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, or modify 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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| 202203-1219-005 | Explosive Materials and Blasting Units (pertains only to underground metal and Category III nonmetal mines deemed to be gassy) | DOL/MSHA | 2022-05-27 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Explosive Materials and Blasting Units (pertains only to underground metal and Category III nonmetal mines deemed to be gassy)
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The Department's regulations at 30 CFR 57.22606(a) provide procedures by which a mine operator shall notify MSHA of all explosive materials and blasting units prior to their use in underground gassy metal and nonmetal mines. |
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| 202203-1219-006 | Training Plans, New Miner Training, Newly-hired Experienced Miner Training | DOL/MSHA | 2022-05-27 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Training Plans, New Miner Training, Newly-hired Experienced Miner Training
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Training informs miners of safety and health hazards inherent in the workplace and enables them to identify and avoid such hazards. Training becomes even more important in light of certain conditions that can exist when production demands increase, such as: an influx of new and less experienced miners and mine operators; longer work hours to meet production demands; and increased demand for contractors who may be less familiar with the dangers on mine property. In addition, with respect to miner health and safety training, Section 115(c) of the Mine Act, 30 U.S.C. 825(c) provides that, upon completion of each training each operator shall certify that the miner has received the specified training in each subject area of the approved health and safety training plan (this information requirement is covered in control number 1205-0009) ; paragraphs (d) and (e) address the Secretary of Labor's rulemaking authority with respect to miner training. MSHA's objective in these existing health and safety training requirements is to ensure that all miners receive the required training, which would result in a decrease in accidents, injuries, and fatalities. MSHA enforces training requirements at approximately 11,657 surface nonmetal mines and contractors. |
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| 202204-1250-001 | Agreement Approval Process for Use of Functional Affirmative Action Programs | DOL/OFCCP | 2022-05-27 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Agreement Approval Process for Use of Functional Affirmative Action Programs
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The regulations implementing Executive Order 11246 permit Federal supply and service contractors to develop affirmative action programs (AAPs) that are based on business functions or business units rather than AAPs based on establishments. Functional affirmative action programs (FAAPs) are designed to provide contractors with the option of creating AAPs that better fit their business needs. To develop and implement a FAAP, Federal contractors must receive written approval from the Director of OFCCP. This Information Collection Request addresses the collection of information associated with the process for obtaining, modifying, updating, and renewing an agreement that allows contractors to develop and use FAAPs. |
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| 202205-0920-009 | Requirement for Airlines and Operators to Collect and Transmit Designated Information for Passengers and Crew Arriving Into the United States | HHS/CDC | 2022-05-26 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Requirement for Airlines and Operators to Collect and Transmit Designated Information for Passengers and Crew Arriving Into the United States
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In order to control the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable diseases, such as COVID-19, into the United States, the collection of traveler contact information helps ensure that CDC and state and local health authorities are able to identify and locate persons arriving in, or transmitting through, the United States from a foreign country who may have been exposed to a communicable disease abroad. State, local, and territorial public health departments can use this information to connect with travelers who arrive in their jurisdictions infectious with or exposed to a communicable disease in order to monitor travelers for symptoms as needed. This Extension ICR is submitted to permit the continued collection of data from travelers to effectively make and enforce regulations necessary to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in the United States. |
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| 202205-1140-004 | Furnishing of Samples | DOJ/ATF | 2022-05-26 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Furnishing of Samples
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This information collection requires that licensed manufacturers, importers, and persons who manufacture or import explosive materials or ammonium nitrate submit samples at the request of the Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. |
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| 202205-0581-002 | Regional Food Business Centers | USDA/AMS | 2022-05-26 | Active | New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Regional Food Business Centers
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The Regional Food Business Centers will support producers and small food businesses by providing localized assistance to access local and regional supply chains, including linking producers to wholesalers and distributors. |
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| 202205-2577-002 | Jobs Plus Pilot Program | HUD/PIH | 2022-05-26 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Jobs Plus Pilot Program
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The information is required to allow HUD to conduct a competition to award and obligate Jobs Plus grant funds in accordance with the FY 2014 Appropriations Act, which permits HUD to use up to $15M of the appropriation for Jobs Plus Initiative |
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| 202205-0990-002 | Understanding Economic Risk for Families with Low Incomes: Economic Security, Program Benefits, and Decisions About Work | HHS/HHSDM | 2022-05-26 | Active | New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Understanding Economic Risk for Families with Low Incomes: Economic Security, Program Benefits, and Decisions About Work
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This information collection request is for a new project. The research team is requesting two years of approval. The purpose of this project is to understand the role of economic risk in public benefit recipients’ decision making about whether to increase earnings. This study will investigate the factors that influence the decisions made by people with low incomes to increase earnings (or not) by presenting beneficiaries with vignettes about other people with the opportunity to increase their earnings and asking them what decision they would make in similar circumstances. The vignettes will vary the risk of an opportunity, the ease of regaining benefits if income later dropped, and the extent of the earnings increase. The job opportunities and associated risks will vary systematically. The choices that study participants recommend will provide insight into the relative importance of these different factors – both alone and in combination. Guided by a better understanding of the role of risk and risk tolerance in families’ decisions about work, the government could design policy levers to reduce risk and thereby support families’ choices to increase earnings and achieve greater economic security. |
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| 202205-1225-003 | Request for a Medical or Religious Exception or Delay to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement | DOL/DM | 2022-05-26 | Received in OIRA | Revision of a currently approved collection
Request for a Medical or Religious Exception or Delay to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement
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In compliance with Section 2 of Executive Order 14043, this information collection is used by the Department to “implement, to the extent consistent with applicable law, a program to require COVID-19 vaccination for all of its Federal employees, with exceptions only as required by law.” |
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| 202205-0651-003 | Patents External Quality Survey | DOC/PTO | 2022-05-25 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Patents External Quality Survey
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This United States Patent and Trademark Office Quality Survey is an instrument designed to measure opinions about the services that USPTO provides its patent application customers. The results from this voluntary survey will assist us in guiding improvements and enhancements in the future. The USPTO conducts the Patents External Quality Survey as part of its quality improvement efforts under E.O. 14058, Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government (Dec. 13, 2021). This survey narrows the focus of customer satisfaction to examination quality and uses a longitudinal, rotating panel design to assess changes in customer perceptions and to identify key areas for examiner training and opportunities for improvement. The USPTO surveys patent agents, attorneys, and other individuals from large domestic corporations (including those with 500+ employees), small and medium-size businesses, and universities and other non-profit research organizations. This survey does not include foreign entities. The USPTO random sample used in this survey is drawn from the Patent Application and Location Management (PALM) database. The sample population is drawn from the top filing firms and entities that have filed more than 5 patent applications in a 12-month period. This ongoing survey is generally conducted twice a year. USPTO uses a rotating panel design where participants will take the survey twice in back-to-back survey periods. Half the participants in each survey period are new, completing the survey for the first time, and half are returning to complete the survey for a second time. This design allows a precise measurement of changes in customer experience over time. The Patents External Quality Survey is primarily a web-based survey, although respondents can also complete the survey via paper and mail if they prefer. The content of both versions is identical. Potential respondents are sent either an email or mailed pre-survey letter, depending on noted preferences for contact. At the beginning of each survey period, respondents are provided instructions for accessing and completing the survey electronically. After a specified response period, a survey packet containing the questionnaire, a separate cover letter prepared by the Deputy Commissioner for Patents, and a postage-paid, pre-addressed return envelope are mailed to all sample members that have not yet submitted a response. Sampled members receiving a paper survey can still complete the survey electronically if they prefer. Reminder/thank you postcards and telephone calls are used to encourage response from sample members. |
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| 202203-0960-003 | Child Relationship Statement | SSA | 2022-05-25 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Child Relationship Statement
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To help determine a child’s entitlement to Social Security benefits, SSA uses criteria under section 216(h)(3) of the Social Security Act, deemed child provision. SSA may deem a child to an insured individual if: (1) the insured individual presents SSA with satisfactory evidence of parenthood, and was living with or contributing to the child’s support at certain specified times; or (2) the insured individual (a) acknowledged the child in writing; (b) was court decreed as the child’s parent; or (c) was court ordered to support the child. To obtain this information, SSA uses Form SSA-2519, Child Relationship Statement. Respondents are people with knowledge of the relationship between certain individuals filing for Social Security benefits and their alleged biological children. |
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| 202205-2900-001CF | SF- 424- Application for Federal Assistance | VA | 2022-05-25 | Active | RCF New
SF- 424- Application for Federal Assistance
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| 202203-0960-004 | Request for Reinstatement (Title XVI) | SSA | 2022-05-25 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Request for Reinstatement (Title XVI)
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SSA uses Form SSA-372 to: (1) inform previously entitled beneficiaries of the EXR requirements of SSI payments under Title XVI of the Act, and (2) to document their requests for EXR. SSA requires this application for reinstatement of benefits for respondents to obtain SSI disability payments for EXR. When an SSA claims representative learns of individuals whose medical conditions no longer permit them to perform SGA as defined in the Act, the claims representative gives or mails the paper Form SSA-372 to the previously entitled individuals (or mails it to those who request EXR over the phone). SSA employees collect this information whenever an individual files for EXR benefits. The respondents are applicants for EXR of SSI disability payments. |
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| 202205-7100-002 | Application to Become a Savings and Loan Holding Company or to Acquire a Savings Association or Savings and Loan Holding Company | FRS | 2022-05-25 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Application to Become a Savings and Loan Holding Company or to Acquire a Savings Association or Savings and Loan Holding Company
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This information collection must be filed in connection with certain proposals involving the formation, acquisition, or merger of a savings and loan holding company (SLHC); the acquisition by an SLHC of a savings association or its assets; and the acquisition of control of a savings association by certain individuals associated with a SLHC. The Board requires the submission of this filing from an applicant for regulatory and supervisory purposes and to allow the Board to fulfill its statutory obligations to review these transactions under section 10(e) of the Home Owners’ Loan Act (HOLA) (12 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.) and the Board’s Regulation LL - Savings and Loan Holding Companies (12 CFR 238.11). |
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| 202205-0910-009 | Antimicrobial Animal Drug Distribution Reports and Recordkeeping | HHS/FDA | 2022-05-25 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Antimicrobial Animal Drug Distribution Reports and Recordkeeping
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This information collection requires that sponsors of each new animal drug that contains an antimicrobial agent submit an annual report to FDA on the amount of each antimicrobial active ingredient in the drug that is sold or distributed for use in food-producing animals, including information on any distributor-labeled product. Its purpose is to ensure that the FDA has the necessary information to examine safety concerns related to the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals. |
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| 202205-2900-002CF | SF-424A, Budget Information - Non-Construction Programs | VA | 2022-05-25 | Active | RCF New
SF-424A, Budget Information - Non-Construction Programs
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| 202205-1910-004 | Weatherization Assistance Program Sub-programs | DOE/DOEOA | 2022-05-25 | Active | Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
Weatherization Assistance Program Sub-programs
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DOE requests authorization to collect data on the status of WAP E&I, SERC, and Community Scale Pilot activities: units completed, outlays and related information. DOE has also requested authorization to liaise regularly with states to gather real-time data on implementation issues, challenges, and activities. |
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| 202205-2900-004CF | SF-424B - Assurances - Non-Construction Programs | VA | 2022-05-25 | Historical Active | RCF New
SF-424B - Assurances - Non-Construction Programs
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| 202203-0960-001 | Appointment of Representative | SSA | 2022-05-25 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Appointment of Representative
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Recipients use Form SSA-1696 to appoint a representative to handle their claim before SSA. Recipients’ representatives use the Form SSA-1696 to indicate whether they will charge a fee, and, if so, specify their eligibility for direct fee payment. The representatives also use Form SSA 1696 to indicate their disbarment or suspension from a court or bar in which they previously admitted to practice, or their disqualification from participating in or appearing before a Federal program or agency. SSA recognizes the recipient’s representative as the individual named in a notice of appointment (or written statement), which the recipient signed and filed at an SSA office. The SSA 1696 (or written statement) documents the appointment of a representative. We also use this form to collect the business affiliation and EIN of the representatives. Our regulations also require that if the representative is a non attorney, they must sign the form or equivalent written statement. In addition, respondents use the SSA 1696-SUP1 to revoke their appointment of a representative, and representatives use the SSA 1696-SUP2 to withdraw their acceptance of the appointment. SSA uses this information to document the revocation and withdrawal of a representative. Respondents are applicants for, or recipients of, Social Security disability benefits (SSDI); SSI payments; or anyone pursuing a benefit or invoking a right under SSA programs, who are notifying SSA they have appointed a person to represent them in their dealings with SSA, and their non attorney representatives who need to sign the form. |
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| 202205-1902-009 | Request for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement | FERC | 2022-05-25 | Received in OIRA | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Request for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement
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The purpose of this information collection request is to allow the Commission to collect information from individuals applying for a medical exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement as specified in Part 2 of FERC Form No. 1000. |
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