Non-Substantive Change Memo - Updated Authorization and Privacy Notices - 2020

To: Jordan Cohen

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

From: Shannon Herboldsheimer

Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

Date: August 31, 2020

Subject: Non-Substantive Change Request – Sponsor Review Procedures for Unaccompanied Alien Children OMB #0970-0278)

This memo requests approval of a non-substantive change to the approved information collection, Sponsor Review Procedures for Unaccompanied Alien Children (OMB #0970-0278).

Background

The Sponsor Review Procedures for Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) information collection contains four instruments that allow ORR to collect information necessary to determine the suitability of a proposed sponsor for an unaccompanied alien child as required by the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. 279), the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232), and the Flores Settlement Agreement (No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996)). The collection was last approved by OMB on June 26, 2019 and expires on June 30, 2022. The instruments contained in this collection are as follows:

1. Family Reunification Application (ORR UAC/FRP-3 & ORR UAC/FRP-3s)

2. Authorization for Release of Information (ORR UAC/FRP-2 & ORR UAC/FRP-2s)

3. Fingerprinting Instructions (ORR UAC/FRP-7& ORR UAC/FRP-7s)

4. Letter of Designation for Care of a Minor (ORR UAC/FRP-9 & ORR UAC/FRP-9s)

Overview of Requested Changes

ORR added language to the Authorization for Release of Information describing the restrictions the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020, Pub. L. 116-93, § 216, places upon how the U.S. Department of Homeland Security may use information obtained from ORR on sponsors, their household members, and adult caregivers. ORR proposes to add the updated Authorization for Release of Information (FRP-2), Privacy Notice for Sponsors (FRP-11A), and Privacy Notice for Parents and Legal Guardians (FRP-11B) to the existing information collection package.