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used to process claims for social

security benefits and to resolve

discrepancies in earnings records. The

respondents are certain employers who

can verify allegations of wages made by

the wage earner.

Number of Respondents: 925,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 20

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 308,333

hours.

3. Request for SSI Benefit Estimate—

0960–0492. SSA uses Form SSA–3716

for an SSI beneficiary who wishes to

request a 5-month estimate of what their

benefits would be if they should return

to work in the future. The respondents

are SSI recipients.

Number of Respondents: 50,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 5

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 4,167

hours.

II. The information collections listed

below have been submitted to OMB for

clearance. Written comments and

recommendations on the information

collections would be most useful if

received within 30 days from the date

of this publication. Comments should be

directed to the SSA Reports Clearance

Officer and the OMB Desk Officer at the

addresses listed at the end of this

publication. You can obtain a copy of

the OMB clearance packages by calling

the SSA Reports Clearance Officer on

(410) 965–4145, or by writing to him.

1. Vocational Rehabilitation ‘‘301’’

Program Development—0960–0282. The

information on Form SSA–4290 is used

by the Social Security Administration

(SSA) to determine an individual’s

continued entitlement to disability

benefits when that individual has

medically recovered while allegedly

participating in a State or alternate

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program.

The respondents are State or alternate

VR agencies serving such beneficiaries.

Number of Respondents: 8,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 2,000

hours.

2. Certificate of Election for Reduced

Spouse’s Benefits—0960–0398. SSA

uses the information collected on Form

SSA–25 to pay a qualified spouse who

elects to receive a reduced benefit at an

earlier age. The respondents are entitled

spouses seeking reduced benefits.

Number of Respondents: 30,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 2

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,000

hours.

3. Statement of Funds You Provided

to Another, Statement of Funds You

Received–0960–0481. Forms SSA–2854

& SSA–2855 are used by SSA to collect

information in situations where the SSI

claimant alleges that money was

borrowed on an informal basis from a

noncommercial lender, e.g., a relative or

friend, etc. These statements are

completed by the borrower/claimant

and the lender and are required to

determine whether the proceeds from

the transaction are/are not income to the

borrower/claimant. If the transaction

constitutes a bona fide loan, the

proceeds are not income to the SSI

borrower/claimant. The respondents are

applicants for and recipients of SSI

payments who borrow money on an

informal (noncommercial) basis and

individuals who lend money informally

to SSI applicants and recipients.

Number of Respondents: 40,000.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 10

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 6,667

hours.

(SSA Address): Social Security

Administration, DCFAM, Attn:

Frederick W. Brickenkamp, 6401

Security Blvd., 1–A–21 Operations

Bldg., Baltimore, MD 21235

(OMB Address): Office of Management

and Budget, OIRA, Attn: Desk Officer

for SSA, New Executive Office

Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St.,

NW, Washington, DC 20503

Dated: February 3, 2000.

Frederick W. Brickenkamp,

Reports Clearance Office, Social Security

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 3212]

Preparatory Meeting for the 2000

International Telecommunication

Union World Radiocommunication

Conference (WRC–2000); Meeting

The Department of State announces

an open meeting for the purpose of

forming the United States delegation to

the 2000 International

Telecommuication Union (ITU) World

Radiocommunication Conference

(WRC–2000). This meeting will solicit

expressions of interest in participating

as a member of the U.S. Delegation to

WRC–2000 and convey information

regarding planned U.S. preparatory

activities in advance of the WRC. The

meeting will be held from 9:30 to noon

on February 16, 2000 in the Dean

Acheson Auditorium at the Department

of State. Members of the general public

may attend these meetings and join in

the discussions, subject to the

instructions of the Chair. Admission of

public members will be limited to

seating available. Entrance to the

Department of State is controlled;

people intending to attend any of these

meetings should send a fax to 202–647–

7407 not later than 24 hours before the

meeting. This fax should provide the

name of the meeting, (WRC–2000

Preparatory Meeting) and date of the

meeting, your name, social security

number, date of birth, and

organizational affiliation. One of the

following valid photo identifications

will be required for admittance: US

driver’s license, US passport, US

Government identification card. Enter

from the 23rd Street entrance lobby; in

view of escorting requirements, nonGovernment attendees should plan to

arrive not later than 15 minutes before

the meeting begins.

Dated: January 28, 2000.

Richard C. Beaird,

Acting, U.S. Coordinator for International

Communications & Information Policy, U.S.

Department of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3218]

Meeting of the Cultural Property

Advisory Committee

AGENCY: United States Department of

State.

ACTION: Notice of meeting of the

Cultural Property Advisory Committee.

The Cultural Property Advisory

Committee will meet on Monday, March

13, 2000, from approximately 9 a.m. to

5 p.m., and on Tuesday, March 14, from

approximately 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the

Department of State, Annex 44, Room

840, 301 4th St., SW, Washington, DC.

During its meeting the Committee will

continue its review and investigation of

a foreign government request submitted

by the Government of the Republic of

Bolivia to the Government of the United

States of America filed under Article 9

of the 1970 Convention on the Means of

Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit

Import, Export and Transfer of

Ownership of Cultural Property.

Notification of receipt of this request

appeared in the Federal Register on

October 8, 1999. A second notice

pertaining to this request appeared in

the Federal Register on December 10,