[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24746]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Title: Request to use emergency procedures for an emergency
revision to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Annual
Report on TANF Programs and State Maintenance-of-Effort Programs.
OMB No.: 0970-0248.
Description: We wish to amend the annual report to include the
state report on the TANF EBT requirements. The final rule that will
govern the TANF EBT state reports (Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) Program, State Reporting On Policies and Practices to
Prevent Use of TANF Funds in Electronic Benefit Transfer Transactions
in Specified Locations) has not yet been published, so ACF is unable to
have a stand-alone EBT state report form cleared by PRA in time for
states to report on fiscal year 2015. Amending the annual report to
include the EBT reporting section would enable states to report on this
fiscal year and avoid possible penalty. Section 4004 of the Middle
Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 specifies that the
Secretary shall reduce the state's annual TANF grant by 5 percent if
the state does not report on its policies and practices each fiscal
year. The states have not submitted EBT reports since fiscal year 2014.
Respondents: The TANF programs of the states, DC, Guam, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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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ACF-204..................................... 54 1 138 7,452
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,452.
Additional Information: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180 day
approval for this information collection under procedures for emergency
processing by October 1, 2015. A copy of this information collection,
with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling
the Administration for Children and Families, Reports Clearance
Officer, Robert Sargis at (202) 690-7275.
Comments and questions about the information collection described
above should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACF, Office of Management and
Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street NW., Washington,
DC 20503; FAX: (202) 395-7285; email: [email protected].
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-24746 Filed 9-29-15; 8:45 am]
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