83_FR_13239 83 FR 13180 - Agency Information Collection Submission for OMB Emergency Review: Request for Restoration of Educational Assistance

83 FR 13180 - Agency Information Collection Submission for OMB Emergency Review: Request for Restoration of Educational Assistance

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 59 (March 27, 2018)

Page Range13180-13181
FR Document2018-06085

The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency clearance and review of VA Form 22-0989, Request for Restoration of Educational Assistance, 2900--NEW. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, VA is soliciting comments for this collection.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13180-13181]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06085]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900--NEW]


Agency Information Collection Submission for OMB Emergency 
Review: Request for Restoration of Educational Assistance

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs.

ACTION: Emergency clearance notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of 
Veterans Affairs (VA), submitted a request to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for emergency clearance and review of VA Form 22-0989, 
Request for Restoration of Educational Assistance, 2900--NEW. Under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, VA is soliciting comments for 
this collection.

DATES:  Comments on this proposal for emergency review should be 
received within April 26, 2018. VA is requesting OMB to take action 
within 30 calendar days from the close of this Federal Register Notice 
on the request for emergency review. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed collection of information to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, or sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected]. To obtain a copy of associated documents 
for this information collection, access Reginfo.gov. Please refer to 
``OMB

[[Page 13181]]

Control No. 2900--NEW, Restoration'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VA Form 22-0989 will allow students to apply 
for restoration of entitlement for VA education benefits used at a 
school that closed or had its approval to receive VA benefits 
withdrawn. Education Service requests approval of this information 
collection in order to carry out the implementation of the law which 
requires VA to immediately accept applications to restore education 
benefits for school closures and disapprovals beginning after January 
1, 2015. 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, the Office of Management and 
Budget is particularly interested in comments that: (1) Evaluate 
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) Evaluate the accuracy of 
VBA's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; 
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) 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, 
permitting electronic submissions of responses.
    Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3699.
    Title: Request for Restoration of Educational Assistance, VA Form 
22-0989.
    OMB Control Number: 2900--NEW.
    Type of Review: Emergency.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 14,045.
    Estimated Burden per Respondent: 15 minutes.
    Total Burden Hours: 3,511 hours.

    By direction of the Secretary:
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Quality and Compliance, Department 
of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2018-06085 Filed 3-26-18; 8:45 am]
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                                                Estimated Total Annual Burden                        for mechanical injection and because of               government service in order to request
                                             Hours: 9,350.                                           this there is currently no requirement in             the official personnel folder from federal
                                                9. Title: T.D. 8537—Carryover of                     the regulations for pre-approval by the               records and to identify possible pay-
                                             Passive Activity Losses and Credits and                 IRS to inject dye into exempt fuel. The               setting issues.
                                             At Risk Losses to Bankruptcy Estates of                 statutory requirement remains codified                  Form: 12854.
                                             Individuals.                                            until such time they are finalized or                   Affected Public: Individuals and
                                                OMB Control Number: 1545–1375.                       removed. The burden has been adjusted                 households.
                                                Type of Review: Extension without                    accordingly.                                            Estimated Total Annual Burden
                                             change of a currently approved                             Form: None.                                        Hours: 6,203.
                                             collection.                                                Affected Public: Businesses or other                 Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
                                                Abstract: This document contains                     for-profits.
                                                                                                        Estimated Total Annual Burden                        Dated: March 21, 2018.
                                             previously approved final regulations
                                             relating to the application of carryover                Hours: 1.                                             Spencer W. Clark,
                                             of passive activity losses and credits and                 12. Title: TD 8706 Electronic Filing of            Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
                                             at risk losses to the bankruptcy estates                Form W–4.                                             [FR Doc. 2018–06060 Filed 3–26–18; 8:45 am]
                                             of individuals. The final regulations                      OMB Control Number: 1545–1435.                     BILLING CODE 4830–01–P
                                             affect individual taxpayers who file                       Type of Review: Extension without
                                             bankruptcy petitions under chapter 7 or                 change of a currently approved
                                             chapter 11 of title 11 of the United                    collection.
                                                                                                        Abstract: This document contains                   DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
                                             States Code and have passive activity                                                                         AFFAIRS
                                             losses and credits under section 469 or                 previously approved final regulations
                                             losses under section 465.                               relating to Form W–4, Employee’s
                                                                                                                                                           [OMB Control No. 2900—NEW]
                                                Form: None.                                          Withholding Allowance Certificate. The
                                                Affected Public: Businesses or other                 final regulations authorize employers to              Agency Information Collection
                                             for-profits.                                            establish electronic systems for use by               Submission for OMB Emergency
                                                Estimated Total Annual Burden                        employees in filing their Forms W–4.                  Review: Request for Restoration of
                                             Hours: 100.                                             The regulations provide employers and                 Educational Assistance
                                                                                                     employees with guidance necessary to
                                                10. Title: EE–14–81 Deductions and
                                                                                                     comply with the law. The regulations                  AGENCY:  Veterans Benefits
                                             Reductions in Earnings and Profits (or
                                                                                                     affect employers that establish                       Administration, Department of Veterans
                                             Accumulated Profits) With Respect to
                                                                                                     electronic systems and their employees.               Affairs.
                                             Certain Foreign Deferred Compensation                      Form: None.
                                             Plans Maintained by Certain Foreign                                                                           ACTION: Emergency clearance notice and
                                                                                                        Affected Public: Businesses or other               request for comments.
                                             Corporations.                                           for-profits.
                                                OMB Control Number: 1545–1393.                          Estimated Total Annual Burden                      SUMMARY:   The Veterans Benefits
                                                Type of Review: Extension without                    Hours: 40,000.                                        Administration (VBA), Department of
                                             change of a currently approved                                                                                Veterans Affairs (VA), submitted a
                                                                                                        13. Title: TD 8881—General Revision
                                             collection.                                                                                                   request to the Office of Management and
                                                                                                     of Regulations Relating to Withholding
                                                Abstract: The previously approved
                                                                                                     of Tax on Certain U.S. Source Income                  Budget (OMB) for emergency clearance
                                             regulation provides guidance regarding
                                                                                                     Paid to Foreign Persons.                              and review of VA Form 22–0989,
                                             the limitations on deductions and                          OMB Control Number: 1545–1484.                     Request for Restoration of Educational
                                             adjustments to earnings and profits (or                    Type of Review: Extension without                  Assistance, 2900—NEW. Under the
                                             accumulated profits) for certain foreign                change of a currently approved                        Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
                                             deferred compensation plans.                            collection.                                           1995, VA is soliciting comments for this
                                             Respondents will be multinational                          Abstract: This document contains                   collection.
                                             corporations.                                           previously approved regulations relating
                                                Form: None.                                                                                                DATES: Comments on this proposal for
                                                                                                     to the withholding of income tax under                emergency review should be received
                                                Affected Public: Businesses or other                 sections 1441, 1442, and 1443 on certain
                                             for-profits.                                                                                                  within April 26, 2018. VA is requesting
                                                                                                     U.S. source income paid to foreign                    OMB to take action within 30 calendar
                                                Estimated Total Annual Burden                        persons and related requirements
                                             Hours: 634,450.                                                                                               days from the close of this Federal
                                                                                                     governing collection, deposit, refunds,               Register Notice on the request for
                                                11. Title: TD 9199—Diesel Fuel and                   and credits of withheld amounts under                 emergency review. This process is
                                             Kerosene Excise Tax; Dye Injection.                     sections 1461 through 1463. These
                                                OMB Control Number: 1545–1418.                                                                             conducted in accordance with 5 CFR
                                                                                                     regulations affect persons making                     1320.1.
                                                Type of Review: Extension without                    payments of U.S. source income to
                                             change of a currently approved                          foreign persons.                                      ADDRESSES:   Interested persons are
                                             collection.                                                Form: None.                                        invited to submit written comments on
                                                Abstract: The previously approved                       Affected Public: Businesses or other               the proposed collection of information
                                             regulations relate to the diesel fuel and               for-profits.                                          to the Office of Information and
                                             kerosene excise tax and reflect changes                    Estimated Total Annual Burden                      Regulatory Affairs, Office of
                                             made by the American Jobs Creation Act                  Hours: 1.                                             Management and Budget, 725 17th
                                             of 2004 (Act) regarding mechanical dye                     14. Title: Government Service                      Street NW, Washington, DC 20503,
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                                             injection systems. Under the Act, diesel                Information.                                          Attention: Desk Officer for the
                                             fuel and kerosene that are to be used in                   OMB Control Number: 1545–1919.                     Department of Veterans Affairs, or sent
                                             a nontaxable use must be indelibly dyed                    Type of Review: Extension without                  via electronic mail to oira_submission@
                                             by use of a mechanical dye injection                    change of a currently approved                        omb.eop.gov. To obtain a copy of
                                             system that satisfies the requirements                  collection.                                           associated documents for this
                                             set forth in the regulations. However,                     Abstract: Form 12854 is used to                    information collection, access
                                             Notice 2005–80 lifted the requirement                   identify applicants who have had prior                Reginfo.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB


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                                             Control No. 2900—NEW, Restoration’’                     pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the                Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3699.
                                             in any correspondence.                                  PRA. With respect to the following                      Title: Request for Restoration of
                                                                                                     collection of information, the Office of              Educational Assistance, VA Form 22–
                                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     VA Form
                                                                                                     Management and Budget is particularly                 0989.
                                             22–0989 will allow students to apply for
                                                                                                     interested in comments that: (1)                        OMB Control Number: 2900—NEW.
                                             restoration of entitlement for VA
                                                                                                     Evaluate whether the proposed                           Type of Review: Emergency.
                                             education benefits used at a school that
                                                                                                     collection of information is necessary                  Affected Public: Individuals or
                                             closed or had its approval to receive VA
                                                                                                     for the proper performance of VBA’s                   Households.
                                             benefits withdrawn. Education Service
                                                                                                     functions, including whether the                        Frequency of Response: Once.
                                             requests approval of this information
                                                                                                     information will have practical utility;                Estimated Number of Respondents:
                                             collection in order to carry out the
                                                                                                     (2) Evaluate the accuracy of VBA’s                    14,045.
                                             implementation of the law which
                                                                                                     estimate of the burden of the proposed                  Estimated Burden per Respondent: 15
                                             requires VA to immediately accept
                                                                                                     collection of information; (3) Enhance                minutes.
                                             applications to restore education
                                                                                                     the quality, utility, and clarity of the                Total Burden Hours: 3,511 hours.
                                             benefits for school closures and
                                             disapprovals beginning after January 1,                 information to be collected; and (4)                    By direction of the Secretary:
                                             2015. Under the PRA of 1995, Federal                    Minimize the burden of the collection of              Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
                                             agencies must obtain approval from the                  information on respondents, including                 Agency Clearance Officer, Office of Quality
                                             Office of Management and Budget                         through the use of automated collection               and Compliance, Department of Veterans
                                             (OMB) for each collection of                            techniques or the use of other forms of               Affairs.
                                             information they conduct or sponsor.                    information technology, permitting                    [FR Doc. 2018–06085 Filed 3–26–18; 8:45 am]
                                             This request for comment is being made                  electronic submissions of responses.                  BILLING CODE 8320–01–P
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Document Created: 2018-03-27 01:26:51
Document Modified: 2018-03-27 01:26:51
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
ActionEmergency clearance notice and request for comments.
DatesComments on this proposal for emergency review should be received within April 26, 2018. VA is requesting OMB to take action within 30 calendar days from the close of this Federal Register Notice on the request for emergency review. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.
FR Citation83 FR 13180 

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