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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
20 CFR Part 422
[Docket No. SSA–2007–0009]
RIN 0960–AG36

Private Printing of Prescribed
Applications, Forms, and Other
Publications
Social Security Administration.
Final rule.

AGENCY:

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ACTION:

SUMMARY: We are issuing these final
rules to adopt without change the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
published on August 16, 2007 at 72 FR
45991. These final rules amend the
regulation at 20 CFR 422.527, which
requires a person, institution, or
organization (person) to obtain the
Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s)
approval prior to reproducing,
duplicating, or privately printing any
SSA prescribed application or other
form whether or not the person
intended to charge a fee. Section
1140(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act
(the Act) prohibits a person from
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distribute any SSA application, form, or
publication unless he/she obtains the
authorization of the Commissioner of
Social Security in accordance with such
regulations as he may prescribe. (42
U.S.C. 1320b–10(a)(2)(A)).
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 28, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
may contact Renee Williams, Forms
Management Team, Office of
Publications and Logistics Management,
6401 Security Boulevard, P.O. Box 7703,
Baltimore, Maryland 21235–7703, (410)
965–4163, for information about this
regulation. For information on eligibility
or claiming benefits, please call our
national toll-free numbers, 1–800–772–
1213 or TTY 1–800–325–0778, or visit
our Internet site, SSA Online, at http://
www.socialsecurity.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Version
The electronic file of this document is
available on the date of publication in
the Federal Register at http://
www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.
Background
The current regulation at 20 CFR
422.527 requires any person who wishes
to reproduce, duplicate, or privately
print any application or other form
prescribed by SSA to obtain prior
approval of such use from SSA.
Consistent with the requirements of 20
CFR 422.527, in 1992, SSA began
approving requests from the public to
duplicate or privately print the
Administration’s applications or other
forms. The requirement to obtain SSA
approval applied whether or not the
person intended to charge a fee.
Section 312(a) of the Social Security
Independence and Program
Improvement Act (SSIPA) amended the
Social Security Act (the Act) and,
among other things, added section
1140(a)(2)(A) to the Act. Pub. L. 103–
296, Sec. 312(a) (codified as 42 U.S.C.
1320b-10(a)(2)(A)). This section
prohibits any person from charging a fee
to reproduce, reprint, or distribute
SSA’s official applications, forms, or
publications unless the Commissioner
grants the person specific written
authorization in accordance with
regulations which the Commissioner
shall prescribe. These final rules will
implement section 312(a) of the SSIPA
by adding SSA publications to § 422.527
and by providing for SSA’s prior
approval of requests to reproduce,
reprint, and/or distribute its
applications, forms, or publications
when the person intends to charge a fee.
Furthermore, this final rule will
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establishing the procedure any person
who intends to charge a fee for
reproducing, reprinting, or distributing
SSA materials must follow to obtain
SSA’s prior approval. The requirement
to obtain SSA’s prior approval will
apply regardless of the means the
person uses to transmit the document,
e.g., Internet or direct mail. These final
rules will help to ensure that consumers
obtain accurate and current materials
and information regarding the
Administration’s programs. Nothing in
this rule alters or affects the requirement
to submit the forms and applications
prescribed by SSA or otherwise permits
any modifications of SSA’s prescribed
forms and applications.
Regulatory Procedures
Executive Order 12866
We have consulted with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) and
determined that these final rules do not
meet the criteria for a significant
regulatory action under Executive Order
12866, as amended.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
We certify that these final rules will
not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small
entities. Therefore, a regulatory
flexibility analysis as provided in the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended,
is not required.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In these final rules at 20 CFR 422.527,
we are implementing the following
provisions: (1) SSA’s publications will
be added to the list of items which
require the Administration’s preauthorization to reprint privately; (2)
SSA’s authorization to reprint
applications, forms, or publications will
only be required if the person or
company intends to charge a fee to for
the reprinted item(s); and (3) the
procedures a person who intends to
charge a fee must follow to obtain SSA’s
authorization.
These final rules contain information
collection requirements that need Office
of Management and Budget clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (PRA). As required by the PRA,
SSA has submitted a clearance request
for the regulation section and for form
SSA–1010 (‘‘Request to Reproduce,
Duplicate, or Distribute SSA Forms,
Applications, or Publications’’). SSA
will use Form SSA–1010 to collect the
required information described in these
final rules. SSA will publish the OMB
number and expiration date upon
approval.
As required by the PRA, SSA
published a Notice of Proposed

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Rulemaking on August 16, 2007, at 72
FR 45991. In this Notice, SSA solicited
comments under the PRA on the burden
estimate; the need for the information;
its practical utility; ways to enhance its
quality, utility and clarity; and ways to
minimize the burden on respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. We did not
receive any comments from the public.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
26 CFR Part 301

List of Subjects in 20 CFR Part 422

[TD 9372]

Administrative practice and
procedure, Organization and functions
(Government agencies), Social Security,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.

RIN 1545–BE08

Dated: December 13, 2007.
Michael J. Astrue,
Commissioner of Social Security.

For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, we are amending part 422 of
chapter III of title 20 of the Code of
Federal Regulations as follows:

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PART 422—ORGANIZATION AND
PROCEDURES
Subpart F—[Amended]
1. The authority citation for subpart F
of part 422 is revised to read as follows:

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Authority: Sec. 1140(a)(2)(A) of the Social
Security Act. 42 U.S.C. 1320b–10(a)(2)(A)
(Pub. L. 103–296, Sec. 312(a)).

2. Section 422.527 is revised to read
as follows:

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§ 422.527 Private printing and modification
of prescribed applications, forms, and other
publications.

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6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD
21235–6401.

Any person, institution, or
organization wishing to reproduce,
reprint, or distribute any application,
form, or publication prescribed by the
Administration must obtain prior
approval if he or she intends to charge
a fee. Requests for approval must be in
writing and include the reason or need
for the reproduction, reprinting, or
distribution; the intended users of the
application, form, or publication; the fee
to be charged; any proposed
modification; the proposed format; the
type of machinery (e.g., printer, burster,
mail handling), if any, for which the
application, form, or publication is
being designed; estimated printing
quantity; estimated printing cost per
thousand; estimated annual usage; and
any other pertinent information
required by the Administration.
Forward all requests for prior approval
to: Office of Publications Management,

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Disclosure of Return Information to the
Bureau of the Census
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Final regulation.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This document contains a
final regulation relating to the list of
items of return information disclosed to
the Bureau of the Census (Bureau). The
regulation adds two items of return
information for use in producing
demographic statistics programs,
including the Bureau’s Small Area
Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE).
The final regulation also removes four
items that the Bureau has indicated are
no longer necessary. This regulation
facilitates the assistance of the IRS to
the Bureau in its statistics programs and
requires no action by taxpayers and has
no effect on their tax liabilities.
DATES: Effective Date: This regulation is
effective on December 27, 2007.
Applicability Date: For dates of
applicability, see § 301.6103(j)(1)–1.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Glenn Melcher, (202) 622–4570 (not a
toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background
Under section 6103(j)(1), upon written
request from the Secretary of Commerce,
the Treasury Secretary is to furnish to
the Bureau of the Census (Bureau)
return information as may be prescribed
by Treasury regulations for the purpose
of, but only to the extent necessary in,
structuring censuses and conducting
related statistical activities authorized
by law. Section 301.6103(j)(1)–1 of the
regulations further defines such
purposes by reference to 13 U.S.C.
chapter 5 and provides an itemized
description of the return information
authorized to be disclosed for such
purposes.
This document adopts a final
regulation that authorizes the IRS to
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developing and preparing demographic
statistics, including statutorily
mandated Small Area Income and
Poverty Estimates (SAIPE). The final
regulation also removes certain items of
return information that are authorized to
be disclosed in the existing regulation
but that the Secretary of Commerce has
indicated are no longer needed.
The final regulation in this issue of
the Federal Register amends the
Procedure and Administration
Regulations (26 CFR part 301) relating to
Internal Revenue Code (Code) section
6103(j)(1). The final regulation contains
rules relating to the disclosure of return
information reflected on returns to
officers and employees of the
Department of Commerce for structuring
censuses and conducting related
statistical activities authorized by law.
A notice of proposed rulemaking
(REG–147195–04, 2005–1 CB 888 [70 FR
12166–01]) was published in the
Federal Register on March 11, 2005. No
comments were received from the
public in response to the notice of
proposed rulemaking. No public hearing
was requested or held. The proposed
regulation is adopted by this Treasury
decision.
Explanation of Provisions
As duly requested by the Secretary of
Commerce and set forth in the proposed
regulation, this final regulation permits
disclosure to the Bureau of earned
income and the number of Earned
Income Credit-eligible qualifying
children.
The regulation also removes four
items of return information that the
Bureau indicated it no longer requires.
These items are: (1) End-of-year code;
(2) months actively operated; (3) total
number of documents and the total
amount reported on the Form 1096
(Annual Summary and Transmittal of
U.S. Information Returns) transmitting
Forms 1099–MISC (Miscellaneous
Income); and (4) Form 941 (Employer’s
Quarterly Federal Tax Return) indicator
and business address on Schedule C
(Profit or Loss From Business) of Form
1040. Accordingly, the regulation has
removed these items of return
information from those that may be
disclosed to the Bureau.
Special Analyses
It has been determined that this
Treasury decision is not a significant
regulatory action as defined in
Executive Order 12866. Therefore, a
regulatory assessment is not required. It
also has been determined that section
553(b) of the Administrative Procedure
Act (5 U.S.C. chapter 5) does not apply
to this regulation, and because the

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