96-23858. Financial Management Service; Proposed Collection of Information: Voucher for Payment of Awards

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49192-49193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23858]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Fiscal Service


Financial Management Service; Proposed Collection of Information: 
Voucher for Payment of Awards

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, Fiscal Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Financial Management Service, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment 
on a continuing information collection. By this notice, the Financial 
Management Service solicits comments concerning the form ``Voucher for 
Payment of Awards''.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before November 18, 
1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Financial Management Service, 
3361-L 75th Avenue, Landover, Maryland 20785.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or copies of the form(s) and 
instructions should be directed to Mary Morris, Credit Accounting 
Branch, 3700 East-West Highway, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, (202) 874-
7801.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Financial Management Service 
solicits comments on the collection of information described below.
    Title: Voucher for Payment of Awards.
    OMB Number: 1510-0037.
    Form Number: FMS 5135.
    Abstract: This form is necessary to award payments to deserving 
awardholders. When funds are received from foreign Governments under 
claims programs, they are certified to Treasury for payment to 
awardholders. Treasury mails these vouchers to awardholders, who sign 
and return them, indicated that they are entitled to payment. These 
executed vouchers are used as basis for payment.
    Current Actions: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1400.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 700.
    Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice will be

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summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and 
Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. 
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 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 collection of 
information; (c) ways to enhance 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.

    Dated: September 11, 1996.
Mitchell A. Levine,
Assistant Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 96-23858 Filed 9-17-96; 8:45 am]
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