Notice2025-19257

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

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October 2, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 189 (Thursday, October 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47761-47762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19257]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information 
collection request titled ``National Vital Statistics Report Form'' to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. CDC 
previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations'' notice on June 16, 2025, to obtain 
comments from the public and affected agencies. CDC received three 
comments related to the previous notice. This notice serves to allow an 
additional 30 days for public and affected agency comments.
    CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information 
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly 
interested in comments that:
    (a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (d) 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; and
    (e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570. 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. Direct 
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in 
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management 
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice 
publication.

Proposed Project

    National Vital Statistics Report Form (OMB Control No. 0920-0213)--
Reinstatement--National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    The compilation of national vital statistics by the federal 
government dates to the beginning of the 20th century. To administer 
these functions, the National Office of Vital Statistics was 
established in the Public Health

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Service in April 1953. In August of 1960, the National Office of Vital 
Statistics was reorganized as the Division of Vital Statistics in the 
newly created National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), which is 
now part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    One of the functions of NCHS is to plan and administer a program to 
provide statistics on births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, and 
divorces reported in the National Vital Statistics System. This 
includes promoting the uniform collection of data on these events and 
providing technical assistance to the registration areas; conducting 
follow-back surveys to expand the scope of national vital statistics 
beyond the data available from vital records; preparing life tables and 
analyses of life table phenomena; and investigating the quality and 
reliability of data and methodology. One part of this function is to 
provide national final counts of marriage, and divorce occurrences 
following the end of each year. The collection of the data is 
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 242k. Provisional counts of marriages and 
divorces are disseminated electronically. This form is the sole source 
of final counts for these two events.
    This data has been published since 1937 and is the sole source of 
this information at the national level. The data are used by the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and by other government, 
academic, and private research organizations in tracking changes in 
trends of vital events. The counts of events requested on the form are 
necessary to the administration of this portion of the program.
    CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 46 annual burden hours. 
There are no costs to respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                                       Average
                                                                      Number of        Number of      burden per
          Type of respondents                   Form name            respondents     responses per     response
                                                                                      respondent      (in hours)
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State, Territory, and New Mexico        Annual Vital Statistics                91                 1        30/60
 County Officials.                       Occurrence Report.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health 
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2025-19257 Filed 10-1-25; 8:45 am]
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