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adversely affect the United States’
ability to negotiate for and request
additional enforcement measures and
increased cooperation with removals. In
diplomatic engagements, regional
partner countries have repeatedly
requested additional lawful pathways in
return for increased law enforcement
measures throughout the migratory
routes, imposing additional
requirements on key nationalities using
their countries as a gateway to make
irregular journeys to the SWB, and
accepting additional removal flights
with significantly reduced manifest
times. As encounters of Ecuadorians
along the SWB have remained high
compared to the same months last year,
maintaining and expanding their
cooperation on removals is necessary to
effectively manage irregular migration.
Demographics and dynamics are
evolving and difficult to predict,
requiring flexibility in the responses of
all governments involved. A key means
of delivering on these partnerships, in
keeping with the U.S. strategy and
approach on migration management
overall, is to make available lawful
pathways to provide safe and orderly
alternatives to the danger and
consequences of irregular migration.
The invocation of the foreign affairs
exemption here is also consistent with
DHS precedent. For example, in 2017,
DHS published a notice eliminating an
exception to expedited removal for
certain Cuban nationals, which
explained that the change in policy was
consistent with the foreign affairs
exemption because the change was
central to ongoing negotiations between
the two countries.111 DHS similarly
invoked the foreign affairs exemption
more recently in connection with the
CHNV parole processes 112 and family
reunification parole processes for
certain nationals of Colombia, El
Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
announced on July 10, 2023.113

B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA), 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, all
Departments are required to submit to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), for review and approval, any
new reporting requirements they
impose. The process announced by this
notice requires changes to the
collections of information on Form I–
134A, Online Request to be a Supporter
and Declaration of Financial Support
(OMB control number 1615–0157),
which will be used for the FRP process
for Ecuadorians and is being revised in
connection with this notice by
increasing the burden estimate. This
process also requires changes to the
collection of information for Advance
Travel Authorization (ATA) (OMB
Control Number 1651–0143); the
revision to the ATA collection will add
Ecuador to the list of countries
authorized to utilize ATA. USCIS and
CBP have submitted, and OMB has
approved, requests for emergency
authorization for OMB approval of the
required changes (under 5 CFR 1320.13)
to Form I–134A and ATA for a period
of 6 months. USCIS and CBP will issue
respective Federal Register notices
seeking comment on these changes.114
Alejandro N. Mayorkas,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7075–N–14]

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Evaluation of Cohort 1 of
the Moving to Work Demonstration
Program Expansion OMB Control No.:
2528–0328
Office of Policy Development
and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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111 See

Eliminating Exception To Expedited
Removal Authority for Cuban Nationals
Encountered in the United States or Arriving by
Sea, 82 FR 4902 (Jan. 17, 2017).
112 See Implementation of a Parole Process for
Cubans, 88 FR 1266 (Jan. 9, 2023); Implementation
of a Parole Process for Haitians, 88 FR 1243 (Jan.
9, 2023); Implementation of a Parole Process for
Nicaraguans, 88 FR 1255 (Jan. 9, 2023);
Implementation of Changes to the Parole Process for
Venezuelans, 88 FR 1282 (Jan. 9, 2023);
Implementation of a Parole Process for
Venezuelans, 87 FR 63507 (Oct. 19, 2022).
113 See DHS Announces Family Reunification
Parole Processes for Colombia, El Salvador,
Guatemala, and Honduras, July 17, 2023, https://
www.dhs.gov/news/2023/07/07/dhs-announcesfamily-reunification-parole-processes-colombia-elsalvador-guatemala; Implementation of a Family
Reunification Parole Process for Colombians, 88 FR
43591 (July 10, 2023); Implementation of a Family
Reunification Parole Process for Salvadorans, 88 FR

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HUD is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection
described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
requesting comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
SUMMARY:

43611 (July 10, 2023); Implementation of a Family
Reunification Parole Process for Guatemalans, 88
FR 43581 (July 10, 2023); and Implementation of a
Family Reunification Parole Process for Hondurans,
88 FR 43601 (July 10, 2023).
114 Per the normal clearance procedures at 5 CFR
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is to allow for 60 days of public
comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: January 16,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection can be submitted
within 60 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting,
‘‘Currently under 60-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Interested persons are
also invited to submit comments
regarding this proposal by name and/or
OMB Control Number and can be sent
to: Anna Guido, Reports Management
Officer, REE, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Room 8210, Washington, DC
20410–5000 or email at
PaperworkReductionActOffice@
hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna Guido, Reports Management
Officer, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20410; email;
[email protected]; telephone (202)
402–5535 (this is not a toll-free
number). HUD welcomes and is
prepared to receive calls from
individuals who are deaf or hard of
hearing, as well as individuals with
speech or communication disabilities.
To learn more about how to make an
accessible telephone call, please visit
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/
telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Guido.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the Moving to
Work Demonstration Program
Expansion.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–0328.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Office of Policy Development and
Research (PD&R), at the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), is proposing this
collection of information for the

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Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the Moving to
Work Demonstration Program
Expansion.
Moving to Work (MTW) is a
demonstration program that encourages
public housing agencies (PHAs) to test
ways to achieve three specific
objectives: (1) increase the cost
effectiveness of federal housing
programs, (2) increase housing choice
for low-income families, and/or (3)
encourage greater self-sufficiency of
households receiving housing
assistance. MTW designation gives
PHAs relief from many of the
regulations and statutory provisions that
apply to the public housing and
Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
programs. MTW agencies can also merge
their public housing and HCV funds
into a single block grant and use these
funds (if desired) for local activities
outside of the typical public housing
and HCV programs, such as providing
supportive services or developing
housing for populations with special
needs. In 2016, Congress authorized
HUD to expand the MTW program by
100 high performing PHAs.
The MTW expansion statute
emphasizes evaluating the MTW
program, directing HUD to expand the
program in cohorts that would allow for
‘‘one specific policy change to be
implemented . . . .’’ and rigorously
evaluated. The first cohort of the

expansion is testing the impact of MTW
designation on small PHAs, defined for
these purposes as PHAs administering
no more than 1,000 housing units across
their HCV and public housing programs.
In Cohort 1, PHAs are free to implement
any program and policy changes
permissible under the MTW program.
Under contract with HUD’s Office of
Policy Development and Research, Abt
Associates Inc. is conducting an
evaluation of Cohort 1 that includes a
study of how PHAs use their MTW
flexibility to meet the MTW program’s
goals and a study of the impact of MTW
designation on cost effectiveness, selfsufficiency, and housing choice.
The Evaluation of Cohort 1 of the
Moving to Work Demonstration Program
Expansion is being implemented as a
randomized control trial. To carry out
the study, HUD randomly assigned the
43 eligible PHAs that submitted a Letter
of Interest to HUD for Cohort 1 into one
of two groups: a treatment group (33
PHAs) that was invited to complete the
application for MTW designation and a
control group (10 PHAs) that was not
invited to complete the application for
MTW designation and therefore was not
permitted to receive MTW designation
under Cohort 1. The evaluation will
compare the outcomes of the treatment
group PHAs to the outcomes of the
control group PHAs over a five-year
period. To the extent possible, this

evaluation is relying on analysis of
secondary data that PHAs already
prepare and submit to HUD, however,
some primary data collection is required
to carry out the evaluation.
This Federal Register Notice provides
an opportunity to comment on the
information collection for the
evaluation. The evaluation will use the
data described in this information
collection request to clarify and expand
on information provided in the existing
data sources and to capture qualitative
information about the experiences of
study PHAs implementing activities
related to cost effectiveness, selfsufficiency, or housing choice without
MTW flexibility. The proposed
information collection consists of: (1)
interviews with MTW (treatment group)
PHAs; (2) online surveys to non-MTW
(control group) PHAs; and (3) interviews
with non-MTW (control group) PHAs.
Respondents: PHA Executive
Directors and staff.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
This information collection will affect
approximately 129 PHA Executive
Directors and Staff annually. HUD
expects to collect data from
approximately three staff at each of the
33 treatment group PHAs each year, and
approximately two staff at each of the
ten control group PHAs every other
year.

ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Information collection
Interviews: Treatment
PHAs ........................
Online Surveys: Control
PHAs ........................
Interviews: Control
PHAs ........................
Total ......................

Number of
respondents

Frequency of
response

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1

2

198

$52.14

$10,232.72

10

1

1

0.5

5

52.14

260.70

20

1

1

1.5

30

52.14

1,564.20

129

........................

........................

........................

233

........................

12,148.62

This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
information described in Section A on
the following:
(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information;

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(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected, and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond; including through
the use of appropriate automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
HUD encourages interested parties to
submit comments in response to these
questions.

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C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.
Todd M. Richardson,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
Development and Research.
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