[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 104 (Thursday, June 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25291-25292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11168]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Income Withholding Order/Notice for Support (IWO).
    OMB No.: 0970-0154.
    Description: The Income Withholding Order/Notice for Support (IWO) 
is the standard form that must be used to order and notify employers 
and income providers to withhold child support payments from an 
obligor's income. It also indicates where employers and other income 
providers must remit the payments and other information they need to 
withhold correctly.
    Child support agencies, courts, private attorneys, custodial 
parties, and others must use the IWO form to initiate and amend an 
income withholding order for support and give notice of income 
withholding. Child support agencies are required to have automated 
systems containing current order and case information. Child support 
agencies providing services to custodial and/or noncustodial parties 
enter the terms of a child support order established by a tribunal into 
the state's automated system, which automatically populates the IWO 
form.
    Employers and income providers also use the form to respond to the 
order/notice with termination or income status information. Employers 
and other

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income providers may choose to receive the IWO form from child support 
agencies on paper or electronically, and may respond on paper or 
electronically to notify the sender of termination of employment or 
change in the income status.
    The information collection activities pertaining to the IWO form 
are authorized by 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(1), (a)(8) and 666(b)(6), which 
require the use of the Income Withholding for Support (IWO) form to 
order income withholding for all child support orders. 45 CFR 
303.100(e)(x) provides that the form require employers to notify state 
child support agencies when employees are terminated.
    Respondents: Courts, private attorneys, custodial parties or their 
representatives, employers, and other parties that provide income to 
noncustodial parents.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                          Number of
              Instrument                  Number of     responses per   Average burden hours per   Total burden
                                         respondents     respondent             response               hours
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Income withholding order/notice             3,699,791            1.00  5 minutes................         308,316
 (Courts, private attorneys,
 custodial parties or their
 representatives).
Income withholding orders/termination       1,228,320            9.34  2 minutes................         382,417
 of employment/income status
 (Employers and other income
 providers).
Electronic income withholding orders/          12,427          123.76  3 seconds................           1,282
 termination of employment/income
 status (Employers and other income
 providers).
Programming for electronic income                  17               1  240......................           4,080
 withholding order/notice (Child
 support agencies).
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 696,095.
    Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be 
obtained by writing to The Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20201, Attention: Reports Clearance Officer. All 
inquiries should be identified by the information collection.
    OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the 
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of 
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email: 
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration 
for Children and Families.

Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-11168 Filed 5-31-17; 8:45 am]
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