[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11442-11443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-04365]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: ORR-2 Quarterly Report on Expenditures and Obligations.
OMB No.: 0970-0407.
Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) reimburses,
to the extent of available appropriations, certain non-federal costs
for the provision of cash and medical assistance to refugees, along
with allowable expenses for the administration of the refugee
resettlement program at the State level. States (and Wilson/Fish
projects; i.e., alternative projects for the administration of the
refugee resettlement program) currently submit the ORR-2 Quarterly
Report on Expenditures and Obligations, which provides aggregate
expenditure and obligation data. This proposed data collection collects
expenditures and obligations data separately for each of the four CMA
program components: Refugee cash assistance, refugee medical
assistance, cash and medical assistance administration, and services
for unaccompanied minors. This breakdown of financial status data
allows ORR to track program
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expenditures in greater detail to anticipate any funding issues and to
meet the requirements of ORR regulations at CFR 400.211 to collect
these data for use in estimating future costs of the refugee
resettlement program. ORR must implement the methodology at CFR 400.211
each year after receipt of its annual appropriation to ensure that
appropriated funds will be adequate for reimbursement to States of the
costs for assistance provided to entering refugees. The estimating
methodology prescribed in the regulations requires the use of actual
past costs by program component. In the event that the methodology
indicates that appropriated funds are inadequate, ORR must take steps
to reduce federal expenses, such as by limiting the number of months of
eligibility for Refugee Cash Assistance and Refugee Medical Assistance.
This proposed single-page financial report allows ORR to collect the
necessary data to ensure that funds are adequate for the projected need
and thereby meet the requirements of both the Refugee Act and ORR
regulations.
Respondents: State governments, Wilson/Fish Alternative Projects.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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ORR Financial Status Report................. 58 4 0.50 116
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 116.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified
by the title of the information collection.
The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted
within 60 days of this publication.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-04365 Filed 3-2-15; 8:45 am]
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