Proposed Collection; Comment Request

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

SUMMARY: 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.

Title and purpose of information collection: Employee

Representative's Status and Compensation Reports; OMB 3220-0014.

Under Section 1(b)(1) of the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA), the

term ``employee'' includes an individual who is an employee

representative. As defined in Section 1(c) of the RRA, an employee

representative is an officer or official representative of a railway

labor organization other than a labor organization included in the term

``employer,'' as defined in the RRA, who before or after August 29,

1935, was in the service of an employer under the RRA and who is duly

authorized and designated to represent employees in accordance with the

Railway Labor Act, or, any individual who is regularly

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assigned to or regularly employed by such officer or official

representative in connection with the duties of his or her office. The

requirements relating to the application for employee representative

status and the periodic reporting of the compensation resulting from

such status is contained in 20 CFR 209.10.

The RRB utilizes Forms DC-2a, Employee Representative's Status

Report, and DC-2, Employee Representative's Report of Compensation to

obtain the information needed to determine employee representative

status and to maintain a record of creditable service and compensation

resulting from such status. Completion is required to obtain or retain

a benefit. One response is requested of each respondent.

No changes are proposed to either form DC-2a or DC-2. The

completion time for Form DC-2 is estimated at 30 minutes per response.

The RRB estimates that approximately 85 Form DC-2's are received

annually. The RRB estimates that less than 10 Form DC-2a's are received

annually.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: To request more information or to

obtain a copy of the information collection justification, forms, and/

or supporting material, please call the RRB Clearance Officer at (312)

751-3363. Comments regarding the information collection should be

addressed to Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North

Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092. Written comments should be

received within 60 days of this notice.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97-8869 Filed 4-7-97; 8:45 am]

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