[The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Social Security Administration Semiannual Regulatory Agenda]
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Part XLV





Social Security Administration





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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA)                                   


  



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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Office of the Commissioner

20 CFR Ch. III

Semiannual Unified Regulatory Agenda

AGENCY: Social Security Administration.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: Executive Order 12866, entitled Regulatory Planning and 
Review, issued September 30, 1993, and the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-354) require each Federal agency to publish 
semiannually a brief description of all regulatory actions then under 
development or review, expected to be under development or review for 
the next 12 months, or completed since the previous publication of the 
agenda. Our last agenda of regulations was published on April 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about a 
specific regulatory action, contact the person identified as the agency 
contact for that action. Comments or inquiries of a general nature 
should be directed to Georgia E. Myers, Regulations Officer, Social 
Security Administration, L2109 West Low Rise Building, 6401 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401; Telephone (410) 965-3632 or TTY 
(410) 966-5609.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The Social Security Administration (SSA) 
has responsibility for the retirement, survivors, and disability 
insurance programs under title II of the Social Security Act (the Act) 
and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program under title XVI of 
the Act. We are not a regulatory agency. For the most part, our 
regulations do not impose burdens on the private sector or on State, 
local or tribal governments. Our regulations document the rules under 
which we make eligibility determinations and set forth both the 
responsibilities of the Agency towards the public and beneficiaries' 
rights and responsibilities under the programs we administer.

     Our regulatory efforts can be placed into one of the following 
three categories: (1) legislative implementation; (2) program 
improvements to provide better service to SSA customers; and (3) 
improvements or clarifications to fulfill to provide effective 
stewardship of SSA programs.

     We continue to seek legislative improvements for the programs 
we administer. However, because of the complexity of our programs, 
statutory language is rarely detailed enough to govern the actions 
of agency adjudicative decisionmakers. Supporting regulations are 
often required. In some instances, Congress directs SSA to issue 
implementing regulations. For other legislative provisions, SSA 
regulations provide program information to applicants for benefits, 
current beneficiaries and their legal counsels.

     Included in our Agenda are items that will amend our 
regulations to provide more choices for people with disabilities 
who seek Return-to-Work services so that they may become self-
sufficient. These proposed regulations are required by provisions 
of ``The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 
1999,'' (Pub. L. 106-170), which was signed by the President on 
December 17, 1999. Among the provisions requiring regulations are 
provisions that will establish the Ticket to Work and Self-
Sufficiency program in SSA, suspend continuing disability reviews 
based on work activity, and expedite reinstatement of disability 
benefits terminated due to work activity.

     There is also a final regulation that increases the monthly 
substantial gainful activity amount and the minimum amount that we 
consider as showing that a person is performing ``services,'' and 
then automatically increases both these amounts each year based on 
the national average wage index. This same regulation also 
increases the maximum monthly Student Earned Income Exclusion 
Amount and then increases that maximum amount annually using the 
consumer price index.

     An area in which we are working hard to deliver high quality 
service is our disability determination process. Several of our 
agenda items support improvements to disability program 
administration. We have tested a prototype involving a combination 
of modifications to the disability determination process. The 
prototype incorporates multiple modifications to the disability 
determinations procedures employed by State Disability 
Determination Services, which have been shown to be effective. The 
proposed regulation will incorporate a series of changes that 
improve the initial disability determination process by: providing 
greater decisional authority to the disability examiner and more 
effective use of the expertise of the medical consultant; ensuring 
appropriate development and explanation of key issues; increasing 
opportunities for claimant interaction with the decisionmaker 
before a determination is made; and simplifying the appeals process 
by eliminating the reconsideration step. This Agenda includes a 
proposed regulation to allow phased-in implementation of these 
features.

     The Agenda also contains updates to many of the medical 
listings to reflect advances in medical knowledge, treatment and 
methods of evaluation.

     SSA is committed to enhancing the service that we provide to 
our customers by reducing the time it takes them to receive a 
hearing and a decision. We believe that the Hearings Process 
Improvement (HPI) Initiative will enhance the timeliness of 
decisions and improve customer service by effectively utilizing the 
staffing resources that are dedicated to this goal. The HPI 
Initiative is part of SSA's overall plan for managing the 
disability process. One important HPI initiative listed in the 
Agenda, Prehearing and Posthearing Conference, is expected to 
improve the hearings process by standardizing and increasing the 
efficiency of our procedures for holding prehearing and posthearing 
conferences. Another important HPI initiative listed in the Agenda, 
Expansion of the Use of Video Teleconference Technology in Hearings 
before Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) of the Social Security 
Administration, is expected to improve customer service by 
providing faster access to a hearing before an ALJ. It removes the 
need for the claimant (and representative, if any) and the ALJ to 
be physically present at the same location.

     Effective stewardship of SSA programs requires mechanisms to 
assure that benefits are used to meet the needs of beneficiaries 
who are not able to manage their own benefits due to legal 
incompetence or medical infirmity. A proposed regulation will make 
improvements to the representative payment procedures needed to 
assure program integrity. This regulation

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reflects certain provisions of Public Law 101-508, 103-296, 104-
121, and 105-33.

     We have also included in this year's agenda, two regulations 
that provide SSA with additional tools to strengthen the integrity 
of the Social Security and SSI programs. One is a proposed 
regulation that implements a provision of the Foster Care 
Independence Act of 1999 authorizing SSA to obtain information from 
financial institutions in order to determine initial or continuing 
eligibility for SSI benefits. In addition to the other SSI 
initiatives already discussed, is a proposed rule, Collection of 
SSI (Title XVI) Overpayment Debts from Title II Benefits, which 
will implement one of the debt collection tools authorized by 
legislation.

     We continue to work diligently to improve our program benefit 
regulations and to develop partnerships with large segments of the 
community of stakeholders interested in Social Security programs. 
The remaining of our Unified Agenda items reflect such improvements 
and clarifications.

     For this edition of the Social Security Administration's 
regulatory agenda, the most important significant regulatory 
actions are included in The Regulatory Plan, which appears in part 
II of this issue of the Federal Register. The Regulatory Plan 
entries are listed in the table of contents below and are denoted 
by a bracketed bold reference, which directs the reader to the 
appropriate sequence number in part II.

     The October 2000 regulatory agenda for the Social Security 
Administration follows.

 Georgia E. Myers,

SSA Regulations Officer.

                               Social Security Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4257         OASDI and SSI for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled; Fees for Representation of Parties     0960-AD23
            Under Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act (296P)......................
4258         Modification of Private Printing and Prescribed Applications and Other Forms (530P)     0960-AE15
4259         Federal Salary Offset (Withholding a Portion of a Federal Employee's Salary To          0960-AE89
            Collect a Delinquent Debt Owed to the Social Security Administration) (721P)........
4260         Private Collection Agencies (Using Private Collection Agencies to Help SSA Collect      0960-AE90
            Delinquent Title II and Title XVI Debts Owed by Former Beneficiaries) (722P)........
4261         Charging Interest (Charging Interest on Delinquent Debts) (723P)...................     0960-AE91
4262         Administrative Wage Garnishment (To Repay a Debt Owed to the Social Security            0960-AE92
            Administration) (724P)..............................................................
4263         Work Activity Standard as a Basis for Review of an Individual's Disabled Status         0960-AE93
            (Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999) (725P).................
4264         OASDI and SSI; Expansion of the Use of Video Teleconference Technology in Hearings      0960-AE97
            Before Administrative Law Judges of the Social Security Administration (737P) (Reg
            Plan Seq No. 156)...................................................................
4265         Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program (Ticket to Work and Work Incentives         0960-AF11
            Improvement Act of 1999) (767P) (Reg Plan Seq No. 157)..............................
4266         Title XVI, Cross-Program Recovery (746F) (Reg Plan Seq No. 158)....................     0960-AF13
4267         Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance; Supplemental Security Income;      0960-AF18
            Determining Disability and Blindness; Revisions to the Growth Impairment Listings
            (758P)..............................................................................
4268         Expedited Reinstatement of Disability Benefits (Ticket to Work and Work Incentives      0960-AF21
            Improvement Act) (790P).............................................................
4269         Social Security Coverage of Employment for Residents of the Northern Mariana            0960-AF23
            Islands, American Samoa, and Guam (792P)............................................
4270         Effects of Being Considered a Child (793P).........................................     0960-AF24
4271         $30 Private Insurance (794P).......................................................     0960-AF25
4272         Digestive System Listing (800P)....................................................     0960-AF28
4273         Skin Medical Listing (801P)........................................................     0960-AF29
4274         Special Senses (805P)..............................................................     0960-AF34
4275         Neurological Listings (806P).......................................................     0960-AF35
4276         Wage Reports and Pension Information (809P)........................................     0960-AF38
4277         Extension of Disability Insurance Program Demonstration Project Authority (Ticket       0960-AF41
            to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act) (789P).................................
4278         Access to Information Held by Financial Institutions (815P) (Reg Plan Seq No. 159).     0960-AF43
4279         Implementing the Redesigned Disability Process (816P) (Reg Plan Seq No. 160).......     0960-AF44
4280         Revised Medical Criteria for Determination of Disability, Cardiovascular System and     0960-AF48
            Related Criteria (826P) (Reg Plan Seq No. 161)......................................
4281         Representative Payment Under Title II and XVI of the Social Security Act (Reg Plan      0960-AF49
            Seq No. 162)........................................................................
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.



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                                Social Security Administration--Final Rule Stage
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4282         Musculoskeletal System and Related Criteria (143F).................................     0960-AB01
4283         Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; Determining Disability and        0960-AE42
            Blindness; Revision to Medical-Vocational Guidelines (599F).........................
4284         Testimony By Employees and the Production of Records in Legal Proceedings (732F)...     0960-AE95
4285         Revised Medical Criteria for Determination of Disability, Appendix 1 to Subpart P--     0960-AE99
            Listing of Impairments (740F).......................................................
4286         OASDI, and SSI for the Aged, Blind and Disabled; Substantial Gainful Activity           0960-AF12
            Amounts; ``Services'' for Trial Work Period Purposes--Monthly Amounts; Student-
            Earned Income Exclusion (777F) (Reg Plan Seq No. 163)...............................
4287         Cost of Living Increases in Primary Insurance Amounts (759F).......................     0960-AF14
4288         Administrative Review Process; Prehearing and Posthearing Conferences (778F).......     0960-AF17
4289         Medical Equivalence for Adults and Children (787I).................................     0960-AF19
4290         Administrative Procedures for Imposing Penalties for False or Misleading Statements     0960-AF20
            (784F)..............................................................................
4291         SSI Trusts and Transfers of Resources (791I).......................................     0960-AF22
4292         Revisions to the Medical-Vocational Guidelines (823I)..............................     0960-AF47
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in Part II of this issue of the Federal Register.


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 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4293         Election of Benefits Based on Age by Disabled Widow, Widower, and Surviving             0960-AD56
            Divorced Spouse Beneficiaries (343P)................................................
4294         Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Hematologic Disorders and Malignant             0960-AD67
            Neoplastic Diseases (399P)..........................................................
4295         Revised Medical Criteria for Determination of Disability, Endocrine System (436P)..     0960-AD78
4296         Computation of SSI Benefits for the First Three Months of Payment (476P)...........     0960-AD93
4297         Definition of ``Largest Benefit Amount'' for Simultaneous Entitlement to Child's        0960-AD95
            Benefits (481P).....................................................................
4298         Repeal of Facility of Payment Provision (508P).....................................     0960-AE02
4299         Administrative Review Process; Administrative Res Judicata and Related Rules (526P)     0960-AE11
4300         OASDI; Nonpayment of Benefits to Incarcerated Individuals and Individuals Confined      0960-AE16
            in Criminal Cases, Pursuant to Conviction or by Court Order Based on Findings of
            Insanity (531P).....................................................................
4301         Supplemental Security Income; Plans for Achieving Self-Support (506P)..............     0960-AE17
4302         Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Benefits; Replacing Social Security        0960-AE18
            Number Cards (543F).................................................................
4303         Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of      0960-AE25
            Higher Education, Hospitals, Other Nonprofit Organizations, and Commercial
            Organizations (547F)................................................................
4304         Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and Governmentwide             0960-AE27
            Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants) (554F)................................
4305         Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State      0960-AE28
            and Local Governments and Indian Tribal Governments (555F)..........................
4306         Restrictions on Lobbying in Connection with the Award of Grants, Contracts, and         0960-AE29
            Cooperative Agreements (556F).......................................................
4307         Elimination of Rounding Distortion in the Calculation of the Contribution and           0960-AE40
            Benefit Base and Earnings Test Exempt Amounts (512F)................................
4308         Supplemental Standards for Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Social Security         0960-AE48
            Administration (601P)...............................................................
4309         Deeming of Income From an Ineligible Spouse to an Eligible Individual and an            0960-AE50
            Eligible Child (606P)...............................................................
4310         Dedicated Accounts and Installment Payments for Certain Past Due SSI Benefits           0960-AE59
            (622F)..............................................................................
4311         Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Rehabilitation Act of     0960-AE63
            1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 in Programs Receiving Financial
            Assistance by SSA (617F)............................................................
4312         Coverage of Employees of State and Local Governments; Office of Management and          0960-AE69
            Budget (OMB) Control Number (280F)..................................................
4313         Enforcement of Nondiscrimination in Social Security Programs or Activities (661P)..     0960-AE78
4314         Adding New SSI Income and Resource Exclusion (VA Payments to Certain Vietnam            0960-AE79
            Veterans' Children With Spina Bifida) to Lists of Exclusions Provided by Other
            Federal Statutes (664F).............................................................
4315         Privacy and Disclosure of Official Records and Information (711P)..................     0960-AE88
4316         Assignment of Social Security Administration Numbers (SSN) for Nonwork Purposes         0960-AF05
            (751P)..............................................................................
4317         Change in Retirement Age (775F)....................................................     0960-AF16
4318         Genito-Urinary Medical Listing (802P)..............................................     0960-AF30
4319         Credit Bureau Reporting and Administrative Offset for SSI Overpayments (795P)......     0960-AF31
4320         Multiple Body Systems Listings (803P)..............................................     0960-AF32
4321         Immune System Listings (804P)......................................................     0960-AF33

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4322         Burden of Proof at Step 5 of Sequential Evaluation (808P)..........................     0960-AF37
4323         Filing Claims Under the Federal Tort Claims Act and the Military Personnel and          0960-AF39
            Civilian Employees Claims Act (785P)................................................
4324         Exclusion of Representative and Health Care Providers Convicted of Violations from      0960-AF46
            Participation in Social Security Disability Programs (820F).........................
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                                Social Security Administration--Completed Actions
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                                                                                                    Regulation
 Sequence                                          Title                                          Identification
  Number                                                                                              Number
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4325         Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income           0960-AB73
            Programs, Determining Disability and Blindness; Substantial Gainful Activity Guides
            (147F)..............................................................................
4326         Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Mental Disorders and Traumatic Brain Injury     0960-AC74
            (222F)..............................................................................
4327         Representative Payment Under Title II and XVI of the Social Security Act (295P)....     0960-AD22
4328         Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security          0960-AD91
            Income, Medical and Other Evidence of Your Impairment(s) and Definition of Medical
            Consultant (469F)...................................................................
4329         Contributions for Support (475P)...................................................     0960-AD92
4330         Availability of Information and Records to the Public--Charging Fees for Providing      0960-AE64
            Personal Information (618P).........................................................
4331         Determining Disability and Blindness; Providing for Use of a Single Decisionmaker       0960-AE73
            to Make Determinations of Disability Under Titles II and XVI of the Social Security
            Act (668P)..........................................................................
4332         Denial of SSI Benefits for Fugitive Felons and Probation and Parole Violators           0960-AE77
            (660F)..............................................................................
4333         Reduction of Title II Benefits Under the Family Maximum Provisions in Cases of Dual     0960-AE85
            Entitlement (692F)..................................................................
4334         Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security           0960-AE96
            Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled; Clarification of ``Age'' as a Vocational
            Factor (736F).......................................................................
4335         Addition of Medical Criteria for Evaluating Down Syndrome in Adults (743F).........     0960-AF03
4336         Anti-Fraud Provisions (765P).......................................................     0960-AF09
4337         Supplemental Security Income; Determining Disability for a Child Under Age 18           0960-AF40
            (625F)..............................................................................
4338         Extension of Respiratory Listings (813F)...........................................     0960-AF42
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Social Security Administration (SSA)                Proposed Rule Stage


  



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4257. OASDI AND SSI FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED; FEES FOR 
REPRESENTATION OF PARTIES UNDER TITLE II AND TITLE XVI OF THE SOCIAL 
SECURITY ACT (296P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority: PL 101-508, sec 5106; PL 103-296, sec 321(f)3 to (f)5; 
PL 106-170, sec 406

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1703; 20 CFR 416.1525; 20 CFR 404.1713; 20 CFR 
404.1720; 20 CFR 404.1715 to 404.1717; 20 CFR 404.1725; 20 CFR 
416.1503; 20 CFR 416.1513; 20 CFR 416.1520; 20 CFR 416.1515 to 416.1517

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: We propose to amend the regulations to provide rules about 
authorization, direct payment, and administrative review of fees for 
representation based on fee agreements between claimants and their 
representatives; revise our rules about authorization, direct payment 
and administrative review of fees for representation based on fee 
petitions; and provide rules about assessment on attorneys who receive 
direct payment of authorized fees from withheld title II past-due 
benefits. The proposed rules reflect provisions of section 406 of the 
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, Public Law 
106-170; sections 321(f)(3) to (f)(5) of the Social Security 
Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994, Public Law 103-296; 
and section 5106 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, 
Public Law 101-508.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AD23


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4258. MODIFICATION OF PRIVATE PRINTING AND PRESCRIBED APPLICATIONS AND 
OTHER FORMS (530P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: PL 103-296, sec 312

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 422.527

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulation will implement section 312 of Public Law 103-
296, which expands prohibitions on the use of certain letters and 
symbols and also the reproduction for a fee of forms and publications 
of SSA and HHS.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AE15
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4259. FEDERAL SALARY OFFSET (WITHHOLDING A PORTION OF A FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEE'S SALARY TO COLLECT A DELINQUENT DEBT OWED TO THE SOCIAL 
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION) (721P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 404; 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902; 42 USC 1383; 5 USC 
5514

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 422

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This initiative will enable the Social Security 
Administration (SSA) to collect from Federal salaries qualifying, 
delinquent title II and title XVI debts owed by former beneficiaries 
who are currently Federal employees. The debt collection will be 
accomplished by the partial reduction of the employee's disposable 
salary.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Edward Johns, Financial Management Analyst, Social 
Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-
6401
Phone: 410 965-0392

Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AE89
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4260. PRIVATE COLLECTION AGENCIES (USING PRIVATE COLLECTION AGENCIES TO 
HELP SSA COLLECT DELINQUENT TITLE II AND TITLE XVI DEBTS OWED BY FORMER 
BENEFICIARIES) (722P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 404; 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902; 42 USC 1383(b); 31 
USC 3718

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 422

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This initiative will enable the Social Security 
Administration (SSA) to refer delinquent title II and title XVI debts 
owed by former beneficiaries to private collection agencies for further 
debt collection efforts.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Edward Johns, Financial Management Analyst, Social 
Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-
6401
Phone: 410 965-0392

Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AE90
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4261. CHARGING INTEREST (CHARGING INTEREST ON DELINQUENT DEBTS) (723P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 404; 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902; 42 USC 1383(b); 31 
USC 3717

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 422

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Under this initiative, the Social Security Administration 
(SSA) will charge interest and penalties on qualifying, delinquent 
title II debts and title XVI owed by former beneficiaries.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Edward Johns, Financial Management Analyst, Social 
Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-
6401
Phone: 410 965-0392

Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AE91
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4262. ADMINISTRATIVE WAGE GARNISHMENT (TO REPAY A DEBT OWED TO THE 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION) (724P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902; 42 USC 1383; 31 USC 3720D

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 422

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This initiative will enable the Social Security 
Administration (SSA) to collect qualifying, delinquent titles II and 
XVI debts owed by former beneficiaries who are now employed (as other 
than Federal employees). Administrative wage garnishment allows SSA to 
order an employer to deduct a percentage of the disposable pay earned 
by the worker/debtor, and

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to send that amount to SSA as payment toward satisfying the delinquent 
debt. Administrative wage garnishment does not require a court judgment 
to impose the withholding order.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Edward Johns, Financial Management Analyst, Social 
Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-
6401
Phone: 410 965-0392

Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AE92
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4263. WORK ACTIVITY STANDARD AS A BASIS FOR REVIEW OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S 
DISABLED STATUS (TICKET TO WORK AND WORK INCENTIVES IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 
1999) (725P)

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 421

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1590

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, January 1, 2002, Section 111 of Public 
Law 106-170, effective January 1, 2002.

Abstract: One of SSA's most important initiatives is to assure that 
Social Security (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 
beneficiaries with disabilities who want to work have the opportunity 
to do so. Individuals with disabilities face multiple barriers in 
attempting to return to work. Section 111 of Public Law 106-170 
provides a new statutory work incentive by eliminating the scheduling 
of continuing disability medical reviews solely because of an SSDI 
beneficiary's work activity, once the beneficiary has been entitled to 
SSDI benefits for 24 months. (Such beneficiaries will continue to be 
subject to regularly scheduled continuing disability reviews, work 
investigations, and benefit termination due to earnings from work 
activity at the level of substantial gainful activity.)

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

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NPRM                            09/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Geoffrey Funk, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Employment Support Programs, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-9010

Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AE93
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4264. OASDI AND SSI; EXPANSION OF THE USE OF VIDEO TELECONFERENCE 
TECHNOLOGY IN HEARINGS BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES OF THE SOCIAL 
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (737P)

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 156 in Part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

RIN: 0960-AE97
_______________________________________________________________________




4265. TICKET TO WORK AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM (TICKET TO WORK AND 
WORK INCENTIVES IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999) (767P)

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 157 in Part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

RIN: 0960-AF11
_______________________________________________________________________




4266. TITLE XVI, CROSS-PROGRAM RECOVERY (746F)

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 158 in Part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

RIN: 0960-AF13
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4267. FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE; SUPPLEMENTAL 
SECURITY INCOME; DETERMINING DISABILITY AND BLINDNESS; REVISIONS TO THE 
GROWTH IMPAIRMENT LISTINGS (758P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1505; 20 CFR 404.1520; 20 CFR 404.1525; 20 CFR 
404.1526; 20 CFR 416.905; 20 CFR 416.906; 20 CFR 416.920; 20 CFR 
416.924; 20 CFR 416.925; 20 CFR 416.926; 20 CFR 416.926a

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This document ask experts on growth impairments in children, 
and other interested members of the public, for comments on whether and 
how we should revise the growth impairment listings in our ``Listing of 
Impairments,'' in appendix 1 to subpart P of 20 CFR part 404 (the 
listings). The growth impairment listings contain the medical criteria 
we use to evaluate disability claims for children with linear growth 
impairments at the third step of our sequential evaluation of 
disability for children.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Notice of Intent                06/14/00                    65 FR 37321
NPRM                            12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Regina Connell, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Disability, 3-A-9 Operations 
Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1891

Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AF18


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4268. EXPEDITED REINSTATEMENT OF DISABILITY BENEFITS (TICKET TO WORK AND 
WORK INCENTIVES IMPROVEMENT ACT) (790P)

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 423

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, January 1, 2001, Section 112 of Public 
Law 106-170, effective January 1, 2001.

Abstract: One of SSA's most important initiatives is to assure that 
Social Security (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 
beneficiaries with disabilities who want to work have the opportunity 
to do so. Individuals with disabilities face multiple barriers in 
attempting to return to work. Section 112 of Public Law 106-170 
provides a new statutory work incentive by providing for expedited 
reinstatement of SSDI and SSI benefits terminated due to work activity, 
when the former beneficiary requests reinstatement within 60 months 
because his or her disability prevents work activity. Section 112 also 
provides for payment of provisional benefits up to six months until SSA 
makes a determination on the requester's entitlement to reinstated 
benefits.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Geoffrey Funk, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Employment Support Programs, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-9010

Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AF21
_______________________________________________________________________




4269.  SOCIAL SECURITY COVERAGE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR RESIDENTS OF 
THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AMERICAN SAMOA, AND GUAM (792P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1004(8); 20 CFR 404.1004(9); 20 CFR 
404.1022(a); 20 CFR 404.1022(c)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These proposed rules will amend our regulations to include 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the definition of 
United States under title II. These revisions will also include 
coverage of employment for workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands as well as workers in American Samoa or Guam.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, 
Social Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation 
Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

Dianne Freelump, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Program Benefits, 6401 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-9812

RIN: 0960-AF23
_______________________________________________________________________




4270.  EFFECTS OF BEING CONSIDERED A CHILD (793P)

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 1382c(f)(1)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 416.1851

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These proposed rules will restore nationwide uniformity on 
deeming of income and resources from a stepparent to an SSI eligible 
child. This action is being taken as a result of the decision in Florez 
on behalf of Wallace v. Callahan 156F.3d 438 (2d. Cir. 1998). A 
stepparent's income and resources will not be deemed to a child when 
the natural parent does not live in the same household as the 
stepparent and the child.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

Karen E. Kerwath, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Program Benefits, 6401 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-9835

RIN: 0960-AF24
_______________________________________________________________________




4271.  $30 PRIVATE INSURANCE (794P)

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 1382(e)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 416.201; 20 CFR 416.211; 20 CFR 416.212; 20 CFR 
416.414; 20 CFR 416.1149; 20 CFR 416.1165; 20 CFR 416.1167; 20 CFR 
416.1202

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These proposed rules make technical and conforming updates to 
title XVI based on section 5522(c) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 
(Pub. L. 105-33). Section 5522(c) eliminated obsolete terminology in 
section 1611(e)(1) of the SSACT that specified particular kinds of 
medical facilities where the $30 reduced benefit rate could apply. 
Section 5522(c) also amended section 1611(e)(1)(G) of the SSACT to 
extend applicability of

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temporary institutionalization benefits to children who enter private 
medical treatment facilities and who otherwise would be subject to a 
reduced benefit because of private insurance coverage.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Karen E. Kerwath, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Program Benefits, 6401 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-9835

Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AF25
_______________________________________________________________________




4272.  DIGESTIVE SYSTEM LISTING (800P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404, subpart P, app 1

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: We are proposing to revise the criteria in the Listing of 
Impairments (the Listings) that we use to evaluate claims involving 
digestive impairments. We apply these criteria at step three of our 
sequential evaluation processes to adults and children who claim Social 
Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits based on 
disability under title II and title XVI of the Social Security Act (the 
Act). The proposed revisions reflect advances in medical knowledge, 
treatment, and methods of evaluating digestive impairments. We also 
propose to remove listings that are redundant and serve only to refer 
to other listings.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AF28
_______________________________________________________________________




4273.  SKIN MEDICAL LISTING (801P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404, subpart P, app 1

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: We are proposing to revise the criteria in the Listing of 
Impairments (the Listings) for the Skin Medical Listing.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AF29
_______________________________________________________________________




4274.  SPECIAL SENSES (805P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404, subpart P, app 1

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: We are proposing to revise the criteria in the Listing of 
Impairments (the Listings) for Special Senses.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AF34
_______________________________________________________________________




4275.  NEUROLOGICAL LISTINGS (806P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404, subpart P, app 1

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: We are proposing to revise the criteria in the Listing of 
Impairments (the Listings) for Neurological Listings.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AF35


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4276.  WAGE REPORTS AND PENSION INFORMATION (809P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 432; 42 USC 902(a)(5)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 422.114

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Social Security Administration (SSA) proposes to amend 
its rules on processing reports of wages submitted annually by 
employers. We are proposing to amend this rule to reflect the threshold 
now in use for accepting wage reports with unidentified or incorrectly 
identified wage items. The rule is intended to ensure that wages are 
reported to SSA with accurate information so that earnings can be 
properly credited to the employee's Social Security record.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AF38
_______________________________________________________________________




4277.  EXTENSION OF DISABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT AUTHORITY (TICKET TO WORK AND WORK INCENTIVES IMPROVEMENT ACT) 
(789P)

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 42 USC 434

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1599

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: One of SSA's most important initiatives is to assure that 
Social Security (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 
beneficiaries with disabilities who want to work have the opportunity 
to do so. Section 301 of Public Law 106-170 extends to the Commissioner 
of Social Security the authority to develop and carry out experiments 
and demonstration projects designed to determine the relative 
advantages and disadvantages of various alternative methods of treating 
the work activity of individuals entitled to disability insurance 
benefits.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            11/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Geoffrey Funk, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Employment Support Programs, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-9010

Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AF41
_______________________________________________________________________




4278.  ACCESS TO INFORMATION HELD BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
(815P)

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 159 in Part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

RIN: 0960-AF43
_______________________________________________________________________




4279.  IMPLEMENTING THE REDESIGNED DISABILITY PROCESS (816P)

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 160 in Part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

RIN: 0960-AF44
_______________________________________________________________________




4280.  REVISED MEDICAL CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATION OF DISABILITY, 
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM AND RELATED CRITERIA (826P)

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 161 in Part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

RIN: 0960-AF48
_______________________________________________________________________




4281.  REPRESENTATIVE PAYMENT UNDER TITLE II AND XVI OF THE 
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 162 in Part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

RIN: 0960-AF49
_______________________________________________________________________


Social Security Administration (SSA)                   Final Rule Stage


  



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4282. MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND RELATED CRITERIA (143F)

Priority: Other Significant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 405; 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1500, app 1

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Listings 1.00 and 101.00 of appendix 1 to subpart P of part 
404 of our regulations describe those musculoskeletal impairments that 
are considered severe enough to prevent a person from doing any gainful 
activity or, for a child claiming SSI payments under title XVI, that 
causes marked and severe functional limitations. Comprehensive 
revisions to these listings are being made to ensure that the medical 
evaluation criteria are up to date and consistent with the latest 
advances in medicine. The SSI program incorporates by reference and 
uses the same medical criteria as the old-age,

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survivors, and disability insurance program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/21/93                    58 FR 67574
NPRM Comment Period End         02/22/94
Final Action                    10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Victoria Dorf, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Disability, 6401 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-9245

Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AB01
_______________________________________________________________________




4283. FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE; DETERMINING 
DISABILITY AND BLINDNESS; REVISION TO MEDICAL-VOCATIONAL GUIDELINES 
(599F)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 423; 42 USC 405(a); 42 USC 902(a)(5)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1500, app 2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will make clarifications to the Social Security 
Medical-Vocational guidelines used to evaluate disability in 
individuals under age 50, who have severe impairments that do not meet 
or equal the criteria of any listed impairment, but have a residual 
functional capacity for no more than the full range of sedentary work. 
The guidelines are contained in appendix 2 of subpart P of 20 CFR 404.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            09/23/97                    62 FR 49636
NPRM Comment Period End         11/24/97
Final Action                    10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, 
Social Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation 
Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AE42
_______________________________________________________________________




4284. TESTIMONY BY EMPLOYEES AND THE PRODUCTION OF RECORDS IN LEGAL 
PROCEEDINGS (732F)

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 42 USC 1306; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 31 USC 9701

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 403

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These final rules will establish procedures governing the 
appearance of SSA employees as witnesses and the production of official 
documents in legal proceedings, to which SSA is not a party, in 
response to requests for such documents or testimony. The final rule 
provides procedures, requirements and information concerning how SSA 
will handle these matters and expressly prohibits any disclosure or 
testimony except as approved by the Commissioner. The final rule will 
conserve and ensure more efficient use of SSA resources in meeting the 
Agency's mission, promote consistency in decisions, minimize the 
possibility of involving SSA in issues not related to its mission, 
maintain the impartiality of SSA, protect sensitive and confidential 
information and the deliberative processes of SSA, and enhance SSA's 
ability to respond efficiently to requests involving such legal 
proceedings. This rule will replace other regulations currently 
applicable to SSA under 45 CFR part 2.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            05/10/00                    65 FR 30037
NPRM Comment Period End         07/10/00
Final Action                    12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Brad Howard, Attorney, Social Security Administration, 
Office of the General Counsel, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 
21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-1817

Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AE95
_______________________________________________________________________




4285. REVISED MEDICAL CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATION OF DISABILITY, APPENDIX 
1 TO SUBPART P--LISTING OF IMPAIRMENTS (740F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404 subpart P, app 1

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: We are proposing to make a certain number of discrete 
revisions to the Listing of Impairments, appendix 1 to subpart P, of 
part 404 of our regulations. We are making these changes in order to 
reflect advances in medical practices, to clarify certain listing 
criteria, to remove a few rarely-used listings, and to add new listings 
to address current medical practices such as organ transplantation. We 
are also proposing to remove some technical references, which have 
become obsolete, and proposing to reword some listings to update 
medical terminology. We use these listings to adjudicate claims for 
disability under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act when we 
evaluate claims of individuals at step three of our sequential 
evaluation process.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            02/11/00                     65 FR 6929
NPRM Comment Period End         04/11/00
Final Action                    10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Carolyn Kiefer, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Disability, 6401 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401

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Phone: 410 965-9104

Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AE99
_______________________________________________________________________




4286. OASDI, AND SSI FOR THE AGED, BLIND AND DISABLED; SUBSTANTIAL 
GAINFUL ACTIVITY AMOUNTS; ``SERVICES'' FOR TRIAL WORK PERIOD PURPOSES--
MONTHLY AMOUNTS; STUDENT-EARNED INCOME EXCLUSION (777F)

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 163 in Part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

RIN: 0960-AF12
_______________________________________________________________________




4287. COST OF LIVING INCREASES IN PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNTS (759F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 402(a); 42 USC 405(a); 42 USC 415; 42 USC 
902(a)(5)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.273 to 404.275

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final rule revises our rules dealing with automatic 
cost-of-living increases to primary insurance amounts under title II of 
the Social Security Act. The revisions eliminate the restriction that 
we could only grant cost-of-living increases based on rises in the 
Consumer Price Index (CPI) or the Average Wage Index (AWI) if either 
the CPI or AWI increased by 3 percent or more during the prescribed 
measuring period. The 3 percent restriction was removed by legislation 
enacted in 1986.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    10/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jeff Kunkel, Actuary, Social Security Administration, 
Office of the Actuary, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-
6401
Phone: 410 965-3013

Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AF14
_______________________________________________________________________




4288. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESS; PREHEARING AND POSTHEARING 
CONFERENCES (778F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.961; 20 CFR 416.1461

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These final rules will amend our regulations that authorize 
an administrative law judge (ALJ) to hold a prehearing or posthearing 
conference to specify that certain attorney advisors in our Office of 
Hearings and Appeals (OHA) may hold formal prehearing or posthearing 
conferences when requested by an ALJ. We will also amend these 
regulations to include procedures to govern the informal developmental 
conferences that we may hold with claimants or their representatives.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            06/22/00                    65 FR 38796
NPRM Comment Period End         08/21/00
Final Action                    06/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AF17
_______________________________________________________________________




4289. MEDICAL EQUIVALENCE FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN (787I)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1526; 20 CFR 404.1529; 20 CFR 416.926; 20 CFR 
416.929

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These interim final rules will clarify that a determination 
of medical equivalence will consider the severity of the individual's 
impairment, based on all relevant evidence in the case record. These 
rules will clarify our medical equivalence policy in light of the 
decision in Hickman v. Apfel, 187 F.3d 683 (7th Cir. 1999).

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              12/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Jane Deweib, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Disability, 6401 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-9878

Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AF19
_______________________________________________________________________




4290. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR FALSE OR 
MISLEADING STATEMENTS (784F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 402; 42 USC 403; 42 USC 404(a); 42 USC 404(e); 
42 USC 405(a); 42 USC 405(c); 42 USC 422(b); 42 USC 423(e); 42 USC 
424a; 42 USC 425; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1382 to 1382d; 42 USC 1382h; 
42 USC 1320a-8a; 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.475; 20 CFR 416.1339

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, June 14, 2000.

Abstract: These final rules implement section 207 of Public Law 106-
169, which provides that SSA may impose a penalty on any person who 
knowingly makes, or causes to be made, a false or misleading statement 
or representation of a material fact for use in determining any initial 
or continuing right to or the amount of monthly insurance benefits 
under title

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II or benefits or payments under title XVI.

Timetable:
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Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              07/10/00                    65 FR 42283
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      09/08/00
Final Action                    02/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Gareth N. Dence, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Division of Payment Policy, Office of Program 
Benefits Policy, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-9872

Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AF20
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4291.  SSI TRUSTS AND TRANSFERS OF RESOURCES (791I)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 1382a(a); 42 USC 1382b(c)(f); 42 USC 1382b(e); 
PL 106-169, sec 205; PL 106-169, sec 206

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 416

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These interim final rules amend our regulations to reflect 
sections 205 and 206 of Public Law 106-169, the Foster Care 
Independence Act of 1999. Section 205 generally provides for counting 
certain trusts as resources in the SSI program. Section 206 generally 
provides for a period of ineligibility for SSI benefits as a result of 
transferring resources for less than fair market value.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              11/00/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Kenneth A. Brown, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Program Benefits, 6401 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-9772

Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AF22
_______________________________________________________________________




4292.  REVISIONS TO THE MEDICAL-VOCATIONAL GUIDELINES (823I)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404, subpart P, app 2

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule will make several clarifications to our medical-
vocational guidelines. First, for individuals whose previous 
semiskilled or skilled work does not allow him or her to transfer 
skills to other semiskilled or skilled work within his or her residual 
functional capacity (RFC), we will treat the past work experience as if 
it were unskilled. It will also clarify that where an individual is 
limited to medium work, is closely approaching retirement and is 
illiterate in English or unable to communicate in English, we will find 
him or her disabled if he or she has no past work experience, or 
unskilled, semiskilled, or skilled past work experience, with no 
transferable skills to other semiskilled or skilled work within his or 
her RFC.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              01/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Elaine Tocco, Vocational Policy Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Disability, 6401 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-6356

Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AF47
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4293. ELECTION OF BENEFITS BASED ON AGE BY DISABLED WIDOW, WIDOWER, AND 
SURVIVING DIVORCED SPOUSE BENEFICIARIES (343P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.335; 20 CFR 404.336; 20 CFR 404.337

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: We propose to amend our regulations to permit the election of 
benefits based on age by widows, widowers and surviving divorced 
spouses (hereinafter, collectively widows) who are at least age 60 and 
who are already entitled to widow's benefits based on disability. This 
proposal would allow the widow to choose which of the two types of 
widow's benefits is more advantageous.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social

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Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AD56
_______________________________________________________________________




4294. REVISED MEDICAL CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS AND 
MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASES (399P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1500, app 1

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Sections 7.00 and 107.00 (hemic and lymphatic system), and 
13.00 and 113.00 (malignant neoplastic diseases) of appendix 1 to 
subpart P of part 404 of our regulations (404.1501 through 404.1599) 
describe those impairments that are considered severe enough to prevent 
a person from doing any gainful activity, or for a child claiming SSI 
payments under title XVI, that causes marked and severe functional 
limitations. We are proposing revisions to these sections to ensure 
that the medical evaluation criteria are up-to-date and consistent with 
the latest advances in medical knowledge and treatment. The 
Supplemental Security Income Program incorporates and uses the same 
medical criteria as the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance 
Program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Michelle Hungerman, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Disability, 6401 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-2289

Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AD67
_______________________________________________________________________




4295. REVISED MEDICAL CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATION OF DISABILITY, 
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM (436P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1500, app 1

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Sections 9.00 and 109.00 of appendix 1 to subpart P of part 
404 of our regulations (404.1501 through 404.1599) describe those 
impairments that are considered severe enough to prevent a person from 
doing any gainful activity, or in the case of a child claiming SSA 
payments under title XVI, that cause marked and severe functional 
limitations. We are proposing to revise the criteria in these sections 
to reflect advances in medical knowledge, treatment, and methods of 
evaluating endocrine impairments. The Supplemental Security Income 
Program incorporates and uses the same medical criteria as the Old-Age, 
Survivors and Disability Insurance Program.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, 
Social Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation 
Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AD78
_______________________________________________________________________




4296. COMPUTATION OF SSI BENEFITS FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF PAYMENT 
(476P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 416.320

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: SSI eligibility and payment are calculated by taking into 
account income received by the applicant/recipient. Two calculations 
must be made for each month. The first is the eligibility computation 
and is based on the current (payment) month's income. The second is the 
payment computation, which, under retrospective monthly accounting, is 
based (usually) on the income of a prior month called the budget month. 
Generally the budget month is 2 months prior to the payment month. The 
transitional computation for the first 3 months of SSI payment is an 
exception to the general rule described above. While the eligibility 
computation continues to apply to the current month's income, the 
budget month on which each of the first 3 months' payments is based is 
the first month of eligibility or reeligibility. This policy was 
intended to facilitate the transition into the 2 month retrospective 
accounting cycle and to avoid penalizing the recipient for income 
received prior to initial SSI eligibility. However, the policy also has 
the effect of counting income which is only received in one month more 
than one time. In Jones v. Shalala, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 
ruled that SSA's transitional computation for the first 3 months of 
eligibility is not permissible because it will result in the triple 
counting of nonrecurring income received only in the first month of 
eligibility. The proposed policy addresses the triple counting of 
nonrecurring income.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AD93


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4297. DEFINITION OF ``LARGEST BENEFIT AMOUNT'' FOR SIMULTANEOUS 
ENTITLEMENT TO CHILD'S BENEFITS (481P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 402; 42 USC 422(b); 42 USC 423; 42 USC 424a; 42 
USC 428(a) to 428(e); 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 403; 42 USC 403(a); 42 
USC 403(b); 42 USC 404(a); 42 USC 404(e); 42 USC 405(a); 42 USC 405(c); 
42 USC 416

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.304; 20 CFR 404.353b; 20 CFR 404.407d

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 202(k)(2)(A) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 402(k)(2)(A)) 
contains the statutory requirements for determining the earnings record 
on which SSA will pay a person, who is simultaneously entitled to 
child's insurance benefits on the earnings records of more than one 
worker. Generally, the child's benefits will be paid on the earnings 
record that yields the highest primary insurance amount (PIA). However, 
under certain circumstances, the child's benefits will be paid on the 
earnings record that yields a lower PIA if that record produces the 
``largest benefit'' to which the child could be entitled under section 
202(d) without the application of the reduction under the ``family 
maximum'' provisions. In implementing section 202(k)(2)(A), SSA has 
determined the ``largest benefit'' under section 202(k)(2)(A) by 
comparing the original benefit amount (i.e., 50 percent of the PIA of a 
living worker and 75 percent of the PIA of a deceased worker) 
calculated on the dependent and/or survivor claim of the child on the 
earnings record of each worker without applying any reductions or 
deductions. The United States District Court for the Northern District 
of Alabama in Agee v. Sullivan rejected this interpretation and held 
that SSA must compare the amounts payable to the child under each 
earnings record after considering all applicable deductions and 
reductions other than the reduction under the family maximum 
provisions. Legal support for both interpretations can be found in the 
statutory language and legislative history of section 202(k)(2)(A) of 
the Act. We have found current regulations implementing section 
202(k)(2)(A) to be ambiguous. We propose to amend these regulations to 
reflect the longstanding SSA interpretation, rather than the 
interpretation adopted by the District Court in the Agee decision.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bill Hilton, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Program Benefits, 6401 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-2468

Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AD95
_______________________________________________________________________




4298. REPEAL OF FACILITY OF PAYMENT PROVISION (508P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 403

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.402(b); 20 CFR 404.458

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This regulation will reflect section 309 of Public Law 103-
296 that repeals the facility of payment provision under which Social 
Security benefits, subject to the family maximum, would not be 
redistributed in certain cases, and provides that the reduction for the 
family maximum will be made prior to a temporary suspension for work 
when the nonworking auxiliary resides in a separate household from the 
working auxiliary.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AE02
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4299. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESS; ADMINISTRATIVE RES JUDICATA AND 
RELATED RULES (526P)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405(a); 42 USC 405(b); 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 
1383(c); 42 USC 1383(d)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.903a (New); 20 CFR 416.1467; 20 CFR 404.903b 
(New); 20 CFR 404.950; 20 CFR 404.957; 20 CFR 404.967; 20 CFR 416.1403a 
(New); 20 CFR 416.1403b (New); 20 CFR 416.1450; 20 CFR 416.1457

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These proposed changes will amend our regulations governing 
the administrative review process for the Social Security and 
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs to update our procedures 
and to reflect and implement sections 205(b)(3)(A) and 1631(c)(1)(B)(i) 
of the Act, as added by section 5107 of Public Law 101-508. Section 
5107 specifies certain cases in which our policy on administrative res 
judicata may not be applied to deny a claimant's subsequent application 
for benefits under the Social Security or SSI Program. In general, 
section 5107 provides that an individual's failure to timely request 
review of an adverse determination (initial or reconsidered) under the 
Social Security or SSI Program may not be used by us as a basis for a 
denial of the claimant's subsequent application for benefits under the 
same program, if the failure to request review was due to certain 
circumstances specified in the statute.
We are also proposing to amend our regulations to expand and clarify 
our policy on administrative res judicata and on collateral estoppel.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

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Agency Contact: Stan Axel, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Program Benefits, 6401 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-7927

Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AE11
_______________________________________________________________________




4300. OASDI; NONPAYMENT OF BENEFITS TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND 
INDIVIDUALS CONFINED IN CRIMINAL CASES, PURSUANT TO CONVICTION OR BY 
COURT ORDER BASED ON FINDINGS OF INSANITY (531P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 402(x); 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.468

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The regulation will implement section 4 of Public Law 103-387 
and section 402(b) and (d) of Public Law 106-170, which modify and 
expand the prisoner nonpayment provisions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AE16
_______________________________________________________________________




4301. SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME; PLANS FOR ACHIEVING SELF-SUPPORT 
(506P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Reinventing Government: This rulemaking is part of the Reinventing 
Government effort. It will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden or 
duplication, or streamline requirements.

Legal Authority: PL 103-296, sec 203; 42 USC 1383b(d)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 416.1180; 20 CFR 416.1181; 20 CFR 416.1182; 20 CFR 
416.1224; 20 CFR 416.1225; 20 CFR 416.1226

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These proposed regulations will revise our rules on plans to 
achieve self-support (PASS) to take into account the time period an 
individual will need for completion of his or her PASS and other 
factors determined to be appropriate.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AE17
_______________________________________________________________________




4302. OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS; REPLACING 
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER CARDS (543F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 422.103

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These final rules will support our pilot test for replacing 
Social Security number cards when we receive a request by telephone. We 
tested replacing the card based on information furnished by telephone, 
without requiring additional documentation. SSA is now evaluating the 
results of that test.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              06/22/95                    60 FR 32444
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      08/21/95
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Daniel T. Bridgewater, Social Insurance Specialist, 
Social Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation 
Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-3298

RIN: 0960-AE18
_______________________________________________________________________




4303. UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH 
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, OTHER NONPROFIT 
ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS (547F)

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 31 USC 7505; 41 USC 403(11)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 435.000

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final rule will create a new part in the Code of Federal 
Regulations. The new part will provide standards in the administration 
of grants and agreements with institutions of higher education, 
hospitals, other nonprofit organizations, and commercial organizations.
The Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994, 
enacted August 15, 1994, established SSA as an independent agency 
separate from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 
effective March 31, 1995. To implement its own set of grants 
regulations, SSA proposes to codify almost verbatim the text of the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular Number A-110 ``Uniform 
Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions 
of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations.'' 
These regulations will establish SSA grants regulations, separate from 
the HHS regulations.

[[Page 74791]]

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            04/27/00                    65 FR 24767
NPRM Comment Period End         06/26/00
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, 
Social Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation 
Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AE25
_______________________________________________________________________




4304. GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT) AND 
GOVERNMENTWIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE (GRANTS) (554F)

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 41 USC 403(11); 41 USC 701 et seq

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 436.000

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final regulation migrates the HHS grants regulation at 
45 CFR part 76 into a new SSA regulation at 20 CFR part 436 now that 
SSA is an independent agency.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, 
Social Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation 
Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AE27
_______________________________________________________________________




4305. UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE 
AGREEMENTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS 
(555F)

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 41 USC 403(ii)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 437.000

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final regulation migrates the HHS grants regulation at 
45 CFR part 92 into a new SSA regulation at 20 CFR part 437 now that 
SSA is an independent agency.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, 
Social Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation 
Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AE28
_______________________________________________________________________




4306. RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING IN CONNECTION WITH THE AWARD OF GRANTS, 
CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS (556F)

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 31 USC 1352

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 438.000

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final regulation migrates the HHS grants regulation at 
45 CFR part 93 into a new SSA regulation at 20 CFR part 438 now that 
SSA is an independent agency.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, 
Social Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation 
Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AE29
_______________________________________________________________________




4307. ELIMINATION OF ROUNDING DISTORTION IN THE CALCULATION OF THE 
CONTRIBUTION AND BENEFIT BASE AND EARNINGS TEST EXEMPT AMOUNTS (512F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 321(g) of Public Law 103-296 designated 1994 as the 
base year to be used in calculating increases in the OASDI contribution 
and benefit base and the earnings test exempt amounts. The provision is 
effective for the contribution and benefit base and for the earnings 
test exempt amount for taxable years ending after 1994. Section 102 of 
Public Law 104-121, however, established a schedule of earnings test 
exempt amounts for persons at or above the normal retirement age for 
1996 through 2002. Thereafter, the provision calculates the increase in 
this exempt amount in the same manner as provided by Public Law 103-
296, but designates 2002 as the base year.
This final rule reflects changes required by Public Law 106-182. The 
legislation eliminated the earnings test for persons above the normal 
retirement age.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AE40


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4308. SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS FOR ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (601P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 5 USC APP (Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 5 USC 
7301; 5 USC 7353

CFR Citation: 5 CFR ch LXXXI (New)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Social Security Administration (SSA), with the 
concurrence of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), proposes to issue 
regulations for officers and employees of SSA that supplement the OGE 
Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch, 
which became effective February 3, 1993. The proposed rule specifies 
procedural and substantive requirements that are necessary to address 
ethical issues unique to SSA. There were no alternatives considered for 
these proposed rules. Any costs or savings will be insignificant.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Stuart M. Besser, Attorney, Social Security 
Administration, Office of the General Counsel, 6401 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-3194

Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AE48
_______________________________________________________________________




4309. DEEMING OF INCOME FROM AN INELIGIBLE SPOUSE TO AN ELIGIBLE 
INDIVIDUAL AND AN ELIGIBLE CHILD (606P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1381a; 42 USC 1382; 42 USC 
1382a; 42 USC 1382c(f); 42 USC 1383; 42 USC 1382b; 42 USC 1382j

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 416.1160 (c)(3)(iii); 20 CFR 416.1165 (g)(1); 20 
CFR 416.1166

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This rule would revise the method used under the SSI program 
to determine income for a child who lives with both parents where one 
parent is ineligible for SSI because of income deemed from an 
ineligible spouse. Instead of deeming any excess income from the 
ineligible spouse to the child, referred to as ``pass-through 
deeming,'' we would deem income to the child using the method we use 
where neither parent files for SSI. Under current rules, ``pass-
through'' deeming has had the unintended effect of deeming more income 
than would have been deemed if the regular rules for deeming from 
ineligible parents who do not file for SSI are used.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, 
Social Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation 
Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AE50
_______________________________________________________________________




4310. DEDICATED ACCOUNTS AND INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN PAST DUE 
SSI BENEFITS (622F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1381; 42 USC 1381a; 42 USC 
1382(c); 42 USC 1382(e); 42 USC 1383(a) to 1383(d); 42 USC 1383(g)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 416.545; 20 CFR 416.546; 20 CFR 416.640

Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 22, 1996.

Abstract: These regulations reflect amendments to the Social Security 
Act made by sections 213 and 221 of the Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Section 213 requires the 
establishment of accounts in financial institutions for the payment of 
past-due SSI benefits after reimbursement to a State for Interim 
Assistance Reimbursement exceeding 6 months' benefits to representative 
payees on behalf of children under age 18. These accounts will be 
dedicated for certain purposes by restrictions on the use of such past-
due benefits.
Section 221 requires past-due SSI benefits after reimbursement to a 
State for Interim Assistance Reimbursement which equals or exceeds 12 
months' benefits to be paid in installments, with certain exceptions.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Interim Final Rule              12/20/96                    61 FR 67203
Interim Final Rule Comment 
Period End                      02/18/97
Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AE59
_______________________________________________________________________




4311. EFFECTUATION OF TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, THE 
REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973, AND THE AGE DISCRIMINATION ACT OF 1975 IN 
PROGRAMS RECEIVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BY SSA (617F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 902(a)(5); 5 USC 301; 20 USC 1405; 21 USC 1174; 
29 USC 794; 42 USC 290dd-2; 42 USC 2000d-1; 42 USC 6101

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 431

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Prior to March 31, 1995, SSA was an operating component of 
HHS and the general regulatory authority for SSA programs and 
administration was vested in the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(the Secretary) based on section 1102 of the Social Security Act (the 
Act) (42 U.S.C. 1302). The SSIPIA established SSA as an independent 
agency in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government

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effective March 31, 1995, and vested general regulatory authority in 
the Commissioner of Social Security (the Commissioner). Under section 
106(b) of SSIPIA, HHS regulations in effect immediately prior to March 
31, 1995, which relate to functions now vested in the Commissioner by 
reason of SSA's independence, continue to apply to SSA until such time 
as they are modified, suspended, terminated or repealed by the 
Commissioner. SSA is promulgating regulations at 20 CFR part 431, which 
are based in large measure upon the HHS regulations at 45 CFR parts 80, 
81, 84, 85, 90, and 91. These SSA regulations reflect changes necessary 
to adapt the HHS regulations to SSA procedures. Upon SSA's rules 
becoming final regulations, the HHS regulations will cease to have 
application to SSA in accordance with section 106(b) of SSIPIA.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AE63
_______________________________________________________________________




4312. COVERAGE OF EMPLOYEES OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; OFFICE OF 
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB) CONTROL NUMBER (280F)

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 410; 42 USC 418; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 
42 USC 418 note

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1215; 20 CFR 404.1242; 20 CFR 404.1243; 20 CFR 
404.1247; 20 CFR 404.1249; 20 CFR 404.1251; 20 CFR 404.1265; 20 CFR 
404.1203; 20 CFR 404.1204; 20 CFR 404.1214; 20 CFR 404.1216; 20 CFR 
404.1220; 20 CFR 404.1225; 20 CFR 404.1237; 20 CFR 404.1239; ...

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: SSA regulations providing Social Security coverage for the 
services of employees of State and local governments and interstate 
instrumentalities were published in the Federal Register on August 29, 
1988 (53 FR 32972). Those regulations included sections, which 
contained information collection and recordkeeping requirements, that 
were not effective until they were approved by OMB. This document 
notifies the public that the information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements were approved by OMB and provides the OMB control number. 
This document also adds an OMB approval number to section 404.1215.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, 
Social Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation 
Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AE69
_______________________________________________________________________




4313. ENFORCEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION IN SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS OR 
ACTIVITIES (661P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1302; PL 103-296

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 431.100; 20 CFR 431.215; 20 CFR 431.220; 20 CFR 
431.225; 20 CFR 431.230; 20 CFR 431.235; 20 CFR 431.240; 20 CFR 
431.105; 20 CFR 431.110; 20 CFR 431.115; 20 CFR 431.120; 20 CFR 
431.125; 20 CFR 431.130; 20 CFR 431.135; 20 CFR 431.140; 20 CFR 
431.145; 20 CFR 431.150; 20 CFR 431.160; 20 CFR 431.200; 20 CFR 
431.205; 20 CFR 431.210

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These proposed regulations are intended to ensure that 
individuals are not subjected to discrimination on the basis of 
disability, race, color, national origin, sex, age, or religion in any 
program or activity conducted by SSA.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AE78
_______________________________________________________________________




4314. ADDING NEW SSI INCOME AND RESOURCE EXCLUSION (VA PAYMENTS TO 
CERTAIN VIETNAM VETERANS' CHILDREN WITH SPINA BIFIDA) TO LISTS OF 
EXCLUSIONS PROVIDED BY OTHER FEDERAL STATUTES (664F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 38 USC 1805(d)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 416.1236; 20 CFR 416, subpart K, app

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Public Law 104-204 provides that a Department of Veterans 
Affairs monthly allowance paid to children of Vietnam veterans for 
disabilities resulting from spina bifida will not be considered income 
or resources in determining eligibility for or the amount of benefits 
under any Federal or federally assisted program. These regulations 
update the lists of exclusions from income and resources under the SSI 
program that are in statutes other than the Social Security Act.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, 
Social Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation 
Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

Eric Ice, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security Administration, 
Office of Program Benefits, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 
21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-3233

RIN: 0960-AE79


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4315. PRIVACY AND DISCLOSURE OF OFFICIAL RECORDS AND INFORMATION (711P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 5 USC 552; 5 USC 552a; 42 USC 1306(a); 42 USC 
902(a)(5)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 401.30; 20 CFR 401.45; 20 CFR 401.55; 20 CFR 
401.150; 20 CFR 401.180

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: We propose to revise our privacy and disclosure rules to 
describe the role and function of the Privacy Officer; describe 
safeguards against inappropriate disclosure of personal information by 
electronic means (e.g., through the Internet); revise our special 
procedures on access to medical records; permit disclosures to certain 
government agencies for various administrative purposes related to 
income-maintenance and health-maintenance programs; permit disclosures 
of Social Security number information to Government agencies under 
specific circumstances; and clarify our rules on disclosure under legal 
process from courts.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Local, Tribal

Agency Contact: Tom Price, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Disclosure Policy, 6401 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-6011

Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AE88
_______________________________________________________________________




4316. ASSIGNMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION NUMBERS (SSN) FOR 
NONWORK PURPOSES (751P)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 432; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 
1320b-1; 42 USC 1320b-13

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 422.104

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: SSA published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking 
regarding when we will assign an SSN to an alien who is legally in the 
United States (U.S.) but not under authority of law permitting him or 
her to work in the U.S. We are considering a proposal to assign an SSN 
to an alien who is legally in the U.S. but does not have authorization 
to work only if there is a Federal statute or regulation that requires 
the alien to furnish an SSN to receive a federally-funded benefit or 
service. Under such a proposal, we would no longer assign an SSN to an 
alien if the alien's sole reason for applying for the SSN is to satisfy 
a State or local statute or regulation that requires an individual to 
furnish an SSN in order to receive a benefit or service. The intent of 
such a proposed change would be to reduce the possibility of fraud 
through misuse of SSNs. We are still evaluating the public comments 
received.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

ANPRM                           10/12/99                    64 FR 55217
ANPRM Comment Period End        12/13/99
NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State

Agency Contact: Nancy Grace, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Program Benefits, 6401 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-7911

Fran O. Thomas, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-9822

RIN: 0960-AF05
_______________________________________________________________________




4317. CHANGE IN RETIREMENT AGE (775F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 402; 42 USC 403; 42 USC 404(a); 42 USC 404(e); 
42 USC 405(a); 42 USC 405(c); 42 USC 415; 42 USC 416; 42 USC 422(b); 42 
USC 423; 42 USC 424a; 42 USC 425; 42 USC 428(a) to 428(e); 42 USC 
902(a)(5)

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.201; 20 CFR 404.277; 20 CFR 404.304; 20 CFR 
404.310; 20 CFR 404.311; 20 CFR 404.312; 20 CFR 404.313; 20 CFR 
404.317; 20 CFR 404.335; 20 CFR 404.336; 20 CFR 404.337; 20 CFR 
404.338; 20 CFR 404.352; 20 CFR 404.409; 20 CFR 404.410; 20 CFR 
404.411; 20 CFR 404.412; 20 CFR 404.413; 20 CFR 404.421; 20 CFR 
404.621; 20 CFR 404.623; 20 CFR 404.762

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: These final rules amend our regulations to reflect section 
201 of Public Law 98-21, the Social Security amendments of 1983. 
Section 201 increases the retirement age for unreduced old-age, wife or 
husband and widow or widower benefits from age 65 to 67.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bill Hilton, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Program Benefits, 6401 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-2468

Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AF16
_______________________________________________________________________




4318.  GENITO-URINARY MEDICAL LISTING (802P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404, subpart P, app 1

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: We propose to revise the criteria in the Listing of 
Impairments (the Listings) that we use to evaluate genito-urinary 
impairments. We apply these criteria at step three of our

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sequential evaluation processes for adults and children who claim 
Social Security or Supplemental Security Income benefits based on 
disability under title II and title XVI of the Social Security Act. The 
revisions reflect advances in medical knowledge, treatment, and methods 
of evaluating digestgenito-urinary impairments.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, 
Social Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation 
Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AF30
_______________________________________________________________________




4319.  CREDIT BUREAU REPORTING AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFSET FOR SSI 
OVERPAYMENTS (795P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 31 USC Chapter 37; Sec 1631(b) of the Social Security 
Act

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 416.590; 20 CFR 416.1403; 20 CFR 422.301; 20 CFR 
422.305

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: We propose to modify our regulations dealing with the 
recovery of SSI overpayments to reflect statutory authority for SSA to 
selectively refer information about SSI overpayments to consumer 
reporting agencies and to recover SSI overpayments through 
administrative offset by the Department of Treasury against other 
Federal payments to which the overpaid individual may be entitled. 
These collection practices would be limited to overpayments made to a 
person after he or she attained age 18 and would be used after the 
individual ceases to be an SSI beneficiary.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, 
Social Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation 
Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AF31
_______________________________________________________________________




4320.  MULTIPLE BODY SYSTEMS LISTINGS (803P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: We are propossing to revise the criteria in the Listing of 
Impairments (the Listings) for evaluating Multiple Body Systems.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AF32
_______________________________________________________________________




4321.  IMMUNE SYSTEM LISTINGS (804P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: We are proposing to revise the criteria in the Listing of 
Impairments (the Listings) for evaluating the Immune System.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                            12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Suzanne DiMarino, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AF33
_______________________________________________________________________




4322.  BURDEN OF PROOF AT STEP 5 OF SEQUENTIAL EVALUATION (808P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is 
undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This proposed rule will take a look at step 5 of Sequential 
Evaluation.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AF37
_______________________________________________________________________




4323.  FILING CLAIMS UNDER THE FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT AND THE 
MILITARY PERSONNEL AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES CLAIMS ACT (785P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 31 USC 3721

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 429.101 to 429.110; 20 CFR 429.201 to 429.211

Legal Deadline: None

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Abstract: We propose to establish a new subpart B in part 429 that 
would prescribe the procedures SSA follows when claims are filed by 
employees against SSA for personal property damage or loss incident to 
their service with SSA. We also propose to make corrections and 
clarifications to our current procedures and practices on claims 
against the government for damage to or loss of property or personal 
injury or death that is caused by the negligent or wrongful act or 
omission of an SSA employee.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

NPRM                             To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal

Agency Contact: Jonathan R. Cantor, General Attorney, Social Security 
Administration, General Law Division, Office of the General Counsel, 
6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235
Phone: 410 965-3166

Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AF39
_______________________________________________________________________




4324.  EXCLUSION OF REPRESENTATIVE AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS 
CONVICTED OF VIOLATIONS FROM PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY 
PROGRAMS (820F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: PL 106-169

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final rule would bar representatives and health care 
providers from participating in the Social Security disability programs 
if they are determined to have committed fraud. The bar would be 5 
years, 10 years, and permanent exclusion for the first, second, and 
third offenses respectively.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                     To Be                       Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism:  Undetermined

Agency Contact: Judy Ringle, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General, 6401 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-6906

Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AF46
_______________________________________________________________________


Social Security Administration (SSA)                  Completed Actions


  



_______________________________________________________________________




4325. OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE AND SUPPLEMENTAL 
SECURITY INCOME PROGRAMS, DETERMINING DISABILITY AND BLINDNESS; 
SUBSTANTIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY GUIDES (147F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404; 20 CFR 416

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    07/11/00                    65 FR 42771
Final Action Effective          08/10/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AB73
_______________________________________________________________________




4326. REVISED MEDICAL CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING MENTAL DISORDERS AND 
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (222F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1500, app 1; 20 CFR 404.1520a; 20 CFR 
404.1528; 20 CFR 416.920a; 20 CFR 416.928

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    08/21/00                    65 FR 50745
Final Action Effective          09/20/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Suzanne DiMarino
Phone: 410 965-1769

RIN: 0960-AC74
_______________________________________________________________________




4327. REPRESENTATIVE PAYMENT UNDER TITLE II AND XVI OF THE SOCIAL 
SECURITY ACT (295P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.902; 20 CFR 416.622; 20 CFR 416.624; 20 CFR 
416.625; 20 CFR 416.630; 20 CFR 404.2011; 20 CFR 404.2022; 20 CFR 
404.2024; 20 CFR 404.2025; 20 CFR 404.2030; 20 CFR 404.2041; 20 CFR 
404.2050; 20 CFR 416.611

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Merged With RIN 0960-AF49       08/29/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Betsy Byrd
Phone: 410 965-7981

Lawrence V. Dudar
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AD22


_______________________________________________________________________



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4328. FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE AND 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME, MEDICAL AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF YOUR 
IMPAIRMENT(S) AND DEFINITION OF MEDICAL CONSULTANT (469F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1512; 20 CFR 404.1513; 20 CFR 416.912; 20 CFR 
416.913

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/01/00                    65 FR 34950
Final Action Effective          07/03/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Robert J. Augustine
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AD91
_______________________________________________________________________




4329. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SUPPORT (475P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.366

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       08/30/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AD92
_______________________________________________________________________




4330. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION AND RECORDS TO THE PUBLIC--CHARGING 
FEES FOR PROVIDING PERSONAL INFORMATION (618P)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 402

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       08/21/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AE64
_______________________________________________________________________




4331. DETERMINING DISABILITY AND BLINDNESS; PROVIDING FOR USE OF A 
SINGLE DECISIONMAKER TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS OF DISABILITY UNDER TITLES 
II AND XVI OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (668P)

Priority: Other Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1546; 20 CFR 404.1615; 20 CFR 416.946; 20 CFR 
416.1015

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Merged With RIN 0960-AF44       08/14/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Federal, State

Agency Contact: Lawrence V. Dudar
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AE73
_______________________________________________________________________




4332. DENIAL OF SSI BENEFITS FOR FUGITIVE FELONS AND PROBATION AND 
PAROLE VIOLATORS (660F)

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 416.202; 20 CFR 416.708; 20 CFR 416.1331

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/30/00                    65 FR 40492
Final Action Effective          07/31/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Teresa Robinson
Phone: 410 965-7960

Lois A. Berg
Phone: 410 965-1713

RIN: 0960-AE77
_______________________________________________________________________




4333. REDUCTION OF TITLE II BENEFITS UNDER THE FAMILY MAXIMUM PROVISIONS 
IN CASES OF DUAL ENTITLEMENT (692F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.402; 20 CFR 404.403

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    06/21/00                    65 FR 38424

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Bill Hilton
Phone: 410 965-2468

Lois A. Berg
Phone: 410 965-1713

RIN: 0960-AE85
_______________________________________________________________________




4334. FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE AND 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED; 
CLARIFICATION OF ``AGE'' AS A VOCATIONAL FACTOR (736F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1563; 20 CFR 404.1568(d)(4) (New); 20 CFR 
416.963; 20 CFR 416.968(d)(4) (New); 20 CFR 404 subpart P, app 2

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    04/06/00                    65 FR 17994
Final Action Effective          05/08/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Elaine Tocco
Phone: 410 966-6356

Lawrence V. Dudar
Phone: 410 966-5995

RIN: 0960-AE96
_______________________________________________________________________




4335. ADDITION OF MEDICAL CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING DOWN SYNDROME IN 
ADULTS (743F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404.1500, app 1

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    05/19/00                    65 FR 31800
Final Action Effective          06/19/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Michelle Hungerman
Phone: 410 965-2289

Lois A. Berg
Phone: 410 965-1713

RIN: 0960-AF03


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4336. ANTI-FRAUD PROVISIONS (765P)

Priority: Other Significant

CFR Citation: None

Completed:
________________________________________________________________________

Reason                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Withdrawn                       07/31/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Georgia E. Myers
Phone: 410 965-3632

RIN: 0960-AF09
_______________________________________________________________________




4337.  SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME; DETERMINING DISABILITY FOR 
A CHILD UNDER AGE 18 (625F)

Priority: Other Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Legal Authority: 42 USC 402; 42 USC 405(a); 42 USC 405(b); 42 USC 
405(d) to 405(h); 42 USC 416(i); 42 USC 421(a); 42 USC 421(i), note; 42 
USC 422(c); 42 USC 423, note; 42 USC 425; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 
1382; 42 USC 1382c; 42 USC 1382h, note; 42 USC 1383(a); 42 USC 1383(c); 
42 USC 1383(d)(l); 42 USC 1383b; PL 98-460, sec 4(c); PL 98-460, sec 5; 
PL 98-460, sec 6(c) to sec 6(e); PL 98-460, sec 14(a); PL 98-460, sec 
15; PL 104-193, sec 211; PL 104-193, sec 212; PL 105-33, sec 552

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 416.901; 20 CFR 416.902; 20 CFR 416.906; 20 CFR 
416.911; 20 CFR 416.913; 20 CFR 416.919n; 20 CFR 416.924; 20 CFR 
416.924a; 20 CFR 416.924b; 20 CFR 416.924c; 20 CFR 416.925; 20 CFR 
416.926a; 20 CFR 416.929; 20 CFR 416.987; 20 CFR 416.990; 20 CFR 
416.994a; 20 CFR 404, subpart P, app 1

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On February 11, 1997, we published interim final rules with a 
request for comments to implement the Supplemental Security Income 
(SSI) childhood disability provisions of section 211 and 212 of Public 
Law 104-193, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996. We are now publishing revised final rules 
in response to public comments. We are also conforming our rules to 
amendments to Public Law 104-193 made by the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997, Public Law 105-33. Finally, we are simplifying and clarifying 
some rules in keeping with the President's goal of using plain language 
in regulations.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Action                    09/11/00                    65 FR 54747
Final Action Effective          01/02/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Additional Information: This regulations should be cross-referred with 
RIN 0960-AE57.

Agency Contact: Daniel T. Bridgewater, Social Insurance Specialist, 
Social Security Administration, Office of Process and Innovation 
Management, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 965-3298

RIN: 0960-AF40
_______________________________________________________________________




4338.  EXTENSION OF RESPIRATORY LISTINGS (813F)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 42 USC 405; 42 USC 902(a)(5); 42 USC 1383

CFR Citation: 20 CFR 404, subpart P, app 1

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: This final rule would extend until July 2, 2002 the date on 
which the respiratory body system listings in appendix 1 of subpart P 
of our regulations will no longer be effective. This extension will 
ensure that we continue to have medical evaluation criteria in the 
listings to adjudicate claims for disability based on impairments in 
the respiratory body system at step 3 of our disability sequential 
evaluation process.

Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________

Action                            Date                      FR Cite

________________________________________________________________________

Final Rule                      09/27/00                    65 FR 57946
Final Rule Effective            09/27/00

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Deborah Barnes, Social Insurance Specialist, Social 
Security Administration, Office of Disability, 6401 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, MD 21235
Phone: 410 965-4171

Robert J. Augustine, Social Insurance Specialist, Social Security 
Administration, Office of Process and Innovation Management, 6401 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401
Phone: 410 966-5121

RIN: 0960-AF42
[FR Doc. 00-25806 Filed 11-29-00]
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