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Comments
You may access the information
collection instrument with instructions,
or additional information by visiting the
Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
http://www.regulations.gov and enter
USCIS–2009–0010 in the search box.
Written comments and suggestions from
the public and affected agencies should
address one or more of the following
four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information 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,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(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,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection
Request: Extension, Without Change, of
a Currently Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Petition for Qualifying Family Member
of a U–1 Nonimmigrant.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: I–929; USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. Section 245(m) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (Act)
allows certain qualifying family
members who have never held U
nonimmigrant status to seek lawful
permanent residence or apply for
immigrant visas. Before such family
members may apply for adjustment of
status or seek immigrant visas, the U–
1 nonimmigrant who has been granted
adjustment of status must file an
immigrant petition on behalf of the
qualifying family member using Form I–
929. Form I–929 is necessary for USCIS
to make a determination that the
eligibility requirements and conditions
are met regarding the qualifying family
member.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
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estimated for an average respondent to
respond: The estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection I–929 is 1,244 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
1 hour.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total estimated annual
hour burden associated with this
collection is 1,244 hours.
(7) An estimate of the total public
burden (in cost) associated with the
collection: The estimated total annual
cost burden associated with this
collection of information is $152,390.
Dated: March 1, 2017.
Samantha Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
[OMB Control Number 1615–0102]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Freedom of Information/
Privacy Act Request, Form G–639;
Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection

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regarding the estimated public burden
and associated response time, must be
directed to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer
via email at oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Comments may also be
submitted via fax at (202) 395–5806.
(This is not a toll-free number.) All
submissions received must include the
agency name and the OMB Control
Number 1615–0102.
You may wish to consider limiting the
amount of personal information that you
provide in any voluntary submission
you make. For additional information
please read the Privacy Act notice that
is available via the link in the footer of
http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy,
Regulatory Coordination Division,
Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2140,
Telephone number (202) 272–8377
(This is not a toll-free number;
comments are not accepted via
telephone message.). Please note contact
information provided here is solely for
questions regarding this notice. It is not
for individual case status inquiries.
Applicants seeking information about
the status of their individual cases can
check Case Status Online, available at
the USCIS Web site at http://
www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS
National Customer Service Center at
(800) 375–5283; TTY (800) 767–1833.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

AGENCY:

Comments

The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) will be
submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995. The information collection notice
was previously published in the Federal
Register on September 9, 2016, at 81 FR
62521, allowing for a 60-day public
comment period. USCIS did receive two
comments in connection with the 60day notice.
DATES: The purpose of this notice is to
allow an additional 30 days for public
comments. Comments are encouraged
and will be accepted until April 7, 2017.
This process is conducted in accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.10.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice, especially

You may access the information
collection instrument with instructions,
or additional information by visiting the
Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
http://www.regulations.gov and enter
USCIS–2008–0028 in the search box.
Written comments and suggestions from
the public and affected agencies should
address one or more of the following
four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information 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,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(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,

U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-day notice.
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electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Overview of This Information
Collection

Indian Child Welfare Act; Designated
Tribal Agents for Service of Notice

(1) Type of Information Collection
Request: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Freedom of Information/Privacy Act
Request.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: G–639;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individuals or
households. Form G–639 is provided as
a convenient means for persons to
provide data necessary for identification
of a particular record desired under
Freedom of Information/Privacy Act
(FOIA/PA).
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: The estimated total number of
respondents for the information
collection G–639 is 163,000 and the
estimated hour burden per response is
.25 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: The total estimated annual
hour burden associated with this
collection is 40,750 hours.
(7) An estimate of the total public
burden (in cost) associated with the
collection: The estimated total annual
cost burden associated with this
collection of information is $859,450.

AGENCY:

Dated: March 1, 2017.
Samantha Deshommes,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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Denise Malutin, ICWA Worker; Taletha Gertz, ICWA
Worker.
Amanda McAdoo, ICWA Coordinator; Ozzy E.
Escarate, Director, Department of Family & Community Development.

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Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Bureau of Indians Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
The regulations implementing
the Indian Child Welfare Act provide
that Indian Tribes may designate an
agent other than the Tribal chairman for
service of notice of proceedings under
the Act. This notice includes the current
list of designated Tribal agents for
service of notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Evangeline Campbell, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Division of Human Services,
1849 C Street NW., MS–4513–MIB,
Washington, DC 20240; Phone: (202)
513–7642.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
regulations implementing the Indian
Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. 1901 et
seq., provide that Indian Tribes may
designate an agent other than the Tribal
chairman for service of notice of
proceedings under the Act. See 25 CFR
23.12. The Secretary of the Interior is
required to update and publish in the
Federal Register as necessary the names
and addresses of the designated Tribal
agents. This notice is published in
exercise of authority delegated by the
Secretary of the Interior to the Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs by 209 DM 8.
In any involuntary proceeding in a
State court where the court knows or
has reason to know that an Indian child
is involved, and where the identity and
location of the child’s parent or Indian
custodian or Tribe is known, the party
seeking the foster-care placement of, or
termination of parental rights to, an
Indian child must directly notify the
parents, the Indian custodians, and the
child’s Tribe by registered or certified
mail with return receipt requested, of
the pending child-custody proceedings
and their right of intervention. Copies of
these notices must be sent to the
appropriate Regional Director by
registered or certified mail with return
SUMMARY:

Mailing address

Phone number

receipt requested or by personal
delivery. See 25 CFR 23.11.
If the identity or location of the
child’s parents, the child’s Indian
custodian, or the Tribes in which the
Indian child is a member or eligible for
membership cannot be ascertained, but
there is reason to know the child is an
Indian child, notice of the child-custody
proceeding must be sent to the
appropriate Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) Regional Director (see
www.bia.gov). See 25 CFR 23.111.
No notices, except for final adoption
decrees, are required to be sent to the
BIA Central Office in Washington, DC.
This notice presents, in two different
formats, the names and addresses of
current designated Tribal agents for
service of notice, and includes each
designated Tribal agent received by the
Secretary of the Interior prior to the date
of this publication. Part A, published in
this notice, lists designated Tribal
agents by region and alphabetically by
Tribe within each region. Part A is also
available electronically at: http://
www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/BIA/OIS/
HumanServices/index.htm.
Part B is a table that lists designated
Tribal agents alphabetically by the
Tribal affiliation (first listing American
Indian Tribes, then listing Alaska Native
Tribes). Part B is only available
electronically at: http://www.bia.gov/
WhoWeAre/BIA/OIS/HumanServices/
index.htm.
Each format also lists the BIA’s
contact(s) for each of the twelve regions.
A. List of Designated Tribal Agents by Region
1. Alaska Region
2. Eastern Region
3. Eastern Oklahoma Region
4. Great Plains Region
5. Midwest Region
6. Navajo Region
7. Northwest Region
8. Pacific Region
9. Rocky Mountain Region
10. Southern Plains Region
11. Southwest Region
12. Western Region

A. List of Designated Tribal Agents by
Region
1. Alaska Region
Alaska Regional Director, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, 3601 C Street, Suite 1100
Anchorage, Alaska 99503; Phone: (907)
271–4111.

Fax number

Email address

323 Carolyn Street Kodiak,
AK 99615.

(907) 486–6357

(907) 486–6529

[email protected]; [email protected]

Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association, 1131 East International Airport Road, Anchorage, AK 99518–1408.

(907) 276–2700

(907) 222–9735

[email protected]

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