[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 142 (Monday, July 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43609-43610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18214]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Emergency Request

    The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of 
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law (Pub. L.) 
104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. 
This notice includes a new information collection request for which we 
are requesting emergency OMB clearance.
    SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden 
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to 
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden 
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology. Mail, e-mail, or fax your 
comments and recommendations on the information collection to the OMB 
Desk Officer and the SSA Reports Clearance Officer to the following 
addresses or fax numbers.

(OMB) Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax: 
202-395-6974, E-mail address: [email protected].
(SSA) Social Security Administration, DCBFM, Attn: Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1340 Annex Building, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, 
Fax: 410-965-8783. E-mail address: [email protected].

    SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for Emergency 
Clearance. SSA is requesting Emergency Clearance from OMB no later than 
August 2, 2010. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection 
instrument by calling the SSA Reports Clearance Officer or by writing 
to the above e-mail address.

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Economic Recovery Payments Issued to Estates of Deceased Social 
Security Beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income Recipients--
0960--NEW

Background

    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Public 
Law 111-5, directs SSA to make one-time $250 Economic Recovery Payments 
(ERP) to certain Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental 
Security Income (SSI) recipients. In some instances, the ERP was 
returned to SSA or not deposited due to the death of an appropriately 
certified ERP beneficiary or SSI recipient. SSA has received requests 
from the estates, or the deceased's estate representative, asking SSA 
to reissue the ERP to the deceased's estate. The ARRA has no provision 
discussing payment of ERPs to estates. However, SSA's Office of the 
General Counsel (OGC) has decided the ARRA provides a right to receive 
an ERP at the time of certification, and this right does not terminate 
with the recipient's death.

Information Collection

    Because of the legal considerations discussed above, if a Social 
Security beneficiary or SSI recipient died before financially 
transacting the ERP, and the estate representatives of these 
beneficiaries/recipients approaches the agency and can provide the 
required information, SSA will provide the ERP reimbursement to the 
estate representatives.
    Because we anticipate a small pool of respondents and are asking 
only a few questions, we are not creating a form for this collection; 
rather, we will ask the required information when estate 
representatives come to a field office or call a field office on the 
phone. Once the representative provides the required information, SSA's 
OGC will verify, under the applicable state or territorial law, if the 
requesting individual meets the requirements necessary to receive the 
ERP. We will then provide the reimbursement to these estate 
representatives, who are the respondents for this information 
collection.
    Type of Request: Emergency clearance of a new information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 20 minutes.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 333 hours.

    Dated: July 21, 2010.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-18214 Filed 7-23-10; 8:45 am]
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