[Federal Register: October 29, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 209)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4815-N-82]

 
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: 
Restrictions on Assistance to Noncitizens

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The submission 
is a request for extension of the current approval to collect 
information on baseline performance standards. This information 
replaced various reporting requirements and places greater emphasis on 
performance and results in grant programs.
    The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject 
proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: December 29, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
approval number (2501-0014) and should be sent to: Wayne Eddins, 
Reports Management Officer, AYO, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Wayne_Eddins@HUD.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melosan Bell, Programs Assistant, 
Public Housing Management and Occupancy Division, PEHP, or Cynthia 
Thomas, Housing Project Manager, Housing Assistance Policy Division, 
HTHH, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Melosan_Bell@HUD.GOV; or Cynthia--L._Thomas@HUD.GOV; telephone (202) 708-0744 x4021 or (202) 708-2866 
x3686. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents 
submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Bell or Ms. Thomas.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal 
for the collection of information, as described below, to OMB for 
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35). The Notice lists the following information: (1) The title of the 
information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to 
collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable; 
(4) the description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use; (5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what members of the 
public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information 
submissions will be required; (8) an estimate of the total number of 
hours needed to prepare the information submission including number of 
respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response; (9) whether 
the proposal is new, an extension, reinstatement, or revision of an 
information collection requirement; and (10) the name and telephone 
number of an agency official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB 
Desk Officer for the Department.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Restrictions on Assistance to Noncitizens.
    OMB Approval Number: 2501-0014.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
Respondents provide written declaration of citizenship, eligible 
immigration status, alien registration documents and verification 
consent forms to housing authorities and multifamily property owners to 
ensure that citizens and legal residents are the recipients of public 
benefits.
    Respondents: Individuals or Households, State, Local or Tribal 
Government, Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
    Reporting Burden: Estimation of the total number of hours needed to 
prepare the information collection including number of respondents, 
frequency of response, and hours of response: The number of respondents 
is 3,030,000, frequency of response is on occasion, the total annual 
responses are 20,794,000 and the annual burden hours requested is 
366,000
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 366,000.
    Status: Extension of a currently approved collection.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. 35, as amended.

    Dated: October 23, 2003.
Donna Eden,
Director, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of Investment 
Strategies, Policy, and Management.
[FR Doc. 03-27183 Filed 10-28-03; 8:45 am]

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