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Title and Purpose of Information
Collection: Statement Regarding
Contributions and Support: OMB 3220–
0099.
Under Section 2 of the Railroad
Retirement Act, dependency on an
employee for one-half support at the
time of an employee’s death can be a
condition affecting entitlement to a
survivor annuity and can affect the
amount of both spouse and survivor
annuities. One-half support is also a
condition which may negate the public
service pension offset in Tier I for a
spouse or widow(er). The Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) utilizes Form
G–134, Statement Regarding
Contributions and Support, to secure
information needed to adequately
determine if the applicant meets the
one-half support requirement. One form
is completed by each respondent.
Non-burden impacting editorial and
formatting changes are being proposed
to Form G–134 for clarification
purposes.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
The estimated annual respondent
burden is as follows:
Annual
responses
Form No.
Estimated
completion
time
(min)
Burden
(hrs)
G–134:
With assistance ....................................................................................................................
Without assistance ...............................................................................................................
75
25
147
180
184
75
Total ...............................................................................................................................
100
........................
259
Additional Information or Comments:
To request more information or to
obtain a copy of the information
collection justification, forms, and/or
supporting material, please call the RRB
Clearance Officer at (312) 751–3363 or
send an e-mail request to
Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Comments
regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Ronald J.
Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois
60611–2092 or send an e-mail to
Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV. Written
comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–4777 Filed 3–10–05; 8:45 am]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
In accordance with the requirement of
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 which provides
opportunity for public comment on new
or revised data collections, the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) will publish
periodic summaries of proposed data
collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden related to
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the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
To request more information or to
obtain a copy of the information
collection justification, forms, and/or
supporting material, please call the RRB
Clearance Officer at (312) 751–3363 or
send an e-mail request to
Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Comments
regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Ronald J.
Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois
60611–2092 or send an e-mail to
Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV.
The following information collection
is pending at the RRB and will be
submitted to OMB 60 days from the date
of this notice. Therefore, your comments
should be received within 60 days of
this notice.
Title and purpose of information
collection: Student Beneficiary
Monitoring; OMB 3220–0123—20CFR
219.54 and 219.55. Under provisions of
the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA),
there are two types of benefits whose
payment is based upon the status of a
child being in full-time elementary or
secondary school attendance at age 18–
19; a survivor child’s annuity benefit
under Section 2(d)(2)(iii) and an
increase in the employee retirement
annuity under the Special Guaranty
computation as prescribed in section
3(f)(3).
The survivor student annuity is
usually paid by direct deposit at a
financial institution to the student’s
checking or savings account or a joint
bank account with the parent. The
requirements for eligibility as a student
are prescribed in 20 CFR 216.74, and
include students in independent study
or home schooling.
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The RRB requires evidence of fulltime school attendance in order to
determine that a child is entitled to
student benefits. The RRB utilizes the
following forms to conduct its student
monitoring program. Form G–315,
Student Questionnaire, obtains
certification of a student’s full-time
school attendance. It also obtains
information on a student’s marital
status, Social Security benefits, and
employment which are needed to
determine entitlement or continued
entitlement to benefits under the RRA.
Form G–315a, Statement of School
Official, is used to obtain verification
from a school that a student attends
school full-time and provides their
expected graduation date. Form G–
315a.1, School Officials Notice of
Cessation of Full-Time Attendance, is
used by a school to notify the RRB that
a student has ceased full-time school
attendance.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB
approved information collection.
Completion is required to obtain or
retain a benefit.
Number of Respondents: 900—The
RRB estimates that approximately 860
Form G–315’s, 20 Form G–315a’s and 20
Form G–315a.1’s are received annually.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Average Burden Per Response: The
completion time for the G–315 is
estimated at 15 minutes per response.
The completion time for the G–315a is
estimated at 3 minutes per response and
the G–315a.1 estimated completion time
is 2 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 217 hours.
Charles Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05–4779 Filed 3–10–05; 8:45 am]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public
comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries of proposed data
collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden related to the collection of information on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
To request more information or to obtain a copy of the information
collection justification, forms, and/or supporting material, please
call the RRB Clearance Officer at (312) 751-3363 or send an e-mail
request to Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Comments regarding the information
collection should be addressed to Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement
Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 or send an
e-mail to Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV.
The following information collection is pending at the RRB and will
be submitted to OMB 60 days from the date of this notice. Therefore,
your comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.
Title and purpose of information collection: Student Beneficiary
Monitoring; OMB 3220-0123--20CFR 219.54 and 219.55. Under provisions of
the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), there are two types of benefits
whose payment is based upon the status of a child being in full-time
elementary or secondary school attendance at age 18-19; a survivor
child's annuity benefit under Section 2(d)(2)(iii) and an increase in
the employee retirement annuity under the Special Guaranty computation
as prescribed in section 3(f)(3).
The survivor student annuity is usually paid by direct deposit at a
financial institution to the student's checking or savings account or a
joint bank account with the parent. The requirements for eligibility as
a student are prescribed in 20 CFR 216.74, and include students in
independent study or home schooling.
The RRB requires evidence of full-time school attendance in order
to determine that a child is entitled to student benefits. The RRB
utilizes the following forms to conduct its student monitoring program.
Form G-315, Student Questionnaire, obtains certification of a student's
full-time school attendance. It also obtains information on a student's
marital status, Social Security benefits, and employment which are
needed to determine entitlement or continued entitlement to benefits
under the RRA. Form G-315a, Statement of School Official, is used to
obtain verification from a school that a student attends school full-
time and provides their expected graduation date. Form G-315a.1, School
Officials Notice of Cessation of Full-Time Attendance, is used by a
school to notify the RRB that a student has ceased full-time school
attendance.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB approved information
collection. Completion is required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Number of Respondents: 900--The RRB estimates that approximately
860 Form G-315's, 20 Form G-315a's and 20 Form G-315a.1's are received
annually.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Average Burden Per Response: The completion time for the G-315 is
estimated at 15 minutes per response. The completion time for the G-
315a is estimated at 3 minutes per response and the G-315a.1 estimated
completion time is 2 minutes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 217 hours.
Charles Mierzwa,
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-4779 Filed 3-10-05; 8:45 am]
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