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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
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September 10, 2007.
The Department of Labor (DOL)
hereby announces the submission the
following public information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
A copy of the ICR, with applicable
supporting documentation; including
among other things a description of the
likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov
Web site at https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain or by contacting
Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is
not a toll-free number)/e-mail:
king.darrin@dol.gov.
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: Katherine Astrich, OMB Desk
Officer for the Employment and
Training Administration (ETA), Office
of Management and Budget, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503,
Telephone: 202–395–7316 / Fax: 202–
395–6974 (these are not a toll-free
numbers), E-mail:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within
30 days from the date of this publication
in the Federal Register. In order to
ensure the appropriate consideration,
comments should reference the OMB
Control Number (see below).
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments which:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
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for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change of a previously
approved collection.
Title: Attestations by Facilities
Temporarily Employing H–1C
Nonimmigrant Aliens as Registered
Nurses.
OMB Number: 1205–0415.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Business or other for-profit and Not-forprofit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
14.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 172.
Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden:
$0.
Description: On November 12, 1999,
the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged
Areas Act of 1999 (NRDAA), Public Law
106–95, amended the Immigration and
Nationality Act (INA) to establish the
H–1C program to reduce the shortage of
qualified nurses in Health Professional
Shortage Areas (HPSAs). The ETA and
Employment Standards Administration
(ESA) promulgated regulations at 20
CFR part 655, subparts L and M,
governing the filing and enforcement of
attestations by facilities seeking to
employ aliens as registered nurses in
HPSAs on a temporary basis. (See 65 FR
51149, Aug. 22, 2000.)
The NRDAA allows qualified
hospitals to employ temporary foreign
workers as registered nurses for up to
three (3) years under the H–1C visas.
Facilities seeking H–1C visas are
required to file attestations with the
Secretary of Labor. Each facility must
attest that (1) It meets the definition of
‘‘facility’’ based on the Social Security
Act and the Public Health Service Act,
(2) it did not and will not lay off a
registered nurse in the period between
90 days before and 90 days after the
filing of any H–1C petition, (3) it will
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not employ a number of H–1C nurses
that exceeds 33 percent of the total
number of registered nurses employed
at the facility, and (4) it will not
authorize the H–1C nurse to perform
nursing services at any worksite other
than a worksite controlled by the facility
or transfer the H–1C nurse’s place of
employment from one work place to
another.
The NRDAA expired on June 13,
2005. However, on December 20, 2006,
with the enactment of Public Law 109–
423, Congress reauthorized the H–1C
program for an additional three (3)
years. The key provisions of the
program remain unaffected and take
effect immediately. The mechanism for
employers or facilities to make
attestations to the Secretary of Labor is
the ETA Form 9081, and to expedite
implementation of the reauthorized
statute, the ETA is requesting a
reinstatement, without modifications, to
this information collection.
Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E7–18051 Filed 9–12–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–FP–P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review:
Comment Request
September 10, 2007.
The Department of Labor (DOL)
hereby announces the submission the
following public information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
A copy of the ICR, with applicable
supporting documentation; including
among other things a description of the
likely respondents, proposed frequency
of response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov
Web site at https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain or by contacting
Darrin King on 202–693–4129 (this is
not a toll-free number) / e-mail:
king.darrin@dol.gov.
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attn: John Kraemer, OMB Desk Officer
for the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, Telephone:
202–395–7316 / Fax: 202–395–6974
(these are not a toll-free numbers), Email: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
September 10, 2007.
The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission the
following public information collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. chapter
35). A copy of the ICR, with applicable supporting documentation;
including among other things a description of the likely respondents,
proposed frequency of response, and estimated total burden may be
obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is
not a toll-free number)/e-mail: king.darrin@dol.gov.
Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Katherine Astrich, OMB Desk
Officer for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone:
202-395-7316 / Fax: 202-395-6974 (these are not a toll-free numbers),
E-mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov within 30 days from the date of
this publication in the Federal Register. In order to ensure the
appropriate consideration, comments should reference the OMB Control
Number (see below).
The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Type of Review: Reinstatement without change of a previously
approved collection.
Title: Attestations by Facilities Temporarily Employing H-1C
Nonimmigrant Aliens as Registered Nurses.
OMB Number: 1205-0415.
Affected Public: Private Sector: Business or other for-profit and
Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 14.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 172.
Estimated Total Annual Costs Burden: $0.
Description: On November 12, 1999, the Nursing Relief for
Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999 (NRDAA), Public Law 106-95, amended the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to establish the H-1C program to
reduce the shortage of qualified nurses in Health Professional Shortage
Areas (HPSAs). The ETA and Employment Standards Administration (ESA)
promulgated regulations at 20 CFR part 655, subparts L and M, governing
the filing and enforcement of attestations by facilities seeking to
employ aliens as registered nurses in HPSAs on a temporary basis. (See
65 FR 51149, Aug. 22, 2000.)
The NRDAA allows qualified hospitals to employ temporary foreign
workers as registered nurses for up to three (3) years under the H-1C
visas. Facilities seeking H-1C visas are required to file attestations
with the Secretary of Labor. Each facility must attest that (1) It
meets the definition of ``facility'' based on the Social Security Act
and the Public Health Service Act, (2) it did not and will not lay off
a registered nurse in the period between 90 days before and 90 days
after the filing of any H-1C petition, (3) it will not employ a number
of H-1C nurses that exceeds 33 percent of the total number of
registered nurses employed at the facility, and (4) it will not
authorize the H-1C nurse to perform nursing services at any worksite
other than a worksite controlled by the facility or transfer the H-1C
nurse's place of employment from one work place to another.
The NRDAA expired on June 13, 2005. However, on December 20, 2006,
with the enactment of Public Law 109-423, Congress reauthorized the H-
1C program for an additional three (3) years. The key provisions of the
program remain unaffected and take effect immediately. The mechanism
for employers or facilities to make attestations to the Secretary of
Labor is the ETA Form 9081, and to expedite implementation of the
reauthorized statute, the ETA is requesting a reinstatement, without
modifications, to this information collection.
Darrin A. King,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-18051 Filed 9-12-07; 8:45 am]
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