[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 120 (Thursday, June 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 35909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5604]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Title: Form OCSE-396A: Financial Report; Form OCSE-34A: Quarterly 
Report of Collections.
    OMB No.: 0970-0181.
    Description: Each State agency administering the Child Support 
Enforcement Program under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act is 
required to provide information to the Office of Child Support 
Enforcement concerning its administrative expenditures and its receipt 
and disposition of child support payments from non-custodial parents. 
These quarterly reporting forms enable each State to provide that 
information, which is used to compute both the quarterly grants awarded 
to each State and the annual incentive payments earned by each State. 
This information is also included in a published annual statistical and 
financial report, which is available to the general public.
    The Administration for Children and Families received no comments 
concerning these reporting forms in response to an earlier Federal 
Register Notice (71 FR 19190). In addition, on February 8, 2006, Public 
Law 109-171, the ``Deficit Reduction Act of 2005'' was enacted, which 
contains several amendments to the Social Security Act that will 
directly affect the financial reporting for this program. Most of these 
amendment changes will be effective October 2007 and October 2008.
    For these reasons, we are requesting that the existing forms be 
reapproved, without changes, through September 2008. During that time, 
we will continue to review the statutory changes and develop revisions 
to these forms that will comply with those changes.
    Respondents: State agencies administering the Child Support 
Enforcement Program.

                                             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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OCSE-396A.......................................              54               4               8           1,728
OCSE-34A........................................              54               4               8           1,728
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,456.
    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, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Desk Officer for ACF.

    Dated: June 15, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-5604 Filed 6-21-06; 8:45 am]
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