[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26971-26972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10788]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: Multistate Financial Institution Data Match with Federally
Assisted State Transmitted Levy (FIDM/FAST Levy)
OMB No.: 0970-0196.
Description: State child support enforcement agencies are required
to attach and seize an obligor's assets in financial institutions to
satisfy any current support obligation and arrearage when the obligor
owes past-due support. To locate an obligor's account, state child
support enforcement agencies are required to enter into data matching
agreements with financial institutions doing business in their state.
State child support enforcement agencies use the results of data
matches to secure information leading to the enforcement of the support
obligation. The federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)
assists states to fulfill the data matching requirements with
multistate financial institutions by facilitating matching through the
Federal Parent Locator Service's Multistate Financial Institution Data
Match (MSFIDM) program.
To further assist states to meet this statutory requirement, the
OCSE enhanced the Federal Parent Locator Service by developing the
Federally Assisted State Transmitted (FAST) Levy application that
provides a secure and automated method of collecting and disseminating
electronic levy notices between state child support enforcement
agencies and multistate financial institutions. This increases states'
efficiency to secure financial assets.
The FIDM/FAST Levy information collection activities are authorized
by: 42 U.S.C. 652(l) which authorizes OCSE, through the Federal Parent
Locator Service, to aid state child support agencies and financial
institutions doing business in two or more states in reaching
agreements regarding the receipt from financial institutions, and the
transfer to the state child support agencies, of information pertaining
to the location of accounts held by obligors who owe past-due support;
42 U.S.C. 666 (a)(2) and (c)(1)(G)(ii) which require state child
support agencies in cases in which there is an arrearage to establish
procedures to secure assets to satisfy any current support obligation
and the
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arrearage by attaching and seizing assets of the obligor held in
financial institutions; (2) 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(17), which requires state
child support agencies to establish procedures under which the state
child support agencies shall enter into agreements with financial
institutions doing business in the state to develop and operate, in
coordination with financial institutions and the Federal Parent Locator
Service (in the case of financial institutions doing business in two or
more states), a data match system, using automated data exchanges to
the maximum extent feasible, in which a financial institution is
required to quarterly provide information pertaining to a noncustodial
parent owing past-due support who maintains an account at the
institution; and (ii) in response to a notice of lien or levy, encumber
or surrender, assets held; (3) 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7), which requires OCSE
to provide technical assistance to state child support enforcement
agencies to help them establish effective systems for collecting child
and spousal support; and (4) 45 CFR 303.7(a)(5), which requires state
child support agencies to transmit requests for information and provide
requested information electronically to the greatest extent possible.
Respondents: Multistate Financial Institutions and State Child
Support Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of Average
Instrument Number of responses per burden hours Total burden
respondents respondent per response hours
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Financial Data Match Result File................ 112 4 .33 147.84
Election Form................................... 30 1 0.5 15
FAST Levy Response Withhold Record 7 1 317.5 2,222.5
Specifications: State Child Support Enforcement
Agencies.......................................
FAST Levy Response Withhold Record 5 1 317.5 1,587.5
Specifications: Multistate Financial
Institutions...................................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,972.84.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to The Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Information Services, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer.
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, 725 17th Street
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Desk Officer for ACF.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-10788 Filed 5-9-14; 8:45 am]
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