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to track national and regional drug 

trends; a clearer national picture of 

illicit or diverted drug availability; 

additional information about the 

temporal changes in drug availability by 

geographic region; and the ability to 

detect new or emerging drugs. 

Information from NFLIS is combined 

with other existing databases to develop 

more accurate, up-to-date information 

on abused drugs. This database 

represents a voluntary, cooperative 

effort on the part of participating 

laboratories and MECs to provide a 

centralized source of analyzed drug 

data. Existing federal drug abuse 

databases do not provide the type, 

scope, timeliness, or quality of 

information necessary to effectively 

estimate the actual or relative abuse 

potential of drugs as required under the 

Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 

811(b)) and international treaties in a 

timely and efficient manner. For 

example, much of the trafficking data 

for federal drug scheduling actions is 

presently obtained on a case-by-case 

basis from state and local laboratories. 

Occasionally scientific personnel from 

the DEA’s Diversion Control Division, 

Drug and Chemical Evaluation Section, 

have contacted specific laboratories and 

requested files. In addition, some DEA 

field offices routinely subpoena MEC 

records for use in case work. The 

development of the National Forensic 

Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) 

greatly enhances the collection of such 

data. Submission of information for this 

collection is voluntary. DEA is not 

mandating this information collection. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: The DEA estimates that 140 

persons annually for this collection at 

1.6 hour per respondent, for an annual 

burden of 218 hours. 

6. An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

proposed collection: The DEA estimates 

that this collection takes 218 annual 

burden hours. 

If additional information is required 

please contact: Melody Braswell, 

Department Clearance Officer, United 

States Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, Suite 3E.405B, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: June 6, 2018. 

Melody Braswell, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1121–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; New 

collection: Death in Custody Reporting 

Act Collection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Assistance, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice 

(DOJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance will 

be submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The Death in Custody Reporting Act 

(DCRA) requires states and federal law 

enforcement agencies to report certain 

information to the Attorney General 

regarding the death of any person 

occurring during interactions with law 

enforcement officers or while in 

custody. See 34 U.S.C. 60105(a) & (b). It 

further requires the Attorney General 

and the Department of Justice 

(Department) to collect the information, 

establish guidelines on how it should be 

reported, annually determine whether 

each state has complied with the 

reporting requirements, and address any 

state’s noncompliance. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 60 days until 

August 10, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have additional comments 

especially on the estimated public 

burden or associated response time, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

proposed information collection 

instrument with instructions or 

additional information, please contact 

Chris Casto, Bureau of Justice 

Assistance, 810 Seventh Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20531 (email: 

DICRAComments@usdoj.gov; telephone: 

202–616–6500). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

the proposed collection of information 

are encouraged. Your comments should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: 

—Evaluate 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; 

—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; 

—Evaluate whether and if so how the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected can be 

enhanced; and 

—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. 

Overview of this information 

collection: 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

New Collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Death in Custody Reporting Act 

Collection. 

3. The agency form number: if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

DCR–1. 

Quarterly Summary. This summary 

form requires States to either (1) identify 

all reportable deaths that occurred in 

their jurisdiction during the 

corresponding quarter and provide basic 

information about the circumstances of 

the death, or (2) affirm that no 

reportable death occurred in the State 

during the reporting period. For each 

quarter in a fiscal year, a State must 

complete the Quarterly Summary (Form 

DCR–1) and submit it by the reporting 

deadline. The Quarterly Summary is a 

list of all reportable deaths that occurred 

in the State during the corresponding 

quarter with basic information about the 

circumstances of each death. If a State 

did not have a reportable death during 

the quarter, the State must so indicate 

on the Quarterly Summary. The 

reporting deadline to submit the 

Quarterly Summary is the last day of the 

month following the close of the 

quarter. For each quarter, BJA will send 

two reminders prior to the reporting 

deadline. 

Example. The second quarter of a 

fiscal year is January 1–March 31. The 

deadline to submit the second quarter 

Quarterly Summary is April 30. BJA 

will send a reminder to States on March 

31 and April 15. 

Incident Report. This incident report 

form requires States to provide 

additional information for each 

reportable death identified in the 

Quarterly Summary that occurred 

during interactions with law 

enforcement personnel or while in their 

custody. For each reportable death 

identified in the Quarterly Summary, a 

State must complete and submit by the 


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same reporting deadline an Incident 

Report (Form DCR–1A), which contains 

specific information on the 

circumstances of the death and 

additional characteristics of the 

decedent. These include: 

• The decedent’s name, date of birth, 

gender, race, and ethnicity. 

• The date, time, and location of the 

death. 

• The law enforcement or 

correctional agency involved. 

• Manner of death. 

States must answer all questions on 

the Incident Report before they can 

submit the form. If the State does not 

have sufficient information to complete 

one of the questions, then the State may 

select the ‘‘unknown’’ answer, if 

available, and then identify when the 

information is anticipated to be 

obtained. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: 

Primary: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Abstract: In order to comply with the 

mandate of the DCRA, the Department 

of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 

is proposing a new data collection for 

State Administering Agencies to collect 

and submit information regarding the 

death of any person who is detained, 

under arrest, or is in the process of 

being arrested, is en route to be 

incarcerated, or is incarcerated at a 

municipal or county jail, State prison, 

State-run boot camp prison, boot camp 

prison that is contracted out by the 

State, any State or local contract facility, 

or other local or State correctional 

facility (including any juvenile facility). 

DOJ proposes the following plan to 

collect DCRA information at the end of 

fiscal year 2019 and beyond. The plan, 

which constitutes ‘‘guidelines 

established by the Attorney General’’ 

pursuant to section 2(a) of the DCRA, 

encompasses provisions specifically 

required by the statute. 

For purposes of this notice, the term 

‘‘reportable death’’ means any death that 

the DCRA or the Department’s 

guidelines require States to report. 

Generally, these are deaths that 

occurred during interactions with law 

enforcement personnel or while the 

decedent was in their custody or in the 

custody, under the supervision, or 

under the jurisdiction of a State or local 

law enforcement or correctional agency, 

such as a jail or prison. Specifically, the 

DCRA requires States to report 

‘‘information regarding the death of any 

person who is detained, under arrest, or 

is in the process of being arrested, is en 

route to be incarcerated, or is 

incarcerated at a municipal or county 

jail, State prison, State-run boot camp 

prison, boot camp prison that is 

contracted out by the State, any State or 

local contract facility, or other local or 

State correctional facility (including any 

juvenile facility).’’ 34 U.S.C. 60105(a). 

Please note that the DCRA 

information that States submit to the 

Department must originate from official 

government records, documents, or 

personnel. 

The DCRA requires quarterly 

reporting. Because these data collection 

guidelines and associated system 

changes will not be finalized until FY 

2019, quarterly reporting will begin 

with the 1st quarter of FY 2020. Deaths 

in prisons and jails occurring during 

2018 and 2019 will be captured by BJS 

through its existing data collection 

program on deaths in prisons and jails. 

Beginning with the first quarter of FY 

2020 (October 2019), quarterly DCRA 

reporting to BJA will include all 

reportable deaths—deaths occurring 

during interactions with law 

enforcement personnel or while in their 

custody and deaths in jail, prison, or 

detention settings. (i.e., deaths 

reportable on Form DCR–1). 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: For purposes of this collection, 

the term ‘‘State’’ includes any State of 

the United States, the District of 

Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico, the Virgin Islands, American 

Samoa, Guam, and the Northern 

Mariana Islands. Thus, the affected 

public that will be asked to respond on 

a quarterly basis each federal fiscal year 

includes 56 State and Territorial actors. 

These States will be requesting 

information from approximately 19,450 

State and local law enforcement 

agencies (LEAs), 56 State and Territorial 

departments of corrections, and 2,800 

local adult jail jurisdictions. 

6. An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: For purposes of this burden 

calculation, it is estimated that for each 

fiscal year there will be a total of 1,900 

reportable deaths by 1,060 LEAs, 1,053 

reportable deaths by 600 jails, and 3,483 

reportable deaths by prisons. For FY 

2020 and beyond, the total projected 

respondent burden is 13,756.49 hours. 

States will need an estimated 4.00 hours 

to complete each Quarterly Summary 

for a total of 4,480.00 hours, 0.25 hours 

to complete each corresponding 

Incident Reports (DCR–1A) for a total of 

1,713.49 hours. For LEAs, the estimated 

burden to assist States in completing the 

Quarterly Summaries is 0.40 hours per 

Report for a total of 1,696.00 hours, and 

a total of 1,425.00 hours, at 0.75 hours 

for each corresponding Incident Report. 

The estimated burden for jails is a total 

of 960.00 hours to assist States in 

completing the Quarterly Summaries 

and 789.75 hours in completing 

Incident Reports. Finally, the estimated 

burden for prisons to assist States in 

completing the Quarterly Summaries is 

a total of 80.00 hours, and a total of 

2,612.25 hours to assist States in 

completing Incident Reports. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Melody Braswell, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: June 6, 2018. 

Melody Braswell, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–FY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1105–0091] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; Extension 

Without Change, of a Previously 

Approved Collection; Assumption of 

Concurrent Federal Criminal 

Jurisdiction in Certain Areas of Indian 

Country 

AGENCY: Office of Tribal Justice, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice, 

Office of Tribal Justice, will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 60 days until 

August 10, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have additional comments 

especially on the estimated public 

burden or associated response time, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

proposed information collection 

instrument with instructions or 

additional information, please contact 

Mr. Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of 

Tribal Justice, Department of Justice, 

950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 

2310, Washington, DC 20530 (phone: 

202–514–8812). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written 

comments and suggestions from the 


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