[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 123 (Monday, June 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 39462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16119]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities; Emergency Consideration 
Request

    In compliance with Public Law 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is providing notice 
of its information collections that require submission to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). SSA is requesting emergency consideration 
from OMB by July 12, 2000, of the information collections listed below.
    1. Representative Payee Report-Special Veterans Benefits-0960-NEW. 
The information collected on form SSA-2001 is used to determine whether 
payments certified to the representative payee have been used properly 
and whether the representative payee continues to demonstrate strong 
concern for the beneficiary's best interests. The form will be 
completed annually by all representative payees receiving special 
veterans benefits (SVB) payments on behalf of beneficiaries outside the 
United States. It will also be required at anytime SSA has reason to 
believe that the representative payee could be misusing the payments. 
Respondents are representative payees of veterans receiving SVB 
Payments under title VIII.
    Number of Respondents: 200
    Frequency of Response: 1
    Average Burden Per Response: 10 minutes
    Estimated Annual Burden: 33 hours

Background Information

    In November 1999, Congress passed the Foster Care Independence Act, 
and on December 14, 1999, the President signed it into law (Pub. L. 
106-169). An important part of this legislation, section 251, creates a 
new title VIII of the Social Security Act. Title VIII provides for a 
program of special benefits for certain World War II veterans.
    As a part of the title VIII administration, Section 807(a) of PL 
106-169, also provides that, if the Social Security Administration 
determines that it is not in the best interest of the beneficiary to 
receive benefits directly, payments may be certified to a relative, 
another person or an organization interested in or concerned about the 
welfare of the beneficiary. These individuals or organizations are 
called representative payees.
    You can obtain a copy of the collection instruments and/or OMB 
clearance packages by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on 
(410) 965-4145, or by writing to him.

(SSA Address)

Social Security Administration, DCFAM, Attn: Frederick W. Brickenkamp, 
6401 Security Blvd., 1-A-21 Operations Bldg., Baltimore, MD 21235.

    Dated: June 21, 2000.
Frederick W. Brickenkamp,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-16119 Filed 6-23-00; 8:45 am]
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