[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 131 (Friday, July 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30994-30995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12988]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Summary: In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506
(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides
opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries of
proposed data collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden related to the collection of information on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
1. Title and purpose of information collection: Employee
Representative's Status and Compensation Reports; OMB 3220-0014.
Under Section 1(b)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) (45
U.S.C. 231b), the term ``employee'' includes an individual who is an
employee representative. As defined in Section 1(c) of the RRA, an
employee representative is an officer or official representative of a
railway labor organization other than a labor organization included in
the term ``employer,'' as defined in the RRA, who before or after
August 29, 1935, was in the service of an employer under the RRA and
who is duly authorized and designated to represent employees in
accordance with the Railway Labor Act, or, any individual who is
regularly assigned to or regularly employed by such officer or official
representative in connection with the duties of his or her office. The
requirements relating to the application for employee representative
status and the periodic reporting of the compensation resulting from
such status is contained in 20 CFR 209.10.
The RRB utilizes Form DC-2, Employee Representative's Report of
Compensation, to obtain the information needed to determine employee
representative status and to maintain a record of creditable service
and compensation resulting from such status. Completion is required to
obtain or retain a benefit. One response is requested of each
respondent. The RRB proposes a minor change to address in Paperwork
Reduction Act Notice section to Form DC-2.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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Form No. Annual responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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DC-2................................................... 82 30 41
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Total.............................................. 82 ................. 41
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2. Title and purpose of information collection: Nonresident
Questionnaire; OMB 3220-0145.
Under Public Laws 98-21 (42 U.S.C. 410) and 98-76 (45 U.S.C. 231t),
benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act payable to annuitants living
outside the United States may be subject to taxation under United
States income tax laws. Whether the social security equivalent and non-
social security
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equivalent portions of Tier I, Tier II, vested dual benefit, or
supplemental annuity payments are subject to tax withholding, and
whether the same or different rates are applied to each payment,
depends on a beneficiary's citizenship and legal residence status, and
whether exemption under a tax treaty between the United States and the
country in which the beneficiary is a legal resident has been claimed.
To affect the required tax withholding, the Railroad Retirement Board
(RRB) needs to know a nonresident's citizenship and legal residence
status.
To secure the required information, the RRB utilizes Form RRB-1001,
Nonresident Questionnaire, as a supplement to an application as part of
the initial application process, and as an independent vehicle for
obtaining the needed information when an annuitant's residence or tax
treaty status changes. Completion is voluntary. One response is
requested of each respondent.
The RRB proposes a minor change to address in the Paperwork
Reduction Act Notice section to Form RRB-1001.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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Form No. Annual responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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RRB-1001 (Initial filing).............................. 300 30 250
RRB-1001 (Tax renewal)................................. 1,000 30 400
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Total.............................................. 1,300 ................. 650
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Additional Information or Comments: To request more information or
to obtain a copy of the information collection justification, forms,
and/or supporting material or comments regarding the information
collection should be addressed to Brian Foster, Railroad Retirement
Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-1275 or emailed
to [email protected]. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Brian D. Foster,
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-12988 Filed 7-10-25; 8:45 am]
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