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The request must be signed and dated
and be either notarized or submitted
under penalty of perjury in accordance
with 28 U.S.C. 1746. Requests submitted
by mail must be clearly marked
‘‘PRIVACY ACT REQUEST FOR
AMENDMENT’’ on both the envelope
and letter. A request for amendment
must meet the requirements of 36 CFR
1008 and 36 CFR 1008.18–19, .22, .24.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
An individual requesting notification
of the existence of records about them
should send a written inquiry to the
applicable System Manager or the
Privacy Act Officer as identified above.
A Privacy Act request must meet the
requirements of 36 CFR 1008. The
request must include a general
description of the records and the
requester’s full name, current address,
and sufficient identifying information
such as date of birth or other
information required for verification of
the requestor’s identity. The request
must be signed and dated and be either
notarized or submitted under penalty of
perjury in accordance with 28 U.S.C.
1746. Requests submitted by mail must
be clearly marked ‘‘PRIVACY ACT
INQUIRY’’ on both the envelope and
letter. A request for notification must
meet the requirements of 43 CFR 2.235.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
HISTORY:
None.
Luke Donohue,
Director of Administration.
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BILLING CODE 4310–4R–P
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
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Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
In accordance with the requirement of
section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 which provides
opportunity for public comment on new
or revised data collections, the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) will publish
periodic summaries of proposed data
collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
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utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden related to
the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
1. Title and purpose of information
collection: Application for Employee
Annuity Under the Railroad Retirement
Act; OMB 3220–0002.
Section 2(a) of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C. 231a)
provides for payments of age and
service, disability, and supplemental
annuities to qualified employees. An
annuity cannot be paid until the
employee stops working for a railroad
employer. In addition, the age and
service employee must relinquish any
rights held to such jobs. A disabled
employee does not need to relinquish
employee rights until attaining Full
Retirement Age, or if earlier, when their
spouse is awarded a spouse annuity.
Benefits become payable after the
employee meets certain other
requirements, which depend on the type
of annuity payable. The requirements
for obtaining the annuities are
prescribed in 20 CFR 216 and 220.
To collect the information needed to
help determine an applicant’s
entitlement to, and the amount of, an
employee retirement annuity the RRB
uses Forms AA–1, Application for
Employee Annuity; AA–1d, Application
for Determination of Employee
Disability; G–204, Verification of
Workers Compensation/Public Disability
Benefit Information, and electronic
Forms AA–1cert, Application Summary
and Certification, AA–1sum,
Application Summary, and AA–1
(internet), Application for Employee
Annuity.
The AA–1 application process obtains
information from an applicant about
their marital history, work history,
military service, benefits from other
governmental agencies, railroad
pensions and Medicare entitlement for
either an age and service or disability
annuity. An RRB representative
interviews the applicant either at a field
office, an itinerant point, or by
telephone. During the interview, the
RRB representative enters the
information obtained into an on-line
information system. Upon completion of
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the interview, the on-line information
system generates Form AA–1cert,
Application Summary and Certification,
or Form AA–1sum, Application
Summary, a summary of the information
that was provided for the applicant to
review and approve. Form AA–1cert
documents approval using the
traditional pen and ink ‘‘wet’’ signature,
and Form AA–1sum documents
approval using the alternative signature
method called Attestation. When the
RRB representative is unable to contact
the applicant in person or by telephone,
for example, the applicant lives in
another country, a manual version of
Form AA–1 is used.
Form AA–1d, Application for
Determination of Employee’s Disability,
is completed by an employee who is
filing for a disability annuity under the
RRA, or a disability freeze under the
Social Security Act, for early Medicare
based on a disability. Form G–204,
Verification of Worker’s Compensation/
Public Disability Benefit Information, is
used to obtain and verify information
concerning a worker’s compensation or
a public disability benefit that is or will
be paid by a public agency to a disabled
railroad employee. Form AA–1
(internet) can be completed by the
applicant and submitted through the
RRB’s website at www.rrb.gov. One
response is requested of each
respondent. Completion of the forms is
required to obtain/retain a benefit. The
RRB proposes no changes to Form AA–
1, Form AA–1 (internet), and Form G–
204. The RRB proposes a minor editorial
change to Form AA–1cert and Form
AA–1sum to correct the title of the RB–
9 booklet. The RRB proposes minor
changes to Form AA–1d:
• Section 1, General Instructions, the
date is being updated to 06/06/23 in the
3rd paragraph.
• Section 7 question 38, The entry in
parentheses associated with the
question now reads (Do not include any
self-employment, unemployment or
sickness benefits.)
• Section 8 question 45, has been
changed to: Are you filing a form AA–
1, Application for Employee Annuity, in
connection with this application?
• Section 12 of the form. Under the
Receipt for your claim section, the last
sentence should read: Offices are open
to public 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, and closed Federal
holidays.
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ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Form number
Time
(minutes)
Annual responses
Burden
(hours)
AA–1 (without assistance) .....................................................................................................
AA–1cert (with assistance) ....................................................................................................
AA–1sum (with assistance) ...................................................................................................
AA–1 (internet) (without assistance) .....................................................................................
AA–1d (with assistance) ........................................................................................................
AA–1d (without assistance) ...................................................................................................
G–204 ....................................................................................................................................
30
5,425
2,750
0
2,600
5
20
62
30
29
45
60
85
15
31
2,712
1,329
0
2,600
7
5
Total ................................................................................................................................
10,830
........................
6,684
2. Title and purpose of information
collection: Railroad Service and
Compensation Reports/System Access
Application; OMB 3220–0008.
Under section 9 of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C. 231h)
and section 6 of the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA)
(45 U.S.C. 356), the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) maintains for each railroad
employee, a record of compensation
paid to that employee by all railroad
employers for whom the employee
worked after 1936. This record, which is
used by the RRB to determine eligibility
for, and amount of, benefits due under
the laws it administers, is conclusive as
to the amount of compensation paid to
an employee during such period(s)
covered by the report(s) of the
compensation by the employee’s
railroad employer(s), except in cases
when an employee files a protest
pertaining to his or her reported
compensation within the statute of
limitations cited in section 9 of the RRA
and section 6 of the RUIA.
To enable the RRB to establish and
maintain the record of compensation,
employers are required to file with the
RRB, reports of their employees’
compensation, in such manner and form
and at such times as the RRB prescribes.
Railroad employers’ reports and
responsibilities are prescribed in 20 CFR
209. The RRB currently utilizes Form
BA–3, Annual Report of Creditable
Compensation, and Form BA–4, Report
of Creditable Compensation
Adjustments, to secure the required
information from railroad employers.
Form BA–3 provides the RRB with
information regarding annual creditable
service and compensation for each
individual who worked for a railroad
employer covered by the RRA and RUIA
in a given year. Form BA–4 provides for
the adjustment of any previously
submitted reports and also the
opportunity to provide any service and
compensation that had been previously
omitted. Requirements specific to Forms
BA–3 and BA–4 are prescribed in 20
CFR 209.8 and 209.9.
Employers currently have the option
of submitting BA–3 and BA–4 reports
electronically by CD–ROM, secure
Email, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or
online via the RRB’s Employer
Reporting System (ERS).
The information collection also
includes RRB Form BA–12, Application
for Employer Reporting internet Access,
and Form G–440, Report Specifications
Sheet. Form BA–12 is completed by
railroad employers to obtain system
access to ERS. Once access is obtained,
authorized employees may submit
reporting forms online to the RRB. The
form determines what degree of access
(view/only, data entry/modification or
approval/submission) is appropriate for
that employee. It is also used to
terminate an employee’s access to ERS.
Form G–440, Report Specifications
Sheet, serves as a certification document
for Forms BA–3 and BA–4 as well as
other RRB employer reporting forms
(Form BA–6a, BA–6 Address Report
(OMB 3220–0005), Form BA–9, Report
of Separation Allowance or Severance
Pay (OMB 3220–0173) and Form BA–11,
Report of Gross Earnings (OMB 3220–
0132). It records the type of medium the
report was submitted on and serves as
a summary recapitulation sheet for
reports filed on paper. The RRB
proposes no changes to Forms BA–3
(internet), BA–4 (internet), and G–440.
The RRB proposes Form BA–12 to add
the statement ‘‘I understand that I am
acting as a trusted referee on behalf of
the RRB and I have identity proofed the
applicant by resolving, validating, and
verifying a state and/or federal
government-issued photo ID from the
applicant. I also understand that I am
responsible for notifying the RRB if, in
the future, this individual’s access
should be terminated.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN—CURRENT BURDEN
Reporting
BA–3:
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BA–3 (internet) ...................................................................................
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Time
(minutes)
Responses
Burden
(hours)
96
617
46.25 (2,775 min) ............................
46.25 (2,775 min) ............................
4,440
28,536
713
..........................................................
32,976
355
3,942
1.00 (60 min) ...................................
.33 (20 min) .....................................
355
1,314
Total BA–4 ...................................................................................
BA–12:
Initial Access .......................................................................................
Access Termination ............................................................................
4,297
..........................................................
1,669
295
38
.33 (20 min) .....................................
.166 (10 min) ...................................
123
7
Total BA–12 .................................................................................
333
..........................................................
130
Total BA–3 ...................................................................................
BA–4:
Electronic Media 2/ ..............................................................................
BA–4 (internet) ...................................................................................
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ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN—CURRENT BURDEN—Continued
Reporting
Time
(minutes)
Responses
Burden
(hours)
G–440 (certification):
Form BA–3 (no employees) ...............................................................
Form BA–11 (no employees) .............................................................
Paper forms (without recap) ...............................................................
Form BA–15 .......................................................................................
Electronic transactions .......................................................................
BA–3 and BA–4 (with recap) ..............................................................
19
60
7
600
94
125
.25 (15 min) .....................................
.25 (15 min) .....................................
.25 (15 min) .....................................
.25 (15 min) .....................................
.50 (30 min) .....................................
1.25 (75 min) ...................................
5
15
1
150
47
156
Total G–440 .................................................................................
905
..........................................................
374
Grand Total ..........................................................................
6,248
..........................................................
35,149
return to the service of a railroad
employer. Under section 2(f)(6) of the
RRA, earnings deductions are required
for each month an annuitant works in
certain non-railroad employment
termed Last Pre-Retirement NonRailroad Employment.
Normally, the employee, spouse, or
divorced spouse relinquishes rights and
certifies that employment has ended as
part of the annuity application process.
However, this is not always the case. In
3. Title and purpose of information
collection: Certification of Termination
of Service and Relinquishment of
Rights; OMB 3220–0016.
Under section 2(e)(2) of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C. 231a),
an age and service annuity, spouse
annuity, or divorced spouse annuity
cannot be paid unless the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) has evidence
that the applicant has ceased railroad
employment and relinquished rights to
limited circumstances, the RRB utilizes
Form G–88, Certification of Termination
of Service and Relinquishment of
Rights, to obtain an applicant’s report of
termination of employment and
relinquishment of rights. One response
is required of each respondent.
Completion is required to obtain or
retain benefits. The RRB proposes no
changes to Form G–88.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Form No.
Annual responses
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
G–88 ..........................................................................................................................
20
6
2
4. Title and purpose of information
collection: Statement of Authority to Act
for Employee; OMB 3220–0034.
Under section 5(a) of the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA)
(45 U.S.C. 355), claims for benefits are
to be made in accordance with such
regulations as the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) shall prescribe. The
provisions for claiming sickness benefits
as provided by section 2 of the RUIA are
prescribed in 20 CFR 335.2. Included in
these provisions is the RRB’s acceptance
of forms executed by someone else on
behalf of an employee if the RRB is
satisfied that the employee is sick or
injured to the extent of being unable to
sign forms.
The RRB utilizes Form SI–10,
Statement of Authority to Act for
Employee, to provide the means for an
individual to apply for authority to act
on behalf of an incapacitated employee
and also to obtain the information
necessary to determine that the
delegation should be made. Part I of the
form is completed by the applicant for
the authority and Part II is completed by
the employee’s doctor. One response is
requested of each respondent.
Completion is required to obtain
benefits. The RRB proposes no changes
to Form SI–10.
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ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Form No.
Annual responses
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
SI–10 ..........................................................................................................................
17
6
2
5. Title and purpose of information
collection: Supplemental Information on
Accident and Insurance; OMB 3220–
0036.
Under section 12(o) of the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA)
(45 U.S.C 362 (o)), the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) is entitled to
reimbursement of the sickness benefits
paid to a railroad employee if the
employee receives a sum or damages for
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the same infirmity for which the
benefits are paid. Section 2(f) of the
RUIA requires employers to reimburse
the RRB for days in which salary, wages,
pay for time lost or other remuneration
is later determined to be payable.
Reimbursements under section 2(f)
generally result from the award of pay
for time lost or the payment of
guaranteed wages. The RUIA prescribes
that the amount of benefits paid be
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deducted and held by the employer in
a special fund for reimbursement to the
RRB.
The RRB currently utilizes Forms SI–
1c, Supplemental Information on
Accident and Insurance; SI–5, Report of
Payments to Employee Claiming
Sickness Benefits Under the RUIA; ID–
3s and ID–3s (internet), Request for Lien
Information—Report of Settlement; ID–
3s-1, Lien Information Under section
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information from claimants and railroad
employers. Completion is required to
obtain benefits. One response is
requested of each respondent. The RRB
proposes no changes to Forms SI–1c,
SI–5, ID–3s-1, ID–30k, ID–3s (internet),
ID–3u (internet). The RRB proposes the
12(o) of the RUIA; ID–3u and ID–3u
(internet), Request for Section 2(f)
Information; ID–30k, Notice to Request
Supplemental Information on Injury or
Illness; and ID–30k-1, Notice to Request
Supplemental Information on Injury or
Illness; to obtain the necessary
following minor non-burden impacting
editorial changes to Form ID–3u & Form
ID–3s:
• change PRA/PA notice to update
the officer title and
• update RRB zip code.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Form No.
Annual responses
Burden
(hours)
Time
SI–1c ..........................................................................................................................
SI–5 ............................................................................................................................
ID–3s (paper & telephone) ........................................................................................
ID–3s (internet) ..........................................................................................................
ID–3s-1 (paper & telephone) .....................................................................................
ID–3u (paper & telephone) ........................................................................................
ID–3u (internet) ..........................................................................................................
ID–30k ........................................................................................................................
890
10
1,700
4,853
1,845
152
596
24
5
5
3
3
3
3
3
5
74
1
85
243
93
8
30
3
Total ....................................................................................................................
10,070
..............................
537
6. Title and purpose of information
collection: Employee Non-Covered
Service Pension Questionnaire; OMB
3220–0154
Section 215(a)(7) of the Social
Security Act provides for a reduction in
social security benefits based on
employment not covered under the
Social Security Act or the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA). This provision
applies a different social security benefit
formula to most workers who are first
eligible after 1985 to both a pension
based in whole or in part on noncovered employment and a social
security retirement or disability benefit.
There is a guarantee provision that
limits the reduction in the social
security benefit to one-half of the
portion of the pension based on noncovered employment after 1956. Section
8011 of Public Law 100–647 changed
the effective date of the onset from the
first month of eligibility to the first
month of concurrent entitlement to the
non-covered service benefit and the
RRA benefit.
Section 3(a)(1) of the RRA (45 U.S.C.
231b) provides that the Tier I benefit of
an employee annuity shall be equal to
the amount (before any reduction for age
or deduction for work) the employee
would receive if entitled to a like benefit
under the Social Security Act. The
reduction for a non-covered service
pension also applies to a Tier I portion
of the employee annuity under the RRA
when the annuity or non-covered
service pension begins after 1985. Since
the amount of a spouse’s Tier I benefit
is one-half of the employee’s Tier I, the
spouse annuity is also affected.
Form G–209, Employee Non-Covered
Service Pension Questionnaire, is used
by the RRB to obtain needed
information (1) from a railroad
employee who while completing Form
AA–1, Application for Employee
Annuity (OMB No. 3220–0002),
indicates entitlement to or receipt of a
pension based on employment not
covered under the Railroad Retirement
Act or the Social Security Act; or (2)
from a railroad employee when an
independently-entitled divorced spouse
applicant believes the employee to be
entitled to a non-covered service
pension. However, this development is
unnecessary if RRB records indicate the
employee has 30 or more years of
coverage; or (3) from an employee
annuitant who becomes entitled to a
pension based on employment not
covered under the Railroad Retirement
Act or the Social Security Act. One
response is requested of each
respondent. Completion is required to
obtain or retain benefits. The RRB
proposes no changes to Form G–209.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
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Form No.
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
G–209 (Partial Questionnaire) .....................................................................................................
G–209 (Full Questionnaire) .........................................................................................................
50
100
1
8
1
13
Total ......................................................................................................................................
150
........................
14
7. Title and purpose of information
collection: Availability for Work; OMB
3220–0164
Under section 1(k) of the Railroad
Unemployment Insurance Act (45
U.S.C. 231k), unemployment benefits
are not payable for any day for which
the claimant is not available for work.
Under Railroad Retirement Board
(RRB) regulation 20 CFR 327.5,
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‘‘available for work’’ is defined as being
willing and ready for work. A claimant
is ‘‘willing’’ to work if willing to accept
and perform for hire such work as is
reasonably appropriate to his or her
employment circumstances. A claimant
is ‘‘ready’’ for work if he or she (1) is
in a position to receive notice of work
and is willing to accept and perform
such work, and (2) is prepared to be
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present with the customary equipment
at the location of such work within the
time usually allotted.
Under RRB regulation 20 CFR 327.15,
a claimant may be requested at any time
to show, as evidence of willingness to
work, that reasonable efforts are being
made to obtain work. In order to
determine whether a claimant is a)
available for work, and b) willing to
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work, the RRB utilizes Forms UI–38, UI
Claimant’s Report of Efforts to Find
Work, and UI–38s, School Attendance
and Availability Questionnaire, to
obtain information from the claimant
and Form ID–8k, Questionnaire—
Reinstatement of Discharged or
Suspended Employee, from the union
representative. One response is
completed by each respondent.
The RRB proposes the following
changes to the Forms UI–38 and UI–38s.
The RRB proposes no changes to Forms
UI–38 and ID–8k. The RRB proposes the
following minor non-burden editorial
changes to Form UI–38s:
• change PRA/PA notice to update
the officer title and
• update RRB zip code.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Annual responses
Form No.
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
UI–38s (in person) * .....................................................................................................................
UI–38s (by mail) * ........................................................................................................................
UI–38 ...........................................................................................................................................
ID–8k ............................................................................................................................................
59
119
3,485
6,461
6
10
11.5
5
6
20
668
538
Total ......................................................................................................................................
10,124
........................
1,232
beneficiary as a representative payee.
The RRB is responsible for determining
if direct payment to the beneficiary or
payment to a representative payee
would best serve the beneficiary’s
interest. Inherent in the RRB’s
authorization to select a representative
payee is the responsibility to monitor
the payee to assure that the beneficiary’s
interests are protected. The RRB utilizes
Form G–99D, Parental Custody Report,
8. Title and purpose of information
collection: Representative Payee
Parental Custody Monitoring; OMB
3220–0176
Under section 12(a) of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C. 231k),
the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is
authorized to select, make payments to,
and to conduct transactions with, a
beneficiary’s relative or some other
person willing to act on behalf of the
to obtain information needed to verify
that a parent-for-child representative
payee still has custody of the child. One
response is required from each
respondent.
The RRB proposes the following
changes to Form G–99d:
• update office hours in top left
corner, and
• add the Reporting Period at the top
of the form.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Annual responses
Form No.
Burden
(hours)
G–99d ..........................................................................................................................................
2,100
15
525
Total ......................................................................................................................................
2,100
........................
525
Additional information or Comments
Additional Information or Comments:
To request more information or to
obtain a copy of the information
collection justification, forms, and/or
supporting material, contact Kennisha
Money at (312) 469–2591 or
Kennisha.Money@rrb.gov. Comments
regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Brian Foster,
Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North
Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611–
1275 or emailed to Brian.Foster@rrb.gov.
Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Brian Foster,
Clearance Officer.
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regulatory organization. The
Commission is publishing this notice to
solicit comments on the proposed rule
change from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange proposes to amend the
Connectivity Fee Schedule to amend the
wireless connectivity services that
transport market data to Markham,
Canada. The proposed rule change is
available on the Exchange’s website at
www.nyse.com, at the principal office of
the Exchange, and at the Commission’s
Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
self-regulatory organization included
statements concerning the purpose of,
and basis for, the proposed rule change
and discussed any comments it received
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 78 (Monday, April 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29375-29379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08557]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
In accordance with the requirement of section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public
comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries of proposed data
collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden related to the collection of information on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
1. Title and purpose of information collection: Application for
Employee Annuity Under the Railroad Retirement Act; OMB 3220-0002.
Section 2(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C. 231a)
provides for payments of age and service, disability, and supplemental
annuities to qualified employees. An annuity cannot be paid until the
employee stops working for a railroad employer. In addition, the age
and service employee must relinquish any rights held to such jobs. A
disabled employee does not need to relinquish employee rights until
attaining Full Retirement Age, or if earlier, when their spouse is
awarded a spouse annuity. Benefits become payable after the employee
meets certain other requirements, which depend on the type of annuity
payable. The requirements for obtaining the annuities are prescribed in
20 CFR 216 and 220.
To collect the information needed to help determine an applicant's
entitlement to, and the amount of, an employee retirement annuity the
RRB uses Forms AA-1, Application for Employee Annuity; AA-1d,
Application for Determination of Employee Disability; G-204,
Verification of Workers Compensation/Public Disability Benefit
Information, and electronic Forms AA-1cert, Application Summary and
Certification, AA-1sum, Application Summary, and AA-1 (internet),
Application for Employee Annuity.
The AA-1 application process obtains information from an applicant
about their marital history, work history, military service, benefits
from other governmental agencies, railroad pensions and Medicare
entitlement for either an age and service or disability annuity. An RRB
representative interviews the applicant either at a field office, an
itinerant point, or by telephone. During the interview, the RRB
representative enters the information obtained into an on-line
information system. Upon completion of the interview, the on-line
information system generates Form AA-1cert, Application Summary and
Certification, or Form AA-1sum, Application Summary, a summary of the
information that was provided for the applicant to review and approve.
Form AA-1cert documents approval using the traditional pen and ink
``wet'' signature, and Form AA-1sum documents approval using the
alternative signature method called Attestation. When the RRB
representative is unable to contact the applicant in person or by
telephone, for example, the applicant lives in another country, a
manual version of Form AA-1 is used.
Form AA-1d, Application for Determination of Employee's Disability,
is completed by an employee who is filing for a disability annuity
under the RRA, or a disability freeze under the Social Security Act,
for early Medicare based on a disability. Form G-204, Verification of
Worker's Compensation/Public Disability Benefit Information, is used to
obtain and verify information concerning a worker's compensation or a
public disability benefit that is or will be paid by a public agency to
a disabled railroad employee. Form AA-1 (internet) can be completed by
the applicant and submitted through the RRB's website at www.rrb.gov.
One response is requested of each respondent. Completion of the forms
is required to obtain/retain a benefit. The RRB proposes no changes to
Form AA-1, Form AA-1 (internet), and Form G-204. The RRB proposes a
minor editorial change to Form AA-1cert and Form AA-1sum to correct the
title of the RB-9 booklet. The RRB proposes minor changes to Form AA-
1d:
Section 1, General Instructions, the date is being updated
to 06/06/23 in the 3rd paragraph.
Section 7 question 38, The entry in parentheses associated
with the question now reads (Do not include any self-employment,
unemployment or sickness benefits.)
Section 8 question 45, has been changed to: Are you filing
a form AA-1, Application for Employee Annuity, in connection with this
application?
Section 12 of the form. Under the Receipt for your claim
section, the last sentence should read: Offices are open to public 9:00
a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and closed Federal holidays.
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Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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Form number Annual responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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AA-1 (without assistance).................................... 30 62 31
AA-1cert (with assistance)................................... 5,425 30 2,712
AA-1sum (with assistance).................................... 2,750 29 1,329
AA-1 (internet) (without assistance)......................... 0 45 0
AA-1d (with assistance)...................................... 2,600 60 2,600
AA-1d (without assistance)................................... 5 85 7
G-204........................................................ 20 15 5
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Total.................................................... 10,830 .............. 6,684
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2. Title and purpose of information collection: Railroad Service
and Compensation Reports/System Access Application; OMB 3220-0008.
Under section 9 of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C.
231h) and section 6 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA)
(45 U.S.C. 356), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) maintains for each
railroad employee, a record of compensation paid to that employee by
all railroad employers for whom the employee worked after 1936. This
record, which is used by the RRB to determine eligibility for, and
amount of, benefits due under the laws it administers, is conclusive as
to the amount of compensation paid to an employee during such period(s)
covered by the report(s) of the compensation by the employee's railroad
employer(s), except in cases when an employee files a protest
pertaining to his or her reported compensation within the statute of
limitations cited in section 9 of the RRA and section 6 of the RUIA.
To enable the RRB to establish and maintain the record of
compensation, employers are required to file with the RRB, reports of
their employees' compensation, in such manner and form and at such
times as the RRB prescribes. Railroad employers' reports and
responsibilities are prescribed in 20 CFR 209. The RRB currently
utilizes Form BA-3, Annual Report of Creditable Compensation, and Form
BA-4, Report of Creditable Compensation Adjustments, to secure the
required information from railroad employers. Form BA-3 provides the
RRB with information regarding annual creditable service and
compensation for each individual who worked for a railroad employer
covered by the RRA and RUIA in a given year. Form BA-4 provides for the
adjustment of any previously submitted reports and also the opportunity
to provide any service and compensation that had been previously
omitted. Requirements specific to Forms BA-3 and BA-4 are prescribed in
20 CFR 209.8 and 209.9.
Employers currently have the option of submitting BA-3 and BA-4
reports electronically by CD-ROM, secure Email, File Transfer Protocol
(FTP), or online via the RRB's Employer Reporting System (ERS).
The information collection also includes RRB Form BA-12,
Application for Employer Reporting internet Access, and Form G-440,
Report Specifications Sheet. Form BA-12 is completed by railroad
employers to obtain system access to ERS. Once access is obtained,
authorized employees may submit reporting forms online to the RRB. The
form determines what degree of access (view/only, data entry/
modification or approval/submission) is appropriate for that employee.
It is also used to terminate an employee's access to ERS. Form G-440,
Report Specifications Sheet, serves as a certification document for
Forms BA-3 and BA-4 as well as other RRB employer reporting forms (Form
BA-6a, BA-6 Address Report (OMB 3220-0005), Form BA-9, Report of
Separation Allowance or Severance Pay (OMB 3220-0173) and Form BA-11,
Report of Gross Earnings (OMB 3220-0132). It records the type of medium
the report was submitted on and serves as a summary recapitulation
sheet for reports filed on paper. The RRB proposes no changes to Forms
BA-3 (internet), BA-4 (internet), and G-440. The RRB proposes Form BA-
12 to add the statement ``I understand that I am acting as a trusted
referee on behalf of the RRB and I have identity proofed the applicant
by resolving, validating, and verifying a state and/or federal
government-issued photo ID from the applicant. I also understand that I
am responsible for notifying the RRB if, in the future, this
individual's access should be terminated.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden--Current Burden
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Reporting Responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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BA-3:
Electronic Media 2/....................... 96 46.25 (2,775 min)............... 4,440
BA-3 (internet)........................... 617 46.25 (2,775 min)............... 28,536
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Total BA-3............................ 713 ................................ 32,976
BA-4:
Electronic Media 2/....................... 355 1.00 (60 min)................... 355
BA-4 (internet)........................... 3,942 .33 (20 min).................... 1,314
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Total BA-4............................ 4,297 ................................ 1,669
BA-12:
Initial Access............................ 295 .33 (20 min).................... 123
Access Termination........................ 38 .166 (10 min)................... 7
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Total BA-12........................... 333 ................................ 130
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G-440 (certification):
Form BA-3 (no employees).................. 19 .25 (15 min).................... 5
Form BA-11 (no employees)................. 60 .25 (15 min).................... 15
Paper forms (without recap)............... 7 .25 (15 min).................... 1
Form BA-15................................ 600 .25 (15 min).................... 150
Electronic transactions................... 94 .50 (30 min).................... 47
BA-3 and BA-4 (with recap)................ 125 1.25 (75 min)................... 156
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Total G-440........................... 905 ................................ 374
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Grand Total....................... 6,248 ................................ 35,149
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3. Title and purpose of information collection: Certification of
Termination of Service and Relinquishment of Rights; OMB 3220-0016.
Under section 2(e)(2) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) (45
U.S.C. 231a), an age and service annuity, spouse annuity, or divorced
spouse annuity cannot be paid unless the Railroad Retirement Board
(RRB) has evidence that the applicant has ceased railroad employment
and relinquished rights to return to the service of a railroad
employer. Under section 2(f)(6) of the RRA, earnings deductions are
required for each month an annuitant works in certain non-railroad
employment termed Last Pre-Retirement Non-Railroad Employment.
Normally, the employee, spouse, or divorced spouse relinquishes
rights and certifies that employment has ended as part of the annuity
application process. However, this is not always the case. In limited
circumstances, the RRB utilizes Form G-88, Certification of Termination
of Service and Relinquishment of Rights, to obtain an applicant's
report of termination of employment and relinquishment of rights. One
response is required of each respondent. Completion is required to
obtain or retain benefits. The RRB proposes no changes to Form G-88.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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Form No. Annual responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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G-88................................................ 20 6 2
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4. Title and purpose of information collection: Statement of
Authority to Act for Employee; OMB 3220-0034.
Under section 5(a) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act
(RUIA) (45 U.S.C. 355), claims for benefits are to be made in
accordance with such regulations as the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB)
shall prescribe. The provisions for claiming sickness benefits as
provided by section 2 of the RUIA are prescribed in 20 CFR 335.2.
Included in these provisions is the RRB's acceptance of forms executed
by someone else on behalf of an employee if the RRB is satisfied that
the employee is sick or injured to the extent of being unable to sign
forms.
The RRB utilizes Form SI-10, Statement of Authority to Act for
Employee, to provide the means for an individual to apply for authority
to act on behalf of an incapacitated employee and also to obtain the
information necessary to determine that the delegation should be made.
Part I of the form is completed by the applicant for the authority and
Part II is completed by the employee's doctor. One response is
requested of each respondent. Completion is required to obtain
benefits. The RRB proposes no changes to Form SI-10.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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Form No. Annual responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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SI-10............................................... 17 6 2
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5. Title and purpose of information collection: Supplemental
Information on Accident and Insurance; OMB 3220-0036.
Under section 12(o) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act
(RUIA) (45 U.S.C 362 (o)), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is
entitled to reimbursement of the sickness benefits paid to a railroad
employee if the employee receives a sum or damages for the same
infirmity for which the benefits are paid. Section 2(f) of the RUIA
requires employers to reimburse the RRB for days in which salary,
wages, pay for time lost or other remuneration is later determined to
be payable. Reimbursements under section 2(f) generally result from the
award of pay for time lost or the payment of guaranteed wages. The RUIA
prescribes that the amount of benefits paid be deducted and held by the
employer in a special fund for reimbursement to the RRB.
The RRB currently utilizes Forms SI-1c, Supplemental Information on
Accident and Insurance; SI-5, Report of Payments to Employee Claiming
Sickness Benefits Under the RUIA; ID-3s and ID-3s (internet), Request
for Lien Information--Report of Settlement; ID-3s-1, Lien Information
Under section
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12(o) of the RUIA; ID-3u and ID-3u (internet), Request for Section 2(f)
Information; ID-30k, Notice to Request Supplemental Information on
Injury or Illness; and ID-30k-1, Notice to Request Supplemental
Information on Injury or Illness; to obtain the necessary information
from claimants and railroad employers. Completion is required to obtain
benefits. One response is requested of each respondent. The RRB
proposes no changes to Forms SI-1c, SI-5, ID-3s-1, ID-30k, ID-3s
(internet), ID-3u (internet). The RRB proposes the following minor non-
burden impacting editorial changes to Form ID-3u & Form ID-3s:
change PRA/PA notice to update the officer title and
update RRB zip code.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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Form No. Annual responses Time Burden (hours)
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SI-1c.................................................. 890 5 74
SI-5................................................... 10 5 1
ID-3s (paper & telephone).............................. 1,700 3 85
ID-3s (internet)....................................... 4,853 3 243
ID-3s-1 (paper & telephone)............................ 1,845 3 93
ID-3u (paper & telephone).............................. 152 3 8
ID-3u (internet)....................................... 596 3 30
ID-30k................................................. 24 5 3
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Total.............................................. 10,070 ................. 537
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6. Title and purpose of information collection: Employee Non-
Covered Service Pension Questionnaire; OMB 3220-0154
Section 215(a)(7) of the Social Security Act provides for a
reduction in social security benefits based on employment not covered
under the Social Security Act or the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA).
This provision applies a different social security benefit formula to
most workers who are first eligible after 1985 to both a pension based
in whole or in part on non-covered employment and a social security
retirement or disability benefit. There is a guarantee provision that
limits the reduction in the social security benefit to one-half of the
portion of the pension based on non-covered employment after 1956.
Section 8011 of Public Law 100-647 changed the effective date of the
onset from the first month of eligibility to the first month of
concurrent entitlement to the non-covered service benefit and the RRA
benefit.
Section 3(a)(1) of the RRA (45 U.S.C. 231b) provides that the Tier
I benefit of an employee annuity shall be equal to the amount (before
any reduction for age or deduction for work) the employee would receive
if entitled to a like benefit under the Social Security Act. The
reduction for a non-covered service pension also applies to a Tier I
portion of the employee annuity under the RRA when the annuity or non-
covered service pension begins after 1985. Since the amount of a
spouse's Tier I benefit is one-half of the employee's Tier I, the
spouse annuity is also affected.
Form G-209, Employee Non-Covered Service Pension Questionnaire, is
used by the RRB to obtain needed information (1) from a railroad
employee who while completing Form AA-1, Application for Employee
Annuity (OMB No. 3220-0002), indicates entitlement to or receipt of a
pension based on employment not covered under the Railroad Retirement
Act or the Social Security Act; or (2) from a railroad employee when an
independently-entitled divorced spouse applicant believes the employee
to be entitled to a non-covered service pension. However, this
development is unnecessary if RRB records indicate the employee has 30
or more years of coverage; or (3) from an employee annuitant who
becomes entitled to a pension based on employment not covered under the
Railroad Retirement Act or the Social Security Act. One response is
requested of each respondent. Completion is required to obtain or
retain benefits. The RRB proposes no changes to Form G-209.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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Annual
Form No. responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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G-209 (Partial Questionnaire)................................... 50 1 1
G-209 (Full Questionnaire)...................................... 100 8 13
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Total....................................................... 150 .............. 14
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7. Title and purpose of information collection: Availability for
Work; OMB 3220-0164
Under section 1(k) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45
U.S.C. 231k), unemployment benefits are not payable for any day for
which the claimant is not available for work.
Under Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) regulation 20 CFR 327.5,
``available for work'' is defined as being willing and ready for work.
A claimant is ``willing'' to work if willing to accept and perform for
hire such work as is reasonably appropriate to his or her employment
circumstances. A claimant is ``ready'' for work if he or she (1) is in
a position to receive notice of work and is willing to accept and
perform such work, and (2) is prepared to be present with the customary
equipment at the location of such work within the time usually
allotted.
Under RRB regulation 20 CFR 327.15, a claimant may be requested at
any time to show, as evidence of willingness to work, that reasonable
efforts are being made to obtain work. In order to determine whether a
claimant is a) available for work, and b) willing to
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work, the RRB utilizes Forms UI-38, UI Claimant's Report of Efforts to
Find Work, and UI-38s, School Attendance and Availability
Questionnaire, to obtain information from the claimant and Form ID-8k,
Questionnaire--Reinstatement of Discharged or Suspended Employee, from
the union representative. One response is completed by each respondent.
The RRB proposes the following changes to the Forms UI-38 and UI-
38s. The RRB proposes no changes to Forms UI-38 and ID-8k. The RRB
proposes the following minor non-burden editorial changes to Form UI-
38s:
change PRA/PA notice to update the officer title and
update RRB zip code.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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Annual
Form No. responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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UI-38s (in person) *............................................ 59 6 6
UI-38s (by mail) *.............................................. 119 10 20
UI-38........................................................... 3,485 11.5 668
ID-8k........................................................... 6,461 5 538
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Total....................................................... 10,124 .............. 1,232
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8. Title and purpose of information collection: Representative
Payee Parental Custody Monitoring; OMB 3220-0176
Under section 12(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) (45 U.S.C.
231k), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is authorized to select,
make payments to, and to conduct transactions with, a beneficiary's
relative or some other person willing to act on behalf of the
beneficiary as a representative payee. The RRB is responsible for
determining if direct payment to the beneficiary or payment to a
representative payee would best serve the beneficiary's interest.
Inherent in the RRB's authorization to select a representative payee is
the responsibility to monitor the payee to assure that the
beneficiary's interests are protected. The RRB utilizes Form G-99D,
Parental Custody Report, to obtain information needed to verify that a
parent-for-child representative payee still has custody of the child.
One response is required from each respondent.
The RRB proposes the following changes to Form G-99d:
update office hours in top left corner, and
add the Reporting Period at the top of the form.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
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Annual
Form No. responses Time (minutes) Burden (hours)
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G-99d........................................................... 2,100 15 525
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Total....................................................... 2,100 .............. 525
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Additional information or Comments
Additional Information or Comments: To request more information or
to obtain a copy of the information collection justification, forms,
and/or supporting material, contact Kennisha Money at (312) 469-2591 or
[email protected]. Comments regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Brian Foster, Railroad Retirement Board, 844
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-1275 or emailed to
[email protected]. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Brian Foster,
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-08557 Filed 4-19-24; 8:45 am]
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