[Federal Register: March 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 42)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: Federal Tax Offset, Administrative Offset, and Passport
Denial Program.
OMB No.: 0970-0161.
Description: The Tax Refund Offset and Administrative Offset
Programs collect past-due child support by intercepting certain federal
payments, including federal tax refunds, of parents who have been
ordered to pay child support and are behind in paying the debt. The
program is a cooperative effort including the Department of Treasury's
Financial Management Service (FMS), the Federal Office of Child Support
Enforcement (OCSE) and state Child Support Enforcement (CSE) agencies.
The Passport Denial Program reports non-custodial parents who owe
arrears above a threshhold to the Departement of State (DOS), which
will then deny passports to these individuals. On an ongoing basis, CSE
agencies submit to OCSE the names, Social Security numbers (SSNs) and
the amount(s) of past-due child support of people who are deliquent in
making child support payments.
Respondents: State IV-D Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Instrument Number of responses per Average burden hours Total burden hours
respondents respondent per response
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Input Record....................... 54 52 .3 hours............ 842.4 hours.
Output Record...................... 54 52 .46 hours........... 1292 hours.
Payment File....................... 54 26 .27 hours........... 379 hours.
Certification Letter............... 54 1 .4 hours............ 21.6 hours.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2535 hours.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to the Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Administration, Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance
Officer. All requests should be identified by the title of the
information collection. E-mail address: rsargis@acf.hhs.gov.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Attn: Desk
Officer for ACF, E-mail address: katherine_t._astrich@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: February 26, 2004.
Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-4752 Filed 3-2-04; 8:45 am]
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