Approved for six
months. Upon submission to OMB, the Department of Justice will
brief OMB on the status of the program.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2006
06/30/2006
1,000
0
0
3,000
0
0
0
0
0
Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention
and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (Act), Pub.L. 109-8, the United
States Trustee (UST) is charged with creating an approved list of
credit counseling agencies. Each agency must meet minimum
qualifications established by Congress in the new law. The UST
needs the information in the application in order to evaluate
whether the applicants meet the established qualifications. The
respondents to the application will be credit counseling agencies
who seek to counsel individuals before the file for
bankruptcy.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.