99-5302. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request; Proposed Project

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[FR Doc No: 99-5302]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request; 
Proposed Project

    Title: Refugee State-of-Origin Report.
    OMB No.: 0970-0043.
    Description: The information collection of the ORR-11 (Refugee 
State-or-Origin Report) is designed to satisfy the statutory 
requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Section 412(s) (of 
the Act requires ORR to compile and maintain data on the secondary 
migration of refugees within the United States after arrival.
    In order to meet this legislative requirement, ORR requires each 
State to submit an annual count of the number of refugees who were 
initially resettled in another State. The State does this by counting 
the number of refugees with social security numbers indicating 
residence in another State at the time of arrival in the U.S. (The 
first three digits of the social security number indicate the State of 
residence of the applicant.)
    Data submitted by the States are compiled and analyzed by the ORR 
statisticians, who then prepares a summary report which is included in 
ORR's annual Report to Congress. The primary use of the data is to 
quantify and analyze refugee secondary migration among the 50 States. 
ORR uses these data to adjust its refugee arrival totals in order to 
calculate the ORR social services formula allocation.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Govt.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                                 Average burden
                 Instrument                      Number of                         hours per       Total burden
                                                respondents                         response          hours
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State-of-Origin Report......................              50                1            4.333              217
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 217.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(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 
Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. 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.

    Dated: February 26, 1999.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-5302 Filed 3-3-99; 8:45 am]
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