Notice2022-03702
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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February 22, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9566-9567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03702]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
February 16, 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, Public Law 104-13. 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 March
24, 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
<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.
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.
Economic Research Service
Title: Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0536-0043.
Summary of Collection: The Food Security Supplement to the Current
Population Survey (CPS) is sponsored by USDA as research and evaluation
activity authorized under 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). This section outlines
duties of the Secretary of Agriculture related to research and
development including authorizing the collection of statistics.
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The Administrator of the Economic Research Service is authorized to
conduct economic and social science research and analyses related to
the U.S. food system and consumers under 7 CFR 2.67. The data to be
collected will be used to address multiple programmatic and policy
development needs of the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and other
Federal agencies. The U.S. Census Bureau conducts this data collection
on USDA's behalf under Title 13, Section 8(b).
Need and use of the Information: The data collected by the food
security supplement will be used for monitoring the prevalence of food
security, food insecurity, and very low food security within the U.S.
population as a whole and in selected population subgroups; conducting
research on causes of food insecurity and the role of Federal food and
nutrition programs in ameliorating food insecurity; and continuing
development and improvement of methods for measuring these conditions.
Information will be collected on food spending, use of Federal and
community food and nutrition assistance programs, difficulties in
obtaining adequate food during the previous 12 months and 30 days due
to constrained resources, and conditions that result from inadequate
access to food.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or Households.
Number of Respondents: 53,901.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 6,479.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-03702 Filed 2-18-22; 8:45 am]
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