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estimated hour burden per response is 

1 hour. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The total estimated annual 

hour burden associated with this 

collection is 16,000 hours. 

(7) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in cost) associated with the 

collection: The estimated total annual 

cost burden associated with this 

collection of information is $0. Costs for 

this collection of information are 

included in those reported for USCIS 

Form I–485 (OMB Control Number 

1615–0023) and USCIS Form I–140 

(OMB Control Number 1615–0015). 

Dated: January 11, 2022. 

Samantha L. Deshommes, 

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0137] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Extension, Without Change, 

of a Currently Approved Collection: 

Application for Employment 

Authorization for Abused 

Nonimmigrant Spouse 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The purpose of this notice is to 

allow an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until February 18, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or 

suggestions regarding the item(s) 

contained in this notice, especially 

regarding the estimated public burden 

and associated response time, must be 

submitted via the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal website at http://

www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID 

number USCIS–2016–0004. All 

submissions received must include the 

OMB Control Number 1615–0137 in the 

body of the letter, the agency name and 

Docket ID USCIS–2016–0004. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, 

Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 

Telephone number (240) 721–3000 

(This is not a toll-free number; 

comments are not accepted via 

telephone message.). Please note contact 

information provided here is solely for 

questions regarding this notice. It is not 

for individual case status inquiries. 

Applicants seeking information about 

the status of their individual cases can 

check Case Status Online, available at 

the USCIS website at http://

www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS 

Contact Center at (800) 375–5283; TTY 

(800) 767–1833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments 

The information collection notice was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register on October 29, 2021, at 86 FR 

60060, allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. USCIS received two 

comments in connection with the 60- 

day notice. 

You may access the information 

collection instrument with instructions, 

or additional information by visiting the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal site at: 

http://www.regulations.gov and enter 

USCIS–2016–0004 in the search box. 

The comments submitted to USCIS via 

this method are visible to the Office of 

Management and Budget and comply 

with the requirements of 5 CFR 

1320.12(c). All submissions will be 

posted, without change, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov, and will include 

any personal information you provide. 

Therefore, submitting this information 

makes it public. You may wish to 

consider limiting the amount of 

personal information that you provide 

in any voluntary submission you make 

to DHS. DHS may withhold information 

provided in comments from public 

viewing that it determines may impact 

the privacy of an individual or is 

offensive. For additional information, 

please read the Privacy Act notice that 

is available via the link in the footer of 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

should address one or more of the 

following four points: 

(1) 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; 

(2) 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 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) 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: 

Extension, Without Change, of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Application for Employment 

Authorization for Abused 

Nonimmigrant Spouse. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: I–765V; 

USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. USCIS uses Form I–765V, 

Application for Employment 

Authorization for Abused 

Nonimmigrant Spouse, to collect the 

information needed determine if the 

applicant is eligible for an initial EAD 

or renewal EAD as a qualifying abused 

nonimmigrant spouse. Noncitizens are 

required to possess an EAD as evidence 

of work authorization. To be authorized 

for employment, a noncitizen must be 

lawfully admitted for permanent 

residence or authorized to be so 

employed by the INA or under 

regulations issued by DHS. Pursuant to 

statutory or regulatory authorization, 

certain noncitizens are authorized to be 

employed in the United States without 

restrictions as to location or type of 

employment as a condition of their 

admission or subsequent change to one 

of the indicated classes. USCIS may 

determine the validity period assigned 

to any document issued evidencing a 

noncitizen’s authorization to work in 

the United States. USCIS also collects 

biometric information from EAD 

applicants to verify their identity, check 

or update their background information, 

and produce the EAD card. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 


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1The Act applies to ‘‘any authority of the United 

States that is an ‘‘agency’’’ as defined in 44 U.S.C. 

3502. Public Law 117–58, section 70912(3). 

2The Act defines ‘‘deficient programs’’ as ‘‘any 

Federal financial assistance program for 

infrastructure . . . for which a domestic content 

procurement preference requirement does not apply 

in a manner consistent with section 70914 of the 

law; or is subject to a waiver of general applicability 

not limited to the use of specific products for use 

in a specific project.’’ Id. at section 70913(c). 

3Section 70912(4) of the Act defines ‘‘Federal 

financial assistance’’ and provides that the 

definition is consistent with the definition in 2 CFR 

200.1 and includes ‘‘all expenditures by a Federal 

agency to a non-Federal entity for an infrastructure 

project, except that it does not include expenditures 

for assistance authorized under section 402, 403, 

404, 406, 408, or 502 of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

U.S.C. 5170a, 5170b, 5170c, 5172, 5174, or 5192) 

relating to a major disaster or emergency declared 

by the President under section 401 or 501, 

respectively, of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170, 5191) or 

pre and post disaster or emergency response 

expenditures.’’ 

4Available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2021/12/M-22-08.pdf. 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: The estimated total number of 

respondents for the information 

collection I–765V is 350 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

3.75 hours; the estimated total number 

of respondents for the information 

collection Biometric Processing is 350 

and the estimated hour burden per 

response is 1.17 hours. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The total estimated annual 

hour burden associated with this 

collection is 1,723 hours. 

(7) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in cost) associated with the 

collection: The estimated total annual 

cost burden associated with this 

collection of information is $87,500. 

Dated: January 11, 2022. 

Samantha L. Deshommes, 

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6310–N–01] 

Identification of Federal Financial 

Assistance Infrastructure Programs 

Subject to the Build America, Buy 

America Provisions of the 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

AGENCY: Office of Chief Financial 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD, the Department) 

has conducted an initial review required 

by the Build America, Buy America Act 

(the Act) to identify and evaluate its 

Federal financial assistance programs 

for infrastructure to determine whether 

they are inconsistent with the 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

(the IIJA). The Act imposes domestic 

content procurement preference 

requirements on Federal financial 

assistance programs for infrastructure 

that do not currently have such a 

requirement and requires Federal 

agencies to evaluate each financial 

assistance program for infrastructure 

administered by the agency to identify 

programs inconsistent with the Act’s 

requirements for application of a 

domestic procurement preference. Each 

Federal agency must submit its report 

on the agency’s programs and related 

determinations to Congress and to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) and publish its report in the 

Federal Register. Today’s notice 

complies with the Act’s publication and 

reporting requirements and contains 

HUD’s list of identified Federal 

financial assistance programs for 

infrastructure. HUD has determined that 

none of the programs it has reviewed to 

date are consistent with the Act. HUD’s 

initial analysis errs on the side of overinclusiveness based on the Department’s 

current understanding of information 

contained in the Act and the imminent 

timing requirements for reporting. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: J. 

Malcom Smith, Management and 

Program Analyst, Grants Management 

and Oversight Division, Office of the 

Assistant Chief Financial Officer of 

Systems, Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20410–8000; telephone 

number 202–402–6472 (this is not a tollfree number), or email AskGMO@

hud.gov with the subject line ‘‘Build 

America, Buy America’’. Persons with 

hearing or speech impairments may 

access this number through TTY by 

calling the Federal Relay Service at 800– 

877–8339 (this is a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 15, 2021, the President 

signed into law the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117– 

58) (the IIJA), which includes the Build 

America, Buy America Act at sections 

70911 through 70927 (the Act). The Act 

ensures that Federal financial assistance 

programs for infrastructure require the 

use of materials produced in the United 

States, increases requirements for 

American-made content, and 

strengthens the waiver process 

associated with Buy American 

provisions. Section 70913 of the Act 

requires, within 60 days of the 

enactment of the IIJA, that each Federal 

agency, including HUD,1 file a report 

with Congress and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) which 

identifies and evaluates all financial 

assistance programs for infrastructure to 

determine whether the program is 

inconsistent with section 70914 of the 

Act. The report must be published in 

the Federal Register. The reports must 

identify and provide a list of which of 

these programs are ‘‘deficient,’’ as 

defined in section 70913(c) of the Act.2

Section 70914 of the Act requires that 

no later than 180 days after enactment 

of the IIJA (which would be May 14, 

2022), Federal agencies ‘‘shall ensure 

that none of the funds made available 

for a Federal financial assistance 

program for infrastructure, including 

each deficient program, may be 

obligated for a project unless all of the 

iron, steel, manufactured products, and 

construction materials used in the 

project are produced in the United 

States.’’ 3 Federal agencies must identify 

all infrastructure programs and 

determine whether a program is 

inconsistent with section 70914 of the 

Act, regardless of whether the program 

received funding from IIJA. (HUD did 

not receive funding.) Pursuant to the 

Act, an infrastructure program is 

considered inconsistent with section 

70914 if: (1) It does not require that all 

the iron, steel, manufactured products, 

and construction materials used in the 

project are produced in the United 

States; (2) it does not issue waivers and 

written justifications as specified in 

section 70914; or (3) it is subject to a 

waiver of general applicability under 

section 70914(b) of the Act. On 

December 20, 2021, OMB issued a 

memorandum titled ‘‘Identification of 

Federal Financial Assistance 

Infrastructure Programs Subject to the 

Build America, Buy America Provisions 

of the Infrastructure Investment and 

Jobs Act,’’ M–22–08, to implement these 

requirements and provide guidance to 

Federal agencies.4

HUD awards discretionary funding 

through over 20 Grant programs and 10 

formula programs in support of HUD’s 

mission. These programs generally meet 

the definition of ‘‘Federal financial 

assistance’’ as defined in the Act. HUD 

has evaluated these programs and they 

are included in this report, but a full 

assessment of whether they fund 

infrastructure as described by the Act 

has not yet been completed. HUD has 


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