Notice2022-16068
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Provision of Child Support Services in IV-D Cases Under the Hague Child Support Convention (OMB #0970-0488)
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Published
July 27, 2022
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting a three-year extension with proposed revisions to the Hague Child Support Forms (OMB #0970- 0488, expiration February 28, 2023). There are two new forms being incorporated.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45108-45109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16068]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Provision of Child
Support Services in IV-D Cases Under the Hague Child Support Convention
(OMB #0970-0488)
AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for
Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration
for Children and Families (ACF), is requesting a three-year extension
with proposed revisions to the Hague Child Support Forms (OMB #0970-
0488, expiration February 28, 2023). There are two new forms being
incorporated.
DATES: Comments due within 60 days of publication. In compliance with
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ACF is
soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information
collection described above.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of
information and submit comments by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f79e99919894989b9b9294839e9899b7969491d99f9f84d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="92fbfcf4fdf1fdfefef7f1e6fbfdfcd2f3f1f4bcfafae1bcf5fde4">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: On January 1, 2017, the 2007 Hague Convention on the
International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family
Maintenance (the Convention) entered into force for the United States.
This multilateral Convention contains groundbreaking provisions that,
on a worldwide scale, establish uniform, simple, fast, and inexpensive
procedures for the processing of international child support cases.
Under the Convention, U.S. states 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. implements the Convention's case processing forms.
Newly incorporated into this information collection are two
additional forms, Request for Specific Measures and Request for
Specific Measures--Response, which were approved in June 2022 for use
under the Convention. The other forms remain unchanged.
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.
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Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number Average
Instrument Total number of responses burden hours Annual burden
of respondents per respondent per response hours
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Annex I: Transmittal form under Article 12(2). 54 41 1 2,214
Annex II: Acknowledgment form under Article 54 81 .5 2,187
12(3)........................................
Annex A: Application for Recognition or 54 16 .5 432
Recognition and Enforcement, including
restricted information on the applicant......
Annex A: Abstract of Decision................. 54 4 1 216
Annex A: Statement of Enforceability of 54 16 0.17 147
Decision.....................................
Annex A: Statement of Proper Notice........... 54 4 .5 108
Annex A: Status of Application Report--Article 54 34 .33 606
12...........................................
Annex B: Application for Enforcement of a 54 17 .5 459
Decision Made or Recognized in the Requested
State, including restricted information on
the applicant................................
Annex B: Status of Application Report--Article 54 33 .33 588
12...........................................
Annex C: Application for Establishment of a 54 4 .5 108
Decision, including restricted information on
the Applicant................................
Annex C: Status of Application Report--Article 54 8 .33 143
12...........................................
Annex D: Application for Modification of a 54 4 .5 108
Decision, including Restricted Information on
the Applicant................................
Annex D: Status of Application Report--Article 54 8 .33 143
12...........................................
Annex E: Financial Circumstances Form......... 54 41 2 4,428
Annex F: Request for Specific Measures-- 54 2 .17 18
Article 7(1).................................
Annex F: Request for Specific Measures-- 54 8 .17 73
Response--Article 7(1).......................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,978.
Comments: 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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 654(20) and 666(f).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-16068 Filed 7-26-22; 8:45 am]
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