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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 138 / Wednesday, July 20, 2022 / Notices

The Secretary reserves the discretion
to appoint members to serve on TTAC
who were not nominated in response to
this notice if necessary to meet
Departmental needs in a manner to
ensure an appropriate balance of
membership.
Issued in Washington, DC on July 14, 2022.
Vincent Gerard White Jr.,
Senior Advisor for Innovation.
[FR Doc. 2022–15460 Filed 7–19–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Form 13441–A
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Internal Revenue Service,
as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
IRS is soliciting comments concerning
Form 13441–A, Health Coverage Tax
Credit (HCTC) Monthly Registration and
Update.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before September 19,
2022 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Andres Garcia, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or
by email to [email protected].
Include 1545–1842 or Health Coverage
Tax Credit (HCTC) Monthly Registration
and Update in the subject line of the
message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this collection should be
directed to LaNita Van Dyke, at
(202)317–6009, at Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or
through the internet at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Health Coverage Tax Credit
(HCTC) Monthly Registration and
Update.
OMB Number: 1545–1842.
Form Number: 13441–A
Abstract: The health coverage tax
credit monthly registration and update
Form will be directly mailed to all

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individuals who are potentially eligible
for the HCTC. Potentially eligible
individuals will use this form to
determine if they are eligible for the
Health Coverage Tax Credit and to
register for the HCTC program.
Participation in this program is
voluntary. This form will be submitted
by the individual to the HCTC program
office in a postage-paid, return
envelope. We will accept faxed forms, if
necessary. Additionally, recipients may
call the HCTC call center for help in
completing this form.
Current Actions: The HCTC expired in
2021 and is unavailable to be claimed in
2022. IRS is keeping the OMB approval
active on the collection, in case,
Congress reauthorizes the credit for
future tax years.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
5,146.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,573.
The following paragraph applies to all
of the collections of information covered
by this notice:
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a valid OMB control number.
Books or records relating to a collection
of information must be retained as long
as their contents may become material
in the administration of any internal
revenue law. Generally, tax returns and
tax return information are confidential,
as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record. Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.

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Approved: July 15, 2022.
Andres Garcia Leon,
Supervisory Tax Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022–15499 Filed 7–19–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0521]

Agency Information Collection
Activity: Certification of Loan
Disbursement, Verification of Deposit
and Verification of Employment
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Veterans Benefits
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. VA
Forms 26–1820, 26–8497 and 26–8497a
are used by lenders to obtain specific
information concerning a veteran’s
credit history in order to properly
underwrite the veteran’s loan. The data
collected on the forms is used to ensure
that applications for VA-guaranteed
loans are underwritten in a reasonable
and prudent manner.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
collection of information should be
received on or before September 19,
2022.
SUMMARY:

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. 2900–0521’’ in any
correspondence. During the comment
period, comments may be viewed online
through FDMS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maribel Aponte, VA PRA Clearance
Officer, Office of Enterprise and
Integration, Data Governance Analytics,
Department of Veterans Affairs. Please
ADDRESSES:

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refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0521’’
in any correspondence.
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: Public Law 104–13; 44
U.S.C. 3501–3521.
Title: Certification of Loan
Disbursement, Verification of Deposit
and Verification of Employment (VA
Form 26–1820, VA Form 26–8497, VA
Form 26–8497a).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0521.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 26–1820 is used
for loans closed on the prior approval
and automatic basis. It is used by
lenders closing VA loans under 38
U.S.C. 3710 and thereby complies with
the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 3702(c)
which requires lenders to report to the
Secretary on loans guaranteed or
insured.
In this information collection request,
VA has revised the VA Form 26–1820 to
include additional fields and
certifications. The fields added are
already collected routinely by the lender
and do not add an undue burden to the
lender. In addition, certifications that
are to be provided to the Veteran were
added that were included in OMB
Control #2900–0144.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 267,167
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 20 minutes.
Frequency of Response: One-time.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
804,000.

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By direction of the Secretary.
Dorothy Glasgow,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt) Office of
Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2022–15477 Filed 7–19–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Unprocessed Election into the Rapid
Appeals Modernization Program
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) announces it will no longer
process elections (opt-ins) into the
Rapid Appeals Modernization Program
(RAMP). To ensure an orderly
conclusion of this pilot program with
respect to RAMP elections that have not
yet been processed, VA is providing a
90-day transition period for claimants to
notify VA of any such unprocessed
RAMP elections before VA terminates
processing. Claimants who previously
submitted a timely RAMP election that
has not yet been processed may request
that VA process it. VA must receive an
eligible claimant’s request to process a
pending RAMP election on or before
October 18, 2022. Requests that VA
process a previously submitted timely
RAMP election must be sent by email to
[email protected]. No response to this
notice is required. VA will continue to
process pending claims and appeals for
all claimants, regardless of whether a
claimant responds to this notice.
DATES: Discontinuation of the
processing of elections for the Rapid
Appeals Modernization Program is
effective October 18, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Claimants, or their
authorized representative, who wish to
have their previously submitted RAMP
election honored may submit a request.
Requests must be sent via email to
[email protected]. Only claimants who are
sent a VA notice accepting a RAMP
election will be eligible to participate in
RAMP.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carling K. Bennett, Senior Management
and Program Analyst, Program
Administration, Office of
Administrative Review, Veterans
Benefits Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington, DC, (202) 632–5347.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On August 23, 2017, the President
signed into law the Veterans Appeals
Improvement and Modernization Act of
2017, Public Law 115–55 (AMA),
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creating a new, modernized claims and
appeals framework for pursuing VA
benefits. VA fully implemented the
AMA on February 19, 2019. However,
prior to implementation, section 4(a) of
the AMA authorized VA to implement
programs for testing the feasibility and
advisability of any facet of the new
appeals system. As such, VA developed
RAMP. Starting in November 2017,
RAMP allowed certain Veterans with
appeals pending in the ‘‘legacy’’ system
for disability compensation to opt-in to
the modernized system by electing a
supplemental claim or higher-level
review (HLR). RAMP participants
benefited from early resolution and the
effective date protections of the new
process.
RAMP provided VA with information
that improved the procedures and
information technology systems used to
fully implement the AMA in February
2019. Feedback received from Veterans,
Veterans Service Organizations,
employees and other stakeholders
during the RAMP pilot period also led
VA to revise its forms and notices. VA
likewise identified additional training
resources and materials regarding the
new review options and procedures. As
of the end of February 2019, RAMP
elections resulted in a combined 85,993
HLR requests and supplemental claims,
resulting in 65,670 decisions that
released total payments of $267,403,115
to Veterans.
On February 14, 2019, VA issued a
press release advising that it would
discontinue accepting RAMP elections
postmarked after February 15, 2019 (and
non-postmarked elections received after
February 25, 2019) prior to full
implementation of the AMA on
February 19, 2019. Section 4(c) of the
AMA prohibits VA from carrying out
pilot programs such as RAMP after it
fully implements the law, which it did
on February 19, 2019. However, VA
continued thereafter to process RAMP
elections postmarked on or before
February 15, 2019, to conclude the
program in an orderly fashion.
Although VA believes that decisions
have been issued on the majority of
timely RAMP elections, occasionally VA
discovers a RAMP election that has not
been processed (residual RAMP
election). In these situations, the subject
claims have continued to move through
the legacy appeals system such that they
are now in a different procedural or
temporal posture than they were when
the RAMP election was filed. Because
the posture of the subject claims has
often changed, it generally is not clear
whether the claimant still desires to
make a RAMP election due to the
passage of time. Claimants may no

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