[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 145 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39155-39156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19053]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration


Unemployment Insurance Service; Proposed Collection; Comment 
Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paper work and respondent burden conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. 
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed reinstatement of the ETA 191, 
Statement of Expenditures and Financial Adjustments of Federal Funds 
for Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and Ex-
Servicemembers. A copy of the proposed information collection request 
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the 
addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before September 24, 1996.

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
    * Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    * Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    * Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    * Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who 
are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.

ADDRESSES: Wanda J. Drew, Unemployment Insurance Service, Employment 
and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S4231, 200 
Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210; telephone number (202) 
219-5309 (this is not a toll-free number); fax (202) 219-8506.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Public Law 97-362, Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1982 amended the 
Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX) law (5 U.S.C. 
8509) and Public Law 96-499, Omnibus Reconciliation Act amended the 
Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) law (5 U.S.C. 
8501, et. seq.) requiring each Federal employing agency to pay the 
costs of regular and extended UCFE/UCX benefits paid to its employees 
by the State employment security agencies (SESAs). The ETA 191 report 
submitted

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quarterly by each SESA shows the amount of benefits that should be 
charged to each Federal employing agency. The Employment and Training 
Administration uses this information to aggregate the SESA quarterly 
charges and submit one official bill to each Federal agency being 
charged. Federal agencies then reimburse the Federal Employees 
Compensation (FEC) Account, maintained by the U.S. Treasury.

II. Current Actions

    This collection continues to be needed to assure that the provision 
of the law are met regarding the requirement that each federal agency 
meets its obligations for paying its unemployment compensation costs 
and to assure that SESAs are reimbursed properly for their expenditures 
of UCFE and UCX benefits on behalf of the Federal agencies.

    Type of Review: Reinstatement (without change).
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: ETA 191, Statement of Expenditures and Adjustments of 
Federal Funds for Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees and 
Ex-Servicemembers (UCFE/UCX).
    OMB Number: 1205-0162.
    Agency Number: ETA 191.
    Affected Public: State Government.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Responses: 212.
    Average Time per Response: 6 hrs.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours. 1,272.
    Total Burden Costs (operating/maintaining): $25,100.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and 
Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also 
become a matter of public record.

    Dated: July 22, 1996.
Mary Ann Wyrsch,
Director, Unemployment Insurance Service, Employment and Training 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-19053 Filed 7-25-96; 8:45 am]
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