The Native American Housing Assistance
and Self Determination Act (NAHASDA) requires recipients (tribes
and tribally designated housing entities) to submit specific
information that is necessary for the implementation of low income
housing programs using Indian Housing Block Grant funds (IHBG).
Recipients of IHBG funds submit Indian Housing Plan/Annual
Performance Reports (HUD-52737), Formula Response Forms (HUD-4117),
and Formula Challenge Forms (HUD-4119). Recipients of IHBG funds
submit an Indian Housing Plan/Annual Performance Report (HUD-52737)
annually using a Word version. HUD intends to make available an
Excel and EPIC version of the form that requests exactly the same
information as does the Word version. The automated capabilities of
the Excel EPIC versions improve the quality of the submission and
simplify the completion of the form, while reducing paperwork
burden.
This change adds two new forms
to this information collection. If the recipient of IHBG funds is
accumulating funds in a reserve account, the recipient must have a
depository agreement with its financial institution provisions
regarding disbursement of funds (HUD-52736-A). If a recipient has
received approval to invest IHBG funds and seeks to have the funds
managed by a broker/dealer, there must be a depository agreement
signed by both the IHBG recipient and the broker/dealer
(HUD-52736-B. The new forms are not submitted to HUD, they are kept
on file by the IHBG recipient. They are a onetime form, and take
approximately fifteen minutes (.25 hours) to fill out, review and
complete. Each IHBG grantee is likely to have these forms, but as
they are not submitted annually and only edited when the IHBG
recipient changes financial institutions or broker/dealers, the
changes will have no significant impact on information collection
burden. The only reason the electronic response rate went down
significantly is because the depository agreements are kept on
file, and not submitted to HUD.
$729,585
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Jennifer Bullough
202-401-7914
No
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.