[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41852-41853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16470]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; ORR-2 Quarterly Report on Expenditures 
and Obligations (OMB #0970-0407)

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for 
Children and Families, HHS.

ACTION: Request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is requesting a 
three-year extension of the ORR-2 Quarterly Report on Expenditures and 
Obligations (OMB #0970-0407, expiration 8/31/2021). There are no 
changes requested to the form.

DATES: Comments due within 30 days of publication. OMB must make a 
decision about the collection of information between 30 and 60 days 
after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, 
a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it 
within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) reimburses, 
to the extent of available appropriations, certain non-federal costs 
for the provision of cash and medical assistance to refugees, along 
with allowable expenses for the administration the refugee resettlement 
program at the State level. States and Replacement Designees currently 
submit the ORR-2 Quarterly Report on Expenditures and Obligations, 
which provides aggregate expenditure and obligation data. This data 
collection collects expenditures and obligations data separately for 
each of the four CMA program components: Refugee cash assistance, 
refugee medical assistance, cash and medical assistance administration, 
and services for unaccompanied minors. This breakdown of financial 
status data allows ORR to track program expenditures in greater detail 
to anticipate any funding issues and to meet the requirements of ORR 
regulations at CFR 400.211 to collect

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these data for use in estimating future costs of the refugee 
resettlement program. ORR must implement the methodology at CFR 400.211 
each year after receipt of its annual appropriation to ensure that 
appropriated funds will be adequate for reimbursement to States of the 
costs for assistance provided to entering refugees. The estimating 
methodology prescribed in the regulations requires the use of actual 
past costs by program component. If the methodology indicates that 
appropriated funds are inadequate, ORR must take steps to reduce 
federal expenses, such as by limiting the number of months of 
eligibility for Refugee Cash Assistance and Refugee Medical Assistance. 
This single-page financial report allows ORR to collect the necessary 
data to ensure that funds are adequate for the projected need and 
thereby meet the requirements of both the Refugee Act and ORR 
regulations.
    Respondents: State governments and Replacement Designees.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                Annual  number  Average  burden
                 Instrument                   Total number of   of  responses      hours per      Annual burden
                                                respondents     per respondent      response          hours
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ORR Financial Status Report Cash and Medical              63                4             1.50              378
 Assistance Program, Quarterly Report on
 Expenditures and Obligations...............
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 378.
    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1522 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(the Act) (Title IV, Sec. 412 of the Act) for each state agency 
requesting federal funding for refugee resettlement under 8 U.S.C. 524 
(Title IV, Sec. 414 of the Act).

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-16470 Filed 8-2-21; 8:45 am]
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