[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 51367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20446]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

20 CFR Parts 404 and 416

[Docket No. SSA-2013-0044]
RIN 0960-AH63


Rules of Conduct and Standards of Responsibility for Appointed 
Representatives; Correction

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: On July 2, 2018, we published final rules in the Federal 
Register revising our rules of conduct and standards of responsibility 
for representatives. Those final rules reduced the amount of time to 
request Appeals Council review of a hearing officer's decision from 30 
days to 14 business days, but we inadvertently failed to make the same 
change in the parallel sections of the CFR, which details when the 
Appeals Council will dismiss a request for review. This document 
corrects the omitted sections and makes our regulations consistent.

DATES: Effective September 30, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Chung, Office of Appellate 
Operations, Social Security Administration, 5107 Leesburg Pike, Falls 
Church, VA 22041, (703) 605-7100. 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: We published final rule, Rules of Conduct 
and Standards of Responsibility for Appointed Representatives, in the 
Federal Register on July 2, 2018. (83 FR 30849). Among other changes, 
the final rules reduced the amount of time to request an Appeals 
Council review of a hearing officer's decision from 30 days to 14 
business days (Sec. Sec.  404.1775 and 416.1575).\1\
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    \1\ 83 FR 30849, 30856, 30859 (2018).
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    We inadvertently failed to make correlated and necessary, changes 
in the sections describing when the Appeals Council will dismiss such a 
request for review of a hearing officer's decision. Specifically, 
paragraph (c) of sections 404.1795 and 416.1595 currently reference the 
prior ``30-day time period'' instead of the new 14 business day time 
period. This correction revises the incorrect time period identified in 
404.1795 and 416.1595 to match the correct time period provided in 
404.1775(b) and 416.1575(b).

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

List of Subjects

20 CFR Part 404

    Administrative practice and procedure, Blind, Disability benefits, 
Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Social Security.

20 CFR Part 416

    Administrative practice and procedure, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

Andrew Saul,
Commissioner of Social Security.

    Accordingly, 20 CFR part 404, subpart R, and 20 CFR part 416, 
subpart O are corrected by making the following amendments:

PART 404--FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE 
(1950-)

Subpart R--Representation of Parties

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1. The authority citation for subpart R of part 404 continues to read 
as follows:

    Authority:  Secs. 205(a), 206, 702(a)(5), and 1127 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(a), 406, 902(a)(5), and 1320a-6).


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2. Amend Sec.  404.1795 by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:


Sec.  404.1795  When the Appeals Council will dismiss a request for 
review.

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    (c) Request for review not timely filed. The Appeals Council will 
dismiss a request for review if a party failed to file a request for 
review within the 14 business day time period set forth in Sec.  
404.1775(b) and the Appeals Council does not extend the time for good 
cause.

PART 416--SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND 
DISABLED

Subpart O--Representation of Parties

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3. The authority citation for subpart O of part 416 continues to read 
as follows:

    Authority:  Secs. 702(a)(5), 1127, and 1631(d) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1320a-6, and 1383(d)).


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4. Amend Sec.  416.1595 by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:


Sec.  416.1595  When the Appeals Council will dismiss a request for 
review.

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    (c) Request for review not timely filed. The Appeals Council will 
dismiss a request for review if a party failed to file a request for 
review within the 14 business day time period set forth in Sec.  
416.1575(b) and the Appeals Council does not extend the time for good 
cause.

[FR Doc. 2019-20446 Filed 9-27-19; 8:45 am]
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