81 FR 67355 - Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 190 (September 30, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67355-67356]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23722]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

    Title: Provision of Child Support Services in IV-D cases under the 
Hague Child Support Convention; Federally Approved Forms.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: On January 1, 2017, the 2007 Hague Convention on the 
International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family 
Maintenance will enter into force for the United States. This 
Convention contains groundbreaking provisions that, for the first time 
on a worldwide scale, will establish uniform, simple, fast, and 
inexpensive procedures for the processing of international child 
support cases. Once the Convention is in effect, U.S. states will 
process child support cases with other countries that have ratified the 
Convention under the requirements of the Convention and Article 7 of 
the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA 2008). In order to 
comply with the Convention, the U.S. must implement the Convention's 
case processing forms.
    State and Federal law require states to use Federally-approved case 
processing forms. Section 311(b) of UIFSA 2008, which has been enacted 
by all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the 
Virgin Islands, requires States to use forms mandated by Federal law. 
45 CFR 303.7 also requires child

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support programs to use federally-approved forms in intergovernmental 
IV-D cases unless a country has provided alternative forms as a part of 
its chapter in a Caseworker's Guide to Processing Cases with Foreign 
Reciprocating Countries.
    Respondents: State agencies administering a child support program 
under title IV-D of the Social Security Act.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of        Average
                   Instrument                        Number of    responses  per   burden  hours   Total burden
                                                    respondents      respondent    per  response       hours
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Annex I: Transmittal form under Article 12(2)...              54              46               1           2,484
Annex II: Acknowledgment form under Article                   54              93              .5           2,511
 12(3)..........................................
Annex A: Application for Recognition and                      54              19              .5             513
 Enforcement, including restricted information
 on the applicant...............................
Annex A: Abstract of Decision...................              54               5               1             270
Annex A: Statement of Enforceability of Decision              54              19            0.17             174
Annex A: Statement of Proper Notice.............              54               5              .5             135
Annex A: Status of Application Report...........              54              37             .33             659
Annex B: Application for Enforcement of a                     54              19              .5             513
 Decision Made or Recognized in the Requested
 State, including restricted information on the
 applicant......................................
Annex B: Status of Application Report, Article                54              37             .33             659
 12.............................................
Annex C: Application for Establishment of a                   54               5              .5             135
 Decision, including restricted information on
 the Applicant..................................
Annex C: Status of Application Report--Article                54               9             .33             160
 12.............................................
Annex D: Application for Modification of a                    54               5              .5             135
 Decision, including Restricted Information on
 the Applicant..................................
Annex D: Status of Application Report--Article                54               9             .33             160
 12.............................................
Annex E: Financial Circumstances Form...........              54              46               2           4,968
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours.........  ..............  ..............  ..............          13,478
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    In compliance with the requirements of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Administration for Children and 
Families is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the 
information collection described above. Copies of the proposed 
collection of information can be obtained and comments may be forwarded 
by writing to the Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Planning, Research and Evaluation, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. Email 
address: [email protected]. All requests should be identified 
by the title of the information collection.
    The Department specifically requests comments on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden information to be 
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted 
within 60 days of this publication.

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-23722 Filed 9-29-16; 8:45 am]
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