Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 75 / Friday, April 18, 1997 / Notices 19119

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda for the

third meeting of the Advisory Board on

Welfare Indicators. This notice also

describes the functions of the Advisory

Board. Notice of this meeting is required

under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act and is

intended to notify the public of their

opportunity to attend.

DATE AND TIME: April 30, 1997, 11:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Hubert H. Humphrey

Building, Alice Mitchell Rivlin

Conference Room, 415F, 200

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann

McCormick, Department of Health and

Human Services, Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation—

Human Services Policy, 200

Independence Ave., S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20201. Telephone: (202) 690–5880;

FAX: (202) 690–6562.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators

was established by Subtitle D, section

232 of the Social Security Act

Amendments of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–432).

The duties of the Advisory Board

include (A) Providing advice and

recommendations to the Secretary of

Health and Human Services on the

development of indicators of the rate at

which and, to the extent feasible, the

degree to which, families depend on

income from welfare programs and the

duration of welfare receipt and (B)

providing advice on the development

and presentation of annual welfare

indicators reports to the Congress

required by the Social Security Act

Amendments of 1994.

The meeting of the Advisory Board is

open to the public. The agenda for the

April 30 meeting includes discussion of

the first annual welfare indicators report

to Congress. The report will include

analysis of families and individuals

receiving assistance under means-tested

benefit programs under part A of title IV

of the Social Security Act, the Food

Stamp Act of 1977, and title XVI of the

Social Security Act, or as general

assistance under programs administered

by state and local governments. At a

minimum, the report is required to set

forth indicators of the rate at which and,

to the extent feasible, the degree to

which, families depend on income from

welfare programs and the duration of

receipt; trends in indicators; predictors

of welfare receipt; the causes of welfare

receipt; and patterns of multiple

program receipt. A final agenda will be

available from the office of the Assistant

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation—

Human Services Policy on April 24,

1997.

Records will be kept of the Advisory

Board proceedings, and will be available

for public inspection at offices of the

Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation—Human Services Policy,

200 Independence Avenue, S.W., room

404–E, Washington, D.C. 20201 between

the hours of 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.

Dated: April 14, 1997.

Ann Rosewater,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human

Services Policy, ASPE.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICE

Administration for Children and

Families

Submission for OMB review;

comments request

Title: Annual Survey of Refugees.

OMB No.: 0970–0033.

Description: The Refugee Act of 1980,

and the Refugee Assistance amendments

enacted in 1982 and 1986, stress the

achievement of employment and selfsufficiency by refugees as soon as

possible after their arrival in the U.S.

The Annual Survey of Refugees collects

information on the economic

circumstances of a random sample of

refugees, Amerasians, and entrants who

arrived in the U.S. during the previous

five years focusing on their education,

training, labor force participation, and

welfare utilization rates. From their

responses, ORR reports on the economic

adjustment of refugees to the American

economy. These data are used by

Congress in its annual deliberations of

refugee admissions and funding and by

program managers in formulating

policies for the future direction of the

Refugee Resettlement Program.

Respondents: Individuals and

households.

Annual Burden Estimates:

Instrument Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

per respondent

Average

burden

hours per

response

Total burden hours

ORR–9 .............................................................................................................................. 2,100 1 .6666 1,400

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 1,400.

In compliance with the requirements

of Section 3506(c))(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Administration for Children and

Families is soliciting public comment

on these specific aspects of the

information collection described above.

Copies of the proposed collection of

information can be obtained and

comments may be forwarded by writing

to The Administration for Children and

Families, Office of Information Services,

Division of Information Resource

Management Services, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, SW., Washington DC 20447,

Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All

requests should be identified by title.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology. Consideration will be given

to comments and suggestions submitted

within 60 days of this publication.

Dated: April 14, 1997.

Bob Sargis,

Acting Reports Clearance Officer.

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