[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2929]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Child Support Enforcement Program: State Plan Approval and
Grant Procedures, State Plan Requirements, Standards for Program
Operations, Federal Financial Participation, and Computerized Support
Enforcement Systems.
OMB No.: 0970-0017.
Description: The State plan preprint and amendments serve as a
contract with OCSE in outlining the activities the States will perform
as required by law in order for States to receive federal funds to meet
the costs of these activities. The affected public is comprised of
States receiving funds. Federal regulations require the States to amend
their State plans only when necessary to reflect new or revised Federal
statutes or regulations or material change in any State law,
organization, policy or IV-D agency operations. OMB approved the Form
OCSE-100, the IV-D State Plan. As a result of the Child Support
Enforcement Amendments of 1988 (P.L. 98-378), the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1987 (P.L. 100-203), the Family Support Act of
1988 (P.L. 100-485), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
(P.L. 103-66), the Social Security Act Amendments of 1994 and related
regulations, OCSE also received OMB approval for new and revised State
plan pages. We are now requesting approval of 34 revised and new State
plan preprint pages to reflect changes due to enactment of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(PRWORA), P.L. 104-193, and the previous mentioned statutes. The
information collected on the State plan pages is necessary to enable
OCSE to monitor compliance with the requirements in Title IV-D of the
Social Security Act and implementing regulations.
Respondents: States, Guam, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and District
of Columbia.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Number of responses burden Total
Instrument respondents per hours per burden
respondent response hours
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State Plan.................................................. 54 1836 .717 1,316
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,316.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(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
Information Services, Division of Information Resource Management
Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447, Attn:
ACF Reports Clearance Officer. 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.
Dated: January 31, 1997.
Douglas J. Godesky,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-2929 Filed 2-5-97; 8:45 am]
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