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OMB Control No: 1205-0530	ICR Reference No: 201802-1205-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201709-1205-002
Agency/Subagency: DOL/ETA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Attestation for Employers Seeking to Employ H-2B Nonimmigrant Workers Under Section 543 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 06/07/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 06/25/2018
Terms of Clearance: Minor adjustments to burden estimates in the supporting statement.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2021	18 Months From Approved
Responses	2,298	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	2,298	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	104,674	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	2,298	0	2,298
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,298	-12,065	14,363
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	104,674	-574,500	679,174

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: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: The additional rules related to the H-2B program which were supported by the form expired, so the Department no longer requires the attestation form to be filed. For that reason, the change in burden since the last approval of this ICR is directly related to the proposed elimination of the requirement for employers to file the attestation form with the H-2B petition to the DHS. Employers are required to maintain documents beyond the expiration of the form, so the burden associated with this information collection only reflects the retention of the attestation form that was submitted to the DHS and the required supporting documentation.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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: Walter Parker 202 693-2778 parker.walter@dol.gov