[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54856-54857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19606]


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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

SUMMARY:  In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for 
public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad 
Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries of proposed data 
collections.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information 
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility; 
(b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden of the collection 
of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize 
the burden related to the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    1. Title and purpose of information collection: Application to Act 
as Representative Payee; OMB 3220-0052.
    Under Section 12 of the Railroad Retirement Act, the Railroad 
Retirement Board (RRB) may pay benefits to a representative payee when 
an employee, spouse or survivor annuitant is incompetent or is a minor. 
A representative payee may be a court-appointed guardian, a statutory 
conservator or an individual selected by the RRB. The procedures 
pertaining to the appointment and responsibilities of a representative 
payee are prescribed in 20 CFR 266.
    The forms furnished by the RRB to apply for representative payee 
status, and for securing the information needed to support the 
application follow. RRB Form AA-5, Application for Substitution of 
Payee, obtains information needed to determine the selection of a 
representative payee who will serve in the best interest of the 
beneficiary. RRB Form G-478, Statement Regarding Patient's Capability 
to Manage Benefits, obtains information about an annuitant's capability 
to manage their own benefits. The form is completed by the annuitant's 
personal physician or by a medical officer, if the annuitant is in an 
institution. It is not required when a

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court has appointed an individual or institution to manage the 
annuitant's funds or, in the absence of such appointment, when the 
annuitant is a minor. The RRB also provides representative payees with 
a booklet at the time of their appointment. The booklet, RRB Form RB-5, 
Your Duties as Representative Payee-Representative Payee's Record, 
advises representative payees of their responsibilities under 20 CFR 
266.9 and provides a means for the representative payee to maintain 
records pertaining to the receipt and use of RRB benefits. The booklet 
is provided for the representative payee's convenience. The RRB also 
accepts records that are kept by representative payee's as part of a 
common business practice. Completion is voluntary. One response is 
requested of each respondent.
    The RRB is proposing non-burden impacting editorial changes to 
Forms AA-5, G-478, and the RB-5 booklet.

                                      Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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                                                                      Annual
                           Form number                               responses    Time (minutes)  Burden (hours)
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AA-5............................................................           3,000  ..............             850
    Individuals.................................................           2,250              17           637.5
    Institutions................................................             750  ..............           212.5
G-478...........................................................           2,000               6           200.0
RB-5............................................................          15,300  ..............          15,300
    Individuals.................................................          11,475              60          11,475
    Institutions................................................           3,825  ..............           3,825
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        Total...................................................          20,300  ..............          16,350
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    2. Employer Service and Compensation Reports; OMB 3220-0070.
    Section 2(c) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) 
specifies the maximum normal unemployment and sickness benefits that 
may be paid in a benefit year. Section 2(c) further provides for 
extended benefits for certain employees and for beginning a benefit 
year early for other employees. The conditions for these actions are 
prescribed in 20 CFR 302.
    All information about creditable railroad service and compensation 
needed by the RRB to administer Section 2(c) is not always available 
from annual reports filed by railroad employers with the RRB (OMB 3220-
0008). When this occurs, the RRB must obtain supplemental information 
about service and compensation.
    The RRB utilizes Form UI-41, Supplemental Report of Service and 
Compensation, and Form UI-41a, Supplemental Report of Compensation, to 
obtain the additional information about service and compensation from 
railroad employers. Completion of the forms is mandatory. One response 
is required of each respondent. The RRB proposes no changes to Form UI-
41 and UI-41a.

                                      Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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                                                                      Annual
                           Form number                               responses    Time (minutes)  Burden (hours)
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UI-41...........................................................             100               8              13
UI-41a..........................................................              50               8               7
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    Total.......................................................             150  ..............              20
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    Additional Information or Comments: To request more information or 
to obtain a copy of the information collection justification, forms, 
and/or supporting material, contact Dana Hickman at (312) 751-4981 or 
[email protected]. Comments regarding the information collection 
should be addressed to Charles Mierzwa, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 or emailed to 
[email protected]. Written comments should be received within 60 
days of this notice.

Charles Mierzwa,
Chief of Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 2016-19606 Filed 8-16-16; 8:45 am]
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