[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 19433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8860]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service


Financial Management Service; Proposed Collection of Information: 
Final Rule--Administrative Offset, Collection of Past-Due Child Support

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, Fiscal Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Financial Management Service, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on a continuing information collection. By this notice, the Financial 
Management Service solicits comments concerning the ``Final Rule--
Administrative Offset, Collection of Past-Due Child Support''.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before June 12, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Financial Management Service, 
3700 East West Highway, Programs Branch, Room 144, Hyattsville, 
Maryland 20782.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Mary MacLeod, Manager, Customer Liaison Branch, 
Room 439F, 401--14th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20227, (202) 874-7451.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Financial Management Service 
solicits comments on the collection of information described below.
    Title: Final Rule--Administrative Offset, Collection of Past-Due 
Child Support.
    OMB Number: 1510-0069.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Abstract: The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 authorizes 
the collection of past-due child support by offset of nontax Federal 
payments. Executive Order 13019 of September 28, 1996, requires 
Treasury to promptly develop and implement procedures necessary to 
implement this authority.
    Current Actions: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 54.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 103 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,562.
    Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and 
Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. 
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 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 collection of 
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; (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; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of 
operation, maintenance and purchase of services to provide information.

    Dated: April 4, 2000.
Nancy C. Fleetwood,
Assistant Commissioner, Debt Management Services.
[FR Doc. 00-8860 Filed 4-10-00; 8:45 am]
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