Notice2026-05055
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
March 16, 2026
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 12552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05055]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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 April
15, 2026 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.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: 7 CFR Part 235--State Administrative Expense (SAE) Funds.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0067.
Summary of Collection: This is a reinstatement, with change, of a
previously approved collection for which approval has expired. The
authority for this collection is provided in Section 7 of the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966, 80 Stat. 888, 889, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1776,
1779). As required, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) issued
regulations in 7 CFR part 235, which prescribes the methods for making
payments of funds to State agencies to use for administrative expenses
incurred in overseeing and providing technical assistance in connection
with activities undertaken under the National School Lunch Program
(NSLP), the Special Milk Program (SMP), the School Breakfast Program
(SBP), the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and the Food
Distribution Program (FDP). This information collection is required to
administer these Programs in accordance with the Act. For this
reinstatement, FNS adjusted the number of respondents for the reporting
requirement at 235.7(b) and adjusted the frequency of the recordkeeping
responses for the recordkeeping requirement at 235.7(a) for the FNS-525
form. Although this is a reinstatement and as such is not reducing the
burden, FNS estimates that these changes would have reduced the
responses and burden hours for this collection.
Need and Use of the Information: This is a mandatory information
collection. Under this collection, FNS collects the information
necessary for making payments of funds to State agencies to use for the
administrative expenses incurred in supervising and providing technical
assistance in connection with the activities undertaken by them under
the NSLP, SMP, SBP, CACFP, and the FDP. The Federal regulations in 7
CFR part 235 SAE Funds require the collection of information associated
with this collection. The respondents for reporting information and for
maintaining the records consist of the State educational agencies and
the alternate State agencies that have agreements with FNS for the
administration of NSLP, SBP, SMP, CACFP, FDP or some combination
thereof. This information is collected through written agreements that
cover the operation of the Program during a specified period; State
Administrative Expense plans that outline funding and activities; State
Administrative Expense Funds Reallocation Reports that describe the use
of SAE funds and which are used to reallocate SAE funds; and annual
reports containing information on the number of School Food Authorities
under agreement with the State agency to participate in the National
School Lunch or Commodity School Programs. Under this collection, State
agencies also maintain current accounting records of State
administrative expense funds which identify fund authorizations,
obligations, unobligated balances, assets, liabilities, outlays, and
income.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 83.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually,
Quarterly, Semi-annually, and bi-weekly.
Total Burden Hours: 2,155.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-05055 Filed 3-13-26; 8:45 am]
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