82 FR 10775 - Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 30 (February 15, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 10775]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02979]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

    Proposed Projects:
    Title:

Form OCSE-396, ``Child Support Enforcement Program Quarterly Financial 
Report''
Form OCSE-34, ``Child Support Enforcement Program Quarterly Collection 
Report''

    OMB No.: 0970-0181.
    Description: Form OCSE-396 and Form OCSE-34 are financial reports 
submitted following the end of each fiscal quarter by grantees 
administering the Child Support Enforcement Program in accordance with 
plans approved under title IV-D of the Social Security Act. Submission 
of these forms enables grantees to meet their statutory and regulatory 
requirement to report program expenditures and child support 
collections, respectively, from the previous fiscal quarter.
    States use Form OCSE-396 to report quarterly expenditures made in 
the previous quarter and to estimate program expenditures to be made 
and the incentive payments to be earned in the upcoming quarter. The 
Administration for Children and Families provides Federal funding to 
States for the Child Support Enforcement Program at the rate of 66 
percent for all allowable and legitimate administrative costs of this 
program.
    Tribes use OMB Form SF-425 to report quarterly expenditures made in 
the previous quarter. Form SF-425 is not included as part of this 
comment request.
    States and Tribes use Form OCSE-34 to report child support 
collection activity during the previous quarter, including collections 
received, the distribution and disbursement of collections and any 
collections remaining undistributed.
    The information collected in these reports is used by this agency 
to calculate quarterly Federal grant awards and incentive payments to 
States, to enable oversight of the financial management of the program 
for both States and Tribes and may be included in statistical and 
financial reports available to the public.
    Respondents: 54 States (including Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin 
Islands and the District of Columbia) for Forms OCSE-396 and OCSE-34 
plus approximately 60 Tribes for Form OCSE-34.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                     Number of    Average burden
                   Instrument                        Number of     responses per     hours per     Total burden
                                                    respondents     respondent       response          hours
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OCSE-396........................................              54               4               4             864
OCSE-34.........................................             114               4               9           4,104
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,968.
    In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chap 35), 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, 330 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20201. 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 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. 2017-02979 Filed 2-14-17; 8:45 am]
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