60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Moving To Work Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation, 67076-67078 [2021-25655]

Download as PDF 67076 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 224 / Wednesday, November 24, 2021 / Notices 2007–0046. Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal website at https://www.regulations.gov under eDocket ID number USCIS–2007–0046. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, Regulatory Coordination Division, Samantha Deshommes, Chief, telephone number (240) 721–3000 (This is not a toll-free number. Comments are not accepted via telephone message). Please note contact information provided here is solely for questions regarding this notice. It is not for individual case status inquiries. Applicants seeking information about the status of their individual cases can check Case Status Online, available at the USCIS website at https://www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS Contact Center at 800–375–5283 (TTY 800–767–1833). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Background Statutory authorization to set aside visas under the EB–5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program expired at midnight on June 30, 2021. See Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 1993, Public Law 102–395, 106 Stat. 1828, § 610(b), as amended. The Regional Center Program was originally created as a pilot program with authorization to set aside visas under the program for a five-year period. However, since its advent in 1992, Congress has reauthorized or extended the visa setaside under the program at least 30 times, most recently through June 30, 2021. Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Public Law 116–120, div. O, title I, § 104, 134 Stat. 1182, 2148 (substituting ‘‘June 30, 2021’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ in § 610(b) of Public Law 102–395). Based on the history of prior Congressional reauthorizations and extensions, absent any indication that future reauthorization is not forthcoming, and also in the interests of keeping Form I– 924 current, USCIS has decided to extend this form without change. Even if the visa set-aside under the EB–5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program is not reauthorized, USCIS would need to maintain this form for the limited use of when the application indicates that it is an amendment to an existing regional center’s name, organizational structure, ownership, or administration. Comments You may access the information collection instrument with instructions or additional information by visiting the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:05 Nov 23, 2021 Jkt 256001 Federal eRulemaking Portal site at: https://www.regulations.gov and entering USCIS–2007–0046 in the search box. All submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https:// www.regulations.gov, and will include any personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You may wish to consider limiting the amount of personal information that you provide in any voluntary submission you make to DHS. DHS may withhold information provided in comments from public viewing that it determines may impact the privacy of an individual or is offensive. For additional information, please read the Privacy Act notice that is available via the link in the footer of https://www.regulations.gov. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies should address one or more of the following four points: (1) 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; (2) 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; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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. Overview of This Information Collection (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection. (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Regional Center Under the Immigrant Investor Program. (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the DHS sponsoring the collection: I–924, I– 924A; USCIS. (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals representing any economic unit, public or private, in the United States that is involved with promoting economic growth. This collection will be used by such individuals to ask USCIS to be PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 designated as a regional center under the Immigrant Investor Program, to request an amendment to a previously approved regional center designation, or to demonstrate continued eligibility for designation as a regional center under the Immigrant Investor Program. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The estimated total number of respondents for the information collection I–924 is 21 and the estimated hour burden per response is 51 hours. The estimated total number of respondents for the information collection I–924A is 625 and the estimated hour burden per response is 14 hours. The estimated total number of respondents for Compliance Review is 40 and the estimated hour burden per response is 24 hours. The estimated total number of respondents for the information collection during the Site Visit is 40 and the estimated hour burden per response is 16 hours. (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: The total estimated annual hour burden associated with this collection is 11,421 hours. (7) An estimate of the total public burden (in cost) associated with the collection: The estimated total annual cost burden associated with this collection of information is $2,344,605. Dated: November 19, 2021. Samantha L Deshommes, Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. 2021–25662 Filed 11–23–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9111–97–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–7041–N–06] 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Moving To Work Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\24NON1.SGM 24NON1 67077 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 224 / Wednesday, November 24, 2021 / Notices DATES: OMB Approval Number: Pending. Type of Request: New. Form Number: N/A. Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD has selected 10 Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to participate in the second cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW) Expansion, Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration (STRD). These PHAs will implement an alternative rent policy (a stepped rent or tiered rent) that is intended to reduce PHA administrative burden and increase self-sufficiency of assisted households. Five PHAs will implement a stepped rent and five PHAs will implement a tiered rent. HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) will evaluate the impacts of those alternative rent policies, using a randomized controlled trial. The evaluation will rely on data from a variety of sources, including new information collection efforts proposed in this Notice. HUD has contracted with MDRC to conduct the first phase of the evaluation, including random assignment, baseline data collection, and monitoring PHA implementation. Within the 10 participating PHAs, eligible households will be randomly assigned to have their rent calculated under the new rules (stepped/tiered rent) or old rules (the Brooke rent, typically 30% of household income). Eligible households will be non-elderly, non-disabled participants in the public housing and housing choice voucher program. Prior to random assignment, each household will be asked to complete a baseline information form (BIF) and provide informed consent to authorize HUD’s evaluator to use their Comments Due Date: January 24, 2022. Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410–5000; telephone 202–402–5534 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov for a copy of the proposed forms or other available information. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov or telephone 202–402–5535. This is not a toll-free number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 8339. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Guido. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in Section A. A. Overview of Information Collection Title of Information Collection: Moving to Work (MTW) Cohort 2 Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation. data for the evaluation. The BIF will provide important information not otherwise available from HUD’s administrative data, such as whether the household has significant barriers to employment. The BIF will average approximately 7 minutes long. MDRC will also conduct interviews with staff from participating PHAs, to better understand their experience implementing the new rent policies. For the first phase of the evaluation, MDRC is expected to conduct two rounds of staff interviews with each PHA. This collection request focuses on the first of the two rounds of staff data collection. During the first round, MDRC expects to interview up to ten staff per PHA (reflecting a mix of executive management staff, public housing and HCV directors, and public housing and HCV specialists). The mode will be a mix of one-on-one interviews and group interviews, with small groups of 2–3 staff performing similar roles. Respondents: Recipients of HUD housing assistance participating in the Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration; Staff with PHAs participating in the Demonstration. Estimated Number of Respondents: Up to 25,000 study participants who will complete the baseline survey; 100 PHA staff interviewees. Frequency of Response: Once (BIF); Once for staff included in Round 1 staff interviews. Average Hours per Response: The BIF will take 7 minutes per response (.12 hour). PHA staff interviews will take one hour, on average. TOTAL ESTIMATED BURDENS khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Information collection Number of respondents Frequency of response Responses per annum Burden hour per response Annual burden hours Hourly cost per response Annual cost Baseline Information Form (household survey). PHA staff interviews. 25,000 1 25,000 .12 3,000 $9.43 $14,145 (12,500 Employed sample members * $9.43 * 0.12 hour). 100 1 100 1 100 34.64 $3,464 (100 interviews * $34.64 * 1 hr). Total ..... 25,100 ........................ ........................ ........................ 3,100 ........................ For the Baseline Information Form Hourly Cost Per Response, Households in the STRD will range widely in employment position and earnings. We have estimated the average prevailing minimum hourly wage across the ten STRD sites at $9.43, and further assume that about 50 percent of the participants VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:05 Nov 23, 2021 Jkt 256001 to be employed at the time of survey response. For the PHA staff interviews Hourly Cost Per Response, for program staff participating in interviews, the estimate uses the median hourly wages of selected occupations (classified by Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes) was sourced from the PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 $17,609 Occupational Employment Statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Potentially relevant occupations and their median hourly wages are: E:\FR\FM\24NON1.SGM 24NON1 67078 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 224 / Wednesday, November 24, 2021 / Notices Occupation Mean hourly wage rate SOC code Community and Social Service Specialist ........................................................... Social/community Service Manager .................................................................... Chief Executives .................................................................................................. 21–1099 11–9151 11–1011 $25.64 44.24 59.86 Source: Occupational Employment Statistics, accessed online September 29, 2021 at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm. To estimate cost burden to program staff respondents, we use an average of the occupations listed weighted by expected respondent distribution for those listed above, or $34.64/hr. B. Solicitation of Public Comment This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected parties concerning the collection of information described in Section A on the following: (1) 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; (2) The accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (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 collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to these questions. C. Authority khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, Todd M. Richardson, having reviewed and approved this document, is delegating the authority to electronically sign this document to submitter, Chaneeka Dessesow, who is the Federal Register Liaison for HUD, for purposes of publication in the Federal Register. Chaneeka Dessesow, Federal Register Liaison for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. [FR Doc. 2021–25655 Filed 11–23–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:05 Nov 23, 2021 Jkt 256001 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–6298–N–01] Availability of HUD’s Fiscal Year 2019 Service Contract Inventory Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice advises of the availability to the public of service contracts awarded by HUD in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Akinsola A. Ajayi, Assistant Chief Procurement Officer, Office of Policy, Systems and Risk Management, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; telephone number 202–402–6728 (this is not a tollfree number) and fax number 202–708– 8912. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–117, approved December 16, 2009, 123 Stat. 3034, at 123 Stat. 3216), HUD is publishing this notice to advise the public of service contracts inventories that were awarded in FY 2018. The inventories are organized by function and are reviewed by HUD to better understand how contracted services are used to support HUD’s primary mission, to insure HUD maintains an adequate workforce for operations and to research whether contractors were performing inherently governmental functions. The inventory was developed in accordance with guidance issued on November 5, 2010 by the Office of Management and Budget’s Office Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). OFPP’s guidance is available at https:// obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/ default/files/omb/procurement/memo/ service-contract-inventories-guidance11052010.pdf. HUD has posted its inventory and a summary of the inventory on the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s homepage at the SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 following link: https://portal.hud.gov/ hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/ cpo/sci. Akinsola A. Ajayi, Assistant Chief Procurement Officer. 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Those wishing to participate in the Zoom meetings must register at least 2 weeks in advance of the meetings. The link to register for the January RAC Zoom meetings is: https://blm.zoomgov.com/ webinar/register/WN_ pLpbh88OQmq55ry73zC-CA. The RAC will take a field tour of the Edson Campground and Sixes River Campground on Wednesday, January 12. The RAC will meet at 9 a.m. at the BLM Coos Bay District Office, 1300 Airport Lane, North Bend, Oregon, and arrive at the Edson Campground at 10:45 a.m., returning to the BLM Coos Bay District Office at around 4 p.m. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\24NON1.SGM 24NON1

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-7041-N-06]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Moving To Work 
Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment 
from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. 
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

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DATES: Comments Due Date: January 24, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Room 4176, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-402-5534 
(this is not a toll-free number) or email at [email protected] for a 
copy of the proposed forms or other available information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna P. Guido, Reports Management 
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna P. Guido at 
[email protected] or telephone 202-402-5535. This is not a toll-free 
number. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this 
number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339.
    Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from 
Ms. Guido.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD is 
seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in 
Section A.

A. Overview of Information Collection

    Title of Information Collection: Moving to Work (MTW) Cohort 2 
Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration Evaluation.
    OMB Approval Number: Pending.
    Type of Request: New.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD 
has selected 10 Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to participate in the 
second cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW) Expansion, Stepped and Tiered 
Rent Demonstration (STRD). These PHAs will implement an alternative 
rent policy (a stepped rent or tiered rent) that is intended to reduce 
PHA administrative burden and increase self-sufficiency of assisted 
households. Five PHAs will implement a stepped rent and five PHAs will 
implement a tiered rent. HUD's Office of Policy Development and 
Research (PD&R) will evaluate the impacts of those alternative rent 
policies, using a randomized controlled trial. The evaluation will rely 
on data from a variety of sources, including new information collection 
efforts proposed in this Notice. HUD has contracted with MDRC to 
conduct the first phase of the evaluation, including random assignment, 
baseline data collection, and monitoring PHA implementation.
    Within the 10 participating PHAs, eligible households will be 
randomly assigned to have their rent calculated under the new rules 
(stepped/tiered rent) or old rules (the Brooke rent, typically 30% of 
household income). Eligible households will be non-elderly, non-
disabled participants in the public housing and housing choice voucher 
program. Prior to random assignment, each household will be asked to 
complete a baseline information form (BIF) and provide informed consent 
to authorize HUD's evaluator to use their data for the evaluation. The 
BIF will provide important information not otherwise available from 
HUD's administrative data, such as whether the household has 
significant barriers to employment. The BIF will average approximately 
7 minutes long.
    MDRC will also conduct interviews with staff from participating 
PHAs, to better understand their experience implementing the new rent 
policies. For the first phase of the evaluation, MDRC is expected to 
conduct two rounds of staff interviews with each PHA. This collection 
request focuses on the first of the two rounds of staff data 
collection. During the first round, MDRC expects to interview up to ten 
staff per PHA (reflecting a mix of executive management staff, public 
housing and HCV directors, and public housing and HCV specialists). The 
mode will be a mix of one-on-one interviews and group interviews, with 
small groups of 2-3 staff performing similar roles.
    Respondents: Recipients of HUD housing assistance participating in 
the Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration; Staff with PHAs 
participating in the Demonstration.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: Up to 25,000 study participants 
who will complete the baseline survey; 100 PHA staff interviewees.
    Frequency of Response: Once (BIF); Once for staff included in Round 
1 staff interviews.
    Average Hours per Response: The BIF will take 7 minutes per 
response (.12 hour). PHA staff interviews will take one hour, on 
average.

                                                                 Total Estimated Burdens
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                                       Number of     Frequency of    Responses per    Burden hour    Annual burden    Hourly cost
      Information collection          respondents      response          annum       per response        hours       per response        Annual cost
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Baseline Information Form                   25,000               1          25,000             .12           3,000           $9.43  $14,145 (12,500
 (household survey).                                                                                                                 Employed sample
                                                                                                                                     members * $9.43 *
                                                                                                                                     0.12 hour).
PHA staff interviews..............             100               1             100               1             100           34.64  $3,464 (100
                                                                                                                                     interviews * $34.64
                                                                                                                                     * 1 hr).
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    Total.........................          25,100  ..............  ..............  ..............           3,100  ..............  $17,609
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    For the Baseline Information Form Hourly Cost Per Response, 
Households in the STRD will range widely in employment position and 
earnings. We have estimated the average prevailing minimum hourly wage 
across the ten STRD sites at $9.43, and further assume that about 50 
percent of the participants to be employed at the time of survey 
response.
    For the PHA staff interviews Hourly Cost Per Response, for program 
staff participating in interviews, the estimate uses the median hourly 
wages of selected occupations (classified by Standard Occupational 
Classification (SOC) codes) was sourced from the Occupational 
Employment Statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of 
Labor Statistics.
    Potentially relevant occupations and their median hourly wages are:

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                     Occupation                                 SOC code                Mean hourly wage rate
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Community and Social Service Specialist.............                       21-1099                        $25.64
Social/community Service Manager....................                       11-9151                         44.24
Chief Executives....................................                       11-1011                         59.86
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Source: Occupational Employment Statistics, accessed online September 29, 2021 at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm.
To estimate cost burden to program staff respondents, we use an average of the occupations listed weighted by
  expected respondent distribution for those listed above, or $34.64/hr.

B. Solicitation of Public Comment

    This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected parties concerning the collection of information described in 
Section A on the following:
    (1) 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;
    (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (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 collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
    HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to 
these questions.

C. Authority

    Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35.
    The General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and 
Research,
    Todd M. Richardson, having reviewed and approved this document, is 
delegating the authority to electronically sign this document to 
submitter, Chaneeka Dessesow, who is the Federal Register Liaison for 
HUD, for purposes of publication in the Federal Register.

Chaneeka Dessesow,
Federal Register Liaison for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2021-25655 Filed 11-23-21; 8:45 am]
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