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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 73 / Tuesday, April 16, 2019 / Notices
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0495’’ in any
correspondence.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0495]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Marital Status
Questionnaire
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 May 16, 2019.
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

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Danny S. Green at (202) 421–1354.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 101(3), 103.
Title: Marital Status Questionnaire,
VA Form 21P–0537.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0495.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), through its Veterans
Benefits Administration (VBA),
administers an integrated program of
benefits and services established by law
for Veterans, service personnel, and
their dependents and/or beneficiaries.
VA Form 21P–0537 Marital Status
Questionnaire is used to confirm the
marital status of a surviving spouse in
receipt of Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation (DIC) benefits. If a
surviving spouse remarries, he or she is
no longer entitled to DIC unless the
marriage began after age 57 or has been
terminated. Information is requested by
this form under the authority of 38
U.S.C. 101(3) and 38 U.S.C. 103.
VA Form 21P–0537 is used by VBA to
verify a surviving spouse’s current
marital status to determine his or her
continuing entitlement to DIC benefits.

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The form letter is automatically
generated and mailed to DIC
beneficiaries. Agency action depends on
the information provided by the
beneficiary. If the information provided
supports the beneficiary’s continued
entitlement to benefits, no action is
taken. If the information provided by
the beneficiary does not support
continued entitlement to benefits, VA
will act to terminate benefit payments,
based on the facts found.
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 84 FR
2949 on February 8, 2019, page 2949.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,484.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 5 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
17,808.
By direction of the Secretary.
Danny S. Green,
VA Interim Clearance Officer, Office of
Quality, Performance, and Risk, Department
of Veterans Affairs.
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