[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 24093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08644]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 19, 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. 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 May 23, 
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.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Mobile 
Payment Pilots (MPPs).
    OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: Title 7 Section 2016(h)(14) of the U.S. 
Code, as amended by Section 4006(e) of the Agricultural Act of 2018 
(Pub. L. 115-334), requires the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to 
authorize the use of mobile payment technology for accessing 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits through smart 
phones, tablets, and other personal mobile devices in place of 
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards.
    Need and Use of the Information: FNS plans to issue a Request for 
Volunteers (RFV) soliciting MPPs proposals from up to 53 SNAP State 
agencies; and, approve up to five (5) of those State agencies that, in 
partnership with private, for-profit, EBT stakeholders and authorized 
SNAP retailers, will implement MPPs that test the use of mobile payment 
technology by SNAP households to access and redeem program benefits.
    FNS must evaluate the data and observations collected and determine 
whether it is feasible to implement this technology nation-wide, 
whether further study is required before doing so, or if implementation 
is not in the best interest of the program, and submit report to report 
to Congress with the basis of its findings. This information collection 
is necessary because Congress has specifically mandated that approval 
and subsequent evaluation of MPPs by State agencies must occur before 
FNS can fulfill its broader statutory obligations to allow mobile 
payment technology in SNAP nation-wide.
    Description of Respondents: (53) State, Local or Tribal Government 
(212) Business-for-profit; and (25,000) Individuals/Households.
    Number of Respondents: 25,265.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once, Annually, On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 77,235.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-08644 Filed 4-21-22; 8:45 am]
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