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OMB Control No: 1405-0102	ICR Reference No: 201702-1405-005
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201404-1405-006
Agency/Subagency: STATE/AFA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Refugee Biographic Data
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 01/31/2018
OIRA Conclusion Action: Withdrawn and continue	Conclusion Date: 03/10/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/24/2017
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2017	6 Months From Approved	04/30/2018
Responses	70,000	0	70,000
Time Burden (Hours)	35,000	0	35,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Refugee Biographic Data describes a refugee applicants personal characteristics and is needed to match the refugee with a sponsoring voluntary agency to ensure initial reception and placement in the U.S. under the United States Refugee Program. Biographic information is collected in a face-to-face interview of the applicant overseas. An employee of an Overseas Processing Entity, under contract with PRM, collects the information and enters it into the Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System(WRAPS).

Emergency Justfication: As the President stated on February 16, 2017, “We're issuing a new executive action next week that will comprehensively protect our country, so we'll be going along the one path and hopefully winning that. At the same time, we will be issuing a new and very comprehensive order to protect our people, and that will be done some time next week, toward the beginning or middle at the latest part.” Based on this statement, as well as Executive Order 13769, which calls for a review of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) application and adjudication process, the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) sees a strong possibility that the refugee application process will need to be revised, possibly requiring additional information during the intake process. The current framework has been approved by OMB until August 2017; however, PRM requests to extend this framework until the end of fiscal year 2017, September 2017, due to the number of expected imminent changes to the USRAP.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 8 USC 1522(b) Name of Law: Authorization for Programs for Domestic Resettlement of and Assistance of Refugees
US Code: 8 USC 1101(a) Name of Law: IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY 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
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Refugee Biographic Data

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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $700,000

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: Delicia Spruell 202 453-9257 spruellda@state.gov

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