[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 225 (Thursday, November 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64308-64309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25290]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket ID ED-2019-FSA-0082]


Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.

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SUMMARY: This provides notice of the re-establishment of a matching 
program between the Department of Education (Department or ED) and the 
Selective Service System (SSS). Under the Solomon Amendment to the 
Military Selective Service Act Section 12(f), young men who are 
required under Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act to be 
registered with SSS must fulfill the registration requirement in order 
to be eligible for any form of assistance or benefits provided under 
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). This 
matching program enables ED to prevent improper payments to those 
applicants who are not eligible under the Military Selective Service 
Act to receive any form of assistance or benefit provided under title 
IV of the HEA.

DATES: Submit your comments on the proposed matching program on or 
before December 23, 2019.
    The matching program will be effective whichever date is the latest 
of the following two dates: (1) January 2, 2020, or (2) 30 days after 
the publication of this notice, on November 21, 2019, unless comments 
have been received from interested members of the public requiring 
modification and republication of the notice. The matching program will 
continue for 18 months after the effective date and may be extended for 
up to an additional 12 months thereafter, if the conditions specified 
in 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D) have been met.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal

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or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not 
accept comments submitted by fax or by email or those submitted after 
the comment period. To ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies, 
please submit your comments only once. In addition, please include the 
Docket ID at the top of your comments.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to 
submit your comments electronically. Information on using 
Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents, 
submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site 
under the ``help'' tab.
     Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: If you 
mail or deliver your comments about this proposed matching program, 
address them to Marya Dennis, Management and Program Analyst, U.S. 
Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, Union Center Plaza, 830 
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-5345.

    Privacy Note: The Department's policy is to make all comments 
received from members of the public available for public viewing in 
their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters should be careful to 
include in their comments only information that they wish to make 
publicly available.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marya Dennis, Management and Program 
Analyst, U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, Union 
Center Plaza, 830 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-5345. 
Telephone: (202) 377-3385.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We provide this notice in accordance with 
the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act) (5 U.S.C. 552a); 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Final Guidance Interpreting the 
Provisions of Public Law 100-503, the Computer Matching and Privacy 
Protection Act of 1988, 54 FR 25818 (June 19, 1989); and OMB Circular 
No. A-108.
    Participating Agencies: ED and SSS.
    Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: The information 
contained in the SSS database is referred to as the Registration, 
Compliance and Verification System (RCV), which contains the Selective 
Service System Registrants Registration Records (SSS 9). ED seeks 
access to the RCV for the purpose of confirming the registration status 
of applicants for assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (HEA), as amended (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.). Section 12(f) of 
the Military Selective Service Act (MSSA), as amended (50 U.S.C. 
3811(f)), denies eligibility of any form of assistance or benefit 
provided under title IV of the HEA to any person required to present 
himself for, and submit to, registration under Section 3 of the MSSA 
(50 U.S.C. 3802) but who fails to do so in accordance with that section 
and any rules and regulations issued under that section. In addition, 
Section 12(f)(2) of the MSSA specifies that any person required to 
present himself for, and submit to, registration under Section 3 of the 
MSSA must file a statement with the institution of higher education 
where the person intends to attend or is attending that he is in 
compliance with the MSSA. Furthermore, Section 12(f)(3) of the MSSA 
authorizes the Secretary of Education, in agreement with the Director 
of the Selective Service System, to prescribe methods for verifying the 
statements of compliance filed by students.
    Purpose(s): The matching program, which has been in effect since 
December 6, 1985, will permit ED to confirm the registration status of 
applicants for, or recipients of, financial assistance under title IV 
of the HEA, as authorized by section 484(n) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1091(n)).
    Categories of Individuals: The individuals included in this 
matching program are FAFSA applicants who answer ``Male'' or ``Blank'' 
to the question ``Are you Male or Female.'' Of this group, FAFSA 
applicants are included who were born after December 31, 1959, and 
indicate that they are registered with the Selective Service and, 
applicants who request to be registered for the Selective Service on 
the FAFSA and are at least 17-years-old on the date they file the FAFSA 
for the applicable award year.
    Categories of Records: The data elements sent in the record 
include: Name, Social Security number, Date of Birth, Address, FAFSA 
signature date (date used to determine the student's age), and the 
applicant's Signature Flag (to confirm authorization).
    System(s) of Records: SSS system of Records: Selective Service 
Registration Records (SSS 9), (76 FR 58321, September 20, 2011) and the 
Department of Education Federal Student Aid Application File (18-11-
01), (76 FR 46774, August 3, 2011).
    Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document in an accessible format (such as, braille, large print, 
audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the contact person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
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Mark A. Brown,
Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid.
[FR Doc. 2019-25290 Filed 11-20-19; 8:45 am]
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