[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.



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    (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.

    (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.