[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22495-22496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10206]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Federal Tax Refund Offset, Administrative Offset, and
Passport Denial.
OMB No.: 0970-0161.
Description: The Federal Tax Refund Offset and Administrative
Offset (Federal Offset) programs collect past-due child and spousal
support by intercepting certain federal payments, including federal tax
refunds, of parents who have been ordered to pay support and are
delinquent. The Federal Offset program is a cooperative effort among
the Department of the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service, the
federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), and state child
support enforcement agencies.
The Passport Denial program reports noncustodial parents who owe
child
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and spousal support above a threshold to the Department of State, which
will then deny passports to these individuals. On an ongoing basis,
child support enforcement agencies submit to OCSE the names, Social
Security numbers, and the amount(s) of past-due child and spousal
support of noncustodial parents who are delinquent in making payments.
The information collection activities pertaining to the Federal Tax
Refund Offset, Administrative Offset, and Passport Denial programs are
authorized by: (1) 42 U.S.C. 652(b), 42 U.S.C. 664, 26 U.S.C. 6402(c),
31 CFR 285.3, 45 CFR 302.60, and 45 CFR 303.72, which require state
child support agencies to submit information pertaining to past-due
support cases meeting specific criteria for the offset of the federal
tax refund of the noncustodial parent; (2) 31 U.S.C. 3701 et seq., 31
U.S.C. 3716(h), and 31 CFR 285.1, which require state child support
agencies to submit information pertaining to past-due support cases
meeting specific criteria for the administrative offset of federal
payments other than federal tax refunds of the noncustodial parent; (3)
42 U.S.C. 652(k), 42 U.S.C. 654(31), and 22 CFR 51.60, which require
state child support agencies to submit information to OCSE pertaining
to past-due support cases meeting specific criteria for the denial,
revocation, restriction, or limitation of the passport of the
noncustodial parent; and (4) 42 U.S.C. 654(31), 42 U.S.C. 664, 31 CFR
285.1, and 31 CFR 285.3, which require state child support agencies to
submit the Annual Certification Letter to OCSE asserting that each case
submitted for the Federal Tax Refund Offset, Administrative Offset, and
Passport Denial programs meets federal requirements.
Respondents: Child Support Enforcement Agencies
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average burden
Information collection instrument Number of responses per hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Input Record.................................... 54 52 .3 842.4
Output Record................................... 54 52 .46 1291.7
Payment File.................................... 54 52 .135 379.1
Certification Letter............................ 54 1 .4 21.6
Portal Processing screens....................... 173 280.65 .01 485.52
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Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,020.
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 requests
should be identified by the information collection. Email address:
[email protected].
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.
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-10206 Filed 5-16-19; 8:45 am]
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