Social Security Seeks Public Input on Information Collection Activities
Published Date: 11/24/2025
Notice
Summary
The Social Security Administration wants your thoughts on how it collects info about fee agreements from people who represent claimants. They’re aiming to make the process clearer and faster, so fewer delays happen. If you have ideas or concerns, send them in by December 24, 2025—this helps keep things smooth and saves everyone time and hassle.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Standardized Fee Agreement to Reduce Delays
If you represent Social Security claimants and want to charge a fee, you must obtain SSA authorization by submitting a fee agreement. SSA encourages use of Form SSA-1693 (paper) or the electronic e1693 on SSA's website to submit the agreement so review is clearer and may avoid delays in authorization.
Estimated Time and Cost Burden Published
SSA published revised burden estimates for fee-agreement submissions: 4,225 paper SSA-1693 respondents (12 minutes each), 1,745 e1693 respondents (13 minutes each), and 1,575,773 written free-form agreements (20 minutes each), for a total of 1,581,743 respondents and 526,480 annual burden hours. SSA reports a theoretical annual opportunity cost of $31,793,598 and notes an average field office wait time of 16 minutes.
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