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OMB Control No: 0535-0109	ICR Reference No: 201412-0535-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201309-0535-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/NASS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Agricultural Labor
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/24/2015
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/12/2015
Terms of Clearance: NASS agrees to request nob-substantive change should the Standard Occupation Classification Policy Committee recommend changes to the proposed SOC codes for extant FLS occupational categories.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2018	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2015
Responses	53,000	0	49,000
Time Burden (Hours)	12,634	0	14,024
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 2204 Name of Law: General Duties of Secretary
   US Code: 7 USC 2276 Name of Law: Confidentiality of Information
   US Code: 8 USC 1188 Name of Law: Reports on H-2A Program
   US Code: 7 USC 1301 Name of Law: Definitions
   US Code: 18 USC 1905 Name of Law: Disclosure of Confidential Information Generally
   PL: Pub.L. 107 - 347 503(a) Name of Law: CIPSEA

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	53,000	49,000	-30	4,030
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	12,634	14,024	-2,430	1,040
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: There is a slight reduction in number of responses due to a program change. In the previous approval NASS included respondent burden to conduct cognitive testing of the SOC codes prior to the pilot test. In this submission we are not requesting any burden to conduct testing. The reduction in burden hours is also a program change, due mainly to the removal of the quantitative testing SOC code questions from the existing questionnaires. The new questionnaires have been modified to incorporate the additional SOC code variables into the existing questions. The increase in number of responses and burden hours is an adjustment to existing sample sizes to improve survey indications.