[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 187 (Friday, September 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25624]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Emergency Review; Comment Request

September 23, 1997.
    The Department of Labor has submitted the following (see below) 
information collection request (ICR), utilizing emergency review 
procedures, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506). OMB approval has been requested by October 3, 
1997. A copy of the ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may 
be obtained by calling the Department of Labor Departmental Clearance 
Officer, Theresa M. O'Malley, at (202) 219-5095 ext. 143.
    Comments and questions about the ICR listed below should be 
forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, ATTN: 
OMB Desk Officer for the Employment and Training Administration, Office 
of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 20503 (202) 395-
7316. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in 
comments which:
    <bullet> Evaulate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility:
    <bullet> Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    <bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    <bullet> Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Indian and Native American Welfare-to-Work Programs.
    Frequency: Annual (Plan submission).
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 150.
    Total of Responses: 150.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 6 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 900.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $3,000,000.00 per year 
(program administrative costs).
    Description: This ICR concerns the submission of applications and 
plans by Federally-recognized tribes and Alaska Native entities (or 
consortia thereof) eligible to receive funding under the Indian and 
Native American Welfare-to-Work (INA W2W) program. These instructions 
include a pre-application process for those tribes which do not operate 
a tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program or a 
Native Employment Works (NEW) program, as established by Public Law 
104-193 (the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996, commonly called the ``Welfare Reform 
Act''). These non-TANF or NEW tribes must qualify as INA W2W grantees 
under the ``substantial services'' criteria established by the 
Department in accordance with the provisions of section 
412(a)(3)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act, as amended by section 
5001(c) of Public Law 105-33 (the Balanced Budget Act of 1997). Once 
determined to have met the ``substantial services'' criteria, 
applicants must submit a plan containing a Standard Form (SF) 424, the 
basic information on service area, plans for providing client services, 
preliminary funding and expenditure estimates, and standard assurances 
and forms common to most Federal funds recipients. This emergency 
clearance is necessary to enable the Department to implement the INA 
W2W program as close to the legislatively-mandated beginning date of 
October 1, 1997 (Fiscal Year 1998) as possible, as authorized by Public 
Law 105-33. Also, quick implementation of the INA W2W program is 
desirable because many TANF recipients are reaching the exhaustion of 
their benefits, due to the time limits for receiving those benefits 
imposed by Public Law 104-193 (the ``Welfare Reform Act'').
Theresa M. O'Malley,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-25624 Filed 9-25-97; 8:45 am]
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