Notice2022-21873
Agency Information Collection Activities; Application To Withdraw Tribal Funds From Trust Status, 25 CFR 1200
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Published
October 7, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration (BTFA), are proposing to renew an information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 194 (Friday, October 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61096-61097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21873]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[DT64101000.DSB4A0000.T7AC00.24IA; OMB Control Number 1035-0003]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Application To Withdraw
Tribal Funds From Trust Status, 25 CFR 1200
AGENCY: Office of Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, Bureau of Trust
Funds Administration (formerly known as the Office of the Special
Trustee for American Indians), Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration (BTFA), are proposing to renew
an information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
November 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on this information collection request
(ICR) by mail to Nina Alexander, Bureau of Trust Funds Administration,
Director of Federal Information Resources, 4400 Masthead Street NE,
Albuquerque, NM 87109; or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b2502050a342a070e130a050f0e192b091f0d0a450c041d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="67290e090638260b021f0609030215270513010649000811">[email protected]</span></a>. Please
reference Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1035-
0003 in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Nina Alexander, Director, Federal Information
Resources, Bureau of Trust Funds Administration at 4400 Masthead Street
NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109; or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ec0e7e0efd1cfe2ebf6efe0eaebfcceecfae8efa0e9e1f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f8b6919699a7b9949d8099969c9d8ab89a8c9e99d69f978e">[email protected]</span></a> or
via telephone at 505-273-1620.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired
format.
A Federal Register notice (87 FR 35241) with a 60-day public
comment period soliciting on this collection of information was
published on June 9, 2022. No comments were received in response to
that notice.
We are again soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is
described below. We are especially interested in public comment
addressing the following: (1) Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the BTFA,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) How might the agency 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, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
response.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your address, phone number, email
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
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comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made
publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Abstract: U.S.C. 25 chapter 42, sub-chapter 11, The American Indian
Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (the Act) allows Indian Tribes
on a voluntary basis to take their funds out of trust status within the
Department of the Interior (and the Federal Government) in order to
manage such funds on their own. 25 CFR part 1200, subpart B, section
1200.13, ``How does a Tribe apply to withdraw funds?'' describes the
requirements for application for withdrawal. The Act generally covers
all tribal trust funds including judgment funds as well as some
settlements funds, but excludes funds held in Individual Indian Money
accounts and Other Trust Funds. Both the Act and the regulations state
that upon withdrawal of the funds, the Department of the Interior (and
the Federal Government) have no further liability for such funds.
Accompanying their application for withdrawal of trust funds, Tribes
are required to submit a Management Plan for managing the funds being
withdrawn, to protect the funds once they are out of trust status.
This information collection allows the BTFA to collect the Tribe's
applications for withdrawal of funds held in trust by the Department of
the Interior. If BTFA did not collect this information, the BTFA would
not be able to comply with the Act, and Tribes would not be able to
withdraw funds held for them in trust by the Department of the
Interior.
Title of Collection: Application to Withdraw Tribal Funds from
Trust Status, 25 CFR 1200.
OMB Control Number: 1035-0003.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Tribal governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: One respondent, on
average, every three years.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 750 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 750.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or maintain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: One per Tribe per trust fund withdrawal
application.
Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Jeffrey Parrillo,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-21873 Filed 10-6-22; 8:45 am]
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