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[FR Doc No: 94-7044]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

 

Expedited Request for Reinstatement of an Expired Clearance of 
Form RI 20-63

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (title 
44, U.S. Code, chapter 35), this notice announces a request for 
reinstatement of an expired clearance for an information collection. 
Form RI 20-63, Decision About a Survivor Annuity for a Current Spouse, 
and its cover letters will be used by CSRS to provide information and a 
survivor benefits election opportunity to annuitants who have married 
after retirement. An expedited clearance is requested so we can resume 
post-retirement survivor elections for current spouses.
    There are approximately 3,300 respondents for the RI 20-63 and 300 
for the cover letter. It is estimated to take 20 minutes to complete 
the form. The annual burden is 1,188 hours (1,089 for the RI 20-63 and 
99 for the cover letter).
    A copy of this proposal is appended to this notice.

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received by March 30, 1994. 
OMB has been requested to take action by April 4, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to--Lorraine E. Dettman, Chief, 
Operations Support Division, Retirement and Insurance Group, U.S. 
Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 3349, 
Washington, DC 20415

      and

    Joseph Lackey, OPM Desk Officer, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, NW., Room 3002, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION CONTACT: Mary 
Beth Smith-Toomey, Chief, Forms Analysis & Design Section, (202) 606-
0623.

    U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Lorraine A. Green,
Deputy Director.

Cover Letter for RI 20-63, Decision About A Survivor Annuity For A 
Current Spouse

Name:
Address:
CSA Number:

    Dear           : You may elect a survivor annuity for a spouse 
you married after retirement. You must make you election within two 
years of your marriage. Your election cannot be effective sooner 
than nine months after your marriage. Your annuity will be reduced 
to reflect the benefit payable to your spouse upon your death.
    There will be two reductions to your annuity. The first 
reduction will be for the regular cost of a survivor benefit. The 
reduction will be eliminated should your marriage end. This 
reduction is currently $       per month and it will provide a 
survivor benefit of $       per month. The survivor benefit will 
increase with the cost-of-living.
    The second reduction is permanent (even if your marriage ends) 
and represents the amount your annuity would have been reduced for 
the survivor benefit (plus interest) had you been married since the 
date of your retirement. As of       , this amount is $       and 
the monthly reduction to pay it back is $        . The reduction is 
based on your life expectancy and the amount you owe. These amounts 
will increase each month as principal and interest accumulates and 
as you age (that is on your birthday), up until the time we receive 
your election. Therefore, the amount shown below as your reduced 
gross annuity rate may be smaller if you delay your election.
    Taken together, the reductions to provide a survivor benefit 
will reduce your current gross annuity of $       to $       per 
month.
    We computed the above costs of the survivor benefit assuming you 
elect the maximum possible benefit. If you want to provide the 
maximum benefit, please complete and return the enclosed election 
within the time limit. You may elect a smaller survivor benefit at 
proportionately less cost. If you want to know the exact cost of a 
smaller benefit, enter the amount you want your spouse to receive 
each month below and return this letter to the Office of Personnel 
Management, Retirement Operations Center, ATTN: PRM-STOP, Boyers, PA 
16017.
    I want to provide a monthly survivor benefit of $XXXX. 
(Specify a whole dollar amount.)
    If you are requesting information on the cost for a smaller 
benefit, do not complete the enclosed election at this time because 
an election cannot be revoked or changed once we receive it.
    If you have not already submitted them, please furnish the 
following:
    *If you were married at retirement and later divorced, a 
complete copy of your divorce decree, and related agreements or 
amendments.
    *A copy of the marriage certificate for your current spouse.
    If we can be of further assistance, please let us know.
      Sincerely,
              
Benefits Specialist, Claims Correspondence Section, (412) 794-8442.
Enclosure

Cover Letter for RI 20-63 (If Annuitant Requests Information On 
Providing Less Than the Maximum Survivor Benefit)

Name:
Address:
CSA Number:

    Dear         : This is in response to your request for 
information on providing a monthly survivor benefit of $       for 
your spouse.
    As explained in our previous letter, you may elect a survivor 
annuity for a spouse you married after retirement. You must take 
your election within two years of your marriage. Your election 
cannot be effective sooner than nine months after your marriage. 
Your annuity will be reduced to reflect the benefit payable to your 
spouse upon your death.
    There will be two reductions to your annuity. The first 
reduction will be for the regular cost of a survivor benefit. The 
reduction will be eliminated should your marriage end. This 
reduction is currently $       per month.
    The second reduction is permanent (even if your marriage ends) 
and represents the amount your annuity would have been reduced for 
the survivor benefit (plus interest) had you been married since your 
date of retirement. As of         , this amount is $       and the 
monthly reduction to pay it back is $      . The reduction is based 
on your life expectancy and the amount you owe. These amounts will 
increase each month as principal and interest accumulates and as you 
age (that is, on your birthday), up until the time we receive your 
election. Therefore, the amount shown below as your reduced gross 
annuity rate may be smaller if you delay your election.
    Taken together, the reductions to provide the above survivor 
benefit will reduce your current gross annuity of $       to $       
per month.
    If you want to provide a survivor benefit, please complete and 
return the enclosed election within the time limit. If we can be of 
further assistance, please let us know.
      Sincerely,
Benefits Specialist,
Claims Correspondence Section, (412) 794-8442.
Enclosure

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Privacy Act and Public Burden Statements

    Chapter 83, title 5, U.S. Code, authorizes solicitation of this 
information. The data you furnish will be used to determine your 
eligibility to receive a reduced annuity and to give a survivor 
annuity to your spouse.
    This information may be shared and is subject to verification, 
via paper, electronic media, or through the use of computer matching 
programs, with national, state, local, or other charitable or social 
security administrative agencies to determine and issue benefits 
under their programs, to obtain information necessary for 
determination or continuation of benefits under this program, or to 
report income for tax purposes. It may also be shared and verified, 
as noted above, with law enforcement agencies when they are 
investigating a violation or potential violation of civil or 
criminal law.
    Provision of this information is voluntary; however, failure to 
supply all of the requested information may result in an inability 
to reduce your annuity for your spouse.
    We also request that you provide your spouse's Social Security 
number so that it may be used as an individual identifier in the 
Civil Service Retirement System. Executive Order 9397, dated 
November 22, 1943, allows Federal agencies to use the Social 
Security number as an individual identifier to distinguish between 
people with the same or similar names.
    We think this form takes an average 20 minutes per response to 
complete, including the time for reviewing instructions, getting the 
needed data, and reviewing the completed form. Send comments 
regarding our estimate or any other aspect of this form, including 
suggestions for reducing completion time, to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, (3206-0174), 
Washington, DC 20503.

[FR Doc. 94-7044 Filed 3-24-94; 8:45 am]
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