[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47903-47904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15727]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1122-0024]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Semi-Annual Progress Report for Grantees From the 
Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program

AGENCY: Office on Violence Against Women, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), Department of 
Justice (DOJ), will be submitting the following information collection 
request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal 
Register on May 15, 2023, allowing a 60-day comment period.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until 
August 24, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have comments especially on the 
estimated public burden or associated response time, suggestions, or 
need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with 
instructions or additional information, please contact: Cathy Poston, 
Office on Violence Against Women, at 202-514-5430 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments and suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of 
information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of 
the following four points:

--Evaluate 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;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and/or
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.

    Written comments and recommendations for this 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 information collection or 
the OMB

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Control Number 1122-0024. This information collection request may be 
viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department 
of Justice, information collections currently under review by OMB.
    DOJ 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 DOJ notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.

Overview of This Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection: Extension of a previously 
approved collection.
    2. Title of the Form/Collection: Semi-Annual Progress Report for 
Grantees from the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program.
    3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Semi-Annual Progress 
Report for Grantees from the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program 
(1122-0024). The component sponsor is the Office on Violence Against 
Women.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal 
Governments (Grantees of the Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program).
    Abstract: Authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12511(e), Violence Against Women 
Act of 2005, Sexual Assault Services Program. The Sexual Assault 
Services Program (SASP), created by the Violence Against Women Act of 
2005 (VAWA 2005), is the first federal funding stream solely dedicated 
to the provision of direct intervention and related assistance for 
victims of sexual assault. The SASP encompasses four different funding 
streams for States and Territories, Tribes, State Sexual Assault 
Coalitions, Tribal Coalitions, and culturally specific organizations. 
Overall, the purpose of SASP is to provide intervention, advocacy, 
accompaniment, support services, and related assistance for adult, 
youth, and child victims of sexual assault, family and household 
members of victims, and those collaterally affected by the sexual 
assault. The Tribal SASP supports efforts to help survivors heal from 
sexual assault trauma through direct intervention and related 
assistance from social service organizations such as rape crisis 
centers through 24-hour sexual assault hotlines, crisis intervention, 
and medical and criminal justice accompaniment. The Tribal SASP will 
support such services through the establishment, maintenance, and 
expansion of rape crisis centers and other programs and projects to 
assist those victimized by sexual assault.
    5. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
    7. Estimated Time per Respondent: One hour.
    8. Frequency: Semi-annually.
    9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 30 hours.
    10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
    If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo, 
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice 
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218 Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: July 18, 2023.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2023-15727 Filed 7-24-23; 8:45 am]
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