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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Social Security Administration

20 CFR Part 422

RIN 096-AD45

 

Organization and Procedures; Procedures of the Office of Hearings 
and Appeals; Authority of Appeals Officers To Deny a Request for 
Appeals Council Review; Correction

AGENCY: Social Security Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Correction to proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the preamble to the 
proposed rule published Monday, January 10, 1994 (59 FR 1363). The 
proposed rule would amend 20 CFR 422.205, which describes the 
organization and procedures of the Appeals Council, to authorize 
Appeals Officers, as well as members of the Appeals Council, to deny a 
request for review of a decision by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ).

DATES: To be sure that your comments are considered, we must receive 
them no later than March 11, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip Berge, Legal Assistant, 3-B-4 
Operations Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235 
(410) 965-1769.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The proposed rule that is the subject of these corrections would 
amend the regulation concerning the organization and procedures of the 
Appeals Council, 20 CFR 422.205, to authorize Appeals Officers, as well 
as members of the Appeals Council, to deny a request for review of a 
decision by an ALJ.

Need for Correction

    As published, the preamble to the proposed rule contains the 
following errors. One paragraph was inadvertently omitted, and parts of 
two other paragraphs were shown twice. In addition, a paragraph which 
references those Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Programs 
affected by the proposed rule contained a phrase which should have 
appeared in another paragraph of the preamble and incomplete program 
designations.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on January 10, 1994 of the proposed 
rule, which was the subject of FR Doc. 94-481, is corrected as follows:
    1. On page 1364, in the second column, delete the last four lines 
of the second paragraph under Regulatory Provisions beginning with the 
word ``Judges''. Insert the following as the third paragraph:

    The terms ``member'' and ``members'' of the Appeals Council are 
used throughout Sec. 422.205 and in several other sections of 20 
CFR, Chapter III (see, for example Secs. 404.2, 404.950, 404.1785, 
410.110, 410.639, 410.658, 410.692, 410.696, 416.120, 416.1450, and 
416.1585). The substantive provisions of the regulations with 
respect to the authority of the Appeals Council are not changed by 
our decision to designate the ``members'' as ``Administrative 
Appeals Judges,'' or by the proposed change to expand the authority 
of the Appeals Officers, who organizationally are part of the 
Council.

    2. On page 1364, in the third column, delete the first full 
paragraph which begins with the word ``Inasmuch''.
    3. On page 1364, in the third column, in the Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance Program references: remove the phrase ``Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements;''; add after the word ``Security;'' in 
the second to last line ``93.806 Special Benefits for Disabled Coal 
Miners;''; and add immediately after the word ``Security'' in the last 
line the word ``Income''.
    4. On page 1364, in the third column, in the paragraph which 
follows ``List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part 422,'' add ``, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements'' immediately after ``security''.

    Dated: March 10, 1994.
Neil J. Stillman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 94-6071 Filed 3-15-94; 8:45 am]
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