Notice2022-26953
Submission for OMB Review; Provision of Child Support Services in IV-D Cases Under the Hague Child Support Convention
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Published
December 13, 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 238 (Tuesday, December 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76196-76197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26953]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OMB No. 0970-0488]
Submission for OMB Review; Provision of Child Support Services in
IV-D Cases Under the Hague Child Support Convention
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 30 days of publication. OMB must make a
decision about 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.
ADDRESSES: 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. You can
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by
emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b6dfd8d0d9d5d9dadad3d5c2dfd9d8f6d7d5d098dedec598d1d9c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cf5f2faf3fff3f0f0f9ffe8f5f3f2dcfdfffab2f4f4efb2fbf3ea">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed 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 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
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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.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Total number Average burden
Instrument Total number of responses hours per Annual burden
of respondents per respondent 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 and 54 16 .5 432
Enforcement, including restricted information
on the applicant...............................
Annex A: Abstract of Decision................... 54 4 1 216
Annex A: Statement of Enforceability of Decision 54 16 0.17 147
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--Article 54 2 .17 18
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.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 654(20) and 666(f).
Mary B. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-26953 Filed 12-12-22; 8:45 am]
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