[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 57 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17870-17871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06068]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Interstate Arrangement for Combining 
Employment and Wages

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment 
and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency 
receives on or before April 24, 2023.

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.
    Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, 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 estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3304(a)(9)(B), of the Internal 
Revenue Code (IRC) of 1986, requires States to participate in an 
arrangement for combining employment and wages covered under the 
different State laws for the purpose of determining unemployed workers' 
entitlement to unemployment compensation. The Interstate Arrangement 
for Combining Employment and Wages (CWC), promulgated at 20 CFR 616, 
requires the prompt transfer of all available employment and wages 
between States upon request. The Benefit Payment Promptness Standard, 
20 CFR 640, requires the prompt payment of unemployment compensation 
including benefits paid under the CWC arrangement. Section 303(a)(6) of 
the Social Security Act grants authority to the Secretary to require 
States to report program information as deemed necessary. The ETA 586 
report provides the Department with information necessary to measure 
the scope and effect of the program and monitor the performance of each 
State in responding to wage transfer requests and the payment of 
benefits. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see 
the related notice published in the Federal Register on October 6, 2022 
(87 FR 60711).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-ETA.
    Title of Collection: Interstate Arrangement for Combining 
Employment and Wages.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0029.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 212.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 848 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))

    Dated: March 20, 2023.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2023-06068 Filed 3-23-23; 8:45 am]
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