Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER)
IER Charge Form
Affirmation and Signature of Charging Party
Privacy Act Statement
The authority for requesting this information from the Injured or Charging Party is contained in 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. The information that the Injured or Charging Party provides will be used principally for investigating and processing the charge of prohibited discrimination; however, the information may also be used for other legitimate purposes, as detailed in the Department of Justice’s Federal Register Notice published in the Federal Register at 68 Fed. Reg. 47611 (August 11, 2003) describing the routine uses of the information obtained by the Civil Rights Division. The Injured or Charging Party’s failure to provide the information requested on this form could lead to the charge being dismissed or not being accepted. Knowingly making false statements on this form is punishable under 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
Paperwork Reduction Act Notice
This request is in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is necessary to enable the Department to process and investigate individual charges of discrimination in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324b as required by statutory mandate. The use of this collection instrument will facilitate this process by assisting charging parties to identify and provide the information necessary to initiate an investigation.
The estimated average burden associated with this collection is 30 minutes per charging party or recordkeeper, depending on individual circumstances. Comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and suggestions for reducing this burden should be directed to IER's Special Policy Counsel, USDOJ-CRT-IER, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW-NYA, Washington, DC 20530.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
OMB Number: 1190-0018
Revised date: 02/09/2017
Revised date: 02/09/2017
