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1Public Law 115–174, codified at 42 U.S.C. 405b. 

2The Banking Bill defines ‘‘Fraud Protection 

Data’’ to mean a combination of an individual’s 

name (including the first name and any family 

forename or surname), SSN, and date of birth 

(including month, day, and year). Public Law 115– 

174, title II, 215(b)(3), codified at 42 U.S.C. 

405b(b)(3). 

3The Banking Bill defines a PE to mean a 

financial institution or service provider, subsidiary, 

affiliate, agent, subcontractor, or assignee of a 

financial institution. Public Law 115–174, title II, 

215(b)(4), codified at 42 U.S.C. 405b(b)(4). They 

must possess an Employer Identification Number 

and a Data Universal Number System (DUN) and 

Bradstreet number. 

4Under the eCBSV User Agreement, valid written 

consent must meet the requirements of applicable 

Federal law, SSA’s regulations, and section IV of 

the eCBSV User Agreement. Valid written consent 

must include a wet or electronic signature. Section 

IV A.1. eCBSV User Agreement. Electronic 

signatures must meet the definition in section 106 

of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National 

Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. 7006). 42 U.S.C. 

405b(f)(2); section IV. E. eCBSV User Agreement. 

The written consent must clearly specify to whom 

the information may be disclosed, the information 

to be disclosed (e.g., SSN verification) and, where 

applicable, during which timeframe the information 

may be disclosed (e.g., whenever the subject 

individual is receiving specific services). 20 CFR 

401.100. 

5The PE must certify that (1) the entity is a PE; 

(2) the entity is in compliance with section 215; (3) 

the entity is, and will remain, in compliance with 

its privacy and data security requirements in title 

V of 15 U.S.C. 6801, et seq., with respect to the 

information the entity receives from the 

Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to this 

section; and (4) the entity will retain sufficient 

records to demonstrate its compliance with its 

certification and section 215 for a period of not less 

than 2 years. 42 U.S.C. 405b(e)(1)–(3). 

6Our projected enrollment is 20 PEs each year 

and a total annual usage of 58 million transactions 

per year. These figures align with reported usage in 

the last few years. 

Social Security Act 1611(a)(1)(A), 

(a)(2)(A), (a)(3)(A) as applicable to 

earned income; 1612(b)(1), (b)(3)(B), 

(b)(4); 1614(f)(1), (f)(2)(A) as applicable 

to earned income; and 1619(a)(1). 

• Regulatory Waivers 

20 CFR 416.202 (c); 416.1104; 

416.1110; 416.1111; 416.1112; 416.1163 

as applicable to earned income; and 

416.1165 as applicable to earned 

income. 

Authority for the Waivers Under YTED 

Section 1110(b) of the Act authorizes 

us to waive any requirements, 

conditions, or limitations of title XVI 

necessary to carry out demonstration 

projects. Consistent with the 

requirements in section 1110(b)(2)(B) of 

the Act, participation in the YTED is 

voluntary and based on informed 

consent, and the voluntary agreement to 

participate may be withdrawn by the 

participant at any time. 

Carolyn Colvin, the Acting 

Commissioner of the Social Security 

Administration, having reviewed and 

approved this document, is delegating 

the authority to electronically sign this 

document to Erik Hansen, who is a 

Federal Register Liaison for the Social 

Security Administration, for purposes of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Erik Hansen, 

Associate Commissioner, Office of Legislation 

and Congressional Affairs, Legislative 

Development and Operations, Social Security 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA 2024–0045] 

Notice of Tier Subscription Expansion 

and Fee Decrease for Our Electronic 

Consent Based Social Security 

Number Verification Service 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of Tier Subscription 

Expansion and Fee Decrease for the 

Electronic Consent Based Social 

Security Number Verification Service. 

SUMMARY: The Social Security 

Administration (SSA) is announcing 

two additional subscription tiers and a 

decrease in the fees across all tiers for 

the electronic Consent Based Social 

Security Number (SSN) Verification 

(eCBSV) service. In accordance with 

statutory requirements, a permitted 

entity (PE) is required to provide 

payment to reimburse SSA for the 

development and support of the eCBSV 

system. 

DATES: The revised subscription tier 

structure will go into effect for 

subscription payments made on or after 

February 3, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Worstell, Office of Data Exchange, 

Policy Publications, and International 

Negotiations, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235– 

6401, (866) 395–8801, email: eCBSV@

ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

215 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory 

Relief, and Consumer Protection Act 1

(the Banking Bill) directed SSA to 

modify or develop a database for 

accepting and comparing fraud 

protection data 2 provided electronically 

by a PE.3 In response to this statutory 

directive, we created eCBSV, a fee-based 

SSN verification service. The eCBSV 

allows SSA to verify and disclose to a 

PE, based on the number holder’s 

consent,4 whether a number holder’s 

SSN, name, and date of birth match 

SSA’s records. The PE’s request for 

SSA’s verification of the fraud 

protection data must be in connection 

with a credit transaction or a 

circumstance described in section 604 

of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Each 

PE must submit a certification 

statement 5 that the PE is compliant 

with the Banking Bill as part of their 

application to SSA. 

Based on feedback from PEs received 

by email and during monthly direct PE 

conference calls, we are adding two 

additional tiers for purchase within the 

eCBSV program. We are adding a new 

smaller eCBSV tier capped at a 

maximum of 75,000 transactions to 

better serve smaller eCBSV customers. 

This addition will give smaller PEs 

additional and more affordable tier 

options. Additionally, we are adding a 

new eCBSV tier capped at 500,000 

maximum transactions. These new tiers 

allow us to maintain our pricing 

structure and provide small and 

medium customers an avenue to 

directly use the eCBSV service instead 

of having to go through a third-party 

service. We anticipate that this new fee 

structure will incentivize higher 

transactional volume. In addition, we 

are decreasing the annual fee for all 

tiers, which we explain in more detail 

in the Fees section below. 

Fees 

The public cost burden is dependent 

upon the number of PEs using the 

service and the annual transaction 

volume. We based the revised tier fee 

schedule below on 20 participating PEs 

in fiscal year (FY) 2025. The total cost 

for developing and operating the service 

is approximately $66.5 million through 

FY 2024. Of this amount, $25.7 million 

remains unrecovered. The subscription 

fees are set to ensure we collect these 

remaining costs in a reasonably timely 

manner to ensure that we break-even on 

prior year and ongoing costs for the 

development and operation of the 

program. By breaking even, we mean 

that we will have collected enough 

revenue to fully cover our costs of 

developing and operating the eCBSV 

service. Assuming projected enrollment 

and transactions are met,6 we will 

collect the outstanding balance of $25.7 

million through FY 2027. Upon 

breaking even, we will further adjust 

our fee structure to ensure that ongoing 

costs of the program are covered. 

During our evaluation for FY 2025, we 

noted the following: 

• We collected approximately $16.1 

million in FY 2024. 

• Operating costs of approximately $5 

million per year in FY 2023 and FY 

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costs. (Currently, we project operating 

costs will continue at this rate). 

• We have fully recovered all prior 

year costs incurred during FY 2020 and 

earlier. 

• We are on track in FY 2025, 

assuming current usage and fee 

collection continues, to fully recover 

costs incurred during FY 2021. 

• While our break-even is scheduled 

for FY 2027, our current fee structure 

could see significant surplus funds in 

that year, without changes to the fees. 

Based on this information, 

specifically the last bullet above, and 

being mindful of our eCBSV customers, 

we evaluated opportunities to reduce 

fees across all tiers in a manner that 

provides some cost relief, maintains our 

current projected break-even timeline of 

FY 2027, and continues the collection of 

prior year costs in a reasonably timely 

manner. 

Our long-term goal, once we breakeven, is to only collect fees to cover our 

ongoing operating costs. Rather than 

postponing cost relief until that point, 

we evaluated the relevant information 

and determined that we could provide 

a fee reduction now, while staying on 

target for our cost recovery goals. 

REVISED eCBSV TIER FEE SCHEDULE

Tier Annual volume threshold Annual fee 

1 ................. Up to 10,000 (1–10,000) ............................................................................................................................................. $6,650 

2 ................. Up to 75,000 (10,001–75,000) .................................................................................................................................... 49,500 

3 ................. Up to 200,000 (75,001–200,000) ................................................................................................................................ 125,000 

4 ................. Up to 500,000 (200,001–500,000) .............................................................................................................................. 308,750 

5 ................. Up to 1 million (500,001–1 million) ............................................................................................................................. 610,000 

6 ................. Up to 2.5 million (1,000,001–2.5 million) .................................................................................................................... 1,210,000 

7 ................. Up to 5 million (2,500,001–5 million) .......................................................................................................................... 2,350,000 

8 ................. Up to 10 million (5,000,001–10 million) ...................................................................................................................... 4,275,000 

9 ................. Up to 15 million (10,000,001–15 million) .................................................................................................................... 4,750,000 

10 ............... Up to 20 million (15,000,001–20 million) .................................................................................................................... 5,937,500 

11 ............... Up to 25 million (20,000,001–25 million) .................................................................................................................... 6,887,500 

12 ............... Up to 200 million (25,000,001–200 million) ................................................................................................................ 7,837,500 

Each enrolled PE will be required to 

remit the above tier-based subscription 

fee for the 365-day agreement period 

starting on or after February 3, 2025. 

Our eCBSV fees are designed to 

recover prior year costs timely as we 

look to break-even, while ensuring that 

we can cover ongoing operating costs. 

Agency costs and future year cost 

estimates are based on actual and 

forecasted systems and operational 

expenses, agency oversight, overhead, 

and certified public accountant audit 

contract costs. Section 215(h)(1)(B) of 

the Banking Bill (42 U.S.C. 405b(h)) 

requires that the Commissioner shall 

‘‘periodically adjust’’ the price paid by 

users to ensure that amounts collected 

are sufficient to fully offset the costs of 

administering the eCBSV system. On at 

least an annual basis, SSA will monitor 

costs incurred to provide eCBSV 

services and will revise the tier fee 

schedule accordingly. We notify PEs of 

the tier fee schedule in effect at the 

renewal of eCBSV user agreements, 

when a PE begins a new 365-day 

agreement period, and via notice in the 

Federal Register. PE renewals are 

governed by the tier fee schedule in 

effect at the time of renewal. 

Sean Brune, 

Deputy Commissioner, Office of Budget, 

Finance, and Management, Social Security 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Delegation of Authority No. 570] 

Delegation of Authority—Authorities of 

the Under Secretary for Public 

Diplomacy and Public Affairs 

ACTION: Delegation of Authority. 

SUMMARY: The State Department is 

publishing a Delegation of Authority 

signed by the Secretary of State on 

January 10, 2025. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Antony J. 

Blinken, Secretary of State, signed the 

following ‘‘Delegation of Authority— 

Authorities of the Under Secretary for 

Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs’’ 

on January 10, 2025. The State 

Department maintains the original 

document. 

(Begin text.) 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of State by the laws of the 

United States, including section 1(a)(4) 

of the State Department Basic 

Authorities Act (22 U.S.C. 2651a(a)(4)), 

I hereby delegate to Scott Weinhold, to 

the extent authorized by law, all 

authorities vested in or delegated to the 

Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy 

and Public Affairs by any act, order, 

determination, delegation of authority, 

regulation, or executive order, now or 

hereafter issued. 

The Secretary, either Deputy 

Secretary, and the Under Secretary for 

Management may exercise any function 

or authority delegated herein. This 

delegation of authority does not modify 

any other delegation of authority 

currently in effect. 

This delegation will take effect on 

January 17, 2025, and will expire, 

unless sooner revoked, upon the entry 

upon duty of a confirmed or designated 

Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy 

and Public Affairs or Assistant Secretary 

for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

and shall be published in the Federal 

Register. 

(End text.) 

Zachary A. Parker, 

Director, Office of Organizational Policy, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01208 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Delegation of Authority No. 569] 

Delegation of Authority to the 

Assistant Secretary for Political 

Military Affairs 

ACTION: Delegation of Authority. 

SUMMARY: The State Department is 

publishing a Delegation of Authority 

signed by the Secretary of State on 

December 19, 2024. . 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Antony J. 

Blinken, Secretary of State, signed the 

following ‘‘Delegation of Authority to 

the Assistant Secretary for PoliticalMilitary Affairs to Provide Concurrence 

under 10 U.S.C. 335’’ on December 19, 

2024. The State Department maintains 

the original document. 


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