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OMB Control No: 0960-0505	ICR Reference No: 202604-0960-010
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202202-0960-006
Agency/Subagency: SSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Employer Verification of Records for Children Under Age 7
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: 09/16/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/27/2026
Terms of Clearance: Previous terms of clearance apply: "Prior to renewal, the agency will update its response to Supporting Statement A, Question Prompt #2 to include the following information in its narrative: (1) Describe the programmatic, regulatory, or statutory origin of investigating earnings to children specifically under the age of 7; (2) describe any procedures associated with addressing wages recorded for children older than the age of 7 but who are also of an age that is extremely unlikely to involve legitimate work history (e.g. children between the ages of 7 and 12); (3) Describe, at a high-level, the general rate of these recorded earnings that are discovered through this information as caused by a recording error or other type of inaccuracy (as opposed to actual earned wages by a young child); (4) describe, at a high level, the types of legitimate work that is likely to involve earnings for young children in situations when the recorded earnings were accurate and not a result of error; (5) describe, at a high-level, any SOPs associated with legitimately-recorded wages of young children that involve performed work that may be inconsistent with federal or local labor law, including any obligations SSA has to report this information to relevant agencies and/or a plain language discussion of the relevant assurances of confidentiality."

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2028	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2026
Responses	15,923	0	4,633
Time Burden (Hours)	6,635	0	772
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: To ensure we credit the correct person with the reported earnings, SSA verifies wage reports for children under age seven with the children’s employers before posting to the earnings record. SSA uses form SSA-L3231, Request for Employer Information, for this purpose. The respondents are employers who report earnings for children under age seven.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 405 Name of Law: Social Security 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:
	91 FR 9671	02/26/2026
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 22195	04/24/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Employer Verification of Records for Children Under Age 7	SSA-L3231

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	15,923	4,633	11,290
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	6,635	772	5,863
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: When we last cleared this IC in 2023, the burden was 722 hours. However, we are currently reporting a burden of 3,981 hours. This change stems from an increase in the number of responses from 4,633 to 15,983, and an increase in the completion time from 10 minutes to 15 minutes. These figures represent current Management Information data. * Note: The total burden reflected in ROCIS is 6,635, while the burden cited in #12 of the Supporting Statement is 3,981. This discrepancy is because the ROCIS burden reflects the learning costs. In contrast, the chart in #12 of the Supporting Statement reflects actual burden.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $105,504

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. Yes

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: Faye Lipsky 410 965-8783 faye.lipsky@ssa.gov

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