82 FR 57816 - Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Student Beneficiary Report-REPS (Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors)

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 234 (December 7, 2017)

Page Range		57816-57817
FR Document		2017-26315

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it includes the actual data collection instrument.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0399]


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Student 
Beneficiary Report--REPS (Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors)

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), 
Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit the collection of 
information abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and comment. The PRA submission describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden and it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 8, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: VA Desk Officer; 725 
17th St. NW., Washington, DC 20503 or sent through electronic mail to 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-
0399'' in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of 
Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont 
Avenue, Floor 5, Area 368, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-5870 or 
email [email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 
2900-0399'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:


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    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 402; Executive Order 12436.

    Title: Student Beneficiary Report--REPS (Restored Entitlement 
Program for Survivors) (VA Forms 21P-8938 & 21P-8938-1).
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0399.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Restored Entitlement Program for Survivors (REPS) 
benefits are payable to certain surviving spouses and children of 
veterans who died in service prior to August 13, 1981 or who died as a 
result of a service-connected disability incurred or aggravated prior 
to August 13, 1981. Child beneficiaries over age 18 and under age 23 
must be enrolled full-time in an approved post-secondary school.
    Executive Order 12436 ``Payment of Certain Benefits to Survivors of 
Persons Who Died In or As A Result of Military Service'' (found at 42 
U.S.C. 402 (Note)) directs VA administer the provisions of Public Law 
97-377 Section 156. VA codified this authority at 38 CFR 3.812.
    VBA uses VA Forms 21-8938 and 21-8938-1 to verify that a surviving 
child who is receiving REPS benefits based on schoolchild status is in 
fact enrolled full-time in an approved school and is otherwise eligible 
for continued benefits. VA Form 21-8938 is generated by VA's central 
computer system each March and sent to all student beneficiaries. If 
the completed form is not received by the end of May, the beneficiary 
is sent a system-generated due process letter with another VA Form 21-
8938. VBA uses VA Form 21-8938-1 if another copy of the form is needed 
by a respondent.
    The VA Form number is being changed to ``21P-8941'' to reflect 
Pension and Fiduciary Service's responsibility for the form.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of 
information was published at 82 FR 45363 on September 28, 2017.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,767 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 20 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,300.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of Quality, Privacy and Risk, 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2017-26315 Filed 12-6-17; 8:45 am]
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assembly is a complex process in the does not believe the ‘‘how to’’ instructions prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale,
modern motor vehicle, unlike the are necessary in this case. Next, we note that or introduction or delivery for
vehicles in the past that the S4.1 the subject seat belt assemblies were introduction into interstate commerce of
distributed without the required ‘usage and
provisions were intended to address. the noncompliant vehicles under their
maintenance instructions’ specified in
• All Mopar Service Seat Belt FMVSS No. 209, S4.1(l), which requires that control after FCA US notified them that
assemblies are properly labeled with the seat belt assemblies sold as replacement the subject noncompliance existed.
correct service part number so that the equipment have owner instructions on how Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120:
correct parts are shipped to FCA US to wear the seat belt and how to properly delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and
dealerships for use on specific make, thread the webbing on seat belts where the 501.8.
model and model year vehicles and webbing is not permanently attached.
specific seating positions. NHTSA believes that the proper usage is Jeffrey M. Giuseppe,
• The owner’s manual for the FCA US adequately described in the vehicle owner’s Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
vehicles at issue have always provided manual. NHTSA does not believe that [FR Doc. 2017–26425 Filed 12–6–17; 8:45 am]
instructions about the proper threading of
instruction about proper usage and BILLING CODE 4910–59–P
webbing is applicable to modern original
maintenance information for seatbelts to equipment automobile seat belt systems. This
the vehicle owner and operator. second instruction sheet is either duplicated
Therefore, incorrect usage and in the owner’s manual or not applicable. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
maintenance by the vehicle owner is AFFAIRS
FCS US understands that while
highly unlikely. The seatbelt usage
FMVSS No. 209 S4.1(k) and S4.1(l) may [OMB Control No. 2900–0399]
requirement language S4.1(l) is far
be somewhat antiquated, it is
exceeded in any of the vehicle owner’s
nevertheless required to fully comply Agency Information Collection Activity
manuals implicated by the recall.
• In over 25 years and hundreds of with this safety standard. In this regard Under OMB Review: Student
thousands of parts sales, FCA US is not FCA US has made process changes to Beneficiary Report—REPS (Restored
aware of a single field incident or ensure that hard copies of the I-Sheets Entitlement Program for Survivors)
consumer complaint arising from the will be included with all Mopar Service
Seat Belt assemblies shipped to its AGENCY: Veterans Benefits
absence of an I-Sheet during the sale of Administration, Department of Veterans
any Mopar Service Seat Belt assemblies. dealers. Moreover, FCA US has
implemented changes in its part Affairs.
There have been many instances of
ordering process to ensure that all I- ACTION: Notice.
similar documentation omissions where
the agency has granted inconsequential Sheets for Mopar Service Seat Belt
assemblies affected by recall T49 SUMMARY: In compliance with the
treatment. NHTSA has granted similar Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
petitions for noncompliance with seat (NHTSA 17E–039) have been uploaded
to on-line resources (StarPartsTM and 1995, this notice announces that the
belt assembly installation and usage Veterans Benefits Administration
instruction standards. See Mitsubishi DealerCONNECT) and directly linked to
the specific Mopar Service Seat Belt part (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs,
Motors North America, Inc. (77 FR will submit the collection of
24762, April 25, 2012); Bentley Motors, numbers. Going forward, this hard copy
and on-line mating of the service parts information abstracted below to the
Inc. (75 FR 35877, September 20, 2011); Office of Management and Budget
Hyundai Motor Company (73 FR 49238, and S4.1(k) and S4.1(l) instructions will
ensure that the documentation (OMB) for review and comment. The
March 2, 2009); Ford Motor Company PRA submission describes the nature of
(73 FR 11462, March 3, 2008); Mazda requirement of FMVSS No. 209 will be
met. the information collection and its
North America Operations (73 FR expected cost and burden and it
11464, March 3, 2008); Ford Motor FCA US concluded by expressing the
belief that the subject noncompliance is includes the actual data collection
Company (73 FR 63051, October 22, instrument.
2008); and TRW, Inc. (58 FR 7171, inconsequential as it relates to motor
February 4, 1993). vehicle safety, and that its petition to be DATES: Comments must be submitted on
The most notable grant of exempted from providing notification of or before January 8, 2018.
inconsequential treatment, and one the noncompliance, as required by 49 ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
which is substantially similar to U.S.C. 30118, and a remedy for the on the collection of information through
equipment recall T49 (NHTSA 17E– noncompliance, as required by 49 www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of
039), is Subaru of America, Inc. (65 FR U.S.C. 30120, should be granted. Information and Regulatory Affairs,
67471, November 9, 2000), where the NHTSA notes that the statutory Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
agency made the following succinct provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW.,
observations: 30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to Washington, DC 20503 or sent through
file petitions for a determination of electronic mail to oira_submission@
There seems to be little need for the inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to
installation instructions with replacements omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
for original equipment seat belts. The SAE
exempt manufacturers only from the Control No. 2900–0399’’ in any
J800c Recommended Practice incorporated in duties found in sections 30118 and correspondence.
FMVSS No. 209 appears to have been written 30120, respectively, to notify owners,
as a guide on how to install a seat belt where purchasers, and dealers of a defect or FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
one does not exist. The Recommended noncompliance and to remedy the Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of Quality,
Practice discusses such things as how to defect or noncompliance. Therefore, any Privacy and Risk, Department of
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determine the correct location for decision on this petition only applies to Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue,
anchorages, how to create adequate the subject vehicles that FCA US no Floor 5, Area 368, Washington, DC
anchorages and how to properly attach 20420, (202) 461–5870 or email
webbing to the newly installed anchorages.
longer controlled at the time it
determined that the noncompliance cynthia.harvey-pryor@va.gov. Please
These instructions do not apply to today’s
replacement market. Additionally, vehicle existed. However, any decision on this refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0399’’
manufacturers provide service manuals on petition does not relieve vehicle in any correspondence.
how seat belts should be replaced. NHTSA distributors and dealers of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 402; Executive Order By direction of the Secretary. Abstract: Restored Entitlement
12436. Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Program for Survivors (REPS) benefits
Title: Student Beneficiary Report— Department Clearance Officer, Office of are payable to certain surviving spouses
REPS (Restored Entitlement Program for
Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of and children of veterans who died in
Veterans Affairs. service prior to August 13, 1981 or who
Survivors) (VA Forms 21P–8938 & 21P–
8938–1).
[FR Doc. 2017–26315 Filed 12–6–17; 8:45 am] died as a result of a service-connected
BILLING CODE 8320–01–P disability incurred or aggravated prior to
OMB Control Number: 2900–0399. August 13, 1981. Child beneficiaries
Type of Review: Revision of a over age 18 and under age 23 must be
currently approved collection. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS enrolled full-time in an approved post-
Abstract: Restored Entitlement AFFAIRS secondary school.
Program for Survivors (REPS) benefits [OMB Control No. 2900–0394] VBA uses VA Form 21–8926 to verify
are payable to certain surviving spouses that a beneficiary who is receiving REPS
and children of veterans who died in Agency Information Collection Activity benefits based on schoolchild status is
service prior to August 13, 1981 or who Under OMB Review: Certification of enrolled full-time in an approved school
died as a result of a service-connected School Attendance—REPS and is otherwise eligible for continued
disability incurred or aggravated prior to benefits. VBA has used the information
AGENCY: Veterans Benefits collected to make such benefit eligibility
August 13, 1981. Child beneficiaries Administration, Department of Veterans
over age 18 and under age 23 must be determinations and ensure REPS
Affairs.
enrolled full-time in an approved post- payments are issued properly.
ACTION: Notice. This form number has been updated
secondary school.
Executive Order 12436 ‘‘Payment of SUMMARY: In compliance with the to ‘‘21P–8926’’ from ‘‘21–8926’’ to
Certain Benefits to Survivors of Persons Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of reflect change of ownership of the form
Who Died In or As A Result of Military 1995, this notice announces that the to VBA’s Pension and Fiduciary Service.
Service’’ (found at 42 U.S.C. 402 (Note)) Veterans Benefits Administration An agency may not conduct or
directs VA administer the provisions of (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, sponsor, and a person is not required to
Public Law 97–377 Section 156. VA will submit the collection of respond to a collection of information
codified this authority at 38 CFR 3.812. information abstracted below to the unless it displays a currently valid OMB
Office of Management and Budget control number. The Federal Register
VBA uses VA Forms 21–8938 and 21– Notice with a 60-day comment period
8938–1 to verify that a surviving child (OMB) for review and comment. The
PRA submission describes the nature of soliciting comments on this collection
who is receiving REPS benefits based on of information was published at 82 FR
schoolchild status is in fact enrolled the information collection and its
expected cost and burden and it 45112 on November 27, 2017.
full-time in an approved school and is Affected Public: Individuals and
otherwise eligible for continued includes the actual data collection
instrument. households.
benefits. VA Form 21–8938 is generated Estimated Annual Burden: 300 hours.
by VA’s central computer system each DATES: Comments must be submitted on
Estimated Average Burden per
March and sent to all student or before January 8, 2018.
Respondent: 15 minutes.
beneficiaries. If the completed form is ADDRESSES: Submit written comments Frequency of Response: Annual.
not received by the end of May, the on the collection of information through Estimated Number of Respondents:
beneficiary is sent a system-generated www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of 1,200.
due process letter with another VA Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Form 21–8938. VBA uses VA Form 21– Office of Management and Budget, Attn: By direction of the Secretary.
8938–1 if another copy of the form is VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW., Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
needed by a respondent. Washington, DC 20503 or sent through Department Clearance Officer, Office of
The VA Form number is being electronic mail to oira_submission@ Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of
changed to ‘‘21P–8941’’ to reflect omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB Veterans Affairs.
Pension and Fiduciary Service’s Control No. 2900–0394’’ in any [FR Doc. 2017–26313 Filed 12–6–17; 8:45 am]
responsibility for the form. correspondence. BILLING CODE 8320–01–P

An agency may not conduct or FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
sponsor, and a person is not required to Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of Quality,
Privacy and Risk, Department of DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
respond to a collection of information AFFAIRS
unless it displays a currently valid OMB Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue,
control number. The Federal Register Floor 5, Area 368, Washington, DC [OMB Control No. 2900–0405]
Notice with a 60-day comment period 20420, (202) 461–5870 or email
soliciting comments on this collection cynthia.harvey-pryor@va.gov. Please Agency Information Collection Activity
of information was published at 82 FR refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0394’’ Under OMB Review: REPS Annual
45363 on September 28, 2017. in any correspondence. Eligibility Report
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Affected Public: Individuals and AGENCY: Veterans Benefits
households. Authority: Public Law 97–377 Section 156; Administration, Department of Veterans
42 U.S.C. 402; Executive Order 12436.
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Estimated Annual Burden: 1,767 Affairs.
hours. Title: Certification of School ACTION: Notice.
Estimated Average Burden per Attendance—REPS (VA Form 21P–
8926) SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Respondent: 20 minutes.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0394. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
Frequency of Response: Annually. Type of Review: Reinstatement with 1995, this notice announces that the
Estimated Number of Respondents: change of a currently approved Veterans Benefits Administration
5,300. collection. (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs,

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Comments must be submitted on or before January 8, 2018.
Contact		Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue, Floor 5, Area 368, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-5870 or email [email protected] Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0399'' in any correspondence.
FR Citation		82 FR 57816