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announce the name and address of the

awardee and the amount of the award.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marcia Marker Feld, Ph.D., Director,

Office of University Partnerships, U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, room 8130, 451 Seventh

Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20410,

telephone (202) 708–3061. (This is not

a toll free number.) A

telecommunications device for hearingand speech-impaired individuals (TTY)

is available at 1–800–877–8339 (Federal

Information Relay Service).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Community Renaissance Fellows

Program (CRFP) is authorized by the

Department’s FY 1995 Appropriation

Act (Pub. L. 103–327, approved

September 28, 1994). A notice

published in the Federal Register on

November 30, 1995 (60 FR 61634)

announced the Department’s funding of

at least 20 Fellows to assist in distressed

public housing developments

undergoing conversion to mixed-income

communities. The Fellows will be

trained to become community building

experts through on-the-job training with

Public Housing Authorities or their

private development partners, and

through seminars. The curriculum of

these seminars must be specially

designed for the kinds of experiences

the Fellows will have and the expertise

they will need. In addition, the faculty

and ‘‘best practices’’ professionals

brought in to teach the seminars are

expected to be on the ‘‘cutting edge’’ of

their fields.

In accordance with section

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

Reform Act of 1989 (Pub. L. 101–235,

approved December 15, 1989), the

Department is publishing details

concerning the recipient, as follows:

Award for the Development of the

Education Component for the

Community Renaissance Fellows

Program

Professor Douglas Rae, Yale University,

71 Livingston, New Haven, CT 06511,

(203) 432–9899, Amount: $657,458.

Dated: June 24, 1996.

Michael A. Stegman,

Assistant Secretary for Policy Development

and Research.

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BILLING CODE 4210–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Proposed Agency Information

Collection Activities; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Interior (Department) announces that an

information collection request has been

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The

information collection will be used by

tribes to conduct background

investigations of individuals whose

duties and responsibilities allow them

regular contact with or control over

Indian children, and to process

contracts, grants or compacts for award

of funds as mandated by the Indian

Child Protection and Family Violence

Prevention Act (Act), Pub. L. 101–630,

25 U.S.C. 3201–3211. The Department

invites comment on the information

collection described below.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before August

30, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Bettie Rushing, Office of Tribal

Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Department of the Interior, 1849 C

Street, NW, Room 4629 Main Interior

Building, Washington, DC 20240, or

(202) 208–3463.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Information Collection Request

The Department is seeking comments

on the following Information Collection

Request.

Type of review: New.

Title: (1) Background Investigations of

Individuals Whose Duties and

Responsibilities Allow Them Regular

Contact With or Control Over Indian

Children, 25 CFR § 63.15.

(2) Indian Child Protection and

Family Violence Prevention Program

Awards, 25 CFR § 63.33 and 25 CFR

§ 63.34.

Effected Entities: Tribal Governments;

Tribal Organizations.

Abstract: The Bureau of Indian Affairs

(BIA) is establishing regulations as

mandated by the Indian Child

Protection and Family Violence

Prevention Act. The regulations

prescribe minimum standards of

character and suitability for

employment of individuals whose

duties and responsibilities allow them

regular contact with or control over

Indian children as required by Title IV,

Section 408 of the Act, 25 U.S.C. 3207,

and establish the method for

distribution of funds to support tribally

operated programs to protect Indian

children and reduce the incidents of

family violence in Indian country as

authorized by Title IV, Section 411 of

the Act, 25 U.S.C. 3210(f)(3).

The Bureau of Indian Affairs

developed the regulations in

consultation with tribes. A working

group of tribal and BIA representatives

developed a draft of each section that

was then presented to participants at a

national tribal consultation meeting in

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, August 31

through September 1, 1994. The Notice

of Proposed Rulemaking was published

in the Federal Register on September 1,

1995.

Background Investigations of

Individuals Whose Duties and

Responsibilities Allow Them Regular

Contact With or Control Over Indian

Children. Indian tribes and tribal

organizations receiving funds under the

authority of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education

Assistance Act or the Tribally

Controlled Schools Act of 1988 must

conduct a background investigation for

individuals whose duties and

responsibilities would allow them

regular contact with or control over

Indian children, and employ only

individuals who meet standards of

character that are no less stringent than

those prescribed for the Bureau of

Indian Affairs. Indian tribes and tribal

organizations may conduct their own

background investigations, contract

with private firms, or request the Office

of Personnel Management to conduct an

investigation. Third party notification or

public disclosure is associated with this

collection.

Indian Child Protection and Family

Violence Prevention Program Awards.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs will use

the application for funding to determine

applicant eligibility, scope of service

population, safeguard Federal funds and

other resources, and administer and

evaluate programs. Tribal governments

or tribal organizations provide the

information by submitting Indian Selfdetermination and Education Assistance

Act, Pub. L. 93–638, as amended, 25

U.S.C. § 450 et seq., contract, compact,

or grant proposals to the Bureau of

Indian Affairs. No third party

notification or public disclosure burden

is associated with this collection.

In addition to the Indian SelfDetermination and Education

Assistance Act requirements, each

applicant must provide the name and

address of the agency or official to be

responsible for the investigation of

reported cases of child abuse and child

neglect, the treatment and prevention of
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incidents of family violence, and the

provision of immediate shelter and

related assistance for victims of family

violence and their dependents; the

projected service population of the

program; the projected service area of

the program; and the projected number

of cases per month.

Funds will be distributed, subject to

the availability of appropriations. In any

fiscal year that the appropriation

exceeds 50 percent of the level of

funding authorized by the Act, 49

percent must be distributed equally to

all tribes and tribal organizations and 49

percent must be distributed on a per

capita basis according to the population

of children residing in the service area.

Two percent of the annual

appropriation will be set aside for

distribution to tribes demonstrating

special circumstances. Special

circumstances include but are not

limited to a high incidence of child

sexual abuse, a high incidence of violent

crimes, a high incidence of violent

crimes against women, or the existence

of a significant victim population within

the community.

Any tribe not wishing to receive

Indian child protection and family

violence prevention funds must inform

its respective area office in writing

within 90 days after receiving notice of

the allocation from the area office. Each

area office may reallocate unused Indian

child protection and family violence

prevention program funds as provided

in this section.

Burden Statement: Section 63.15

Background Investigations, as mandated

by statute, require an average 40 hours

per employee, with an estimated

employee base of 10,000, a total burden

of 400,000 hours. Funding information

is to be collected annually from each

applicant. It is anticipated that the

number of third party collection

(background investigations) will be less

in subsequent years.

Sections 63.33 and 63.34 Funding

Applications require an annual

reporting and record keeping burden of

30 hours for each response for 554

respondents, including the time for

reviewing instructions, searching

existing data sources, gathering and

maintaining the data needed, and

completing and review collection of

information. Thus, the total annual

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection is estimated to be 16,620

hours, which is in addition to the

background investigation burden.

CFR section Number of

respondents

Third party collectionFrequency of

response

Total annual responsesBurden hours

per response

Annual burden

hours

Cost to

respondents

63.15 554 10,000 1 10,000 40 400,000 $8,000,000

63.33 554 0 1 554 20 11,080 221,600

63.34 554 0 1 554 10 5,540 110,800

The Bureau of Indian Affairs will not

conduct or require tribes and tribal

organizations to respond to a collection

of information until 25 CFR 63.4,

Information Collection, references a

currently valid Office of Management

and Budget control number.

2. Request for Comments

The Department solicits comments to:

(a) 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.

(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the

agencies’ estimates of burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the methodology and

assumptions used.

(c) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected.

(d) 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

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Tribes, organizations and individuals

desiring to submit comments on the

information collection requirement

should direct them to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

OMB, Room 10202, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, D.C.

20503; Attention: Desk Officer for the

U.S. Department of the Interior.

Dated: June 17, 1996.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

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BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

Bureau of Indian Affairs

The Confederated Tribes of the Grand

Ronde; Community of Oregon Liquor

Ordinance

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice is published in

accordance with authority delegated by

the Secretary of the Interior to the

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs by

209 DM 8, and in accordance with the

Act of August 15, 1953, 67 Stat. 586, 18

U.S.C. 1161. I certify that the

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde

Community of Oregon Liquor Ordinance

was duly adopted by Resolution No.

022–96 of the Confederated Tribes of the

Grand Ronde Community of Oregon on

April 10, 1996. The Ordinance provides

for the regulation, sale, possession and

use of alcoholic liquor on the Grand

Ronde Reservation and other lands

subject to Tribal jurisdiction.

DATES: This Ordinance is effective as of

July 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chief, Branch of Judicial Services,

Division of Tribal Government Services,

1849 C Street, N.W., MS 4603 MIB,

Washington, D.C. 20240–4001;

telephone (202) 208–4401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde

Community of Oregon Liquor Ordinance

is to read as follows:

(a) Authority and Purpose

(1) The authority for the Ordinance

and its adoption by Tribal Council is

found in the Tribal Constitution under

Article III, Section 1, and in the Act of

August 15, 1953, Public Law 83–277, 18

U.S.C. § 1161.

(2) This Ordinance is for the purpose

of regulating the sale, possession and

use of alcoholic liquor on the Grand

Ronde Reservation and other lands

subject to Tribal jurisdiction.

(b) Definitions

To the extent that definitions are

consistent with tribal or federal law,

terms used herein shall have the same

meaning as defined in Oregon Revised

Statutes Chapter 471, and in Oregon

Administrative Rules Chapter 845.

(1) ‘‘Alcoholic liquor’’ shall mean any

alcoholic beverage containing more than

one-half of one percent alcohol by

volume, and every liquid or solid,

patented or not, containing alcohol and

capable of being consumed by a human

being.