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OMB Control No: 0970-0488	ICR Reference No: 202212-0970-004
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201912-0970-005
Agency/Subagency: HHS/ACF	Agency Tracking No: OCSE
Title: Provision of Child Support Services in IV-D cases under the Hague Child Support Convention
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/07/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/13/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2026	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2023
Responses	17,334	0	18,360
Time Burden (Hours)	11,978	0	13,001
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: On January 1, 2017, the multilateral 2007 Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (the Hague Child Support Convention) came into force for the U.S. The U.S. now has reciprocal relationships with 41 foreign countries under the Hague Convention, and that number is growing. Countries that are party to the Hague Child Support Convention use 16 standardized Convention case processing forms, which were designed to greatly reduce the complexity of case processing in the international context. The forms were developed by a special working group, in which the U.S. played a leadership role. Section 311(b) of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) 2008, which has been enacted by all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, requires states to use forms mandated by federal law. (UIFSA enactment was required by Public Law (P.L.) 113-183.) Regulations under 45 CFR 303.7 also require child support programs to use federally-approved forms in intergovernmental IV-D cases unless a country has provided alternative forms as a part of its chapter in a Caseworker's Guide to Processing Cases with Foreign Reciprocating Countries.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 113 - 183 301 Name of Law: Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 45108	07/27/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 76196	12/13/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	17,334	18,360	540	-1,566
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	11,978	13,001	91	-1,114
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The estimate of annual burden hours has declined from 13,001 hours in the last approval to 11,978 hours in this request. Changes in burden are due to the decline in the overall child support caseload over the last several years. States use these forms to process cases between countries; these international cases are a percentage of each state’s overall caseload. Therefore, as the total number of cases declines, so does the number of international cases. For information on the child support caseload, see OCSE Preliminary Annual Report FY 2020, Table P-2. OCSE has incorporated two new forms (See Annex F: Request for Specific Measures - Article 7(1) and Response 7(1)) with this request; however, even adding two new forms, the overall burden still decreased because of the smaller caseload.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Molly Buck 202 205-4724 mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov

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