Notice2022-20262
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
September 20, 2022
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 87, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57519-57520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20262]
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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 the agency
receives on or before October 20, 2022.
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#a2e6edeefdf2f0e3fdf2f7e0eeebe1e2c6cdce8cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d692999a89868497898683949a9f9596b2b9baf8b1b9a0">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR supports the Temporary Final Rule
(TFR), Exercise of Time-Limited Authority to Increase the Numerical
Limitation for Second Half of FY2022 for H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural
Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking to
Change Employers, which is being promulgated by the Department of Labor
(DOL or Department) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The
regulatory requirements are codified at 8 CFR part 214 and 20 CFR part
655 and the information collection activities covered under Attestation
for Employers Seeking to Employ H-2B Nonimmigrant Workers under Section
204 of Division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Public
Law 117-103, Form ETA-9142-B-CAA-6 (Form ETA-9142-B-CAA-6), along with
other requirements (e.g., recruitment efforts; recordkeeping
requirements), covered under Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Control Number 1205-0550 (OMB 1205-0550). DOL seeks to revise the ICR
to eliminate the requirement that employers complete and submit the
Form ETA-9142-B-CAA-6 to DHS, but extend the recordkeeping requirements
for an additional three years. For additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal
Register on May 18, 2022 (87 FR 30334).
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
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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: 1205-0550.
Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits,
not-for-profit institutions, and farms.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,304.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 6,304.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1,576 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Dated: September 14, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-20262 Filed 9-19-22; 8:45 am]
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