Justification for Non-substantive Change - EO 14168

Request for a Non-Substantive Change

to an Existing Approved Information Collection

(OMB Control No. 1505-0269)

I. Introduction

The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is submitting a request for a non-substantive change to OMB Control Number 1505-0269 (expiration date: 07/31/2025) to update the Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) program’s Quarterly Report User Guide, HAF Guidance on Participant Compliance and Reporting Responsibilities, HAF Frequently Asked Questions on Reporting Requirements, HAF Closeout Reporting User Guide, HAF Quarterly Report, Online Application Improvements, and HAF Closeout Report in accordance with the requirements set out in Executive Order (EO) 14168 titled, “Defending Women form Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government” issued on January 20, 2025.

These changes would be effective for the HAF Quarterly Report that will be made available to HAF recipients in Treasury’s Portal on June 13, 2025 for the Q2 (April- June) reporting period and the HAF Closeout Report which will be made available in Treasury’s Portal for recipients seeking early closeout of their HAF award, but timely publication of the updates to the HAF Quarterly Report User Guide, HAF Guidance on Participant Compliance and Reporting Responsibilities, HAF Frequently Asked Questions on Reporting Requirements, and HAF Closeout Reporting User Guide, and Online Application Improvements is important to ensure that HAF recipients can update their data collection procedures, as needed before providing their Q2 Report and HAF Closeout Report in Treasury’s Portal, respectively.

II. Description of Non-Substantive Changes

Treasury is proposing to update its HAF program’s Quarterly Report User Guide, HAF Guidance on Participant Compliance and Reporting Responsibilities, HAF Frequently Asked Questions on Reporting Requirements, HAF Closeout Reporting User Guide, HAF Quarterly Report, Online Application Improvements, and HAF Closeout Report to remove all references to the “non-binary” gender option entirely and to remove all references to the term, “gender” and replace it with “sex” to comply with EO 14168. There will not be any change to the current hour burden estimates for this ICR, the estimated total annual costs burden to respondents, or the estimated costs to the federal government.

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