Notice2026-18841
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Multistate Financial Institution Data Match With Federally Assisted State Transmitted Levy
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Published
September 15, 2026
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 3-year extension of the Multistate Financial Institution Data Match (MSFIDM) with Federally Assisted State Transmitted (FAST) Levy (Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0196, expiration January 31, 2027). OCSE revised the MSFIDM handbook and the FAST Levy record specifications. Burden estimates were reduced by 32.71 percent to reflect the expected estimated number of respondents and responses per respondent over the next 3 years.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 15, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58455-58456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18841]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0196]
Proposed Information Collection Activity; Multistate Financial
Institution Data Match With Federally Assisted State Transmitted Levy
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 3-year extension of
the Multistate Financial Institution Data Match (MSFIDM) with Federally
Assisted State Transmitted (FAST) Levy (Office of Management and Budget
#: 0970-0196, expiration January 31, 2027). OCSE revised the MSFIDM
handbook and the FAST Levy record specifications. Burden estimates were
reduced by 32.71 percent to reflect the expected estimated number of
respondents and responses per respondent over the next 3 years.
DATES: Comments due November 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act, ACF is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects
of the information collection described above. You can obtain copies of
the proposed collection of information and submit comments by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a33343c35393536363f392e3335341a3b393c74323229743d352c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2abaca4ada1adaeaea7a1b6abadac82a3a1a4ecaaaab1eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all by the title of the
information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: State child support agencies (CSAs) are statutorily
required to enter into data matching agreements with financial
institutions doing business in their state to locate obligors'
accounts. OCSE operates the MSFIDM program through the Federal Parent
Locator Service (FPLS) and facilitates the required data match between
state and multistate financial institutions (MSFIs). State CSAs use the
data match outcomes to fulfill a statutory requirement to seize an
obligor's assets to satisfy past-due child support.
OCSE also operates FAST Levy, which is an automated application
within the FPLS to exchange electronic lien/levy information securely
and efficiently. State CSAs and financial institutions use FAST Levy to
exchange
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information to freeze and seize financial assets more quickly and
efficiently.
On December 19, 2025, ACF published a notice in the Federal
Register Volume 90, Number 242, Page 59525 to announce that the Office
of Child Support Services (OCSS) is now the Office of Child Support
Enforcement (OCSE). Any reference to OCSS is changed to OCSE in the
collection materials. Further, OCSE revised the MSFIDM handbook to
include additional guidance for connectivity, testing, and production.
The FAST Levy specifications also underwent other revisions to remove
obsolete text and to clarify file name requirements.
Respondents: MSFIs and State CSAs.
Annual Burden Estimates
The burden estimates were updated to reflect current estimates for
the respondents and responses over the next 3 years. The burden
reduction is attributable to a reduction in the estimated number of
financial institutions electing to join FAST Levy because they use
programming on their end and not a transmitter to send their files.
Over the last 3 years, only one financial institution has joined FAST
Levy; therefore, we changed the projection from 2 to 1 for each year.
Also, the number of financial transmitters using the Child Support
Portal decreased from 263 to 160. Many of the transmitters switched to
an automated process through Secure File Transfer Protocol while others
no longer transmit at all. The prior burden was 5,029.3 hours, the
current burden is 3,384.1 hours, and this amounts to a burden reduction
of 1,645.2 hours, or 32.71 percent.
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Total annual
Total annual number of Average annual Total annual
Information collection instrument number of responses per burden hours burden hours
respondents respondent per response
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Financial Data Match Record Specifications Match 160 4 0.083 53.12
File Upload/Download: Portal Users.............
Election Form................................... 10 1 0.5 5.00
FAST-Levy Response Withhold Record 1 1 1,716 1,716.00
Specifications: Financial Institutions.........
FAST-Levy Request Withhold Record 1 1 1,610 1,610.0
Specifications: State Child Support Agencies...
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,384.12.
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(l); 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(2) and (c)(1)(G)(ii);
42 U.S.C. 666(a)(17)(A); 42 U.S.C. 652(a)(7); and 45 CFR 303.7(a)(5).
Samantha L. Illangasekare,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-18841 Filed 9-14-26; 8:45 am]
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