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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 7141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01245]

[[Page 7141]]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Child 
Support Annual Data Report and Instructions (OCSS-157) (Office of 
Management and Budget #: 0970-0177)

AGENCY: Office of Child Support Services; Administration for Children 
and Families; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of 
Child Support Services (OCSS), is requesting the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to approve the Child Support Annual Data Report and 
Instructions (OCSS-157), with minor revisions, for an additional three 
years. The current OMB approval expires on March 31, 2025.

DATES: Comments due February 20, 2025. OMB must make a decision about 
the collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication 
of this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best 
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. You can 
also obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by 
emailing [email protected]. Identify all emailed requests by 
the title of the information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description: States must annually provide 
OCSS with their child support information pertaining to case inventory, 
performance status, and accomplishments in the following areas: 
paternity establishment; services requested and provided; medical 
support; collections due and distributed; staff; program expenditures; 
non-cooperation and good cause; and administrative enforcement. The 
information collected from the OCSS-157 allows OCSS to (1) report child 
support activities to Congress as required by law; (2) calculate 
States' incentive measures for performance and assess performance 
indicators used in the program; and (3) help OCSS monitor and evaluate 
State child support programs.
    OCSS made minor revisions to the instructions and report to make 
them easier for the respondents to understand and complete. 
Additionally, OCSS updated the name of the federal child support office 
from the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) to the Office of 
Child Support Services (OCSS).
    Respondents: State Child Support Agencies.

                                             Annual Burden Estimates
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                                                                  Number of
                                              Total number of       annual       Average annual   Annual burden
      Information collection instrument            annual       responses per   burden hour per       hours
                                                respondents       respondent        response
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OCSS Annual Report and Instructions (OCSS-                54                1                7              378
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    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 652(a) and (g) and 669.

Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-01245 Filed 1-17-25; 8:45 am]
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