96-10532. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request; Proposed Projects

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18746-18747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10532]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request; 
Proposed Projects

    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(a)(3) 
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 participating in the Refugee

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Resettlement Program to submit an annual report with a count of the 
number of refugees receiving cash and medical assistance or social 
services who were initial 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 
statistician, 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 for each State 
in order to calculate the social services allocation formula.
    Respondents: State Governments.

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                                                                            Number of     Average               
                                                               Number of    responses      burden       Total   
                         Instrument                           respondents      per       hours per      burden  
                                                                            respondent    response      hours   
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ORR-11......................................................           50            1         .434          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, Division of Information Resource Management 
Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn: 
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by 
title.
    In addition, requests for copies may be made and comments forwarded 
to the Reports Clearance Officer over the Internet by sending a message 
to [e-mail]. Internet messages must be submitted as an 
ASCII file without special characters or encryption.
    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) ways to enhance 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: April 22, 1996.
Roberta Katson,
Director, Division of Information Resource Management Services.
[FR Doc. 96-10532 Filed 4-26-96; 8:45 am]
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