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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS—Continued

Average Number of Number of Total burden per Total burden Form name respondents responses per responses response hours respondent (in hours)

Program Implementation Semi-Structured Interview ...... 28 1 28 1.00 28

Total ...... 17,256 51,712 9,842

Maria G. Button, USCIS Form I–864, Affidavit of Support, circumstances, the rounding and Director, Executive Secretariat. contact U.S. Citizenship and standardizing adjustments in the [FR Doc. 2020–00736 Filed 1–16–20; 8:45 am] Immigration Services at 1–800–375– formula result in small decreases in the BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 5283. You also may visit https:// poverty guidelines for some household www.uscis.gov/i-864. sizes even when the inflation factor is For information about the Hill-Burton not negative. In cases where the year-to- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Uncompensated Services Program (free year change in inflation is not negative HUMAN SERVICES or reduced-fee health care services at and the rounding and standardizing certain hospitals and other facilities for adjustments in the formula result in Office of the Secretary persons meeting eligibility criteria reductions to the guidelines from the involving the poverty guidelines), previous year for some household sizes, Annual Update of the HHS Poverty contact the Health Resources and the guidelines for the affected Guidelines Services Administration Information household sizes are fixed at the prior AGENCY: Department of Health and Center at 1–800–638–0742. You also year’s guidelines. As in prior years, Human Services. may visit https://www.hrsa.gov/get- these 2020 guidelines are roughly equal ACTION: Notice. health-care/affordable/hill-burton/ to the poverty thresholds for calendar index.html. year 2019 which the Census Bureau SUMMARY: This notice provides an For information about the number of expects to publish in final form in update of the Department of Health and people in poverty, visit the Poverty September 2020. Human Services (HHS) poverty section of the Census Bureau’s website The poverty guidelines continue to be guidelines to account for last calendar at https://www.census.gov/topics/ derived from the Census Bureau’s year’s increase in prices as measured by income-poverty/poverty.html or contact current official poverty thresholds; they the Consumer Price Index. the Census Bureau’s Customer Service are not derived from the Census DATES: Applicable Date: January 14, Center at 1–800–923–8282 (toll-free) or Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure 2020 unless an office administering a visit https://ask.census.gov for further (SPM). program using the guidelines specifies a information. The following guideline figures different effective date for that SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: represent annual income. particular program. ADDRESSES: Office of the Assistant Background 2020 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR THE Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget 48 CONTIGUOUS STATES AND THE Room 404E, Humphrey Building, Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1981 (42 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Department of Health and Human U.S.C. 9902(2)) requires the Secretary of Services, Washington, DC 20201. the Department of Health and Human Persons in family/household Poverty FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Services to update the poverty guideline guidelines at least annually, adjusting information about how the guidelines 1 ...... $12,760 are used or how income is defined in a them on the basis of the Consumer Price 2 ...... 17,240 particular program, contact the Federal, Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI–U). 3 ...... 21,720 state, or local office that is responsible The poverty guidelines are used as an 4 ...... 26,200 for that program. For information about eligibility criterion by Medicaid and a 5 ...... 30,680 poverty figures for immigration forms, number of other Federal programs. The 6 ...... 35,160 the Hill-Burton Uncompensated poverty guidelines issued here are a 7 ...... 39,640 Services Program, and the number of simplified version of the poverty 8 ...... 44,120 people in poverty, use the specific thresholds that the Census Bureau uses telephone numbers and addresses given to prepare its estimates of the number of For families/households with more below. individuals and families in poverty. than 8 persons, add $4,480 for each For general questions about the As required by law, this update is additional person. poverty guidelines themselves, contact accomplished by increasing the latest Kendall Swenson, Office of the published Census Bureau poverty 2020 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR Assistant Secretary for Planning and thresholds by the relevant percentage ALASKA Evaluation, Room 422F.5, Humphrey change in the Consumer Price Index for Building, Department of Health and All Urban Consumers (CPI–U). The Poverty Persons in family/household guideline Human Services, Washington, DC guidelines in this 2020 notice reflect the 20201—telephone: (202) 795–7309—or 1.8 percent price increase between 1 ...... $15,950 visit http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/. calendar years 2018 and 2019. After this 2 ...... 21,550 For information about the percentage inflation adjustment, the guidelines are 3 ...... 27,150 multiple of the poverty guidelines to be rounded and adjusted to standardize the 4 ...... 32,750 used on immigration forms such as differences between family sizes. In rare 5 ...... 38,350

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2020 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR periodically in the Federal Register by Secretary (OS), Department of Health ALASKA—Continued the U.S. Department of Health and and Human Services, is publishing the Human Services under the authority of following summary of a proposed 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).’’ collection for public comment. Persons in family/household Poverty guideline Some Federal programs use a DATES: Comments on the ICR must be percentage multiple of the guidelines received on or before February 18, 2020. 6 ...... 43,950 (for example, 125 percent or 185 percent 7 ...... 49,550 ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to of the guidelines), as noted in relevant 8 ...... 55,150 [email protected] or via authorizing legislation or program facsimile to (202) 395–5806. For families/households with more regulations. Non-Federal organizations that use the poverty guidelines under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: than 8 persons, add $5,600 for each Sherrette Funn, [email protected] additional person. their own authority in non-federally- funded activities also may choose to use or (202) 795–7714. When submitting comments or requesting information, 2020 POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR a percentage multiple of the guidelines. The poverty guidelines do not make a please include the document identifier HAWAII distinction between farm and non-farm 0990–0001–30D and project title for reference. Poverty families, or between aged and non-aged Persons in family/household guideline units. (Only the Census Bureau poverty SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested thresholds have separate figures for aged persons are invited to send comments 1 ...... $14,680 and non-aged one-person and two- regarding this burden estimate or any 2 ...... 19,830 person units.) other aspect of this collection of 3 ...... 24,980 This notice does not provide information, including any of the 4 ...... 30,130 definitions of such terms as ‘‘income’’ or 5 ...... 35,280 following subjects: (1) The necessity and 6 ...... 40,430 ‘‘family’’ as there is considerable utility of the proposed information 7 ...... 45,580 variation of these terms among programs collection for the proper performance of 8 ...... 50,730 that use the poverty guidelines. The the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy legislation or regulations governing each of the estimated burden; (3) ways to For families/households with more program define these terms and enhance the quality, utility, and clarity than 8 persons, add $5,150 for each determine how the program applies the of the information to be collected; and additional person. poverty guidelines. In cases where (4) the use of automated collection Separate poverty guideline figures for legislation or regulations do not techniques or other forms of information Alaska and Hawaii reflect Office of establish these definitions, the entity technology to minimize the information Economic Opportunity administrative that administers or funds the program is collection burden. practice beginning in the 1966–1970 responsible to define such terms as Information Collection Request Title: period. (Note that the Census Bureau ‘‘income’’ and ‘‘family.’’ Therefore Application for waiver of the two- year poverty thresholds—the version of the questions such as net or gross income, foreign residence requirement of the poverty measure used for statistical counted or excluded income, or Exchange Visitor Program. purposes—have never had separate household size should be directed to the OMB No.: 0990–0001. figures for Alaska and Hawaii.) The entity that administers or funds the Abstract: The HHS program deals poverty guidelines are not defined for program. with both research and clinical care Puerto Rico or other outlying Dated: January 14, 2020. waivers. Applicant institutions apply to jurisdictions. In cases in which a Alex M. Azar II, this Department to request a waiver on Federal program using the poverty Secretary, Department of Health and Human behalf of research scientists or foreign guidelines serves any of those Services. medical graduates to work as clinicians jurisdictions, the Federal office that [FR Doc. 2020–00858 Filed 1–15–20; 4:15 pm] in HHS designated health shortage areas administers the program is generally doing primary care in medical facilities. BILLING CODE 4150–05–P responsible for deciding whether to use The instructions request a copy of Form the contiguous-states-and-DC guidelines G–28 from applicant institutions for those jurisdictions or to follow some DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND represented by legal counsel outside of other procedure. HUMAN SERVICES the applying institution. United States Due to confusing legislative language Department of Justice Form G–28 dating back to 1972, the poverty [Document Identifier: OS–0990–0001] ascertains that legal counsel represents guidelines sometimes have been both the applicant organization and the Agency Information Collection mistakenly referred to as the ‘‘OMB’’ exchange visitor. Request; 30-Day Public Comment (Office of Management and Budget) Need and Proposed Use of the Request poverty guidelines or poverty line. In Information: Required as part of the fact, OMB has never issued the AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. application process to collect basic guidelines; the guidelines are issued ACTION: Notice. information such as name, address, each year by the Department of Health family status, sponsor and current visa and Human Services. The poverty SUMMARY: In compliance with the information. guidelines may be formally referenced requirement of the Paperwork Likely Respondents: Research as ‘‘the poverty guidelines updated Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the scientists and research facilities.

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