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OMB Control No: 1205-0550	ICR Reference No: 202207-1205-005
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202204-1205-004
Agency/Subagency: DOL/ETA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Attestation for Employers Seeking to Employ H-2B Nonimmigrant Workers under Section 204 of Division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Public Law 117-103
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: 02/08/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/20/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2026	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2023
Responses	6,304	0	6,304
Time Burden (Hours)	1,576	0	56,736
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	6,304	6,304	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,576	56,736	-55,160
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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: DOL is now reporting a reduction in the burden initially projected when the emergency request was filed. The burden hours for which emergency approval was initially sought has been reduced by 55,160 hours. This burden reduction results from the fact that, as of September 15, 2022, employers were no longer allowed to complete and submit the form, nor required to conduct a business harm assessment, as stipulated under the regulations. The only remaining requirement is the record keeping requirement, which DOL estimates will result in an approximate total of 1,576 burden hours. See more information in the table in A.12 in the Supporting Statement. .

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. 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? Yes

Agency Contact: Emily St. Onge 202 693-2605 st.onge.emily@dol.gov