[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 5521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1608]



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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Rate for Attorney Fee Assessment Beginning in 2001

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Social Security Administration is announcing that the 
attorney-fee assessment rate under section 206(d) of the Social 
Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 406(d), for 2001 is 6.3 percent.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Watson, Social Security 
Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Phone: (410) 965-3137, 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 406 of Public Law No. 106-170, the 
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, established 
an assessment for the services required to determine and certify 
payments to attorneys from the benefits due claimants under Title II of 
the Social Security Act. This provision is codified in section 206 of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 406). The legislation set the 
assessment for the calendar year 2000 at 6.3 percent of the amount that 
would be required to be certified for direct payment to the attorney 
under either section 206(a)(4) or 206(b)(1) before the application of 
the assessment. For subsequent years, the legislation requires the 
Commissioner of Social Security to determine the percentage rate 
necessary to achieve full recovery of the costs of determining and 
certifying fees to attorneys, but not in excess of 6.3 percent.
    The Commissioner of Social Security has determined, based on 
available data, that the current rate of 6.3 percent will continue. We 
based our decision to continue the 6.3 percent assessment rate on work 
sampling and management information data for performing these 
functions. We are continuing to review our data to determine if a 
change is appropriate subsequently.

    Dated: January 16, 2001.
Yvette S. Jackson,
Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment and Management.
[FR Doc. 01-1608 Filed 1-18-01; 8:45 am]
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