[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9566-9567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03702]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 16, 2022.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to 
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.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by March 
24, 2022 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
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.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Economic Research Service

    Title: Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0536-0043.
    Summary of Collection: The Food Security Supplement to the Current 
Population Survey (CPS) is sponsored by USDA as research and evaluation 
activity authorized under 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). This section outlines 
duties of the Secretary of Agriculture related to research and 
development including authorizing the collection of statistics.

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The Administrator of the Economic Research Service is authorized to 
conduct economic and social science research and analyses related to 
the U.S. food system and consumers under 7 CFR 2.67. The data to be 
collected will be used to address multiple programmatic and policy 
development needs of the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and other 
Federal agencies. The U.S. Census Bureau conducts this data collection 
on USDA's behalf under Title 13, Section 8(b).
    Need and use of the Information: The data collected by the food 
security supplement will be used for monitoring the prevalence of food 
security, food insecurity, and very low food security within the U.S. 
population as a whole and in selected population subgroups; conducting 
research on causes of food insecurity and the role of Federal food and 
nutrition programs in ameliorating food insecurity; and continuing 
development and improvement of methods for measuring these conditions. 
Information will be collected on food spending, use of Federal and 
community food and nutrition assistance programs, difficulties in 
obtaining adequate food during the previous 12 months and 30 days due 
to constrained resources, and conditions that result from inadequate 
access to food.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or Households.
    Number of Respondents: 53,901.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,479.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-03702 Filed 2-18-22; 8:45 am]
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