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disclosed and the conditions under 

which SSA agrees to disclose such 

information. 

C. Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program 

This matching program is carried out 

under the authority of the Privacy Act 

of 1974, as amended; sections 

202(x)(3)(B)(iv), 205(r)(3), 1137, 1106, 

and 453 of the Social Security Act; 

sections 402, 412, 421 and 435 of Pub. 

L. 104–193; Pub. L. 108–458; section 

6301(I)(7) of Title 26 of the Internal 

Revenue Code and SSA’s Privacy Act 

Regulations (20 CFR 410.150). 

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 

Record/Special Veteran’s Benefits (SSR/ 

SVB) System, 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). 

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 date is later. The 

matching program will continue for 18 

months from the effective date and may 

be extended for an additional 12 months 

thereafter, if certain conditions are met. 

Individual State matching agreements 

under the matching program will 

become effective upon the effective date 

of this matching program or the signing 

of the agreements by the parties to the 

individual agreements, whichever is 

later. The duration of individual State 

matching agreements will be subject to 

the timeframes and limitations 

contained in this matching program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 5748] 

TITLE: 30-Day Notice of Proposed 

Information Collection: DS–5501, 

Electronic Visa Entry Form, OMB 

Control Number 1405–0153 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment and submission to OMB of 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State has 

submitted the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0153 

• Type of Request: Extension of 

Currently Approved Collection 

• Originating Office: Bureau of 

Consular Affairs, Office of Visa Services 

(CA/VO) 

• Form Number: DS–5501 

• Respondents: Aliens entering the 

Diversity Visa Lottery 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

6 million per year 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 6 

million per year 

• Average Hours Per Response: 30 

minutes 

• Total Estimated Burden: 3 million 

hours per year 

• Frequency: Once per entry 

• Obligation to Respond: Required to 

Obtain Benefits 

DATES: Submit comments to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

up to 30 days from April 6, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Direct comments and 

questions to Katherine Astrich, the 

Department of State Desk Officer in the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs at the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), who may be reached at 

202–395–4718. You may submit 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: 

Katherine_T._Astrich@omb.eop.gov. 

You must include the DS form number, 

information collection title, and OMB 

control number in the subject line of 

your message. 

• Mail (paper, disk, or CD–ROM 

submissions): Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

• Fax: 202–395–6974 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed information 

collection and supporting documents, to 

Andrea Lage of the Office of Visa 

Services, U.S. Department of State, 2401 

E. Street, NW., L–603, Washington, DC 

20522, who may be reached at (202) 

663–1221 or lageab@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are 

soliciting public comments to permit 

the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary to 

properly perform our functions. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond. 

Abstract of proposed collection: 

The Department of State utilizes the 

Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery (EDV) 

Entry Form to elicit information 

necessary to ascertain the applicability 

of the legal provisions of the diversity 

program. Primary requirements are that 

the applicant is from a low admission 

country and is a high school graduate or 

has two years of experience in a job that 

requires two years of training. The 

individual entrants complete the 

electronic entry form and then entries 

are randomly selected for participation 

in the program. 

Dated: March 22, 2007. 

Stephen A. Edson, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 

Consular Affairs, Department of State. 

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