2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Administrative Data Matching

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form 1 2020 LIHEAP - RECS Data Match Form	Modified
COMM_LIHEAP_RECSDataMatchSuppStmt_States_FY2020.docx Supporting Statement A	2020-05-13

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
220917	2020 LIHEAP - RECS Data Match Form	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0970-0486	ICR Reference No: 202005-0970-008
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201604-0970-001
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OCS
Title: 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Administrative Data Matching
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/24/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/14/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2023	36 Months From Approved
Responses	51	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	1,224	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The statute of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) block grant (42 U.S.C. 8621) requires the program to collect data on recipient and eligible households, to report to Congress on program impacts annually, to develop performance goals, to ensure that benefits are targeted to those households with the greatest home energy need, and to assure that timely resources are available to households experiencing home energy crises. OCS uses of a number of existing data sources to develop information on households that are income-eligible for LIHEAP. These include the following: • The Department of Energy’s Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) (OMB Control Number 1905-0092), which provides the most accurate information available about the demographic, economic, and energy-usage characteristics of U.S. households; and • State administrative data, which provide the most accurate information about LIHEAP recipient households and which flow into the LIHEAP Household Report (OMB Control No. 0970-0060). Neither the RECS nor the State administrative data alone provides information about the demographic, economic, and energy-usage characteristics of LIHEAP recipient households. (RECS’ LIHEAP recipiency information is too unreliable for this purpose.) The only data that provides such information is that from the RECS respondents which the State administrative data demonstrates received LIHEAP benefits. OCS seeks to collect State administrative data to identify the households in the RECS that are known to have received LIHEAP benefits. It plans to use the data so collected to generate a dataset that shows, of LIHEAP recipient households: (1) the demographic, economic, and energy-usage characteristics presented by the RECS; and (2) information, from the State administrative data, on program participation, program benefits, poverty status, vulnerability status, and (at the States’ options) ownership/rentership, type of fuel use, and heat-in-rent. OCS plans to use the resultant dataset in various analyses that characterize LIHEAP recipient households and that compare recipients to income-eligible non-recipients. Such datasets will allow OCS to study the impact of LIHEAP on income eligible and recipient households in accordance with section 2610(b)(2) of the LIHEAP statute. Such studies will enter into the following publications and analyses: • The Department's annual LIHEAP Report to Congress and LIHEAP Home Energy Notebook; and • Estimates about fuel usage, expenditures, energy burden, and LIHEAP targeting among LIHEAP recipient households.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 8629(b)(2) Name of Law: XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (OBRA), Public Law 97 35, as amended
   US Code: 42 USC 8623(c) Name of Law: XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (OBRA), Public Law 97 35, as amended
   US Code: 42 USC 8624(b)(5) Name of Law: XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (OBRA), Public Law 97 35, as amended
   US Code: 42 USC 8629(a) Name of Law: XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (OBRA), Public Law 97 35, as amended
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 36928	07/30/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 28638	05/13/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
2020 LIHEAP - RECS Data Match	1	2020 LIHEAP - RECS Data Match

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	51	0	0	0	51	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,224	0	0	0	1,224	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The previous ICR approval anticipated 49 respondents instead of 51. This increase stems from an expected greater coverage of the RECS.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $57,384

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 05/14/2020

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