[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68951-68952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27337]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment 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 104-13, the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice 
includes a revision of an OMB-approved information collection.
    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, email, or fax your 
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the 
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following 
addresses or fax numbers.
    (OMB) Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, 
Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: [email protected].
    (SSA) Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance 
Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 
21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: [email protected].
    SSA submitted the information collection below to OMB for 
clearance. Your comments regarding the information collection would be 
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this 
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them 
no later than December 19, 2014. Individuals can obtain copies of the 
OMB clearance package by writing to [email protected].
    Supplement to Claim of Person Outside the United States--20 CFR 
422.505(b), 404.460, 404.463, and 42 CFR 407.27(c)-0960-0051. Claimants 
or beneficiaries (both United States (U.S.) citizens and aliens 
entitled to benefits living outside the United States complete Form 
SSA-21 as a supplement to an application for benefits. SSA collects the 
information to determine eligibility for U.S. Social Security benefits 
for those months an alien beneficiary or claimant is outside the United 
States, and to determine if tax withholding applies. In addition, SSA 
uses the information to: (1) Allow beneficiaries or claimants to 
request a special payment exception in an SSA restricted country; (2) 
terminate supplemental medical insurance coverage for recipients who 
request it, because they are, or will be, out of the United States; and 
(3) allow claimants to collect a lump sum death benefit if the number 
holder died outside the United States and we do not have information to 
determine whether the lump sum death benefit is payable under the 
Social Security Act. The respondents are Social Security claimants, or 
individuals entitled to Social Security benefits, who are, were, or 
will be residing outside the United States for three months or longer.
    Note: This is a correction notice. SSA published incorrect burden 
information on September 11, 2014, at 79 FR 54341. We are correcting 
that oversight now with burden figures based on our most recent 
management information data.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                                     Estimated
                                                     Number of     Frequency of   Average burden   total annual
             Modality of completion                 respondents      response      per response       burden
                                                                                     (minutes)        (hours)
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Paper SSA-21--U.S. Citizens.....................           3,580               1               9             537
Paper SSA-21--U.S. Resident.....................           3,669               1              15             917
Paper SSA-21--Resident of Tax Treaty Country....             670               1              11             123
Paper SSA-21--Non-Resident Alien (not a resident           2,557               1              10             426
 of a tax treaty country).......................
MCS Macros SSA-21--U.S. Resident................          10,613               1              11           1,946
MCS Macros SSA-21--Resident of Tax Treaty                  2,002               1              11             367
 Country........................................
MCS Macros SSA-21--Non-Resident Alien (not a               7,409               1               5             617
 resident of a tax treaty country)..............
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    Totals......................................          30,500  ..............  ..............           4,933
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    Dated: November 13, 2014.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-27337 Filed 11-18-14; 8:45 am]
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