97-1984. Privacy Act of 1974; Proposed Changes to Systems of Records

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1984]


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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD


Privacy Act of 1974; Proposed Changes to Systems of Records

AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board.

ACTION: Notice of a proposed new routine use.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this document is to give notice of a proposed 
routine use to one of the Railroad Retirement Board's (RRB's) Privacy 
Act systems of records.

DATES: The proposed routine use will be effective 30 calendar days from 
the date of this publication (February 27, 1997), unless comments are 
received before this date which would result in a contrary 
determination.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Beatrice Ezerski, Secretary to the Board, 
Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 
60611-2092.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LeRoy Blommaert, Privacy Act Officer, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 
(Pub. L. 104-134) requires Federal agencies to furnish necessary 
information to the Department of the Treasury to enable that agency to 
attempt to collect outstanding Federal debts by offsets to Federal 
payments. In order to comply with the provisions of the Privacy Act, 
the RRB must publish a routine use to its applicable Privacy Act System 
of Records that will allow it to furnish the Department with the 
information necessary to collect any debts arising under the laws 
administered by the RRB.

    By authority of the Board.
Beatrice Ezerski,
Secretary to the Board.
RRB-42

System Name:
    Uncollectible Benefit Overpayment Accounts--RRB.
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    Paragraph ``i'' is added to read as follows:

Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories 
of users and the purposes of such uses:
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    i. Debtors names, Social Security Numbers, Railroad Retirement 
claim numbers, accounts of debts, history of the debts, and other 
relevant and necessary information may be disclosed to the Financial 
Management Service, Department of the Treasury, for the purpose of 
recovery of debts under the provisions of the Debt Collection 
Improvement Act of 1996.

[FR Doc. 97-1984 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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