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OMB Control No: 0560-0155	ICR Reference No: 202507-0560-004
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202302-0560-003
Agency/Subagency: USDA/FSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Guaranteed Farm Loan Programs
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 with change	Conclusion Date: 07/28/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/16/2025
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2026	11/30/2026	11/30/2026
Responses	174,674	0	174,674
Time Burden (Hours)	154,631	0	154,631
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	174,674	174,674
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	154,631	154,631
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 annual responses have been reduced by 18,974 while the burden hours reduced by 11,093 hours in the request. The reason for the decrease is due to a drop in Guaranteed loans originated between the years FY 2020 and FY 2022. Between FY 2019 and FY 2022, the number of Guaranteed loans fell by 19 percent from 7,611 to 6,137. In addition, the number of loss claims and status reports received is much lower than FY 2020.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $10,425,660

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. 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: Mary Ann Ball 202-720-4283 MaryAnn.Ball@usda.gov