[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10698-10699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3890]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Required Data Elements for Paternity Establishment 
Affidavits.
    OMB No. 0970-0171.
    Description: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 required the Secretary of the Department of 
Health and Human Services to specify the minimum data elements of an 
affidavit to be used for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity. 
States must enact laws requiring the development and use of the 
affidavit and to give full faith and credit to affidavits signed in any 
other State according to its procedures.
    Respondents: State birth record agencies and State Child Support 
Offices.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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Affidavit.......................................       2,000,000           .2243            .166          74,468
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.............                                                          74,468
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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, SW., Washington, DC 
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.


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    Dated: February 12, 2001.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-3890 Filed 2-15-01; 8:45 am]
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