60-day FRN - Reimbursement for Adoption Expenses for Veterans - 05242019

Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 101 / Friday, May 24, 2019 / Notices
Dated: May 17, 2019.
Theodore J. Dowd,
Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency.
[FR Doc. 2019–10831 Filed 5–23–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service Advisory
Council (IRSAC); Nominations
Internal Revenue Service,
Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Request for nominations.
AGENCY:

The Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) is requesting applications from
individuals to be considered for
selection as members of the Internal
Revenue Service Advisory Council
(IRSAC). Applications are currently
being accepted for approximately 14
appointments that will begin in January
2020. IRSAC members are drawn from
substantially diverse backgrounds
representing a cross-section of the
taxpaying public with substantial,
disparate experience.
DATES: Written nominations must be
received on or before June 10, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be
submitted to: Anna Millikan, IRS
National Public Liaison, via email to
[email protected]. Nominations may
also be submitted via fax to 855–811–
8021. Applications are available on the
IRS website at https://www.irs.gov/pub/
irs-pdf/f12339.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna Millikan at 202–317–6851 (not a
toll-free number) or send an email to
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Nominations of qualified individuals
may come from individuals or
organizations. They should describe and
document the proposed member’s
qualifications for IRSAC. In particular,
the IRSAC is seeking applicants with
knowledge and background in one of
the following areas:
Large Business & International:
International tax expertise, experience
as a certified public accountant working
in or for a large, sophisticated
organization, and/or experience working
in-house at a major firm dealing with
complex organizations.
Small Business & Self-Employed:
Experience with online or digital
businesses, experience with audit
representation, experience educating on
tax issues and topics, knowledge of
passthrough entities, and/or knowledge
of fiduciary tax.

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Tax Exempt & Government Entities:
Experience in tax exempt bonds and/or
experience in employment tax and
federal, state, local or Indian tribal
governments.
Wage & Investment: Tax software and
software industry experience, Volunteer
Income Tax Assistance and Tax
Counseling for the Elderly experience,
experience marketing and applying
industry benchmarks to operations,
background in information technology
financial services, with knowledge of
technology innovations in public and
private customer service sectors, and/or
experience with S-corporations and
partnership information returns.
The IRSAC serves as an advisory body
to the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue and provides an organized
public forum for discussion of relevant
tax administration issues between IRS
officials and representatives of the
public. The IRSAC proposes
enhancements to IRS operations,
recommends administrative and policy
changes to improve taxpayer service,
compliance and tax administration,
discusses relevant information reporting
issues, addresses matters concerning
tax-exempt and government entities,
and conveys the public’s perception of
professional standards and best
practices for tax professionals.
This is a volunteer position. Travel
expenses within government guidelines
will be reimbursed. Appointed by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue with
the concurrence of the Secretary of the
Treasury, IRSAC members will serve
three-year terms to allow for a rotation
in membership which ensures that
different perspectives are represented.
In accordance with the Department of
the Treasury Directive 21–03, a
clearance process, including annual tax
checks and a practitioner check with the
IRS Office of Professional
Responsibility, will be conducted. In
addition, all applicants deemed ‘‘Best
Qualified’’ shall undergo a Federal
Bureau of Investigation fingerprint
check.
The IRSAC is authorized under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public
Law 92–463. The first Advisory Group
to the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue—or the Commissioner’s
Advisory Group (‘‘CAG’’)—was
established in 1953 as a ‘‘national policy
and/or issue advisory committee.’’
Renamed in 1998, the Internal Revenue
Service Advisory Council (IRSAC)
reflects the agency-wide scope of its
focus as an advisory body to the entire
agency.
All applicants will be sent an
acknowledgment of receipt.

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Equal opportunity practices will be
followed for all appointments to the
IRSAC in accordance with the
Department of the Treasury and IRS
policies. The IRS has special interest in
assuring that women and men, members
of all races and national origins, and
individuals with disabilities have an
opportunity to serve on advisory
committees. Therefore, the IRS extends
particular encouragement to
nominations from such appropriatelyqualified candidates.
Dated: April 29, 2019.
John Lipold,
Chief, Relationship Management, IRS
National Public Liaison, Designated Federal
Official, IRSAC.
[FR Doc. 2019–10465 Filed 5–23–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0860]

Agency Information Collection
Activity: Reimbursement of Adoption
Expenses for Certain 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
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 July 23, 2019,
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. 2900–0860’’ in any correspondence.
During the comment period, comments
may be viewed online through FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian McCarthy at (202) 615–9241.
SUMMARY:

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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 101 / Friday, May 24, 2019 / Notices

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
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 104–13; 44
U.S.C. 3501–3521.
Title: Reimbursement of Adoption
Expenses for Certain Veterans, VA Form
10–10152.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0860.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Section 260 of the
Continuing Appropriations and Military
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2017, and Zika Response and
Preparedness Act (Pub. L. 114–223)
states that VA may use appropriated
funds available to VA for the Medical
Services account to provide, among
other things, reimbursement of adoption
expenses to a covered Veteran.
‘‘Covered Veteran’’ means a Veteran
who has a service-connected disability
that results in the inability of the
Veteran to procreate without the use of
fertility treatment. The term ‘‘adoption
reimbursement’’ is defined at Public
Law 114–223 section 260(a)(4) to mean
reimbursement for the adoption-related
expenses for an adoption that is
finalized after the date of the enactment
of the Act under the same terms as
apply under the adoption
reimbursement program of the
Department of Defense, as authorized in
Department of Defense Instruction
1341.09, including the reimbursement
limits and requirements set forth in
such instruction. This law was enacted
on September 29, 2016, and funding for
the program is authorized through
September 30, 2018. VA’s authority to
provide reimbursement of qualifying
adoption expenses to the same cohort
described in Public Law 114–223

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section 260 was subsequently renewed
and extended in nearly identical form in
section 236 of Division J, Military
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2018, Public Law 115–141 (March 23,
2018) (the ‘‘2018 Act’’). Under this most
recent authority, VA’s adoption expense
reimbursement program remains subject
to the funding period covered by the
2018 Act and the availability of
appropriations. To implement this
benefit, VA has developed VA Form 10–
10152, paralleling DD 2675, which
requires any Veteran requesting
reimbursement of qualifying adoption
expenses to submit the same types of
evidence as required under the DoD
policy, as mandated by Public Law 114–
223 section 260. VA Form 10–10152
was previously approved by OMB
through the PRA clearance process, and
VA now seeks an extension of that
approval of this information collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 480 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 6 hours.
Frequency of Response: One time
only.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
80.
By direction of the Secretary.
Danny S. Green,
Interim VA Clearance Officer, Office of
Quality, Performance and Risk (OQPR),
Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2019–10966 Filed 5–23–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0523]

Agency Information Collection
Activity: Loan Analysis
Loan Guaranty Service,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Loan Guaranty Service, 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 June 24, 2019.

DATES:

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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. 2900–0523’’ in any
correspondence.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Danny S. Green, Enterprise Records
Service (005R1B), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 421–
1354, or email [email protected].
Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–
0523’’ in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–21.
Title: Loan Analysis, VA form 26–
6393.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0523.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: The form will be completed
by employees of lending institutions
partially from information contained on
other documents in the loan file. In
addition, some items will be completed
on the basis of mathematical
calculations and underwriting
judgement resulting from interpretation
of VA credit standards (38 CFR
36.4337). VA employees will also be
able to extract data from the completed
form in order to expand the amount of
information contained in VA’s data
bases; i.e., income and indebtedness
amounts for veteran-borrowers.
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
8153 on March 6, 2019 on page 8153.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 125,000
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One-time.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
250,000.
By direction of the Secretary.
Danny Green,
VA Interim Clearance Officer, Office of
Quality, Performance, Privacy and Risk
(OQPR), Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2019–10942 Filed 5–23–19; 8:45 am]
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