[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 71710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29565]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    Title: OCSE-396A: Child Support Enforcement Program Expenditure 
Report; OCSE-34A: Child Support Enforcement Program Collection Report.
    OMB No.: 0970-0181.
    Description: State and Tribal agencies administering the Child 
Support Enforcement Program under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act 
are required to provide information each fiscal quarter to the Office 
of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) concerning administrative 
expenditures and the receipt and disposition of child support payments 
from non-custodial parents. State title IV-D agencies report quarterly 
expenditures and collections using Forms OCSE-396A and OCSE-34A, 
respectively. Tribal title IV-D agencies report quarterly expenditures 
using Form SF-269, as prescribed in program regulations, and formerly 
reported quarterly collections using only a modified version of Form 
OCSE-34A. The information collected on these reporting forms is used to 
compute quarterly grant awards to States and Tribes, the annual 
incentive payments to States and provides valuable information on 
program finances. This information is also included in a published 
annual statistical and financial report, available to the general 
public.
    In response to an earlier Federal Register Notice (75 FR 10805, 
March 9, 2010), this agency received insufficient comments to support 
any substantial changes to these forms at this time. However, we 
continue to discuss improvements to these reporting forms with State 
and Tribal grantees and anticipate some minor revisions will be 
proposed in the near future. These revisions will be limited to any 
changes that may be necessitated by the expiration of program 
requirements under the ``American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009'' (ARRA) and changes to reporting instructions that will allow 
Tribal grantees to, at least, use the same quarterly collection report 
submitted by State grantees.
    Respondents: State agencies administering the Child Support 
Enforcement Program.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per   burden hours    Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response        hours
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OCSE-396A.......................................              54               4               8           1,728
OCSE-34A........................................              54               4              12           2,592
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,320.
    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.
    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, E-mail: 
[email protected], Fax: 202-395-7285.

    Dated: November 18, 2010.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-29565 Filed 11-23-10; 8:45 am]
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