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Number of
annual
respondents
Application scenario
Respondents who do not have to provide parents’ SSNs ..........................................................
Respondents who are asked to provide parents’ SSNs (for application for original SSN cards
for children under age 18) .......................................................................................................
Applicants age 12 or older who need to answer additional questions so SSA can determine
whether an SSN was previously assigned ..............................................................................
Applicants asking for a replacement SSN card beyond the new allowable limits (i.e., who
must provide additional documentation to accompany the application) ..................................
13,000,000
Totals ....................................................................................................................................
Dated: December 30, 2005.
Elizabeth A. Davidson,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. E6–38 Filed 1–5–06; 8:45 am]
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Rate for Assessment on Direct
Payment of Fees to Representatives in
2006
AGENCY:
Social Security Administration
(SSA).
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ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Social Security
Administration is announcing that the
assessment percentage rate under
section 206(d) and 1631(d)(2)(C) of the
Social Security Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C.
406(d), and 1383(d)(2)(C) is 6.3 percent
for 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James A. Winn, Associate General
Counsel for Program Law, Office of the
General Counsel, Social Security
Administration, Phone: (410) 965–3137,
e-mail jim.winn@ssa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
406 of Public Law No. 106–170, the
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives
Improvement Act of 1999, established
an assessment for the services required
to determine and certify payments to
attorneys from the benefits due
claimants under Title II of the Act. This
provision is codified in section 206 of
the Act (42 U.S.C. 406). That legislation
set the assessment for the calendar year
2000 at 6.3 percent of the amount that
would be required to be certified for
direct payment to the attorney under
section 206(a)(4) or 206(b)(1) before the
application of the assessment. For
subsequent years, the legislation
requires the Commissioner of Social
Security to determine the percentage
rate necessary to achieve full recovery of
the costs of determining and certifying
fees to attorneys, but not in excess of 6.3
percent.
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Beginning in 2005, sections 302 and
303 of Public Law 108–203, the Social
Security Protection Act of 2004 (SSPA)
extended the direct payment of fees to
attorneys in cases under Title XVI of the
Act and to eligible non-attorney
representatives in cases under Title II
and/or Title XVI of the Act. Fees
directly paid under these provisions are
subject to the same assessment. In
addition, sections 301 and 302 of the
SSPA imposed a dollar cap on the
amount of the assessment, so that the
assessment may not exceed the lesser of
that dollar cap or the amount
determined using the assessment
percentage rate.
The Commissioner of Social Security
has determined, based on the best
available data that the current
assessment percentage rate of 6.3
percent will continue for 2006. We will
continue to review our costs on a yearly
basis.
Dated: December 23, 2005.
Dale W. Sopper,
Deputy Commissioner for Finance,
Assessment and Management.
[FR Doc. E6–31 Filed 1–5–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. OST–95–950]
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Previously Approved Collection
Office of the Secretary, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
renewal and comment. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected cost and
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40,000
Completion
time
(in minutes)
Burden hours
81⁄2
1,841,667
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81,000
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6,333
4,000
60
4,000
13,584,000
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1,933,000
burden. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on October
19, 2005 [FR Vol. 70, No. 201, page
60869]. No comments were received.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by February 6, 2006 and sent
to the attention of the DOT/OST Desk
Officer, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Docket
library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack
Schmidt, (202) 366–5420, Office of
Aviation Analysis, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Aviation and
International Affairs, Office of the
Secretary, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Passenger Manifest Information.
OMB Control Number: 2105–0534.
Affected Public: All U.S. air carriers
and foreign air carriers operating
international flights to and from the
United States, travel agents doing
business in the U.S. and the traveling
public.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours:
833,464. In the 60-day notice mentioned
above, the annual burden hours were
shown as 1.05 million. Since the time of
that notice, the methodology used to
calculate the burden hours was updated
to reflect international travel growth as
well as improved efficiencies resulting
from technological changes especially
from an increased use of the Internet.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
this collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
continued collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Rate for Assessment on Direct Payment of Fees to Representatives
in 2006
AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Social Security Administration is announcing that the
assessment percentage rate under section 206(d) and 1631(d)(2)(C) of
the Social Security Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. 406(d), and 1383(d)(2)(C)
is 6.3 percent for 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James A. Winn, Associate General
Counsel for Program Law, Office of the General Counsel, Social Security
Administration, Phone: (410) 965-3137, e-mail jim.winn@ssa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 406 of Public Law No. 106-170, the
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, established
an assessment for the services required to determine and certify
payments to attorneys from the benefits due claimants under Title II of
the Act. This provision is codified in section 206 of the Act (42
U.S.C. 406). That legislation set the assessment for the calendar year
2000 at 6.3 percent of the amount that would be required to be
certified for direct payment to the attorney under section 206(a)(4) or
206(b)(1) before the application of the assessment. For subsequent
years, the legislation requires the Commissioner of Social Security to
determine the percentage rate necessary to achieve full recovery of the
costs of determining and certifying fees to attorneys, but not in
excess of 6.3 percent.
Beginning in 2005, sections 302 and 303 of Public Law 108-203, the
Social Security Protection Act of 2004 (SSPA) extended the direct
payment of fees to attorneys in cases under Title XVI of the Act and to
eligible non-attorney representatives in cases under Title II and/or
Title XVI of the Act. Fees directly paid under these provisions are
subject to the same assessment. In addition, sections 301 and 302 of
the SSPA imposed a dollar cap on the amount of the assessment, so that
the assessment may not exceed the lesser of that dollar cap or the
amount determined using the assessment percentage rate.
The Commissioner of Social Security has determined, based on the
best available data that the current assessment percentage rate of 6.3
percent will continue for 2006. We will continue to review our costs on
a yearly basis.
Dated: December 23, 2005.
Dale W. Sopper,
Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment and Management.
[FR Doc. E6-31 Filed 1-5-06; 8:45 am]
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