[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76196-76197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26953]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[OMB No. 0970-0488]


Submission for OMB Review; Provision of Child Support Services in 
IV-D Cases Under the Hague Child Support Convention

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 30 days of publication. OMB must make a 
decision about the collection of information between 30 and 60 days 
after publication of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, 
a comment is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it 
within 30 days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can 
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by 
emailing [email protected]. Identify all emailed 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 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

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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.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Total number   Average burden
                   Instrument                      Total number    of responses      hours per     Annual burden
                                                  of respondents  per respondent     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 and                      54              16              .5             432
 Enforcement, including restricted information
 on the applicant...............................
Annex A: Abstract of Decision...................              54               4               1             216
Annex A: Statement of Enforceability of Decision              54              16            0.17             147
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--Article               54               2             .17              18
 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.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 654(20) and 666(f).

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-26953 Filed 12-12-22; 8:45 am]
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