[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 135 (Friday, July 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36732-36733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17762]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
    Title: OCSE-34 Child Support Enforcement Program Quarterly Report 
of Collections.
    OMB No.: 0970-0013.
    Description: The authorities to collect and report the information 
requested on form are found in the following sections of the Social 
Security Act: 403(b)(2)(c), 452(a)(6), 452(a)(10)(A), and 458. State 
agencies administering State plans approved under Title IV-D of the 
Social Security Act are required by legislation in section 454(10) to 
maintain a full record of child support collections and have an 
adequate reporting system to provide information as requested by the 
Department. Under legislation at section 452(a)(6) and (a)(10)(A), the 
Department is required to maintain records of this information as 
reported by the State agencies for use in the annual report to 
Congress. This information is also necessary to compute incentive 
payments to States as required by Section 458.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
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                                                                            Number of     Average               
                                                               Number of    responses      burden       Total   
                         Instrument                           respondents      per       hours per      burden  
                                                                            respondent    response      hours   
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OCSE-34.....................................................           54            4            8        1,728
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,728.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the

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information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Information Services, Division of Information Resource Management 
Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn: 
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be identified by the 
title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on respondents, including through the use 
of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions 
submitted within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: July 8, 1996.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Director, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. 96-17762 Filed 7-11-96; 8:45 am]
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