[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
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 Sec. Sec. 
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 Sec. Sec. 23.21 and 23.31 are 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 Sec. Sec. 
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 Sec. Sec. 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.

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    (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.