[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45900-45901]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18892]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

20 CFR Part 401

[Docket No. SSA-2018-0004]
RIN 0960-AH97


Security and Suitability Files

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: We are issuing a final rule to exempt a system of records 
entitled Security and Suitability Files. This final rule also removes 
two systems of records listed in our exemptions, but which do not 
exist, and will replace them with a new exemption for this specified 
system of records from specific provisions of the Privacy Act.\1\
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    \1\ 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5).

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DATES:  This rule is October 3, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jasson Seiden, Government Information 
Specialist, Privacy Implementation Division, Office of Privacy and 
Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel, SSA, Room G-401 West High 
Rise, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235-6401, 
telephone: (410) 597-4307, email: [email protected]. For 
information on eligibility or filing for benefits, call our national 
toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213 or TTY 1-800-325-0778, or visit our 
internet site, Social Security Online, at http://www.socialsecurity.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 15, 2018, we published in the Federal Register a System 
of Records Notice \2\ to provide public notice of our intent to 
establish a new system of records, Security and Suitability Files (60-
0377). On the same day, we also published a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (NPRM) \3\ proposing to add Security and Suitability Files 
to our existing list of systems of records exempt from specific Privacy 
Act provisions.
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    \2\ 83 FR 57520.
    \3\ 83 FR 57366.
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Public Comments and Discussion

    In the NPRM, we provided a 30-day comment period, which ended on 
December 17, 2018. We received no comments.

Regulatory Procedures

Executive Order 12866, as Supplemented by Executive Order 13563

    We consulted with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and 
determined this final rule does not meet the criteria for a significant 
regulatory action under Executive Order 12866, as supplemented by 
Executive Order 13563.
    We also determined that this proposed rule meets the plain language 
requirement of Executive Order 12866.

Executive Order 13132 (Federalism)

    We analyzed this rule in accordance with the principles and 
criteria established by Executive Order 13132, and we determined that 
the rule will not have sufficient Federalism implications to warrant 
the preparation of a Federalism assessment. We also determined that 
this rule will not preempt any State law or State regulation or affect 
the States' abilities to discharge traditional State governmental 
functions.

Executive Order 12372 (Intergovernmental Review)

    The regulations effectuating Executive Order 12372 regarding 
intergovernmental consultation on Federal programs and activities apply 
to this rule.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    We certify that this rule will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities because it affects 
individuals only. Therefore, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as 
amended, does not require us to prepare a regulatory flexibility 
analysis.

E.O. 13771

    This rule is not subject to the requirements of Executive Order 
13771 because it is administrative in nature and results in no more 
than de minimis costs.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    These rules do not create any new or affect any existing 
collections and, therefore, do not require OMB approval under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 96.001, Social 
Security--Disability Insurance; 96.002, Social Security--Retirement 
Insurance; 96.004, Social Security--Survivors Insurance; and 96.006, 
Supplemental Security Income).

List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part 401

    Privacy and disclosure of official records and information.

Andrew Saul,
Commissioner of Social Security.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, we amend subpart B of part 
401 of title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations as set forth below:

PART 401--PRIVACY AND DISCLOSURE OF OFFICIAL RECORDS AND 
INFORMATION

Subpart B--[Amended].

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1. The authority citation for subpart B of part 401 continues to read 
as follows:

    Authority:  Secs. 205, 702(a)(5), 1106, and 1141 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405, 902(a)(5), 1306, and 1320b-11); 5 
U.S.C. 552 and 552a; 8 U.S.C. 1360; 26 U.S.C. 6103; 30 U.S.C. 923.


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2. In Sec.  401.85, revise paragraph (b)(2)(iii)(A) and remove and 
reserve paragraph (b)(2)(iii)(B).
    The revision reads as follows:


Sec.  401.85  Exempt systems.

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    (b) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (iii) * * *
    (A) Security and Suitability Files.
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