-23; 8:45 am]
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