80 FR 23570 - Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Law and Order on Indian Reservations-Marriage and Dissolution Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 81 (April 28, 2015)

Page Range		23570-23571
FR Document		2015-09812

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for approval for the collection of information for the Law and Order on Indian Reservations--Marriage & Dissolution Applications, which concerns marriage and dissolution of a marriage in a Court of Indian Offenses. The information collection is currently authorized by OMB Control Number 1076-0094, which expires April 30, 2015.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23570-23571]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-09812]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Law and Order on 
Indian Reservations--Marriage and Dissolution Applications

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for approval for the collection 
of information for the Law and Order on Indian Reservations--Marriage & 
Dissolution Applications, which concerns marriage and dissolution of a 
marriage in a Court of Indian Offenses. The information collection is 
currently authorized by OMB Control Number 1076-0094, which expires 
April 30, 2015.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collection to the 
Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at the Office of 
Management and Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395-5806 or you may send 
an email to: [email protected]. Please send a copy of your 
comments to: Katherine Scotta, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street NW., MS-2603-MIB, Washington, DC 20240; 
email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Scotta, (202) 208-6711. You 
may review the information collection request online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the 
Interior collections under review by OMB.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking renewal of the 
approval for the information collection conducted under 25 CFR 
11.600(c) and 11.606(c). This information collection allows the Clerk 
of the Court of Indian Offenses to collect personal information 
necessary for a Court of Indian Offenses to issue a marriage license or 
dissolve a marriage. Courts of Indian Offenses have been established on 
certain Indian reservations under the authority vested in the Secretary 
of the Interior by 5 U.S.C. 301 and 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, and 13, which 
authorize appropriations for ``Indian judges.'' The courts provide for 
the administration of justice for Indian tribes in those areas where 
the tribes retain jurisdiction over Indians, exclusive of State 
jurisdiction, but where tribal courts have not been established to 
exercise that jurisdiction and the tribes has, by resolution or 
constitutional amendment, chosen to use the Court of Indian Offenses. 
Accordingly, Courts of Indian Offenses exercise jurisdiction under 25 
CFR 11. Domestic relations are governed by 25 CFR 11.600, which 
authorizes the Court of Indian Offenses to conduct and dissolve 
marriages. In order to obtain a marriage licenses in a Court of Indian 
Offenses, applicants must provide the six items of information listed 
in 25 CFR 11.600(c), including identifying information, such a Social 
Security number, information on previous marriage, relationship to the 
other applicant, and a certificate of the results of any medical 
examination required by applicable tribal ordinances or the laws of the 
State in which the Indian country under the jurisdiction of the Court 
of Indian Offenses is located. To dissolve a marriage, applicants must 
provide the six items of information listed in 25 CFR 11.606(c), 
including information on occupation and residency (to establish 
jurisdiction), information on whether the parties have lives apart for 
at least 180 days or if there is serious marital discord warranting 
dissolution, and information on the children of the marriage and 
whether the wife is pregnant (for the court to determine the 
appropriate level of support that may be required from the non-
custodial parent). (25 CFR 11.601) Two forms are used as part of this 
information collection, the Marriage License Application and the 
Dissolution of Marriage Application.

II. Request for Comments

    On February 9, 2015, BIA published a notice announcing the renewal 
of this information collection and provided a 60-day comment period in 
the Federal Register (80 FR 7029). There were no comments received in 
response to this notice.
    The BIA requests your comments on this collection concerning: (a) 
The necessity of this information collection for the proper performance 
of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden (hours and cost) of the collection of information, including 
the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) Ways we could 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (d) Ways we could minimize the burden of the collection 
of the information on the respondents.
    Please note that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and an 
individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it 
displays a valid OMB Control Number.
    It is our policy to make all comments available to the public for 
review at the location listed in the ADDRESSES section. Before 
including your address, phone number, email address or other personal 
identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your 
entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be 
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your 
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public 
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1076-0094.
    Title: Law and Order on Indian Reservations--Marriage & Dissolution 
Applications, 25 CFR 11.
    Brief Description of Collection: Submission of this information 
allows applicants to obtain a benefit, namely, the issuance of a 
marriage license or a decree of dissolution of a marriage license from 
the Court of Indian Offenses.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Individuals.

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    Number of Respondents: 260 per year, on average.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 65 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Dollar Cost: $6,500 (approximately 
$25 per application for processing fees).

Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action--Indian 
Affairs.
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Number of Respondents: 260 per year, request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Museum since 1963. No known
on average. at the address in this notice by May 28, individuals were identified. The two
Frequency of Response: On occasion. 2015. associated funerary objects are an elk
Estimated Time per Response: 15 ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum bone and a small bag of sand and
minutes. Program Manager/NAGPRA crushed bone.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Geographic, historic, and
65 hours. Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 anthropological evidence indicates that
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, the human remains are Native
Dollar Cost: $6,500 (approximately $25 Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390– American. The site (45–CA–26) is a
per application for processing fees). 6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov. shell midden site located within the
current boundaries of the Makah Indian
Elizabeth K. Appel, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Reservation. Burial of human remains in
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and here given in accordance with the
or near shell middens is consistent with
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. Native American Graves Protection and
Native American burial practices in the
[FR Doc. 2015–09812 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am] Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
Pacific Northwest. This area was
3003, of the completion of an inventory
BILLING CODE 4337–15–P historically and prehistorically
of human remains and associated
occupied by the Makah people for at
funerary objects under the control of the
least the past 4,000 years.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs and in the physical Determinations Made by the Bureau of
National Park Service custody of the Burke Museum. The Indian Affairs and the Burke Museum
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA– human remains and associated funerary Officials of the Bureau of Indian
18031;PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] objects were removed from Clallam Affairs and the Burke Museum have
County, WA. determined that:
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. This notice is published as part of the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
Department of the Interior, Bureau of National Park Service’s administrative human remains described in this notice
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 represent the physical remains of five
the Thomas Burke Memorial U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in individuals of Native American
Washington State Museum, University this notice are the sole responsibility of ancestry.
of Washington, Seattle, WA the museum, institution, or Federal • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
agency that has control of the Native the two objects described in this notice
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. American human remains and are reasonably believed to have been
ACTION: Notice. associated funerary objects. The placed with or near individual human
National Park Service is not responsible remains at the time of death or later as
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the for the determinations in this notice.
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and part of the death rite or ceremony.
Consultation • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
the Thomas Burke Memorial
is a relationship of shared group
Washington State Museum, University A detailed assessment of the human identity that can be reasonably traced
of Washington (Burke Museum), have remains was made by the U.S. between the Native American human
completed an inventory of human Department of the Interior, Bureau of remains and associated funerary objects
remains and associated funerary objects, Indian Affairs and the Burke Museum and the Makah Indian Tribe of the
in consultation with the appropriate professional staff in consultation with Makah Indian Reservation.
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian representatives of the Makah Indian
organizations, and have determined that Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation. Additional Requestors and Disposition
there is a cultural affiliation between the Lineal descendants or representatives
human remains and associated funerary History and Description of the Remains
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
objects and present-day Indian tribes or In September 1963, human remains organization not identified in this notice
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal representing, at minimum, five that wish to request transfer of control
descendants or representatives of any individuals were removed from site 45– of these human remains and associated
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian CA–26 on the Pacific Ocean Beach near funerary objects should submit a written
organization not identified in this notice Neah Bay adjacent to Makah Bay, request with information in support of
that wish to request transfer of control Clallam County, WA. The site (45–CA– the request to Anna Pardo, Museum
of these human remains and associated 26) is located within the current Program Manager/NAGPRA
funerary objects should submit a written boundaries of the Makah Indian Coordinator, U.S. Department of the
request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Reservation. In or about September Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220
If no additional requestors come 1963, Robert E. Greengo of the Thomas Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
forward, transfer of control of the Burke Memorial Washington State Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
human remains and associated funerary Museum was directed to the site by Mrs. 6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by
objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Otis Baxter who advised that the wind May 28, 2015. After that date, if no
tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations had been blowing material out of the cut additional requestors have come
stated in this notice may proceed. bank. Dr. Greengo found exposed forward, transfer of control of the
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

DATES: Lineal descendants or human bones and other items that had human remains and associated funerary
representatives of any Indian tribe or been disturbed by the action of the surf objects to the Makah Indian Tribe of the
Native Hawaiian organization not and/or wind. Dr. Greengo returned in Makah Indian Reservation may proceed.
identified in this notice that wish to October 1963, in the company of Mr. The Bureau of Indian Affairs is
request transfer of control of these and Mrs. Otis Baxter and collected responsible for notifying the Makah
human remains and associated funerary bones and objects from the location that Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian
objects should submit a written request turned out to be site 45–CA–26. The Reservation that this notice has been
with information in support of the collection has been housed at the Burke published.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of submission to OMB.
Dates		Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before May 28, 2015.
Contact		Katherine Scotta, (202) 208-6711. You may review the information collection request online at http:// www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review Department of the Interior collections under review by OMB.
FR Citation		80 FR 23570

80 FR 23570 - Renewal of Agency Information Collection for Law and Order on Indian Reservations-Marriage and Dissolution Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBureau of Indian Affairs

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 81 (April 28, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs