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social security number, and their return
address.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:

N/A.
HISTORY:

VA Mobile Application Environment
(MAE)-VA (173VA005OP2) last full
publication provided in 78 FR 66806
dated November 6, 2013
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0576]

Agency Information Collection
Activity: Certification of Affirmation of
Enrollment Agreement
Correspondence Course
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Veterans Benefits
Administration (VBA), Department of
Veterans Affairs (VBA), 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
Reinstatement of a Previously Approved
Information 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 January 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to
Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits
Administration (20M33), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420 or email to
[email protected]. Please refer to
‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0576’’ in any
correspondence. During the comment
period, comments may be viewed online
through FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW,
Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688
or email [email protected]. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0576’’
in any correspondence.

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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, VBA invites
comments on: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of VBA’s
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of VBA’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: 38 U.S.C. 3686(b); 38
U.S.C. 3323(a); 10 U.S.C. 16131, and 38
CFR 21.74256(b).
Title: Certification of Affirmation of
Enrollment Agreement Correspondence
Course.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0576.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a
previously approved collection.
Abstract: VA uses information from
the current collection to pay education
benefits for correspondence training.
This information allows VA to
determine if the claimant has been
informed of the 5-day reflection period
required by law.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 3 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
69.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0613]

Agency Information Collection
Activity: Record Keeping at Flight
Schools
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 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 Reinstatement
of a Previously Approved Information
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 January 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to
Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits
Administration (20M33), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420 or email to
[email protected]. Please refer to
‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0613’’ in any
correspondence. During the comment
period, comments may be viewed online
through FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise
and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW,
Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688
or email [email protected]. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0613’’
in any correspondence.
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, VBA invites
comments on: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of VBA’s
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the
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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: 38 U.S.C. 3690(c); 38 CFR
21.4263(h)(3).
Title: Record Keeping at Flight
Schools.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0613.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a
previously approved collection.
Abstract: The State approving
agencies that approve courses for VA
training use these records to determine
if courses offered by flight schools
should be approved. VA representatives
use the records to determine the
accuracy of payments made to VA
students at flight schools.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for Profit or Not for Profit Schools.
Estimated Annual Burden: 557 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 20 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,672.
By direction of the Secretary.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Loan Guaranty: Maximum Allowable
Fees for Legal Services
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

This notice provides updated
information to participants in the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Home Loan Guaranty program
concerning the maximum allowable fees
for legal services performed in
connection with the foreclosure of
single-family housing loans. This notice
also provides updated information
concerning the legal fees for
bankruptcy-related services. The table
in this notice contains the amounts the
Secretary has determined to be
reasonable and customary in all states,
following an annual review of the

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amounts allowed by other Governmentrelated home loan programs.
DATES: The new maximum allowable
fees for legal services will be allowed for
all guaranty claims submitted to VA on
or after December 8, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Andrew Trevayne, Assistant Director for
Loan and Property Management, Loan
Guaranty Service (261), Veterans
Benefits Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632–
8795. (This is not a toll-free number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The VA
Home Loan Guaranty program
authorized by title 38, United States
Code, chapter 37, offers a partial
guaranty against loss to lenders who
make home loans to Veterans. VA
regulations concerning the payment of
loan guaranty claims are set forth at 38
CFR 36.4300, et seq. Computation of
guaranty claims is addressed in 38 CFR
36.4324, which states that one part of
the indebtedness upon which the
guaranty percentage is applied is the
‘‘[a]llowable expenses/advances as
described in [38 CFR 36.4314].’’ 38 CFR
36.4324(a)(2). Section 36.4314(b)(5)(ii)
describes the procedures to be followed
in determining what constitutes the
reasonable and customary fees for legal
services performed in connection with
the foreclosure of single-family housing
loans.
Pursuant to § 36.4314(b)(5)(ii), the
Secretary is required to annually review
allowances for legal fees in connection
with the foreclosure of single-family
housing loans, including bankruptcyrelated services, issued by the
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), the Federal
National Mortgage Association (Fannie
Mae) and the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). In
March 2021, Fannie Mae issued
revisions to their allowances for legal
fees. Fannie Mae, Allowable Foreclosure
Attorney Fees Exhibit, Servicing Guide
(March 10, 2021), https://servicingguide.fanniemae.com. The following
month, HUD announced its plans to
adopt Fannie Mae’s fee structure by
August. HUD, National Servicing Center
Single Family Housing Policy Handbook
4000.1 Section III: Servicing and Loss
Mitigation Key Changes (April 22, 2021),
https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/SFH/
documents/sfh_hb_4000_1_sect_3_serv_
loss_mit_04_22_21.pdf. Freddie Mac has
also announced new allowances for
legal fees, effective September 27, 2021.
Freddie Mac, Approved Attorney Fees

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and Title Expenses, Seller/Servicer
Guide Exhibit 57A (September 27,
2021), https://guide.freddiemac.com/
app/guide/exhibitRev/57A,09-27-2021.
VA has reviewed and considered the
legal fees allowed by each entity. Based
on increases in fees for legal services
announced by these Government-related
home loan programs, the Secretary is
publishing in the Federal Register a
table setting forth the revised amounts
the Secretary has determined to be
reasonable and customary. The table
reflects the primary method for
foreclosing in each state, either judicial
or non-judicial, with the exception of
those states where either judicial or
non-judicial is acceptable. The use of a
method not authorized in the table will
require prior approval from VA. This
table will be available throughout the
year at: https://www.benefits.va.gov/
HOMELOANS/servicers_valeri_
rules.asp.
There has been no change to the
amounts VA will allow for bankruptcy
filing fees. However, VA is clarifying
that VA allows for a bankruptcy filing
fee regardless of whether a bankruptcy
release is obtained. VA notes that its
current regulation at 38 CFR
36.4314(b)(5)(i) authorizes ‘‘[f]ees for
legal services actually performed.’’
Regardless of whether a bankruptcy
filing results in a release, legal services
may have been performed in addressing
the filing. Allowing fees for a
bankruptcy filing is also consistent with
the other Government-related home loan
programs. See HUD, National Servicing
Center Single Family Housing Policy
Handbook 4000.1 Section III: Servicing
and Loss Mitigation Key Changes (April
22, 2021), https://www.hud.gov/sites/
dfiles/SFH/documents/sfh_hb_4000_1_
sect_3_serv_loss_mit_04_22_21.pdf.;
Fannie Mae, Allowable Bankruptcy
Attorney Fees Exhibit, Servicing Guide
(September 11, 2019), https://servicingguide.fanniemae.com; Freddie Mac,
Approved Attorney Fees and Title
Expenses, Seller/Servicer Guide Exhibit
57A (September 27, 2021), https://guide.
freddiemac.com/app/guide/exhibitRev/
57A,09-27-2021. VA will continue to
monitor fees for legal services on an
annual basis and publish updates in the
Federal Register as VA deems
necessary.
The following table reflects the
Secretary’s determination of the
reasonable and customary fees for legal
services for the primary method for
foreclosing in each state.

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