Veterans' Employment and Training Service; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Eligibility Data Form; Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans' Employment and Training Service; Agency Information

Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request;

Eligibility Data Form; Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment

Rights Act (USERRA)

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On May 6, 1998, the Veterans' Employment and Training Service

published a Federal Register notice (63 FR 25097) requesting public

comment on the proposed extension of the USERRA. The May 6, notice

allowed a thirty day comment period which closed June 5, 1998. As the

Paperwork Reduction Act requires a sixty day public comment period,

this notice provides the public with an additional thirty day comment

period.

The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of

information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506 (c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to ensure that

requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden

(time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are

clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on

respondents can be properly assessed. Currently VETS is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed extension of the information

collection request for the Eligibility Data Form, USERRA 38 U.S.C.,

Chapter 43. The Department of Labor is particularly interested in

comments which:.

Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,

including whether the information will have practical utility;

Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and

Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted by August 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Coments are to be submitted to Hary Puente-Duany, Director,

Office of Agency Management and Budget, Veterans' Employment and

Training Service, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1320A, 200

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone: (202) 219-

6350. Written comments limited to 10 pages or fewer may also be

transmitted by facsimile to (202) 219-7341.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Wilson, Chief, Compliance Programs, Veterans' Employment and

Training Service, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-1316, 200

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 219-8611.

Copies of the referenced information collection request are available

for inspection and copying in the Docket Office and will be mailed to

persons who request copies by telephoning Robert Wilson at (202) 219-

8611.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The purposes of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment

Rights Act and this information collection requirement include: protect

and facilitate the reemployment and prompt reemployment of members of

the uniformed services (to include National Guard and Reserves); to

minimize disruption to the lives of persons who perform service in the

uniformed services and their civilian employers; and to encourage

individuals to participate in non-career uniformed service. Also, to

prohibit discrimination in employment and acts of reprisal against

persons because of their obligation in the uniformed services, prior

services, filing a USERRA claim, seeking assistance concerning an

alleged violation, testifying in a proceeding, or otherwise

participating in an investigation.

II. Current Actions

This notice request an extension of the current Office of

Management and Budget approval of the paperwork requirements in the

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. Extension is

necessary to fulfill the statutory requirements for this program.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Veterans' Employment and Training Service.

Title: Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.

OMB Number: 1293-0002.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Total Respondents: 4,215.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 4,215.

Average Time per Response: .30 hour.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 632.

Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: 0.

Total Initial Annual Costs: 0.

Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized

and included in the request for the Office of Management and Budget

approval of the information collection request. The comments will

become a matter of public record.

Dated: July 21, 1998.

Hary Puente-Duany,

Director, Office of Agency Management and Budget.

[FR Doc. 98-20138 Filed 7-27-98; 8:45 am]

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