90 FR 74 pg. 16558 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Attestation for Employers Seeking To Employ H-2B Nonimmigrant Workers Under Section 105 of Division G, Title 1 of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Public Law 118-47, as Extended
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 74Page: 16558
Page: 16558FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-06730 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Labor Department
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Attestation for Employers Seeking To Employ H-2B Nonimmigrant Workers Under Section 105 of Division G, Title 1 of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Public Law 118-47, as Extended
ACTION:
Notice of availability; request for comments.
SUMMARY:
The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES:
The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency receives on or before May 19, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review-Open for Public Comments" or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Howell by telephone at 202-693-6782, or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This ICR supports the Temporary Final Rule (TFR), Exercise of Time-Limited Authority to Increase the Numerical Limitation for Fiscal Year 2025 for H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers, which is being promulgated by DOL (or the Department) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (collectively, the Departments). The regulatory requirements will be codified at 8 CFR part 214 and 20 CFR part 655. The ICR includes a new form, Attestation for Employers Seeking to Employ H-2B Nonimmigrant Workers under Section 105 of Division G, Title I of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Public Law 118-47 (FY 2024 Omnibus), as extended by section 101(6) and 106 of Division A, Title I of the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 Public Law 118-83, Form ETA-9142-B-CAA-9 (Form ETA-9142-B-CAA-9). For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on December 2, 2024 (89 FR 95626).
Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an information collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL-ETA.
Title of Collection: Attestation for Employers Seeking to Employ H-2B Nonimmigrant Workers under section 105 of Division G, Title 1 of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Public Law 118-47, as Extended.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0563.
Affected Public: Private Sector-businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 26,065.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 26,065.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 32,581 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Michael Howell,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2025-06730 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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