Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Carryout and Reallotment Report

ICR 202407-0970-004

OMB: 0970-0106

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0970-0106 202407-0970-004
Active 202204-0970-018
HHS/ACF OCS
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Carryout and Reallotment Report
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 07/17/2024
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 07/17/2024
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
06/30/2025 06/30/2025 06/30/2025
206 0 206
618 0 1,442
0 0 0

The federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) statute requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collect data annually from all LIHEAP grant recipients regarding the status of obligated and unobligated funding (42 U.S.C. § 8626). The amount held available from a prior fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the funds awarded for that fiscal year (42 U.S.C. § 826(b)(2)(B)), with the excess reallotted in the following fiscal year among that year’s LIHEAP grant recipients (42 U.S.C. § 8626(b)(1)(C)). The federal HHS block grant regulations further require that the Carryover and Reallotment Report (Carryover Report) must contain the following information: (1) The amount of funds that the grant recipient requests to hold available for obligation in the following fiscal year; (2) A statement of the reasons that this amount to remain available will not be used in the fiscal year for which it was allotted; (3) A description of the types of assistance to be provided with the amount held available; and (4) The amount of funds, if any, to be subject to reallotment. See 45 C.F.R. § 96.81. OMB most recently approved the Carryover Report in June 2022 for three years. The form as approved includes three lines that cover unobligations from the following sources: (1) regular LIHEAP funds; (2) supplemental funds from the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Appropriations Act (IIJA) [Public Law (P. L.) 117-58]; and (3) supplemental funds from other sources. Since the lines for these supplemental funds from other sources, including Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law 116-136), American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) of 2021 (Public Law 117-2), are not available for obligation in Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) they need to be removed prior to the next reporting period (planned to begin August 1, 2024). The addition of these lines for these supplemental funds was originally processed as nonsubstantive changes. Similarly, this change request is to update the form, instructions, and burden estimates to reflect the removal of these lines. Minor updates were also made to the instructions for clarity, such as wording and punctuation. HHS’s Administration for Children and Families (ACF) seeks to revise this form to zero-out the third line (unobligations from other sources of supplemental funds) and close it to user entry. It also seeks to make minor changes to wording and punctuation. ACF also seeks to accordingly revise the instructions associated with this form. Finally, for the version of the Carryover Report that was approved in July 2022, we estimated the total average burden to be 7 hours per respondent. This estimate combined (1) three hours per respondent for the standard lines; and (2) four additional hours per respondent to cover the breakouts of funds from non-IIJA supplemental appropriations. With the removal of the non-IIJA supplemental appropriations lines, we are reverting to the previous estimate of an average of 3 hours per response. Supporting Statement A was updated to explain these updates and to update the burden section.

US Code: 42 USC 8626(b)(2)(B) Name of Law: Omnibus Ronconciliation Act of 1981
   PL: Pub.L. 97 - 35 2607(b) Name of Law: Omnibus Ronconciliation Act of 1981
   PL: Pub.L. 117 - 58 TITLE VII Name of Law: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
   PL: Pub.L. 117 - 2 2911 Name of Law: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA)
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  87 FR 8018 02/11/2022
87 FR 25276 04/28/2022
No

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IC Title Form No. Form Name
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Carryout and Reallotment Report 1 Carryover Report Form

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 206 206 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 618 1,442 0 -824 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
This nonsubstantive change request is to remove unneeded reporting lines from the report for FY2024 reporting. This change reverts the estimated average time per response from 7 hours back to 3 hours due to the removal of reporting lines, as described in A1 and A12 of Supporting Statement A.

$54,414
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    No
No
No
No
Yes
Molly Buck 202 205-4724 mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov

  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.
07/17/2024


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