Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request
Federal Register, Volume 79 Issue 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2014)
Federal Register Volume 79, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2014)
Notices
Pages 54341-54342
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2014-21656
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed 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 a revision of an OMB-approved information collection.
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
Fax: 202-395-6974
Email address: OIRASubmission@omb.eop.gov
(SSA)
Social Security Administration, OLCA
Attn: Reports Clearance Director
Page 54342
3100 West High Rise
6401 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21235
Fax: 410-966-2830
Email address: OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov
The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will submit it to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than November 10, 2014. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments by writing to the above email address.
Supplement to Claim of Person Outside the United States -20 CFR 422.505(b), 404.460, 404.463, and 42 CFR 407.27(c)--0960-0051.
Claimants or beneficiaries (both United States (U.S.) citizens and aliens entitled to benefits) living outside the United States complete Form SSA-21 as a supplement to an application for benefits. SSA collects the information to determine eligibility for U.S. Social Security benefits for those months an alien beneficiary or claimant is outside the United States, and to determine if tax withholding applies. In addition, SSA uses the information to: (1) Allow beneficiaries or claimants to request a special payment exception in an SSA restricted country; (2) terminate supplemental medical insurance coverage for recipients who request it, because they are, or will be, out of the United States; and (3) allow claimants to collect a lump sum death benefit if the number holder died outside the United States and we do not have information to determine whether the lump sum death benefit is payable under the Social Security Act. The respondents are Social Security claimants, or individuals entitled to Social Security benefits, who are, will be, or have been residing outside the United States. for three months or longer. Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information collection.
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Average
Number of Frequency of burden per Estimated
Modality of completion respondents response response total annual
(minutes) burden (hours)
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Paper SSA-21--U.S. Citizens..................... 3,297 1 9 495
Paper SSA-21--U.S. Resident..................... 521 1 15 130
MCS Macros SSA-21--U.S. Resident................ 1,844 1 11 338
Paper SSA-21--Resident of Tax Treaty Country.... 2,863 1 11 525
MCS Macros SSA-21--Resident of Tax Treaty 10,145 1 6 1,015
Country........................................
Paper SSA-21 -.................................. 1,995 1 10 333
Non-Resident Alien (not a resident of a tax
treaty country)................................
MCS Macros SSA-21--Non-Resident Alien (not a 7,071 1 5 589
resident of a tax treaty country)..............
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Totals...................................... 27,736 .............. .............. 3,425
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Dated: September 8, 2014.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
FR Doc. 2014-21656 Filed 9-10-14; 8:45 am
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