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This information collection expires July
31, 2013.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
May 7, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the information collection to R. Lee
Fleming, Director, Office of Federal
Acknowledgment, Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs, 1951 Constitution
Avenue NW., MS–34B SIB, Washington,
DC 20240; facsimile: (202) 219–3008;
email: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R.
Lee Fleming, (202) 513–7650.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Abstract
The Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs is seeking renewal of the
approval for the information collection
conducted under 25 CFR part 83, to
establish whether a petitioning group
has the characteristics necessary to be
acknowledged as having a governmentto-government relationship with the
United States. Federal recognition
makes the group eligible for benefits
from the Federal Government. Approval
for this collection expires July 31, 2013.
Three forms are used as part of this
information collection.
II. Request for Comments
The Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs requests your comments on this
collection concerning: (a) The necessity
of this information collection for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden (hours and cost)
of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Ways we could enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Ways we could
minimize the burden of the collection of
the information on the respondents.
Please note that an agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it has a valid OMB
Control Number.
It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review at the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1076–0104.
Title: Documented Petitions for
Federal Acknowledgment as an Indian
Tribe, 25 CFR 83.
Brief Description of Collection:
Submission of this information allows
Office of Federal Acknowledgment
(OFA) to review applications for the
Federal acknowledgment of a group as
an Indian tribe. The acknowledgment
regulations at 25 CFR part 83 contain
seven criteria that unrecognized groups
seeking Federal acknowledgment as
Indian tribes must demonstrate that they
meet. Information collect from
petitioning groups under these
regulations provide anthropological,
genealogical and historical data used by
the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs
to establish whether a petitioning group
has the characteristics necessary to be
acknowledged as having a governmentto-government relationship with the
United States. Respondents are not
required to retain copies of the
information submitted to OFA but will
probably maintain copies for their own
use; therefore, there is no recordkeeping
requirement included in this
information collection.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Groups petitioning for
Federal acknowledgment as Indian
tribes.
Number of Respondents: 10 per year,
on average.
Number of Responses: 10 per year, on
average.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Time per Response: 2,075
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
20,750 hours.
Dated: March 4, 2013.
John Ashley,
Acting Assistant Director for Information
Resources.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Extension, Without Changes of Agency
Information Collection for Indian SelfDetermination and Education
Assistance Contracts
Bureau of Indian Affairs, DOI,
and Indian Health Service, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
AGENCIES:

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, which requires
60 days for public comment on
proposed information collection
projects, the Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) and the Indian Health Service
(IHS) are publishing for comment, a
summary of a proposed information
collection, titled ‘‘Indian SelfDetermination and Education
Assistance Contracts, 25 CFR part 900,’’
to be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. The information is collected to
process contracts, grants or cooperative
agreements (contracts) for award by BIA
and IHS, as authorized by the Indian
Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (ISDEAA), as amended
(25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.). This previously
approved information collection (OMB
Control Number 1076–0136) expires
May 31, 2013.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
May 7, 2013.
Send Comments To: You may submit
comments regarding the BIA
information collection activities (OMB
Control No. 1076–0136) to Terry Parks,
Division Chief, BIA Office of Indian
Services, 1849 C Street NW., Mail Stop
4513, Washington, DC 20240; send via
facsimile to (202) 208–5113; or send via
email to [email protected].
Comments relating to the IHS
information collection activities (OMB
Control No. 1076–0136) may be sent to
Roselyn Tso, Acting Director, IHS Office
of Direct Services and Contracting
Tribes (ODSCT), 801 Thompson Ave.,
Ste. 220, Rockville, MD 20852; send via
facsimile to (301) 443–4446; or send via
email to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Terry Parks through the methods listed
in the above section or by calling (202)
513–7625 regarding the BIA information
collection activities (OMB Control No.
1076–0136); and contact Roselyn Tso
through the methods listed in the above

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section or by calling (301) 443–1104,
regarding the IHS information collection
activities (OMB Control No. 1076–0136).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Abstract
Representatives of the BIA and IHS
seek renewal of the approval for
information collections conducted
under their joint rule, 25 CFR part 900,
implementing the ISDEAA. The Act
requires the joint rule to govern how
contracts are awarded to Indian tribes,
thereby avoiding the unnecessary
burden or confusion associated with
two sets of rules and information
collection requirements. See 25 U.S.C.
450k(a)(2)(A)(ii). The joint rule at 25
CFR part 900 was developed through
negotiated rulemaking with tribes in
1996 and governs, among other things,
what must be included in a tribe’s
initial ISDEAA contract proposal to the
BIA or IHS. There is no change to the
approved burden hours for this
information collection.
The information requirements for this
joint rule represent significant
differences from other agencies in
several respects. Under the Act, the
Secretaries of Health and Human
Services and the Department of the
Interior are directed to enter into selfdetermination contracts with tribes
upon request, unless specific
declination criteria apply, and,
generally, tribes may renew these
contracts annually, whereas other
agencies provide grants on a
discretionary or competitive basis. Both
the BIA and IHS award contracts for
multiple programs whereas other
agencies usually award single grants to
tribes.
The BIA and IHS use the information
collected to determine applicant
eligibility, evaluate applicant
capabilities, protect the service
population, safeguard Federal funds and
other resources, and permit the Federal
agencies to administer and evaluate
contract programs. Tribal governments
or tribal organizations provide the
information by submitting Public Law
93–638 contract proposals to the
appropriate Federal agency. No third
party notification or public disclosure
burden is associated with this
collection.
II. Request for Comments
The BIA and IHS request your
comments on this collection concerning:
(a) The necessity of this information
collection for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden (hours

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and cost) of the collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways we could enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) ways we could
minimize the burden of the collection of
the information on the respondents.
Please note that an agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it has a valid OMB
Control Number.
It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review at the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address or other
personally identifiable information in
your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment—including
your personal identifying information—
may be made publicly available at any
time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1076–0136.
Title: Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Contracts, 25 CFR
part 900.
Brief Description of Collection: An
Indian tribe or tribal organization is
required to submit this information each
time that it proposes to contract with
BIA or IHS under the ISDEAA. Each
response may vary in its length. In
addition, each subpart of 25 CFR part
900 concerns different parts of the
contracting process. For example,
subpart C relates to provisions of the
contents for the initial contract
proposal. The respondents do not incur
the burden associated with subpart C
when contracts are renewed. Subpart F
describes minimum standards for
management systems used by Indian
tribes or tribal organizations under these
contracts. Subpart G addresses the
negotiability of all reporting and data
requirements in the contracts.
Responses are required to obtain or
retain a benefit.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Respondents: Federally recognized
Indian tribes and tribal organizations.
Number of Respondents: 550.
Estimated Number of Responses:
5,267.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies
from 10 to 50 hours, with an average of
45 hours per response.
Frequency of Response: Each time
programs are contracted from the BIA or
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Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
219,792 hours.
Comment Due Date: Your comments
regarding this information collection are
best assured of having their full effect if
received within 60-days of the date of
this publication.
Dated: February 28, 2013.
John Ashley,
Acting Assistant Director for Information
Resources, Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Dated: February 25, 2013.
Yvette Roubideaux,
Director, Indian Health Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Renewal of Agency Information
Collection for Navajo Partitioned
Lands Grazing Permits
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking
comments on the renewal of Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for the collection of
information for Navajo Partitioned
Lands Grazing Permits authorized by
OMB Control Number 1076–0162. This
information collection expires May 31,
2013.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
May 7, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the information collection to David
Edington, Office of Trust Services, 1849
C Street NW., Mail Stop 4637,
Washington, DC 20240; facsimile: (202)
219–0006; email:
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Edington, (202) 513–0886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
BIA is seeking renewal of the
approval for the information collection
conducted under 25 CFR part 161,
implementing the Navajo-Hopi Indian
Relocation Amendments Act of 1980, 94
Stat. 929, and the Federal court
decisions of Healing v. Jones, 174 F.
Supp.211 (D Ariz. 1959) (Healing I),
Healing v. Jones, 210 F. Supp. 126
(D. Ariz. 1962), aff’d 363 U.S. 758 (1963)
(Healing II), Hopi Tribe v. Watt, 530 F.
Supp. 1217 (D. Ariz. 1982), and Hopi

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