[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 228 (Monday, November 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 70728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30056]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Federal Tax Offset, Administrative Offset, and Passport 
Denial.
    OMB No.: 0970-0161.
    Description: The Tax Refund Offset and Administrative Offset 
Program collects past-due child support by intercepting certain Federal 
payments, including Federal Tax refunds of parents who have been 
ordered to pay child support and are behind in paying the debt. The 
program is a cooperative effort including the Department of Treasury's 
Financial Management Service (FMS), the Federal Office of Child Support 
Enforcement (OCSE) and State Child Support Enforcement (CSE) agencies. 
The Passport Denial program reports non-custodial parents who owe 
arrears above a threshold to Department of State (DOS), which will then 
deny passports to these individuals. On an ongoing basis, CSE agencies 
submit to OCSE the names, Social Security Numbers (SSNs) and the 
amount(s) of past due child support of people who are delinquent in 
making child support payments.
    Respondents: State IV-D Agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                               No.        Average
                                                                 No. of     responses      burden       Total
                         Instrument                           respondents      per       hours per      burden
                                                                            respondent    response      hours
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Input Record................................................           54           52           .3        842.4
Output Record...............................................           54           52          .46         1292
Payment File................................................           54           26          .27          379
Certification Letter........................................           54            1           .4         21.6
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      Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours...................  ...........  ...........  ...........         2535
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    In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be 
identified by the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the 
proposed 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 proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (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. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

    Dated: November 20, 2000.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-30056 Filed 11-24-00; 8:45 am]
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