81 FR 8323 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 32 (February 18, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 8323-8326] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-03380] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION [Docket No: SSA-2016-0003] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and Comment Request The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice includes revisions of OMB-approved information collections. SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following addresses or fax numbers. (OMB) Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: [email protected]. (SSA) Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: [email protected], Or you may submit your comments online through www.regulations.gov, referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2016-0003]. I. The information collections below are pending at SSA. SSA will submit them to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than April 18, 2016. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments by writing to the above email address. 1. Request to be Selected as a Payee--20 CFR 404.2010-404.2055, 416.601-416.665--0960-0014. SSA requires an individual applying to be a representative payee for a Social Security beneficiary or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipient to complete Form SSA-11-BK. SSA obtains information from applicant payees regarding their relationship to the beneficiary; personal qualifications; concern for the beneficiary's well-being; and intended use of benefits if appointed as payee. The respondents are individuals; private sector businesses and institutions; and State and local government institutions and agencies applying to become representative payees. Type of Request: Revision of an OMB approved information collection. Individuals and Households (90%): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Estimated Number of Frequency of burden per total annual Modality of completion responses response response burden (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Representative Payee System (RPS)............... 1,438,200 1 11 263,670 Paper Version................................... 91,800 1 11 16,830 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................................... 1,530,000 .............. .............. 280,500 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Private Sector (9%): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Estimated Number of Frequency of burden per total annual Modality of completion responses response response burden (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Representative Payee System (RPS)............... 149,940 1 11 27,489 Paper Version................................... 3,060 1 11 561 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................................... 153,000 .............. .............. 28,050 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State/Local/Tribal Government (1%): [[Page 8324]] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Estimated Number of Frequency of burden per total annual Modality of completion responses response response burden (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Representative Payee System (RPS)............... 16,660 1 11 3,054 Paper Version................................... 340 1 11 62 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................................... 17,000 .............. .............. 3,116 --------------------------------------------------------------- Grand Total............................. 1,700,000 .............. .............. 311,666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Application for Benefits Under the Italy-U.S. International Social Security Agreement--20 CFR 404.1925--0960-0445. As per the November 1, 1978 agreement between the United States and Italian Social Security agencies, residents of Italy filing an application for U.S. Social Security benefits directly with one of the Italian Social Security agencies must complete Form SSA-2528. SSA uses Form SSA-2528 to establish age, relationship, citizenship, marriage, death, military service, or to evaluate a family bible or other family record when determining eligibility for benefits. The Italian Social Security agencies assist applicants in completing Form SSA-2528, and then forward the application to SSA for processing. The respondents are individuals living in Italy who wish to file for U.S. Social Security benefits. Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information collection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Estimated Number of Frequency of burden per total annual Modality of completion responses response response burden (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SSA-2528........................................ 300 1 20 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Child Care Dropout Questionnaire--20 CFR 404.211(e)(4)--0960- 0474. If individuals applying for Title II disability benefits care for their own or their spouse's children under age 3, and have no steady earnings during the time they care for those children, they may exclude that period of care from the disability computation period. We call this the child-care dropout exclusion. SSA uses the information from Form SSA-4162 to determine if an individual qualifies for this exclusion. Respondents are applicants for Title II disability benefits. Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information collection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Estimated total Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden responses response (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SSA-4162.................................... 2,000 1 5 167 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Certification of Contents of Document(s) or Record(s)--20 CFR 404.715--0960-0689. SSA established procedures for individuals to provide the evidence necessary to establish their rights to Social Security benefits. Examples of such evidence categories include age, relationship, citizenship, marriage, death, and military service. Form SSA-704 allows SSA employees; State record custodians; and other custodians of evidentiary documents to certify and record information from original documents and records under their custodial ownership to establish these types of evidence. SSA uses Form SSA-704 in situations where individuals cannot produce the original evidentiary documentation required to establish benefits eligibility. The respondents are State record custodians and other custodians of evidentiary documents. Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information collection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Estimated total Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden responses response (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SSA-704..................................... 176 1 10 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Supplemental Security Income Wage Reporting (Telephone and Mobile)--20 CFR 416.701-732--0960-0715. SSA requires SSI recipients to report changes which could affect their eligibility for, and the amount of, their SSI payments, such as changes in income, resources, and living arrangements. SSA's SSI Telephone Wage Reporting (SSITWR) and SSI Mobile Wage Reporting (SSIMWR) enable SSI recipients to meet these requirements via an automated mechanism to report their monthly wages by telephone and mobile application, instead of contacting their local field offices. The SSITWR allows callers to report their wages by speaking their responses through voice recognition technology, or by keying in responses using a telephone key pad. The SSIMWR allows recipients to report their wages through the mobile wage reporting application on their [[Page 8325]] smartphone. SSITWR and SSIMWR systems collect the same information and send it to SSA over secure channels. To ensure the security of the information provided, SSITWR and SSIMWR ask respondents to provide information SSA can compare against our records for authentication purposes. Once the system authenticates the identity of the respondents, they can report their wage data. The respondents are SSI recipients, deemors, or their representative payees. Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information collection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Estimated Number of Frequency of burden per total annual Modality of completion responses response response burden (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Training/Instruction*........................... 79,000 1 35 46,083 SSITWR.......................................... 37,000 12 5 37,000 SSIMWR.......................................... 42,000 12 3 25,200 --------------------------------------------------------------- Total....................................... 79,000 .............. .............. 108,283 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * The same 79,000 respondents complete the training as well as one modality of collection, therefore the actual total number of respondents remains 79,000. II. SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for clearance. Your comments regarding the information collections would be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than March 21, 2016. Individuals can obtain copies of the OMB clearance packages by writing to [email protected]. 1. Application for Widow's or Widower's Insurance Benefits--20 CFR 404.335-404.338, & 404.603--0960-0004. Section 2029(e) and 202(f) of the Social Security Act (Act) set forth the requirements for entitlement to widow(er)'s benefits, including the requirements to file an application. For SSA to make a formal determination for entitlement to widow(er)'s benefits, we use the Form SSA-10-BK to determine whether an applicant meets the statutory and regulatory conditions for entitlement to widow(er)'s Title II benefits. SSA employees interview individuals applying for benefits either face-to-face or via telephone and enter the information on the paper form or into the Modernized Claims System (MCS). The respondents are applicants for widow(er)'s benefits. Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information collection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Estimated Number of Frequency of burden per total annual Modality of completion responses response response burden (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SSA-10-BK paper version......................... 2,045 1 15 511 SSA-10-BK MCS version........................... 453,509 1 14 105,819 --------------------------------------------------------------- Totals...................................... 455,554 .............. .............. 106,330 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Employer Verification of Records for Children Under Age Seven-- 20 CFR 404.801-404.803, 404.821-404.822--0960-0505. SSA discovered as many as 70 percent of the wage reports we receive for children under age seven are actually the earnings of someone other than the child. To ensure we credit the correct person with the reported earnings, SSA verifies wage reports for children under age seven with the children's employers before posting to the earnings record. SSA uses Form SSA- L3231-C1, Request for Employer Information, for this purpose. The respondents are employers who report earnings for children under age seven. Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information collection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average burden Estimated total Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden responses response (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SSA-L3231-C1................................ 20,000 1 10 3,333 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Wage Reports and Pension Information--20 CFR 422.122(b)--0960- 0547. Pension plan administrators annually file plan information with the Internal Revenue Service, which then forwards the information to SSA. SSA maintains and organizes this information by plan number, plan participant's name, and Social Security number. Under section 1131(a) of the Act, pension plan participants are entitled to request this information from SSA. The Wage Reports and Pension Information regulation, under 20 CFR 422.122(b) of the Code of Federal Regulations, stipulates that before SSA disseminates this information, the requestor must first submit a written request with identifying information to SSA. The respondents are requestors of pension plan information. This is a correction notice: SSA published the incorrect burden, information for this collection at 80 FR 75484, on 12/2/15. We are correcting this error here. Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information collection. [[Page 8326]] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Average Estimated Number of Frequency of burden per total annual Modality of completion responses response response burden (minutes) (hours) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Requests for pension plan information........... 580 1 30 290 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated: February 12, 2016. Naomi R. Sipple, Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration. [FR Doc. 2016-03380 Filed 2-17-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4191-02-P
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with respect to the proposed rule Activities: Proposed Request and Or you may submit your comments
change that are filed with the Comment Request online through www.regulations.gov,
Commission, and all written referencing Docket ID Number [SSA–
communications relating to the The Social Security Administration
2016–0003].
proposed rule change between the (SSA) publishes a list of information
collection packages requiring clearance I. The information collections below
Commission and any person, other than are pending at SSA. SSA will submit
by the Office of Management and
those that may be withheld from the them to OMB within 60 days from the
Budget (OMB) in compliance with
public in accordance with the date of this notice. To be sure we
Public Law 104–13, the Paperwork
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be Reduction Act of 1995, effective October consider your comments, we must
available for Web site viewing and 1, 1995. This notice includes revisions receive them no later than April 18,
printing in the Commission’s Public of OMB-approved information 2016. Individuals can obtain copies of
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., collections. the collection instruments by writing to
Washington, DC 20549 on official SSA is soliciting comments on the the above email address.
business days between the hours of accuracy of the agency’s burden 1. Request to be Selected as a Payee—
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of such estimate; the need for the information; 20 CFR 404.2010–404.2055, 416.601–
filing also will be available for its practical utility; ways to enhance its 416.665—0960–0014. SSA requires an
inspection and copying at the principal quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to individual applying to be a
office of the Exchange. All comments minimize burden on respondents, representative payee for a Social
received will be posted without change; including the use of automated Security beneficiary or Supplemental
the Commission does not edit personal collection techniques or other forms of Security Income (SSI) recipient to
identifying information from information technology. Mail, email, or complete Form SSA–11–BK. SSA
submissions. You should submit only fax your comments and obtains information from applicant
information that you wish to make recommendations on the information payees regarding their relationship to
available publicly. All submissions collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer the beneficiary; personal qualifications;
should refer to File Number SR– and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at concern for the beneficiary’s well-being;
NASDAQ–2016–012, and should be the following addresses or fax numbers. and intended use of benefits if
submitted on or before March 10, 2016. (OMB) appointed as payee. The respondents
Office of Management and Budget, are individuals; private sector
For the Commission, by the Division of businesses and institutions; and State
Attn: Desk Officer for SSA, Fax:
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated and local government institutions and
202–395–6974, Email address:
authority.25 agencies applying to become
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Robert W. Errett,
(SSA) representative payees.
Deputy Secretary. Social Security Administration, Type of Request: Revision of an OMB
[FR Doc. 2016–03268 Filed 2–17–16; 8:45 am] OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance approved information collection.
BILLING CODE 8011–01–P Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 Individuals and Households (90%):
Average Estimated total
Number of Frequency of burden per
Modality of completion annual burden
responses response response (hours)
(minutes)
Representative Payee System (RPS) ............................................................. 1,438,200 1 11 263,670
Paper Version .................................................................................................. 91,800 1 11 16,830
Total .......................................................................................................... 1,530,000 ........................ ........................ 280,500
Private Sector (9%):
Average Estimated total
Number of Frequency of burden per
Modality of completion annual burden
responses response response (hours)
(minutes)
Representative Payee System (RPS) ............................................................. 149,940 1 11 27,489
Paper Version .................................................................................................. 3,060 1 11 561
Total .......................................................................................................... 153,000 ........................ ........................ 28,050
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Average Estimated total
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Requests for pension plan information ............................................................ 580 1 30 290
Dated: February 12, 2016. and with the advice and consent of the any right or benefit, substantive or
Naomi R. Sipple, Senate. The members of the procedural, enforceable at law or equity
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Commission represent the public by a party against the United States, its
Administration. interest and are selected from a cross departments, agencies, instrumentalities
[FR Doc. 2016–03380 Filed 2–17–16; 8:45 am] section of educational, communications, or entities, its officers or employees, or
BILLING CODE 4191–02–P cultural, scientific, technical, public any other person.
service, labor, business, and DATES: These actions were effective on
professional backgrounds. Not more the signature date.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE than four members are from any one FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
political party. The President designates Tiffany Prather, PratherTA@state.gov;
[Public Notice: 9449] a member to chair the Commission. Tel: (202) 647–4548.
The current members of the
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Lyndon Olson of Texas, Vice Chairman;
The U.S. Advisory Commission on Mr. Sim Farar of California, Vice Pursuant to section 1(c)(i) of
Public Diplomacy will hold a public Chairman; Ambassador Penne Korth- Executive Order No. 13701, the
meeting from 10:00 a.m. until 11:30 Peacock of Texas; Ms. Lezlee Westine of Secretary of State hereby, as set forth
a.m., Tuesday, March 8, 2016 in Room Virginia; and Anne Terman Wedner of below, further assigns certain functions
106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Illinois. One seat on the Commission is of the Secretary of State under the
Building, at the corner of First Street currently vacant. Order. Departments and agencies shall
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‘‘Reassessing Global Countering Violent may contact its Executive Director, The functions of the President under
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Center at the U.S. Department of State. assigned to the Secretary of State are
Other representatives from the State Dated: February 4, 2016. further assigned to the United States
Department will be in attendance. Katherine Brown, Trade Representative, and shall be
This meeting is open to the public, Executive Director, Department of State. carried out jointly by the Secretary of
members and staff of Congress, the State [FR Doc. 2016–03374 Filed 2–17–16; 8:45 am] State and the United States Trade
Department, Defense Department, the BILLING CODE 4710–45–P Representative. Such consultative
media, and other governmental and mechanisms are those established
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The United States Advisory 2015 (the ‘‘Act’’) to Other Departments appropriate.
Commission on Public Diplomacy and Agencies of the Executive Branch
Dated: February 11, 2016.
appraises U.S. Government activities AGENCY: Department of State. John Kerry,
intended to understand, inform, and ACTION: Further assignment of functions. Secretary of State.
influence foreign publics. The Advisory
[FR Doc. 2016–03376 Filed 2–17–16; 8:45 am]
Commission may conduct studies, SUMMARY: The Act specifically granted
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inquiries, and meetings, as it deems the President certain authorities and
necessary. It may assemble and assigned the President certain functions
disseminate information and issue related to agreements covered by the
reports and other publications, subject Act’s provisions. In Executive Order No. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
to the approval of the Chairperson, in 13701, the President assigned certain of
consultation with the Executive these functions to the Secretary of State [Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 4)]
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Director. The Advisory Commission and provided guidance for performing
may undertake foreign travel in pursuit those functions, including the further Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures—
of its studies and coordinate, sponsor, or assignment of functions to officers of Productivity Adjustment
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other activities that it deems desirable the Executive Branch. This notice
ACTION:Proposed Railroad Cost
and necessary in fulfilling its functions. informs the public of the Secretary of
Recovery Procedures Productivity
The Commission consists of seven State’s further assignment of certain
Adjustment.
members appointed by the President, by functions. This notice does not create
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