[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR23.4]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 23--INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart A--Purpose, Definitions, and Policy
 
Sec. 23.4  Information collection.

    (a) The information collection requirements contained in Sec. 23.13 
of this part have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., and assigned clearance number 1076-
0111.
    (1) This information will be used to determine eligibility for 
payment of legal fees for indigent Indian parents and Indian custodians, 
involved in involuntary Indian child custody proceedings in state 
courts, who are not eligible for legal services through other 
mechanisms. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit.
    (2) Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to 
average 10 hours per response, including the time for reviewing 
instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and 
reviewing the information collection. Direct comments regarding the 
burden estimate or any aspect of this information collection should be 
mailed or hand-delivered to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, Room 336-SIB, 1849 C Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20240; and the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs Paperwork Reduction Project--1076-0111, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
    (b) The information collection requirements contained in 
Secs. 23.21; 23.31; 23.46; 23.47, and 23.71 have been approved by the 
Office of Management and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. and 
assigned clearance number 1076-0131. The information collection 
requirements under Secs. 23.21 and 23.31 are

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collected in the form of ICWA grant applications from Indian tribes and 
off-reservation Indian organizations. A response to this request is 
required to obtain grant funds. The information collection requirements 
under Sec. 23.46 are collected in compliance with applicable OMB 
circulars on financial management, internal and external controls and 
other fiscal assurances in accordance with existing Federal grant 
administration and reporting requirements. The grantee information 
collection requirements under Sec. 23.47 are collected in the form of 
quarterly and annual program performance narrative reports and 
statistical data as required by the grant award document. Pursuant to 25 
U.S.C. 1951, the information collection requirement under Sec. 23.71 is 
collected from state courts entering final adoption decrees for any 
Indian child and is provided to and maintained by the Secretary.
    (1) Public reporting for the information collection at Secs. 23.21 
and 23.31 is estimated to average 32 hours per response, including the 
time for reviewing the grant application instructions, gathering the 
necessary information and data, and completing the grant application. 
Public reporting for the information collection at Secs. 23.46 and 23.47 
is estimated to average a combined total of 16 annual hours per grantee, 
including the time for gathering the necessary information and data, and 
completing the required forms and reports. Public reporting for the 
information collection at Sec. 23.71 is estimated to average 4 hours per 
response, including the time for obtaining and preparing the final 
adoption decree for transmittal to the Secretary.
    (2) Direct comments regarding any of these burden estimates or any 
aspect of these information collection requirements should be mailed or 
hand-delivered to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Information Collection 
Clearance Officer, room 336-SIB, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC, 
20240; and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Paperwork 
Reduction Project--1076-0131, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20503.