Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Carryout and Reallotment Report

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form 1 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Carryout and Reallotment Report	Form	Modified	Available
ADMIN_LIHEAP_CRRNonsubChangeRequest_FY2024_fnl 7.16.24.docx	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2024-07-16	Available
SSA_ADMIN_LIHEAP_CORptOMB_NonSubFY24_fnl 7.17.24.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2024-07-17	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
9841	Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Carryout and Reallotment Report	Form	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0970-0106	ICR Reference No: 202407-0970-004
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202204-0970-018
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OCS
Title: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Carryout and Reallotment Report
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/17/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/17/2024
Terms of Clearance:

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2025	06/30/2025	06/30/2025
Responses	206	0	206
Time Burden (Hours)	618	0	1,442
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) statute requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collect data annually from all LIHEAP grant recipients regarding the status of obligated and unobligated funding (42 U.S.C. § 8626). The amount held available from a prior fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the funds awarded for that fiscal year (42 U.S.C. § 826(b)(2)(B)), with the excess reallotted in the following fiscal year among that year’s LIHEAP grant recipients (42 U.S.C. § 8626(b)(1)(C)). The federal HHS block grant regulations further require that the Carryover and Reallotment Report (Carryover Report) must contain the following information: (1) The amount of funds that the grant recipient requests to hold available for obligation in the following fiscal year; (2) A statement of the reasons that this amount to remain available will not be used in the fiscal year for which it was allotted; (3) A description of the types of assistance to be provided with the amount held available; and (4) The amount of funds, if any, to be subject to reallotment. See 45 C.F.R. § 96.81. OMB most recently approved the Carryover Report in June 2022 for three years. The form as approved includes three lines that cover unobligations from the following sources: (1) regular LIHEAP funds; (2) supplemental funds from the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Appropriations Act (IIJA) [Public Law (P. L.) 117-58]; and (3) supplemental funds from other sources. Since the lines for these supplemental funds from other sources, including Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law 116-136), American Rescue Plan Act (ARP) of 2021 (Public Law 117-2), are not available for obligation in Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) they need to be removed prior to the next reporting period (planned to begin August 1, 2024). The addition of these lines for these supplemental funds was originally processed as nonsubstantive changes. Similarly, this change request is to update the form, instructions, and burden estimates to reflect the removal of these lines. Minor updates were also made to the instructions for clarity, such as wording and punctuation. HHS’s Administration for Children and Families (ACF) seeks to revise this form to zero-out the third line (unobligations from other sources of supplemental funds) and close it to user entry. It also seeks to make minor changes to wording and punctuation. ACF also seeks to accordingly revise the instructions associated with this form. Finally, for the version of the Carryover Report that was approved in July 2022, we estimated the total average burden to be 7 hours per respondent. This estimate combined (1) three hours per respondent for the standard lines; and (2) four additional hours per respondent to cover the breakouts of funds from non-IIJA supplemental appropriations. With the removal of the non-IIJA supplemental appropriations lines, we are reverting to the previous estimate of an average of 3 hours per response. Supporting Statement A was updated to explain these updates and to update the burden section.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 8626(b)(2)(B) Name of Law: Omnibus Ronconciliation Act of 1981
   PL: Pub.L. 97 - 35 2607(b) Name of Law: Omnibus Ronconciliation Act of 1981
   PL: Pub.L. 117 - 58 TITLE VII Name of Law: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
   PL: Pub.L. 117 - 2 2911 Name of Law: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA)
  

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:
	87 FR 8018	02/11/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 25276	04/28/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Carryout and Reallotment Report	1	Carryover Report Form

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	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	206	206	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	618	1,442	0	-824	0	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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: This nonsubstantive change request is to remove unneeded reporting lines from the report for FY2024 reporting. This change reverts the estimated average time per response from 7 hours back to 3 hours due to the removal of reporting lines, as described in A1 and A12 of Supporting Statement A.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $54,414

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.     No

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? Yes

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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: 07/17/2024

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