Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0051]

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 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. 2900-0051.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title and Form Number: Quarterly Report of State Approving Agency

Activities, VA Form 22-7398.

OMB Control Number: 2900-0051.

Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: The VA has authority to reimburse State Approving

Agencies (SAAs) for necessary salary, and fringe and travel expenses

incurred in the approval and supervision of education and training

programs under Chapter 30, 32, 35, and 36 of Title 38, U.S.C., and

Chapter 1606 of Title 10, U.S.C. Reimbursement is retrospectively on a

monthly or quarterly basis upon submission of an itemized invoice by

the SAA supported by visit reports and program documents. VA Form 22-

7398 is used to standardize the collection of information from the

SAAs. The information is used by the VBA to ensure that the

reimbursements are proper and accurate. Without this report, the VBA

would have no means to compare the efficiency and effectiveness of the

SAAs.

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 February 3, 1997 at page 5070.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.

Estimated Annual Burden: 240 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 60 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Quarterly.

Estimated Annual Responses: 240.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 60.

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. 2900-0051'' in any correspondence.

Dated: May 19, 1997.

By direction of the Secretary:

William T. Morgan,

Program Analyst.

[FR Doc. 97-14668 Filed 6-4-97; 8:45 am]

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