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OMB Control No: 0535-0109	ICR Reference No: 202012-0535-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201910-0535-002
Agency/Subagency: USDA/NASS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Agricultural Labor
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/08/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/07/2020
Terms of Clearance: Because this reinstated data collection will now cover a reference period of approximately two months in retrospect and the fact that targeted respondents will now be otherwise employed in the agricultural cycle which will affect their availability, NASS should assess any bias due to non-response along with overall quality deficiencies of the data that could lead to inconsistent data from this collection being reported in the farm labor series. The agency should report to OMB their findings before publishing the collected data. This additional analysis should also be included in the report disseminating the results of the data collection.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2022	02/28/2022	02/28/2022
Responses	160,050	0	160,050
Time Burden (Hours)	44,901	0	44,901
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 8 USC 1188 Name of Law: Reports on H-2A Program
   US Code: 7 USC 1301 Name of Law: Definitions
   US Code: 7 USC 2204 Name of Law: General Duties of Secretary
   US Code: 7 USC 2276 Name of Law: Confidentiality of Information
   US Code: 18 USC 1905 Name of Law: Disclosure of Confidential Information Generally
   PL: Pub.L. 107 - 347 503(a) Name of Law: CIPSEA

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	160,050	160,050
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	44,901	44,901
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: The majority of the increase in the number of responses and burden hours is due to a change in the sample sizes and frequency of the data collection. The expected increase in funding will allow NASS to resume collecting data on a quarterly basis as well as increase the sample size to provide enough useable data to publish regional estimates rather than just US level estimates for the different SOC codes.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $6,200,000

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. 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? No

Agency Contact: David Hancock 202-690-2388 dhancock@nass.usda.gov