Notice2021-24046
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Attestation for Employers Seeking To Employ H-2B Nonimmigrant Workers
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Published
November 4, 2021
Issuing agencies
Labor Department
Abstract
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24046]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Attestation for Employers Seeking To Employ H-
2B Nonimmigrant Workers
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment
and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives
on or before December 6, 2021.
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.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91d5deddcec1c3d0cec1c4d3ddd8d2d1f5fefdbff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="33777c7f6c6361726c6366717f7a7073575c5f1d545c45">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request supports
the Temporary Rule: Exercise of Time-Limited Authority to Increase the
Fiscal Year 2021 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary
Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B
Workers Seeking to Change Employers, promulgated by the Department of
Labor and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The regulatory
requirements are codified at 8 CFR part 214 and 20 CFR part 655. The
ICR originally included a form, Attestation for Employers Seeking to
Employ H-2B Nonimmigrant Workers under Section 105 of Division O of the
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Form ETA-9142-B-CAA-4
(Form ETA-9142-B-CAA-4). The Form ETA-9142-B-CAA-4 is no longer in use
as the supplemental cap was reached on August 13, 2021, as announced by
DHS on August 19, 2021; thus employers no longer need to complete the
attestation for submission to DHS. As a result, the only remaining
requirement for participating H-2B employers is to comply with record
keeping requirements. For additional substantive information about this
ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on May
25, 2021 (86 FR 28198).
This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and
the public is generally not required to respond to an information
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL-ETA.
Title of Collection: Attestation for Employers Seeking to Employ H-
2B Nonimmigrant Workers.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0547.
Affected Public: Private Sector-- Businesses or other for-profits
and not-for-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,558.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 3,558.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 890 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
Dated: October 29, 2021.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-24046 Filed 11-3-21; 8:45 am]
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