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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The NSTS addresses the security of
‘‘transportation assets in the United
States that . . . must be protected from
attack or disruption by terrorist or other
hostile forces. . . .’’ 49 U.S.C. 114(s)(3).
The NSTS presents a forward-looking,
risk-based plan to provide for the
security and freedom of movement of
people and goods while preserving civil
rights, civil liberties, and privacy. It
identifies objectives to enhance the
security of transportation infrastructure,
conveyances, workers, travelers, cargo,
and operations.
Consistent with its authorities, TSA’s
mission is to protect the nation’s
transportation systems from acts of
terrorism, while its vision is an agile
security agency, embodied by a
professional workforce, that engages its
partners and the American people to
outmatch a dynamic threat. The NSTS
is an important part of fulfilling this
mission. TSA leads the development of
the NSTS through joint participation
with the Department of Transportation
and in consultation with government
partners and industry owners and
operators. The 2018 NSTS includes
three objectives: (1) Manage risks to
transportation systems from terrorist
attacks and enhance system resilience,
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and civil rights, and the freedom of
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TSA is soliciting comments through
this notice to enhance the scope of
consultation on the 2020 NSTS. Under
the statutory requirement to develop the
NSTS, TSA is also required to consult
with ‘‘Federal, State, and local agencies,
tribal governments, private sector
entities (including nonprofit employee
labor organizations), institutions of
higher learning, and other entities). See
49 U.S.C. 114(s)(7). TSA has
consistently met that requirement
through its regular stakeholder outreach
efforts. For the 2020 NSTS, TSA is
publishing this notice requesting
comments to enhance input and ensure
there are no untapped sources of
information from governments,
agencies, transportation-related
associations, private sector entities,
labor organizations, institutions of
higher learning, and other entities
beyond the scope of our normal
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TSA is specifically requesting
comments on issues that have the
potential for significant impacts on the
security and resilience of the
transportation systems. Because the
2018 NSTS was delivered to Congress
on April 4, 2018, the 2020 update will
only require revisions to reflect recent
changes in the risk environment.
Respondents are asked to provide
substantive revisions for any changes.
We also request that with your comment
submissions, you include your name,
contact information, affiliation, and the
mode or sector you are representing (if
applicable). TSA will consider all
comments received on or before the
closing date for comments. Late-filed
comments will be considered to the
extent practicable.
Please consider the following in your
review.
• The NSTS is a counterterrorism
strategy, not an all-hazards plan.
• The NSTS addresses risk-based
priorities to protect vital transportation
assets from terrorist attack. Consistent
with 49 U.S.C. 114(s)(3)(A), the scope of
vital transportation assets relevant to the
NSTS is defined by whether, in the
interests of national security and
commerce, the asset must be protected
from attack or disruption by terrorists or
other hostile forces.
• The strategic environment
considers the risks (threats,
vulnerabilities, and potential
consequences) of a terrorist attack.
TSA is specifically interested in
comments on the following issues:
• Does the 2018 NSTS adequately and
accurately capture risk-based priorities
that identify the types of activities
modal security officials in Government
and industry should pursue to manage
terrorism risks?
• Do the goals aggregate the major
elements of the vision into basic, allencompassing buckets (e.g., ‘‘Manage
Risks to Transportation Systems from
Terrorist Attack and Enhance System
Resilience’’ underneath the Vision of ‘‘A
secure and resilient transportation
system’’)?
• Does the Path Forward address
programmatic commitments needed to
advance security of transportation assets
and systems?
The most helpful comments reference
a specific portion of the 2018 NSTS,
explain the reason for any
recommended change, and include
supporting data, information, or
authority that supports such a
recommended change. A copy of the
2018 Biennial NSTS can be found by
accessing the TSA Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) Reading Room
via the following weblink: https://
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Dated: March 15, 2019.
David P. Pekoske,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No: FR–6146–N–01]
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
Office of Administration, HUD.
Notice of a new matching
program.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Computer
Matching and Privacy Protection Act of
1988, as amended, HUD is providing
notice of its intent to execute a new
computer matching agreement with
Social Security Administration for a
recurring matching program with HUD’s
Office of Public and Indian Housing
(PIH) and Office of Housing, involving
comparisons of SSN’s and benefit
information provided by participants in
any authorized HUD rental housing
assistance program. HUD will obtain
SSA data and make the results available
to: (1) Program administrators such as
public housing agencies (PHAs) and
private owners and management agents
(O/As) (collectively referred to as POAs)
to enable them to verify the accuracy of
income reported by the tenants
(participants) of HUD rental assistance
programs and (2) contract
administrators (CAs) overseeing and
monitoring O/A operations as well as
independent public auditors (IPAs) that
audit both PHAs and O/As.
The most recent renewal of the
current matching agreement will expire
on May 7, 2019.
DATES: The computer matching
agreement (CMA) will become
applicable at the later of the following
two dates: May 8, 2019 or 30 days after
the publication of this notice, unless
comments have been received from
interested members of the public
requiring modification and
republication of the notice. The
matching program will continue for 18
months after the applicable date and
may be extended for an additional 12
months, if the respective agency Data
Integrity Boards (DIBs) determine that
the conditions specified in 5 U.S.C.
552a(o)(2)(D) have been met.
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Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this notice at www.regulations.gov or to
the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of
General Counsel, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, Room 10110, SW,
Washington, DC 20410.
Communications should refer to the
above docket number. A copy of each
communication submitted will be
available for public inspection and
copying between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m. weekdays at the above address.
Persons with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Relay service at (800) 877–8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Bravacos, Departmental Privacy Officer,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street SW,
Room 10226, Washington, DC 20410,
telephone number (202) 402–6064. This
is not a toll-free number. A
telecommunication device for hearingand speech-impaired individuals (TTY)
is available at (800) 877–8339 (Federal
Relay Service).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice supersedes a similar notice
published in the Federal Register on
October 3, 2016, at 81 FR 68026.
Administrators of HUD rental assistance
programs rely upon the accuracy of
tenant-reported income to determine
participant eligibility for and level of,
rental assistance. The computer
matching program may provide
indicators of potential tenant
unreported or under-reported income,
which will require additional
verification to identify inappropriate or
inaccurate rental assistance and may
provide indicators for potential
administrative or legal actions. The
matching program will be carried out to
detect inappropriate or inaccurate rental
assistance under sections 221(d)(3),
221(d)(5), and 236 of the National
Housing Act, the United States Housing
Act of 1937, section 101 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of
1965, section 202 of the Housing Act of
1959, section 811 of the CranstonGonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act, the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996, and the Quality Housing and
Work Responsibility Act (QHWRA) of
1998. On March 11, 2009, Section 239
of HUD’s 2009 Appropriations Act
modified Section 904 of the Stewart B.
McKinney Act of 1988, as amended, to
include the Disaster Housing Assistance
program (DHAP) as a covered HUD
rental assistance program in HUD
computer matching activities.
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Specifically, the computer matching
program will match HUD’s tenant data
to SSA’s death data, Social Security (SS)
and Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) benefits data.
Participating Agencies: Department of
Housing and Urban Development and
the Social Security Administration.
Authority for Conducting the
Matching Program: This matching
program is being conducted pursuant to
the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C 552a);
542(b) of the 1998 Appropriations Act
(Pub. L. 105–65); section 904 of the
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42
U.S.C. 3544); section 165 of the Housing
and Community Development Act of
1987 (42 U.S.C. 3543); the National
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701–1750g);
the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437–1437z); section 101 of
the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C.
1701s); the Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and the
QHWRA Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C.
1437a(f)). The Housing and Community
Development Act of 1987 authorizes
HUD to require participants of HUD
rental housing assistance programs to
disclose their social security numbers
(SSNs) to HUD as a condition of
continuing (or initial) eligibility for
participation in the programs. The
QHWRA of 1998, section 508(d), 42
U.S.C. 1437a(f) authorizes the Secretary
of HUD to require disclosure by the
tenant to the PHA of income
information received by the tenant from
HUD as part of the income verification
procedures of HUD. The QHWRA was
amended by Public Law 106–74, which
extended the disclosure requirements to
participants in section 8, section 202,
and section 811 assistance programs.
The participants are required to disclose
the HUD-provided income information
to owners responsible for determining
the participant’s eligibility or level of
benefits.
The Refinement of Income and Rent
Determination Requirements in Public
and Assisted Housing Programs:
Implementation of the Enterprise
Income Verification (EIV) System—
Amendments; Final Rule published at
74 FR 68924 on December 29, 2009,
requires program administrators to use
HUD’s EIV system to verify tenant
income information during mandatory
reexaminations or recertifications of
family composition and income; and
reduce administrative and subsidy
payment errors in accordance with HUD
administrative guidance (24 CFR 5.233).
This computer matching program also
assists HUD in complying with the
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following federal laws, requirements,
and guidance related to identifying and
reducing improper payments:
1. Improper Payments Elimination
and Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA) (Pub.
L. 111–204);
2. Presidential Memorandum on
Enhancing Payment Accuracy Through
a ‘‘Do Not Pay List’’ (June 18, 2010);
3. Office of Management and Budget
M–10–13, Issuance of Part III to OMB
Circular A–123, Appendix C;
4. Presidential Memorandum on
Finding and Recapturing Improper
Payments (March 10, 2010);
5. Reducing Improper Payments and
Eliminating Waste in Federal Programs
(Executive Order 13520, November
2009);
6. Improper Payments Information
Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–300); and
7. Office of Management and Budget
M–03–13, Improper Payments
Information Act of 2002 Implementation
Guide.
Purpose(s): HUD’s primary objective
of the computer matching program is to
verify the income of participants in
certain rental assistance programs to
determine the appropriate level of rental
assistance, and to detect, deter and
correct fraud, waste, and abuse in rental
housing assistance programs. In meeting
these objectives, HUD also is carrying
out a responsibility under 42 U.S.C.
1437f(K) to ensure that income data
provided to PHAs, and O/As, by
household members is complete and
accurate. HUD’s various rental housing
assistance programs require that
participants meet certain income and
other criteria to be eligible for rental
assistance. In addition, tenants generally
are required to report and recertify the
amounts and sources of their income at
least annually. However, under the
Quality Housing and Work
Responsibility Act (QHWRA) of 1998,
PHAs operating Public Housing
programs may offer tenants the option to
pay a flat rent, or an income-based rent.
Those tenants who select a flat rent will
be required to recertify income at least
every three years. In addition, the
changes to the Admissions and
Occupancy final rule (March 29, 2000
(65 FR 16692)) specified that household
composition must be recertified
annually for tenants who select a flat
rent or income-based rent.
Other objectives of this computer
matching program include: (1)
Increasing the availability of rental
assistance to individuals who meet the
requirements of the rental assistance
programs; (2) after removal of personal
identifiers, conducting analyses of the
Social Security death data and benefit
information, and income reporting of
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program participants; and (3) measure
improper payments due to underreporting of income and/or overpayment
of subsidy on behalf of deceased
program participants.
Categories of Individuals
Covered Programs
This notice of computer matching
program applies to individuals receiving
assistance from the following rental
assistance programs:
A. Disaster Housing Assistance Program
(DHAP)
B. Public Housing
C. Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers
(HCV)
D. Project-Based Vouchers
E. Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation
F. Project-Based Section 8
1. New Construction
2. State Agency Financed
3. Substantial Rehabilitation
4. Sections 202/8
5. Rural Housing Services Section
515/8
6. Loan Management Set-Aside
(LMSA)
7. Property Disposition Set-Aside
(PDSA)
G. Section 101 Rent Supplement
H. Section 202/162 Project Assistance
Contract (PAC)
I. Section 202 Project Rental Assistance
Contract (PRAC)
J. Section 811 Project Rental Assistance
Contract (PRAC)
K. Section 236 Rental Assistance
Program
L. Section 221(d)(3) Below Market
Interest Rate (BMIR)
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Note: This notice does not apply to the
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) or
the Rural Housing Services Section 515
without Section 8 programs.
Categories of Records: The following
are the categories of record in this
matching agreement:
HUD will provide SSA with the
following information for each
individual for whom HUD requests
information:
• First name
• Last name
• SSN
• DOB
SSA will provide HUD with the
following information for each
individual for whom HUD requests
information:
• The amount of monthly benefits for
each recipient of Title II, Title XVI,
and Title VIII benefits
• SSN match/no match response
• In the case of a ‘‘no match’’, the
reason for the no match response in
the form of an error code.
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System(s) of Records: SSA will
conduct the matching of tenant SSNs
and additional identifiers (surnames
and dates of birth) to tenant data that
HUD supplies from its systems of
records known as the Tenant Rental
Assistance Certification System
(TRACS), a component of HUD’s Tenant
Housing Assistance and Contract
Verification Data System (HUD/H–11),
and the Inventory Management System
(IMS), formerly known as the Public and
Indian Housing Information Center
(PIC) (HUD/PIH.01). The notice for these
systems was published at 81 FR 56684
on August 22, 2016, and 77 FR 22337
on April 13, 2012, respectively. Program
administrators utilize the form HUD–
50058 module within the PIC system
and the form HUD–50059 module
within the TRACS to provide HUD with
the tenant data.
SSA will match the tenant records
included in HUD/H–11 and HUD/PIH–
4 to their systems of records known as
SSA’s Master Files of Social Security
Number Holders, and SSN Applications
(60–0058), published at 75 FR 82121 on
December 29, 2010; Master Beneficiary
Record (60–0090), published at 71 FR
1826 on January 11, 2006; and
Supplemental Security Income Record
and Special Veterans Benefits (60–
0103), published at 71 FR 1830 on
January 11, 2006. HUD will place the
resulting matched data into its
Enterprise Income Verification (EIV)
system (HUD/PIH–5). The notice for this
system was initially published at 70 FR
41780 on July 20, 2005, and last
amended on September 1, 2009 (74 FR
45235). The tenant records (one record
for each family member) include these
data elements: Full name, SSN, and date
of birth.
HUD data will also be matched to the
SSA’s Master Files of Social Security
Number Holders, and SSN Applications
(60–0058) for the purpose of validating
SSNs of participants of HUD rental
assistance programs to identify
noncompliance with program eligibility
requirements. HUD will compare tenant
SSNs provided by POAs to reveal
duplicate SSNs and potential duplicate
rental assistance.
Dated: March 21, 2019.
John Bravacos,
Senior Agency Official for Privacy.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
Notice of Receipt of Complaint;
Solicitation of Comments Relating to
the Public Interest
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has received a complaint
entitled Certain Female Fashion
Dresses, Jumpsuits, Maxi Skirts and
Accountrements, DN 3375; the
Commission is soliciting comments on
any public interest issues raised by the
complaint or complainant’s filing
pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
500 E Street SW, Washington, DC
20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. The
public version of the complaint can be
accessed on the Commission’s
Electronic Document Information
System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov,
and will be available for inspection
during official business hours (8:45 a.m.
to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the
Secretary, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its internet server at United
States International Trade Commission
(USITC) at https://www.usitc.gov. The
public record for this investigation may
be viewed on the Commission’s
Electronic Document Information
System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
Hearing-impaired persons are advised
that information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal on (202)
205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission has received a complaint
and a submission pursuant to § 210.8(b)
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure filed on behalf of Style
Pantry LLC on March 20, 2019. The
complaint alleges violations of section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1337) in the importation into the United
States, the sale for importation, and the
sale within the United States after
importation of certain female fashion
dresses, jumpsuits, maxi skirts and
accoutrements. The complaint names as
respondents: Amazon.com Inc. of
Seattle, WA; Xunyun of China and
Jianzhang Liao of China. The
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No: FR-6146-N-01]
Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program
AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of a new matching program.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act
of 1988, as amended, HUD is providing notice of its intent to execute a
new computer matching agreement with Social Security Administration for
a recurring matching program with HUD's Office of Public and Indian
Housing (PIH) and Office of Housing, involving comparisons of SSN's and
benefit information provided by participants in any authorized HUD
rental housing assistance program. HUD will obtain SSA data and make
the results available to: (1) Program administrators such as public
housing agencies (PHAs) and private owners and management agents (O/As)
(collectively referred to as POAs) to enable them to verify the
accuracy of income reported by the tenants (participants) of HUD rental
assistance programs and (2) contract administrators (CAs) overseeing
and monitoring O/A operations as well as independent public auditors
(IPAs) that audit both PHAs and O/As.
The most recent renewal of the current matching agreement will
expire on May 7, 2019.
DATES: The computer matching agreement (CMA) will become applicable at
the later of the following two dates: May 8, 2019 or 30 days after the
publication of this notice, unless comments have been received from
interested members of the public requiring modification and
republication of the notice. The matching program will continue for 18
months after the applicable date and may be extended for an additional
12 months, if the respective agency Data Integrity Boards (DIBs)
determine that the conditions specified in 5 U.S.C. 552a(o)(2)(D) have
been met.
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ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this notice at www.regulations.gov or to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office
of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, Room 10110, SW, Washington, DC 20410. Communications
should refer to the above docket number. A copy of each communication
submitted will be available for public inspection and copying between
8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays at the above address. Persons with
hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Relay service at (800) 877-8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Bravacos, Departmental Privacy
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW, Room 10226, Washington, DC 20410, telephone number (202)
402-6064. This is not a toll-free number. A telecommunication device
for hearing- and speech-impaired individuals (TTY) is available at
(800) 877-8339 (Federal Relay Service).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice supersedes a similar notice
published in the Federal Register on October 3, 2016, at 81 FR 68026.
Administrators of HUD rental assistance programs rely upon the accuracy
of tenant-reported income to determine participant eligibility for and
level of, rental assistance. The computer matching program may provide
indicators of potential tenant unreported or under-reported income,
which will require additional verification to identify inappropriate or
inaccurate rental assistance and may provide indicators for potential
administrative or legal actions. The matching program will be carried
out to detect inappropriate or inaccurate rental assistance under
sections 221(d)(3), 221(d)(5), and 236 of the National Housing Act, the
United States Housing Act of 1937, section 101 of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1965, section 202 of the Housing Act of
1959, section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act, the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act
of 1996, and the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act (QHWRA) of
1998. On March 11, 2009, Section 239 of HUD's 2009 Appropriations Act
modified Section 904 of the Stewart B. McKinney Act of 1988, as
amended, to include the Disaster Housing Assistance program (DHAP) as a
covered HUD rental assistance program in HUD computer matching
activities. Specifically, the computer matching program will match
HUD's tenant data to SSA's death data, Social Security (SS) and
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits data.
Participating Agencies: Department of Housing and Urban Development
and the Social Security Administration.
Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: This matching
program is being conducted pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C
552a); 542(b) of the 1998 Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 105-65); section
904 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of
1988 (42 U.S.C. 3544); section 165 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3543); the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1701-1750g); the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437-1437z); section 101 of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); the Native American Housing Assistance and
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and the QHWRA
Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(f)). The Housing and Community Development
Act of 1987 authorizes HUD to require participants of HUD rental
housing assistance programs to disclose their social security numbers
(SSNs) to HUD as a condition of continuing (or initial) eligibility for
participation in the programs. The QHWRA of 1998, section 508(d), 42
U.S.C. 1437a(f) authorizes the Secretary of HUD to require disclosure
by the tenant to the PHA of income information received by the tenant
from HUD as part of the income verification procedures of HUD. The
QHWRA was amended by Public Law 106-74, which extended the disclosure
requirements to participants in section 8, section 202, and section 811
assistance programs. The participants are required to disclose the HUD-
provided income information to owners responsible for determining the
participant's eligibility or level of benefits.
The Refinement of Income and Rent Determination Requirements in
Public and Assisted Housing Programs: Implementation of the Enterprise
Income Verification (EIV) System--Amendments; Final Rule published at
74 FR 68924 on December 29, 2009, requires program administrators to
use HUD's EIV system to verify tenant income information during
mandatory reexaminations or recertifications of family composition and
income; and reduce administrative and subsidy payment errors in
accordance with HUD administrative guidance (24 CFR 5.233).
This computer matching program also assists HUD in complying with
the following federal laws, requirements, and guidance related to
identifying and reducing improper payments:
1. Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (IPERA)
(Pub. L. 111-204);
2. Presidential Memorandum on Enhancing Payment Accuracy Through a
``Do Not Pay List'' (June 18, 2010);
3. Office of Management and Budget M-10-13, Issuance of Part III to
OMB Circular A-123, Appendix C;
4. Presidential Memorandum on Finding and Recapturing Improper
Payments (March 10, 2010);
5. Reducing Improper Payments and Eliminating Waste in Federal
Programs (Executive Order 13520, November 2009);
6. Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-300); and
7. Office of Management and Budget M-03-13, Improper Payments
Information Act of 2002 Implementation Guide.
Purpose(s): HUD's primary objective of the computer matching
program is to verify the income of participants in certain rental
assistance programs to determine the appropriate level of rental
assistance, and to detect, deter and correct fraud, waste, and abuse in
rental housing assistance programs. In meeting these objectives, HUD
also is carrying out a responsibility under 42 U.S.C. 1437f(K) to
ensure that income data provided to PHAs, and O/As, by household
members is complete and accurate. HUD's various rental housing
assistance programs require that participants meet certain income and
other criteria to be eligible for rental assistance. In addition,
tenants generally are required to report and recertify the amounts and
sources of their income at least annually. However, under the Quality
Housing and Work Responsibility Act (QHWRA) of 1998, PHAs operating
Public Housing programs may offer tenants the option to pay a flat
rent, or an income-based rent. Those tenants who select a flat rent
will be required to recertify income at least every three years. In
addition, the changes to the Admissions and Occupancy final rule (March
29, 2000 (65 FR 16692)) specified that household composition must be
recertified annually for tenants who select a flat rent or income-based
rent.
Other objectives of this computer matching program include: (1)
Increasing the availability of rental assistance to individuals who
meet the requirements of the rental assistance programs; (2) after
removal of personal identifiers, conducting analyses of the Social
Security death data and benefit information, and income reporting of
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program participants; and (3) measure improper payments due to under-
reporting of income and/or overpayment of subsidy on behalf of deceased
program participants.
Categories of Individuals
Covered Programs
This notice of computer matching program applies to individuals
receiving assistance from the following rental assistance programs:
A. Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP)
B. Public Housing
C. Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV)
D. Project-Based Vouchers
E. Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation
F. Project-Based Section 8
1. New Construction
2. State Agency Financed
3. Substantial Rehabilitation
4. Sections 202/8
5. Rural Housing Services Section 515/8
6. Loan Management Set-Aside (LMSA)
7. Property Disposition Set-Aside (PDSA)
G. Section 101 Rent Supplement
H. Section 202/162 Project Assistance Contract (PAC)
I. Section 202 Project Rental Assistance Contract (PRAC)
J. Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Contract (PRAC)
K. Section 236 Rental Assistance Program
L. Section 221(d)(3) Below Market Interest Rate (BMIR)
Note: This notice does not apply to the Low-Income Housing Tax
Credit (LIHTC) or the Rural Housing Services Section 515 without
Section 8 programs.
Categories of Records: The following are the categories of record
in this matching agreement:
HUD will provide SSA with the following information for each
individual for whom HUD requests information:
First name
Last name
SSN
DOB
SSA will provide HUD with the following information for each
individual for whom HUD requests information:
The amount of monthly benefits for each recipient of Title II,
Title XVI, and Title VIII benefits
SSN match/no match response
In the case of a ``no match'', the reason for the no match
response in the form of an error code.
System(s) of Records: SSA will conduct the matching of tenant SSNs
and additional identifiers (surnames and dates of birth) to tenant data
that HUD supplies from its systems of records known as the Tenant
Rental Assistance Certification System (TRACS), a component of HUD's
Tenant Housing Assistance and Contract Verification Data System (HUD/H-
11), and the Inventory Management System (IMS), formerly known as the
Public and Indian Housing Information Center (PIC) (HUD/PIH.01). The
notice for these systems was published at 81 FR 56684 on August 22,
2016, and 77 FR 22337 on April 13, 2012, respectively. Program
administrators utilize the form HUD-50058 module within the PIC system
and the form HUD-50059 module within the TRACS to provide HUD with the
tenant data.
SSA will match the tenant records included in HUD/H-11 and HUD/PIH-
4 to their systems of records known as SSA's Master Files of Social
Security Number Holders, and SSN Applications (60-0058), published at
75 FR 82121 on December 29, 2010; Master Beneficiary Record (60-0090),
published at 71 FR 1826 on January 11, 2006; and Supplemental Security
Income Record and Special Veterans Benefits (60-0103), published at 71
FR 1830 on January 11, 2006. HUD will place the resulting matched data
into its Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system (HUD/PIH-5). The
notice for this system was initially published at 70 FR 41780 on July
20, 2005, and last amended on September 1, 2009 (74 FR 45235). The
tenant records (one record for each family member) include these data
elements: Full name, SSN, and date of birth.
HUD data will also be matched to the SSA's Master Files of Social
Security Number Holders, and SSN Applications (60-0058) for the purpose
of validating SSNs of participants of HUD rental assistance programs to
identify noncompliance with program eligibility requirements. HUD will
compare tenant SSNs provided by POAs to reveal duplicate SSNs and
potential duplicate rental assistance.
Dated: March 21, 2019.
John Bravacos,
Senior Agency Official for Privacy.
[FR Doc. 2019-05763 Filed 3-25-19; 8:45 am]
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