The information to be collected,
pursuant to President Bush's Memorandum of January 22, 2001 calling
for the restoration of the Mexico City Policy, is (1) the
certification of foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
scheduled to receive populaton assistance funds that they wll not
engage in abortion related activities prohibited under the policy:
and (2) the requirement that U.S. organizations and foreign NGOs
with whom USAID has relationships to collect such certifications
from the organizations that are subject to the
requirements.
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.