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OMB Control No: 1220-0163	ICR Reference No: 201806-1220-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201803-1220-003
Agency/Subagency: DOL/BLS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Consumer Price Index Housing Survey
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 05/08/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/01/2019
Terms of Clearance: Prior to implementing the proposed changes noted in Attachment XI on the Consumer Price Index Housing Survey, BLS will submit to OMB for review via a nonsubstantive change request the final versions of the proposed changes. This request will outline the final proposed changes (noting any revisions compared to those in Attachment XI), and will include reasons for the proposed changes and explanation and results of any testing of the changes that has occurred.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2022	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2019
Responses	129,778	0	168,600
Time Burden (Hours)	12,752	0	14,397
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	129,778	168,600	-38,822
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	12,752	14,397	-1,645
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Factors which contributed to the decrease in estimated burden hours for FY2019-2021 compared with FY2016-2018 are the following: • The target sample size is being reduced from 50,000 rental units to 43,000 units during FY2019-2021. • The housing mail pre-screening survey was no longer cost effective and was dropped. BLS determined that it was less costly to screen potential respondents in person rather than by mail. • The entire samples in 3 PSUs are being dropped during FY2020. • For the 3 PSUs being dropped during FY2020, ongoing screening and initiation of new samples will end in FY2019. • For 9 additional PSUs that will be dropped during FY2020-2021, ongoing screening and initiation of new samples will be ending during FY2019. One factor increasing estimated burden hours is the need to screen and initiate entire new samples for 15 PSUs which are being added to the area sample. Screening and initiation will start for 6 new PSUs each year for FY2019 and FY2020 and 3 new PSUs for FY2021. These new PSUs will be used in CPI calculations starting in FY2020, FY2021, and FY2022 respectively.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $22,000,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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. No

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: Paul Liegey 202 691-5394 liegey.paul @bls.gov