An Information Collection Request (ICR) is a federal agency's request for approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to collect information from the public.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), agencies must justify why the information is needed and how it will be used.
Federal agencies are required to submit an ICR whenever they create, renew, modify, or discontinue an information collection. Each ICR includes a description of the collection,
supporting materials and documentation (such as forms, surveys, or scripts), and proof that the agency has met the requirements of the PRA.
The ICR is submitted to the The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within OMB for review and approval. OIRA grants approval for a maximum of three years, after
which the collection must be renewed through a new ICR submission.
ICRs are publicly available on RegInfo.gov, and additional guidance can be found in the FAQs.
Note: Presidential Action influences are notated for ICRs received between January 20, 2025 and July 19, 2025.
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| 202508-1615-030 | Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status | DHS/USCIS | 2025-11-10 | Historical Inactive | Revision of a currently approved collection
Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status
Key Information
Abstract
This form is used by a nonimmigrant to apply for an extension of stay or change of nonimmigrant status. Additionally, the data will be used by USCIS to determine eligibility for the requested immigration benefit. The total estimated annual cost burden for this collection of information has increased as a result of a reevaluation of the estimated cost burden to respondents. |
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| 202508-1615-035 | Application for Certificate of Citizenship | DHS/USCIS | 2025-11-10 | Historical Inactive | Revision of a currently approved collection
Application for Certificate of Citizenship
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The information on the Form N-600 is necessary for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to make a determination that the citizenship eligibility requirements and conditions are met by the applicant |
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| 202507-2137-001 | Subsidary Hazard Class and Number/Type of Packagings | DOT/PHMSA | 2025-07-16 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Subsidary Hazard Class and Number/Type of Packagings
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Abstract
This information collection is mandatory when a person offers a hazardous material with a subsidiary hazard into transportation and shipping papers are required. This is a reporting requirement on occasion when the hazardous materials with subsidiary classes are offered into transportation. Shipping papers identify the presence of hazardous materials that are being transported and assist carrier personnel and emergency responders in knowing the proper safety procedures and incident mitigation should an incident occur in transportation. The indication of a subsidiary hazard class further assists by reducing: (1) the need to sort through multiple entries on shipping papers to determine what hazardous materials are in a transport vehicle; and (2) delays in making proper determinations concerning the mitigation of an accident. Following review of this information collection, PHMSA has revised this burden based on more accurate stakeholder feedback. |
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| 202508-1615-039 | Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status | DHS/USCIS | 2025-11-10 | Historical Inactive | Revision of a currently approved collection
Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status
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This petition permits victims of certain qualifying criminal activity and their immediate family members to apply for temporary nonimmigrant classification. This nonimmigrant classification provides temporary immigration benefits, potentially leading to permanent resident status, to certain victims of criminal activity who: suffered substantial mental or physical abuse as a result of having been a victim of criminal activity; have information regarding the criminal activity; and assist government officials in investigating and prosecuting such criminal activity. |
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| 202508-1615-043 | Application for Temporary Protected Status | DHS/USCIS | 2025-11-10 | Historical Inactive | Revision of a currently approved collection
Application for Temporary Protected Status
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Abstract
The information provided will be used by the USCIS to determine whether an applicant for Temporary Protected Status meets eligibility requirements. |
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| 202508-2130-003 | Railroad Operating Rules | DOT/FRA | 2025-08-25 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Railroad Operating Rules
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Abstract
The collection of information associated with CFR parts 217 and 218, Railroad Operating Rules and Practices, requires railroads to file with FRA copies of their operating rules, timetables, timetable special instructions, and subsequent amendments. The regulations also require railroads to retain copies of these documents at their systems headquarters and make these documents available to FRA upon request. FRA is requiring the installation of inward and outward-facing locomotive image recording devices on all lead locomotives in passenger trains, as required by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). In general, this final rule requires that these devices record while a lead locomotive is in motion and retain the data in a crashworthy memory module. This collection of information involves both reporting and recordkeeping requirements. The collection frequency of the required information occurs on an occasional basis as well as annually. |
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| 202508-1615-049 | Application to Adjust Status from Temporary to Permanent Resident | DHS/USCIS | 2025-11-10 | Historical Inactive | Revision of a currently approved collection
Application to Adjust Status from Temporary to Permanent Resident
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This form will be used by the USCIS to collect the necessary information to adjudicate requests for change in temporary resident status and to issue an Alien Registration Card (Form I-551). |
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| 202508-1615-010 | Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers | DHS/USCIS | 2025-11-10 | Historical Inactive | Revision of a currently approved collection
Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers
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The information collected on this form will be used by USCIS to determine eligibility for the requested immigration benefits under section 203(b)(1), 203(b)(2), or 203(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. |
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| 202508-1615-054 | Application for Travel Document | DHS/USCIS | 2025-11-10 | Historical Inactive | Revision of a currently approved collection
Application for Travel Document
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Authorizing Statutes
8 USC 1103 (View Law) 8 USC 1203 (View Law) 8 USC 1158 (View Law) 8 USC 1204 (View Law) 8 USC 1182 (View Law) Abstract
This application is used by permanent residents or conditional residents, refugees or asylees, and aliens aboard seeking to apply for a travel document to lawfully reenter the United States or to be paroled for humanitarian purposes into the United States. |
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| 202412-2120-003 | Drug and Alcohol Testing Program for Personnel Engaged in Specified Aviation Activities | DOT/FAA | 2024-12-18 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Drug and Alcohol Testing Program for Personnel Engaged in Specified Aviation Activities
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Part 119 certificate holders with the authority to operate under part 121 and 135, air tour operators as defined in 14 CFR § 91.147, non-FAA or Military Air Traffic Control Facilities, contractors, or repair stations under 14 CFR part 145 that conduct drug and alcohol testing programs are mandated to report information to this collection. The FAA uses this information for determining program compliance or non-compliance of regulated aviation employers, oversight planning, determining who must provide a mandatory annual Management Information System (MIS) testing information, and communicating with entities subject to the program regulations. In addition, the information is used to ensure that appropriate action is taken regarding crewmembers and other safety-sensitive employees who have tested positive for drugs or alcohol or have refused to submit to testing. The collection includes reporting, recordkeeping, and disclosure information. Using the information reported on the annual MIS allows the FAA Administrator to determine the random testing rates for the following year, which is published in the Federal Register. The FAA issued a Final Rule, Drug and Alcohol Testing of Certificated Repair Station Employees Located Outside of the United States, which requires certificated part 145 repair stations located outside the territory of the United States, whose employees perform safety-sensitive maintenance functions on part 121 air carrier aircraft, to conduct drug and alcohol testing in accordance with 14 CFR part 120 and 49 CFR part 40. Repair stations meeting the regulations must obtain an Antidrug and Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program Operations Specification (A449 paragraph) in FAA’s Operations Specifications database and must report annual drug and alcohol testing program statistics through the Department of Transportation Drug and Alcohol Management Information System (DAMIS). The final rule alternatively provides a process for a foreign government, on behalf of certificated repair stations within their territories, and individual foreign repair stations subject to the rule to submit and obtain a waiver of recognition to obtain the Administrator’s recognition of a compatible alternative that contains minimum criteria in lieu of compliance with certain components of 14 CFR part 120. Foreign repair stations meeting the regulatory requirements by obtaining a waiver of recognition are not required to obtain an A449 paragraph or report annual drug and alcohol testing program statistics through DAMIS. |
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| 202508-1615-056 | Nonimmigrant Petition Based on Blanket L. Petition | DHS/USCIS | 2025-11-10 | Historical Inactive | Revision of a currently approved collection
Nonimmigrant Petition Based on Blanket L. Petition
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The form is used by an employer to petition for temporary workers as L-1 nonimmigrant intra-company transfers under a blanket L petition approval. |
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| 202508-1615-012 | Application for Relief Under Former Section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) | DHS/USCIS | 2025-11-10 | Historical Inactive | Revision of a currently approved collection
Application for Relief Under Former Section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
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The information collected on this form is used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to determine whether the applicant is eligible for a discretionary relief under former section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. |
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| 202511-1615-003 | Registration for Classification as a Refugee | DHS/USCIS | 2025-11-10 | Historical Inactive | Revision of a currently approved collection
Registration for Classification as a Refugee
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The Form I-590 is the primary document in all refugee case files and becomes part of the applicant's A-file. It is the application form by which a person seeks refugee classification and resettlement in the United States. It documents an applicant's legal testimony (under oath) as to his or her identity and claim to refugee status, as well as other pertinent information including marital status, number of children, military service, organizational memberships, and violations of law. In addition to being the application form submitted by a person seeking refugee classification, Form I-590 is used to document that an applicant was interviewed by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and record the decision by the USCIS Officer to approve or deny the applicant for classification as a refugee. Regardless of age, each person included in the case must have his or her own Form I-590. Refugees applying to CBP for admission must have a stamped I-590 in their travel packet in order to gain admission as a refugee. They do not have refugee status until they are admitted by CBP. |
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| 202505-0625-001 | Foreign-Trade Zone Applications | DOC/ITA | 2025-06-13 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Foreign-Trade Zone Applications
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Abstract
The Foreign Trade Zones Act and Regulations require an application from a firm or organization that applies for foreign-trade zone (FTZ) status, for subzone status, or for expansion of an existing zone. Applications must contain detailed information on facilities, financing, operational plans, proposed manufacturing operations, need, and economic impact. The FTZ Board needs complete and accurate information because the Board is required to make public interest determinations on FTZ proposals. |
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| 202509-1615-002 | H-1B Registration Tool | DHS/USCIS | 2025-11-10 | Historical Inactive | Revision of a currently approved collection
H-1B Registration Tool
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Abstract
USCIS will use the data collected through the H-1B Registration Tool to select a sufficient number of registrations projected as needed to meet the applicable H-1B cap allocations and to notify registrants whether their registration was selected to submit a USCIS Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker for H-1B classification. |
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| 202508-1615-008 | Declaration of Financial Support | DHS/USCIS | 2025-11-10 | Historical Inactive | Revision of a currently approved collection
Declaration of Financial Support
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and consular officers of the Department of State (DOS) use Form I-134 to determine whether, at the time of the beneficiary’s application, petition, or request for certain immigration benefits, that beneficiary has sufficient financial support to pay for expenses for the duration of their temporary stay in the United States. Additionally, biographic information about the beneficiary provided on the Form I-134 will be used for biographic security screening and advance travel authorization by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Prior to the transmission of this biographic information to CBP for this purpose, the beneficiary will be requested to confirm electronically the accuracy of the biographic information provided on their behalf by the Form I-134 respondent/supporter. |
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| 202509-1220-001 | Displaced Worker, Job Tenure, and Occupational Mobility Supplement to CPS | DOL/BLS | 2025-11-13 | Active | Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection
Displaced Worker, Job Tenure, and Occupational Mobility Supplement to CPS
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Abstract
The Displaced Worker, Job Tenure, and Occupational Mobility Supplement provides information on people who have lost or left jobs because their plant or company closed or moved, there was insufficient work for them to do, or their position or shift was abolished. It also gathers the number of years workers have been with their current employer and the economic impact of tenure. The information can be used to assess employment stability, displacement levels, occupational change over the year, and the need for, and scope of, programs serving adult displaced workers. |
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| 202504-0608-002 | Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad | DOC/EASA | 2025-08-19 | Active | Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad
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The BE-11, Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad will obtain annual sample data on the finances and operations of U.S. multinational enterprises, for both their U.S. and foreign operations. The data are needed to measure the size and economic significance of U.S. direct investment abroad, measure changes in such investment, and assess its impact on the U.S. and foreign economies. The data are used primarily to compile and improve the U.S. International and National Income and Product Accounts and to support U.S. government policy on direct investment. The survey is authorized by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. |
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| 202506-0607-001 | Generic Clearance for Internet Panel Pretesting and Qualitative Survey Methods Testing | DOC/CENSUS | 2025-06-11 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Generic Clearance for Internet Panel Pretesting and Qualitative Survey Methods Testing
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The information collected in this program of developing and testing questionnaires and advertising that will be used by the Census Bureau to evaluate and improve the quality of the data in the surveys and censuses that are ultimately conducted. Because the questionnaires being tested under this clearance are still in the process of development, the data that result from these collections are not considered official statistics of the Census Bureau or other Federal agencies. Data will be included in research reports prepared for sponsors inside and outside of the Census Bureau. The results may also be prepared for presentations related to survey methodology at professional meetings or publications in professional journals. |
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| 202505-0938-012 | Use Agreement (DUA) Limited Data Set (LDS) Forms Research Identifiable Files (FIF) Forms (CMS-R-235) | HHS/CMS | 2025-06-17 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Use Agreement (DUA) Limited Data Set (LDS) Forms Research Identifiable Files (FIF) Forms (CMS-R-235)
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Abstract
CMS is permitted to disclose data files for approved research purposes in compliance with 45 45 CFR 164.512(i). Researchers requesting research identifiable files (RIF) must, as part of the request process, complete a research request packet that provides CMS with information pertaining to the research study, including describing how the research results/findings will be disseminated, as well as the data files being requested. Should CMS approve the research request, the data requestor enters into a Data Use Agreement (DUA). This data collection is necessary to ensure that disclosures of data for research purposes comply with federal laws and regulations as well as CMS policy. Researchers requesting RIF files also must complete a Data Management Plan Self-Attestation Questionnaire (DMP SAQ). A DMP SAQ is required each time a DUA is established. Both the DUA and the DMP SAQ forms are valid for one year from the date of approval and are renewable at expiration. If the environment described in a DMP SAQ is the same for multiple DUAs from a single organization, the same DMP SAQ can be used across the DUAs, provided it has not expired. The DMP SAQ is a technical, evidence basedevidence-based questionnaire that DUA users must complete as part of the data request packet. The DMP SAQ will enable CMS to evaluate researcher data systems to ensure that CMS data are adequately secured and appropriately protected, as per the Privacy Act and the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The DMP SAQ also allows CMS to measure compliance through the implementation of security and privacy controls as outlined in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-53 and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Information Security and Acceptable Risk Safeguards (ARS). The second component of the DMP SAQ is to provide ongoing oversight. All organizations will be subject to routine audits of the environments used to store and process CMS data, as described in their organizational-level DMP SAQ. |
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