[Federal Register: July 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 145)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4529-N-01]

 
Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Applicant/
Recipient Disclosure/Update Report--HUD 2880

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting pubic comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due date: September 27, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: Patricia A. Wash, Reports Liaison 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 
SW, Room 10245, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Santa Anna, Assistant General 
Counsel, Ethics Law Division, Office of General Counsel, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room 2158, 
Washington, DC 20410 telephone (202-708-3815) (this is not a toll-free 
number) for copies of the proposed form and other available documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 
to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions 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; (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 collection techniques or other 
offers of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of response.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Applicant/recipient disclosure/Update Report
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2510-0011
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Section 102 of the HUD Reform Act of 1989 requires the Department to 
ensure greater accountability and integrity in the provision of 
assistance administered by the Department. One feature of the statute 
requires certain disclosure by applicants seeking assistance from HUD. 
The disclosure includes the financial interests of persons involved in 
the activities, the sources of funds to be made available for the 
activities, and the proposed uses of the funds.
    Each applicant who submits an application for assistance, within 
the jurisdiction of the Department, to HUD, to a State, or to a unit of 
general local government for a specific project or activity, must 
disclose this information whenever the dollar threshold is met 
($200,000 during the Fiscal Year in which the application is 
submitted). This information must be kept updated during the 
application review process and while the assistance is being provided.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: HUD-2880.
    Members of affected public: Applicants for HUD competitive 
assistance.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response:

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                                                                                  Frequency of     Total burden
          Number of disclosures (including updates)              Burden hours       response          hours
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16,900.......................................................             2.0              1.2           40,560
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    Status of the proposed information collection: Reinstatement, 
revision.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: July 23, 1999.
Gail W. Laster,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-19345 Filed 7-28-99; 8:45 am]
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