Notice2022-12700
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June 13, 2022
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Railroad Retirement Board
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35804-35806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12700]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review, Request for Comments
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is forwarding an
Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Our
ICR describes the information we seek to collect from the public.
Review and approval by OIRA ensures that we impose appropriate
paperwork burdens.
The RRB invites comments on the proposed collections of information
to determine (1) the practical utility of the collections; (2) the
accuracy of the estimated burden of the collections; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information that is
the subject of collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
collections on respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments to the
RRB or OIRA must contain the OMB control number of the ICR. For proper
consideration of your comments, it is best if the RRB and OIRA receive
them within 30 days of the publication date.
1. Title and purpose of information collection: Employee
Representative's Status and Compensation Reports; OMB 3220-0014.
Under Section 1(b)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) (45
U.S.C. 231b), the term ``employee'' includes an individual who is an
employee representative. As defined in Section 1(c) of the RRA, an
employee representative is an officer or official representative of a
railway labor organization other than a labor organization included in
the term ``employer,'' as defined in the RRA, who before or after
August 29, 1935, was in the service of an employer under the RRA and
who is duly authorized and designated to represent employees in
accordance with the Railway Labor Act, or, any individual who is
regularly assigned to or regularly employed by such officer or official
representative in connection with the duties of his or her office. The
requirements relating to the application for employee representative
status and the periodic reporting of the compensation resulting from
such status is contained in 20 CFR 209.10.
The RRB utilizes Form DC-2, Employee Representative's Report of
Compensation, to obtain the information needed to determine employee
representative status and to maintain a record of creditable service
and compensation resulting from such status. Completion is required to
obtain or retain a benefit. One response is requested of each
respondent.
Previous Requests for Comments: The RRB has already published the
initial 60-day notice (87 FR 19538 on April 4, 2022) required by 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited no comments.
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Title: Employee Representative's Status and Compensation Reports.
OMB Control Number: 3220-0014.
Form(s) submitted: DC-2.
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Type of request: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected public: Private Sector; Businesses or other for-profits.
Abstract: Benefits are provided under the Railroad Retirement Act
(RRA) for individuals who are employee representatives as defined in
section 1 of the RRA. The collection obtains information regarding the
status of such individuals and their compensation.
Changes proposed: The RRB proposes no changes to Form DC-2.
The burden estimate for the ICR is as follows:
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Annual
Form No. responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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DC-2............................................................ 82 30 41
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Total....................................................... 82 .............. 41
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2. Title and purpose of information collection: Application for
Survivor Insurance Annuities; OMB 3220-0030.
Under Section 2(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C.
231a), monthly survivor annuities are payable to surviving widow(er)s,
parents, unmarried children, and in certain cases, divorced spouses,
mothers (fathers), remarried widow(er)s, and grandchildren of deceased
railroad employees if there are no qualified survivors of the employee
immediately eligible for an annuity. The requirements relating to the
annuities are prescribed in 20 CFR 216, 217, 218, and 219.
To collect the information needed to help determine an applicant's
entitlement to, and the amount of, a survivor annuity the RRB uses
Forms AA-17, Application for Widow(er)'s Annuity; AA-17b, Applications
for Determination of Widow(er)'s Disability; AA-18, Application for
Mother's/Father's and Child's Annuity; AA-19, Application for Child's
Annuity; AA-19a, Application for Determination of Child's Disability;
AA-20, Application for Parent's Annuity, and electronic Forms AA-
17cert, Application Summary and Certification and AA-17sum, Application
Summary.
The on-line automated survivor annuity application (Forms AA-17,
AA-18, AA-19, and AA-20) process obtains information about an
applicant's marital history, work history, benefits from other
government agencies, and Medicare entitlement for a survivor annuity.
An RRB representative interviews the applicant either at a field office
(preferred), an itinerant point, or by telephone. During the interview,
the RRB representative enters the information obtained into an on-line
information system. Upon completion of the interview, the system
generates, for the applicant's review, either Form AA-17cert or AA-
17sum, which provides a summary of the information that the applicant
provided or verified. Form AA-17cert, Application Summary and
Certification, requires a tradition pen and ink ``wet'' signature. Form
AA-17sum, Application Summary, documents the alternate signing method
called ``Attestation,'' which is an action taken by the RRB
representative to confirm and annotate in the RRB records (1) the
applicant's intent to file an application; (2) the applicant's
affirmation under penalty of perjury that the information provided is
correct; and (3) the applicant's agreement to sign the application by
proxy. When the RRB representative is unable to contact the applicant
in person or by telephone, for example, the applicant lives in another
country, a manual version of the appropriate form is used. One response
is requested of each respondent. Completion of the forms is required to
obtain a benefit.
Previous Requests for Comments: The RRB has already published the
initial 60-day notice (87 FR 19538 on April 4, 2022) required by 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited no comments.
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Title: Application for Survivor Insurance Annuities.
OMB Control Number: 3220-0030.
Form(s) submitted: AA-17b, AA-17cert, AA-17sum, and AA-19a.
Type of request: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected public: Individuals or Households.
Abstract: Under Section 2(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act,
monthly survivor annuities are payable to surviving widow(er)s,
parents, unmarried children, and in certain cases, divorced wives
(husbands), mothers (fathers), remarried widow(er)s and grandchildren
of deceased railroad employees. The collection obtains information
needed by the RRB to determine entitlement to and the amount of the
annuity applied for.
Changes proposed: The RRB proposes no changes to forms AA-17b, AA-
17cert, AA-17sum, and AA-19a.
The burden estimate for the ICR is as follows:
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Annual
Form No. responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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AA-17 Application Process:
AA-17cert................................................... 900 20 300
AA-17sum.................................................... 2,100 19 665
AA-17b:
(With assistance)........................................... 250 45 188
(Without assistance)........................................ 20 55 18
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AA-19a:
(With assistance)........................................... 200 45 150
(Without assistance)........................................ 15 65 16
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Total....................................................... 3,485 .............. 1,337
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3. Title and Purpose of information collection: Nonresident
Questionnaire; OMB 3220-0145.
Under Public Laws 98-21 (45 U.S.C. 410) and 98-76 (45 U.S.C.231t),
benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act payable to annuitants living
outside the United States may be subject to taxation under United
States income tax laws. Whether the social security equivalent and non-
social security equivalent portions of Tier I, Tier II, vested dual
benefit, or supplemental annuity payments are subject to tax
withholding, and whether the same or different rates are applied to
each payment, depends on a beneficiary's citizenship and legal
residence status, and whether exemption under a tax treaty between the
United States and the country in which the beneficiary is a legal
resident has been claimed. To effect the required tax withholding, the
Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) needs to know a nonresident's
citizenship and legal residence status.
To secure the required information, the RRB utilizes Form RRB-1001,
Nonresident Questionnaire, as a supplement to an application as part of
the initial application process, and as an independent vehicle for
obtaining the needed information when an annuitant's residence or tax
treaty status changes. One response is requested of each respondent.
Completion is voluntary.
Previous Requests for Comments: The RRB has already published the
initial 60-day notice (87 FR 19539 on April 4, 2022) required by 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). That request elicited no comments.
Information Collection Request (ICR)
Title: Nonresident Questionnaire.
OMB Control Number: 3220-0145.
Forms submitted: RRB-1001.
Type of request: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected public: Individuals or Households.
Abstract: Under the Railroad Retirement Act, the benefits payable
to an annuitant living outside the United States may be subject to
withholding under Public Laws 98-21 and 98-76. The form obtains the
information needed to determine the amount to be withheld.
Changes proposed: The RRB proposes no changes to Form RRB-1001.
The burden estimate for the ICR is as follows:
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Annual
Form No. responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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RRB-1001 (Initial Filing)....................................... 300 30 250
RRB-1001 (Tax Renewal).......................................... 1,000 30 400
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Total....................................................... 1,300 .............. 650
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Additional Information or Comments: Copies of the forms and
supporting documents can be obtained from Kennisha Tucker at (312) 469-
2591 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#da91bfb4b4b3a9b2bbf48eafb9b1bfa89aa8a8b8f4bdb5ac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e456b6060677d666f205a7b6d656b7c4e7c7c6c20696178">[email protected]</span></a>. Comments regarding the information
collection should be addressed to Brian Foster, Railroad Retirement
Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-1275 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f7b5859e9699d9b19884839285b7858595d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7634041f1718583019050213043604041458111900">[email protected]</span></a>.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
Brian Foster,
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-12700 Filed 6-10-22; 8:45 am]
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