Notice2021-16470
Submission for OMB Review; ORR-2 Quarterly Report on Expenditures and Obligations (OMB #0970-0407)
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Published
August 3, 2021
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41852-41853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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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