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OMB Control No: 1076-0184	ICR Reference No: 201812-1076-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201512-1076-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BIA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Bureau of Indian Affairs Housing Improvement Program
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: 02/12/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/21/2018
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2022	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2019
Responses	12,523	0	10,000
Time Burden (Hours)	5,185	0	4,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	20,000

Abstract: Submission of this information allows BIA to determine applicant eligibility for housing services based upon the criteria referenced in 25 CFR 256.9 (repairs and renovation assistance) and 256.10 (replacement housing assistance). Enrolled members of federally recognized tribes, who live within a tribe’s designated and approved service area, submit information on an application form. The information is collected on a BIA Form 6407, “Housing Assistance Application,” and includes: applicant information; family information including; income information; housing information including; land information; general information; and an applicant certification including. The program also seeks OMB approval for two additional collections. The Tribal Annual Performance Report (TAPR) Excel workbook file, is a tool created to simplify the process for the tribal servicing housing office to verify eligibility, rank, and rate each application received. The Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) Reporting Form is a tool created to simplify the process for the tribal servicing housing office to report the amount of administrative and construction funds spent each quarter of the first fiscal year after receipt of HIP funding.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 25 USC 13 Name of Law: Expenditures of Appropriations by Bureau

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:
	83 FR 43892	08/28/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 65713	12/21/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	12,523	10,000	2,523
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	5,185	4,000	1,185
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	20,000	-20,000

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The yearly update to the applications, now recorded on the Addendum, was included in the last ICR renewal’s burden estimate for the Application, but we have now broken down the burden estimate for each individual instrument (the Application and the Addendum). The Addendum to the Application was developed in an effort to decrease the burden on the previous years’ applicants by allowing them to fill out a simple one page form for any changes, instead of an entire new application every year. The TAPR was developed to simplify the process for the tribal servicing housing office when submitting Application information to HIP. The GPRA Reporting form was created to simplify the process for the tribal servicing housing office to report the amount of administrative and construction funds spent each quarter of the first fiscal year after receipt of HIP funding. Also, previously a non-hour cost burden of $10 was associated with this collection. The program is no longer accounting for this cost as it was not predicated on information related to the collection. The information that Tribes and individuals are asked to submit will not actually incur any non-hour cost burden. Additionally, when this information collection was renewed in 2015, the government burden was calculated incorrectly. The burden given then was the amount of funding the program received as part of the budget and not the salary and hourly burden associated with the program’s administration of the information.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $20,981

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. Yes

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: Ashley Fry 202 208-5808 ashley.fry@bia.gov

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