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OMB Control No: 0584-0479	ICR Reference No: 202504-0584-005
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202211-0584-004
Agency/Subagency: USDA/FNS	Agency Tracking No: 0584-AF01 Final Rule
Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Work Requirements and Screening
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: 07/29/2025
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/18/2025
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2028	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2026
Responses	59,662,935	0	36
Time Burden (Hours)	4,501,190	0	1,163
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: Section 824 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) establishes a time limit for the receipt of SNAP benefits for able-bodied adults without dependents. In order to obtain and evaluate waivers for this provision, State agencies must submit sufficient supporting information so that the Secretary of Agriculture can make the required determination as to an area's unemployment rate or its insufficient number of jobs. The FRA gradually increases the upper age limit of the age-based exception three times over the next year and created three new exceptions from the time limit for individuals experiencing homelessness, veterans, and individuals aging out of foster care. The FRA also provided that these changes sunset on October 1, 2030. The Department proposed to update regulations to incorporate the final age increase, add the three new exceptions and definitions for each, and codify that the changes to exceptions sunset on October 1, 2030. The burden related to these provisions is covered in this information collection. In addition to the provisions of the FRA, the Department also proposed requirements for State agencies to screen for exemptions from the general work requirements and exceptions from the ABAWD time limit. The rule requires State agencies to screen individuals at initial application, recertification application, and when a change occurs during the certification period and prohibits State agencies from applying the time limit and assigning countable months unless they have screened the individual and determined they do not meet an exception from the time limit. Additionally, because individuals are not subject to the ABAWD time limit if they are exempt from the general work requirements, this rule also requires screening for exemptions from the general work requirements.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 104 - 193 824 Name of Law: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act 1996
US Code: 7 USC 2015 Section 6 Name of Law: Food and Nutrition Act, 2008

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0584-AF01	Final or interim final rulemaking	89 FR 102342	12/17/2024

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 34340	04/30/2024
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 25583	06/17/2025
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
(State Agencies) - ABAWD Startup
ABAWD (Individuals/Households)
ABAWD AMEC/Screening/ Waivers

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	59,662,935	36	59,662,899
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	4,501,190	1,163	4,500,027
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This submission is a revision of an existing information collection as a result of program changes and will add 4,504,707.61 hours of burden to OMB’s inventory. This represents an increase to the burden hours for OMB Control Number 0584-0479, resulting in a total inventory of 4,501,190.61burden hours (4,504,707.61new burden hours + 1,163 existing burden hours) and 59,662,934.85responses (59,662,899.85 new responses + 35 existing responses).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $42,658,358

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? No

Agency Contact: Lynn Gilbert 202 690-2682 lynn.gilbert@usda.gov

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