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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 146 / Tuesday, July 30, 2019 / Notices

Dated: July 24, 2019.
Patrick Hernandez,
Chief Administrative Officer, United States
Mint.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0860]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Reimbursement of
Adoption Expenses for Certain
Veterans
Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Health Administration,
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 August 29, 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
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0860’’ in any
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Danny S. Green, Office of Quality,
Performance and Risk (OQPR),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420, (202) 421–1354 or email
[email protected]. Please refer to
‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0860’’ in any
correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–21.
Title: Reimbursement of Adoption
Expenses for Certain Veterans (VA Form
10–10152).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0860.
Type of Review: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: Section 260 of the
Continuing Appropriations and Military

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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 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.
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
24201 on May 24, 2019, pages 24201
and 24202.

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Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 480 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 6 hours.
Frequency of Response: One time.
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0160]

Agency Information Collection
Activity: State Home Programs 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
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 September 30,
2019.
SUMMARY:

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. 2900–0160’’ 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
ADDRESSES:

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