[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9193-9194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4953]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: Provision of Services in Interstate Child Support 
Enforcement: Standards Forms.
    OMB No.: Reinstatement.
    Description: Regulation at 45 CFR 303.7 require a State child 
support enforcement agency to transmit child support case information 
on standard interstate forms when referring a case to another State for 
processing. The forms promote uniformity and standardization. The 
existing standard interstate forms are based upon interstate child 
support enforcement actions filed under the Uniform Reciprocal 
Enforcement of Support Act (URESA). The forms associated with this 
information collection have been revised to be consistent with the 
Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA). UIFSA is the new 
interstate child support enforcement model law, intended to replace 
URESA. UIFSA is the new interstate child support enforcement model law, 
intended to replace URESA. UIFSA has already replace URESA in 34 
States, and under the Personal Responsibility and Work

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Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Federal law mandate that all 
States enact UIFSA by January 1, 1998. The standard interstate forms in 
this information collection will assist the States in making the 
transition from URESA to UIFSA.
    Respondents: State governments, Guam, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico 
and the District of Columbia.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates                                            
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                                                   Number of                                                    
                                      Number of    responses                                       Total burden 
             Instrument              respondents      per      Average burden hours per response       hours    
                                                   respondent                                                   
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Transmittal No. 1..................           54       11,947  25 minutes.......................       268,805.4
Transmittal No. 2..................           54        2,987  5 minutes........................        13,440.2
Transmittal No. 3..................           54          597  10 minutes.......................         5,376.1
Uniform Petition...................           54      5,973.5  7 minutes........................        37,632.8
General Testimony..................           54        7,168  20 minutes.......................       129,026.6
Affidavit/Paternity................           54        2,987  15 minutes.......................        40,320.8
Locate Data Sheet..................           54          358  5 minutes........................         1,612.8
Notice/Cntrl Order.................           54        8,960  10 minutes.......................        80,641.7
Registration Statement.............           54        7,885  10 minutes.......................        70,964.6
Estimated Total Annual Burden                                                                                   
 Hours: 647,821.                                                                                                
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Additional Information

    Copies of the proposed collection may be obtained 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.

OMB Comment

    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of 
information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document 
in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best assured of having 
its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent directly to the following: Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503, Attn: Ms. Wendy Taylor.

    Dated: February 24, 1997.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-4953 Filed 2-27-97; 8:45 am]
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