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	Title		Date
	Civil Monetary Penalty and Administrative Sanctions Provisions Are In Effect		5/17/2007
	Final Regulations on Civil Monetary Penalties, 71 Fed. Reg. 28574 (5/17/06)		8/8/2006
	Final Regulations on Representative Payment Policies and Administrative Procedure for Imposing Penalties for False or Misleading Statements or Withholding of Information (71 Fed. Reg. 61403, 10/18/06)		10/19/2006
	Final Rules: Temporary Extension of Attorney Fee Payment System to Title XVI; 5-Year Demonstration Project Extending Fee Withholding and Payment Procedures to Eligible Non-Attorney Representatives; Definition of Past-Due Benefits; and Assessment for Fee Payment Services, 72 Fed.Reg. 44765 (8/9/07)		8/10/2007
	Gisbrecht v. Barnhart (U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Attorney Fees, 2002)		11/1/2002
	Link to "Representing Clients" Page on SSA Website Includes information, samples and forms re: fee petitions and fee agreements.
	Link to POMS GN 03930.000 Fee Authorization Under the Fee Petition Process Represenative/attorney fees
	Link to POMS GN 03940.000 Fee Authorization Under the Fee Agreement Process Representative/attorney fees
	NEW Appointment of Representative Form (SSA-1696) Form SSA-1696-U4, Appointment of Representative, is limited to the appointment of an individual, not an entity, to act on behalf of a claimant in his/her dealings with SSA. SSA is only authorized to release records to the representative named on the 1696 form, not to anyone else in that person’s firm or office.		3/17/2005
	SSA Standards of Conduct for Representatives representatives, ethics, conduct, standards		10/22/2002
	Website of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSCR)		5/10/2004