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1 42 U.S.C. 406(d), 406(e), and 1383(d)(2). 

2 42 U.S.C. 406(d)(2) and 1383(d)(2)(C)(ii)(I). 

3 42 U.S.C. 406(d)(2)(B)(ii) and 

1383(d)(2)(C)(ii)(II). 

records in accordance with agencyspecific records schedule N1–047–10– 

004/I.E. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

We retain electronic and paper files 

containing personal identifiers in secure 

storage areas accessible only by our 

authorized employees and contractors 

who have a need for the information 

when performing their official duties. 

Security measures include, but are not 

limited to, the use of codes and profiles, 

personal identification number and 

password, and personal identification 

verification cards. We restrict access to 

specific correspondence within the 

system based on assigned roles and 

authorized users. We maintain 

electronic files with personal identifiers 

in secure storage areas. We use audit 

mechanisms to record sensitive 

transactions as an additional measure to 

protect information from unauthorized 

disclosure or modification. We keep 

paper records in cabinets within secure 

areas, with access limited to only those 

employees who have an official need for 

access in order to perform their duties. 

We annually provide our employees 

and contractors with appropriate 

security awareness training that 

includes reminders about the need to 

protect PII and the criminal penalties 

that apply to unauthorized access to, or 

disclosure of, PII (5 U.S.C. 552a(i)(1)). 

Furthermore, employees and contractors 

with access to databases maintaining PII 

must annually sign a sanctions 

document that acknowledges their 

accountability for inappropriately 

accessing or disclosing such 

information. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals may submit requests for 

information about whether this system 

contains a record about them by 

submitting a written request to the 

system manager at the above address, 

which includes their name, SSN, or 

other information that may be in this 

system of records that will identify 

them. Individuals requesting 

notification of, or access to, a record by 

mail must include: (1) A notarized 

statement to us to verify their identity; 

or (2) must certify in the request that 

they are the individual they claim to be 

and that they understand that the 

knowing and willful request for, or 

acquisition of, a record pertaining to 

another individual under false pretenses 

is a criminal offense. 

Individuals requesting notification of, 

or access to, records in person must 

provide their name, SSN, or other 

information that may be in this system 

of records that will identify them, as 

well as provide an identity document, 

preferably with a photograph, such as a 

driver’s license. Individuals lacking 

identification documents sufficient to 

establish their identity must certify in 

writing that they are the individual they 

claim to be and that they understand 

that the knowing and willful request for, 

or acquisition of, a record pertaining to 

another individual under false pretenses 

is a criminal offense. 

These procedures are in accordance 

with our regulations at 20 CFR 401.40 

and 401.45. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Same as record access procedures. 

Individuals should also reasonably 

identify the record, specify the 

information they are contesting, and 

state the corrective action sought and 

the reasons for the correction with 

supporting justification showing how 

the record is incomplete, untimely, 

inaccurate, or irrelevant. These 

procedures are in accordance with our 

regulations at 20 CFR 401.65(a). 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Same as records access procedures. 

These procedures are in accordance 

with our regulations at 20 CFR 401.40 

and 401.45. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

75 FR 25904, Representative 

Disqualification, Suspension, and NonRecognition Information File. 

80 FR 919, Representative 

Disqualification, Suspension, and NonRecognition Information File. 

83 FR 54969, Representative 

Disqualification, Suspension, and NonRecognition Information File. 

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2020–0059] 

Rate for Assessment on Direct 

Payment of Fees to Representatives in 

2021 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are announcing that the 

assessment percentage rate under the 

Social Security Act (Act) is 6.3 percent 

for 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey C. Blair, Associate General 

Counsel for Program Law, Office of the 

General Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401. 

Phone: (410) 965–3157, email Jeff.Blair@

ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

claimant may appoint a qualified 

individual as a representative to act on 

his or her behalf in matters before the 

Social Security Administration (SSA). If 

the claimant is entitled to past-due 

benefits and was represented either by 

an attorney or by a non-attorney 

representative who has met certain 

prerequisites, we withhold up to 25 

percent of the past-due benefits and use 

that money to pay the representative’s 

approved fee directly to the 

representative. 

When we pay the representative’s fee 

directly to the representative, we must 

collect from that fee payment an 

assessment to recover the costs we incur 

in determining and paying 

representatives’ fees. The Act provides 

that the assessment we collect will be 

the lesser of two amounts: A specified 

dollar limit; or the amount determined 

by multiplying the fee we are paying by 

the assessment percentage rate.1

The Act initially set the dollar limit 

at $75 in 2004 and provides that the 

limit will be adjusted annually based on 

changes in the cost-of-living.2 Currently, 

the maximum dollar limit for the 

assessment is $98, as we announced in 

the Federal Register on October 22, 

2020 (85 FR 67413). 

The Act requires us each year to set 

the assessment percentage rate at the 

lesser of 6.3 percent or the percentage 

rate necessary to achieve full recovery of 

the costs we incur to determine and pay 

representatives’ fees.3

Based on the best available data, we 

have determined that the current rate of 

6.3 percent will continue for 2021. We 

will continue to review our costs for 

these services on a yearly basis. 

Michelle King, 

Deputy Commissioner for Budget, Finance, 

and Management. 

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