Summary

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This information collection request (ICR) is a revision of a currently approved collection associated with the National Accuracy Clearinghouse (NAC).

Request for Comments

Written comments must be received on or before May 4, 2026.

Comments may be sent to: Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Attention SAB Branch Chief, 1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor, Alexandria, VA 22314. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the attention of SAB Branch Chief at 703-605-4272 or via email to [email protected]. Comments will also be accepted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to Regulations.gov, and follow the online instructions for submitting comments electronically.

All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All comments will be a matter of public record.

Abstract

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 required the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an interstate data system called the NAC to prevent multiple issuances of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to an individual by more than one state agency simultaneously in the same month (also known as interstate duplicate participation). We are using an updated methodology to estimate the burden of this information collection. Since the launch of the NAC, we now have actual data available, allowing more accurate estimates than in the previous information collection.