[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12527-12528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04829]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1105-0101]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Requested: Tribal Requests for Accelerated Exercise of
Jurisdiction Under Section 204(a) of the Indian Civil Rights Act of
1968, as Amended
ACTION: 60-Day Notice.
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The Department of Justice, Office of Tribal Justice, 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. Initial approval was granted
on November 20, 2013 under OMB control number 1105-0101. The
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for
``sixty days'' until May 5, 2014. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
If you have comments, especially on the estimated public burden or
associated response time, suggestions, or need additional information,
please contact Mr. Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal Justice,
Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 2310,
Washington, DC 20530.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. 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
--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.
Overview of this information collection:
(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of approved
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Request for Accelerated Authority
to Exercise Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: No form number.
Component: Office of Tribal Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Tribal governments. Other: None.
Abstract: The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013
(VAWA 2013) was signed into law on March 7, 2013. Section 904 of VAWA
2013 recognizes the inherent power of ``participating tribes'' to
exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over certain
defendants, regardless of their Indian or non-Indian status, who commit
acts of domestic violence or dating violence or violate certain
protection orders in Indian country. Section 904 also specifies the
rights that a participating tribe must provide to defendants in special
domestic violence criminal jurisdiction cases. Section 908(b)(1)
provides that tribes generally cannot exercise the special jurisdiction
until March 7, 2015, but Section 908(b)(2) establishes a pilot project
that authorizes the Attorney General, in the exercise of his
discretion, to grant a tribe's request to be designed as a
``participating tribe'' on an accelerated basis and to commence
exercising the special jurisdiction on a date (prior to March 7, 2015)
set by the Attorney General, after coordinating with the Secretary of
the Interior, consulting with affected tribes, and concluding that the
tribe's criminal justice system has adequate safeguards in place to
protect defendants' rights, consistent with Section 204 of the Indian
Civil Rights Act, as amended, 25 U.S.C. 1304. The Department of Justice
has published a notice seeking comments on procedures for an Indian
tribe to request designation as a ``participating tribe'' on an
accelerated basis), and for the
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Attorney General to act on such requests, 78 Fed. Reg. 35961 (June 14,
2013). Pursuant to the notice, the Attorney General has delegated to
the Associate Attorney General the authority to decide whether to grant
the request of a tribe to be designated as a ``participating tribe''
prior to March 7, 2015. The purpose of the collection is to provide
information from the requesting tribe sufficient for the Associate
Attorney General to make that decision.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Fewer than 40
respondents; average of 16 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: There are an estimated 640 annual total burden
hours associated with this collection.
The Department of Justice anticipates responses from between 5 and
40 Tribes. The information collection requires Indian tribes seeking
accelerated exercise of special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction
to provide certain information relating to the tribe's criminal justice
system and safeguards for victims' and defendants' rights.
If additional information is required, contact: Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice
Management Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street, NE., Room 1407B, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: February 28, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2014-04829 Filed 3-4-14; 8:45 am]
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