Notice2024-24228
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Federal Tax Refund Offset, Administrative Offset, and Passport Denial
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Published
October 21, 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 the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Federal Tax Refund Offset, Administrative Offset, and Passport Denial with minor edits to change "Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)" to "Office of Child Support Services (OCSS)" and minor formatting enhancements. The current OMB approval expires on June 30, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84155-84156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24228]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Federal Tax Refund
Offset, Administrative Offset, and Passport Denial
AGENCY: Office of Child Support Services, Administration for Children
and Families, U.S. 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 the federal Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the Federal Tax Refund Offset,
Administrative Offset, and Passport Denial with minor edits to change
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``Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)'' to ``Office of Child
Support Services (OCSS)'' and minor formatting enhancements. The
current OMB approval expires on June 30, 2025.
DATES: Comments due December 20, 2024. 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#355c5b535a565a59595056415c5a5b755456531b5d5d461b525a43"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d7beb9b1b8b4b8bbbbb2b4a3beb8b997b6b4b1f9bfbfa4f9b0b8a1">[email protected]</span></a>.
Identify all requests by the title of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: The Federal Tax Refund Offset and Administrative
Offset programs collect past-due child and spousal support by
intercepting certain federal payments, including federal tax refunds,
of parents who have been ordered to pay support and are delinquent. The
Federal Offset Program is a cooperative effort among the Department of
the Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service, OCSS, and state child
support agencies (CSAs). The Passport Denial Program reports
noncustodial parents who owe child and spousal support above a
specified threshold to the Department of State, which will then deny
passports to these individuals. State CSAs routinely submit the names,
Social Security numbers, and the amount(s) of past-due child and
spousal support of noncustodial parents who are delinquent in making
payments to OCSS.
Respondents: Child Support Agencies.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Average
Annual number annual Annual
Information collection instrument Number of of responses burden burden
respondents per respondent hours per hours
response
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Input Record Specifications............................ 54 52 .3 842.4
Output Record Specifications........................... 54 52 .46 1,291.68
Payment File (Charts 4-5).............................. 54 52 .14 393.12
Annual Certification Letter............................ 54 1 .4 21.6
Child Support Portal Processing Screens................ 173 281 .01 486.13
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,034.93.
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. 652(b); 42 U.S.C. 664; 26 U.S.C. 6402(c); 31
CFR 285.3; 45 CFR 302.60; 45 CFR 303.72; 31 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.; 31
U.S.C. 3716(h); 31 CFR 285.1; 42 U.S.C. 652(k); 42 U.S.C. 654(31); 22
CFR 51.60; 42 U.S.C. 654(31); 42 U.S.C. 664; 31 CFR 285.1; and 31 CFR
285.3.
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-24228 Filed 10-18-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-41-P
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