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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 236 / Monday, December 9, 2019 / Notices

VA Environmental Health Registry
evaluations are free, voluntary medical
assessments for Veterans who may have
been exposed to certain environmental
hazards during military service.
Evaluations alert Veterans to possible
long-term health problems that may be
related to exposure specific to
environmental hazards during their
military service. The registry data may
help VA understand and respond to
these health problems more effectively
and may be useful for research
purposes.
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
42993 on August 19, 2019, page 42993.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 20,000.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 60 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once
annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20,000.
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. 2900–0568]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Submission of
School Catalog to the State Approving
Agency
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; it includes the actual
data collection instrument.

Comments must be submitted on
or before January 8, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov, or to the 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. 2900–0568’’ in any
correspondence.
DATES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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

Authority: Title 38 CFR, sections
21.4253 and 21.4254, restates this
statutory requirement in the Code of
Federal Regulations, and Title 38 U.S.C.
3676.
Title: Submission of School Catalog to
the State Approving Agency (VA Form
= No Form).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0568.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: State approving agencies
and VA use the catalogs to determine
what courses can be approved for VA
training. VA receives catalogs when
institutions change their education
programs. In general, the catalogs are
collected approximately once a year.
Without this information, VA and the
State approving agencies cannot
determine what courses could be
approved.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 2,582
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 15 minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Actual Number of Respondents:
10,330.
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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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Annual Pay Ranges for Physicians,
Dentists, and Podiatrists of the
Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
Department of Veterans Affairs
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

VA is hereby giving notice of
annual pay ranges, which is the sum of

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the base pay rate and market pay for
VHA physicians, dentists, and
podiatrists as prescribed by the
Secretary for Department-wide
applicability. These annual pay ranges
are intended to enhance the flexibility
of the Department to recruit, develop,
and retain the most highly qualified
providers to serve our Nation’s Veterans
and maintain a standard of excellence in
the VA health care system.
DATES: Annual pay ranges are applicable
February 16, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leah Brady, HR Specialist, Human
Resources Center of Expertise, VHA
Workforce Management and Consulting
Office (10A2A), Department of Veterans
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420, (631) 514–9622.
This is not a toll-free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 38
U.S.C. 7431(e)(1)(A), not less often than
once every 2 years, the Secretary must
prescribe for Department-wide
applicability the minimum and
maximum amounts of annual pay that
may be paid to VHA physicians,
dentists, and podiatrists. 38 U.S.C.
7431(e)(1)(B) allows the Secretary to
prescribe separate minimum and
maximum amounts of annual pay for a
specialty or assignment. Pursuant to 38
U.S.C. 7431(e)(1)(C), amounts
prescribed under paragraph 7431(e)
shall be published in the Federal
Register and shall not take effect until
at least 60 days after date of publication.
In addition, under 38 U.S.C.
7431(e)(4), the total amount of
compensation paid to a physician,
dentist, or podiatrist under title 38 of
the United States Code cannot exceed,
in any year, the amount of annual
compensation (excluding expenses) of
the President. For the purposes of
subparagraph 7431(e)(4), ‘‘the total
amount of compensation’’ includes base
pay, market pay, performance pay,
recruitment, relocation, and retention
incentives, incentive awards for
performance and special contributions,
and fee basis earnings.
Background
The ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Care Personnel Enhancement Act
of 2004’’ (Public Law (Pub. L.) 108–445)
was signed by the President on
December 3, 2004. The major provisions
of the law established a new pay system
for VHA physicians and dentists
consisting of base pay, market pay, and
performance pay. While the base pay
component is set by statute, market pay
is intended to reflect the recruitment
and retention needs for the specialty or
assignment of a particular physician or

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