[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59434-59435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23353]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Submission for Review: Representative Payee Application/
Information Necessary for a Competency Determination

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Emergency notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction of 1995, Retirement 
Services, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is requesting the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an emergency review of an 
existing information collection.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until November 1, 
2021. Approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has been 
requested by November 1, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and/or 
Regulatory Information Number (RIN) and title, by the following method:

--Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.

    All submissions received must include the agency name and docket 
number or RIN for this document. The general policy for comments and 
other submissions from members of the public is to make these 
submissions available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 
as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers 
or contact information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of this ICR with applicable 
supporting documentation, may be obtained by contacting the Retirement 
Services Publications Team, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E 
Street NW, Room 3316-L, Washington, DC 20415, Attention: Cyrus S. 
Benson, or may be obtained by sending an email to [email protected] 
or by fax to (202) 606-0910 or via telephone at (202) 606-4808.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13, 109 Stat. 163 (44 U.S.C. 35) as amended by 
the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996, Public Law 104-106, 110 Stat. 642 (40 
U.S.C. 1401 et seq.), OPM is soliciting comments for this collection 
(OMB No. 3206-0034). The Office of Management and Budget is 
particularly interested in comments that:
    1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.
    OPM is publishing a final rule to create 5 CFR part 849--
Representative

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Payees. Payments to individuals as representative payees has long been 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8345(e) and 8466(c). The Representative Payee 
Fraud Prevention Act of 2019, Public Law 116-126, 134 Stat. 174 (2020) 
(the ``Act''), amended the statute to formally define a representative 
payee as ``a person (including an organization) designated . . . to 
receive payments on behalf of a minor or an individual mentally 
incompetent or under other legal disability.'' This Act also made it 
unlawful for representative payees to embezzle or misuse benefits and 
established the penalty for the misuse of payments by representative 
payees.
    Congress ordered OPM to promulgate regulations to carry out the 
provisions of this Act. Promulgating these regulations requires OPM to 
amend both RI 20-7, Representative Payee Application, and RI 30-3, 
Information Necessary for a Competency Determination, so that the 
information required by the regulations is accurately collected. The 
changes in the forms reflect the regulatory requirements.

Analysis

    Agency: Retirement Services, Office of Personnel Management.
    Title: Representative Payee Application/Information Necessary for a 
Competency Determination.
    OMB Number: 3206-0140.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Organizations.
    Number of Respondents: 12,480 [RI 20-7] and 250 [RI 30-3].
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 minutes [RI 20-7] and 1 hour [RI 
30-3].
    Total Burden Hours: 6,240 [RI 20-7] and 250 [RI 30-3].

Office of Personnel Management.
Alexys Stanley,
Regulatory Affairs Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-23353 Filed 10-26-21; 8:45 am]
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