[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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