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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 57 / Friday, March 23, 2018 / Notices
Dated: March 19, 2018.
Jennifer P. Quintana,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0004]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Application for
Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation, Death Pension and
Accrued Benefits by a Surviving
Spouse or Child; Application for
Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation by a Surviving Spouse
or Child—In-Service Death; Application
for DIC, Death Pension, and/or
Accrued Benefits
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be submitted on
or before April 23, 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 oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0004’’ in any
correspondence.
DATES:

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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. 2900–0004’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 1310 through
1314 and 1532 through 1543.

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Title: Application for Dependency
and Indemnity Compensation, Death
Pension and Accrued Benefits by a
Surviving Spouse or Child (VA Form
21P–534); Application for Dependency
and Indemnity Compensation by a
Surviving Spouse or Child—In-Service
Death (21P–534a); Application for DIC,
Death Pension, and/or Accrued Benefits
(VA Form 21P–534EZ).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0004.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: Information is requested by
these forms under the authority of 38
U.S.C. 1310 through 1314 and 1532
through 1543. VA Form 21P–534 is used
to gather the necessary information to
determine the eligibility of surviving
spouses and children for dependency
and indemnity compensation (DIC),
death pension, accrued benefits, and
death compensation. VA Form 21P–
534a is an abbreviated application for
DIC that is used only by surviving
spouses and children of veterans who
died while on active duty service. The
VA Form 21P–534EZ is used for the
Fully Developed Claims (FDC) program
for pension claims.
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 83 FR
2878 on January 19, 2018, pages 2878
and 2879.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 69,091
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 36.05 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
115,000.
By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of
Quality and Compliance, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0843]

Agency Information Collection
Activity: VHA Homeless Programs
Project CHALENG (Community
Homelessness Assessment, Local
Education and Networking Groups) for
Veterans
Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Veterans Health
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
revision 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 May 22, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to
Brian McCarthy, Office of Regulatory
and Administrative Affairs (10B4),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420 or email to Brian.McCarthy4@
va.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control
No. 2900–0843’’ in any correspondence.
During the comment period, comments
may be viewed online through FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian McCarthy at (202) 615–9241.
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, VHA invites
comments on: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of VHA’s
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of VHA’s estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
SUMMARY:

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