[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 235 (Monday, December 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64591-64592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32054]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: 45 CFR Part 303.72--Request for collection of past-due
support by Federal tax refund offset and administrative offset.
OMB No.: 0970-0161.
Description: The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)
operates the Tax refund offset TROP. The TROP was enacted by Congress
on August 13, 1981 (Pub. L. 97-35, section 2331). This is a
computerized system operated by the Office of Child Support Enforcement
(OCSE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and State child
support agencies. The TROP was established to recover delinquent AFDC
child support debts with ongoing cooperation of states and local child
support agencies.
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-508)
signed by the President in November 1990, expanded the Program to
include a provision for non-AFDC cases.
In 1996 the Debt Collection Improvement Act (Pub. L. 104-134)
further expanded the program to increase the collection of nontax debts
owed to the Federal Government and to assist families in collecting
past-due child support. It required the development and implementation
of procedures necessary to collect past-due support by administrative
offset by agencies. As a result, this program is now known as the Tax
Refund and Administrative Offset Program (TROP/ADOP).
Purpose: Pursuant to Public Laws 97-35 enacted by Congress on
August 13, 1981, Pub. L. 101-508 signed by the President in November
1990 and Pub. L. 104-134 enacted into law on April 26, 1996, the Debt
Collection Improvement Act of 1996, and pursuant to the Executive Order
13019 dated September 28, 1996, the OCSE will match the tax refund
records against Federal payment certification records and Federal
financial assistance records. The purpose is to facilitate the
collection of delinquent child support obligations from persons who may
be entitled or eligible to receive certain Federal payments or Federal
assistance. State child support agencies submit cases of delinquent
child support claims to the OCSE for submission to the Financial
Management Service (FMS). These cases are sent by on-line dial-up
access via personal computer, tape and cartridge via mail, Mitron tape,
file transfer, or electronic data transmission. The Office of Child
Support Enforcement serves as a conduit between state child support
enforcement agencies and the FMS by processing weekly updates of
collection data and distributing the information back to the
appropriate State child support agency. The information will be
disclosed by OCSE to state child support agencies for use in the
collection of child support debts, through locate action wage
withholding or other enforcement actions.
Respondents: State, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and
Virgin Islands Governments.
Respondents: State and local governments.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Average
Number of burden Total
Instrument Number of responses hours per burden
respondents per response hours
respondent (minutes)
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Sub/test tape & Data Spec................................... 1,744 52 5 7,557.3
Sub/test tape & Data Spec................................... 54 52 5 234
Withdrawal notice........................................... 1,744 5 2 291
Pre-offset notice........................................... 54 87,075 2 15,673.5
Case Cert................................................... 54 52 3 140.4
Payment Infor............................................... 26 1 10 4.3
Local office contact phone address.......................... 1,744 1 30 872
Request for update.......................................... 54 52 5 234
Federal Tax Offset contact.................................. 54 1 2 1.8
Update Spec................................................. 54 1 2 1.8
Issuance of pre-offset notice............................... 54 1 2 1.8
Contact point for OCSE Pre-offset notice.................... 30 1 1 0.9
Non-TANF Tax Refund Offset Information...................... 1,744 40,735 10 6,789.2
Offset notice address/phone number change................... 54 1 10 9.0
Personal computer data...................................... 54 1 5 4.5
Notice of intention......................................... 25 1 2 0.8
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 31,816.3.
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: December 1, 1997.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-32054 Filed 12-5-97; 8:45 am]
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