[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 10049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4752]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 Departement 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 deliquent 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...........  1292 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.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained 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 identified by the title of the 
information collection. E-mail address: [email protected].
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Attn: Desk 
Officer for ACF, E-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: February 26, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-4752 Filed 3-2-04; 8:45 am]
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