[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 26273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08953]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Household Pulse Survey

    On February 14, 2023, the Department of Commerce received clearance 
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to conduct Phase 3.8 of the Household 
Pulse Survey (OMB No. 0607-1013, Exp. 10/31/23). The Household Pulse 
Survey was designed to meet a need for timely information associated 
with household experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Department 
is committed to ensuring that the data collected by the Household Pulse 
Survey continue to meet information needs as they may evolve over the 
course of the pandemic. This notice serves to inform of the 
Department's intent to request clearance from OMB to make some 
revisions to the Household Pulse Survey questionnaire. To ensure that 
the data collected by the Household Pulse Survey continue to meet 
information needs as they evolve over the course of the pandemic, the 
Census Bureau submits this Request for Revision to an Existing 
Collection for a revised Phase 3.9 questionnaire.
    Phase 3.9 includes an experiment involving new detailed race and 
ethnicity questions, as well as new questions on the use of antivirals 
to treat COVID, how households obtain COVID tests, the use of infant 
formula with babies, children's mental health treatment, and pressure 
to move from current residence. There are also modifications to 
existing children's vaccine booster, COVID testing, infant formula, 
reasons not working, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and inflation 
items. Several questions will be removed for Phase 3.9, including 
replacing the current race/ethnicity items, and questions about the 
receipt of updated COVID vaccines, intent to vaccinate children, 
childcare arrangements, children's mental health and behaviors, current 
rent amount, use of emergency rental assistance, and how children 
receive their education.
    It is the Department's intention to commence data collection using 
the revised instrument on or about December 7, 2022. The Department 
invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on 
proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess 
the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the 
public's reporting burden. Public comments were previously sought on 
the Household Pulse Survey via the Federal Register on May 19, 2020, 
June 3, 2020, February 1, 2021, April 13, 2021, June 24, 2021, October 
26, 2021, January 24, 2022, April 18, 2022, July 2, 2022, and November 
10, 2022. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments on the proposed revisions.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
    Title: Household Pulse Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-1013.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Request for a Revision of a Currently Approved 
Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 141,552.
    Average Hours per Response: 20 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 46,712.
    Needs and Uses: Data produced by the Household Pulse Survey are 
designed to inform on a range of topics related to households' 
experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics to date have included 
employment, facility to telework, travel patterns, income loss, 
spending patterns, food and housing security, amount of monthly rent 
and changes in monthly rent, access to benefits, mental health and 
access to care, difficulty with self-care and communicating, intent to 
receive the COVID-19 vaccine/booster, timing of coronavirus testing, 
use of coronavirus treatments, the experience of long COVID, post-
secondary educational disruption, access to infant formula, the effects 
of increasing prices, natural disasters, school meals for children, and 
children's mental health treatment. The requested revision, if approved 
by OMB, will remove selected items from the questions for which utility 
has declined and add questions based on information needs expressed via 
public comment and in consult with other Federal agencies. The overall 
burden change to the public will be insignificant.
    The Household Pulse Survey was initially launched in April, 2020 as 
an experimental project (see https://www.census.gov/data/experimental-data-products.html) under emergency clearance from the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) initially granted April 19, 2020; regular 
clearance was subsequently sought and approved by OMB on October 30, 
2020 (OMB No. 0607-1013; Exp. 10/30/2023).
    Affected Public: Households.
    Frequency: Households will be selected once to participate in a 20-
minute survey.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, sections 8(b), 182 
and 193.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website 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 and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0607-1013.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-08953 Filed 4-27-23; 8:45 am]
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