Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 182 / Friday, September 19, 1997 / Notices 49205

Dated: September 11, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–24880 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE: 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Survey of Program Dynamics—1998

ACTION: Proposed collection; Comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other federal agencies to take

this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before November 18,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument and instructions should be

directed to Michael McMahon, Bureau

of the Census, FOB 3, Room 3387,

Washington, DC 20233–8400, (301) 457–

3819.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Survey of Program Dynamics

(SPD) is a household-based survey

designed as a data collection vehicle

that can provide the basis for an overall

evaluation of how well welfare reforms

are achieving the aims of the

Administration and the Congress, and

meeting the needs of the American

people.

The SPD will be a large, longitudinal,

nationally-representative study that

measures participation in welfare

programs, including both programs that

are being reformed and those that

remain unchanged. The SPD will also

measure other important social,

economic, demographic, and family

changes that will allow analysis of the

effectiveness of the welfare reforms.

With the August 22, 1996 signing of

the Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

(Pub L. 104–193), the Census Bureau is

required to conduct the SPD, using as

the sample the households from the

1992 and 1993 Survey of Income and

Program Participation (SIPP). The

information obtained will be used to

evaluate the impact of this law on a

sample of previous welfare recipients

and future recipients of assistance under

new state programs funded under this

law as well as assess the impact on

other low-income families. Issues of

particular attention include welfare

dependency, the length of welfare

spells, the causes of repeat welfare

spells, educational enrollment and work

training, health care utilization, out-ofwedlock births, and the status of

children.

The first interview for the SPD was a

bridge survey conducted in the spring of

1997. The bridge survey will provide a

link to baseline data for the period prior

to the implementation of the welfare

reform activities.

II. Method of Data Collection

The SPD is a longitudinal study of

welfare-related activities, with the

sample respondents originally selected

from 1992 and 1993 SIPP panels.

Interviews were conducted in a bridge

survey in 1997. Data collection will be

conducted from 1998 to 2001. Data will

be collected using a Computer-Assisted

Personal Interview (CAPI) automated

questionnaire instrument, from a

nationally representative sample of the

noninstitutionalized resident

population living in the U.S. for all

persons, families, and households.

Persons who are at least 15 years of age

at the time of the interview will be

eligible to be in the survey. A separate

interview will be obtained for each

adolescent member, ages 12 to 17, of our

sample households. The adolescent

interview will be administered by

audio-cassette, while the adolescent

records the answers in a paper answer

booklet.

A small sample of households will be

selected for reinterview. The

reinterview process assures that all

households were properly contacted,

and that the data are valid.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0838.

Form Number: CAPI Automated

Instrument.

Type of Review: Regular.

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households.

Estimated Number of Household

Respondents: 42,000.

Estimated Number of Adolescent

Respondents: 7,800.

Estimated Number of Reinterview

Respondents: 1,500.

Estimated Time Per Response: 30

minutes per respondent (60 minutes per

household), 30 minutes per adolescent

aged 12–17 years, 10 minutes per

reinterview.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 25,150.

Estimated Total Annual Costs: No

costs to the respondents other than their

time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 13 United States

Code, Section 182 and Public Law 104–193,

Section 414 (signed 8/22/96) Title 42 United

States Code, Section 614).

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited 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 burden (including

hours and cost) 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.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and or

included in the request of OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: September 15, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

FR Doc. 97–24886 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 a.m.)

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

North American Free-Trade

Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel

Reviews; Request for Panel Review

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United

States Section, International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of first request for panel

review.

SUMMARY: On September 2, 1997 CINSA,

S.A. de C.V. and Esmaltaciones de Norte

America, S.A. de C.V. filed a First

Request for Panel Review with the

United States Section of the NAFTA

Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of

the North American Free Trade