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B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s

Statement on Burden on Competition

The Phlx does not believe that the

proposed rule change will impose any

inappropriate burden on competition.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s

Statement on Comments on the

Proposed Rule Change Received from

Members, Participants, or Others

No written comments were either

solicited or received.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for

Commission Action

Within 35 days of the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register or

within such longer period (i) as the

Commission may designate up to 90

days of such date if it finds such longer

period to be appropriate and publishes

its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to

which the self-regulatory organization

consents, the Commission will:

(A) by order approve the proposed

rule change, or

(B) institute proceedings to determine

whether the proposed rule change

should be disapproved.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

Interested persons are invited to

submit written data, views, and

arguments concerning the foregoing.

Persons making written submissions

should file six copies thereof with the

Secretary, Securities and Exchange

Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20549. Copies of the

submission, all subsequent

amendments, all written statements

with respect to the proposed rule

change that are filed with the

Commission, and all written

communications relating to the

proposed rule change between the

Commission and any person, other than

those that may be withheld from the

public in accordance with the

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be

available for inspection and copying at

the Commission’s Public Reference

Section, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of such

filing will also be available for

inspection and copying at the principal

office of the Exchange. All submissions

should refer to File No. SR–Phlx–96–18

and should be submitted by July 19,

1996.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated

authority.

Margaret H. McFarland

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16575 Filed 6–27–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of Revised

Routine Use

AGENCY: Social Security Administration

(SSA).

ACTION: Revised Routine Use.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and

(11)), we are issuing public notice of our

intent to revise a routine use applicable

to the Master Files of Social Security

Number (SSN) Holders and SSN

Applications, SSA/OSR, 09–60–0058.

The title of this system previously

referred to ‘‘HHS’’ (an acronym for

Department of Health and Human

Services). We have deleted this

reference as SSA is now independent of

the HHS. (For convenience, we will

refer to this system of records as the

Enumeration System.) The proposed

revision will allow SSA to disclose

SSNs to Federal, State and local entities

for use in income-maintenance and

health-maintenance programs, such as

general assistance, food stamps and

Medicaid, where such use is authorized

by Federal statute.

We invite public comment on this

publication.

DATE: We filed a report of an altered

system of records—revised routine use

with the Chairman, Committee on

Government Reform and Oversight of

the House of Representatives; the

Chairman, Committee on Governmental

Affairs of the Senate; and the

Administrator, Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget on June 18,

1996. The routine use will become

effective as proposed, without further

notice August 7, 1996, unless we receive

comments on or before that date that

result in a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may

comment on this publication by writing

to the SSA Privacy Officer, Social

Security Administration, Room 3–A–6

Operations Building, 6401 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235.

Comments may be faxed to (410) 966–

0869. All comments received will be

available for public inspection at that

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Ron Martorana, Social Insurance

Specialist, Office of Disclosure Policy,

Social Security Administration, 3–D–1

Operations Building, 6401 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235,

telephone 410–965–1745.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Discussion of Proposed Routine Use

In the mid 70’s, SSA published a

routine use in the Federal Register

allowing the Agency to disclose SSNs to

State welfare offices for use in

determining individuals’ eligibility for

benefits under the Aid to Families with

Dependent Children (AFDC) program.

At that time, section 402(a)(25) of the

Social Security Act (the Act) required

individuals applying for AFDC to

provide their SSN to State welfare

agencies; the SSN, thus, was a condition

of eligibility.

Section 402(a)(25) of the Act has since

been amended to provide that AFDC

applicants furnish this information as

required by section 1137 of the Act.

Under section 1137, individuals

applying to States for, not only AFDC,

but also Medicaid, unemployment

compensation under section 3304 of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the food

stamp program under the Food Stamp

Act of 1977 and any State program

under a plan approved under title I, X,

XIV, or XVI of the Act, must furnish

their SSN as a condition of eligibility. In

addition, section 205(c)(2)(C) of the Act

provides that State agencies may require

applicants for general assistance

programs to furnish their SSN for

identification purposes. We therefore

are proposing to revise the current

routine use allowing disclosure of SSNs

to States for AFDC purposes, to include

disclosure of SSNs to Federal, State and

local entities for use in administering

other income-maintenance and healthmaintenance programs, such as those

listed above, where such use of the SSN

is authorized by Federal law. (SSA

already validates SSNs for these

agencies.) Routine use number two in

the Enumeration System is revised to

read:

SSA will disclose SSNs to Federal,

State and local entities for the purpose

of administering income-maintenance

and health-maintenance programs,

where such use of the SSN is authorized

by Federal statute.

This revision will allow SSA to

disclose SSNs on a consistent basis for

all Federal, State and locally

administered income-maintenance and

health-maintenance programs when a

Federal law authorizes the use of the

SSN in such programs.

A notice of the Enumeration System,

to which the routine use will apply, was

last published in the Federal Register at

60 FR 52948, October 11, 1995.
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B. Compatibility of Proposed Routine

Use

We are proposing the changes

discussed above in accordance with the

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(7), (b)(3),

(e)(4) and (e)(11)) and our disclosure

regulation (20 CFR part 401).

The Privacy Act permits us to disclose

information about individuals without

their consent for a routine use, i.e.,

where the information will be used for

a purpose that is compatible with the

purpose for which we collected the

information. Consistent with the Privacy

Act, under 20 CFR 401.310 we may

disclose information under a routine use

for administering our programs, or for

administering similar programs of other

agencies. SSA collects and maintains

SSNs and other personal identification

data in the Enumeration System in order

to identify and retrieve information

about individuals in SSA’s records, to

administer programs for which SSA is

responsible, and to detect the use of a

SSN by a person to whom the SSN was

not assigned. Other Federal, State and

local entities use such information for

similar purposes in programs similar to

SSA’s programs. Disclosing SSNs to

such Federal, State and local entities

will support the effective and efficient

administration of various assistance

programs by the States. Therefore, we

find that disclosing SSNs to Federal,

State and local entities for the purpose

of administering income-maintenance

and health-maintenance programs

serves purposes that are compatible

with purposes for which SSA collects

the information and meets the criteria of

the Privacy Act and the regulation for

establishment of a routine use.

C. Effect of the Proposal on Individual

Rights

As discussed above, the proposed

revised routine use will permit SSA to

disclose SSNs to Federal, State and local

entities for the purpose of administering

income-maintenance and healthmaintenance programs, where such use

is authorized by Federal statute.

Disclosure will assist Federal, State and

local entities in determining eligibility

for income-maintenance and healthmaintenance programs. While

disclosure will have some impact on the

privacy of individuals (for example,

States will be better able to determine

the true identity of applicants for

income-maintenance and healthmaintenance programs), disclosure will

only be made where authorized by

Federal statute and will reduce fraud

and abuse in these programs. SSA will

follow all statutory and regulatory

requirements for disclosure. Thus, we

do not anticipate that the disclosure will

have any unwarranted effect on the

privacy or other rights of individuals.

Dated: June 18, 1996.

Shirley S. Chater,

Commissioner of Social Security.

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BILLING CODE 4190–29–P

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits and a

Guaranteed Access Level for Certain

Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in the Dominican

Republic

June 24, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

import limits and a guaranteed access

level.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 27, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of these limits, refer to the

Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port or

call (202) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854); Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.

On the request of the Government of

the Dominican Republic, the U.S.

Government agreed to increase the 1996

Guaranteed Access Level for Category

442. Also, the current limit for

Categories 338/638 is being increased

for special shift, reducing the limit for

Categories 339/639 to account for the

increase.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 60 FR 65299,

published on December 19, 1995). Also

see 61 FR 1359, published on January

19, 1996.

The letter to the Commissioner of

Customs and the actions taken pursuant

to it are not designed to implement all

of the provisions of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, but

are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of their

provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

June 24, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on January 11, 1996, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and

man-made fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in the Dominican Republic

and exported during the twelve-month

period which began on January 1, 1996 and

extends through December 31, 1996.

Effective on June 27, 1996, you are directed

to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided for in the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted limit 1

338/638 .................... 811,441 dozen.

339/639 .................... 898,273 dozen.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1995.

The 1996 Guaranteed Access Level (GAL)

for Category 442 is being increased to

105,000 dozen. The GALs for Categories 338/

638 and 339/639 remain unchanged.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–F

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

the United Arab Emirates

June 24, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).