2025-12-09 Supporting Statement Part A 0584-0621 Lotto-Gambling

Identify any legal or administrative requirements that necessitate the collection. Attach a copy of the appropriate section of each statute and regulation mandating or authorizing the collection of information.

This is a revision of a currently approved information collection. The Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79, the 2014 Farm Bill) Section 4009 (Appendix B) amended Section 6(s) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (Appendix A) to require that households participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) lose eligibility immediately when a member receives substantial lottery or gambling winnings. State agencies must also establish cooperative agreements with gaming entities within their States to identify participants with substantial winnings. Individuals and households are required to report substantial winnings to their SNAP State agency. This requirement is codified at 7 CFR 273.11(r) (Appendix C).

Per Section 5(g) of the Food and Nutrition Act, all applicant households must meet the SNAP resource limits unless they are considered categorically eligible (Section 5(j) of the Food and Nutrition Act) for SNAP benefits. Per regulations at 7 CFR 273.2(f)(3), State eligibility workers must evaluate the resources available to each non-categorically eligible household to determine SNAP eligibility and States may mandate verification of resources.

A2. Purpose and Use of the Information.

Indicate how, by whom, and for what purpose the information is to be used. Except for a new collection, indicate how the agency has actually used the information received from the current collection.

State SNAP agencies are required, to the maximum extent practicable, to establish cooperative agreements with gaming entities within the State to identify SNAP recipients with substantial winnings. Gaming entities (both State public agency and private business gaming entities) that entered into the cooperative agreements share information with the State SNAP agency on individuals within their gaming establishment who win significant amounts. The regulations define significant amount as being equal to or greater than the maximum allowable resource limit for all elderly and disabled SNAP households, as outlined in 7 CFR 273.8(b)(1). State SNAP agencies must also require SNAP households to report substantial lottery and gambling winnings. State SNAP agencies use the information on substantial winnings collected through these cooperative agreements and through household reporting to assess whether SNAP households are no longer eligible for benefits.

State SNAP agencies that collect information from households concerning their available resources use this information to determine whether households meet the SNAP resource limit for program eligibility. All States must verify this information if questionable, and some States elect to verify this information in other circumstances as well.

A3. Use of information technology and burden reduction.

Describe whether, and to what extent, the collection of information involves the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses, and the basis for the decision for adopting this means of collection. Also describe any consideration of using information technology to reduce burden.

The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) makes every effort to comply with the E-Government Act, 2002 (E-Gov) and to provide alternative submission of information collections. Information for this collection is not submitted to FNS. The information is collected and retained at the State agency level where the SNAP program operates. State SNAP agencies collect information related to the lottery and gambling provisions and resource verification activities in accordance with SNAP household eligibility requirements.

Currently, FNS estimates that 100% of these responses will be submitted electronically to State agencies. However, respondents do have the options to submit their responses through other methods via USPS mail, fax, or by telephone. The State SNAP agencies may use their information technologies to collect this information where feasible to ease administration and reduce burden. Cooperative agreements between State SNAP agencies and State public agencies and private business gaming entities likely involve an electronic data matching system to identify SNAP participants with substantial lottery and gambling winnings. Similarly, resource verifications are often conducted through data matching or other electronic communications.

A4. Efforts to identify duplication.

Describe efforts to identify duplication. Show specifically why any similar information already available cannot be used or modified for use for the purposes described in Question 2.

There is no similar information collection. Every effort has been made to avoid duplication. FNS solely monitors and administers SNAP. FNS has reviewed USDA reporting requirements, State administrative agency reporting requirements, and special studies by other government and private agencies. FNS monitors State performance to ensure that the program is being efficiently and economically operated.

A5. Impacts on small businesses or other small entities.

If the collection of information impacts small businesses or other small entities (Item 5 of OMB Form 83-I), describe any methods used to minimize burden.

FNS has determined that the requirements for this information collection do not adversely impact small private business gaming entities. Information being requested or required has been held to the minimum required for the intended use. Although smaller private business gaming entities may be involved in this data collection effort, they must meet the same requirements for cooperative agreements as all other gaming entities. FNS estimates that only one percent of private business gaming entity respondents will be small entities, approximately 1-2 respondents. No small entities are impacted by the collection of resource verification information.

A6. Consequences of collecting the information less frequently.

Describe the consequence to Federal program or policy activities if the collection is not conducted, or is conducted less frequently, as well as any technical or legal obstacles to reducing burden.

This is an ongoing, mandatory data collection required by statute for households to obtain or maintain benefits. The information is collected to ensure integrity and compliance with SNAP regulations by State agencies. If this information is not collected or is collected less frequently, States would not be in compliance with SNAP statute or regulations or be able to properly certify households.

A7. Special circumstances relating to the Guidelines of 5 CFR 1320.5.

Explain any special circumstances that would cause an information collection to be conducted in a manner:

Requiring respondents to report information to the agency more often than quarterly;
Requiring respondents to prepare a written response to a collection of information in fewer than 30 days after receipt of it;
Requiring respondents to submit more than an original and two copies of any document;
Requiring respondents to retain records, other than health, medical, government contract, grant-in-aid, or tax records for more than three years;
In connection with a statistical survey, that is not designed to produce valid and reliable results that can be generalized to the universe of study;
Requiring the use of a statistical data classification that has not been reviewed and approved by OMB;
That includes a pledge of confidentiality that is not supported by authority established in statute or regulation, that is not supported by disclosure and data security policies that are consistent with the pledge, or which unnecessarily impedes sharing of data with other agencies for compatible confidential use; or
Requiring respondents to submit proprietary trade secret, or other confidential information unless the agency can demonstrate that it has instituted procedures to protect the information's confidentiality to the extent permitted by law.

There are no special circumstances. The collection of information is conducted in a manner consistent with the guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.5.

A8. Comments to the Federal Register Notice and efforts for consultation.

If applicable, provide a copy and identify the date and page number of publication in the Federal Register of the agency's notice, required by 5 CFR 1320.8 (d), soliciting comments on the information collection prior to submission to OMB. Summarize public comments received in response to that notice and describe actions taken by the agency in response to these comments. Specifically address comments received on cost and hour burden.

Describe efforts to consult with persons outside the agency to obtain their views on the availability of data, frequency of collection, the clarity of instructions and recordkeeping, disclosure, or reporting format (if any), and on the data elements to be recorded, disclosed, or reported.

Consultation with representatives of those from whom information is to be obtained or those who must compile records should occur at least once every 3 years even if the collection of information activity is the same as in prior years. There may be circumstances that may preclude consultation in a specific situation. These circumstances should be explained.

FNS published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register on June 16, 2025, (90 FR 25023). FNS received two comments (Appendices F-H). One comment was not germane to the content in this information collection; one comment was relevant to the lottery and gambling component of this information collection. The relevant comment expressed concern for whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of SNAP State agencies, that the burden estimates provided appear to understate the actual workload that SNAP State agencies bear, that what constitutes “substantial winnings” is unclear, and asking the USDA to help SNAP State agencies facilitate partnerships with gaming commissions and / or lottery authorities and provide additional technical support.

As stated above, Section 4009 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 amended Section 6(s) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that households participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) lose eligibility immediately when a member receives substantial lottery or gambling winnings. Therefore, the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of SNAP State agencies. As specified in the final rule associated with this information collection (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Student Eligibility, Convicted Felons, Lottery and Gambling, and State Verification Provisions of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (84 FR 15083) (RIN 0584-AE41)), FNS defines substantial winnings as winnings that are equal to or greater than the resource limit for elderly or disabled households.

Finally, in the policy memo titled Implementation of Section 4009 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 published on June 13, 2019, FNS set a deadline of June 14, 2019 (60 days from the date of publication of the final rule associated with this information collection) to come into compliance with the lottery and gambling provisions at 7 CFR 272.17, 273.11(r), and 273.12 and provided technical assistance through an additional policy memo titled “Questions and Answers: Final Rule Implementation Memo for Lottery and Gambling Provisions,” published on November 1, 2019.¹^, ² FNS has assumed in this information collection that State agencies have already established the partnerships with gaming commissions and/or lottery authorities that they were required to complete and will reach out through our FNS Regional Office to ensure the State has the support they need to complete these requirements.

The following SNAP State agency employees have been consulted about the burden estimates and other characteristics associated with this data collection:

Name: Rick D

State: Mississippi Department of Human Services

Name: Keisha T

State: Tennessee Department of Human Services

Name: Sarah V

State: Kansas Department for Children and Families

Name: Jennifer R

State: Utah Department of Workforce Services

Name: Amy G

State: South Dakota Department of Social Services

FNS did receive substantive feedback from the affected State agencies during these consultations that necessitated a change in the burden estimates for the time it takes to verify resources for cases in each State in this information collection. FNS increased the burden hours associated with verifying resources to reflect this feedback. FNS has also removed the two State agencies – Alaska and Arkansas – that have implemented broad-based categorical eligibility (BBCE) since FNS published the 60-day notice for this information collection. BBCE is a policy in which households may become categorically eligible for SNAP because they qualify for a non-cash Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or state maintenance of effort (MOE) funded benefit.³ As relates to this information collection, at each State’s discretion, BBCE raises or eliminates the asset limit for SNAP such that it reduces or eliminates the need for State SNAP agencies to verify household resources.

A9. Explain any decisions to provide any payment or gift to respondents.

Explain any decision to provide any payment or gift to respondents, other than remuneration of contractors or grantees.

No payment or gift will be provided to respondents.

A10. Assurances of confidentiality provided to respondents.

Describe any assurance of confidentiality provided to respondents and the basis for the assurance in statute, regulation, or agency policy.

The Department complies with the Privacy Act of 1974. Records possessed and controlled by a State containing an individual’s name or other identifying details of the individual are not covered by the Privacy Act. Because FNS does not generate or maintain individual records regarding client eligibility, including those related to the lottery and gambling provisions and resource verifications, the information in this collection is not subject to the Privacy Act and does not require a System of Record Notice (SORN). The USDA FNS Privacy Officer, Deea Coleman reviewed this submission on May 21, 2025, and indicated that they had no privacy-related concerns.

A11. Justification for any questions of a sensitive nature.

Provide additional justification for any questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior or attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered private. This justification should include the reasons why the agency considers the questions necessary, the specific uses to be made of the information, the explanation to be given to persons from whom the information is requested, and any steps to be taken to obtain their consent.

There are no questions of a sensitive nature included in this information collection. The USDA FNS Privacy Officer, Deea Coleman reviewed this submission on May 21, 2025.

A12. Estimates of the hour burden of the collection of information.

Provide estimates of the hour burden of the collection of information. Indicate the number of respondents, frequency of response, annual hour burden, and an explanation of how the burden was estimated.

A. Indicate the number of respondents, frequency of response, annual hour burden, and an explanation of how the burden was estimated. If this request for approval covers more than one form, provide separate hour burden estimates for each form and aggregate the hour burdens in Item 13 of OMB Form 83-I.

The estimated burden for this information collection, including the number of respondents, frequency of response, average time to respond and annual burden hours are shown in the attached Burden Table (Appendix D) and further discussed in the attached Burden Narrative (Appendix E). A summary of the burden appears below.

Lottery and Gambling

The Agency estimates that the reporting burden for the lottery and gambling provisions totals approximately 149,547.76 hours. There is no recordkeeping burden or third-party reporting/disclosure for this section of the information collection.

Resource Verification

FNS changed the way it approached calculating the burden hours for the resource verification portion of this information collection to get a more accurate estimate and to account for States that have implemented BBCE since FNS published the 60-day notice. The reporting burden for the resource verification provisions now totals 874,913.05 hours. There is no recordkeeping burden or third-party reporting/disclosure for this section of the information collection.

Burden Activities	Reg. Section	Respondent Type	Description of Activity	Estimated Number of Respondents	Estimated Frequency of Response	Estimated Total Annual Responses	Estimated Number of Burden Hours Per Response	Estimated Total Burden Hours	Hourly Wage Rate	Total Annual Cost of Respondent Burden	Previously Approved Burden Hours	Difference Due to Adjustments	Differences Due to Program Changes
Lottery & Gambling	7 CFR 273.11(r)	SNAP Individuals/ Households	*Self-report lottery or gambling winnings to State SNAP Agency	4,410	1	4,410	0.1670	736.47	$22.96	$16,909.35	751.50	-15.03	0.00
Resource Verification	7 CFR 273.2(f)(1) & (2)	SNAP Individuals/ Households	Verification of resources at initial application	1,199,033	1	1,199,033	0.0668	80,095.43	$22.96	$1,838,991.08	71646.21	8,449.22	0.00
Resource Verification	7 CFR 273.2(f)(8)(i)	SNAP Individuals/ Households	Verification of resources at recertification	674,934	1	674,934	0.1002	67,628.42	$22.96	$1,552,748.61	76707.11	-9,078.68	0.00
SNAP Individual/Household Subtotal Reporting				1,878,378	1.00	1,878,378	0.0790	148,460.32	$22.96	$3,408,649.04	149,104.81	-644.49	0.00
Lottery & Gambling	7 CFR 272.17 (a) & (b)	State SNAP Agency Managers	**Establish cooperative agreements with State public agency and private business gaming entities	0	0	0	0	0.00	N/A	N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00
	7 CFR 272.17 (c)	State Public Agency Gaming Entity Managers	**Establish cooperative agreements with State SNAP agency	0	0	0	0	0.00	N/A	N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00
	7 CFR 272.17 (c)	State SNAP IT Staff	**Create a data matching system with State public agency and private business gaming entities	0	0	0	0	0.00	N/A	N/A	0.00	0.00	0.00
	7 CFR 272.17 and 7 CFR 273.11(r)	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Eligibility worker follow-up (matched, misidentified)	49	140	6,860	0.6680	4,582.48	$31.24	$143,156.68	4,676.00	-93.52	0.00
	7 CFR 272.17 and 7 CFR 273.11(r)	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Eligibility worker RFC follow-up (matched, substantive)	49	368	18,032	0.3340	6,022.69	$31.24	$188,148.77	6,146	-122.91	0.00
	7 CFR 272.17 and 7 CFR 273.11(r)	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Eligibility worker follow-up (self-reported winners)	49	90	4,410	0.1837	810.12	$31.24	$25,308.06	826.65	-16.53	0.00
	8 CFR 272.17 and 7 CFR 273.11(r)	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	***Eligibility worker work new applications (churn)	0	0	0	0.0000	0.00	N/A	N/A	0	0	0.00
	7 CFR 272.17 (c)	State Public Agency Gaming Entity Staff Member	Input data into data matching system for use by State SNAP agency	49	6,000	294,000	0.0800	23,520.00	$30.92	$727,297.20	24,000	-480.00	0.00
	7 CFR 272.17 (c)	State SNAP IT Staff	Maintain a data matching system with State public agency and private business gaming entities	49	1	49	320.0000	15,680.00	$81.66	$1,280,460.16	16,000	-320.00	0.00
Resource Verification	7 CFR 273.2(f)(1) & (2)	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Verification of resources at initial application (States verifying all resources)	2	386,785	773,570	0.5340	413,086.34	$31.24	$12,904,817.30	173752.78	239333.57	0.00
	7 CFR 273.2(f)(1) & (2)	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Verification of resources at initial application (States verifying resources if questionable)	2	38,678	77,357	0.2010	15,548.76	$31.24	$485,743.12	48860.52	-33311.76	0.00
	7 CFR 273.2(f)(1) & (2)	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Verification of resources at initial application (States verifying resources if close to the limit)	3	116,035	348,106	0.5540	192,850.98	$31.24	$6,024,664.71	122151.30	70699.68	0.00
	7 CFR 273.2(f)(8)(i)	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Verification of resources at recertification (States verifying all resources)	2	217,721	435,442	0.3210	139,776.73	$31.24	$4,366,625.06	74512.56	65264.17	0.00
	7 CFR 273.2(f)(8)(i)	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Verification of resources at recertification (States verifying resources if questionable)	2	21,772	43,544	0.1350	5,878.46	$31.24	$183,643.11	20924.76	-15046.30	0.00
	7 CFR 273.2(f)(8)(i)	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Verification of resources at recertification (States verifying resources is close to the limit)	3	65,316	195,949	0.5500	107,771.78	$31.24	$3,366,790.35	52311.90	55459.88	0.00
State Agency Subtotal Reporting				100	21,973.19	2,197,319	0.4212	925,528.33	$32.09	$29,696,654.52	544,162.07	381,366.27	0.00
Lottery & Gambling	7 CFR 272.17 (a) & (b)	Private Business Gaming Entity Managers	**Establish cooperative agreements with State SNAP agency	0	0	0	0	0.00	N/A	N/A	0	0.00	0.00
Lottery & Gambling	7 CFR 272.17 (c)	Private Business Gaming Entity Staff Member	Input data into data matching system for use by State SNAP agency	196	6,000	1,176,000	0.0835	98,196.00	$24.68	$2,423,948.62	96,000	2,196.00	0.00
Business Subtotal Reporting				196	6,000	1,176,000	0.0835	98,196.00	$23.65	$2,322,080.09	96,000.00	2,196.00	0.00
Reporting Grand Total Burden Estimates				1,878,674	2.80	5,251,697	0.2232	1,172,184.66	$30.22	$35,427,383.65	789,266.88	382,917.78	0.00
* FNS assumes that all participants reporting lottery and gambling winnings will also have either an initial or recertification application in the same year. To avoid double counting, these households are not separately included in the total number of respondents for this section.
REMOVE ** The start-up burden from the previous approval for this collection has been removed from the renewal.

B. Provide estimates of annualized cost to respondents for the hour burdens for collections of information, identifying and using appropriate wage rate categories.

The annual total cost to respondents is $35,427,383.65, including fully loaded wages. The estimate of respondent cost is based on the burden hour estimates and utilizes the median hourly wage rates from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics’ May 2024 National Occupational and Wage Statistics for occupational groups 43-4061; 43-4199; 15-1210; and 43-3041.⁴ FNS then adjusted each of these hourly wage rates to reflect total compensation, which includes non-wage factors such as overhead and fringe benefits (e.g., health and retirement benefits). To do this, we used an overhead and fringe benefits rate of 33 percent to determine “fully-loaded” wages. To calculate the public costs for households, FNS used the current Federal minimum wage rate of $22.96 for employed, full-time wage and salary workers aged 16 and over per hour, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor.

FNS will reimburse 50 percent Federal of the administrative costs SNAP State agencies incur in meeting the requirements of the information collection (refer to Section A14 of this document). Therefore, the true cost to SNAP State agencies should be understood to be 50 percent of the costs listed below.

Lottery and Gambling

FNS estimates that State SNAP Agency eligibility workers in the Eligibility, Interviews, Government Programs occupation group (43-4061) in 49 of the 53 State SNAP agencies will spend a total of approximately 11,415 hours to evaluate information on potential lottery or gambling winners to analyze if SNAP participants will lose eligibility for SNAP according to normal program rules. State SNAP agency eligibility workers will do this at a rate of $31.24 per hour for a total estimated cost of $356,613.50 for all respondents annually.

The agency estimates that State public agency gaming entity staff in the Information and Record Clerks, All Other occupation group (43-4199) in the 49 State public agency gaming entities will send a total of 23,520 hours to enter appropriate information into the data matching system at a rate of $30.92 per hour for a total estimated cost of $727,297.20 for all respondents annually.

FNS estimates that State SNAP information technology staff in the Computer and Information Analysts occupation group (15-1210) in 49 of the 53 State SNAP agencies will spend a total of 15,680 hours to maintain the data matching system between gaming entities and the State SNAP agency at a rate of $81.66 per hour for a total estimated cost of $1,280,460.16 for all respondents annually.

The agency estimates that private business gaming entity staff in the Gaming Cage Workers occupation group (43-3041) in the 196 private business gaming entities will spend a total of 98,196 hours to enter appropriate information into the data matching system with the State SNAP agency at a rate of $23.65 per hour for a total estimated cost of $2,322,080.09 for all respondents annually.

FNS estimates that a total of 4,410 participants will spend approximately 736.47 hours to report their substantial winnings to the State SNAP agency at a rate of $22.96 per hour for a total estimated cost of $16,909.35 for all respondents annually.

Resource Verification

The agency estimates that State SNAP Agency eligibility workers in the Eligibility, Interviews, Government Programs occupation group (43-4061) in 7 State SNAP agencies will spend a total of approximately 874,913.05 hours to evaluate the resources available to each household to determine whether these households meet the SNAP resource limits at initial application and recertification at a rate of $31.24 per hour for a total estimated cost of $27,332,283.65 for all respondents annually.

FNS estimates that a total of 1,873,968 participants will spend approximately 147,723.85 hours to provide resource verification to the State SNAP agencies at a rate of $22.96 per hour for a total estimated cost of $3,391,739.69 for all respondents annually.

Burden Activities	Respondent Type	Description of Activity	Estimated Total Burden Hours	Hourly Wage Rate	Total Annual Cost of Respondent Burden
Lottery & Gambling	SNAP Individuals/ Households	*Self-report lottery or gambling winnings to State SNAP Agency	736.47	$22.96	$16,909.35
Resource Verification	SNAP Individuals/ Households	Verification of resources at initial application	80,095.43	$22.96	$1,838,991.08
Resource Verification	SNAP Individuals/ Households	Verification of resources at recertification	67,628.42	$22.96	$1,552,748.61
SNAP Individual/Household Subtotal Reporting			142,426.08	$22.96	$3,408,649.04
Lottery & Gambling	State SNAP Agency Managers	**Establish cooperative agreements with State public agency and private business gaming entities	0.00	N/A	N/A
	State Public Agency Gaming Entity Managers	**Establish cooperative agreements with State SNAP agency	0.00	N/A	N/A
	State SNAP IT Staff	**Create a data matching system with State public agency and private business gaming entities	0.00	N/A	N/A
	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Eligibility worker follow-up (matched, misidentified)	4,582.48	$31.24	$143,156.68
	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Eligibility worker RFC follow-up (matched, substantive)	6,022.69	$31.24	$188,148.77
	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Eligibility worker follow-up (self-reported winners)	810.12	$31.24	$25,308.06
	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	***Eligibility worker work new applications (churn)	0.00	N/A	N/A
	State Public Agency Gaming Entity Staff Member	Input data into data matching system for use by State SNAP agency	23,520.00	$30.92	$727,297.20
	State SNAP IT Staff	Maintain a data matching system with State public agency and private business gaming entities	15,680.00	$81.66	$1,280,460.16
Resource Verification	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Verification of resources at initial application (States verifying all resources)	413,086.34	$31.24	$12,904,817.30
	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Verification of resources at initial application (States verifying resources if questionable)	15,548.76	$31.24	$485,743.12
	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Verification of resources at initial application (States verifying resources if close to the limit)	192,850.98	$31.24	$6,024,664.71
	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Verification of resources at recertification (States verifying all resources)	139,776.73	$31.24	$4,366,625.06
	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Verification of resources at recertification (States verifying resources if questionable)	5,878.46	$31.24	$183,643.11
	State SNAP Agency Eligibility Worker	Verification of resources at recertification (States verifying resources is close to the limit)	107,771.78	$31.24	$3,366,790.35
State Agency Subtotal Reporting			925,528.33	$32.09	$29,696,654.52
Lottery & Gambling	Private Business Gaming Entity Managers	**Establish cooperative agreements with State SNAP agency	0.00	N/A	N/A
Lottery & Gambling	Private Business Gaming Entity Staff Member	Input data into data matching system for use by State SNAP agency	98,196.00	$23.65	$2,322,080.09
Business Subtotal Reporting			98,196.00	$24.68	$2,423,948.62
Reporting Grand Total Burden Estimates			1,172,184.66	$30.22	$35,427,383.65

A13. Estimates of other total annual cost burden.

Provide estimates of the total annual cost burden to respondents or record keepers resulting from the collection of information, (do not include the cost of any hour burden shown in questions 12 and 14). The cost estimates should be split into two components: (a) a total capital and start-up cost component annualized over its expected useful life; and (b) a total operation and maintenance and purchase of services component.

There are no additional capital/start up or ongoing operation/maintenance costs associated with this information collection.

A14. Provide estimates of annualized cost to the Federal government.

Provide estimates of annualized cost to the Federal government. Provide a description of the method used to estimate cost and any other expense that would not have been incurred without this collection of information.

The total annual cost to the Federal Government is $14,848,327.26. This cost reflects reimbursement of 50 percent of the administrative costs incurred by State agencies, including fringe benefits, which is estimated at $29,696,654.52 (refer to Section A12.B of this document). This represents an increase of $6,690,992.43 from the prior renewal, mostly due to the increases in wages across the wage categories used in this information collection.

A15. Explanation of program changes or adjustments.

Explain the reasons for any program changes or adjustments reported in Items 13 or 14 of the OMB Form 83-I.

This is a revision of a currently approved collection. The current OMB burden inventory is 1, 842,938 respondents (this includes 1,842,588 SNAP individuals/households’ respondents + 200 Business + 150 State Agencies). Also, the current OMB inventory for this collection includes $11,699,306.82 total annual cost ($1,081,009.90 for SNAP individuals/household + $1,802,880 for Business + $8,815,416.92 for State Agencies) and 789,266.88 total annual burden hours (149,104.81 for SNAP individuals/households + 96,000 for Business + 544,162.07 for State Agencies). In this renewal, the agency has made revisions due to adjustments to the estimates for the SNAP lottery and gambling provisions and SNAP resource verification.

The currently approved collection has 1,842,588 total SNAP individuals/households. The agency estimates approximately 1,878,378 SNAP individuals/households would be affected by this revision, an increase of 35,790 SNAP individuals/households. For this group, this revision is seeking 1,878,378 total annual responses, this reflects an increase of 35,790 total annual responses. The currently approved total annual burden hours for SNAP individuals/households is 149,104.81 hours. With this revision, the agency is seeking 148,460.32 total burden hours, a decrease of 644.49 total burden hours for SNAP individuals/households. The changes are due to updated data being used for estimates.

Next, the currently approved number of Business respondents is 200. The agency estimates approximately 196 Businesses would be affected by this revision, which is a decrease of 4 respondents from last year. The currently approved collection has 1,200,000 total annual responses for Business respondents. For this group, this revision is seeking 1,176,000 total annual responses, this reflects a decrease of 24,000 total annual responses. The currently approved total burden hours for Businesses is 96,000 total annual burden hours, with this revision the agency is seeking 98,196 total burden hours; this reflects an increase of 2,196 total burden hours for Business respondents. The changes are due to updated data being used for the burden hours estimates.

Last, the currently approved number of State Agency respondents is 150. The agency estimates 100 State Agency respondents in this revision, a decrease of 50 State Agency respondents from the prior approval. This includes SNAP eligibility and IT staff in the 49 State SNAP agencies that have a public agency gaming entity, the staff of the 49 State public agency gaming entities, and the 2 State SNAP agencies that conduct resource verification but do not have a public agency gaming entity to conduct the activities explained in Answer 12B.

For this group, the currently approved collection has 2,168,038 total annual responses. This revision is seeking 2,197,319 total annual responses for State Agencies, a decrease of 29,283 annual responses. The currently approved total burden hours for State Agencies is 544,162.07 total annual burden hours. With this revision the agency is seeking 925,528.33 total burden hours for State Agencies, an increase of 381,366.26 total burden hours for State Agencies. The changes are due to updated data being used for estimates.

In total, the number of respondents increased from 1,842,938 to 1,878,674 from the currently approved information collection. The number of annual responses increased from 5,210,626 to 5,251,697 responses, and the burden hours increased from 789,266.88 to 1,172,184.66 hours. This information collection continues to have no recordkeeping or third party or public disclosure burden.

A16. Plans for tabulation, publication and project time schedule.

For collections of information whose results are planned to be published, outline plans for tabulation and publication.

This collection does not employ statistical methods and there are no plans to publish the results of this collection for statistical analyses.

A17. Displaying the OMB Approval Expiration Date.

If seeking approval to not display the expiration date for OMB approval of the information collection, explain the reasons that display would be inappropriate.

The agency plans to display the expiration date for OMB approval of the information collection on all instruments.

A18. Exceptions to the certification statement identified in Item 19.

Explain each exception to the certification statement identified in Item 19 of the OMB 83-I" Certification for Paperwork Reduction Act."

There are no exceptions to the certification statement.

1 Implementation of Section 4009 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/final-rule-implementation-memo-lottery-and-gambling-winners.

2 Q&As: Final Rule Implementation Memo for Lottery and Gambling Provisions, https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/qas-final-rule-implementation-memo-lottery-gambling-provisions.

3 Available at: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/broad-based-categorical-eligibility.

4 Available at: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm.

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