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Notices
Federal Register Vol. 86, No. 173
Friday, September 10, 2021

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Economic Research Service Notice of Intent To Request Renewal of a Currently Approved Information Collection Economic Research Service, Agriculture USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and Office of Management and Budget OMB implementing regulations, this notice announces the Economic Research Services ERS intention to request renewal of approval for an annual information collection on supplemental food security questions in the Current Population Survey CPS, commencing with the December 2022
survey. These data will be used: To monitor household-level food security and food insecurity in the United States;
to conduct research on food security and changes in food security for population subgroups; to assess the need for, and performance of, domestic food assistance programs; to improve the measurement of food security; and to provide information to aid in public policy decision making.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by November 9, 2021 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be submitted electronically to alisha.coleman-jensen@usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alisha Coleman-Jensen at the address in the preamble. Tel. 2026945456.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement.
OMB Number: 05360043.
Expiration Date of Approval: February 28, 2022.

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Type of Request: Intent To Seek Approval To Extend an Information Collection for 3 Years.
Abstract: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Pub.
L. 10413 and OMB regulations at 5
CFR part 1320 60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995, this notice announces the ERS
intention to request renewal of approval for an annual information collection.
The U.S. Census Bureau will supplement the December CPS, beginning in 2022, with questions regarding household food shopping, use of food and nutrition assistance programs, food sufficiency, and difficulties in meeting household food needs. A similar supplement has been appended to the CPS annually since 1995. The last collection was in December 2020.
ERS is one of the 13 principal statistical agencies of the federal government and is responsible for conducting studies and evaluations of the Nations food and nutrition assistance programs that are administered by the Food and Nutrition Service FNS, U.S. Department of Agriculture. In Fiscal Year 2020, the Department spent about $122.1 billion to ensure access to nutritious, healthful diets for all Americans. The Food and Nutrition Service administers the 15
nutrition assistance programs of the USDA including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program, the National School Lunch Program, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children WIC. These programs, which serve 1 in 4 Americans over the course of a year, represent our Nations commitment to the principle that no one in our country should lack the food needed for an active, healthy life. These programs provide a nutrition safety net to people in need. The programs goals are to provide needy persons with access to a more nutritious diet, to improve the eating habits of the Nations children, and to help Americas farmers by providing an outlet for the distribution of food purchased under farmer assistance authorities.
The data collected by the food security supplement will be used to monitor the prevalence of food security and the prevalence and severity of food insecurity among the Nations households. The prevalence of these
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conditions as well as year-to-year trends in their prevalence will be estimated at the national level and for population subgroups. The data will also be used to monitor the amounts that households spend for food and their use of community food pantries and other community food assistance. These statistics along with research based on the data will be used to identify the causes and consequences of food insecurity, and to assess the need for, and performance of, domestic food assistance programs. The data will also be used to improve the measurement of food security and to develop measures of additional aspects and dimensions of food security. This consistent measurement of the extent and severity of food insecurity will aid in policy decision-making.
The supplemental survey instrument was developed in conjunction with food security experts nationwide as well as survey method experts within the Census Bureau and was reviewed in 2006 by the Committee on National Statistics of the National Research Council. This supplemental information will be collected by both personal visit and telephone interviews in conjunction with the regular monthly CPS
interviewing. Interviews will be conducted using Computer Assisted Personal Interview CAPI and Computer Assisted Telephone Interview CATI methods.
Authority: Legislative authority for the planned data collection are 7 U.S.C.
2204a and 7 CFR 2.67. These statutes authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Economic Research Service to conduct research and collect statistics on the U.S. food system, consumers, and human nutrition.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this data collection is estimated to average 7.2 minutes after rounding for each household that responds to the labor force portion of the CPS. The estimate is based on the average proportion of respondents that were asked each question in recent survey years 20142018, proposed updates, and typical reading and response times for the questions. The estimate assumes an 80 percent response rate to the supplement. The estimated total number of respondents is based on the largest annual sample in recent survey years.

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