[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42370-42371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13885]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Multistate Financial 
Institution Data Match With Federally Assisted State Transmitted Levy

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

ACTION: Notice of an information collection; request for public 
comments.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), Administration 
for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting the federal Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to extend approval of the Multistate 
Financial Institution (MSFIDM) Data Match with Federally Assisted State 
Transmitted (FAST) Levy, without changes, for an additional three 
years. The current OMB approval (OMB No.: 0970-0169) expires January 
31, 2024.

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]. 
All requests should be identified by the title of the information 
collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Description: State child support agencies are statutorily required 
to enter into data matching agreements with financial institutions 
doing business in their state to locate obligors' accounts. OCSS 
operates the MSFIDM program through the Federal Parent Locator Service 
(FPLS) and facilitates the required data match between state child 
support agencies and multistate financial institutions (MSFIs). State 
child support agencies use the data match outcomes to fulfill a 
statutory requirement to seize an obligor's assets to satisfy past-due 
child support.
    OCSS also operates FAST Levy, which is an automated application 
within the FPLS to exchange electronic lien/levy information securely 
and efficiently. State child support agencies and financial 
institutions use FAST Levy to exchange information to freeze and seize 
financial assets more quickly and efficiently.
    Respondents: MSFIs and State Child Support Agencies

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                   Total annual
                                                   Total annual      number of    Average annual   Total annual
        Information collection instrument            number of     responses per   burden hours    burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent     per response
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Financial Data Match Record Specifications Match             263               4           0.083            87.3
 File Upload/Download: Portal Users.............
Election Form...................................              13               1             0.5             6.5
FAST-Levy Response Withhold Record                             1               1           1,716         1,716.0
 Specifications: Financial Institutions.........
FAST-Levy Request Withhold Record                              2               1           1,610         3,220.0
 Specifications: State Child Support Agencies...
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,029.8.
    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,

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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. 652(l); 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(2) and (c)(1)(G)(ii); 
42 U.S.C. 666(a)(17)(A); 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7); and, 45 CFR 303.7(a)(5)

Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-13885 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
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