81_FR_89418 81 FR 89181 - 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Birth Affidavit

81 FR 89181 - 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Birth Affidavit

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 237 (December 9, 2016)

Page Range89181-89181
FR Document2016-29533

The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is to allow 60 days for public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 237 (Friday, December 9, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 237 (Friday, December 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 89181]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29533]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 9796]


60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Birth Affidavit

ACTION: Notice of request for public comment and submission to OMB of 
proposed collection of information.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below. 
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are 
requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals 
and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is to allow 60 days for 
public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

DATES: The Department will accept comments from the public up to 
February 7, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Web: Persons with access to the Internet may comment on 
this notice by going to www.Regulations.gov. You can search for the 
document by entering ``Docket Number: DOS-2016-0076'' in the Search 
field. Then click the ``Comment Now'' button and complete the comment 
form.
     Email: [email protected].
    You must include the DS form number (if applicable), information 
collection title, and the OMB control number in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional 
information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including 
requests for copies of the proposed collection instrument and 
supporting documents, by mail to PPT Forms Officer, U.S. Department of 
State, CA/PPT/S/L 44132 Mercure Cir, P.O. Box 1227 , Sterling, VA 
20166-1227, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
     Title of Information Collection: Birth Affidavit.
     OMB Control Number: 1405-0132.
     Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved 
Collection.
     Originating Office: Department of State, Bureau of 
Consular Affairs, Passport Services, Office of Legal Affairs and Law 
Enforcement Liaison (CA/PPT/S/L/LA).
     Form Number: DS-10.
     Respondents: Individuals.
     Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,056.
     Estimated Number of Responses: 22,056.
     Average Time Per Response: 40 minutes.
     Total Estimated Burden Time: 14,711 hours.
     Frequency: On Occasion.
     Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain a Benefit.
    We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:
     Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is 
necessary for the proper functions of the Department.
     Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost 
burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used.
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected.
     Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are 
public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you 
should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your 
personal information, will be available for public review.
    Abstract of proposed collection: The Birth Affidavit is submitted 
in conjunction with an application for a U.S. passport, and is used by 
Passport Services to collect information for the purpose of 
establishing the U.S. nationality of a passport applicant who has not 
submitted an acceptable United States birth certificate with his/her 
passport application. The Secretary of State is authorized to issue 
U.S. passports under 22 U.S.C. 211a et seq., 8 U.S.C. 1104, and 
Executive Order 11295 (August 5, 1966). Pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 212 and 
22 CFR 51.2, only U.S. nationals may be issued a U.S. passport. Most 
passport applicants show U.S. nationality by providing a birth 
certificate showing the applicant was born in the United States. Some 
applicants, however, may have been born in the United States (and 
subject to its jurisdiction), but were never issued a birth 
certificate. Form DS-10 is a form affidavit for completion by a witness 
to the birth of such an applicant; it collects information relevant to 
establishing the identity of the affiant, and the birth circumstances 
of the passport applicant. If credible, the affidavit may permit the 
applicant to show U.S. nationality based on the applicant's birth in 
the United States, despite never having been issued a U.S. birth 
certificate. We use the information collected on the person completing 
the affidavit to confirm that individual's identity, which is relevant 
to confirming his or her relationship to the applicant and the 
likelihood that the affiant has actual knowledge of the circumstances 
of the applicant's birth.
    Methodology: When needed, a Birth Affidavit is completed at the 
time a person applies for a U.S. passport.

Brenda S. Sprague,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport Services, Bureau of Consular 
Affairs, Department of State.
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 237 / Friday, December 9, 2016 / Notices 89181 Paper Comments information collection described below. this proposed collection, including the • Send paper comments in triplicate In accordance with the Paperwork validity of the methodology and to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Reduction Act of 1995, we are assumptions used. Commission, 100 F Street NE., requesting comments on this collection • Enhance the quality, utility, and Washington, DC 20549–1090. from all interested individuals and clarity of the information to be organizations. The purpose of this collected. All submissions should refer to File No. • Minimize the reporting burden on SR–BatsBZX–2016–81. This file number Notice is to allow 60 days for public comment preceding submission of the those who are to respond, including the should be included on the subject line use of automated collection techniques if email is used. To help the collection to OMB. DATES: The Department will accept or other forms of information Commission process and review your comments from the public up to technology. comments more efficiently, please use Please note that comments submitted only one method. The Commission will February 7, 2017. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments in response to this Notice are public post all comments on the Commission’s record. Before including any detailed Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ by any of the following methods: • Web: Persons with access to the personal information, you should be rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the aware that your comments as submitted, submission, all subsequent Internet may comment on this notice by going to www.Regulations.gov. You can including your personal information, amendments, all written statements search for the document by entering will be available for public review. with respect to the proposed rule Abstract of proposed collection: The change that are filed with the ‘‘Docket Number: DOS–2016–0076’’ in the Search field. Then click the Birth Affidavit is submitted in Commission, and all written conjunction with an application for a communications relating to the ‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete the comment form. U.S. passport, and is used by Passport proposed rule change between the Services to collect information for the Commission and any person, other than • Email: PPTFormsOfficer@state.gov. You must include the DS form purpose of establishing the U.S. those that may be withheld from the nationality of a passport applicant who public in accordance with the number (if applicable), information collection title, and the OMB control has not submitted an acceptable United provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be States birth certificate with his/her available for Web site viewing and number in any correspondence. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: passport application. The Secretary of printing in the Commission’s Public State is authorized to issue U.S. Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., Direct requests for additional information regarding the collection passports under 22 U.S.C. 211a et seq., Washington, DC 20549, on official 8 U.S.C. 1104, and Executive Order business days between the hours of listed in this notice, including requests for copies of the proposed collection 11295 (August 5, 1966). Pursuant to 22 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the U.S.C. 212 and 22 CFR 51.2, only U.S. filing also will be available for instrument and supporting documents, by mail to PPT Forms Officer, U.S. nationals may be issued a U.S. passport. inspection and copying at the principal Most passport applicants show U.S. office of the Exchange. All comments Department of State, CA/PPT/S/L 44132 Mercure Cir, P.O. Box 1227 , Sterling, nationality by providing a birth received will be posted without change; certificate showing the applicant was the Commission does not edit personal VA 20166–1227, or PPTFormsOfficer@ state.gov. born in the United States. Some identifying information from applicants, however, may have been submissions. You should submit only SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: born in the United States (and subject to information that you wish to make • Title of Information Collection: its jurisdiction), but were never issued available publicly. All submissions Birth Affidavit. a birth certificate. Form DS–10 is a form should refer to File No. SR–BatsBZX– • OMB Control Number: 1405–0132. affidavit for completion by a witness to 2016–81, and should be submitted on or • Type of Request: Revision of a the birth of such an applicant; it collects before December 30, 2016. Currently Approved Collection. • Originating Office: Department of information relevant to establishing the For the Commission, by the Division of identity of the affiant, and the birth Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport Services, Office of Legal Affairs circumstances of the passport applicant. authority.32 and Law Enforcement Liaison (CA/PPT/ If credible, the affidavit may permit the Eduardo A. Aleman, applicant to show U.S. nationality based Assistant Secretary. S/L/LA). • Form Number: DS–10. on the applicant’s birth in the United [FR Doc. 2016–29465 Filed 12–8–16; 8:45 am] • Respondents: Individuals. States, despite never having been issued BILLING CODE 8011–01–P • Estimated Number of Respondents: a U.S. birth certificate. We use the 22,056. information collected on the person • Estimated Number of Responses: completing the affidavit to confirm that DEPARTMENT OF STATE 22,056. individual’s identity, which is relevant [Public Notice: 9796] • Average Time Per Response: 40 to confirming his or her relationship to minutes. the applicant and the likelihood that the 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information • Total Estimated Burden Time: affiant has actual knowledge of the Collection: Birth Affidavit 14,711 hours. circumstances of the applicant’s birth. • Frequency: On Occasion. Methodology: When needed, a Birth ACTION:Notice of request for public • Obligation to Respond: Required to Affidavit is completed at the time a mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES comment and submission to OMB of Obtain a Benefit. person applies for a U.S. passport. proposed collection of information. We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to: Brenda S. Sprague, SUMMARY: The Department of State is • Evaluate whether the proposed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport seeking Office of Management and information collection is necessary for Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Budget (OMB) approval for the the proper functions of the Department. Department of State. • Evaluate the accuracy of our [FR Doc. 2016–29533 Filed 12–8–16; 8:45 am] 32 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). estimate of the time and cost burden for BILLING CODE 4710–06–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:13 Dec 08, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00140 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\09DEN1.SGM 09DEN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of request for public comment and submission to OMB of proposed collection of information.
DatesThe Department will accept comments from the public up to February 7, 2017.
ContactDirect requests for additional information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including requests for copies of the proposed collection instrument and supporting documents, by mail to PPT Forms Officer, U.S. Department of State, CA/PPT/S/L 44132 Mercure Cir, P.O. Box 1227 , Sterling, VA 20166-1227, or [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 89181 
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