The Agricultural Trade Promotion
Program is a cost-share program that is designed to reimburse
nonprofit U.S. agricultural trade organizations, nonprofit state
regional trade groups, U.S. agricultural cooperatives, and state
agencies that conduct approved foreign market development
activities and have suffered damages as a result of tariffs imposed
on U.S. agricultural products in 2018/2019.
US Code:
15
USC 714c Name of Law: Commodity Credit Corporation Chart
Act
The initial information
collection cost and burden hour calculations included the
preparation and review of applications and used an estimated number
of program participants. Because the program is no longer open to
applications and the total number of program participants is now
known, FAS has more precise information to make the calculations.
This updated information collection request eliminates the burden
estimates for the submission and review of the applications and
reduces the total number of respondents from 71 to 63, resulting in
a decrease in burden hours from 63,978 to 55,029.
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.