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suspended for the period from 9:30 a.m.
EDT on May 23, 2014, through 11:59
p.m. EDT on June 6, 2014.
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that
trading in the securities of the abovelisted companies is suspended for the
period from 9:30 a.m. EDT on May 23,
2014, through 11:59 p.m. EDT on June
6, 2014.
By the Commission.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
By the Commission.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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[FR Doc. 2014–12432 Filed 5–23–14; 11:15 am]
BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
[File No. 500–1]
Fortitude Group, Inc.; Order of
Suspension of Trading
May 23, 2014.
It appears to the Securities and
Exchange Commission that there is a
lack of current and accurate information
concerning the securities of Fortitude
Group, Inc. because of questions
regarding the accuracy of publicly
available information about the
company’s operations. Fortitude Group,
Inc. is a Florida corporation with its
principal place of business located in
Erie, Pennsylvania. Its stock is quoted
on OTC Link, operated by OTC Markets
Group Inc., under the ticker: FRTD.
The Commission is of the opinion that
the public interest and the protection of
investors require a suspension of trading
in the securities of the above-listed
company.
Therefore, it is ordered, pursuant to
Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, that trading in the
securities of the above-listed company is
The Social Security Administration
(SSA) publishes a list of information
collection packages requiring clearance
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with
Public Law (Pub. L.) 104–13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes revisions and extensions of
OMB-approved information collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the
accuracy of the agency’s burden
estimate; the need for the information;
its practical utility; ways to enhance its
quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to
minimize burden on respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Mail, email, or
fax your comments and
recommendations on the information
collection(s) to the OMB Desk Officer
and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at
the following addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB), Office of Management and
Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Fax: 202–395–6974, Email address:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
(SSA), Social Security Administration,
OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401
Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235,
Fax: 410–966–2830, Email address:
OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
I. The information collection below is
pending at SSA. SSA will submit it to
OMB within 60 days from the date of
this notice. To be sure we consider your
comments, we must receive them no
later than July 28, 2014. Individuals can
obtain copies of the collection
instruments by writing to the above
email address.
Authorization to Disclose Information
to SSA—20 CFR 404.1512 and 416.912,
45 CFR 160 and 164—0960–0623.
Sections 223(d)(5)(A) and
1614(a)(3)(H)(i) of the Social Security
Act (Act) require claimants to furnish
such medical and other evidence as the
Commissioner of Social Security may
need to prove they are disabled. SSA
must obtain sufficient evidence to make
eligibility determinations for Title II and
Title XVI payments. Therefore, the
applicant must authorize release of
information from various sources to
SSA. The applicants use Form SSA–827
to provide consent for the release of
medical records, education records, and
other information related to their ability
to perform tasks. Once the applicant
completes Form SSA–827, SSA or the
State Disability Determination Service
sends the form to the designated
source(s) to obtain pertinent records.
The respondents are applicants for Title
II benefits and Title XVI payments.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
1,922,938
1,441,052
1
1
9
10
288,441
240,175
Totals ........................................................................................................
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SSA–827 with electronic signature (eAuthorization) .......................................
SSA–827 with wet signature (paper version) ..................................................
3,363,990
........................
........................
528,616
II. SSA submitted the information
collections below to OMB for clearance.
Your comments regarding the
information collections would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30
days from the date of this publication.
To be sure we consider your comments,
we must receive them no later than June
30, 2014. Individuals can obtain copies
of the OMB clearance packages by
writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@
ssa.gov.
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1. Statement Regarding Marriage—20
CFR 404.726—0960–0017. According to
section 216(h)(1)(A) of the Act, SSA
must apply state law when determining
an individual’s marital status. Some
state laws recognize marriages without a
ceremony (i.e., common-law marriages).
In such cases, SSA provides the same
spouse or widow(er) benefits to the
common-law spouses as it does to
ceremonially married spouses. To
determine common-law spouses, SSA
must elicit information from blood
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relatives or other persons who are
knowledgeable about the alleged
common-law relationship. SSA uses
Form SSA–753, Statement Regarding
Marriage, to collect information from
third parties to verify the applicant’s
statements about intent, cohabitation,
and holding out to the public as
married, which are the basic tenets of a
common-law marriage. SSA uses the
information to determine if a valid
marital relationship exists, and if the
common-law spouse is entitled to Social
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Security spouse or widow(er) benefits.
The respondents are third parties who
can confirm or deny the alleged
common-law marriage.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
SSA–753 ..........................................................................................................
40,000
1
9
6,000
2. Request for Waiver of Overpayment
Recovery or Change in Repayment
Notice—20 CFR 404.502–404.513,
404.515 and 20 CFR 416.550–416.570,
416.572—0960–0037. When Social
Security beneficiaries and Supplemental
Security Income (SSI) recipients receive
an overpayment, they must return the
extra money. These beneficiaries and
recipients can use Form SSA–632–BK to
take one of three actions: (1) Request an
exemption from repaying, as recovery of
the payment would cause financial
hardship; (2) inform SSA they want to
repay the overpayment at a monthly rate
over a period longer than 36 months;
and
(3) request a different rate of recovery.
In the latter two cases, the respondents
must also provide financial information
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
to help the agency determine how much
the overpaid person can afford to repay
each month. Respondents are overpaid
beneficiaries or SSI recipients who are
requesting: (1) A waiver of recovery of
an overpayment, or (2) a lesser rate of
withholding.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
Waiver of Overpayment (Completes Whole Paper Form) ..............................
Change in Repayment (Completes Partial Paper Form) ................................
Regional Application (New York Debt Management) ......................................
Internet Instructions .........................................................................................
400,000
100,000
44,000
500,000
1
1
1
1
120
45
120
5
800,000
75,000
88,000
41,667
Totals ........................................................................................................
1,044,000
........................
........................
1,004,667
3. Annual Earnings Test Direct Mail
Follow-Up Program Notices—20 CFR
404.452–404.455—0960–0369. SSA
developed the Annual Earnings Test
Direct Mail Follow-up Program to
improve beneficiary reporting on work
and earnings during the year and
earnings information at the end of the
year. SSA may reduce benefits payable
under the Act when an individual has
wages or self-employment income
exceeding the annual exempt amount.
SSA identifies beneficiaries likely to
receive more than the annual exempt
amount, and requests more frequent
estimates of earnings from them. When
applicable, SSA also requests a future
year estimate to reduce overpayments
due to earnings. SSA sends letters
(SSA–L9778, SSA–L9779, SSA–L9781,
SSA–L9784, SSA–L9785, and SSA–
L9790) to beneficiaries requesting
earnings information the month prior to
their attainment of full retirement age.
We send each beneficiary a tailored
letter that includes relevant earnings
data from SSA records. The Annual
Earnings Test Direct Mail Follow-up
Program helps to ensure Social Security
payments are correct, and enables us to
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Note: This is a correction notice. When we
published the 60-day Notice for this
collection on 3/21/14 at 79 FR 15782 we
listed it as a revision; however, this is an
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
......................................................................................................
......................................................................................................
......................................................................................................
......................................................................................................
......................................................................................................
......................................................................................................
42,630
158,865
472,437
1,270
15,870
45,000
1
1
1
1
1
1
10
10
10
10
10
10
7,105
26,478
78,740
212
2,645
7,500
Totals ........................................................................................................
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SSA–L9778
SSA–L9779
SSA–L9781
SSA–L9784
SSA–L9785
SSA–L9790
prevent earnings-related overpayments,
and avoid erroneous withholding. The
respondents are working Social Security
beneficiaries with earnings over the
exempt amount.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
736,072
........................
........................
122,680
4. Questionnaire for Children
Claiming SSI Benefits—0960–0499.
Section 1631(d)(2) of the Act allows
SSA to determine the eligibility of an
applicant’s claim for SSI payments.
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Parents or legal guardians seeking to
obtain or retain SSI eligibility for their
children use Form SSA–3881–BK to
provide SSA with the addresses of nonmedical sources such as schools,
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counselors, agencies, organizations, or
therapists who would have information
about a child’s functioning. SSA uses
this information to help determine a
child’s claim or continuing eligibility
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for SSI. The respondents are applicants
who appeal SSI childhood disability
decisions or recipients undergoing a
continuing disability review.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Number of
respondents
Modality of collection
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Total annual
burden
(hours)
Appeals Cases .................................................................................................
Disability Review Cases ..................................................................................
65,000
45,000
1
1
30
30
32,500
22,500
Total ..........................................................................................................
110,000
........................
........................
55,000
5. Social Security Administration
Eligible Non-Attorney Representative—
20 CFR 404.1717, 404.1745—404.1799,
416.1517, and 416.1545—416.1599
—0960–0699. Section 3 of the Social
Security Disability Applicants Access to
Professional Representation Act (PRA)
of 2010, Public Law 111–142,
permanently extends the direct payment
provision of Section 303 of the Social
Security Protection Act (SSPA) of 2004,
Public Law 108–203. The PRA permits
SSA to extend direct payment of
approved fees from claimants’ past-due
benefits to certain non-attorney
representatives. Prior to the enactment
of the SSPA and PRA, only attorneys
could receive direct payment of SSAapproved fees. Under the PRA, nonattorneys must meet certain
prerequisites to be eligible for direct
payment of fees. These prerequisites
include: (1) A bachelor’s degree from an
Note: This is a correction notice. When we
published the 60-day Notice for this
collection on 3/21/14 at 79 FR 15782 we
listed it as a revision; however, this is an
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
New Respondents—Paper Application (complete and submit)—
404.1717(b)&(c); 416.1517(b)&(c) ...............................................................
New Respondents Examination—404.1717(a)(5); 416.1517(a)(5) .................
New Respondents—Submission of proof of Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Qualifications—404.1717(a)(3); 416.1517(a)(3) ....................................
New and Existing Respondents—CE Submission via email/mail/or FAX of
training courses taken as prescribed by SSA—404.1717(a)(7);
416.1517(a)(7) ..............................................................................................
New and Existing Respondents—Proof of Continuous Professional or Business Liability Insurance Coverage (Scan and Email)—404.1717(a)(6);
416.1517(a)(6) ..............................................................................................
New and Existing Respondents—Proof of Continuous Professional or Business Liability Insurance Coverage (Copy and Mail)—404.1717(a)(6);
416.1517(a)(6) ..............................................................................................
New
and
Existing
Respondents—Written
Protests—404.1717(d);
416.1517(d) ..................................................................................................
Totals ........................................................................................................
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above. To verify this information, we
also request the five required items
listed above from each new applicant,
and we request items #3 and #5 from all
non-attorney representatives (new and
existing) on a yearly basis. Every year,
SSA evaluates the applications,
conducts verification investigations, and
issues recommendations regarding
applicants’ eligibility to sit for the
examination and eligibility to receive
direct payment. The respondents are
non-attorneys who want to receive
direct payment of their fees for
representational services before SSA.
Type of Request: Extension of an
OMB-approved information collection.
accredited institution of higher
education, or four years of relevant
professional experience and a high
school diploma or General Education
Development (GED) certificate; (2)
passing a written examination
administered by SSA testing the
knowledge of relevant provisions of the
Act under Titles II and XVI; (3) securing
and maintaining continuous
professional liability insurance, or
equivalent, to protect claimants from
malpractice; (4) passing a criminal
background check; (5) demonstrating
ongoing completion of continuing
education courses. The PRA requires
SSA to collect the information needed
to determine if applicants have satisfied
these prerequisites. SSA uses the
information we collect on Form SSA–
1691 to determine whether an applicant
has fulfilled the statutory prerequisites
and regulatory requirements as listed
1
1
45
120
150
400
200
1
10
33
710
1
20
237
672
1
10
112
38
1
15
10
45
1
45
34
2,065
........................
........................
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[FR Doc. 2014–12428 Filed 5–28–14; 8:45 am]
U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
Notice of Teleconference Meeting
[Public Notice 8747]
The U.S. National Commission for
UNESCO will hold a conference call on
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Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
200
200
Dated: May 23, 2014.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security
Administration.
BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Tuesday, June 17, 2014, from 3:00 p.m.
until 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The
purpose of the teleconference meeting is
to consider the recommendations of the
Commission’s National Committee for
the International Hydrological
Programme (IHP) and Commission’s
National Committee for the
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Request and
Comment Request
The Social Security Administration (SSA) publishes a list of
information collection packages requiring clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with Public Law (Pub. L.)
104-13, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995.
This notice includes revisions and extensions of OMB-approved
information collections.
SSA is soliciting comments on the accuracy of the agency's burden
estimate; the need for the information; its practical utility; ways to
enhance its quality, utility, and clarity; and ways to minimize burden
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Mail, email, or fax your
comments and recommendations on the information collection(s) to the
OMB Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance Officer at the following
addresses or fax numbers.
(OMB), Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for SSA,
Fax: 202-395-6974, Email address: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
(SSA), Social Security Administration, OLCA, Attn: Reports Clearance
Director, 3100 West High Rise, 6401 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21235, Fax: 410-966-2830, Email address: OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
I. The information collection below is pending at SSA. SSA will
submit it to OMB within 60 days from the date of this notice. To be
sure we consider your comments, we must receive them no later than July
28, 2014. Individuals can obtain copies of the collection instruments
by writing to the above email address.
Authorization to Disclose Information to SSA--20 CFR 404.1512 and
416.912, 45 CFR 160 and 164--0960-0623. Sections 223(d)(5)(A) and
1614(a)(3)(H)(i) of the Social Security Act (Act) require claimants to
furnish such medical and other evidence as the Commissioner of Social
Security may need to prove they are disabled. SSA must obtain
sufficient evidence to make eligibility determinations for Title II and
Title XVI payments. Therefore, the applicant must authorize release of
information from various sources to SSA. The applicants use Form SSA-
827 to provide consent for the release of medical records, education
records, and other information related to their ability to perform
tasks. Once the applicant completes Form SSA-827, SSA or the State
Disability Determination Service sends the form to the designated
source(s) to obtain pertinent records. The respondents are applicants
for Title II benefits and Title XVI payments.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average burden Estimated
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response total annual
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-827 with electronic signature 1,922,938 1 9 288,441
(eAuthorization)...............................
SSA-827 with wet signature (paper version)...... 1,441,052 1 10 240,175
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 3,363,990 .............. .............. 528,616
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
II. SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding the information collections would be
most useful if OMB and SSA receive them 30 days from the date of this
publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must receive them
no later than June 30, 2014. Individuals can obtain copies of the OMB
clearance packages by writing to OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
1. Statement Regarding Marriage--20 CFR 404.726--0960-0017.
According to section 216(h)(1)(A) of the Act, SSA must apply state law
when determining an individual's marital status. Some state laws
recognize marriages without a ceremony (i.e., common-law marriages). In
such cases, SSA provides the same spouse or widow(er) benefits to the
common-law spouses as it does to ceremonially married spouses. To
determine common-law spouses, SSA must elicit information from blood
relatives or other persons who are knowledgeable about the alleged
common-law relationship. SSA uses Form SSA-753, Statement Regarding
Marriage, to collect information from third parties to verify the
applicant's statements about intent, cohabitation, and holding out to
the public as married, which are the basic tenets of a common-law
marriage. SSA uses the information to determine if a valid marital
relationship exists, and if the common-law spouse is entitled to Social
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Security spouse or widow(er) benefits. The respondents are third
parties who can confirm or deny the alleged common-law marriage.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average burden Estimated total
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden
respondents response (minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-753..................................... 40,000 1 9 6,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Request for Waiver of Overpayment Recovery or Change in
Repayment Notice--20 CFR 404.502-404.513, 404.515 and 20 CFR 416.550-
416.570, 416.572--0960-0037. When Social Security beneficiaries and
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients receive an overpayment,
they must return the extra money. These beneficiaries and recipients
can use Form SSA-632-BK to take one of three actions: (1) Request an
exemption from repaying, as recovery of the payment would cause
financial hardship; (2) inform SSA they want to repay the overpayment
at a monthly rate over a period longer than 36 months; and
(3) request a different rate of recovery. In the latter two cases,
the respondents must also provide financial information to help the
agency determine how much the overpaid person can afford to repay each
month. Respondents are overpaid beneficiaries or SSI recipients who are
requesting: (1) A waiver of recovery of an overpayment, or (2) a lesser
rate of withholding.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated
Number of Frequency of Average burden total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Waiver of Overpayment (Completes Whole Paper 400,000 1 120 800,000
Form)..........................................
Change in Repayment (Completes Partial Paper 100,000 1 45 75,000
Form)..........................................
Regional Application (New York Debt Management). 44,000 1 120 88,000
Internet Instructions........................... 500,000 1 5 41,667
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 1,044,000 .............. .............. 1,004,667
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. Annual Earnings Test Direct Mail Follow-Up Program Notices--20
CFR 404.452-404.455--0960-0369. SSA developed the Annual Earnings Test
Direct Mail Follow-up Program to improve beneficiary reporting on work
and earnings during the year and earnings information at the end of the
year. SSA may reduce benefits payable under the Act when an individual
has wages or self-employment income exceeding the annual exempt amount.
SSA identifies beneficiaries likely to receive more than the annual
exempt amount, and requests more frequent estimates of earnings from
them. When applicable, SSA also requests a future year estimate to
reduce overpayments due to earnings. SSA sends letters (SSA-L9778, SSA-
L9779, SSA-L9781, SSA-L9784, SSA-L9785, and SSA-L9790) to beneficiaries
requesting earnings information the month prior to their attainment of
full retirement age. We send each beneficiary a tailored letter that
includes relevant earnings data from SSA records. The Annual Earnings
Test Direct Mail Follow-up Program helps to ensure Social Security
payments are correct, and enables us to prevent earnings-related
overpayments, and avoid erroneous withholding. The respondents are
working Social Security beneficiaries with earnings over the exempt
amount.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Note: This is a correction notice. When we published the 60-day
Notice for this collection on 3/21/14 at 79 FR 15782 we listed it as
a revision; however, this is an extension of a currently approved
information collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated
Number of Frequency of Average burden total annual
Modality of completion respondents response per response burden
(minutes) (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SSA-L9778....................................... 42,630 1 10 7,105
SSA-L9779....................................... 158,865 1 10 26,478
SSA-L9781....................................... 472,437 1 10 78,740
SSA-L9784....................................... 1,270 1 10 212
SSA-L9785....................................... 15,870 1 10 2,645
SSA-L9790....................................... 45,000 1 10 7,500
---------------------------------------------------------------
Totals...................................... 736,072 .............. .............. 122,680
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Questionnaire for Children Claiming SSI Benefits--0960-0499.
Section 1631(d)(2) of the Act allows SSA to determine the eligibility
of an applicant's claim for SSI payments. Parents or legal guardians
seeking to obtain or retain SSI eligibility for their children use Form
SSA-3881-BK to provide SSA with the addresses of non-medical sources
such as schools, counselors, agencies, organizations, or therapists who
would have information about a child's functioning. SSA uses this
information to help determine a child's claim or continuing eligibility
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for SSI. The respondents are applicants who appeal SSI childhood
disability decisions or recipients undergoing a continuing disability
review.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average burden
Modality of collection Number of Frequency of per response Total annual
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appeals Cases................................... 65,000 1 30 32,500
Disability Review Cases......................... 45,000 1 30 22,500
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... 110,000 .............. .............. 55,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. Social Security Administration Eligible Non-Attorney
Representative--20 CFR 404.1717, 404.1745--404.1799, 416.1517, and
416.1545--416.1599 --0960-0699. Section 3 of the Social Security
Disability Applicants Access to Professional Representation Act (PRA)
of 2010, Public Law 111-142, permanently extends the direct payment
provision of Section 303 of the Social Security Protection Act (SSPA)
of 2004, Public Law 108-203. The PRA permits SSA to extend direct
payment of approved fees from claimants' past-due benefits to certain
non-attorney representatives. Prior to the enactment of the SSPA and
PRA, only attorneys could receive direct payment of SSA-approved fees.
Under the PRA, non-attorneys must meet certain prerequisites to be
eligible for direct payment of fees. These prerequisites include: (1) A
bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education,
or four years of relevant professional experience and a high school
diploma or General Education Development (GED) certificate; (2) passing
a written examination administered by SSA testing the knowledge of
relevant provisions of the Act under Titles II and XVI; (3) securing
and maintaining continuous professional liability insurance, or
equivalent, to protect claimants from malpractice; (4) passing a
criminal background check; (5) demonstrating ongoing completion of
continuing education courses. The PRA requires SSA to collect the
information needed to determine if applicants have satisfied these
prerequisites. SSA uses the information we collect on Form SSA-1691 to
determine whether an applicant has fulfilled the statutory
prerequisites and regulatory requirements as listed above. To verify
this information, we also request the five required items listed above
from each new applicant, and we request items 3 and 5
from all non-attorney representatives (new and existing) on a yearly
basis. Every year, SSA evaluates the applications, conducts
verification investigations, and issues recommendations regarding
applicants' eligibility to sit for the examination and eligibility to
receive direct payment. The respondents are non-attorneys who want to
receive direct payment of their fees for representational services
before SSA.
Type of Request: Extension of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Note: This is a correction notice. When we published the 60-day
Notice for this collection on 3/21/14 at 79 FR 15782 we listed it as
a revision; however, this is an extension of a currently approved
information collection.
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Average Estimated
Number of Frequency of burden per total annual
Modality of completion respondents response response burden
(minutes) (hours)
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New Respondents--Paper Application (complete and 200 1 45 150
submit)--404.1717(b)&(c); 416.1517(b)&(c)......
New Respondents Examination--404.1717(a)(5); 200 1 120 400
416.1517(a)(5).................................
New Respondents--Submission of proof of 200 1 10 33
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Qualifications--
404.1717(a)(3); 416.1517(a)(3).................
New and Existing Respondents--CE Submission via 710 1 20 237
email/mail/or FAX of training courses taken as
prescribed by SSA--404.1717(a)(7);
416.1517(a)(7).................................
New and Existing Respondents--Proof of 672 1 10 112
Continuous Professional or Business Liability
Insurance Coverage (Scan and Email)--
404.1717(a)(6); 416.1517(a)(6).................
New and Existing Respondents--Proof of 38 1 15 10
Continuous Professional or Business Liability
Insurance Coverage (Copy and Mail)--
404.1717(a)(6); 416.1517(a)(6).................
New and Existing Respondents--Written Protests-- 45 1 45 34
404.1717(d); 416.1517(d).......................
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Totals...................................... 2,065 .............. .............. 976
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Dated: May 23, 2014.
Faye Lipsky,
Reports Clearance Director, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-12428 Filed 5-28-14; 8:45 am]
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