[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56885-56886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23132]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA 2019-0010]


Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).

ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act, as 
amended, this notice announces a new matching program with the 
Department of Labor (DOL).
    This matching agreement establishes the terms, conditions, and 
safeguards under which the DOL will disclose the DOL-administered Part 
B Black Lung (BL) benefit data to SSA. SSA will match DOL's Part B BL 
data with SSA's records of persons receiving Supplemental Security 
Income (SSI) to verify that Part B BL beneficiaries are receiving the 
correct amount of SSI payments.

DATES: The deadline to submit comments on the proposed matching program 
is 30 days from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. The matching program will be applicable on November 25, 2019, 
or once a minimum of 30 days after publication of this notice has 
elapsed, whichever is later. The matching program will be in effect for 
a period of 18 months.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may comment on this notice by either 
telefaxing to (410) 966-0869, writing to Matthew D. Ramsey, Executive 
Director, Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of the General 
Counsel, Social Security Administration, G-401 WHR, 6401 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, or emailing 
[email protected]. All comments received will be available for 
public inspection by contacting Mr. Ramsey at this street address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norma Followell, Supervisory Team 
Lead, Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel, 
Social Security Administration, G-401 WHR, 6401 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401, at Telephone: (410) 966-5855, or send an 
email to [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Matthew Ramsey,
Executive Director, Office of Privacy and Disclosure, Office of the 
General Counsel.

Participating Agencies:

    SSA and DOL.

Authority for Conducting the Matching Program:

    The legal authority for this matching program is section 1631(f) of 
the Social Security Act (Act), 42 U.S.C. 1383(f). This legal authority 
requires any Federal agency to provide SSA with information in its 
possession that SSA may require for making a determination of 
eligibility for, or the proper amount, of SSI payments.

Purpose(s):

    This matching program establishes the terms, conditions, and 
safeguards under which DOL will disclose the DOL-administered Part B BL 
benefit data to SSA. SSA will match DOL's Part B BL data with SSA's 
records of persons receiving SSI to verify that Part B BL beneficiaries 
are receiving the correct amount of SSI payments.

Categories of Individuals:

    The individuals whose information is involved in this matching 
program are those individuals who are receiving Part B BL benefits and 
SSI benefits.

Categories of Records:

    DOL's monthly extract file will contain each Part B BL 
beneficiary's Social Security number (SSN), name, date of birth, date 
of entitlement, payment status, current benefit amount, and effective 
date of the current benefit amount. SSA will determine which of the 
recipients are receiving SSI payments and match the DOL data against 
the SSN, type of action code, and income type for those recipients in 
SSA's Supplemental Security Income Record and Special Veterans Benefits 
(SSR/SVB) system of records.

System(s) of Records:

    SSA will match the SSR/SVB (60-0103) system of records, last fully 
published on January 11, 2006 (71 FR 1830), as amended on December 10, 
2007 (72 FR 69723), July 3, 2018 (83 FR 31250-31251), and November 1, 
2018 (83 FR 54969), which contains all data pertinent to payments made 
to Title XVI recipients, with an extract from DOL's Office of Workers' 
Compensation Programs, BL Benefit Payments file (OWCP-9), published on 
April 29, 2016 (81 FR 25765). DOL has the appropriate routine uses to 
permit the disclosures necessary to conduct this match.

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