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OMB Control No: 1121-0350	ICR Reference No: 202609-1121-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 201408-1121-009
Agency/Subagency: DOJ/OJP	Agency Tracking No: BJS
Title: 2026 Census Tribal Court Systems (CTCS)
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 09/09/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved
Responses	378	0
Time Burden (Hours)	419	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) requests a three-year clearance to conduct the 2026 Census of Tribal Court Systems (CTCS). The National Survey of Tribal Court Systems (NSTCS) (OMB No. 1121-0350, expired 12/31/2017) was first collected in 2014 and is part of the larger BJS portfolio of tribal justice data collections that comprise the Tribal Justice Statistics Program (TJSP). Three tribal justice agency-specific data collections make up the core of the BJS TJSP: the Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC), the Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies (CTLEA), and the CTCS.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 34 USC 10131-2 Name of Law: THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 39121	06/29/2026
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 56480	09/02/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
2014 National Survey of Tribal Court Systems	NSTCS-14L48, NSTCS-14AK, NSTCS-14CFR	, ,
2026 Census of Tribal Court Systems	N/A

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	378	-217	595
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	419	-931	1,350
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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The estimated burden has changed from 120 minutes for the 2014 NSTCS, to 65 minutes (1.08 hours) for the respondents to take 20 minutes to complete the Question Guide (Attachment C) in advance and 40 minutes to complete the web survey (Attachment A). Based on the outreach, engagement, and consultation feedback, BJS revised the CTCS survey instrument from its earlier administration. Questions have been rewritten to ensure clear and concise language, reliability and validity across tribes and justice agencies, and formatted for a web instrument to allow for skip pattern and logic check programming. New items and updates to existing items were edited based on recent legislation and criminal justice policies, as well as the stakeholder engagement activities described. In addition, tribal nations encouraged incorporating consistency of measures in the CTCS to establish an understanding of the types and number of cases filed in the tribal courts.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $509,093

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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: Steven Perry 202 307-0777 steven.w.perry@usdoj.gov

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