Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 145 / Tuesday, July 29, 1997 / Notices 40563

counties in the State of Texas may be

filed until the specified date at the

previously designated location: Brown,

Callahan, Comanche, Erath, Palo Pinto,

Shackelford, Stevens, Sutton, and Val

Verde.

All other information remains the

same, i.e., the deadline for filing

applications for physical damage is

September 5, 1997 and for economic

injury the termination date is April 7,

1998.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008)

Dated: July 21, 1997.

Bernard Kulik,

Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–19825 Filed 7–28–97; 8:45 am]

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Privacy Act of 1974, As Amended;

Computer Matching Program (SSA/

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB)—

SSA Match Number 1007)

AGENCY: Social Security Administration

(SSA).

ACTION: Notice of Computer Matching

Program.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

provisions of the Privacy Act, this

notice announces a computer matching

program that SSA plans to conduct with

RRB.

DATES: SSA will file a report of the

subject matching program with the

Committee on Governmental Affairs of

the Senate, the Committee on

Government Reform and Oversight of

the House of Representatives and the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB). The matching program

will be effective as indicated below.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may

comment on this notice by either telefax

to (410) 966–5138, or writing to the

Associate Commissioner for the Office

of Program Support, 4400 West High

Rise Building, 6401 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, MD 21235. All comments

received will be available for public

inspection at this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Associate Commissioner for the Office

of Program Support as shown above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. General

The Computer Matching and Privacy

Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100–

503), amended the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C.

552a) by establishing conditions under

which computer matching involving the

Federal government could be performed

and adding certain protections for

individuals applying for and receiving

Federal benefits. Section 7201 of the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

1990 (Pub. L. 101–508), further

amended the Privacy Act regarding

protections for such individuals. The

Privacy Act, as amended, regulates the

use of computer matching by Federal

agencies when records in a system of

records are matched with other Federal,

State, or local government records.

Among other things, it requires Federal

agencies involved in computer matching

programs to:

(1) Negotiate written agreements with

the other agency or agencies

participating in the matching programs;

(2) Obtain Data Integrity Board

approval of the match agreements;

(3) Furnish detailed reports about

matching programs to Congress and

OMB;

(4) Notify applicants and beneficiaries

that their records are subject to

matching; and

(5) Verify match findings before

reducing, suspending, terminating, or

denying an individual’s benefits or

payments.

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: July 15, 1997.

John J. Callahan,

Acting Commissioner of Social Security.

Notice of Computer Matching Program,

Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) With

Social Security Administration (SSA)

A. Participating Agencies

SSA and RRB.

B. Purpose of the Matching Program

To identify social security

beneficiaries and applicants who have

railroad earnings which must be

considered wages under the Social

Security Act for purposes of

determining individual entitlement and

monthly benefit amounts for Social

Security Retirement, Survivors and

Disability Insurance under title II of the

Social Security Act. Earnings

considered compensation under the

Railroad Retirement Act instead must be

considered wages under the Social

Security Act. This situation applies if

the numberholder has less than 10 years

of railroad service or has 10 or more

years of service but does not have a

current connection with the railroad

industry at the time of his or her death.

C. Authority for Conducting the

Matching Program

Sections 202, 205(o) and 215(f) of the

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402,

405(o) and 415(f)) and section 18 of the

Railroad Retirement Act (45 U.S.C.

231(q)(2)).

D. Categories of Records and

Individuals Covered by the Match

The RRB will provide SSA with an

electronic data file containing earnings

information from RRB’s Service and

Compensation Record (SCORE) file. The

complete name of the SCORE file is

RRB–5 Master File of Railroad

Employees’ Creditable Compensation—

RRB. SSA will then match the RRB data

with records maintained on social

security beneficiaries and applicants in

its Master Beneficiary Record (MBR),

SSA/OSR, 09–60–0090 and Master

Earnings File (MEF), SSA/OSR, 09–60–

0059.

E. Inclusive Dates of the Match

The matching program shall become

effective no sooner than 40 days after

notice of the matching program is sent

to Congress and the Office of

Management and Budget (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.

[FR Doc. 97–19827 Filed 7–28–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping

Requirements Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

abstracted below has been forwarded to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and comment. The

ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

burden. The Federal Register Notice

with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collection of