[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 42338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20051]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Survey of Income and Program Participation 1996 Panel Wave 
12.
    Form Number(s): SIPP/CAPI Automated Instrument; SIPP-161205(L) 
Director's Letter.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0813.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 44,228 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 77,700.
    Average Hours Per Response: 100,250.
    Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau conducts the Survey of Income and 
Program Participation (SIPP) to collect information from a sample of 
households concerning the distribution of income received directly as 
money or indirectly as in-kind benefits. SIPP data are use by economic 
policymakers, the Congress, state and local governments, and Federal 
agencies that administer social welfare and transfer payment programs 
such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Agriculture.
    The SIPP is a longitudinal survey, in that households in the panel 
are interviewed at 4-month intervals or waves over the life of the 
panel, making the duration of the panel about 4 years. The next panel 
of households will be introduced in the year 2000.
    The survey is molded around a central core of labor force and 
income questions, health insurance questions, and questions concerning 
government program participation that remain fixed throughout the life 
of the panel. The core questions are asked at Wave 1 and are updated 
during subsequent interviews. The core is supplemented with additional 
questions or topical modules designed to answer specific needs.
    This request is for clearance of the topical modules to be asked 
during Wave 12 of the 1996 Panel. The core questions and topical 
modules for Waves 1-11 have already been cleared. The topical modules 
for Wave 12 are: Assets, Liabilities, and Eligibility; Children's Well-
Being; Medical Expenses/Utilization of Health Care; Work-Related 
Expenses; and Child Support Paid. Wave 12 interviews will be conducted 
from December 1999 through March 2000. Additionally, we will conduct a 
Wave 13 interview with a \1/4\ portion of the 1996 SIPP panel during 
April 2000 in order to obtain complete calendar year data for 1999. 
This interview will collect only core data; no topical module will be 
administered.
    Monetary incentives to encourage non-respondents have been 
incorporated into the 1996 Panel since Wave 1. The incentives have been 
approved by OMB for use on a test basis. Wave 12 also includes an 
incentive plan.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Every 4 months.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Section 182.
    OMB Desk Officer: Linda Hutton, (202) 395-7858.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5033, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or by the Internet at 
LE[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Linda Hutton, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 29, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-20051 Filed 8-3-99; 8:45 am]
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