An Information Collection Request (ICR) is a federal agency's request for approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to collect information from the public.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), agencies must justify why the information is needed and how it will be used.
Federal agencies are required to submit an ICR whenever they create, renew, modify, or discontinue an information collection. Each ICR includes a description of the collection,
supporting materials and documentation (such as forms, surveys, or scripts), and proof that the agency has met the requirements of the PRA.
The ICR is submitted to the The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within OMB for review and approval. OIRA grants approval for a maximum of three years, after
which the collection must be renewed through a new ICR submission.
ICRs are publicly available on RegInfo.gov, and additional guidance can be found in the FAQs.
Note: Presidential Action influences are notated for ICRs received between January 20, 2025 and July 19, 2025.
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| 202507-0608-001 | BE-577, Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad--Transactions of U.S. Reporter With Foreign Affiliate Common Form | DOC/EASA | 2025-11-17 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
BE-577, Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad--Transactions of U.S. Reporter With Foreign Affiliate Common Form
Key Information
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The Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad—Transactions of U.S. Reporter with Foreign Affiliate (Form BE-577) obtains quarterly data on transactions and positions between U.S.-owned foreign business enterprises and their U.S. parents. The data are essential for the preparation of the U.S. international transactions accounts, the national income and product accounts, the input-output accounts, and the international investment position of the United States. The data are needed to measure the size and economic significance of direct investment abroad, measure changes in such investment, and assess its impact on the U.S. and foreign economies. The survey is authorized by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. |
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| 202507-1902-003 | FERC-725R, RD25-5 Mandatory Reliability Standards: BAL Reliability Standards | FERC | 2025-07-30 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
FERC-725R, RD25-5 Mandatory Reliability Standards: BAL Reliability Standards
Key Information
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The FERC 725R consists of BAL standards. These standards pertain to resource and demand balancing (BAL) body of standards and detail the role of entities to ensure proper load, generation, and interchange balancing. At present, FERC-725R consists of a collection of information associated with the following nationwide Reliability Standards: • BAL-001-2, Real Power Balancing Control Performance; • BAL-002-3, Disturbance Control Standard – Contingency Reserve for Recovery from a Balancing Contingency Event; and • BAL-003-2, Frequency Response and Frequency Bias Setting; and • BAL-005-1, Balancing Authority Control. • BAL-007-1, Near-term Energy Reliability Assessments (ERA) |
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| 202504-1545-010 | Relief for Service in Combat Zone and for Presidentially Declared Disaster | TREAS/IRS | 2025-08-29 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Relief for Service in Combat Zone and for Presidentially Declared Disaster
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Authorizing Statutes
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This collection covers the regulations under section 7508 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code), relating to postponement of certain acts by reason of service in a combat zone, and section 7508A, relating to postponement of certain tax-related deadlines by reason of a Presidentially declared disaster. Section 7508A was added to the Code by section 911 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Public Law 105–34 (111 Stat. 788 (1997)), effective for any period for performing an act that had not expired before August 5, 1997. In general, section 7508 provides that the time individuals serve in a combat zone plus 180 days will be disregarded in determining whether acts listed in section 7508(a)(1), such as filing returns, paying taxes, filing certain petitions with the Tax Court, filing a claim for credit or refund, bringing suit, and assessing tax, are performed within the time prescribed. Taxpayers use Form 15109 to request tax deferment beneftis for serving in a combat zone, a qualified contingency operation, or at a hazardous duty station. |
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| 202503-1902-005 | FERC-545, Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate Change (Non-formal) | FERC | 2025-04-03 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
FERC-545, Gas Pipeline Rates: Rate Change (Non-formal)
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FERC-545 is required to implement sections 4, 5, and 16 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), (15 USC 717c, 717d, and 717o). NGA Sections 4, 5, and 16 authorize the Commission to inquire into rate structures and methodologies and to set rates at a just and reasonable level. Specifically, a natural gas company must obtain Commission authorization for all rates and charges made, demanded, or received in connection with the transportation or sale of natural gas in interstate commerce. |
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| 202504-1545-006 | Reporting of Health Insurance Coverage | TREAS/IRS | 2025-08-29 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Reporting of Health Insurance Coverage
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This document contains regulations relating to an information reporting requirement enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, Public Law 111-152. These regulations are necessary to impose the reporting requirement under section 1502 of the Affordable Care Act (section 6055 of the Internal Revenue Code) on health insurance issuers, employer-sponsored self-insured plans and government-sponsored programs that provide minimum essential coverage. The IRS developed Form 1095-B, Health Coverage, to report this information about individuals who are covered by minimum essential coverage. Form 1094-B, Transmittal of Health Coverage Information Returns, serves as a transmittal for Form 1095-B. |
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| 202507-1902-004 | FERC-725A, RD25-5 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System | FERC | 2025-07-30 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
FERC-725A, RD25-5 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System
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The FERC 725A contains the Transmission Operations (TOP) standards and Interchange Scheduling and Coordination (INT) Standards that pertain to operation planning for transmission providers. TOP-001, TOP-002, TOP-003, TOP-010, INT-006, and INT-009. In this ICR, the Commission is approving TOP-003-7. |
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| 202309-1601-002 | Real ID Applicant Information and Documentation | DHS/OS | 2023-11-03 | Historical Inactive | New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Real ID Applicant Information and Documentation
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This collection of information relates to the States’ collection of information from driver’s license applicants. DHS has a separate collection of information related to DHS interaction with States, e.g., State certification (see OMB Control No. 1601–0005). |
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| 202505-1545-001 | Notice Regarding Certain Church Plan Clarifications under Section 336 of the PATH Act | TREAS/IRS | 2025-08-29 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Notice Regarding Certain Church Plan Clarifications under Section 336 of the PATH Act
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This notice describes the manner in which taxpayers notify the IRS of revocation of an election to aggregate or disaggregate certain church-related organizations under section 336(a) of the PATH Act. Churches and church-related organizations are allowed to make elections to aggregate or disaggregate for this purpose under section 414(c)(2)(C) and (D), which were added to the Code by section 336(a) of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-113 (129 Stat. 2242 (2015)) (PATH Act). |
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| 202508-1559-001 | Certification of Material Events Form | TREAS/CDFIF | 2025-08-29 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Certification of Material Events Form
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This information collection captures information related to specified Material Events that Certified CDFIs, Recipients and/or Allocatees are required to report per applicable Certification, Assistance, Award, Allocation, or Bond Loan Agreement for Bank Enterprise Award Program, Capital Magnet Fund Program, CDFI Bond Guarantee Program, CDFI Equitable Recovery Program, CDFI Rapid Response Program, New Markets Tax Credit Program, Small Dollar Loan Program, and/or CDFI Program/Native American CDFI Assistance Program. The revised form requires entities to indicate their Material Event, explain the event, and describe their organization's response. |
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| 202509-0693-002 | Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Examiner Applications | DOC/NIST | 2025-09-22 | Historical Inactive | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Examiner Applications
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The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987, Public Law 100-107, established an annual U.S. National Quality Award (Award). The purposes of the Award are to promote competitiveness and quality awareness, recognize the performance achievements of U.S. companies, and to share successful strategies and practices. |
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| 202509-1850-001 | National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2026 Amendment 2 | ED/IES | 2025-10-16 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2026 Amendment 2
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The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), is a federally authorized survey of student achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in various subject areas, such as mathematics, reading, writing, science, U.S. history, and civics. The National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (Pub. L. 107–279, title III, section 303) requires the assessment to collect data on specified student groups and characteristics, including information organized by race/ethnicity, sex, socio-economic status, disability, and limited English proficiency. It requires fair and accurate presentation of achievement data and permits the collection of background, noncognitive, or descriptive information that is related to academic achievement and aids in fair reporting of results. The intent of the law is to provide representative sample data on student achievement for the nation, the states, and subpopulations of students and to monitor progress over time. NAEP consists of two assessment programs: the NAEP long-term trend (LTT) assessment and the main NAEP assessment. The LTT assessments are given at the national level only and are administered to students at ages 9, 13, and 17 in a manner that is very different from that used for the main NAEP assessments. LTT reports mathematics and reading results that present trend data since the 1970s. In addition to the operational assessments, NAEP uses two other kinds of assessment activities: pilot assessments and special studies. Pilot assessments test items and procedures for future administrations of NAEP, while special studies (e.g., the Middle School Transcript Study (MSTS), and the High School Transcript Study (HSTS)) are opportunities for NAEP to investigate particular aspects of the assessment without impacting the reporting of the NAEP results. This request is a second Amendment to the initially approved NAEP 2026 Clearance Package (OMB# 1850-0928 v.36) to conduct NAEP in 2026, specifically: (1) Main NAEP operational assessments will include for grades 4 and 8 (first administration of the new frameworks for reading and mathematics), grade 8 (civics and U.S. history); in Puerto Rico, grades 4 and 8 mathematics will be the only subject assessed and will include the new framework; (2) Pilot testing in grades 4, 8, and 12 (reading and mathematics); in Puerto Rico, grades 4 and 8 mathematics will be the only subject assessed. All documents in this package are the finalized materials to be used for the data collection in early 2026. Specifically, this Amendment includes the following updates: 1. Appendix D: updates to the eNAEP Download Center and the preassessment guides, 2. Appendices J1, J2, J3, J-S: editorial updates to several survey questionnaire items, 3. Appendix C: the sampling memo, and 4. Appendix I: all finalized AMS screens that will be accessed and used by school staff for the NAEP assessment. As of April 2025, NCES’s assurances of confidentiality protections for NAEP 2026 have changed due to recent staffing changes at the Department of Education. NCES has removed the Foundations of Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018, Title III, Part B, Confidential Information Protection (‘‘CIPSEA’’) as a confidentiality assurance. However, confidentiality assurances under the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA) remain in effect. |
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| 202511-0970-003 | Generic Performance Progress Reports | HHS/ACF | 2025-11-19 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Generic Performance Progress Reports
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This information collection request (ICR) is for data collection under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Generic Program-Specific Performance Progress Report (PPR) (0970-0490). This overarching generic has allowed ACF program offices to collect performance and progress data from recipients who receive funding from ACF under a discretionary award. This information is required under 45 CFR 75.342, monitoring and reporting program performance; 45 CFR 75.301, performance measurement; and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (Pub.L. 111-352, Sec 12). |
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| 202410-2126-001 | Financial Responsibility, Trucking and Freight Forwarding | DOT/FMCSA | 2025-05-05 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Financial Responsibility, Trucking and Freight Forwarding
Key Information
Authorizing Statutes
49 USC 13904 (View Law) 49 USC 13903 (View Law) 49 USC 13906 (View Law) 49 USC 13902 (View Law) 49 USC 13901 (View Law) Abstract
FMCSA is seeking approval of revision of the ICR. This ICR has two collection periods. The first period covers the six months prior to the implementation of the Broker and Freight Forward Financial Responsibility Final Rule. There are no changes to the respondents, responses, burden hours or annual burden costs for this period. The second collection period covers the 2.5 years following the implementation of the Broker and Freight Forward Financial Responsibility Final Rule. This collection period has 200,147 respondents, 290,345 responses, 49,722 annual burden hours and a total annual burden cost of $1,725,372. This program change increase, to the existing ICR of 283 hours is due to updates made to three forms, BMC-36, BMC-84, and BMC-85 due to the implementation of the Broker and Freight Forwarder Financial Responsibility Final Rule. This ICR consists of 11 forms/ICs: IC-1, form BMC-91, IC-2: BMC-91X, IC-3: BMC-34, IC-4: BMC-82, IC-5: BMC-83, IC-6: BMC-84, IC-7: BMC-85, IC-8: BMC-35, IC-9: BMC-36, IC-10: BMC-IC-11: BMC-32. These mandatory forms are used annually for reporting purposes, by for-hire motor carriers, freight forwarders and brokers to meet the statutory requirement to submit evidence of financial responsibility prior to their registration by the FMCSA as condition for continuation of their registration. The ICR allows the FMCSA to ensure the public is protected and will be compensated for claims involving bodily injury and property damage, or loss or damage to household goods, respectively, within the limits prescribed by FMCSA. The ICR enforces the filing of surety bonds or trust fund agreements to help ensure that motor carriers and shippers are protected against non-performance of the broker’s or freight forwarder’s legal obligations. Insurance companies can be held liable for any damages that may occur to the public (up to the limits of the policy), and to supersede any exclusions or limitations which may be contained in the insured motor carrier’s or freight forwarder’s policy. Additionally, FMCSA can make a determination regarding whether an entity qualifies for the grant of self-insurance authority. |
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| 202509-1218-002 | Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (29 CFR Part 1904) | DOL/OSHA | 2025-09-11 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (29 CFR Part 1904)
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The OSH Act and 29 CFR Part 1904 prescribe that certain employers maintain records of job-related injuries and illnesses. The data are needed by OSHA to carry out intervention and enforcement activities to guarantee workers safe and healthful workplaces. The data are also needed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to produce national statistics on occupational injuries and illnesses. |
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| 202508-0925-002 | Generic Clearance for National Cancer Institute (NCI) Resources, Software, and Data Sharing Forms | HHS/NIH | 2025-08-27 | Active | Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
Generic Clearance for National Cancer Institute (NCI) Resources, Software, and Data Sharing Forms
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This is an information collection request for a reinstatement with change for three years. The purpose of the “Generic for National Cancer Institute (NCI) Resources, Software and Data Sharing Forms” is to provide a cloud-based data science infrastructure to test ideas quickly, respond to the project’s needs as they evolve, incorporate feedback from scientists for flexible, innovative research methods, and provide a foundation for the cancer research community to make new scientific discoveries. The cloud-based infrastructure will connect data sets with analytical tools and access to online workspaces, tools, and NCI resources to support of data sharing. Cloud-based data sharing and analysis is only possible when requests, or applications, are made to access, upload, store, and analyze cancer data and metainformation. |
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| 202509-0925-001 | Conference, Meeting, Workshop, Registration and Challenges Generic Clearance (OD) | HHS/NIH | 2025-09-23 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Conference, Meeting, Workshop, Registration and Challenges Generic Clearance (OD)
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This is an extension of a currently approved generic clearance which allows NIH to continue to request detailed information from organizations (universities, non-profits, etc.) when there is a need to gather information for various activities. This generic provides a quick and efficient process to create registration forms for NIH sponsored conference, meetings, workshops, poster sessions, presentations, panels, and website content. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) directly sponsors, organizes, and conducts research-related activities such as conferences, workshops, meetings, poster sessions, and training courses. These activities are designed to be relevant to the current state of research in each field or to the current state of participant’s research projects or careers, and other resource limitations and determine the number of possible participants. For such activities to be timely and to optimally use available resources to address needs and opportunities within the research community, it is necessary for NIH to have a means to register and select the most appropriate participants, according to the type or purpose of a given activity. |
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| 202508-0915-001 | NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program | HHS/HSA | 2025-08-13 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program
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The need and purpose of this information collection is to obtain information for Nurse Corps LRP applicants and participants. The information is used to consider an applicant for a Nurse Corps LRP contract award, and to monitor a participant’s compliance with the service requirements. Individuals must submit an application in order to participate in the program. The application asks for personal, professional, educational, and financial information required to determine the applicant's eligibility to participate in the Nurse Corps LRP. The semi-annual employment verification form asks for personal and employment information to determine if a participant is in compliance with the service requirements. Respondents include professional RNs or advanced practice RNs (i.e., nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse -0ecialists) who are interested in participating in the Nurse Corps LRP, and official representatives at their service sites. |
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| 202505-0608-002 | BE-13, Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States Common Form | DOC/EASA | 2025-09-08 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
BE-13, Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States Common Form
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The BE-13, Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, collects information on the acquisition and establishment of U.S. business enterprises by foreign investors and on expansions by existing U.S. affiliates of foreign companies. The data collected through the survey are used to measure the amount of new foreign direct investment in the United States and assess its impact on the U.S. economy. The survey also ensures complete coverage of BEA’s other foreign direct investment statistics. The survey is authorized by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act.Emergency Justfication:BEA is requesting emergency review due to extended review of the change to reporting requirements for this survey by OGC which lead to a significant decrease in burden. This extended review delayed publication of the final rule until less than 30 days before the current expiration date. |
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| 202504-0608-001 | Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States | DOC/EASA | 2025-09-10 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
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The data collected on the BE-15 Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States provide a variety of measures of the overall operations of foreign-owned U.S. affiliates. The data are needed to measure the size and economic significance of foreign direct investment in the United States, measure changes in such investment, and assess its impact on the U.S. economy. |
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| 202504-1615-001 | Immigrant Petition for the Gold Card Program | DHS/USCIS | 2025-11-18 | Active | New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Immigrant Petition for the Gold Card Program
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Authorizing Statutes
15 USC 1524 (View Law) 8 USC 1101 (View Law) 8 USC 1153(b) (View Law) 8 USC 1151(d) (View Law) 8 USC 1103(a) (View Law) 8 USC 1153(a) (View Law) 15 USC 1552 (View Law) Abstract
A petitioner may file Form I-140G to request an employment-based immigrant visa under the Gold Card program established by Executive Order 14351, The Gold Card (Sep. 19, 2025). This data collection will be used to assess an alien’s eligibility for an available employment-based immigrant visa. The gift donation confers eligibility for either the first employment-based preference (EB-1) alien of extraordinary ability under section 203(b)(1)(A) of the Immigrant and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(1)(A); or, the second preference (EB-2) alien of exceptional ability under INA section 203(b)(2)(A), 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(2)(A) with a national interest waiver under INA section 203(b)(2)(B), 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(2)(B).Emergency Justfication:This emergency action is necessary to meet the Executive Order 14351 implementation date, within 90 days of September 19, 2025, specifically by December 18, 2025. Emergency approval of Form I-140G enables immediate collection of the standardized set of data necessary to properly assess eligibility, which also protects operational efficiency, national security, and financial integrity. Without an approved form and instructions to collect a standardized set of data, DHS and USCIS cannot intake, accept, receipt, or adjudicate an alien’s eligibility for an available employment-based first-preference or second-preference immigrant visa. In short, all the mechanisms are in place to immediately meet the current demand for the Gold Card, which could generate substantial revenue aimed at boosting commerce, and supporting American industries. Section 103(a)(3) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1103(a)(3), authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue forms, instructions, and guidance necessary to carry out the authority provided in section 103(a)(1) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1103(a)(1). If DHS were to adhere to the standard information collection clearance procedures, the Secretary of Homeland Security would be unable to implement the Gold Card Program within 90 days of September 19, 2025, specifically by December 18, 2025. Therefore, to bring this information collection into compliance with administration priorities and to meet the Executive Order 14351 implementation date, USCIS cannot comply with the normal clearance procedures under the PRA. Absent the collection of this critical information, public harm is reasonably likely to result. See 5 CFR 1320.13(a). |
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