[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45108-45109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16068]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Provision of Child 
Support Services in IV-D Cases Under the Hague Child Support Convention 
(OMB #0970-0488)

AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for 
Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration 
for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting a three-year extension 
with proposed revisions to the Hague Child Support Forms (OMB #0970-
0488, expiration February 28, 2023). There are two new forms being 
incorporated.

DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with 
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is 
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information 
collection described above.

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of 
information and submit comments by emailing [email protected]. 
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: On January 1, 2017, the 2007 Hague Convention on the 
International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family 
Maintenance (the Convention) entered into force for the United States. 
This multilateral Convention contains groundbreaking provisions that, 
on a worldwide scale, establish uniform, simple, fast, and inexpensive 
procedures for the processing of international child support cases. 
Under the Convention, U.S. states process child support cases with 
other countries that have ratified the Convention under the 
requirements of the Convention and Article 7 of the Uniform Interstate 
Family Support Act (UIFSA 2008). In order to comply with the 
Convention, the U.S. implements the Convention's case processing forms.
    Newly incorporated into this information collection are two 
additional forms, Request for Specific Measures and Request for 
Specific Measures--Response, which were approved in June 2022 for use 
under the Convention. The other forms remain unchanged.
    State and federal law require states to use federally approved case 
processing forms. Section 311(b) of UIFSA 2008, which has been enacted 
by all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the 
Virgin Islands, requires states to use forms mandated by federal law. 
45 CFR 303.7 also requires child support programs to use federally 
approved forms in intergovernmental IV-D cases unless a country has 
provided alternative forms as a part of its chapter in a Caseworker's 
Guide to Processing Cases with Foreign Reciprocating Countries.
    Respondents: State agencies administering a child support program 
under title IV-D of the Social Security Act.

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                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Total number       Average
                  Instrument                      Total number     of responses    burden hours    Annual burden
                                                 of respondents   per respondent   per response        hours
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Annex I: Transmittal form under Article 12(2).               54               41               1           2,214
Annex II: Acknowledgment form under Article                  54               81              .5           2,187
 12(3)........................................
Annex A: Application for Recognition or                      54               16              .5             432
 Recognition and Enforcement, including
 restricted information on the applicant......
Annex A: Abstract of Decision.................               54                4               1             216
Annex A: Statement of Enforceability of                      54               16            0.17             147
 Decision.....................................
Annex A: Statement of Proper Notice...........               54                4              .5             108
Annex A: Status of Application Report--Article               54               34             .33             606
 12...........................................
Annex B: Application for Enforcement of a                    54               17              .5             459
 Decision Made or Recognized in the Requested
 State, including restricted information on
 the applicant................................
Annex B: Status of Application Report--Article               54               33             .33             588
 12...........................................
Annex C: Application for Establishment of a                  54                4              .5             108
 Decision, including restricted information on
 the Applicant................................
Annex C: Status of Application Report--Article               54                8             .33             143
 12...........................................
Annex D: Application for Modification of a                   54                4              .5             108
 Decision, including Restricted Information on
 the Applicant................................
Annex D: Status of Application Report--Article               54                8             .33             143
 12...........................................
Annex E: Financial Circumstances Form.........               54               41               2           4,428
Annex F: Request for Specific Measures--                     54                2             .17              18
 Article 7(1).................................
Annex F: Request for Specific Measures--                     54                8             .17              73
 Response--Article 7(1).......................
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,978.
    Comments: The Department specifically requests comments on (a) 
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 654(20) and 666(f).

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-16068 Filed 7-26-22; 8:45 am]
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