98-23973. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request Proposed Project

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47502-47503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23973]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request 
Proposed Project

    Title: Form OCSE-396A, Child Support Enforcement Program Financial 
Report and Form OCSE-34A, Child Support Enforcement Program Quarterly 
Report of Collections.
    OMB No.: New.
    Description: These forms are used by States to report the 
expenditures and the collections of child support payments made under 
Title IV-D of the Social Security Act during each fiscal quarter. These 
forms also report the semiannual budget estimates for the program and 
the portion of the collected payments to be distributed to the 
custodial parent or to the Federal or State governments. The 
information is used to calculate quarterly grant awards, annual 
incentive payments to the States, annual ``hold harmless'' payments and 
is published in an Annual Report to Congress. Respondents are limited 
to the designated child support enforcement agency in each State.
    Respondents: States.

                                             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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396A............................................              54               4               8           1,728

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34A.............................................              54               4               8           1,728
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,456.
    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, 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: September 1, 1998.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-23973 Filed 9-4-98; 8:45 am]
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