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OMB Control No: 0505-0001	ICR Reference No: 202407-0505-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202203-0505-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/OCFO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Advisory Committee and Research and Promotion Board Membership Background Information
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 10/11/2024
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/30/2024
Terms of Clearance: Approved consistent with the understanding that in the next revision/extension of the package, the agency will update this information collect to use detailed race/ethnicity question (SPD 15, Figure 1, March 28, 2024) or the agency will justify in Supporting Statement A why it cannot use the detailed question.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2027	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	6,500	0	5,500
Time Burden (Hours)	3,250	0	2,750
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 7411-7425 Name of Law: Commodity, Promotion, Research, & Information Act of 1996
   US Code: 7 USC 2281 Name of Law: Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (Sec. 1804)
   PL: Pub.L. 110 - 246 1101 Name of Law: Farm Security & Rural Investment Act of 2008
   PL: Pub.L. 107 - 171 1101 Name of Law: Farm Security & Rural Investment Act of 2002
   PL: Pub.L. 97 - 98 1801 Name of Law: Food & Agriculture Act of 1977 (as amended)

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	6,500	5,500	1,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,250	2,750	500
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The burden has increased due to a change is the Agriculture workers reported in the references calculation in the previous submission and new federal advisory committees, Research and Promotion Boards and adding the Marketing order boards with more advisory committee member positions. Several Secure Rural Schools Research Advisory Committees merged to consolidate the # of members. Therefore, the # of respondents and responses will remain the same from the previous collection. The federal advisory committee and board member positions are filled intermittently over a 2–4-year period. We receive an average of 3 applications per committee membership vacancy.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $194,178

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? No

Agency Contact: Cikena Reid 202 720-8351