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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 3135-0140	ICR Reference No: 202509-3135-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202208-3135-001
Agency/Subagency: NEA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: NEA Funding Reporting Requirements - 2025 Final Descriptive Report Update
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: 12/05/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/08/2025
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2026	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	11,738	0	15,838
Time Burden (Hours)	24,073	0	43,311
Cost Burden (Dollars)	686,543	0	1,063,104

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	11,738	15,838	-4,100
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	24,073	43,311	-19,238
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	686,543	1,063,104	-376,561

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: Final Descriptive Reports were previously approved under OMB Control No. 3135-0140. Based on the relevant burden hours from the previous OMB control number (2022) and compared to the current submission, our overall estimated number of grants has decreased, from 15,838 to a current estimate of 11,738. In addition to minor updates to forms, decreases in cost burden, both for respondents and the federal government, are due primarily to the following factors: the total number of grantees submitting FDRs from previous years has decreased (changes in agency priorities required expedited closeouts or terminations for many awards); multiple grant programs have been discontinued or consolidated into Grants for Arts Projects; and the FDR forms have been reduced overall in terms of character count and the number of questions. The forms that were previously cleared are still in use currently, so the new forms represent data collections to be added to the preexisting collections. To reduce burden, we have removed older forms that were intended for any award in FY2019 or earlier, since these awards have been closed out.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,808,123

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: Kathryn Zickuhr 202 682-5563 zickuhrk@arts.gov