PRIVACY ACT NOTICE
Your social security number and the other informa-
tion requested will allow the f
ederal government to
make payments to you by electronic funds transfer.
This collection of information is authorized by Title
31 of the United States Code, Section 3332(g). Also,
Executive Order 9397, November 22, 1943, author-
izes the use of your social security number.Your
social security number is requested to ensure the
accurate identification and retention of records
pertaining to you and to distinguish you from other
federal recipients.
This information will be disclosed to the Department
of the Treasury or another disbursing official to
process federal payments to you by electronic funds
transfer. This information may also be disclosed to a
court, congressional committee or another govern-
ment agency as authorized or required by federal
law and your financial institution to verify receipt of
your federal payments. Although providing the
requested information is voluntary, a federal law
may require that you receive your federal payments
by electronic funds transfer. If so, failure to provide
any part of the requested information may delay or
prevent the federal government from making
payments to you.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO JOINT A
CCOUNT
HOLDERS
If y
our receiving bank and issuing agency allow a
joint account with a person who receives U
.S. gov-
ernment issued payment(s) and that person dies,
you must immediately contact your bank and
the
American Embassy/Consulate in your country
and/or the U.S. government agency that issued the
payment. Any U.S. government payment deposited
into a joint account after the death of a recipient
must be returned to the agency that issued the
payment.
IF YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES
If your address changes, you must inform the U.S.
go
v
ernment agency that issued the payment. If the
agency needs to contact you and cannot locate you,
your payment may be stopped.
CHANGING BANKS OR BANK ACCOUNTS
If you change your bank or your account number,
you m
ust notify the U.S. government agency that
issues your payments.
You may need to fill out a new sign-up form. Do not
close your old account until payments have started
coming to your new account.
BURDEN ESTIMATE STATEMENT
The estimated average burden associated with this
collection of inf
or
mation is 10 minutes per respon-
dent or record keeper, depending on the individual
circumstances. Comments concerning the accuracy
of this burden estimate and suggestions for
reducing this burden should be directed to the
Financial Management Services, Facilities
Management Division, Administrative Programs
Division, Records and Information Management
Program, 3700 East-West Highway, Hyattsville, MD
20782. This address should only be used for
comments and/or sug
g
estions concerning the
amount of time spent to collect the data. Do not
send the completed paperwork to the address
above for processing.
PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY