Notice2025-15108
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revisions of Previously Approved Collection. Title-Application for Approval as a Nonprofit Budget and Credit Counseling Agency (Application)
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Published
August 8, 2025
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Justice Department
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The Department of Justice, United States Trustee Program, is submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 151 (Friday, August 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38509-38510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15108]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1105-0084]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Revisions of Previously Approved Collection.
Title--Application for Approval as a Nonprofit Budget and Credit
Counseling Agency (Application)
AGENCY: United States Trustee Program, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice, United States Trustee Program, is
submitting the following information collection request to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: The Department of Justice encourages public comment and will
accept input until September 8, 2025.
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: The proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register on 90 FR 22326, May 27,
2025, allowing a 60-day comment period.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following
four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the United States
Trustee Program, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected can be enhanced; and
--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 responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: Revisions of previously approved
collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Approval as a
Nonprofit Budget and Credit Counseling Agency (Application).
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: There is no agency form
number for this collection. The applicable component within the
Department of Justice is the United States Trustee Program.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Nonprofit agencies that wish to
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offer credit counseling services pursuant to the Bankruptcy Abuse
Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (``BAPCPA''), Public Law
109-8, 119 Stat. 23, 37, 38 (April 20, 2005), and codified at 11 U.S.C.
109(h) and 111, and Application Procedures and Criteria for Approval of
Nonprofit Budget and Credit Counseling Agencies by United States
Trustees, 78 FR 16,138 (March 14, 2013) (Rule).
The BAPCPA requires any individual who wishes to file for
bankruptcy to obtain credit counseling, within 180 days before filing
for bankruptcy relief, from a nonprofit budget and credit counseling
agency that has been approved by the United States Trustee. The
Application collects information from such agencies in order to ensure
compliance with the law and the Rule.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is estimated
that 74 respondents will complete the Application; initial applicants
will complete the Application in approximately ten (10) hours, standard
renewal applicants will complete the Application in approximately four
(4) hours and refreshed renewal applicants will complete the
Application in approximately nine (9) hours.
6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The estimated public burden associated with this
collection is 391 hours.
If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: August 6, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-15108 Filed 8-7-25; 8:45 am]
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