Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 83378 [2023-26219]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 83378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26219]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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; 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; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 
29, 2023 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    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.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT).
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0660.
    Summary of Collection: This is a revision of the currently approved 
information collection for activities related to the Pandemic 
Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT). The P-EBT is part of the U.S. 
Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (as amended by the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act 2021 the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023 provides the Secretary of 
Agriculture authority to administer, through State agencies, the PEBT 
programs.
    States are required to submit an operational plan to FNS Regional 
Office for approval. With the expiration of the COVID-19 public health 
emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023, States will not receive approval for 
operational plans submitted after Federal fiscal year (FY) 2023 (i.e., 
September 30, 2023), although States may issue some benefits 
retroactively to households after September 30, 2023, based on prior 
plan approvals. However, FNS proposes an extension for limited elements 
of the currently approved information collection to facilitate the 
orderly wind-down and close-out of the P-EBT program.
    Need and Use of the Information: This information collection is 
necessary to determine eligibility and benefit levels for P-EBT. The 
information collected will used to determine the benefit levels 
children are eligible to receive, which will vary depending on the FY 
of the approved plan. Additionally, during the summer months all 
children eligible for free or reduced price meals that are enrolled in 
schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program are 
considered eligible for P-EBT. This requires all schools to provide the 
State agency with a list of children who have been determined eligible 
for free and reduced price meals.
    FNS will provide funding to each State's SNAP State agency for 100% 
of P-EBT-related school level administrative costs. Such funding will 
be available for the necessary, allowable, and reasonable State agency 
costs associated with the administration of P-EBT incurred during FY 
2020-2023. In order to receive this funding, schools must report to 
their State agency on the school level costs incurred to administer P-
EBT.
    Description of Respondents: State agencies, private sector 
(business-not-for profit), individuals and households.
    Number of Respondents: 114,337.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 20,087.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-26219 Filed 11-28-23; 8:45 am]
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