[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72468-72470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29570]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No SSA-2015-0068]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and 
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 revisions and an extension of OMB-approved information 
collections.
    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].

    Or you may submit your comments online through www.regulations.gov, 
referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2015-0068].
    I. The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will 
submit them to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be 
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than 
January 19, 2016. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection 
instruments by writing to the above email address.
    1. Privacy and Disclosure of Official Records and Information; 
Availability of Information and Records to the Public--20 CFR 
401.40(b)&(c), 401.55(b), 401.100(a), 402.130, 402.185--0960-0566. SSA 
established methods for the public to: (1) Access their SSA records; 
(2) allow SSA to disclose records; (3) correct or amend their SSA 
records; (4) consent to release of their records; (5) request records 
under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); (6) request SSA waive or 
reduce fees normally charges for release of FOIA; and (7) request 
access to an extract of their SSN record. SSA often collects the 
necessary information for these requests through a written letter, with 
the exception of the consent for release of records, for which we use 
Form SSA-3288. The respondents are individuals requesting access to, 
correction of, or disclosure of SSA records.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average        Estimated
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per     total annual
             Modality of completion                  responses       response        response         burden
                                                                                     (minutes)        (hours)
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Access to Records...............................          10,000               1              11           1,833
Designating a Representative for Disclosure of             3,000               1             120           6,000
 Records........................................
Amendment of Records............................             100               1              10              17
Consent of Release of Records...................       3,000,000               1               3         150,000
FOIA Requests for Records.......................          15,000               1               5           1,250
Waiver/Reduction of Fees........................             400               1               5              33
Respondents who request access to an extract of               10               1             8.5               1
 their SSN record...............................
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    Totals......................................       3,028,510  ..............  ..............         159,134
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    2. International Direct Deposit--31 CFR 210--0960-0686. SSA's 
International Direct Deposit (IDD) Program allows beneficiaries living 
abroad to receive their payments via direct deposit to an account at a 
financial institution outside the United States. SSA uses Form SSA-
1199-(Country) to enroll Title II beneficiaries residing abroad in IDD, 
and to obtain the direct deposit information for foreign accounts. 
Routing account number information varies slightly for each foreign 
country, so we use a variation of the Treasury Department's Form SF-
1199A for each country. The respondents are Social Security 
beneficiaries residing abroad who want SSA to deposit their Title II 
benefit payments directly to a foreign financial institution.

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    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                Average  burden  Estimated total
           Modality of completion                Number of       Frequency of    per  response    annual burden
                                                respondents        response        (minutes)         (hours)
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SSA-1199-(Country)..........................          12,500                1                5            1,042
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    II. SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for 
clearance. Your comments regarding the information collections 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 21, 2015. Individuals can obtain copies of the 
OMB clearance packages by writing to [email protected].
    1. Farm Self-Employment Questionnaire--20 CFR 404.1082(c) & 
404.1095--0960-0061. SSA collects the information on Form SSA-7156 on a 
voluntary and as-needed basis to determine the existence of an 
agriculture trade or business, which may affect the monthly benefit, or 
insured status of the applicant. SSA requires the existence of a trade 
or business before determining if an individual or partnership may have 
net earnings from self-employment. When an applicant indicates self-
employment as a farmer, SSA uses the SSA-7165 to obtain the information 
we need to determine the existence of an agricultural trade or 
business, and subsequent covered earnings for Social Security 
entitlement purposes. As part of the application process, we conduct a 
personal interview, either face-to-face or via telephone, and document 
the interview using Form SSA-7165. The respondents are applicants for 
Social Security benefits, whose entitlement depends on workers having 
covered earnings from self-employment as farmers.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                Average  burden  Estimated total
           Modality of completion                Number of       Frequency of    per  response    annual burden
                                                 responses         response        (minutes)         (hours)
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SSA-7156....................................          47,500                1               10            7,917
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    2. Pain Report Child--20 CFR 404.1512 and 416.912--0960-0540. 
Before SSA can make a disability determination for a child, we require 
evidence from Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applicants or 
claimants to prove their disability. Form SSA-3371-BK provides 
disability interviewers, and SSI applicants or claimants in self-help 
situations, with a convenient way to record information about 
claimants' pain or other symptoms. The State disability determination 
services adjudicators and administrative law judges then use the 
information from Form SSA-3371-BK to assess the effects of symptoms on 
function for purposes of determining disability under the Act. The 
respondents are applicants for, or claimants of, SSI payments.
    Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                Average  burden  Estimated total
           Modality of completion                Number of       Frequency of    per  response    annual burden
                                                 responses         response        (minutes)         (hours)
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SSA-3371....................................         250,000                1               15           62,500
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    3. Internet Request for Replacement of Forms SSA-1099/SSA-1042S--20 
CFR 401.45--0960-0583. Title II beneficiaries use Forms SSA-1099 and 
SSA-1042S, Social Security Benefit Statement, to determine if their 
Social Security benefits are taxable, and the amount they need to 
report to the Internal Revenue Service. In cases where the original 
forms are unavailable (e.g., lost, stolen, mutilated), an individual 
may use SSA's automated telephone application to request a replacement 
SSA-1099 and SSA-1042S. SSA uses the information from the automated 
telephone requests to verify the identity of the requestor and to 
provide replacement copies of the forms. The automated telephone 
options reduce requests to the National 800 Number Network (N8NN) and 
visits to local Social Security field offices (FO). The respondents are 
title II beneficiaries who wish to request a replacement SSA-1099 or 
SSA-1042S via telephone.

    Note:  This is a correction notice. SSA published this 
information collection as a revision on September 16, 2015 at 80 FR 
55705. Since we are not revising the Privacy Act Statement, this is 
now an extension of an OMB-approved information collection.

    Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information 
collection.

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                                                                                      Average        Estimated
                                                     Number of     Frequency of     burden per     total annual
             Modality of completion                  responses       response        response         burden
                                                                                     (minutes)        (hours)
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Automated Telephone Requestors..................         206,424               1               2           6,881
N8NN............................................         483,021               1               3          24,151

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Calls to local FOs..............................         810,448               1               3          40,522
Other (program service centers).................          78,375               1               3           3,919
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    Totals......................................       1,578,268  ..............  ..............          75,473
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    Dated: November 16, 2015.
Naomi R. Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-29570 Filed 11-18-15; 8:45 am]
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