The American Indian Trust Reform Act
of 1994 directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish
guidelines to carry out the fiduciary duties owed to tribes and
individual Indians to administer trust funds held exclusively for
their benefit. This information collection facilitates the
management of those funds on behalf of individual Indians.
US Code:
25 USC 4001 et seq. Name of Law: American Indian Trust Fund
Management Reform Act of 1994
The reason for the decrease in
the burden hours of this information collection is the previous
estimation was based on all individual IIM account holders
responding every year. OST has updated their estimate to reflect
the actual number of documented OST contacts with beneficiaries
during FY’15, who requested account updates.
$593,809
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
David Alspach 202 219-8526
david_d_alspach@nbc.gov
No
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.