[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59357-59358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28965]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Title: 45 CFR part 303.72--Request for collection of past-due
support by Federal tax refund offset and administrative offset.
OMB No.: 0970-0161.
Description: The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)
operates the Tax refund offset TROP. The TROP was enacted by Congress
on August 13, 1981 (Pub. L. 97-35, section 2331). This is a
computerized system operated by the Office of Child Support Enforcement
(OCSE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and State child
support agencies. The TROP was established to recover delinquent AFDC
child support debts with ongoing cooperation of states and local child
support agencies.
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-508)
signed by the President in November 1990, expanded the Program to
include a provision for non-AFDC cases.
In 1996 the Debt Collection Improvement Act (Pub. L. 104-134)
further expanded the program to increase the collection of nontax debts
owned to the Federal Government and to assist families in collecting
past-due child support. It required the development and implementation
of procedures necessary to collect past-due support by administrative
offset by agencies. As a result, this program is now known as the Tax
Refund and Administrative Offset Program TROP/ADOP).
Purpose: Pursuant to Public Law 97-35 enacted by Congress on August
13, 1981, Pub. L. 101-508 signed by the President in November 1990 and
Pub. L. 104-134 enacted into law on April 26, 1996, the Debt Collection
Improvement Act of 1996, and pursuant to the Executive Order 13019
dated September 28, 1996, the OSCE will match the tax refund records
against Federal payment certification records and Federal financial
assistance records. The purpose is to facilitate the collection of
delinquent child support obligations from persons who may be entitled
or eligible to receive certain Federal payments or Federal assistance.
State child support agencies submit cases of delinquent child support
claims to the OSCE for submission to the Financial Management Service
(FMS). These cases are sent by on-line dial-up access via personal
computer, tape and cartridge via mail, Mitron tape, file transfer, or
electronic data transmission. The Office of Child Support Enforcement
serves as a conduit between state child support enforcement agencies
and the FMS by processing weekly updates of collection data and
distributing the information back to the appropriate State child
support agency. The information will be disclosed by OCSE to state
child support agencies for use in the collection of child support
debts, through locate action wage withholding or other enforcement
actions.
Respondents: State District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and
Virgin Islands Governments
Respondents: State and local governments.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Instrument Number of responses per Average burden hours Total burden hours
respondents respondent per response
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Sub/test tape and Data Spec.... 1,744 52 5 minutes.............. 7,557.3 hours.
Sub/test tape and Data Spec.... 54 52 5 minutes.............. 234 hours.
Withdrawal notice.............. 1,744 5 2 minutes.............. 291 hours.
Pre-offset notice.............. 54 87,075 2 minutes.............. 15,673.5 hours.
Case Cert...................... 54 52 3 minutes.............. 140.4 hours.
Payment Infor.................. 26 1 10 minutes............. 4.3 hours.
Local office contact phone 1,744 1 30 minutes............. 872 hours.
address.
Request for update............. 54 52 5 minutes.............. 234 hours.
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Federal Tax Offset contact..... 54 1 2 minutes.............. 1.8 hours.
Update Spec.................... 54 1 2 minutes.............. 1.8 hours.
Issuance of pre-offset notice.. 54 1 2 minutes.............. 1.8 hours.
Contact point for OCSE Pre- 30 1 1 minute............... 0.9 hours.
offset notice.
Non-TANF Tax Refund Offset 1,744 40,735 10 minutes............. 6,789.2 hours.
Information.
Offset notice address/phone 54 1 10 minutes............. 9.0 hours.
number change.
Personal computer data......... 54 1 5 minutes.............. 4.5 hours.
Notice of intention............ 25 1 2 minutes.............. 0.8 hours.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 31,816.3.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to The Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Information Services, Division of Information Resource
Management 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: Ms. Wendy Taylor.
Dated: October 28, 1997.
Bob Sargis,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-28965 Filed 10-31-97; 8:45 am]
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