Notice2022-18391
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
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August 26, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 165 (Friday, August 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52605-52608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18391]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2022-0046]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law 104-13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes revisions of OMB-approved information collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB) Office of Management and Budget Attn: Desk Officer for SSA
Comments: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Submit your
comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2022-0046].
(SSA) Social Security Administration, OLCA Attn: Reports Clearance
Director 3100 West High Rise, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235,
Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#226d700c7047524d5056510c614e474350434c4147625151430c454d54"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="622d304c3007120d1016114c210e070310030c0107221111034c050d14">[email protected]</span></a>
Or you may submit your comments online through <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>, referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-
2022-0046].
SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding these information collections would
be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of
this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive
them no later than September 26, 2022. Individuals can obtain copies of
these OMB clearance packages by writing to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9bd4c9b5c9feebf4e9efe8b5d8f7fefae9faf5f8fedbe8e8fab5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="337c611d6156435c4147401d705f565241525d5056734040521d545c45">[email protected]</span></a>.
1. Supplemental Statement Regarding Farming Activities of Person
Living Outside the United States--0960-0103. When a beneficiary or
claimant reports farm work from outside the United States, SSA
documents this work on Form SSA-7163A-F4. Specifically, SSA uses the
form to determine if we should apply foreign work deductions to the
recipient's Title II benefits. We collect the information either
annually or every other year, depending on the respondent's country of
residence. Once respondents complete the form, they mail it back to
SSA. Respondents are Social Security recipients engaged in farming
activities outside the United States.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-7163A-F4...................................... 19 1 60 19 * $16.70 ** $317
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* We based this figure on the average farming occupations hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes450000.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes450000.htm</a>).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
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2. Information About Joint Checking/Savings Account--20 CFR
416.1201 and 416.1208--0960-0461. SSA considers a person's resources
when evaluating eligibility for SSI. Generally, we consider funds in
checking and savings accounts as resources owned by the individuals
whose names appear on the account. However, individuals applying for
SSI may rebut this assumption of ownership in a joint account by
submitting certain evidence to establish the funds do not belong to
them. SSA uses Form SSA-2574 to collect information from SSI applicants
and recipients who object to the assumption that they own all or part
of the funds in a joint checking or savings account bearing their
names. SSA collects information about the account from both the SSI
applicant or recipient and the other account holder(s). After receiving
the completed form, SSA determines if we should consider the account to
be a resource for the SSI applicant and recipient. The respondents are
applicants and recipients of SSI, and individuals who list themselves
as joint owners of financial accounts with SSI applicants or
recipients.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average wait
Average time in field
Number of Frequency of Average burden Estimated theoretical office or for Total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response total annual hourly cost teleservice opportunity cost
(minutes) burden (hours) amount centers (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA-2574 (Paper)...................... 50,000 1 7 5,833 * $19.86 .............. *** $115,843
SSA-2574 (SSI Claim System)........... 150,000 1 7 17,500 * 19.86 ** 21 *** 1,390,200
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Totals............................ 200,000 .............. .............. 23,333 .............. .............. *** 1,506,043
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* We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (<a href="https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf">https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf</a>), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm</a>).
** We based this figure by averaging the average FY 2022 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, based on SSA's current management
information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
3. Real Property Current Market Value Estimate--0960-0471. SSA
considers an individual's resources when evaluating eligibility for SSI
payments. The value of an individual's resources, including non-home
real property, is one of the eligibility requirements for SSI payments.
SSA obtains current market value estimates of the claimant's real
property through Form SSA-L2794. We allow respondents to use readily
available records to complete the form, or we can accept their best
estimates. We use this form as part of initial applications and in
post-entitlement situations. SSA fills out Form SSA-L2794, and mails it
to the respondent along with a cover letter explaining why we need the
information and what information we are requesting, and a prepaid
envelope to send the SSA-L2794 back to SSA. The respondents are small
business operators in real estate; state and local government employees
tasked with assessing real property values; and other individuals
knowledgeable about local real estate values.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-L2794......................................... 300 1 20 100 * $23.45 ** $2,345
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* We based this figure on the median hourly salary of Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm</a>).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
4. Employer Verification of Earnings After Death--20 CFR 404.821
and 404.822--0960-0472. When SSA records show a wage earner is
deceased, and we receive wage reports from an employer for the wage
earner for a year subsequent to the year of death, SSA mails the
employer Form SSA-L4112 (Employer Verification of Earnings After Death)
with a prepaid envelope to send back to SSA. SSA uses the information
Form SSA-L4112 provides to verify wage information previously received
from the employer is correct for the employee and the year in question
(the year subsequent to the year of death), to ensure we avoid wage
fraud on the deceased's account. The respondents are employers who
report wages for employees who died.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-L4112......................................... 13,114 1 10 2,186 * $28.01 ** $61,230
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* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm</a>).
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** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
5. Child Care Dropout Questionnaire--20 CFR 404.211(e)(4)--0960-
0474. If individuals applying for Title II disability benefits care for
their own or their spouse's children under age 3, and have no steady
earnings during the time they care for those children, they may exclude
that period of care from the disability computation period. We call
this the child-care dropout exclusion. SSA uses the information from
Form SSA-4162 to determine if an individual qualifies for this
exclusion. Respondents are applicants for Title II disability benefits.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Average wait Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost time in field opportunity cost
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount office (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA-4162....................... 1,563 1 10 261 * $11.70 ** 24 *** $10,366
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* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2022 data (<a href="https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf">https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2022factsheet.pdf</a>).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2022 wait times for field offices, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
6. Medical Report on Adult with Allegation of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Infection; Medical Report on Child with
Allegation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection--20 CFR 416.933-
416.934--0960-0500. Section 1631(e)(i) of the Act authorizes the
Commissioner of SSA to gather information to make a determination about
an applicant's claim for SSI payments. Section 1631(a)(4) of the Act
provides that the Commissioner may pay SSI payments to an applicant for
a period not exceeding six months prior to the determination of the
individual's disability, if the individual is presumptively disabled
and is determined to be otherwise eligible for benefits; this procedure
is called Presumptive Disability (PD). SSA uses Forms SSA-4814 and SSA-
4815 to collect information necessary to determine if an individual
with human immunodeficiency virus infection, who is applying for SSI
disability benefits, meets the requirements for PD. The respondents are
the medical sources of the applicants for SSI disability payments.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average Average wait
Average burden Estimated theoretical time for Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost teleservice opportunity cost
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount centers (dollars) ***
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA-4814.............................. 1,307 1 8 174 * $16.02 ** 19 *** $9,420
SSA-4815.............................. 20 1 10 3 * 16.02 ** 19 ***144
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Totals............................ 1,327 .............. .............. 177 .............. .............. *** 9,564
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* We based this figure on the average Healthcare Support Occupations, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes310000.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes310000.htm</a>).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2022 wait times for teleservice centers, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
7. Certificate of Election for Reduced Widow(er)s and Surviving
Divorced Spouse's Benefits--20 CFR 404.335--0960-0759. Section 202(q)
of the Act provides SSA the authority to reduce benefits under certain
conditions when elected by a Title II beneficiary. However, reduced
benefits are not payable to an already entitled spouse (or divorced
spouse) who:
<bullet> Is at least age 62 and under full retirement age in the
month of the number holder's death; and
<bullet> Is receiving both reduced spouse's (or divorced spouse's)
benefits and either retirement or disability benefits in the month
before the month of the number holder's death.
To elect reduced widow(er) benefits, a recipient completes Form
SSA-4111, and mails it back to SSA. SSA uses the information collected
to pay a qualified dually entitled widow(er) (or surviving divorced
spouse) who elects to receive a reduced widow(er) benefit. The
respondents are qualified dually entitled widow(er)s (or surviving
divorced spouse) who elect to receive a reduced widow(er) benefit.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity cost
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount (dollars) **
(dollars) *
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SSA-4111........................................ 30,000 1 2 1,000 * $28.01 ** $28,010
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* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm</a>).
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** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
Dated: August 22, 2022.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-18391 Filed 8-25-22; 8:45 am]
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