[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70425-70426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24583]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting Requirements Under Emergency 
Review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

    Title: Provision of Child Support Services in IV-D cases under the 
Hague Child Support Convention; Federally Approved Forms.
    OMB No.: New Collection.
    Description: On January 1, 2017, the 2007 Hague Convention on the 
International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family 
Maintenance will enter into force for the United States. This 
Convention contains groundbreaking provisions that, for the first time 
on a worldwide scale, will establish uniform, simple, fast, and 
inexpensive procedures for the processing of international child 
support cases. Once the Convention is in effect, U.S. states will 
process child support cases with other countries that have ratified the 
Convention under the requirements of the Convention and article 7 of 
the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA 2008). In order to 
comply with the Convention, the U.S. must implement the Convention's 
case processing forms.
    State and Federal law require states to use federally-approved case 
processing forms. Section 311(b) of UIFSA 2008, which has been enacted 
by all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the 
Virgin Islands, requires States to use forms mandated by Federal law. 
45 CFR 303.7 also requires child support programs to use federally-
approved forms in intergovernmental IV-D cases unless a country has 
provided alternative forms as a part of its chapter in a Caseworker's 
Guide to Processing Cases with Foreign Reciprocating Countries.
    Respondents: State agencies administering a child support program 
under title IV-D of the Social Security Act.

                                             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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Annex I: Transmittal form under Article 12(2)...              54              46               1           2,484
Annex II: Acknowledgment form under Article                   54              93              .5           2,511
 12(3)..........................................
Annex A: Application for Recognition and                      54              19              .5             513
 Enforcement, including restricted information
 on the applicant...............................
Annex A: Abstract of Decision...................              54               5               1             270
Annex A: Statement of Enforceability of Decision              54              19            0.17             174
Annex A: Statement of Proper Notice.............              54               5              .5             135
Annex A: Status of Application Report...........              54              37             .33             659
Annex B: Application for Enforcement of a                     54              19              .5             513
 Decision Made or Recognized in the Requested
 State, including restricted information on the
 applicant......................................
Annex B: Status of Application Report, Article                54              37             .33             659
 12.............................................
Annex C: Application for Establishment of a                   54               5              .5             135
 Decision, including restricted information on
 the Applicant..................................
Annex C: Status of Application Report--Article                54               9             .33             160
 12.............................................
Annex D: Application for Modification of a                    54               5              .5             135
 Decision, including Restricted Information on
 the Applicant..................................
Annex D: Status of Application Report--Article                54               9             .33             160
 12.............................................
Annex E: Financial Circumstances Form...........              54              46               2           4,968
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,478.
    Additional Information: ACF is requesting that OMB grant a 180 day 
approval for this information collection under procedures for emergency 
processing by October 20, 2016. A copy of this information collection, 
with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling 
the Administration for Children and Families, Reports Clearance 
Officer, Robert Sargis at (202) 690-7275.
    Comments and questions about the information collection described 
above should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for ACF, Office of Management and 
Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 725 17th Street NW.,

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Washington, DC 20503; FAX: (202) 395-7285; email: 
[email protected].

Robert Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-24583 Filed 10-11-16; 8:45 am]
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