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obligations and managing the benefits or 

payments in the best interest of the 

beneficiary or recipient that he or she is 

serving. 

The Strengthening Protections for 

Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 

2018 (H.R. 4547, Pub. L. 115–165, 

hereafter referred to as Pub. L. 115–165) 

directs SSA to make annual grants to the 

protection and advocacy (P&A) system 

serving each of the States and the 

American Indian Consortium, for the 

purpose of conducting representative 

payee reviews for SSA. In addition, SSA 

will make annual grants to an eligible 

national association for the provision of 

training and technical assistance, 

administrative support, and data 

collection services to those P&A 

systems. Prior to the enactment of 

Public Law 115–165, SSA conducted 

representative payee oversight and 

monitoring activities with the support of 

contractors. We are proposing two new 

routine uses, which will permit SSA to 

disclose information from the systems of 

records listed below to additional 

entities, including the grantees 

discussed above, for the purpose of 

conducting representative payee 

reviews and providing training, 

administrative oversight, technical 

assistance, and other support for the 

representative payee review program. 

II. Proposed New Routine Uses 

The Privacy Act requires that agencies 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

of ‘‘each routine use of the records 

contained in the system, including the 

categories of users and the purpose of 

such use.’’ 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(D). We 

have developed the following new 

routine uses that will allow us to 

disclose information to additional 

entities in support of our representative 

payee program: 

• To agencies or entities who have a 

written agreement with SSA, to perform 

representative payee reviews for SSA 

and to provide training, administrative 

oversight, technical assistance, and 

other support for those reviews; and 

• To state protection and advocacy 

systems, that have a written agreement 

with SSA to conduct reviews of 

representative payees, for the purpose of 

conducting additional reviews that the 

protection and advocacy systems have 

reason to believe are warranted. 

We will include the new routine uses 

in the following systems of records: 

System No. and name New routine 

use 

Federal Register citation 

No./publication date 

60–0058—Master Files of Social Security Number Holders and SSN Applications ........................... No. 47 & 48 ... 75 FR 82121, 12/29/10. 

78 FR 40542, 07/05/13. 

79 FR 78780, 02/13/14. 

60–0089—Claims Folders System ....................................................................................................... No. 37 & 38 ... 68 FR 15784, 04/01/03. 

72 FR 69723, 12/10/07. 

60–0090—Master Beneficiary Record ................................................................................................. No. 40 & 41 ... 71 FR 1829, 01/11/06. 

72 FR 69723, 12/10/07. 

78 FR 40542, 07/05/13. 

60–0094—Recovery of Overpayments, Accounting and Reporting .................................................... No. 10 & 11 ... 70 FR 49354, 08/23/05. 

72 FR 69723, 12/10/07. 

60–0103—Supplemental Security Income Record and Special Veterans Benefits ............................ No. 38 & 39 ... 71 FR 1830, 01/11/06. 

72 FR 69723, 12/10/07. 

60–0222—Master Representative Payee File ..................................................................................... No. 21 & 22 ... 78 FR 23811, 04/22/13. 

60–0318—Representative Payee/Misuse Restitution Control System (RP/MRCS) ............................ No. 9 & 10 ..... 70 FR 29547, 05/23/05. 

72 FR 69723, 12/10/07. 

We are not republishing in their 

entirety the SORNs to which we are 

adding the proposed new routine uses. 

Instead, we are republishing only the 

identification number, name of the 

SORN, the numbers of the new routine 

uses, and the issue of the Federal 

Register in which the SORN was last 

published, including the publication 

date and number. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), 

we have provided a report to OMB and 

Congress on these modified systems of 

records. 

Dated: May 23, 2018. 

Mary Ann Zimmerman, 

Acting Executive Director, Office of Privacy 

and Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14246 Filed 7–2–18; 8:45 am] 

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2018–0038] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of Retirement and 

Disability Policy, Office of Income 

Security Programs, Social Security 

Administration (SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of a Modified System of 

Records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act and our disclosure 

regulations, we are issuing public notice 

of our intent to publish a new routine 

use applicable to four of our system of 

records. The routine use will permit 

disclosures we intend to make to new 

entities to support the administration of 

our representative payee program. The 

system of records notices (SORN) listed 

below maintain information used in our 

representative payee program, in 

addition to a variety of SSA’s core 

mission operations. This notice 

publishes details of the proposed 

updates as set forth below under the 

caption SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The routine uses are effective 

August 2, 2018. In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and (e)(11), the public 

is given a 30-day period in which to 

submit comments. We invite public 

comment on the new routine uses; 

therefore, please submit any comments 

by August 2, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The public, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), and 

Congress may comment on this 

publication by writing to the Executive 

Director, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, Room G–401 West High 

Rise, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21235–6401, or 

through the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal 

at http://www.regulations.gov, please 

reference docket number SSA–2018– 

0038. All comments we receive will be 

available for public inspection at the 

above address and we will post them to 

http://www.regulations.gov. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrea Huseth, Government 

Information Specialist, Disclosure and 

Data Support Division, Office of Privacy 

and Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, Room G–401 West High 

Rise, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21235–6401, 

telephone: (410) 965–6868, email: 

andrea.huseth@ssa.gov and Tristin 

Dorsey, Government Information 

Specialist, Privacy Implementation 

Division, Office of Privacy and 

Disclosure, Office of the General 

Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, Room G–401 West High 

Rise, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, Maryland 21235–6401, 

telephone: (410) 965–2950, email: 

tristin.dorsey@ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background and Purpose of the 

Proposed New Routine Use 

Social Security’s representative payee 

program provides financial management 

for Social Security beneficiaries and 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 

recipients (both hereafter referred to as 

beneficiaries) who are incapable of 

managing their benefits or payments. 

The representative payee’s primary 

responsibility is to use the beneficiary’s 

benefits or payments for current and 

foreseeable needs. Historically, 

representative payees have submitted 

annual accounting forms to account for 

the Social Security benefits or SSI 

payments received. In addition to the 

annual accounting form, we select some 

representative payees for additional 

review. This type of oversight provides 

a more in depth review to ensure that 

the representative payee is meeting his 

or her representative payee obligations 

and managing the benefits or payments 

in the best interest of the beneficiary 

that he or she is serving. 

When conducting the representative 

payee reviews, which may include 

beneficiary, legal guardian, or third 

party interviews, the reviewer may 

observe a health or safety issue, or any 

other issue negatively affecting the 

beneficiary’s well-being, that requires a 

referral to an appropriate local, state, or 

federal agency or entity with 

responsibility for investigating or 

addressing these issues. We are 

proposing a new routine use to permit 

us to disclose personal information 

relevant and necessary to make these 

referrals to such agencies or entities 

when the reviewer determines that the 

beneficiary’s safety or well-being may be 

in jeopardy. 

II. Proposed New Routine Use 

The Privacy Act requires that agencies 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

of ‘‘each routine use of the records 

contained in the system, including the 

categories of users and the purpose of 

such use.’’ 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(D). We 

have developed the following new 

routine use that will allow us to disclose 

information to a local, state, or federal 

agency, under the circumstances 

described above. 

• To agencies or entities with 

responsibility for investigating or 

addressing possible financial 

exploitation of, an immediate health or 

safety threat to, or other serious risk to 

the well-being of the beneficiary, for 

referral, when these issues are identified 

during a representative payee review. 

We will include the new routine use 

in the following systems of records: 

System No. and name New routine 

use 

Federal Register citation 

No./publication date 

60–0058—Master Files of Social Security Number Holders and SSN Applications ........................... No. 49 ............ 75 FR 82121, 12/29/10. 

78 FR 40542, 07/05/13. 

79 FR 78780, 02/13/14. 

60–0090—Master Beneficiary Record ................................................................................................. No. 42 ............ 71 FR 1829, 01/11/06. 

72 FR 69723, 12/10/07. 

78 FR 40542, 07/05/13. 

60–0103—Supplemental Security Income Record and Special Veterans Benefits ............................ No. 40 ............ 71 FR 1830, 01/11/06. 

72 FR 69723, 12/10/07. 

60–0222—Master Representative Payee File ..................................................................................... No. 23 ............ 78 FR 23811, 04/22/13. 

SSA will disclose only those elements 

from SSA’s systems of records that are 

necessary to make the appropriate 

referral for services to the appropriate 

agency or entity. 

We are not republishing in their 

entirety the SORNs to which we are 

adding the proposed new routine use. 

Instead, we are republishing only the 

identification number, name of the 

systems of records, the numbers of the 

new routine use, and the issue of the 

Federal Register in which the system of 

records notice was last published, 

including the publication date and 

number. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), 

we have provided a report to OMB and 

Congress on these modified systems of 

records. 

Dated: May 23, 2018. 

Mary Ann Zimmerman, 

Acting Executive Director, Office of Privacy 

and Disclosure, Office of the General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14247 Filed 7–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10437] 

Biodiversity Beyond National 

Jurisdiction; Notice of Public Meeting 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State will 

hold an information session regarding 

issues related to upcoming first United 

Nations Intergovernmental Conference 

on marine biodiversity in areas beyond 

national jurisdiction. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on July 25, 2018, 1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Harry S. Truman Main State 

Building, Room 1498, 2201 C Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20520. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you would like to participate in this 

meeting, please send your (1) name, (2) 

organization/affiliation, and (3) email 

address and phone number, as well as 

any requests for reasonable 

accommodation, to Elana Mendelson at 

MendlesonEK@state.gov or call (202) 

647–1073. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

September 2018, the United States will 

participate in the first session of the 

Intergovernmental Conference 

established by the United Nations 

General Assembly (UNGA) to negotiate 

an international legally binding 

instrument under the United Nations 

Convention on the Law of the Sea on the 

conservation and sustainable use of 


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