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against payment shall not apply to any

individual who is a citizen of a country

which the Commissioner of Social

Security finds has in effect a social

insurance system which is of general

application in such country and which:

(a) Pays periodic benefits, or the

actuarial equivalent thereof, on account

of old age, retirement, or death; and

(b) Permits individuals who are

United States citizens but not citizens of

that country and who qualify for such

benefits to receive those benefits, or the

actuarial equivalent thereof, while

outside the foreign country regardless of

the duration of the absence.

The Commissioner of Social Security

has delegated the authority to make

such a finding to the Associate

Commissioner for International

Programs. Under that authority, the

Associate Commissioner for

International Programs has approved a

finding that Bosnia and Herzegovina, as

of April 7, 1992, has social insurance

systems of general application which:

(a) Pay periodic benefits, or the

actuarial equivalent thereof, on account

of old age, retirement, or death; and

(b) Permit United States citizens who

are not citizens of Bosnia and

Herzegovina and who qualify for the

relevant benefits to receive those

benefits, or their actuarial equivalent,

while outside of Bosnia or Herzegovina,

regardless of the duration of the absence

of these individuals from Bosnia and

Herzegovina.

On April 7, 1992, the United States

recognized the independence of Bosnia

and Herzegovina. Before that time, it

was considered to be part of the former

Socialist Federal Yugoslav Republic

which had a system that was

determined to meet section 202(t)(2) of

the Social Security Act as of March 25,

1959.

Although it was ascertained at the

time of independence that the old

Yugoslav law was still in effect in

Bosnia and Herzegovina, it could not be

determined to what extent the war had

affected the actual operation of the

social insurance system (as contact with

appropriate foreign officials was not

possible at that time). Thus, citizens of

Bosnia and Herzegovina receiving U.S.

Social Security benefits under the social

insurance exception had their payments

suspended in 1995 pending a decision

as to whether the system continued to

meet the provisions of section 202(t)(2)

as of April 7, 1992.

Since March 1994, the country of

Bosnia and Herzegovina has been

comprised of two territories, the

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

and the Republic of Srpska. The country

of Bosnia and Herzegovina had in effect

as of April 7, 1992, a social insurance

system which met the requirements of

section 202(t)(2) of the Social Security

Act (42 U.S.C. 402(t)(2)). The Federation

of Bosnia and Herzegovina had in effect

as of August 1, 1998, a social insurance

system which met the requirements of

section 202(t)(2) of the Social Security

Act and the Republic of Srpska had in

effect, as of January 1, 1994, a social

insurance system which met the

requirements of section 202(t)(2) of the

Social Security Act. The Federation and

the Republic are part of the country of

Bosnia and Herzegovina and their social

insurance systems are derived from, and

replaced, the national social insurance

system.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donna Powers, Room 1104, West High

Rise Building, P.O. Box 17741, 6401

Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD

21235; (410) 965–3568.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:

Program Nos. 96.001 Social Security—

Disability Insurance; 96.002 Social

Security—Retirement Insurance; 96.004

Social Security—Survivors Insurance)

Dated: May 05, 2000.

Joseph A. Gribbin,

Associate Commissioner for International

Programs.

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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Social Security Administration

Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended;

Correction to Existing System of

Records

AGENCY: Social Security Administration

(SSA).

ACTION: Notice of a minor nonsubstantive change to an existing system

of record.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

provisions of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C.

552a(e)(4) and (e)(11)), we are issuing

public notice of our intent to make a

minor non-substantive change to an

existing system of records entitled the

Supplemental Security Income Record

and Special Veterans Benefits(SSR/

SVB), SSA/OSR, 60–0103. We invite

public comments on this proposal.

DATES: These changes are effective May

22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may

comment on this publication by writing

to the SSA Privacy Officer, Social

Security Administration, 3–F–1

Operations Building, 6401 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401.

All comments received will be available

for public inspection at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Pamela McLaughlin, Social Insurance

Program Specialist, Social Security

Administration, Room 3–C–2

Operations Building, 6401 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401,

telephone (410) 965–3677.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Supplemental Security Income Record

and Special Veterans Benefits(SSR/

SVB), SSA/OSR, 60–0103 maintains

eligibility information about applicants

and recipients of payments under titles

VIII and XVI of the Social Security Act.

(See the Categories of individuals

covered by the system and Categories of

records in the system in the notice

below for a complete description of the

individuals and records covered by the

system of records.) The information

maintained includes ‘‘income’’ data

which in some cases could constitute

‘‘returns or return information’’ within

the scope of the Internal Revenue Code

(IRC), as amended.

We, therefore, are amending the

section of the Federal Register notice of

the SSR/SVB system of records entitled

Routine uses of records maintained in

the system, including categories of users

and the purposes of such uses to

indicate that any information

maintained in this system will not be

disclosed unless disclosure is

authorized by the IRC.

Darrell Blevins,

SSA Privacy Officer.

60–0103

SYSTEM NAME:

Supplemental Security Income

Record and Special Veterans Benefits,

SSA/OSR.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Social Security Administration, Office

of Telecommunications and Systems

Operations, 6401 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, MD 21235.

Records also may be located in the

Social Security Administration (SSA)

Regional and field offices (individuals

should consult their local telephone

directories for address information).

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

This file contains a record for each

individual who has applied for

supplemental security income (SSI)

payments, including individuals who

have requested an advance payment;

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SSI recipients who have been overpaid;

and ineligible persons associated with

an SSI recipient. This file also covers

those individuals who have applied for

and who are entitled to the Special

Veterans Benefits (SVB) under title VIII

of the Social Security Act. (This file

does not cover applicants who do not

have a Social Security number (SSN).)

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

This file contains data regarding SSI

eligibility; citizenship; residence;

Medicaid eligibility; eligibility for other

benefits; alcoholism or drug addiction

data, if applicable (disclosure of this

information may be restricted by 21

U.S.C. 1175 and 42 U.S.C. 290dd–3 and

ee–3); income data; resources; payment

amounts, including overpayment

amounts and date and amount of

advance payments; living arrangements;

case folder location data; appellate

decisions, if applicable; SSN used to

identify a particular individual, if

applicable; information about

representative payees, if applicable; and

a history of changes to any of the

persons who have applied for SSI

payments. For eligible individuals, the

file contains basic identifying

information, income and resources (if

any) and, in conversion cases, the State

welfare number.

THIS FILE ALSO CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT

APPLICANTS FOR SVB:

The information maintained in this

system of records is collected from the

applicants for title VIII SVB, and other

systems of records maintained by SSA.

The information maintained includes a

data element indicating this is a title

VIII SVB claim. It will also include:

Identifying information such as the

applicant’s name, Social Security

number (SSN) and date of birth (DOB);

telephone number (if any); foreign and

domestic addresses; the applicant’s sex;

income data, payment amounts

(including overpayment amounts); and

other information provided by the

applicant relative to his or her

entitlement for SVB.

If the beneficiary has a representative

payee, this system of records includes

data about the representative payee such

as the payee’s SSN; employer

identification number, if applicable; and

mailing address.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

Sections 1602, 1611, 1612, 1613,

1614, 1615, 1616, 1631, 1633, 1634 of

title XVI and title VIII of the Social

Security Act (the Act).

PURPOSE(S):

SSI records begin in Social Security

field offices where an individual or

couple files an application for SSI

payments. SVB records begin in Social

Security field offices and Veterans

Affairs Regional Office (VARO) where

an individual files an application for

SVB payments. The SSI and SVB

applications contain data which may be

used to prove the identity of the

applicant, to determine his/her

eligibility for SSI or SVB payments and,

in cases where eligibility is determined,

to compute the amount of the payment.

Information from the application, in

addition to data used internally to

control and process SSI and SVB cases,

is used to create the Supplemental

Security Income Record (SSR). The SSR

also is used as a means of providing a

historical record of all activity on a

particular individual’s or couple’s

record.

In addition, statistical data are

derived from the SSR for actuarial and

management information purposes.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

Disclosure may be made for routine

uses as indicated below. However,

disclosure of any information

constituting ‘returns or return

information’ within the scope of the

Internal Revenue Code will not be

disclosed unless disclosure is

authorized by that statute.

(1) To the Department of the Treasury

to prepare SSI, Energy Assistance, and

SVB checks to be sent to claimants or

beneficiaries.

(2) To the States to establish the

minimum income level for computation

of State supplements.

(3) To the following Federal and State

agencies to prepare information for

verification of benefit eligibility under

section 1631(e) of the Act: Bureau of

Indian Affairs; Office of Personnel

Management; Department of

Agriculture; Department of Labor;

Immigration and Naturalization Service;

Internal Revenue Service; Railroad

Retirement Board; State Pension Funds;

State Welfare Offices; State Worker’s

Compensation; Department of Defense;

United States Coast Guard; and

Department of Veterans Affairs.

(4) To a congressional office in

response to an inquiry from that office

made at the request of the subject of a

record.

(5) To the appropriate State agencies

(or other agencies providing services to

disabled children) to identify title XVI

eligibles under the age of 16 for the

consideration of rehabilitation services

in accordance with section 1615 of the

Act, 42 U.S.C. 1382d.

(6) To contractors under contract to

SSA or under contract to another agency

with funds provided by SSA for the

performance of research and statistical

activities directly relating to this system

of records.

(7) To State audit agencies for

auditing State supplementation

payments and Medicaid eligibility

consideration.

(8) To State agencies to effect and

report the fact of Medicaid eligibility of

title XVI recipients in the jurisdiction of

those States which have elected Federal

determinations of Medicaid eligibility of

title XVI eligibles and to assist the States

in administering the Medicaid program.

(9) To State agencies to identify title

XVI eligibles in the jurisdiction of those

States which have not elected Federal

determinations of Medicaid eligibility in

order to assist those States in

establishing and maintaining Medicaid

rolls and in administering the Medicaid

program.

(10) To State agencies to enable those

agencies which have elected Federal

administration of their supplementation

programs to monitor changes in

applicant/recipient income, special

needs, and circumstances.

(11) To State agencies to enable those

agencies which have elected to

administer their own supplementation

programs to identify SSI eligibles in

order to determine the amount of their

monthly supplementary payments.

(12) To State agencies to enable them

to assist in the effective and efficient

administration of the SSI program.

(13) To State agencies to enable those

which have an agreement with SSA to

carry out their functions with respect to

Interim Assistance Reimbursement

pursuant to section 1631(g) of the Act.

(14) To State agencies to enable them

to locate potentially eligible individuals

and to make eligibility determinations

for extensions of social services under

the provisions of title XX of the Act.

(15) To State agencies to assist them

in determining initial and continuing

eligibility in their income maintenance

programs and for investigation and

prosecution of conduct subject to

criminal sanctions under these

programs.

(16) To the United States Postal

Service for investigating the alleged

theft, forgery or unlawful negotiation of

SSI and SVB checks.

(17) To the Department of the

Treasury for investigating the alleged

theft, forgery or unlawful negotiation of

SSI and SVB checks.

(18) To the Department of Education

for determining the eligibility of

applicants for Basic Educational

Opportunity Grants.

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(19) To Federal, State or local

agencies (or agents on their behalf) for

administering cash or non-cash income

maintenance or health maintenance

programs (including programs under the

Act). Such disclosures include, but are

not limited to, release of information to:

(a) The Department of Veterans

Affairs (DVA) upon request for

determining eligibility for, or amount of,

DVA benefits or verifying other

information with respect thereto in

accordance with 38 U.S.C. 5106;

(b) The RRB for administering the

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act;

(c) State agencies to determine

eligibility for Medicaid;

(d) State agencies to locate potentially

eligible individuals and to make

determinations of eligibility for the food

stamp program;

(e) State agencies to administer energy

assistance to low income groups under

programs for which the States are

responsible; and

(f) Department of State and its agents

to assist SSA in administering the Social

Security Act in foreign countries, the

American Institute on Taiwan and its

agents to assist in administering the

Social Security Act in Taiwan, the VA,

Philippines Regional Office and its

agents to assist in administering the

Social Security Act in the Philippines,

and the Department of Interior and its

agents to assist in administering the

Social Security Act in the Northern

Mariana Islands.

(20) To IRS, Department of the

Treasury, as necessary, for the purpose

of auditing SSA’s compliance with

safeguard provisions of the Internal

Revenue Code (IRC) of 1986, as

amended.

(21) To the Office of the President for

the purpose of responding to an

individual pursuant to an inquiry

received from that individual or a third

party on his/her behalf.

(22) Upon request, information on the

identity and location of aliens may be

disclosed to the DOJ (Criminal Division,

Office of Special Investigations) for the

purpose of detecting, investigating and,

where necessary, taking legal action

against suspected Nazi war criminals in

the United States.

(23) To third party contacts such as

private collection agencies and credit

reporting agencies under contract with

SSA and State motor vehicle agencies

for the purpose of their assisting SSA in

recovering overpayments.

(24) Information may be disclosed to

contractors and other Federal agencies,

as necessary, for the purpose of assisting

SSA in the efficient administration of its

programs. We contemplate disclosing

information under this routine use only

in situations in which SSA may enter a

contractual or similar agreement with a

third party to assist in accomplishing an

agency function relating to this system

of records.

(25) Non-tax return information

which is not restricted from disclosure

by Federal law may be disclosed to

General Services Administration and

National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA) for the purpose

of conducting records management

studies with respect to their duties and

responsibilities under 44 U.S.C. 2904

and 2906, as amended by NARA Act of

1984.

(26) To the DOJ, a court or other

tribunal, or another party before such

tribunal when:

(a) SSA, any component thereof,

(b) Any SSA employee in his/her

official capacity;

(c) Any SSA employee in his/her

individual capacity where DOJ (or SSA

where it is authorized to do so) has

agreed to represent the employee; or

(d) The United States or any agency

thereof where SSA determines that the

litigation is likely to affect the

operations of SSA or any of its

components is a party to litigation or

has an interest in such litigation, and

SSA determines that the use of such

records by DOJ, the court, or other

tribunal, is relevant and necessary to the

litigation, provided, however, that in

each case, SSA determines that such

disclosure is compatible with the

purpose for which the records were

collected.

Wage and other information which

are subject to the disclosure provisions

of the IRC (26 U.S.C. 6103) will not be

disclosed under this routine use unless

disclosure is expressly permitted by the

IRC.

(27) To representative payees, when

the information pertains to individuals

for whom they serve as representative

payees, for the purpose of assisting SSA

in administering its representative

payment responsibilities under the Act

and assisting the representative payees

in performing their duties as payees,

including receiving and accounting for

benefits for individuals for whom they

serve as payees.

(28) To third party contacts (e.g.,

employers and private pension plans) in

situations where the party to be

contacted has, or is expected to have,

information relating to the individual’s

capability to manage his/her affairs or

his/her eligibility for, or entitlement to,

benefits under the Social Security

program when:

(a) The individual is unable to

provide information being sought. An

individual is considered to be unable to

provide certain types of information

when:

(i) He/she is incapable or of

questionable mental capability;

(ii) He/she cannot read or write;

(iii) He/she cannot afford the cost of

obtaining the information;

(iv) He/she has a hearing impairment,

and is contacting SSA by telephone

through a telecommunications relay

system operator;

(v) A language barrier exists; or

(vi) The custodian of the information

will not, as a matter of policy, provide

it to the individual; or

(b) The data are needed to establish

the validity of evidence or to verify the

accuracy of information presented by

the individual, and it concerns one or

more of the following:

(i) His/her eligibility for benefits

under the Social Security program;

(ii) The amount of his/her benefit

payment; or

(iii) Any case in which the evidence

is being reviewed as a result of

suspected fraud, concern for program

integrity, quality appraisal, or

evaluation and measurement activities.

(29) To Rehabilitation Services

Administration (RSA) for use in its

program studies of, and development of

enhancements for, State vocational

rehabilitation programs. These are

programs to which applicants or

beneficiaries under titles II and or XVI

of the Act may be referred. Data released

to RSA will not include any personally

identifying information (such as names

or SSNs).

(30) Addresses of beneficiaries who

are obligated on loans held by the

Secretary of Education or a loan made

in accordance with 20 U.S.C. 1071, et.

seq. (the Robert T. Stafford Student

Loan Program) may be disclosed to the

Department of Education as authorized

by section 489A of the Higher Education

Act of 1965.

(31) To student volunteers and other

workers, who technically do not have

the status of Federal employees, when

they are performing work for SSA as

authorized by law, and they need access

to personally identifiable information in

SSA records in order to perform their

assigned Agency functions.

(32) To Federal, State, and local law

enforcement agencies and private

security contractors, as appropriate, if

information is necessary:

(a) To enable them to protect the

safety of SSA employees and customers,

the security of the SSA workplace and

the operation of SSA facilities, or

(b) To assist investigations or

prosecutions with respect to activities

that affect such safety and security or

activities that disrupt the operation of

SSA facilities.

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(33) Corrections to information that

resulted in erroneous inclusion of

individuals in the Death Master File

(DMF) may be disclosed to recipients of

erroneous DMF information.

(34) Information as to whether an

individual is alive or deceased may be

disclosed pursuant to section 1106(d) of

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

1306(d)), upon request, for purposes of

an epidemiological or similar research

project, provided that:

(a) SSA determines in consultation

with the Department of Health and

Human Services, that the research may

reasonably be expected to contribute to

a national health interest;

(b) The requester agrees to reimburse

SSA for the costs of providing the

information; and

(c) the requester agrees to comply

with any safeguards and limitations

specified by SSA regarding rerelease or

redisclosure of the information.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Records are maintained in magnetic

media (e.g., magnetic tape) and in

microform and microfiche form.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Records are indexed and retrieved by

SSN.

SAFEGUARDS:

System security for automated records

has been established in accordance with

the Systems Security Handbook. This

includes maintaining all magnetic tapes

and magnetic disks within an enclosure

attended by security guards. Anyone

entering or leaving that enclosure must

have special badges which are only

issued to authorized personnel. All

authorized personnel having access to

the magnetic records are subject to the

penalties of the Privacy Act. The

microfiche are stored in locked cabinets,

and are accessible to employees only on

a need-to-know basis. All SSR State

Data Exchange records are protected in

accordance with agreements between

SSA and the respective States regarding

confidentiality, use, and redisclosure.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL

Original input transaction tapes

received which contain initial claims

and posteligibility actions are retained

indefinitely although these are

processed as received and incorporated

into processing tapes which are updated

to the master SSR tape file on a monthly

basis. All magnetic tapes appropriate to

SSI information furnished to specified

Federal, State, and local agencies for

verification of eligibility for benefits and

under section 1631(e) are retained, in

accordance with the PA accounting

requirements, for at least 5 years or the

life of the record, whichever is longer.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Director, Division of Supplemental

Security Income Systems, Office of

Systems Requirements, Social Security

Administration, 6401 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

An individual can determine if this

system contains a record about him/her

by writing to or visiting any Social

Security field office and providing his

or her name and SSN. (Individuals

should consult their local telephone

directories for Social Security office

address and telephone information.)

Applicants for SVB who reside in the

Philippines should contact VARO,

Philippines. (Furnishing the SSN is

voluntary, but it will make searching for

an individual’s record easier and

prevent delay.)

An individual requesting notification

of records in person need not furnish

any special documents of identity.

Documents he/she would normally

carry on his/her person would be

sufficient (e.g., credit cards, driver’s

license, or voter registration card). An

individual requesting notification via

mail or telephone must furnish a

minimum of his/her name, date of birth

and address in order to establish

identity, plus any additional

information specified in this section.

These procedures are in accordance

with SSA Regulations (20 CFR

401.40(c)).

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Same as notification procedures.

Requesters should also reasonably

specify the record contents being

sought. An individual who requests

notification of, or access to, a medical

record shall, at the time he or she makes

the request, designate in writing a

responsible representative who will be

willing to review the record and inform

the subject individual of its contents at

the representative’s discretion. A parent

or guardian who requests notification of,

or access to, a minor’s medical record

shall at the time he or she makes the

request designate a physician or other

health professional (other than a family

member) who will be willing to review

the record and inform the parent or

guardian of its contents at the

physician’s or health professional’s

discretion. These procedures are in

accordance with SSA Regulations (20

CFR 401.40(c) and 401.55).

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Same as notification procedures.

Requesters 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 SSA

Regulations (20 CFR 401.65).

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Data contained in the SSR are

obtained for the most part from the

applicant for SSI and SVB payments

and are derived from the Claims Folders

System (60–0089) and the Modernized

Supplemental Security Income Claims

System. The States and other Federal

agencies such as the Department of

Veterans Affairs also provide data

affecting the SSR.

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE PRIVACY ACT:

None.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3316]

Office of Defense Trade Controls;

Notifications to the Congress of

Proposed Commercial Export Licenses

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Department of State has forwarded

the attached Notifications of Proposed

Export Licenses to the Congress on the

dates shown on the attachments

pursuant to section 36(c) and in

compliance with section 36(e) of the

Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.

2776).

EFFECTIVE DATE: As shown on each of

the nine letters.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

William J. Lowell, Director, Office of

Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of

Political-Military Affairs, Department of

State (202–663–2700).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

38(e) of the Arms Export Control Act

mandates that notifications to the

Congress pursuant to section 36(c) must

be published in the Federal Register

when they are transmitted to Congress

or as soon thereafter as practicable.