[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8323-8326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03380]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2016-0003]
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 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-2016-0003].
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
April 18, 2016. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above email address.
1. Request to be Selected as a Payee--20 CFR 404.2010-404.2055,
416.601-416.665--0960-0014. SSA requires an individual applying to be a
representative payee for a Social Security beneficiary or Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) recipient to complete Form SSA-11-BK. SSA obtains
information from applicant payees regarding their relationship to the
beneficiary; personal qualifications; concern for the beneficiary's
well-being; and intended use of benefits if appointed as payee. The
respondents are individuals; private sector businesses and
institutions; and State and local government institutions and agencies
applying to become representative payees.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB approved information
collection.
Individuals and Households (90%):
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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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Representative Payee System (RPS)............... 1,438,200 1 11 263,670
Paper Version................................... 91,800 1 11 16,830
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Total....................................... 1,530,000 .............. .............. 280,500
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Private Sector (9%):
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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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Representative Payee System (RPS)............... 149,940 1 11 27,489
Paper Version................................... 3,060 1 11 561
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Total....................................... 153,000 .............. .............. 28,050
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State/Local/Tribal Government (1%):
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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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Representative Payee System (RPS)............... 16,660 1 11 3,054
Paper Version................................... 340 1 11 62
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Total....................................... 17,000 .............. .............. 3,116
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Grand Total............................. 1,700,000 .............. .............. 311,666
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2. Application for Benefits Under the Italy-U.S. International
Social Security Agreement--20 CFR 404.1925--0960-0445. As per the
November 1, 1978 agreement between the United States and Italian Social
Security agencies, residents of Italy filing an application for U.S.
Social Security benefits directly with one of the Italian Social
Security agencies must complete Form SSA-2528. SSA uses Form SSA-2528
to establish age, relationship, citizenship, marriage, death, military
service, or to evaluate a family bible or other family record when
determining eligibility for benefits. The Italian Social Security
agencies assist applicants in completing Form SSA-2528, and then
forward the application to SSA for processing. The respondents are
individuals living in Italy who wish to file for U.S. Social Security
benefits.
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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SSA-2528........................................ 300 1 20 100
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3. Child Care Dropout Questionnaire--20 CFR 404.211(e)(4)--0960-
0474. If individuals applying for Title II disability benefits care for
their own or their spouse's children under age 3, and have no steady
earnings during the time they care for those children, they may exclude
that period of care from the disability computation period. We call
this the child-care dropout exclusion. SSA uses the information from
Form SSA-4162 to determine if an individual qualifies for this
exclusion. Respondents are applicants for Title II disability benefits.
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-4162.................................... 2,000 1 5 167
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4. Certification of Contents of Document(s) or Record(s)--20 CFR
404.715--0960-0689. SSA established procedures for individuals to
provide the evidence necessary to establish their rights to Social
Security benefits. Examples of such evidence categories include age,
relationship, citizenship, marriage, death, and military service. Form
SSA-704 allows SSA employees; State record custodians; and other
custodians of evidentiary documents to certify and record information
from original documents and records under their custodial ownership to
establish these types of evidence. SSA uses Form SSA-704 in situations
where individuals cannot produce the original evidentiary documentation
required to establish benefits eligibility. The respondents are State
record custodians and other custodians of evidentiary documents.
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-704..................................... 176 1 10 29
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5. Supplemental Security Income Wage Reporting (Telephone and
Mobile)--20 CFR 416.701-732--0960-0715. SSA requires SSI recipients to
report changes which could affect their eligibility for, and the amount
of, their SSI payments, such as changes in income, resources, and
living arrangements. SSA's SSI Telephone Wage Reporting (SSITWR) and
SSI Mobile Wage Reporting (SSIMWR) enable SSI recipients to meet these
requirements via an automated mechanism to report their monthly wages
by telephone and mobile application, instead of contacting their local
field offices. The SSITWR allows callers to report their wages by
speaking their responses through voice recognition technology, or by
keying in responses using a telephone key pad. The SSIMWR allows
recipients to report their wages through the mobile wage reporting
application on their
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smartphone. SSITWR and SSIMWR systems collect the same information and
send it to SSA over secure channels. To ensure the security of the
information provided, SSITWR and SSIMWR ask respondents to provide
information SSA can compare against our records for authentication
purposes. Once the system authenticates the identity of the
respondents, they can report their wage data. The respondents are SSI
recipients, deemors, or their representative payees.
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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Training/Instruction*........................... 79,000 1 35 46,083
SSITWR.......................................... 37,000 12 5 37,000
SSIMWR.......................................... 42,000 12 3 25,200
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Total....................................... 79,000 .............. .............. 108,283
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* The same 79,000 respondents complete the training as well as one modality of collection, therefore the actual
total number of respondents remains 79,000.
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 March 21, 2016. Individuals can obtain copies of the OMB
clearance packages by writing to [email protected].
1. Application for Widow's or Widower's Insurance Benefits--20 CFR
404.335-404.338, & 404.603--0960-0004. Section 2029(e) and 202(f) of
the Social Security Act (Act) set forth the requirements for
entitlement to widow(er)'s benefits, including the requirements to file
an application. For SSA to make a formal determination for entitlement
to widow(er)'s benefits, we use the Form SSA-10-BK to determine whether
an applicant meets the statutory and regulatory conditions for
entitlement to widow(er)'s Title II benefits. SSA employees interview
individuals applying for benefits either face-to-face or via telephone
and enter the information on the paper form or into the Modernized
Claims System (MCS). The respondents are applicants for widow(er)'s
benefits.
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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SSA-10-BK paper version......................... 2,045 1 15 511
SSA-10-BK MCS version........................... 453,509 1 14 105,819
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Totals...................................... 455,554 .............. .............. 106,330
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2. Employer Verification of Records for Children Under Age Seven--
20 CFR 404.801-404.803, 404.821-404.822--0960-0505. SSA discovered as
many as 70 percent of the wage reports we receive for children under
age seven are actually the earnings of someone other than the child. To
ensure we credit the correct person with the reported earnings, SSA
verifies wage reports for children under age seven with the children's
employers before posting to the earnings record. SSA uses Form SSA-
L3231-C1, Request for Employer Information, for this purpose. The
respondents are employers who report earnings for children under age
seven.
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-L3231-C1................................ 20,000 1 10 3,333
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3. Wage Reports and Pension Information--20 CFR 422.122(b)--0960-
0547. Pension plan administrators annually file plan information with
the Internal Revenue Service, which then forwards the information to
SSA. SSA maintains and organizes this information by plan number, plan
participant's name, and Social Security number. Under section 1131(a)
of the Act, pension plan participants are entitled to request this
information from SSA. The Wage Reports and Pension Information
regulation, under 20 CFR 422.122(b) of the Code of Federal Regulations,
stipulates that before SSA disseminates this information, the requestor
must first submit a written request with identifying information to
SSA. The respondents are requestors of pension plan information.
This is a correction notice: SSA published the incorrect burden,
information for this collection at 80 FR 75484, on 12/2/15. We are
correcting this error here.
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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Requests for pension plan information........... 580 1 30 290
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Dated: February 12, 2016.
Naomi R. Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-03380 Filed 2-17-16; 8:45 am]
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