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Employment Authorization Document, 

and a Form I–983, ‘‘Training Plan for 

STEM OPT Students,’’ to ensure that 

they are receiving the academic and 

training benefits of the STEM OPT 

extension. Consistent with the PRA, the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) has previously approved the 

collection of information contained on 

the current Form I–765 (OMB Control 

No. 1615–0040) and Form I–983 (OMB 

Control No. 1653–0054). Although there 

could be a slight increase in the number 

of filings for both the Form I–765 and 

Form I–983 because of this notice, the 

number of filings currently contained in 

the OMB annual inventory is sufficient 

to cover any additional filings. 

Accordingly, there is no further action 

required under the PRA. 

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01188 Filed 1–20–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[OMB Control Number 1615–0144] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection: H–1B 

Registration Tool 

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 22, 

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–2008–0014. All 

submissions received must include the 

OMB Control Number 1615–0144 in the 

body of the letter, the agency name and 

Docket ID USCIS–2008–0014. 

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 September 1, 2021, at 86 FR 

49043, allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. USCIS received nine 

comments in connection with the 60- 

day notice. 

The information collection instrument 

posted with the 60-day Federal Register 

Notice included changes associated 

with the final rule DHS published on 

January 8, 2021 at 86 FR 1676 titled, 

Modification of Registration 

Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To 

File Cap-Subject H–1B Petitions (RIN 

1615–AC61). On Wednesday, December 

22, 2021 at 86 FR 72516, DHS published 

the Modification of Registration 

Requirement for Petitioners Seeking To 

File Cap-Subject H–1B Petitions, 

Implementation of Vacatur rule (RIN 

1615–AC61). The Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) submission associated with 

the vacatur rule removed the changes 

that would have been made by the 

January 2021 final rule if it had taken 

effect. Accordingly, USCIS has also 

removed those changes from the 

information collection instrument 

posted with this 30-day Federal 

Register Notice and adjusted the burden 

submission accordingly. 

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–2008–0014 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 

Request: Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: H–1B 

Registration Tool. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: OMB–64; 

USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. USCIS will use the data collected 

through the H–1B Registration Tool to 

select a sufficient number of 

registrations projected to meet the 

applicable H–1B cap allocations and to 

notify registrants whether their 

registration was selected. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: The estimated total number of 


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business or other for-profit respondents 

for the information collection H–1B 

Registration Tool is 35,500 with an 

estimated 3 responses per respondents 

and an estimated hour burden per 

response of 0.5167 hours. The estimated 

total number of attorney respondents for 

the information collection H–1B 

Registration Tool is 4,500 with an 

estimated 38 responses per respondents 

and an estimated hour burden per 

response of 0.5167 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 143,384 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. Any 

costs to respondents are captured in the 

Form I–129 information collection 

(OMB control number 1615–009). 

Dated: January 14, 2022. 

Samantha L Deshommes, 

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01107 Filed 1–20–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7050–N–01] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Section 3 Sample 

Certification Forms; OMB Control No: 

2501–New 

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development 

and Research, Chief Data Officer, 

Housing and Urban Development 

(HUD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for the information collection 

described below. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is 

requesting comment from all interested 

parties on the proposed collection of 

information. The purpose of this notice 

is to allow for 30 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 

22, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_submission@

omb.eop.gov or www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 

Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20410; email her at 

Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov or telephone 

202–402–5535. This is not a toll-free 

number. Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Guido. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD is 

seeking approval from OMB for the 

information collection described in 

Section A. 

The Federal Register notice that 

solicited public comment on the 

information collection for a period of 60 

days was published on August 23, 2021 

at 86 FR 47135. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Section 3 Sample Certification Forms. 

OMB Approval Number: 2501–New. 

Type of Request: New. 

Form Number: HUD Forms 4736, 

4736A, 4736B, 4736C, 4736D. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: This 

collection is to reflect changes to the 

Section 3 regulation, published in the 

Federal Register 9/29/2020 (https://

www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2020/09/29/2020-19185/enhancing-andstreamlining-the-implementation-ofsection-3-requirements-for-creatingeconomic). The rule at 24 CFR part 75 

is effective November 30th, 2020 and 

replaces the regulations found at 24 CFR 

part 135. 

24 CFR 75.31 provides a number of 

options for certification that individuals 

meet the new definitions in the new 

final rule: 

(1) For a worker to qualify as a 

Section 3 worker, one of the following 

must be maintained: 

(i) A worker’s self-certification that 

their income is below the income limit 

from the prior calendar year; 

(ii) A worker’s self-certification of 

participation in a means-tested program 

such as public housing or Section 8- 

assisted housing; 

(iii) Certification from a PHA, or the 

owner or property manager of projectbased Section 8-assisted housing, or the 

administrator of tenant-based Section 8- 

assisted housing that the worker is a 

participant in one of their programs; 

(iv) An employer’s certification that 

the worker’s income from that employer 

is below the income limit when based 

on an employer’s calculation of what 

the worker’s wage rate would translate 

to if annualized on a full-time basis; or 

(v) An employer’s certification that 

the worker is employed by a Section 3 

business concern. 

(2) For a worker to qualify as a 

Targeted Section 3 worker, one of the 

following must be maintained: 

(i) For a worker to qualify as a 

Targeted Section 3 worker for public 

housing financial assistance: 

(A) A worker’s self-certification of 

participation in public housing or 

Section 8-assisted housing programs; 

(B) Certification from a PHA, or the 

owner or property manager of projectbased Section 8-assisted housing, or the 

administrator of tenant-based Section 8- 

assisted housing that the worker is a 

participant in one of their programs; 

(C) An employer’s certification that 

the worker is employed by a Section 3 

business concern; or 

(D) A worker’s certification that the 

worker is a YouthBuild participant. 

(ii) For a worker to qualify as a 

Targeted Section 3 worker for a section 

3 project (housing and community 

development financial assistance): 

(A) An employer’s confirmation that a 

worker’s residence is within one mile of 

the work site or, if fewer than 5,000 

people live within one mile of a work 

site, within a circle centered on the 

work site that is sufficient to encompass 

a population of 5,000 people according 

to the most recent U.S. Census; 

(B) An employer’s certification that 

the worker is employed by a Section 3 

business concern; or 

(C) A worker’s self-certification that 

the worker is a YouthBuild participant. 

These forms are designed to assist 

grant recipients and contractors with 

their recordkeeping requirements found 

in the regulation. 

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Hourly per 

response Annual cost 

HUD Form 4736—PH/Section 8 Certification Form ........... 150 1 150 0.5 75 $49.83 $3,737.25 

HUD Form 4736A—Employer HCD Certification ............... 500 1 500 0.5 250 45.80 11,450.00 


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