[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 72352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29264]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Form OCSE-396-A, Child Support Enforcement Program 
Expenditure Report, Form OCSE-34-A, Child Support Enforcement Program 
Collection Report.
    OMB No.: 0970-0181.

    Note: This Comment Request supersedes the Comment Request 
published November 28, 2012 (77 FR 71005), concerning OMB Control 
No. 0970-0181.

    Description: Form OCSE-396-A is a financial report submitted 
following the end of each fiscal quarter by each State with an approved 
plan under title IV-D of the Social Security Act to administer the 
Child Support Enforcement Program. The purpose of this form is to 
enable each State to meet its statutory and regulatory requirement to 
report program expenditures made in the preceding fiscal quarter and to 
estimate program expenditures to be made in the upcoming fiscal quarter 
and to estimate the amount of incentive payments to be earned in the 
upcoming quarter.
    Form OCSE-34-A is a financial report submitted following the end of 
each fiscal quarter by each State and Tribe with an approved plan under 
title IV-D of the Social Security Act to administer the Child Support 
Enforcement Program. The purpose of this form is to enable each State 
and Tribe to meet its statutory and regulatory requirement to report 
child support collection activity during the preceding quarter, 
including collection received, collections remaining undistributed from 
previous quarters, if any, and the distribution and disbursement of 
collections.
    The Administration for Children and Families provides Federal 
funding to States for the Child Support Enforcement Program at the rate 
of 66 percent for all allowable and legitimate administrative costs of 
this program. (Federal funding is also provided to Tribes at the rates 
of 80 or 90 percent. However, in accordance with program regulations, 
Tribes are not required to submit Form OCSE-396-A and use, instead, 
quarterly submissions of OMB Standard Form 425. SF-425 is not included 
in this comment request.)
    The information collected in these reports is used by this agency 
to calculate quarterly Federal grant awards and incentive payments to 
States, to enable oversight of the financial management of the program 
for both States and Tribes and may be included in statistical and 
financial reports available to the public.
    Respondents: States (including Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin 
Islands and the District of Columbia) and Tribes with approved title 
IV-D plans.

                                             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               6           1,296
OCSE-34A........................................             112               4              14           6,272
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,568.
    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(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 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email 
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.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-29264 Filed 12-4-12; 8:45 am]
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