Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 60391 [2018-25615]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 60391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25615]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

November 20, 2018.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding (1) whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to 
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.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by December 
26, 2018 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: 
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office 
Building, 725--17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are 
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: 
[email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental 
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-
8958.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Economic Research Service

    Title: Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0536-0043.
    Summary of Collection: The Food Security Supplement is sponsored by 
USDA as research and evaluation activity authorized under 7 U.S.C. 
2204(a). This section outlines duties of the Secretary of Agriculture 
related to research and development including authorizing the 
collection of statistics. The Administrator of the Economic Research 
Service is authorized to conduct economic and social science research 
and analyses related to the U.S. food system and consumers under 7 CFR 
2.67. The data to be collected will be used to address multiple 
programmatic and policy development needs of the Food and Nutrition 
Service (FNS) and other Federal agencies. The U.S. Census Bureau has 
the right to conduct the data collection on USDA's behalf under Title 
13, Section 8(b).
    Need and Use of the Information: The data collected by the food 
security supplement will be used to obtain reliable data from a large, 
representative national sample as a basis for monitoring the prevalence 
of food security, food insecurity, and very low food security within 
the U.S. population as a whole and in selected population subgroups; 
conducting research on causes of food insecurity and the role of 
Federal food and nutrition programs in ameliorating food insecurity; 
and continuing development and improvement of methods for measuring 
these conditions. Information will be collected on food spending, use 
of Federal and community food and nutrition assistance programs, 
difficulties in obtaining adequate food during the previous 12 months 
and 30 days due to constrained resources, and conditions that result 
from inadequate access to food.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or Households.
    Number of Respondents: 53,802.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,465.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-25615 Filed 11-23-18; 8:45 am]
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