[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75967-75968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9766]


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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 who are behind in paying the debt. The 
program is a cooperative effort among 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 threshold to the Department 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 delinquent in 
making child support payments.
    Respondents: State IV-D Agencies.

                                             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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Input Record....................................              54              52              .3             842

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Output Record...................................              54              52             .46           1,292
Payment File....................................              54              26             .27             379
Certification Letter............................              54               1              .4              22
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,535.

    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 
Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, 
SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. E-mail 
address: [email protected]. 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.

    Dated: December 12, 2006.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-9766 Filed 12-18-06; 8:45 am]
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