Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0073]

Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans

Benefits

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Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Ron

Taylor, Information Management Service (045A4), Department of Veterans

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8015

or FAX (202) 273-5981. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0073.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title and Form Number: Enrollment Certification, VA Form 22-1999.

(Note: A reference to VA Form 22-1999 also includes VA Forms 22-

1999-1, 22-1999-2, and 22-1999-3 unless otherwise specified. VA

Forms 22-1999-1, 22-1999-2, and 22-1999-3 contain the same

information as VA Form 22-1999.)

OMB Control Number: 2900-0073.

Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: The VA is authorized to pay educational benefits to

veterans and other persons pursuing approved programs of education

under Chapters 30, 32, and 35, Title 38, U.S.C., Chapter 1606, Title

10, U.S.C., and Sections 901 and 903 of Public Law 96-342. Educational

institutions and job training establishments are required to report

without delay information concerning the enrollment or reenrollment

into training of veterans, service persons, reservists, and other

eligible person. In certain cases, VA is authorized to make payments in

advance if the trainee requests an advanced payment. The information

collected on VA Form 22-1999 is used by the VBA to determine the amount

of educational benefits payable to the trainee during the period of

enrollment or training and to determine whether the trainee has

requested an advanced payment of benefits. Without the information, the

VBA would not have a basis upon which to make payment.

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 on December 31, 1996 at page 69134.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit

institutions, and State, Local or Tribal Government.

Estimated Annual Burden: 110,344 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 10 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion (The number of responses per

respondent will vary according to the number of trainees who receive VA

benefits at the educational institution or job training establishment

during a 12-month period).

Estimated Annual Responses: 662,068.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,481.

Send comments and recommendations concerning any aspect of the

information collection to VA's OMB Desk Officer, Allison Eydt, OMB

Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room

10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395-4650. Please refer to ``OMB

Control No. 2900-0073'' in any correspondence.

Dated: May 19, 1997.

By direction of the Secretary.

William T. Morgan,

Program Analyst.

[FR Doc. 97-14666 Filed 6-4-97; 8:45 am]

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