[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13563-13564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5310]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4653-N-01]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: 
Tribal College and Universities Program Application Kit

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the 
subject proposal.

DATES: Comments are due: March 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the 
date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and 
should be sent to: Reports Liaison Officer, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 451 7th 
Street, SW., Room 8226, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Karadbil, Office of University 
Partnerships--telephone (202) 708-1537, extension 5918. This is not a 
toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Karadbil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, an information collection package with 
respect to a proposed Notice of Funding Availability and Application 
Kit for the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP). HUD seeks 
to implement this initiative as soon as possible.
    The Tribal Colleges and Universities Program provides grants to 
tribal colleges and universities to help them build, expand, renovate, 
and equip their own facilities. Approximately 9 grants will be awarded 
with Fiscal Year 2000 funds.
    Submission of the information required under this information 
collection is mandatory in order to compete for and receive the 
benefits of the program. All materials submitted are subject to the 
Freedom of Information

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Act and can be disclosed upon request. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of 
information unless the collection displays a valid control number. The 
OMB control number, when assigned, will be announced by a separate 
notice in the Federal Register.
    The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of 
information, as described below, to OMB for review, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35):
    (1) Title of the information collection proposal: Application Kit--
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program.
    (2) Summary of the collection of information: Each applicant for 
this program would be required to submit current information, as listed 
below as:
    (A) SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance.
    (B) HUD-424M, Federal Assistance Funding Matrix.
    (C) Application Checklist.
    (D) Transmittal Letter, signed by the Chief Executive Officer of 
the institution or his or her designee.
    (E) Abstract/Executive Summary (one page limit) describing the 
goals and activities of the project.
    (F) Narrative Statement Addressing the Factors for Award. (50 page 
limit, including the statement of work, tables, and maps, but not 
including any letters of commitment and budget forms)
    (G) SF-424B, Assurances for Non-Construction Programs.
    (H) HUD-50071, Certification of Payments to Influence Certain 
Federal Transactions;
    (I) SF-LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (if applicable);
    (J) HUD-2880, Applicant/Recipient Disclosure/Update Form;
    (K) HUD-50070, Certification of Drug-Free Workplace;
    (L) HUD-2992, Certification Regarding Debarment and Suspension.
    (3) Description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use: To appropriately determine which applicants should be awarded 
Tribal Colleges and Universities Program grants, certain information is 
necessary about the applicant's project and qualifications.
    (4) Description of the likely respondents, including the estimated 
number of likely respondents, and proposed frequency of response to the 
collection of information: Respondents will be tribal colleges and 
universities. Grants will also be expected to prepare and submit semi-
annual progress reports and a final report.
    The estimated number of respondents submitting applications is 32. 
The proposed frequency of the response to the collection of information 
is one-time. The application need only be submitted once. The estimated 
number of respondents to the monitoring requirements is 9. Each grantee 
will submit two progress reports annually.
    (5) Estimate of the total reporting burden that will result from 
the collection of information:

Reporting Burden

    Number of respondents: 32 for applicants; 9 for monitoring 
requirements.
    Total burden hours: 80 hours per respondent for applications); 56 
hours a year per respondent for monitoring requirements.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 3,208.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: February 26, 2001.
Lawrence L. Thompson,
 General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research.
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