82_FR_37319 82 FR 37168 - Agency Information Collection Activity: Accelerated Payment Verification of Completion

82 FR 37168 - Agency Information Collection Activity: Accelerated Payment Verification of Completion

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 151 (August 8, 2017)

Page Range37168-37169
FR Document2017-16682

Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of a currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37168-37169]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16682]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0636]


Agency Information Collection Activity: Accelerated Payment 
Verification of Completion

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the 
proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to 
publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed 
collection of information, including each proposed extension of a 
currently approved collection, and allow 60 days for public comment in 
response to the notice.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed collection 
of information should be received on or before October 10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov 
or to Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Veterans Benefits Administration (005R1B), 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20420 or email to cynthia.harvey-pryor@va.gov. Please refer to ``OMB 
Control No. 2900-0636'' in any correspondence. During the comment 
period, comments may be viewed online through FDMS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy J. Kessinger at (202) 632-8924 
or FAX (202) 632-8925.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must 
obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each 
collection of information they conduct or sponsor. This request for 
comment is being made pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.
    With respect to the following collection of information, VBA 
invites

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comments on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of VBA's functions, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy 
of VBA's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on respondents, including through the use 
of automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of 
information technology.

    Authority: Public Law 107-103 and Public Law 110-181.

    Title: Accelerated Payment Verification of Completion, (VA Form 22-
0840).
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0636.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: VA Form 22-0840 allows VA claimants to certify that they 
received an accelerated payment and how such payment was used.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1.17 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 5 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 14.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of Privacy and Records Management, 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2017-16682 Filed 8-7-17; 8:45 am]
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37168 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 151 / Tuesday, August 8, 2017 / Notices duty and who may have suffered a Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Estimated Number of Respondents: serious injury or illness. This form is Washington, DC 20420 or email to 8,000. always maintained in the veteran’s nancy.kessinger@va.gov. Please refer to By direction of the Secretary. claims folder. ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0089’’ in any Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, An agency may not conduct or correspondence. During the comment sponsor, and a person is not required to period, comments may be viewed online Department Clearance Officer, Office of Quality and Compliance, Department of respond to a collection of information through FDMS. Veterans Affairs. unless it displays a currently valid OMB FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [FR Doc. 2017–16681 Filed 8–7–17; 8:45 am] control number. The Federal Register Nancy Kessinger at (202) 632–8924. BILLING CODE 8320–01–P Notice with a 60-day comment period SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the soliciting comments on this collection PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must of information was published at 82 FR obtain approval from the Office of DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 79 on April 26, 2017, pages 19312 and Management and Budget (OMB) for each AFFAIRS 19313. collection of information they conduct Affected Public: Individuals or [OMB Control No. 2900–0636] or sponsor. This request for comment is Households. being made pursuant to Section Estimated Annual Burden: 7,000. Agency Information Collection 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. Activity: Accelerated Payment Estimated Average Burden Per With respect to the following Respondent: 30 minutes. Verification of Completion collection of information, VBA invites Frequency of Response: One time. comments on: (1) Whether the proposed AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Estimated Number of Respondents: collection of information is necessary Administration, Department of Veterans 14,000. for the proper performance of VBA’s Affairs. By direction of the Secretary. functions, including whether the ACTION: Notice. Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits Department Clearance Officer, Office of Quality and Compliance, Department of burden of the proposed collection of Administration, Department of Veterans Veterans Affairs. information; (3) ways to enhance the Affairs (VA), is announcing an [FR Doc. 2017–16679 Filed 8–7–17; 8:45 am] quality, utility, and clarity of the opportunity for public comment on the information to be collected; and (4) proposed collection of certain BILLING CODE 8320–01–P ways to minimize the burden of the information by the agency. Under the collection of information on Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS respondents, including through the use 1995, Federal agencies are required to AFFAIRS of automated collection techniques or publish notice in the Federal Register the use of other forms of information concerning each proposed collection of [OMB Control No. 2900–0089] information, including each proposed technology. extension of a currently approved Agency Information Collection Authority: 38 U.S.C. 102, 38 U.S.C. 1315. collection, and allow 60 days for public Activity: Statement of Dependency of Title: Statement of Dependency of comment in response to the notice. Parent(s) Parent(s) VA Form 21P–509. DATES: Written comments and AGENCY: Veterans Benefits OMB Control Number: 2900–0089. recommendations on the proposed Administration, Department of Veterans Type of Review: Revision of a collection of information should be Affairs. currently approved collection. received on or before October 10, 2017. Abstract: 38 U.S.C. 102 requires that ACTION: Notice. ADDRESSES: Submit written comments income and dependency must be on the collection of information through SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits determined before benefits may be paid Federal Docket Management System Administration, Department of Veterans to, or for, a dependent parent. (FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to Affairs (VA), is announcing an Regulatory authority is found in 38 CFR Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Veterans Benefits opportunity for public comment on the 3.4 and 38 CFR 3.250. Information is Administration (005R1B), Department of proposed collection of certain requested by this form under the Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue information by the agency. Under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 501(a)(2). VA Form 21P–509 is used by VBA to NW., Washington, DC 20420 or email to Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of cynthia.harvey-pryor@va.gov. Please 1995, Federal agencies are required to gather income and dependency information from claimants who are refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0636’’ publish notice in the Federal Register in any correspondence. During the concerning each proposed collection of seeking payment of benefits as, or for, a dependent parent. This information is comment period, comments may be information, including each proposed viewed online through FDMS. extension of a currently approved necessary to determine dependency of the parent and make determinations FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: collection, and allow 60 days for public Nancy J. Kessinger at (202) 632–8924 or comment in response to the notice. which affect the payment of monetary benefits. The form is used by a veteran FAX (202) 632–8925. DATES: Written comments and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the seeking to establish his/her parent(s) as recommendations on the proposed asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES dependent(s), and by a surviving parent PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must collection of information should be obtain approval from the Office of seeking death compensation. received on or before October 10, 2017. Affected Public: Individuals and Management and Budget (OMB) for each ADDRESSES: Submit written comments households. collection of information they conduct on the collection of information through Estimated Annual Burden: 4,000 or sponsor. This request for comment is Federal Docket Management System hours. being made pursuant to Section (FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to Estimated Average Burden per 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. Nancy Kessinger, Veterans Benefits Respondent: 30 minutes. With respect to the following Administration, Department of Veterans Frequency of Response: Once, ad hoc. collection of information, VBA invites VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:16 Aug 07, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00129 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08AUN1.SGM 08AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 151 / Tuesday, August 8, 2017 / Notices 37169 comments on: (1) Whether the proposed concerning each proposed collection of nationwide longitudinal survey of collection of information is necessary information, including each proposed Veterans residing in communities with for the proper performance of VBA’s new collection, and allow 60 days for varying levels of crime. Specifically, functions, including whether the public comment in response to the this longitudinal study will involve information will have practical utility; notice. surveying Veterans regarding their life (2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the DATES: Written comments and experiences, experiences within their burden of the proposed collection of recommendations on the proposed neighborhood, mental health information; (3) ways to enhance the collection of information should be symptomatology, physical health, quality, utility, and clarity of the received on or before October 10, 2017. reproductive health, mental health information to be collected; and (4) service use, social support, and coping ADDRESSES: Submit written comments ways to minimize the burden of the style three times over the course of on the collection of information through collection of information on approximately 1 year. We will contact a Federal Docket Management System respondents, including through the use random sample of 14,000 Veterans (FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to of automated collection techniques or (11,000 female and 3,000 male) between Brian McCarthy, Office of Regulatory the use of other forms of information the ages of 18 and 45 obtained from VA and Administrative Affairs (10B4), technology. DoD Identity Repository (VADIR) to Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Authority: Public Law 107–103 and Public invite them to participate in this study, Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC Law 110–181. with the ultimate goal of achieving a 20420 or email to Brian.McCarthy4@ baseline sample of ∼4,000 Veterans Title: Accelerated Payment va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control (∼3,000 female and ∼1,000 male). Given Verification of Completion, (VA Form No. 2900–NEW’’ in any correspondence. our primary aim to examine the role of 22–0840). During the comment period, comments community violence on outcomes, we OMB Control Number: 2900–0636. may be viewed online through FDMS. will oversample for residency in high Type of Review: Extension of a FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: crime communities using zip codes to currently approved collection. Brian McCarthy at (202) 461–6345. Abstract: VA Form 22–0840 allows ensure that individuals living in these SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the areas are invited to participate and are, VA claimants to certify that they PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must received an accelerated payment and therefore, represented in the study obtain approval from the Office of sample. We will also oversample rural how such payment was used. Management and Budget (OMB) for each Affected Public: Individuals and communities using zip codes. Finally, collection of information they conduct as we are explicitly interested in under- households. or sponsor. This request for comment is Estimated Annual Burden: 1.17 hours. represented populations in the larger being made pursuant to Section Veteran population, we will also Estimated Average Burden per 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. oversample racial minorities. Our Respondent: 5 minutes. With respect to the following response rate target for the survey is Frequency of Response: One time. Estimated Number of Respondents: collection of information, VHA invites ∼30%, which is consistent with other comments on: (1) Whether the proposed recent surveys of the Veteran 14. collection of information is necessary population. After adjusting for By direction of the Secretary. for the proper performance of VHA’s potentially unusable or ineligible Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, functions, including whether the records (estimated at ∼8%), we predict Department Clearance Officer, Office of information will have practical utility; ∼4,000 will complete the study. Privacy and Records Management, (2) the accuracy of VHA’s estimate of Department of Veterans Affairs. the burden of the proposed collection of Affected Public: Individuals and [FR Doc. 2017–16682 Filed 8–7–17; 8:45 am] information; (3) ways to enhance the households. BILLING CODE 8320–01–P quality, utility, and clarity of the Estimated Annual Burden: information to be collected; and (4) Time 1 Survey: 3,000 hours. ways to minimize the burden of the DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS Time 2 Survey: 3,000 hours. collection of information on AFFAIRS respondents, including through the use Time 3 Survey: 3,000 hours. [OMB Control No. 2900–NEW] of automated collection techniques or Estimated Average Burden Per the use of other forms of information Respondent: Agency Information Collection technology. Time 1 Survey: 45 minutes. Activity: Longitudinal Investigation of Authority: Under 38 U.S.C., Part I, Chapter Gender, Health and Trauma (LIGHT) 5, Section 527. Time 2 Survey: 45 minutes. Survey Time 3 Survey: 45 minutes. Title: Longitudinal Investigation of AGENCY: Veterans Health Gender, Health and Trauma (LIGHT) Frequency of Response: Annually. Administration, Department of Veterans Survey. Estimated Number of Respondents: Affairs. OMB Control Number: 2900–NEW. Type of Review: New Collection. Time 1 Survey: 4,000. ACTION: Notice. Abstract: The purpose of this study is Time 2 Survey: 4,000. asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Veterans Health to understand the cumulative effects of Time 3 Survey: 4,000. Administration, Department of Veterans lifetime exposure to trauma and ongoing Affairs (VA), is announcing an exposure to trauma such as community By direction of the Secretary. opportunity for public comment on the and intimate partner violence on Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, proposed collection of certain Veterans’ mental and physical health, Department Clearance Officer, Office of information by the agency. Under the including its impact on the reproductive Quality and Compliance, Department of Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of health of Veterans. To implement this Veterans Affairs. 1995, Federal agencies are required to research, VHA and entities working on [FR Doc. 2017–16680 Filed 8–7–17; 8:45 am] publish notice in the Federal Register behalf of VHA will conduct a BILLING CODE 8320–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:16 Aug 07, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00130 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\08AUN1.SGM 08AUN1


Document Created: 2017-08-08 00:17:40
Document Modified: 2017-08-08 00:17:40
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesWritten comments and recommendations on the proposed collection of information should be received on or before October 10, 2017.
ContactNancy J. Kessinger at (202) 632-8924 or FAX (202) 632-8925.
FR Citation82 FR 37168 
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