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(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) 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,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.

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Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Extension, Without Change, of a
Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Interagency Alien Witness and
Informant Record.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–854A and I–
854B; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Federal Government.
The Form I–854 will enable the U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) to fulfill those responsibilities. A
law enforcement agency may request S
nonimmigrant classification for an
essential witness or informant by
completing this form, which requires
certifications by both the law
enforcement agency (e.g., that it will
collect the alien’s statutorily-required
quarterly reports and oversee the alien’s
departure, if that becomes necessary)
and the alien. The law enforcement
agency files a properly completed Form
I–854 with the Criminal Division,
Department of Justice, which may
certify the law enforcement agency
request to the U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS).
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: The estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection I–854A is 10 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
3 hours. The estimated total number of
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estimated hour burden per response is
1 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total estimated annual
hour burden associated with this
collection is 60 hours.
(7) An estimate of the total public
burden (in cost) associated with the
collection: The estimated total annual
cost burden associated with this
collection of information is $0.
Dated: March 9, 2021.
Samantha L. Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0044]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension, Without Change,
of a Currently Approved Collection:
Application for Action on an Approved
Application or Petition
U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) will be
submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until April 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice, especially
regarding the estimated public burden
and associated response time, must be
submitted via the Federal eRulemaking
Portal website at http://
www.regulations.gov under e-Docket ID
number USCIS–2007–0012. All
submissions received must include the
OMB Control Number 1615–0044 in the
body of the letter, the agency name and
Docket ID USCIS–2007–0012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
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Regulatory Coordination Division,
Samantha Deshommes, Chief,
Telephone number (240) 271–3000
(This is not a toll-free number;
comments are not accepted via
telephone message.). Please note contact
information provided here is solely for
questions regarding this notice. It is not
for individual case status inquiries.
Applicants seeking information about
the status of their individual cases can
check Case Status Online, available at
the USCIS website at http://
www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS
Contact Center at (800) 375–5283; TTY
(800) 767–1833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments
The information collection notice was
previously published in the Federal
Register on September 29, 2020, at 85
FR 61020, allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. USCIS did not receive
any comments in connection with the
60-day notice.
You may access the information
collection instrument with instructions,
or additional information by visiting the
Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
http://www.regulations.gov and enter
USCIS–2007–0012 in the search box.
The comments submitted to USCIS via
this method are visible to the Office of
Management and Budget and comply
with the requirements of 5 CFR
1320.12(c). All submissions will be
posted, without change, to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at http://
www.regulations.gov, and will include
any personal information you provide.
Therefore, submitting this information
makes it public. You may wish to
consider limiting the amount of
personal information that you provide
in any voluntary submission you make
to DHS. DHS may withhold information
provided in comments from public
viewing that it determines may impact
the privacy of an individual or is
offensive. For additional information,
please read the Privacy Act notice that
is available via the link in the footer of
http://www.regulations.gov.
Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
should address one or more of the
following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
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(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) 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,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Overview of This Information
Collection

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Dated: March 9, 2021.
Samantha L Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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Section 8 Housing Assistance
Payments Program—Fiscal Year (FY)
2021 Inflation Factors for Public
Housing Agency (PHA) Renewal
Funding
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice establishes
Renewal Funding Inflation Factors
(RFIFs) to adjust Fiscal Year (FY) 2021
renewal funding for the Housing Choice
Voucher (HCV) Program of each public
housing agency (PHA), as required by
the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021. The notice apportions the
expected percent change in national Per
Unit Cost (PUC) for the HCV program,
5.80 percent, to each PHA based on the
change in Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for
their operating area to produce the FY
2021 RFIFs. HUD’s FY 2021
methodology is the same as that which
was used in FY 2020.
DATES: Effective Date: March 16, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Miguel A. Fontanez, Director, Housing
Voucher Financial Division, Office of
Public Housing and Voucher Programs,
Office of Public and Indian Housing,
telephone number 202–402–4212; or
Adam Bibler, Program Parameters and
Research Division, Office of Policy
Development and Research, telephone
number 202–402–6057, for technical
information regarding the development
of the schedules for specific areas or the
methods used for calculating the
inflation factors. Their mailing address
is: Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20410. Hearing- or
speech-impaired persons may contact
the Federal Relay Service at 800–877–
8339 (TTY). (Other than the ‘‘800’’ TTY
number, the above-listed telephone
numbers are not toll free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

(1) Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension, Without Change, of
a Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Application for Action on an Approved
Application or Petition.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–824; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. This information collection
is used to request a duplicate approval
notice, as well as to notify and to verify
the U.S. Consulate that a petition has
been approved or that a person has been
adjusted to permanent resident status.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: The estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection I–824 is 10,571 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
0.42 hour.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total estimated annual
hour burden associated with this
collection is 4,440 hours.
(7) An estimate of the total public
burden (in cost) associated with the
collection: The estimated total annual
cost burden associated with this
collection of information is $1,361,016.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT

I. Background
Division L, Title II of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 requires that
the HUD Secretary, for the calendar year
2021 funding cycle, provide renewal
funding for each public housing agency
(PHA) based on validated voucher
management system (VMS) leasing and
cost data for the prior calendar year and
by applying an inflation factor as
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notice announces the availability of the
FY 2021 inflation factors and describes
the methodology for calculating them.
Tables in PDF and Microsoft Excel
formats showing Renewal Funding
Inflation Factors (RFIFs) by HUD Fair
Market Rent Area are available
electronically from the HUD data
information page at: https://
www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/rfif/
rfif.html.
II. Methodology
RFIFs are used to adjust the allocation
of Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
program funds to PHAs for local
changes in rents, utility costs, and
tenant incomes. To calculate the RFIFs,
HUD first forecasts a national inflation
factor, which is the annual change in
the national average Per Unit Cost
(PUC). HUD then calculates individual
area inflation factors, which are based
on the annual changes in the twobedroom Fair Market Rent (FMR) for
each area. Finally, HUD adjusts the
individual area inflation factors to be
consistent with the national inflation
factor.
HUD’s forecast of the national average
PUC is based on forecasts of gross rent
and tenant income. Each forecast is
produced using historical and
forecasted macroeconomic data as
independent variables, where the
forecasts are consistent with the
Economic Assumptions of the
Administration’s FY 2022 Budget. The
forecast of gross rent is itself based on
forecasts of the Consumer Price Index
(CPI) Rent of Primary Residence Index
and the CPI Fuels and Utilities Index.
Forecasted values of these series are
applied to the FY 2021 national average
two-bedroom FMR to produce a CY
2021 value. A ‘‘notional’’ PUC is
calculated as the difference between
gross rent value and 30 percent of tenant
income (the standard for tenant rent
contribution in the voucher program).
The change between the forecasted CY
2021 notional PUC and the CY 2020
notional PUC is the expected national
change in PUC, or 5.80 percent. HUD
uses a notional PUC as opposed to the
actual PUC to project costs that are
consistent with PHAs leasing the same
number and quality of units. For more
information on HUD’s forecast
methodology, see 82 FR 26710.
The inflation factor for an individual
geographic area is based on the
annualized change in the area’s FMR
between FY 2020 and FY 2021. These
changes in FMRs are then scaled such
that the voucher-weighted average of all
individual area inflation factors is equal
to the national inflation factor, i.e., the
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