[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 7 (Monday, January 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1747-1748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-551]


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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 Program.
    OMB No.: 0970-0161.
    Description: The Tax Refund Offset and Administrative Offset 
Programs, collect 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 threshhold to the Department of State 
(DOES), 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 to people 
who are delinquent in making child support payments.
    Respondents: State IV-D Agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                       Number of
            Instrument                 Number of     responses per   Average burden hours    Total burden hours
                                      respondents     respondent         per response
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Input Record......................              54              52  .3 hours.............  842.4 hours
Output Record.....................              54              52  .46 hours............  1,292 hours
Payment File......................              54              26  .27 hours............  379 hours
Certification Letter..............              54               1  .4 hours.............  21.6 hours
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2535 hours.
    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 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 Administration, Office of Information 
Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF 
Reports Clearance Officer. All requests should be

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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: January 5, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-551 Filed 1-9-04; 8:45 am]
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