[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 25024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08695]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Inflation Reduction Act Wage Rates and Wage 
Determinations

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour 
Division (WHD)-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 May 25, 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].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed 
H.R. 5376 (Pub. L. 117-169), a budget reconciliation measure commonly 
referred to as the ``Inflation Reduction Act of 2022'' (IRA). The IRA 
allows taxpayers to claim enhanced tax credit and deduction amounts in 
situations in which Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) rates are not required but 
are voluntarily paid as a condition of claiming the enhanced amount. 
The purpose of this ICR is to collect the data from respondents outside 
the scope of DBA/DBRA who will need an applicable wage determination or 
wage rates for classifications that are not in an applicable wage 
determination to satisfy prevailing wage requirements and thereby take 
the enhanced tax credit and deduction amounts under the IRA. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on December 22, 2022 (87 FR 
78712).
    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-WHD.
    Title of Collection: Inflation Reduction Act Wage Rates and Wage 
Determinations.
    OMB Control Number: 1235-0034.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,727.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 1,727.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 432 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

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

     Dated: April 19, 2023.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2023-08695 Filed 4-24-23; 8:45 am]
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