Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 48 (Monday, March 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9720-9721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5665]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

AGENCY: Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; Justice.

ACTION: Notice of information collection under review; Adjudication of 
claims of U.S. survivors of the Holocaust.

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    This proposed information collection is published to obtain 
comments from 

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the public. Comments and suggestions are encouraged and will be 
accepted for sixty (60) days from the date of publication of this 
notice.
    Comments should address one or more of the following four points:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission (FCSC), including whether the information 
will have practical utility;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the FCSC's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Suggest ways in which the quality, utility and clarity of 
information proposed to be collected might be enhanced; and
    4. Suggest ways in which the FCSC could minimize the burden of the 
proposed collection of information on those who are to respond, 
including use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical or other 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, such as 
permitting electronic submission of responses.
    A complete copy of this notice is available in the following 
alternative format: electronic file on computer diskette.
    Please address comments, suggestions and requests for additional 
information to: Mr. David E. Bradley, Chief Counsel, Foreign Claims 
Settlement Commission of the United States, 600 E St., NW., Room 6002, 
Washington, DC 20579. Tel. 202-616-6975, FAX 202-616-6993.
    Supplementary information: This proposed collection of information 
will enable the FCSC to adjudicate the claims of U.S. survivors of the 
Holocaust against the Federal Republic of Germany for loss of liberty 
or damage to body or health as a result of Nazi persecution while 
interned during World War II.
    Overview of this proposed information collection:
    1. Type of information collection: New Collection.
    2. Title of the form/collection: Statement of Claim for Filing of 
Claims by Holocaust Survivors Against the Government of the Federal 
Republic of Germany.
    3. Agency Form number, and name of component of the Department of 
Justice sponsoring the collection: FCSC Form 2-96; Foreign Claims 
Settlement Commission of the United States.
    4. Affected public who will be asked to respond, as well as a brief 
abstract: Primary: Individuals. Other: none.
    The information collected will be used to adjudicate the claims of 
U.S. survivors of the Holocaust and to negotiate a sum to be paid by 
the Federal Republic of Germany for reparations for Nazi persecution of 
U.S. nationals.
    5. Estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 100 responses at 
an average of 2 hours per response.
    6. Estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with 
the collection: 200 annual burden hours at $10 per hour for a total 
burden cost of $2,000.
    If additional information is required concerning this overview, 
please contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance Officer, United States 
Department of Justice, Systems Policy Staff, Justice Management 
Division, Suite 850, Washington Center Building, 1001 G St., NW., 
Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: March 5, 1996.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 96-5665 Filed 3-8-96; 8:45 am]
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