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fiber connection to CME Group market
data from at least three providers,
including IDS.
The Exchange operates in a highly
competitive market in which exchanges
and other vendors (e.g., Hosting Users)
offer co-location services as a means to
facilitate the trading and other market
activities of those market participants
who believe that co-location enhances
the efficiency of their operations. The
Commission has repeatedly expressed
its preference for competition over
regulatory intervention in determining
prices, products, and services in the
securities markets. Specifically, in
Regulation NMS, the Commission
highlighted the importance of market
forces in determining prices and SRO
revenues and, also, recognized that
current regulation of the market system
‘‘has been remarkably successful in
promoting market competition in its
broader forms that are most important to
investors and listed companies.’’ 21
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
No written comments were solicited
or received with respect to the proposed
rule change.
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III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Because the foregoing proposed rule
change does not: (i) Significantly affect
the protection of investors or the public
interest; (ii) impose any significant
burden on competition; and (iii) become
operative for 30 days from the date on
which it was filed, or such shorter time
as the Commission may designate, it has
become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 22 and Rule 19b–
4(f)(6) thereunder.23
At any time within 60 days of the
filing of the proposed rule change, the
Commission summarily may
temporarily suspend such rule change if
it appears to the Commission that such
action is necessary or appropriate in the
public interest, for the protection of
investors, or otherwise in furtherance of
the purposes of the Act. If the
Commission takes such action, the
21 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51808
(June 9, 2005), 70 FR 37496, 37499 (June 29, 2005).
22 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
23 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b–
4(f)(6)(iii) requires a self-regulatory organization to
give the Commission written notice of its intent to
file the proposed rule change, along with a brief
description and text of the proposed rule change,
at least five business days prior to the date of filing
of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time
as designated by the Commission. The Exchange
has satisfied this requirement.
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Commission shall institute proceedings
to determine whether the proposed rule
change should be approved or
disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
NYSEAMER–2021–43 on the subject
line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–NYSEAMER–2021–43. This
file number should be included on the
subject line if email is used. To help the
Commission process and review your
comments more efficiently, please use
only one method. The Commission will
post all comments on the Commission’s
internet website (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml). 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 website viewing and
printing in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549, on official
business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the
filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal
office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change.
Persons submitting comments are
cautioned that we do not redact or edit
personal identifying information from
comment submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish
to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File
Number SR–NYSEAMER–2021–43, and
should be submitted on or before
December 9, 2021.
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For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.24
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–25127 Filed 11–17–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA–2021–0045]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: 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 104–13, the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, effective October
1, 1995. This notice includes revisions
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
Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Submit your
comments online referencing Docket ID
Number [SSA–2021–0045].
(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
Or you may submit your comments
online through https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket
ID Number [SSA–2021–0045].
SSA submitted the information
collections below to OMB for clearance.
Your comments regarding these
information collections would be most
useful if OMB and SSA receive them
within 30 days from the date of this
publication. To be sure we consider
your comments, we must receive them
no later than December 20, 2021.
Individuals can obtain copies of these
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OMB clearance packages by writing to
OR.Reports.Clearance@ssa.gov.
1. Certificate of Support—20 CFR
404.370, 404.408a, and 404.750—0960–
0001. A parent of a deceased, fully
insured worker may be entitled to Social
Security Old-Age, Survivors, and
Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits
based on the earnings record of the
deceased worker under certain
conditions. One of the conditions is
when the parent receives at least onehalf support from the deceased worker
at certain points in time. The one-half
support requirement also applies to a
spousal applicant in determining
whether OASDI benefits are subject to
Government Pension Offset (GPO). SSA
uses Form SSA–760, Certificate of
Support, to determine if the parent of a
deceased worker or a spouse applicant
meets the one-half support requirement.
Respondents are parents of deceased
workers and spouses who may meet the
GPO exception.
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)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–760 ..................................................
18,000
1
15
4,500
* $27.07
** $121,815
* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
2. Medical Source Opinion of
Patient’s Capability to Manage
Benefits—20 CFR 404.2015 and
416.615—0960–0024. SSA appoints a
representative payee in cases where we
determine beneficiaries are not capable
of managing their own benefits. In these
instances, we require medical evidence
to determine the beneficiaries’
capability of managing or directing their
benefit payments. SSA collects medical
evidence on Form SSA–787, Medical
Source Opinion of Patient’s Capability
to Manage Benefits, to: (1) Determine
beneficiaries’ capability or inability to
handle their own benefits; and (2) assist
in determining the beneficiaries’ need
for a representative payee. The
respondents are the beneficiary’s
physicians or medical officers of the
institution in which the beneficiary
resides.
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)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–787 ..................................................
767,737
1
20
255,912
* $105.22
** $26,927,061
* We based this figure on the national average medical professionals’ salaries as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://
www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291228.htm).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
3. Work Activity Report—Employee—
20 CFR 404.1520(b), 404.1571–404.1576,
404.1584–404.1593, and 416.971–
404.976—0960–0059. SSA uses Form
SSA–821–BK, Work Activity Report—
Employee, and its electronic version,
the SSA–821–APP, to collect recipient
employment information to determine
whether recipients worked after
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Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
becoming disabled and, if so, whether
the work is substantial gainful activity.
SSA uses the SSA–821–BK and SSA–
821–APP to obtain work information
during the initial claims process, the
continuing disability review process,
post-adjudicative work issue actions,
and for Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) claims involving work issues. SSA
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
reviews and evaluates the data to
determine if the applicant or recipient
meets the disability requirements of the
law. The respondents are applicants or
recipients of Title II Social Security
Disability, and Title XVI SSI applicants.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average wait
time in field
office or for
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–821–BK (Paper) ..
SSA–821–APP (Electronic) ........................
319,900
1
30
159,950
* $10.95
** 21
*** $2,977,469
91,400
1
30
45,700
* 10.95
........................
*** 500,415
Totals ....................
411,300
........................
........................
205,650
........................
........................
*** 3,477,884
* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.pdf).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, based on SSA’s current
management information data.
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*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application;
rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual
charge to respondents to complete the application.
Application for Supplemental Security
Income, to apply for SSI. SSA uses the
information from Form SSA–8000–BK,
and its electronic Intranet counterpart,
the SSI Claim System, to: (1) Determine
whether SSI claimants meet all statutory
and regulatory eligibility requirements;
and (2) calculate SSI payment amounts.
4. Application for Supplemental
Security Income—20 CFR 416.207 and
416.305–416.335, Subpart C—0960–
0229. The SSI program provides aged,
blind, and disabled individuals who
have little or no income, with funds for
food, clothing, and shelter. Individuals
complete Form SSA–8000–BK,
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Frequency of
response
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
The respondents are applicants for SSI
or their representative payees.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Note: This is a correction notice: SSA
published the incorrect burden information
for this collection at 86 FR 47190, on 8/23/
21. We are correcting this error here.
Average wait
time in field
office or for
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSI Claim System ........
SSA–8000–BK (Paper
Form) ........................
1,646,520
1
35
960,470
* $19.01
** 21
$29,213,656
705
1
40
470
* 19.01
** 21
*** 13,630
Totals ....................
1,647,225
........................
........................
960,940
........................
........................
*** 29,227,286
* We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA’s current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/
2021FactSheet.pdf), and the average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, based on SSA’s current
management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application;
rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual
charge to respondents to complete the application.
5. State Supplementation Provisions:
Agreement; Payments—20 CFR
416.2095–416.2098, and 416.2099—
0960–0240. Section 1618 of the Social
Security Act (Act) requires those states
administering their own supplementary
income payment program(s) to
demonstrate compliance with the Act by
passing Federal cost-of-living increases
on to individuals who are eligible for
state supplementary payments. SSA
requires states to report to SSA their
compliance of the passing-along of such
increases. In general, states report their
supplementary payment information
annually through the maintenance-ofpayment levels method. However, SSA
may ask them to report up to four times
in a year through the total-expenditures
method. Regardless of the method, the
states confirm their compliance with the
requirements, and provide any changes
to their optional supplementary
payment rates. SSA uses the
information to determine each state’s
compliance or noncompliance with the
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
pass-along requirements of the Act to
determine eligibility for Medicaid
reimbursement. If a state fails to keep
payments at the required level, it
becomes ineligible for Medicaid
reimbursement under Title XIX of the
Act. Respondents are state agencies
administering supplementary income
payment programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
Total Expenditures ...................................
Maintenance of Payment Levels .............
11
22
1
1
60
60
11
22
* $21.46
* 21.46
** $236
** 472
Totals ................................................
33
........................
........................
33
........................
** 708
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* We based this figure on the average state Eligibility for Government Programs Interviewers hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor
Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes434061.htm).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
6. Representative Payee Report of
Benefits and Dedicated Account—20
CFR 416.546, 416.635, 416.640, and
416.665—0960–0576. SSA requires
representative payees to submit a
written report accounting for the use of
money paid to Social Security or SSI
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recipients, and to establish and
maintain a dedicated account for these
payments. SSA uses Form SSA–6233,
Representative Payee Report of Benefits
and Dedicated Account, to: (1) Ensure
the representative payees use the
payments for the recipient’s current
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maintenance and personal needs; and
(2) confirm the expenditures of funds
from the dedicated account remain in
compliance with the law. Respondents
are representative payees for SSI and
Social Security recipients.
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Type of Request: Revision of an OMB
approved information collection.
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
SSA–6233 ....................
31,500
1
20
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average wait
time in field
office or for
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
10,500
* $27.07
** 21
*** $582,682
* We based this figure on average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, based on SSA’s current
management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application;
rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual
charge to respondents to complete the application.
7. Credit Card Payment Form—0960–
0648. SSA uses Form SSA–1414, Credit
Card Payment Form, to process: (1)
Credit card payments from former
employees and vendors with
outstanding debts to the agency; (2)
advance payments for reimbursable
agreements; and (3) credit card
payments for all Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) requests requiring payment.
The respondents are former employees
and vendors who have outstanding
debts to the agency; entities who have
reimbursable agreements with SSA; and
individuals who request information
through FOIA.
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)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–1414 ................................................
6,000
1
2
200
* $27.07
** $5,414
* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
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8. Registration for Appointed
Representative Services and Direct
Payment—0960–0732. SSA uses Form
SSA–1699, Registration for Appointed
Representative Services and Direct
Payment, to register appointed
representatives of claimants before SSA
who:
• Want to register for direct payment
of fees;
• Registered for direct payment of
fees prior to 10/31/09, but need to
update their information;
• Registered as appointed
representatives on or after 10/31/09, but
need to update their information; or
• Received a notice from SSA
instructing them to complete this form.
By registering these individuals, SSA:
(1) Authenticates and authorizes them
to do business with us; (2) allows them
to access our records for the claimants
they represent; (3) facilitates direct
payment of authorized fees to appointed
representatives; and, (4) collects the
information we need to meet Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) requirements to
issue specific IRS forms if we pay an
appointed representative in excess of a
specific amount ($600). The
respondents are appointed
representatives who want to use Form
SSA–1699 for any of the purposes cited
in this Notice.
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)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–1699 ................................................
10,382
1
20
3,461
* $71.59
** $247,773
* We based this figure on average Lawyers hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (www.bls.gov/oes/current/
oes231011.htm).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
9. Notification of a Social Security
Number (SSN) to an Employer for Wage
Reporting Purposes—20 CFR
422.103(a)—0960–0778. Individuals
applying for employment must provide
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an SSN or indicate they have applied for
one. However, when an individual
applies for an initial SSN, there is a
delay between the assignment of the
number and the delivery of the SSN
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card. At an individual’s request, SSA
uses Form SSA–132, Notification of a
Social Security Number (SSN) to an
Employer for Wage Reporting Purposes,
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employer. Mailing this information to
the employer: (1) Ensures the employer
has the correct SSN for the individual;
(2) allows SSA to receive correct
earnings information for wage reporting
purposes; and (3) reduces the delay in
the initial SSN assignment and delivery
of the SSN information directly to the
employer. It also enables SSA to verify
the employer as a safeguard for the
applicant’s personally identifiable
information. The respondents are
Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
SSA–132 ......................
124,668
1
2
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individuals applying for an initial SSN
who ask SSA to mail confirmation of
their application or the SSN to their
employers.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Average wait
time in field
office or for
teleservice
centers
(minutes) **
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
4,156
* $27.07
** 24
*** $1,462,403
* We based this figure on average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/
oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices, based on SSA’s current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application;
rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual
charge to respondents to complete the application.
10. Data Exchange Request Form—20
CFR 401.100—0960–0802. SSA
maintains approximately 3,000 data
exchange agreements and regularly
receives new requests from Federal,
State, local, and foreign governments, as
well as private organizations, to share
data electronically. SSA engages in
various forms of data exchanges from
Social Security number verifications to
computer matches for benefit eligibility,
depending on the requestor’s business
needs. Section 1106 of the Act requires
we consider the requestor’s legal
authority to receive the data, our
disclosure policies, systems’ feasibility,
systems’ security, and costs before
entering into a data exchange
agreement. We use Form SSA–157, Data
Exchange Request Form, for this
Number of
respondents
Modality of completion
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
purpose. Requesting agencies,
governments, or private organizations
will use the form when voluntarily
initiating a request for data exchange
from SSA. Respondents are Federal,
State, local, and foreign governments, as
well as private organizations seeking to
share data electronically with SSA.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
State, local, and tribal governments ........
Private sector organizations ....................
139
74
1
1
45
45
104
56
* $42.85
* 42.85
** $4,456
** 2,400
Totals ................................................
213
........................
........................
160
........................
** 6,856
* We based this figure by averaging the average Management Analyst hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data
(www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes131111.htm); the average Business and Financial Operations hourly salary (www.bls.gov/oes/current/
oes130000.htm); and the average Epidemiologist hourly salary (www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes191041.htm).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
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11. Fee Agreement for Representation
before the Social Security
Administration—0960–0810. The Act
requires individuals who represent a
claimant before the agency and want to
receive a fee for their services to obtain
SSA’s authorization of the fee. One way
to obtain the authorization is to submit
the fee agreement to the agency either in
writing or by using Form SSA–1693, Fee
Agreement for Representation before the
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Social Security Administration. Since
representatives currently use fee
agreements which vary in length,
content, and complexity, submission of
a free-form fee agreement may cause
delays in SSA’s review time. Therefore,
SSA encourages respondents to use
Form SSA–1693 to submit the
information either using the paper form
or the electronically submittable e1693
through SSA’s website. SSA uses the
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information from the SSA–1693 to
review the request and authorize any fee
to representatives who seek to charge
and collect a fee from a claimant. The
respondents are the representatives who
help claimants through the application
process, and the claimants who they
represent.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMBapproved information collection.
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Modality of completion
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Average
theoretical
hourly cost
amount
(dollars) *
Total annual
opportunity
cost
(dollars) **
SSA–1693 ................................................
5,000
1
13
1,083
* $50.47
** $54,659
* We based this figure on the averaged total of the average Lawyer’s Legal Services wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data
(https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes231011.htm), and the average U.S. worker’s hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data
(https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather, these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
Dated: November 15, 2021.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
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BILLING CODE 4191–02–P
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Termination of Actions in the Section
301 Digital Services Tax Investigations
of Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and the
United Kingdom and Further
Monitoring
Office of the United States
Trade Representative (USTR).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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I. Proceedings in the Investigations
On October 8, 2021, Austria,
France, Italy, Spain, and the United
Kingdom joined the United States and
130 other jurisdictions participating in
the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting in
reaching a political agreement on a twopillar solution to address tax challenges
arising from the digitalization of the
world economy. As part of Pillar 1, all
parties agreed to remove existing Digital
Services Taxes (DSTs) and other
relevant similar measures, and to
coordinate the withdrawal of these
taxes. On October 21, 2021, the U.S.
Department of the Treasury (Treasury)
issued a joint statement with Austria,
France, Italy, Spain, and the United
Kingdom on a transitional approach to
those countries’ DSTs prior to entry into
force of Pillar 1. The joint statement
reflects a political agreement that DST
liabilities accrued during the
transitional period will be creditable in
defined circumstances against future
income taxes due under Pillar 1. Based
on the commitments of Austria, France,
Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom to
remove their DSTs pursuant to Pillar 1
and on their political agreement to the
transitional approach prior to Pillar 1’s
entry into force, the U.S. Trade
Representative has determined to
terminate the section 301 actions taken
in the respective investigations of these
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countries’ DSTs. In coordination with
Treasury, USTR will monitor
implementation of the removal of these
countries’ DSTs as provided for under
Pillar 1 and the transitional approach as
provided in the joint statement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions concerning the actions, please
contact Benjamin Allen, Thomas Au,
Patrick Childress, or Kate Hadley,
Assistant General Counsels at (202)
395–9439, (202) 395–0380, (202) 395–
9531, and (202) 395–3911, respectively,
Robert Tanner, Director, Services and
Investment at (202) 395–6125, or
Michael Rogers, Director for Europe at
(202) 395–2684.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
For background on the proceedings in
the section 301 investigations of DSTs
adopted by Austria, France, Italy, Spain,
and the United Kingdom, please see
prior notices including: 84 FR 34042
(July 16, 2019) (France); 84 FR 66956
(December 6, 2019) (France); 85 FR
43292 (July 16, 2020) (France); 85 FR
34709 (June 5, 2020) (Austria, Italy,
Spain, United Kingdom); 86 FR 2477
(January 12, 2021) (Italy); 86 FR 6406
(January 21, 2021) (Austria); 86 FR 6407
(January 21, 2021) (Spain); 86 FR 6406
(January 21, 2021) (United Kingdom); 86
FR 16816 (Austria); 86 FR 16819 (Italy);
86 FR 16813 (Spain); and 86 FR 16829
(United Kingdom).
In January 2021, the U.S. Trade
Representative indefinitely suspended
the section 301 action in the
investigation of France’s DST in light of
the ongoing DST investigations of other
jurisdictions. 86 FR 2479 (January 12,
2021). On June 2, 2021, the U.S. Trade
Representative determined to take
action in the form of additional duties
on certain products of Austria, Italy,
Spain, and the United Kingdom, and to
immediately suspend those additional
duties for up to 180 days. 86 FR 30361
(June 7, 2021) (Austria); 86 FR 30350
(June 7, 2021) (Italy); 86 FR 30358 (June
7, 2021) (Spain); 86 FR 30364 (June 7,
2021) (United Kingdom).
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II. OECD/G20 Negotiations
One-hundred forty-one jurisdictions
are engaged in international tax
negotiations under the OECD/G20
Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion
and Profit Shifting. On October 8, 2021,
Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and the
United Kingdom joined the United
States and 130 other participants in
reaching political agreement on a
Statement on a Two-Pillar Solution to
Address the Tax Challenges Arising
from the Digitalisation of the Economy.
OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit
Shifting Project, Statement on a TwoPillar Solution to Address the Tax
Challenges Arising from the
Digitalisation of the Economy (Oct. 8,
2021) at https://www.oecd.org/tax/beps/
statement-on-a-two-pillar-solution-toaddress-the-tax-challenges-arising-fromthe-digitalisation-of-the-economyoctober-2021.pdf (the OECD/G20 TwoPillar Solution). The statement provides
that Pillar 1 will be implemented
through a multilateral convention. With
respect to DSTs, the statement provides:
The Multilateral Convention (MLC)
will require all parties to remove all
Digital Services Taxes and other
relevant similar measures with respect
to all companies, and to commit not to
introduce such measures in the future.
No newly enacted Digital Services Taxes
or other relevant similar measures will
be imposed on any company from 8
October 2021 and until the earlier of 31
December 2023 or the coming into force
of the MLC. The modality for the
removal of existing Digital Services
Taxes and other relevant similar
measures will be appropriately
coordinated.
III. Joint Statement
On October 21, 2021, the United
States, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and
the United Kingdom issued a joint
statement that describes a political
compromise reached among these
countries on a transitional approach to
existing Unilateral Measures while
implementing Pillar 1. Joint Statement
from the United States, Austria, France,
Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
[Docket No: SSA-2021-0045]
Agency Information Collection Activities: 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 104-13, the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, effective October 1, 1995. This notice
includes revisions 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
Comments: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Submit your
comments online referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-2021-0045].
(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: [email protected]
Or you may submit your comments online through https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, referencing Docket ID Number [SSA-
2021-0045].
SSA submitted the information collections below to OMB for
clearance. Your comments regarding these information collections would
be most useful if OMB and SSA receive them within 30 days from the date
of this publication. To be sure we consider your comments, we must
receive them no later than December 20, 2021. Individuals can obtain
copies of these
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OMB clearance packages by writing to [email protected].
1. Certificate of Support--20 CFR 404.370, 404.408a, and 404.750--
0960-0001. A parent of a deceased, fully insured worker may be entitled
to Social Security Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)
benefits based on the earnings record of the deceased worker under
certain conditions. One of the conditions is when the parent receives
at least one-half support from the deceased worker at certain points in
time. The one-half support requirement also applies to a spousal
applicant in determining whether OASDI benefits are subject to
Government Pension Offset (GPO). SSA uses Form SSA-760, Certificate of
Support, to determine if the parent of a deceased worker or a spouse
applicant meets the one-half support requirement. Respondents are
parents of deceased workers and spouses who may meet the GPO exception.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-760........................................... 18,000 1 15 4,500 * $27.07 ** $121,815
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* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
2. Medical Source Opinion of Patient's Capability to Manage
Benefits--20 CFR 404.2015 and 416.615--0960-0024. SSA appoints a
representative payee in cases where we determine beneficiaries are not
capable of managing their own benefits. In these instances, we require
medical evidence to determine the beneficiaries' capability of managing
or directing their benefit payments. SSA collects medical evidence on
Form SSA-787, Medical Source Opinion of Patient's Capability to Manage
Benefits, to: (1) Determine beneficiaries' capability or inability to
handle their own benefits; and (2) assist in determining the
beneficiaries' need for a representative payee. The respondents are the
beneficiary's physicians or medical officers of the institution in
which the beneficiary resides.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-787........................................... 767,737 1 20 255,912 * $105.22 ** $26,927,061
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* We based this figure on the national average medical professionals' salaries as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291228.htm).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
3. Work Activity Report--Employee--20 CFR 404.1520(b), 404.1571-
404.1576, 404.1584-404.1593, and 416.971-404.976--0960-0059. SSA uses
Form SSA-821-BK, Work Activity Report--Employee, and its electronic
version, the SSA-821-APP, to collect recipient employment information
to determine whether recipients worked after becoming disabled and, if
so, whether the work is substantial gainful activity. SSA uses the SSA-
821-BK and SSA-821-APP to obtain work information during the initial
claims process, the continuing disability review process, post-
adjudicative work issue actions, and for Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) claims involving work issues. SSA reviews and evaluates the data
to determine if the applicant or recipient meets the disability
requirements of the law. The respondents are applicants or recipients
of Title II Social Security Disability, and Title XVI SSI applicants.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average wait
Average time in field Total annual
Number of Frequency of Average burden Estimated theoretical office or for opportunity
Modality of completion respondents response per response total annual hourly cost teleservice cost (dollars)
(minutes) burden (hours) amount centers **
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA-821-BK (Paper)...................... 319,900 1 30 159,950 * $10.95 ** 21 *** $2,977,469
SSA-821-APP (Electronic)................ 91,400 1 30 45,700 * 10.95 .............. *** 500,415
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Totals.............................. 411,300 .............. .............. 205,650 .............. .............. *** 3,477,884
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* We based this figure on the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.pdf).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, based on SSA's current management
information data.
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*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
4. Application for Supplemental Security Income--20 CFR 416.207 and
416.305-416.335, Subpart C--0960-0229. The SSI program provides aged,
blind, and disabled individuals who have little or no income, with
funds for food, clothing, and shelter. Individuals complete Form SSA-
8000-BK, Application for Supplemental Security Income, to apply for
SSI. SSA uses the information from Form SSA-8000-BK, and its electronic
Intranet counterpart, the SSI Claim System, to: (1) Determine whether
SSI claimants meet all statutory and regulatory eligibility
requirements; and (2) calculate SSI payment amounts. The respondents
are applicants for SSI or their representative payees.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
Note: This is a correction notice: SSA published the incorrect
burden information for this collection at 86 FR 47190, on 8/23/21.
We are correcting this error here.
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Average wait
Average time in field Total annual
Number of Frequency of Average burden Estimated theoretical office or for opportunity
Modality of completion respondents response per response total annual hourly cost teleservice cost
(minutes) burden (hours) amount centers (dollars) **
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSI Claim System........................ 1,646,520 1 35 960,470 * $19.01 ** 21 $29,213,656
SSA-8000-BK (Paper Form)................ 705 1 40 470 * 19.01 ** 21 *** 13,630
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Totals.............................. 1,647,225 .............. .............. 960,940 .............. .............. *** 29,227,286
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* We based this figure by averaging both the average DI payments based on SSA's current FY 2021 data (https://www.ssa.gov/legislation/2021FactSheet.pdf), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, based on SSA's current management
information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
5. State Supplementation Provisions: Agreement; Payments--20 CFR
416.2095-416.2098, and 416.2099--0960-0240. Section 1618 of the Social
Security Act (Act) requires those states administering their own
supplementary income payment program(s) to demonstrate compliance with
the Act by passing Federal cost-of-living increases on to individuals
who are eligible for state supplementary payments. SSA requires states
to report to SSA their compliance of the passing-along of such
increases. In general, states report their supplementary payment
information annually through the maintenance-of-payment levels method.
However, SSA may ask them to report up to four times in a year through
the total-expenditures method. Regardless of the method, the states
confirm their compliance with the requirements, and provide any changes
to their optional supplementary payment rates. SSA uses the information
to determine each state's compliance or noncompliance with the pass-
along requirements of the Act to determine eligibility for Medicaid
reimbursement. If a state fails to keep payments at the required level,
it becomes ineligible for Medicaid reimbursement under Title XIX of the
Act. Respondents are state agencies administering supplementary income
payment programs.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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Total Expenditures...................................... 11 1 60 11 * $21.46 ** $236
Maintenance of Payment Levels........................... 22 1 60 22 * 21.46 ** 472
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Totals.............................................. 33 .............. .............. 33 .............. ** 708
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* We based this figure on the average state Eligibility for Government Programs Interviewers hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics
data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes434061.htm).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
6. Representative Payee Report of Benefits and Dedicated Account--
20 CFR 416.546, 416.635, 416.640, and 416.665--0960-0576. SSA requires
representative payees to submit a written report accounting for the use
of money paid to Social Security or SSI recipients, and to establish
and maintain a dedicated account for these payments. SSA uses Form SSA-
6233, Representative Payee Report of Benefits and Dedicated Account,
to: (1) Ensure the representative payees use the payments for the
recipient's current maintenance and personal needs; and (2) confirm the
expenditures of funds from the dedicated account remain in compliance
with the law. Respondents are representative payees for SSI and Social
Security recipients.
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Type of Request: Revision of an OMB approved information
collection.
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Average wait
Average time in field Total annual
Number of Frequency of Average burden Estimated total theoretical office or for opportunity
Modality of completion respondents response per response annual burden hourly cost teleservice cost (dollars)
(minutes) (hours) amount centers **
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA-6233......................... 31,500 1 20 10,500 * $27.07 ** 21 *** $582,682
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* We based this figure on average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** We based this figure on averaging both the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices and teleservice centers, based on SSA's current management
information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
7. Credit Card Payment Form--0960-0648. SSA uses Form SSA-1414,
Credit Card Payment Form, to process: (1) Credit card payments from
former employees and vendors with outstanding debts to the agency; (2)
advance payments for reimbursable agreements; and (3) credit card
payments for all Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests requiring
payment. The respondents are former employees and vendors who have
outstanding debts to the agency; entities who have reimbursable
agreements with SSA; and individuals who request information through
FOIA.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-1414.......................................... 6,000 1 2 200 * $27.07 ** $5,414
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* We based this figure on the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
8. Registration for Appointed Representative Services and Direct
Payment--0960-0732. SSA uses Form SSA-1699, Registration for Appointed
Representative Services and Direct Payment, to register appointed
representatives of claimants before SSA who:
Want to register for direct payment of fees;
Registered for direct payment of fees prior to 10/31/09,
but need to update their information;
Registered as appointed representatives on or after 10/31/
09, but need to update their information; or
Received a notice from SSA instructing them to complete
this form.
By registering these individuals, SSA: (1) Authenticates and
authorizes them to do business with us; (2) allows them to access our
records for the claimants they represent; (3) facilitates direct
payment of authorized fees to appointed representatives; and, (4)
collects the information we need to meet Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
requirements to issue specific IRS forms if we pay an appointed
representative in excess of a specific amount ($600). The respondents
are appointed representatives who want to use Form SSA-1699 for any of
the purposes cited in this Notice.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-1699.......................................... 10,382 1 20 3,461 * $71.59 ** $247,773
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* We based this figure on average Lawyers hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes231011.htm).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
9. Notification of a Social Security Number (SSN) to an Employer
for Wage Reporting Purposes--20 CFR 422.103(a)--0960-0778. Individuals
applying for employment must provide an SSN or indicate they have
applied for one. However, when an individual applies for an initial
SSN, there is a delay between the assignment of the number and the
delivery of the SSN card. At an individual's request, SSA uses Form
SSA-132, Notification of a Social Security Number (SSN) to an Employer
for Wage Reporting Purposes, to send the individual's SSN to an
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employer. Mailing this information to the employer: (1) Ensures the
employer has the correct SSN for the individual; (2) allows SSA to
receive correct earnings information for wage reporting purposes; and
(3) reduces the delay in the initial SSN assignment and delivery of the
SSN information directly to the employer. It also enables SSA to verify
the employer as a safeguard for the applicant's personally identifiable
information. The respondents are individuals applying for an initial
SSN who ask SSA to mail confirmation of their application or the SSN to
their employers.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average wait
Average time in field Total annual
Number of Frequency of Average burden Estimated total theoretical office or for opportunity
Modality of completion respondents response per response annual burden hourly cost teleservice cost (dollars)
(minutes) (hours) amount centers **
(dollars) * (minutes) **
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SSA-132.......................... 124,668 1 2 4,156 * $27.07 ** 24 *** $1,462,403
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* We based this figure on average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** We based this figure on the average FY 2021 wait times for field offices, based on SSA's current management information data.
*** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
10. Data Exchange Request Form--20 CFR 401.100--0960-0802. SSA
maintains approximately 3,000 data exchange agreements and regularly
receives new requests from Federal, State, local, and foreign
governments, as well as private organizations, to share data
electronically. SSA engages in various forms of data exchanges from
Social Security number verifications to computer matches for benefit
eligibility, depending on the requestor's business needs. Section 1106
of the Act requires we consider the requestor's legal authority to
receive the data, our disclosure policies, systems' feasibility,
systems' security, and costs before entering into a data exchange
agreement. We use Form SSA-157, Data Exchange Request Form, for this
purpose. Requesting agencies, governments, or private organizations
will use the form when voluntarily initiating a request for data
exchange from SSA. Respondents are Federal, State, local, and foreign
governments, as well as private organizations seeking to share data
electronically with SSA.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response total annual hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) burden (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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State, local, and tribal governments.................... 139 1 45 104 * $42.85 ** $4,456
Private sector organizations............................ 74 1 45 56 * 42.85 ** 2,400
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Totals.............................................. 213 .............. .............. 160 .............. ** 6,856
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* We based this figure by averaging the average Management Analyst hourly salary, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes131111.htm); the average Business and Financial Operations hourly salary (www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes130000.htm); and the average
Epidemiologist hourly salary (www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes191041.htm).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
11. Fee Agreement for Representation before the Social Security
Administration--0960-0810. The Act requires individuals who represent a
claimant before the agency and want to receive a fee for their services
to obtain SSA's authorization of the fee. One way to obtain the
authorization is to submit the fee agreement to the agency either in
writing or by using Form SSA-1693, Fee Agreement for Representation
before the Social Security Administration. Since representatives
currently use fee agreements which vary in length, content, and
complexity, submission of a free-form fee agreement may cause delays in
SSA's review time. Therefore, SSA encourages respondents to use Form
SSA-1693 to submit the information either using the paper form or the
electronically submittable e1693 through SSA's website. SSA uses the
information from the SSA-1693 to review the request and authorize any
fee to representatives who seek to charge and collect a fee from a
claimant. The respondents are the representatives who help claimants
through the application process, and the claimants who they represent.
Type of Request: Revision of an OMB-approved information
collection.
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Average
Average burden Estimated total theoretical Total annual
Modality of completion Number of Frequency of per response annual burden hourly cost opportunity
respondents response (minutes) (hours) amount cost (dollars)
(dollars) * **
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SSA-1693.......................................... 5,000 1 13 1,083 * $50.47 ** $54,659
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* We based this figure on the averaged total of the average Lawyer's Legal Services wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes231011.htm), and the average U.S. worker's hourly wages, as reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics data (https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000).
** This figure does not represent actual costs that SSA is imposing on recipients of Social Security payments to complete this application; rather,
these are theoretical opportunity costs for the additional time respondents will spend to complete the application. There is no actual charge to
respondents to complete the application.
Dated: November 15, 2021.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-25138 Filed 11-17-21; 8:45 am]
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