SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

• Title of Information Collection: Request for Entry into Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program.
• OMB Control Number: 1405-0169.
• Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection.
• Originating Office: Bureau of Consular Affairs, Overseas Citizens Services (CA/OCS).
• Form Number: DS-3077.
• Respondents: Concerned parents or their agents, institutions, or courts.
• Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,000.
• Estimated Number of Responses: 4,000.
• Average Time per Response: 30 minutes per response.
• Total Estimated Burden Time: 2,000 hours.
• Frequency: On Occasion.
• Obligation To Respond: Voluntary.

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 information requested will be used to support entry of the name of a minor (an unmarried, unemancipated person under 18 years of age) into the Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program (CPIAP). CPIAP provides a mechanism for legal parents or other persons with legal custody of a minor to obtain information regarding whether the Department has received a passport application for the minor. This program was developed as a means to prevent international parental child abduction and to help prevent other travel of a minor without the consent of a legal parent or legal guardian. If a minor's name and other identifying information has been entered into the CPIAP, when the Department receives an application for a new, replacement, or renewed passport for the minor, the application may be placed on hold for up to 90 days and the Office of Children's Issues may attempt to notify the requestor of receipt of the application. Form DS-3077 will be primarily submitted by a legal parent or legal guardian of a minor. This collection is authorized by 22 CFR 51.28, which is the regulation that implements the statutory two-parent consent requirement and prescribes the bases for an exception to the requirement.

Changes Since Last Renewal

• Section 2 of the DS-3077, documentation of Parentage, Guardianship, Legal Custody OR Authority to Act on Behalf of a Parent or Legal Guardian, as applicable: Option to select Consular Report of Birth (CRBA) deleted. 202388 FR 41024 (22 CFR 51.28 revision) removed the CRBA as evidence, by itself, of a parental relationship, sole parentage, and/or custody.
• The Privacy Act Statement was shortened and edited for plain language.
• The updated DS-3077 fillable form will now allow the requester an e-signature option to type their name in the signature box in lieu of an ink signature in part 3 of DS-3077.
• Eliminate references to transmittal by fax.
• Allow for a web-based version to exist for online submissions.

Methodology

The completed Form DS-3077 can be filled out online and printed or completed by hand. The form must be manually signed and submitted to the Office of Children's Issues by email or mail with supporting documentation. Retyping the signer's name using a digital device is as acceptable as signing with pen and paper.

Response to Public Comments

There was one public comment in response to the 60 day notice. The commenter expressed a preference for an exception to personal appearance of a minor passport applicant which is not a requirement of the DS-3077 information collection.

91 FR 34266