Notice2024-03968
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Tribal Child Support Enforcement Direct Funding Requests: (Office of Management and Budget #0970-0218)
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Published
February 27, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting to extend approval of revisions to an approved information collection the Tribal Child Support Enforcement Direct Funding Requests (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #0970-0218). These revisions were approved under an emergency approval for 6-months and included a new requirement for Tribes or Tribal organizations to provide that charging fees and recovering costs will not be permitted.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14504-14505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03968]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Tribal
Child Support Enforcement Direct Funding Requests: (Office of
Management and Budget #0970-0218)
AGENCY: Office of Child Support Services, Administration for Children
and Families, United States Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), Administration
for Children and Families (ACF) is requesting to extend approval of
revisions to an approved information collection the Tribal Child
Support Enforcement Direct Funding Requests (Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) #0970-0218). These revisions
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were approved under an emergency approval for 6-months and included a
new requirement for Tribes or Tribal organizations to provide that
charging fees and recovering costs will not be permitted.
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#660f08000905090a0a0305120f090826070500480e0e1548010910"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82ebece4ede1edeeeee7e1f6ebedecc2e3e1e4aceaeaf1ace5edf4">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by
the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The final rule within 45 CFR part 309, published in
the Federal Register on March 30, 2004 at 69 FR 16638, contains a
regulatory reporting requirement that, in order to receive funding for
a Tribal IV-D program, a Tribe or Tribal organization must submit a
plan describing how the Tribe or Tribal organization meets or plans to
meet the objectives of section 455(f) of the Social Security Act,
including establishing paternity; establishing, modifying, and
enforcing support orders; and locating noncustodial parents. The plan
is required for all Tribes requesting funding; however, once a Tribe
has met the requirements to operate a comprehensive program, a new plan
is not required annually unless a Tribe makes changes to its title IV-D
program. If a Tribe or Tribal organization intends to make any
substantial or material changes, a Tribal IV-D plan amendment must be
submitted for approval. Tribes and Tribal organizations must have an
approved plan and submit any required plan amendments in order to
receive funding to operate a Tribal IV-D program. Through an emergency
approval request, OCSS included a new requirement for Tribes and Tribal
organizations to provide that charging fees and recovering costs will
not be permitted. This is due to the Final Rule on the Elimination of
the Non-Federal Share published on February 12, 2024 (see 89 FR 9784).
Tribes and Tribal organizations that charge fees and recover cost must
submit a plan amendment demonstrating compliance with the proposed new
requirement, in accordance with 45 CFR 309.35(d). This is a one-time
submission. Only three Tribal child support programs report data on the
collection of fees and recovered costs. This request is to extend
approval with no changes.
Respondents: Tribes and Tribal Organizations.
Burden Estimates
The following burden estimates include new burden associated with
the change in requirement, as well as existing burden under OMB #:
0970-0218.
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Total number of
responses per Total burden
Instrument Total number respondent Burden hours hours (over Annual burden
of respondents (over three per response three years) hours
years)
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45 CFR 309--New Plan........... 10 3 480 14,400 4,800
45 CFR 309--Plan Amendment..... 60 * 2 105 18,900 6,300
45 CFR 309--Plan Amendment-- 3 1 3 9 3
Charging fees and recovering..
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Estimated Burden Hours and .............. ............... .............. 33,309 11,103
Costs.....................
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* This estimate is based on an average number of about 2 amendments submitted per year per Tribe, but that does
vary annually and by Tribe.
Authority: Title IV-D of the Social Security Act; 45 CFR 309.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-03968 Filed 2-26-24; 8:45 am]
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