[The Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Social Security Administration Semiannual Regulatory Agenda]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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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 (EO) 12866 (as amended by EO 13258) entitled 
Regulatory Planning and Review, issued September 30, 1993, and the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-354) requires each 
Federal agency to publish semiannually a brief description of all 
regulatory actions 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 April 30, 2007.

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 Paul Kryglik, Acting Regulations Officer, Social 
Security Administration, 922 Altmeyer Building, 6401 Security 
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401; Telephone (410) 965-3735.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Social Security Administration (SSA) 
administers the retirement, survivors, and disability insurance 
programs under title II of the Social Security Act (the Act), the 
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program under title XVI of the Act, 
and Special Benefits to Certain World War II Veterans under title VIII 
of the Act. Our regulations generally 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 
toward the public and beneficiaries' rights and responsibilities under 
the programs we administer.

     SSA's regulatory efforts can be placed into one of the 
following three categories: (1) Legislative implementation; (2) 
program changes to improve service to the public; and (3) 
improvements or clarifications to enhance effective stewardship of 
programs. Our regulatory agenda includes changes to reflect 
provisions of the Social Security Protection Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 
108-203).

     Also included in our agenda are items that will amend Ticket 
to Work regulations originally published in December 2001. The 
proposed rules, published in September 2005 and August 2007, would 
expand beneficiary eligibility, increase beneficiary choice and 
flexibility of services available from both vocational 
rehabilitation agencies and employment networks, and modify the 
payment system to employment networks. Final regulations are 
expected to be published in 2008.

     For this edition of SSA's regulatory agenda, the most 
important significant regulatory actions and a Statement of 
Regulatory Priorities are included the Regulatory Plan, which 
appears in both the online Unified Agenda and in part II of the 
Federal Register that includes the Unified Agenda.

     A fully searchable e-Agenda for SSA can be viewed in its 
entirety at www.reginfo.gov. The fall 2007 regulatory agenda for 
the Social Security Administration follows.

Dated: September 10, 2007.

 Paul Kryglik,

Acting SSA Regulations Officer.

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462         Representation of Claimants (3396P) (Reg Plan Seq No. 168)............................    0960-AG56
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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 (SSA)                Proposed Rule Stage






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462.  REPRESENTATION OF CLAIMANTS (3396P)

 Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 168 in part II of this issue 
of the Federal Register.

RIN: 0960-AG56
[FR Doc. 07-04633 Filed 12-07-07; 8:45 am]
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