42 U.S.C. 612 (Section 412 of the
Social Security Act as amended by Pub. L. 104-193, the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(PRWORA)and the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA)) mandates that
Federally recognized Indian Tribes with an approved Tribal TANF
program collect and submit to the Secretary of the Department of
Health and Human Services data on the recipients served by the
Tribes' programs. This information includes both aggregated and
disaggregated data on case characteristics and individual
characteristics. In addition, Tribes that are subject to a penalty
are allowed to provide reasonable cause justifications as to why a
penalty should not be imposed or may develop and implement
corrective compliance procedures to eliminate the source of the
penalty. Finally, there is an annual report, which requires the
Tribes to describe program characteristics. All of the above
requirements are currently approved by OMB and the Administration
for Children and Families is simply proposing to extend them
without any changes.
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.