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OMB Control No: 1076-0100	ICR Reference No: 201606-1076-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201412-1076-002
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BIA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Acquisition of Trust Land, 25 CFR 151
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: 02/13/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/31/2016
Terms of Clearance: The elements of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Fee-to-Trust Handbook that provide guidance regarding the collection of information are subject to review under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Any changes to these documents must be submitted to OIRA for approval and may be processed as a change request.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/29/2020	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2017
Responses	500	0	1,060
Time Burden (Hours)	55,000	0	74,400
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Submission of this information allows the BIA to review applications for the acquisition of land into trust status by the United States on behalf of individual Indians and Indian Tribes, pursuant to 25 CFR 151. The information also allows the Secretary to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act and to determine if title to the subject property is marketable and unencumbered. Respondents supply information and data in accordance with 25 CFR 151 as no specific forms are used for the BIA to make an evaluation and determination on the application.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 25 USC 2202 et seq Name of Law: Indian Land Consolidation Act
US Code: 25 USC 465 Name of Law: Indian Reorganization Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 25698	04/29/2016
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 59652	08/30/2016
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	500	1,060	-50	-510
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	55,000	74,400	-5,500	-13,900
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: The comment received from the Tribe (question 8) in response to the 60-day notices does have merit and the BIA is in agreement that applications may require more than 60-110 hours as previously estimated. Therefore, the BIA has increased the burden hours to 100 – 150. The BIA still retains technical assistance and will perform the completion of some documentation in order to accommodate such requests from the tribes. That, along with less complex issues and cases that have no change in land use, as well as the less stringent title evidence requirements. • Decrease to the number of respondents from 800 to 350 – Tribal application to take on-reservation land into trust: The BIA has been tracking the number of new applications on what is referred to as the BIA national spreadsheet, which is internal to BIA. The average number of respondents for the renewal of this information collection was calculated from the numbers reported for the last five years. The data reflects a decrease in the average of new applications. While this number reflects a decrease, BIA estimated the future expected applications on the high side of the average numbers. • Decrease of the number of respondents from 160 to 100 – Tribal application to take off-reservation land into trust: The BIA has been tracking the number of new applications on what is referred to as the BIA national spreadsheet, which is internal to BIA. The average number of respondents for the renewal of this information collection was calculated from the numbers reported for the last five years. The data reflects a decrease in the average of new applications. While this number reflects a decrease, BIA estimated the future expected applications on the high side of the average numbers. • Removed information collection for – Individual application to take off-reservation land into trust: Within 25 CFR 151.11 Off-reservation acquisitions – this section only speaks to Tribal request for the acquisition of lands into trust status. Individual Indians are only authorized by law to submit an application for the acquisition of lands into trust status for On-Reservation land; 25 CFR 151.10 On-Reservation acquisition.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,193,200

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Regina Gilbert 505 563-3807 ext. regina.gilbert@bia.gov

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