[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25041-25042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11130]


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SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM


Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Program

AGENCY: Selective Service System.

ACTION: Notice of a modified matching program.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice of the continuation of a 
computer matching program between the Selective Service System and the 
Department of Education.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before June 30, 2017.
    The re-established matching program will be effective on the latest 
of the following three dates: (A) July 2, 2017; (B) 30 days from the 
date on which the Selective Service System (SSS) publishes a Computer 
Matching Notice in the Federal Register, as required by 5 U.S.C. 
552a(e)(12) and OMB Circular A-108, assuming that SSS receives no 
public comments or receives public comments but makes no changes to the 
Matching Notice as a result of the public comments, or 30 days from the 
date on which SSS publishes a Revised Matching Notice in the Federal 
Register, assuming that SSS receives public comments and revises the 
Matching Notice as a result of public comments; or (C) 60 days from the 
date on which SSS transmits the report of the matching program, as 
required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) and OMB Circular A-108, to OMB, the U.S. 
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the U.S. Senate 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, unless OMB 
waives any days of the 60-day review period for compelling reasons, in 
which case 60 days minus the number of days waived by OMB from the date 
of SSS's transmittal of the report of the matching program.
    The matching program will continue for 18 months after the 
effective date and may be extended for an additional 12 months 
thereafter, if the conditions specified in 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D) have 
been met.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not 
accept comments submitted by fax or by email or those submitted after 
the comment period. To ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies, 
please submit your comments only once. In addition, please include the 
Docket ID at the top of your comments.
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to submit 
your comments electronically. Information on using Regulations.gov, 
including instructions for accessing agency documents, submitting 
comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site under the 
``help'' tab.
    2. Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: If you mail 
or deliver your comments about these proposed regulations, address them 
to Thomas Devine, Registration Program Analyst, Selective Service 
System, 1515 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia, 22209-2425.
    Privacy Note: The Agency's policy is to make all comments received 
from members of the public available for public viewing in their 
entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. 
Therefore, commenters should be careful to include in their comments 
only information that they wish to make publicly available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Thomas Devine, Registration 
Program Analyst, Selective Service System, 1515 Wilson Boulevard, 
Arlington, Virginia, 22209-2425.
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We provide this notice in accordance with 5 
U.S.C. 552a (commonly known as the Privacy Act of 1974); Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Final Guidance Interpreting the Provisions 
of Pub. L. 100-503 the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 
1988, 54 FR 25818 (June 19, 1989); and OMB Circular A-108, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/OMB/circulars/a108/omb_circular_a-108.pdf.
    Participating Agencies: The Selective Service System and the U.S. 
Department of Education (ED).
    Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: The information 
contained in the SSS database is referred to as the Registration, 
Compliance and Verification System (RCV), which contains the Selective 
Service System Registrants Registration Records (SSS-9). ED seeks 
access to the RCV for the purpose of the registration

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status of applicants for assistance under title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended (20 U.S.C. 1070 et. seq.). 
Section 12(f) of the Military Selective Service Act (MSSA), as amended 
[50 U.S.C. App. 462(f)], denies eligibility for any form of assistance 
or benefit under Title IV of the HEA to any person required to present 
himself for and submit to registration under Section 3 of the MSSA [50 
U.S.C. App. 453] who fails to do so in accordance with that section and 
any rules and regulations issued under that section. In addition, Sec.  
12(f)(2) of the MSSA specifies that any person required to present 
himself for and submit to registration under Section 3 of the MSSA must 
file a statement with the institution of higher education where the 
person intends to attend or is attending that he is in compliance with 
the MSSA. Furthermore, Sec.  12(f)(3) of the MSSA authorizes the 
Secretary of Education, in agreement with the Director of the Selective 
Service System, to prescribe methods for verifying the statements of 
compliance filed by students.
    Purpose(s): The matching program, which has been in effect since 
December 6, 1985 will permit ED to confirm the registration status of 
applicants for, or recipients of, financial assistance under title IV 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), as authorized by 
section 484(g) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1091(g)).
    Categories of Individuals: The individuals included in this 
matching program are men born after December 31, 1959, but at least 18 
years old by January 1 of the applicable award year. As identified on 
both the Federal Student Aid Application File (18-11-01) and the 
Selective Service Registration Records (SSS-9).
    System(s) of Records: SSS system of Records: Computer Matching 
between the Selective Service System and the Department of Education 
(79 FR 70264, November 25, 2014).
    1. Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document in an accessible format (such as, braille, large print, 
audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the contact person listed in 
the preceding paragraph.
    2. Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free 
Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the 
Code of Federal Regulations is available through the Federal Digital 
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    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a.

    Dated: April 26, 2017.
Donald M. Benton,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2017-11130 Filed 5-30-17; 8:45 am]
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