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Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Individuals or households, Notfor-profit institutions, Farms, Federal

Government, State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 50,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper:

Recordkeeping—2 hrs., 3 min.

Learning about the law or the form—

9 min.

Preparing and sending the form to the

IRS—26 min.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 132,500 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1132.

Regulation Project Number: INTL–

536–89 Final.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Registration Requirements with

Respect to Certain Debt Obligations;

Application of Repeal of 30 Percent

Withholding by the Tax Reform Act of

1984.

Description: The Internal Revenue

Service needs the information in order

to ensure that purchasers of bearer

obligations are not U.S. persons (other

than those permitted to hold obligations

under section 165(j) and to ensure that

U.S. persons holding bearer obligations

properly report income and gain on

such obligations.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 5,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper: 10 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion,

Annually.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 852 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1728.

Regulation Project Number: REG–

114082–00 NPRM and REG–109707–97

Temp and Final.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: HIPAA Nondiscrimination

(REG–114082–00); and Interim Final

Rules for Nondiscrimination in Health

Coverage in the Group Market (REG–

109707–97).

Description: This regulation requires

group health plans, and the employers

and employee organizations that

sponsor them, to provide a notice to

individuals previously discriminated

against based on a health factor,

informing the individuals of their right

to enroll in the plan without regard to

their health. The notice is necessary so

that these individuals will now that

they have the right to enroll in the plan.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

120,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 3 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Other (one

time by July 2001).

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 5,950 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear,

Internal Revenue Service,Room 5244,

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20224

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt,

(202) 395–7860,Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10202, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports, Management Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Form 1040NR–EZ

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, invites the general public and

other Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is

soliciting comments concerning Form

1040NR–EZ, U.S. Income Tax Return for

Certain Nonresident Aliens With No

Dependents.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before August 6, 2001, to

be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Garrick R. Shear, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5244, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the form and instructions

should be directed to Carol Savage,

(202) 622–3945, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5242, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: U.S. Income Tax Return for

Certain Nonresident Aliens With No

Dependents.

OMB Number: 1545–1468.

Form Number: 1040NR–EZ.

Abstract: This form is used by certain

nonresident aliens with simple tax

situations and with no dependents to

report their income subject to tax and

compute the correct tax liability. The

information on the return is used to

determine whether income, deductions,

credits, payments, etc., are correctly

figured.

Current Actions: There are no changes

being made to the form at this time.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

100,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 4

hours, 31 minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 452,000.

The following paragraph applies to all

of the collections of information covered

by this notice:

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless the collection of information

displays a valid OMB control number.

Books or records relating to a collection

of information must be retained as long

as their contents may become material

in the administration of any internal

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and

tax return information are confidential,

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.

Request for Comments: Comments

submitted in response to this notice will

be summarized and/or included in the

request for OMB approval. All

comments will become a matter of

public record. Comments are invited on:

(a) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the collection of

information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on respondents, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; and (e) estimates of capital

or start-up costs and costs of operation,

maintenance, and purchase of services

to provide information.

Approved: May 30, 2001.

Garrick R. Shear,

IRS Reports Clearance Officer.

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