[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2929]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request 
Proposed Projects

    Title: Child Support Enforcement Program: State Plan Approval and 
Grant Procedures, State Plan Requirements, Standards for Program 
Operations, Federal Financial Participation, and Computerized Support 
Enforcement Systems.
    OMB No.: 0970-0017.
    Description: The State plan preprint and amendments serve as a 
contract with OCSE in outlining the activities the States will perform 
as required by law in order for States to receive federal funds to meet 
the costs of these activities. The affected public is comprised of 
States receiving funds. Federal regulations require the States to amend 
their State plans only when necessary to reflect new or revised Federal 
statutes or regulations or material change in any State law, 
organization, policy or IV-D agency operations. OMB approved the Form 
OCSE-100, the IV-D State Plan. As a result of the Child Support 
Enforcement Amendments of 1988 (P.L. 98-378), the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1987 (P.L. 100-203), the Family Support Act of 
1988 (P.L. 100-485), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 
(P.L. 103-66), the Social Security Act Amendments of 1994 and related 
regulations, OCSE also received OMB approval for new and revised State 
plan pages. We are now requesting approval of 34 revised and new State 
plan preprint pages to reflect changes due to enactment of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
(PRWORA), P.L. 104-193, and the previous mentioned statutes. The 
information collected on the State plan pages is necessary to enable 
OCSE to monitor compliance with the requirements in Title IV-D of the 
Social Security Act and implementing regulations.
    Respondents: States, Guam, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and District 
of Columbia.

                                             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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State Plan..................................................           54         1836         .717        1,316
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,316.
    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 
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) 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: January 31, 1997.
Douglas J. Godesky,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-2929 Filed 2-5-97; 8:45 am]
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