Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Interest Rate Reduction Refinancing Loan Worksheet

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0386]

Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Interest Rate Reduction Refinancing Loan Worksheet

AGENCY:

Loan Guaranty Service, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

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.

DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before July 16, 2018.

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. 2900-0386” in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Enterprise Records Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-5870 or email

cynthia.harvey-pryor@va.gov.

Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0386” in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority:

44 U.S.C. 3501-21. (Authority is now placed above title).

Title:

Interest Rate Reduction Refinancing Loan Worksheet, VA Form 26-8923.

OMB Control Number:

2900-0386.

Type of Review:

Revision of a currently approved collection.

Abstract:

The major use of this form is to determine Veterans eligible for an exception to pay a funding fee in connection with a VA-guaranteed loan. Lenders are required to complete VA Form 26-8923 on all interest rate reduction refinancing loans and submit the form to the Veteran no later than the third business day after receiving the Veteran's application.

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 83 FR 12848 on 5/23/2018, page 12848.

Affected Public:

Individuals or Households.

Estimated Annual Burden:

23,333.

Estimated Average Burden per Respondent:

10 minutes.

Frequency of Response:

One time.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

140,000.

By direction of the Secretary.

Cynthia D. Harvey-Pryor,

Department Clearance Officer, Office of Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of Veterans Affairs.

[FR Doc. 2018-12724 Filed 6-13-18; 8:45 am]

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