69008 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 227 / Friday, November 26, 2004 / Notices 

B. SSA Computer Matches Subject to 

the Privacy Act 

We have taken action to ensure that 

all of SSA’s computer matching 

programs comply with the requirements 

of the Privacy Act, as amended.

Dated: November 17, 2004. 

Martin H. Gerry, 

Deputy Commissioner for Disability and 

Income Security Programs.

Notice of Computer Matching Program, 

Social Security Administration (SSA) 

with the States 

A. Participating Agencies 

SSA and the States. 

B. Purpose of the Matching Program 

Section 1137 of the Social Security 

Act requires individual States to have in 

effect an income and eligibility 

verification system meeting certain 

requirements in order to administer 

certain State-administered income, food 

assistance, and medical assistance 

programs. 

A chief purpose of this matching 

program is to facilitate administration of 

this provision. Individual agreements 

with the States will describe the 

conditions under which SSA agrees to 

disclose information to the States 

relating to the eligibility for, and 

payment of, Social Security, 

supplemental security income, and 

special veterans benefits, including 

certain tax return information disclosed 

by SSA, in accordance with applicable 

provisions of the Internal Revenue 

Code, as well as quarters of coverage, 

prisoner, and death information. 

The matching program will also be 

used to implement provisions of Public 

Law 104–193, the Personal 

Responsibility and Work Reconciliation 

Act of 1996, involving the significance 

of Social Security coverage information 

to the eligibility of certain aliens for 

some Federal and State public benefits. 

Under this matching program, SSA will 

disclose certain Social Security coverage 

information on specific persons to 

States administering appropriate benefit 

programs. 

C. Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program 

Sections 1106 and 1137 of the Social 

Security Act; sections 402, 412, 421 and 

435 of Public Law 104–193; section 

202(x)(3)(B)(iv) of the Social Security 

Act; section 205(r)(3) of the Social 

Security Act; and section 6103(p)(4) of 

Title 26 of the Internal Revenue Code. 

D. Categories of Records and 

Individuals Covered by the Matching 

Program 

States will provide SSA with names 

and other identifying information of 

appropriate benefit applicants or 

recipients. Specific information from 

participating States will be matched, as 

provided in the agreement for the 

specific programs, with the following 

systems of records maintained by SSA: 

1. SDX—Supplemental Security 

Income Record and Special Veterans 

Benefits (SSR/SVB), SSA/ODSSIS (60–

0103); 

2. BENDEX—Master Beneficiary 

Record (MBR), SSA/ORSIS (60–0090) 

and the Earnings Recording and SelfEmployment Income System, SSA/

OEEAS (60–0059); 

3. EVS—Master Files of Social 

Security Number (SSN) Holders and 

SSN Applications, SSA/OEEAS (60–

0058); 

4. SVES—SSR/SVB, SSA/ODSSIS 

(60–0103); MBR, SSA/ORSIS (60–0090); 

the Earnings Recording and SelfEmployment Income System, SSA/

OEEAS (60–0059); the Master Files of 

SSN Holders and SSN Applications, 

SSA/OEEAS (60–0058); and the 

Prisoner Update Processing System 

(PUPS), SSA/OEEAS (60–0269); 

5. Quarters of Coverage Query—The 

Earnings Recording and SelfEmployment Income System, SSA/

OEEAS (60–0059) and the Master Files 

of SSN Holders and SSN Applications, 

SSA/OEEAS (60–0058); 

6. Prisoner Query—PUPS, SSA/

OEEAS (60–0269); and 

7. Death Query—Master Files of SSN 

Holders and SSN Applications, SSA/

OEEAS (60–0058)—subsection referred 

to as the NUMIDENT. 

SSA and the States will exchange 

information through the File Transfer 

Management System (FTMS) or online 

through the Interstate Connection 

Network. Cartridge or magnetic tape 

will be used in the event FTMS is 

inoperable. 

E. Inclusive Dates of the Matching 

Program 

The matching program will become 

effective no sooner than 40 days after 

notice of the matching program is sent 

to Congress and OMB, or 30 days after 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register, whichever is later. Individual 

State matching agreements under the 

program may also become effective 

upon the signing of the agreements by 

the parties to the agreements. The 

agreements with individual States will 

continue for 18 months from the 

effective date and may be extended for 

a period of time, up to 12 months, but 

not to exceed June 30, 2007, if certain 

conditions are met.

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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Privacy Act of 1974; as Amended; New 

Routine Use Disclosure

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA).

ACTION: Proposed new routine use.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11)), we 

are issuing public notice of our intent to 

establish a new routine use disclosure of 

information SSA maintains in the 

Privacy Act system of records entitled 

Supplemental Security Income Record 

and Special Veterans Benefits System, 

60–0103 (SSR/SVB System). The 

proposed routine use will allow SSA to 

verify Social Security numbers (SSN) 

provided by foreign Social Security 

agencies with whom SSA has a 

totalization agreement or a mutual 

assistance arrangement under section 

233 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

433). The routine use proposal is 

discussed in the Supplementary 

Information section below. We invite 

public comments on this proposal.

DATES: We filed a report of the proposed 

new routine use with the Chairman of 

the Senate Committee on Governmental 

Affairs, the Chairman of the House 

Government Reform Committee, and the 

Director, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget on November 

18, 2004. The proposed new routine use 

will become effective on December 28, 

2004 unless we receive comments that 

would result in a contrary 

determination.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may 

comment on this publication by writing 

to the Executive Director, Office of 

Public Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, 3–A–6 Operations 

Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21235–6401. All 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Willie J. Polk, Team Leader, Strategic 

Issues Team, Office of Public 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, Room 3–A–6 

Operations Building, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235–

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6401, telephone (410) 965–1753, e-mail: 

willie.j.polk@ssa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background and Purpose of the 

Proposed New Routine Use Disclosure 

A. General Background 

Section 233 of the Social Security Act 

(Act) (42 U.S.C. 433) authorizes the 

President to enter into agreements with 

other countries for the purpose of 

coordinating the Social Security systems 

of both countries. These agreements, 

frequently called ‘‘totalization 

agreements,’’ help fill gaps in benefit 

protection for workers who divide their 

careers between the United States and 

the other country. Such workers may 

fail to qualify for Social Security 

benefits from the United States or the 

other country because they have not 

worked long enough to meet minimum 

eligibility requirements. Under these 

agreements, each country can count 

credits earned under the other country’s 

system if this will help the worker meet 

the minimum length-of-work 

requirements to qualify. Where 

eligibility is established by counting 

credits in both countries, the benefit is 

prorated to reflect the amount of credit 

earned in the paying country. To 

facilitate this process, SSA shares 

personal information in its files with the 

Social Security agencies of the countries 

which are parties to the agreements. 

Consistent with section 233 of the 

Act, SSA enters into mutual assistance 

arrangements with totalization 

countries. Under the mutual assistance 

arrangements, the foreign country 

assists SSA generally in the 

administration of its programs in the 

foreign country and SSA provides 

reciprocal services for the foreign 

country. This includes, but may not be 

limited to, providing services such as 

post-entitlement reviews and 

redeterminations, program and 

operational studies, and integrity 

reviews and evaluations. 

SSA currently verifies SSNs provided 

by foreign countries with which we 

have totalization agreements and mutual 

assistance arrangements under those 

agreements. We have an established 

routine use applicable to the Master 

Files of Social Security Number (SSN) 

Holders and SSN Applications System, 

60–0058; Earnings Recording and SelfEmployment Income System; and the 

Master Beneficiary Record, 60–0090;

Privacy Act systems of records that 

allows SSA to verify SSNs and disclose 

other information to countries with 

which we have totalization agreements 

and mutual assistance arrangements. We 

have identified the need to establish a 

new routine use that would allow SSA 

to verify SSNs provided by those 

countries, using information we 

maintain in the SSR/SVB System 

Privacy Act system of records. The 

proposed routine use will read as 

follows:

To the Social Security agency of a foreign 

country, for the purpose of verifying Social 

Security numbers, to carry out the purposes 

of an international Social Security agreement 

entered into between the United States and 

the other country, pursuant to section 233 of 

the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 433).

The proposed routine use will be 

numbered 36 in the notice of the SSR/

SVB System. We are not republishing 

the notice of this system of records at 

this time. A notice of the system of 

records last was published in its entirety 

in the Federal Register (FR) on February 

21, 2001. See 66 FR 11079, February 21, 

2001. 

B. Compatibility of Proposed New 

Routine Use Disclosure 

The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3)) 

and our disclosure regulations (20 CFR 

Part 401) permit us to disclose 

information under a published routine 

use for a purpose which is compatible 

with the purpose for which we collected 

the information. Section 401.150(c) of 

the regulations permits us to disclose 

information under a routine use where 

necessary to carry out SSA programs or 

assist other agencies in administering 

similar programs. The disclosures under 

the proposed new routine use will be 

compatible since, by the nature of the 

totalization agreement with a foreign 

country under section 233 of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C 433), the foreign 

country will be administering a program 

comparable to the Social Security 

program of the United States. 

II. Effect of the Proposed Routine Use 

on the Rights of Individuals 

Whenever SSA enters into a 

totalization agreement with a foreign 

country, SSA always requires the other 

country’s assurance that appropriate 

laws of that country protect the 

confidentiality of personal data. SSA 

always considers how compatible the 

other country’s privacy laws are with 

those of the United States. Unless the 

other country’s laws allow disclosure, 

the information which SSA furnishes to 

a foreign country’s Social Security 

agency under a totalization agreement 

must be kept confidential and, to the 

extent possible, used exclusively for 

implementing the agreement (Social 

Security Ruling 80–15 and 20 CFR 

404.1930). Verifications of SSNs 

provided by foreign Social Security 

agencies will be done only as discussed 

in section I.A. above. To this end, we do 

not anticipate any unwarranted effects 

on the rights of individuals from our 

implementation of the proposed routine 

use.

Dated: November 18, 2004. 

Jo Anne B. Barnhart, 

Commissioner.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4908] 

Culturally Significant Object Imported 

for Exhibition Determinations: 

‘‘Raphael’s La Fornarina’’

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: Pursuant to 

the authority vested in me by the Act of 

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 

27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999, 

as amended, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 

FR 19875], I hereby determine that the 

object to be included in the exhibition 

‘‘Raphael La Fornarina,’’ imported from 

abroad for temporary exhibition within 

the United States, is of cultural 

significance. The object is imported 

pursuant to a loan agreement with the 

foreign owner. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

object at the The Frick Collection, New 

York, NY from on or about December 2, 

2004 to on or about January 30, 2005, 

the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX 

from on or about February 13, 2005 to 

on or about April 17, 2005, the 

Indianapolis Museum of Art, 

Indianapolis, IN from on or about May 

6, 2005, to on or about June 26, 2005, 

and at possible additional venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. Public Notice of these 

determinations is ordered to be 

published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit object, contact Carol B. 

Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, Department of State, 

(telephone: 202/453–8048). The address 

is Department of State, SA–44, 301 4th 

Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 

20547–0001.